Various Nebraskan Crime and Public Affairs Yarns
A string of brief items reports Groner Koochn's death from heart trouble near O Dell. O T Watts faces assault charges at Lincoln penitentiary. Land Commissioner Russell witnessed White's conduct. Beatrice Hardware tied to a 4000 pound liability mortgage. Wymore store robbed of hardware and weapons with only small change taken. Stanton county sees horse theft confessed by Wison Han. Unidentified fisher men attacked a farm hand near Grafton. Norfolk location change rumors denied by trustees. State treasury allocates 251994.42 for school apportionments. Secretaries Perry and Russell inspect Kearney state buildings and soldiers home bids. Fawcus murder case moves forward with Bozarth charged. Catholic services planned at the penitentiary every fourth Sunday. Fawcus shot near Camp Clark by Mosarth. headgate dispute tied to Chimney Rock Canal. Surgeon Julain Jtabell injured in train accident. leg amputated. Long-fought state case against ex-Treasurer Hill remains with Wakeley and Lambertson. Broken Bow hardware dealer Barns travels to Omaha after a 3000 mile trek. A man named Henry Ines of Gage County dies by hanging after love troubles.
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Washington County
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Lincoln Park
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Saxpay Schools
Furnas County
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Thompson
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Minden
First National Bank
Farrell
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White
Fairbury
Wison Han
Wisner
Stanton County
Fred Fuhrman
Stanton
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Beatrice Hardware Company
David Faler
Filley Township
Kansas
Taylor
Thomas County
Laler
W. F. Rockwell
Wymore
Gates College
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Neligh
Nebraska State Medical Society
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Somers Jr
Cimaha
Ir. IL . Meonald
Fremont
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F W Bozarth
Sidney
Bozarth
Lincoln Journal
Howe
Bemer Cord Ally
Effert
Jaider Howe
R. W. Fawcus
Camp Clark
F. W. Mosarth
Fawcus
Hozarth
Chimney Rock Canal Company
Kozarth
Wasutxoton
Julian Jtabell
U. SA
Fort Niobrara
Neb
Cabell
Department of the Matte
Wakely
Hill
G. M. Lambertson
Wakeley
Crounse
Mr. Lambertson
Kime. Barnes
Broken Low
South Omaha
Custer County
Forest Fires Ravage Elk County Towns and Oil Fields
Destructive fires sweep Elk County with Russell City destroyed and Coon Run wiped out. Dozens of oil wells, tanks and rigs lost as flames spread across miles. residents flee to Highland Corners and other towns. Communicative links broken. widespread property and lumber losses feared.
Forest fires burn rigs and threaten towns in Neon area
A large brush fire rages through Four Mile and Knupps Creek districts near Neon New York as 150 workers rush to fight it. Reports say over 100 oil rigs and numerous pumping stations owned by Standard Oil Elk County Pipe Line Barnsdall are destroyed or at risk, with fear of total destruction around Russell City Coon Run.
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Neon
Four Mile
Knupp‘s Creek
Here
Bradford
Charles Hatch
Franch
Knapp’s Creek
Curtis, Burns & Russell
Russell City
Coon Run
Standard Oil
Elk County
Barnsdall & Co
Russell
Ormsby Fire Devours Timber as Water Shortage Bites
A fierce Ormsby fire consumes a large timber area and several sawmills and homes as the town lacks water protection. Two carloads of empty barrels were sent from Bradford to carry water to oil fields under threat amid a stiff breeze.
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Ormsby
Bradford
Ormsby 'S
Imperial bill to restrict sealing in Bering Sea
Dispatch from England says Britain will renew the confirming act closing Bering Sea to sealing, not introducing new principles. No formal protest will be sent to the United States until official paper on the sealing schooner Shelby is received. It is believed the action was taken in ignorance that carrying unsealed arms is no longer an offense.
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Ottawa
England
Bering Sea
Tribunal of
Parle
Shelby
North Pacific
United States
Mysterious disease panic spreads from Red Island to Newfoundland
A St Johns report notes a disease breaking out at Port au Port and Bay St George in Newfoundland. French fishermen on Red Island are linked to the outbreak and panic rises as no resident doctor is present and the clergy member Rev Father O Rourke has contracted the illness during ministrations.
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Newfoundland
Halifax
N. C
St. Johns
Port Au Port
Bay St. George
Red Island
Father O’rourke
Illinois Senate Reports Action on Department Store Probe
In Springfield the Senate panel chaired by Senator Salomon read the department store investigation report for information with no action. In the House Speaker Meyer announced a purge of committee clerks policemen and janitors. Several bills passed authorizing funds for Joliet prison Normal University eye and ear infirmary Peoria monument and Chester penitentiary running expenses. The Pharmacy bill was amended then reconsidered and the Dill sent for third reading. The contested election bill passed extending to circuit and Cook County Superior courts power to settle contests for county and village officials.
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Springfield
Senate
Salomon
House
Meyer
State Normal University
Normal
Eye and Ear Infirmary
Chicago
Dougherty
Thomas Ford
Peoria
Chester
Cook County
Superior Court
Man in Auburn prison attempt suicide before execution
In Elmira New York on June 6 Martin V Stralt, sentenced to die by electricity in the week of July 21 for murdering his wife and sister-in-law, wounded himself with a cup handle and attempted to cut his throat. Guards restrained him as doctors sewed the wounds and he was moved to Auburn last night.
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Mucherer
Elmira
N, Y
Martin
Stralt
Auburn
Dedication at Columbia University in Missouri
Seven new buildings at the state university were dedicated this morning in Columbia Missouri. Addressing the gathering were Professor James B Angell of the University of Michigan and Right Reverend John Keane of Washington rector of the Catholic university. The old structures burned three years ago leaving six Ionic columns as sentimental remnants.
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Columbia Mo
The
State University
James B. Angell
University of Michigan
John Keane
Washington
Catholic University
Culver Death Ruled Probable Self-Destruct Over Love Slope
The World reports Roy M Culver of Newark disappeared March 28 and whose body was found in the Clyde river. The investigation attributes his death to his own hand driven by love disappointment, and suggests the sign-off Stranger was a self penned clue.
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Culver
T.aife
New York
Roy M Culver
Newark
Clyde River
Forced to Eat the Dog on a Desperate Sea Run
The Steamer Santa Risa arrived from San Diego with three shipwrecked mariners from the schooner Crest. Captain Harlow reports the Crest was disabled off Point Conception by a fierce storm after losing all food overboard. The crew drifted four days with nothing to eat until a dog was killed and eaten to stave off starvation.
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San Franchisco
Cal
San Diego
Crest
Harlow
Point Conception
Polyglot Petition Carries To London Opium Prohibition
New York June 6 delegates from the United States and Canada aboard the Berlin carry a polyglot petition to the International Woman's Congress in London. The 1,928 yard document in fifty languages bears more than two million signatures and seeks a ban on opium and alcohol. It has been submitted to President Cleveland.
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New York
London
Berlin
Cleveland
Congregational Home Missionary Society Opens in Saratoga
The sixth annual meeting of the Congregational Home Missionary society opens in Saratoga N Y with Major General O G Howard delivering the opening address and Rev William I Davis of Detroit Mich giving the annual sermon. Mrs H W Caswell directs the women's brunch as delegates and visitors gather in large numbers.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Congregational Home Missionary Society
HW. S. Caswell
O. G. Howard
William I. Davis
Detroit
Mich
Miss Anthony to Resign Presidency of Suffrage Group
Susan B. Anthony announces resignation from the National American Woman Suffrage Association presidency at the upcoming convention in Rochester New York June 6. Carrie Chapman Catt of New York City is favored to succeed her as national organizer and loyal ally.
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Miss Anthony
Rochester
N. Y
Susan C. Anthony
National American Suffrage Associlation
Carrie Catt
New York City
Association
Brigands Ravage Macedonia Endangering Christians
London reports brigand bands terrorize Macedonia with daily abductions and murders. Christians face unprotected lives and property as the country remains infested by lawless groups.
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London
Macedonia
Christiana
Deadly fire sweeps Frederickeburg factory and mill
A blaze in Frederickeburg Virginia at 4 a m destroyed the Kingzle factory the Excelsior mill and six dwellings. Engineer William Deshazo of the Excelsior mill perished in the flames.
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Frederickeburg
Kingzle Factory
Excelsior Mill
William Deshazo
Fire at Newark Grain Elevator Burns at Ballantine Brewery
Fire at the grain elevator attached to the Ballantine brewery in Newark New Jersey burned through the night and remained under control at 1 o clock. Estimated loss reached 256000 dollars.
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Newark
N.J
N. J
Ballantine Brewery
Lown
Wheat and cotton prices rise with mixed signals
R G Dun & Co notes broad outlook with wheat and cotton prices climbing while crops may be smaller than hoped. Manufacturing improves, labor scares ease, monetary outlook steady, and weekly failures rise in the United States to 215 with 34 in Canada.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
North Atlantic
Pittsburg
United States
Canada
Talk of Carlisle sparks cabinet reshuffle rumors
Washington rumors say Secretary Carlisle may be moved to the state department. Wall Street financiers have long opposed Carlisle and may press for a replacement, with Ambassadors Eustis and Bayard also mentioned. No definite action yet as Assistant Secretary Uhl serves as acting secretary of state.
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Washington
Carlisle
State Department
New York
Wall Street
United
Treasury
Eustis
Bayard
Carlile
Willam C Whitney
Court of St James
Uhl
Fitzsimmons Stabs Man in Cottage Hotel Row
William Fitzsimmons stabbed Joe Vigue to death in front of the Cottage hotel in Sinckley Minnesota after a quarrel over a runaway horse. Fitzsimmons allegedly drew a large knife and killed Vigue. angry friends threaten lynching.
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Sinckley
Minn
William Fitzsimmons
Joe Vigue
Vigue
Fitzsimmons
Vigne
Frederick Douglass Monument Bids Open in Rochester
In Rochester New York on June 3 the committee for the Frederick Douglass monument reviews contractor bids for an eight foot bronze statue on a granite pedestal. The project marks a rare public effort to honor a distinguished Black man with strong local support. Douglass once lived in Rochester and remains a valued townsman.
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Fred Douglass
Rochester
N. Y
Frederick Douglass
Touglass
Douglass
Salvation Army to Hold Four Day Congress in New York
The Salvation Army opens its new Fourteenth Street headquarters with a four day congress starting Monday. Delegates from every state and territory arrive, an official parade will be led by Commander Booth with Mrs. Booth in a war chariot. A thankful living congress begins Tuesday continuing two days.
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Salvation Army
Congress
New York
Fourteenth Street
Booth
Guardsmen spike state cannons at Wichita
In Wichita Kansas last night unknown National Guardsmen entered the artillery headquarters and spiked all state cannons with rat-tail files. During a Memorial Day salute firing a cannon exploded injuring Private Fennel who lost both arms and Private Walker who lost fingers. The incident drew heavy criticism of the unit for allowing the condemned cannons to be used.
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Canne
Wichita
Kas
National
Fennel
Walker
Robbers Run to Earth
New York June 3 three men identified as Joseph Killoran Charles Allen and Harry Russell are held on five thousand dollar bail each after arrest in a sweeping post office robbery spree. The alleged thieves struck in Scranton Hoboken and Springfield and stole tens of thousands in postage stamps without forcing doors. Inspector Holden says a small group of expert bank sneak thieves carried out the crimes and the trio was linked after a five month nationwide probe.
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New York
Joseph Killoran
Charles Allen
Harry Russell
Scranton Post
Festmaster Vanding
Hoboken
Curran
Springfield
Holden
United States
Killoren
Allen
Russel
Crop Conditions by State in Latest Agriculture Report
The Department of Agriculture report covers May 1 crop progress across Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Indiana Nebraska and shows wheat percentages from 63 to 78 plus rye barley and pasture figures. Plowing completion ranges around 70s to mid 80s with gains over last year in several states.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Morton
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Indiana
Nebraska
Waterspout damages reach across Texas and rail lines
A waterspout near Hillsboro Texas last night caused an eight acre lake to flood a dam washing away about six hundred feet of the Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad tracks. The Cotton Belt road suffered similar damage with lines twisted and wires torn. Hundreds of cattle drowned in Hackberry bottom near Winsboro and one house was demolished with one man drowned. No loss estimate yet.
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Waco
Texas
Hillsboro
Hackberry Bottom
Winsboro
Compliment to Gresham's Memory Sent by Pauncefote
Sir Julian Pauncefote the British Ambassador and dean of the Diplomatic Corps at Washington sent a letter to Mrs Gresham expressing the foreign representatives feelings on the death of the late Secretary of State. The message was approved by all Ambassadors and Ministers in Washington.
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Gresham
Washington
Julian Pauncefote
Acquittal in Ohio Conspiracy Case
Mrs. Sarah well was acquitted by a Canton jury after being tried on charges of complicity in a conspiracy to murder her son in law William Mackey.
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Wre Serah Guetl
Canton
Ohio
Sarah ‘® Well
Wiliam ‘Mackey
St. Johns Manufacturing plant damaged by fire
A blaze yesterday destroyed the finish ing department offices and dry kilns at the St John s Manufacturing company. Loss on buildings and stock estimated at 350 600 with no insurance. The machinery department and 200 000 worth of lumber and stock were consumed. The plant was the world s largest exclusive table factory.
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Mich
St. John
St. John's Manufacturing Company
Foreclosure Looms for Erle Railway in New York
June 3, New York. Receiver McCullough said foreclosure proceedings on the Erle Railway would be instituted within about two weeks. The statement comes as the railroad faces financial difficulties and court action to secure the assets.
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Erle
New York
McCullough
Erle Railway
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