Nation and world briefs span. writers pace Liberty
Carrie Nation offers service to Milwaukee festival group while pensions for life saving service members are advanced in Congress. Biographical notes cover Bishop O Gorman in Rome, Andrew Carnegie as Society of American Authors VP, and other regional events from Madrid to Manila including a Texas court ruling and a Dallas Roosevelt visit invite.
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Lfe Saving Service
House Committee On Commerce
Thomas O'Gorman
Sioux Falls
S. D
Rome
Philippines
Madrid
Andalusia
Spain
Cadiz
Andrew Carnegie
Society of American Authors
Thomas Dunn English
Dennis J. Murphy
Union Parifie
Laramie
Wyo
Paris
Ted Sloan
Manila
Lytle Brown
The
Engineers
American
Ottumwa
Don Felipe Buencamino
Aguinaldo
Chicago
United States
Court of Criminal Appeals of
Texas
Waco
Dallas
Washington
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
Roosevelt
Young Corbett
Dave Sullivan
Denver
Fire and Police Board
Rock Isand
Guthrie-Hawley
Tecumseh
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Hale
Moe Comas
Schley
Burlington & Northwestern Road
Burlington & Western Company
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Rutgers College
Ralph Voorhees
Trenton
Foster M. Voorhees
J. P. Reese
Iowa District of
United Mine Workers
Navy Department
T. C. McLean
Cincinnati
San Juan
Porto Rico
la Guayra
Venezuela
Congress to Consider Odds and Ends This Week
Senate plans a light week with tasks including the Cuban reciprocity bill likely delayed and the interoceanic canal bill finished. Senator Quay may renew a discharge motion on the omnibus statehood bill while Senator Bate signals a possible counter move. The week also features debates on a Southern Appalachian national forest reserve and other measures, with adjournment approaching.
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Washington
Senate
Quay
Committee On Territories
Congress
Bate
Burton
Apalashian
McCumber
Stewart
Penrose
Cudahy and Armour deny packers trust claim
Arthur Meeker of Armour & Co and Michael Cudahy of Cudahy Packing deny reports that they and other companies formed a trust under New Jersey law. Cudahy says he has heard of a proposed combine among Armour Swift Morris Hammond and others but knows nothing of the action.
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Cudahy
Chicago
Arthur Meeker
Armour & Co
Michael Cudahy
Cudahy Packing Company
New Jersey
Armour
Swift
Morris
Hammond
Packers
Cholera Toll Rises Among U S Soldiers in Manila and Provinces
Ninety American soldiers have died from cholera since the outbreak began. Health authorities in Manila and the provinces enforce strict regulations as cases mount: Manila records 1,530 cases and 1,236 deaths, provinces report 7,369 cases and 5,440 deaths.
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Manila
Russia Poised for Abundant Harvest in Southern Regions
Reports from Odessa indicate a favorable outlook for crops across Russia’s black soil grain regions. Officials expect a plentiful harvest this year with strong yields anticipated nationwide.
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London
Odessa
Russia
Train collision injures forty nine in Italy
At Bonschio Porto Ceresio on the electrified line two trains collided injuring forty nine people, several seriously, during the collision late last night in Millan Italy June 23.
Crozier Case Settled Nomination for Ordnance Chief
Washington reports on June 23 that in executive session the Senate confirmed General Crozier as chief of ordnance, settling the long debated nomination. The move solidifies his leadership at a pivotal defense bureau and signals a resolve to streamline war materiel control.
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Chaffee
Secretary of War
L. W. T. Waller
Marine Corps
Washington
Kilpatrick
Manila
San Francisco
Transvaal
Paul Kruger
Kruger
Brzezany
Austrian Galicia
Senate
General Crozier
United Mine Workers Chief Issues Public Address
President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of America issues an address to the public from Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania. He counters operators letters, cites wage needs, argues miners can be paid more without raising coal prices, criticizes railroad freight rates, notes higher mine fatalities, and appeals for arbitration if the union is crushed.
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Mitchell
Wilkerbarres
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
Train Wreck Claims Several Lives in Iowa near Ashton
A passenger train on the Sioux City branch of the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha railroad derailed near Ashton Iowa. Two trainmen were killed and five others seriously hurt. Names include C J Robinson Barrett F E Weston C H Hall US Thompson and the engineer badly injured but expected to recover.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Sioux City
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis
James Erskine
F. E. Weston
C. H. Hall
U.S. Thompson
Cailles Will Testify On Tayabas Prior To Surrender
Cailles, a former insurgent who surrendered in June 1901, has notified the board probing cruelty charges in Tayabas that he will testify about conditions before his surrender. He agrees with General Malvar that Tayabas was the insurgents best disciplined stronghold after pacification declarations.
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Manila
Cailles
Cornelius Gardener
Tayabas
Luzon
Gardener
Malvar
Four Meet Violent Deaths Reported in Territory
Four deaths by violence are reported across the region. Miss Lela Minor was thrown from her horse during a Salt Fork crossing near the Texas-Oklahoma line and died from the injuries. Edward Grissell, recently of Lake County Indiana, accidentally shot and killed himself near Bryan.
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Guthrie
Salt Fork
Lela Minor
Texas
Bryan
Edward Grissell
Lake County
Indiana
Paderewski Receives Ovation Over Polish Bank Purchase
A dispatch from Lemburg Galicia reports M. Paderewski was greeted with a great ovation on arrival after buying 5,000 shares in the Polish bank of Posen. The bank funds oppose Prussian policy of acquiring Polish estates and settling Germans there.
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Berlin
Lemburg
Galicia
M. Paderewski
Arist
Posen
Roosevelt toAttend Press Clubs Banquet in Boston
The International League of Press Clubs will hold its annual convention at Faneuil Hall in Boston starting Tuesday. Delegates arrive mainly Monday and will be greeted with courtesy calls. The banquet at the Somest on Wednesday evening will feature President Roosevelt as a guest.
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Boston
Mass
International League of Press Clubs
Faneuil Hall
Somest
Roosevelt
Dodge County Pioneer Lawyer Loses Arm in Train Mishap
D M Strong an attorney from North Bend and a longtime Dodge County resident was crushed by train wheels on a Union Pacific freight at Valley while returning from a Lincoln Republican convention. He lost his left arm and sustained fatal internal injuries. about 65 and a former sheriff, he was a fixture in the Prohibition movement.
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Fremont, Neb
D. M. Strong
North Bend
Dodge County
Valley
Lincoln
Union Pacific Railroad
Fremont Hospital
Strong
Prohibition Party
York Neb Free Delivery Established and Carrier Exam Planned
The United States civil service commission announces York Nebraska will have city free delivery with three carriers starting September 1 1902. A special examination for carriers and substitutes will be held in York on July 26 1902 from 9 a.m. The age limit is 18 to 45 years.
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Washington
United States Civil Service Commission
York
Neb
Singer manager pleads guilty to embezzling $90
Norfolk Nebraska June 23 E A Lawrence local manager of the Singer Sewing Machine company was arrested on embezzlement charges. He pleaded guilty and, in default of bail, was sent to the county jail. He allegedly sold machines for cash, kept the money, and listed the sales as time payments.
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Norfolk
Neb
E. A. Lawrence
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Sale of town lots at Anoka Neb attracts bidders
The sale of town lots at Anoka the new townsite two miles north of Butte on the Fremont Elkhorn Missouri Valley road was well attended and eleven thousand dollars worth were sold. The highest price paid for a single lot was nine hundred dollars.
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Butte, Neb
Anoka
Butte
Former Humboldt Man Insane
Word reached Humboldt Nebraska that John August Hunzicker has been adjudged insane by Box Butte county examining board and ordered placed in the asylum. Hunzicker, longtime area farmer, faced debt after mismanagement and lost his farm.
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Humboldt, Neb
John August Hunzicker
Box Butte County
Hunzicker
Humboldt
Nebraska crop bulletin notes warm week with heavy showers
The weekly report records mean temperatures about 4 degrees above normal in eastern Nebraska and 7 degrees in the west. Rainfall was uneven, from less than a quarter to over three inches, with some showers causing minor damage. Overall crops showed strong growth, winter wheat ripening and promising, oats thriving though weedy, corn growing well, and hay prospects good.
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Nebraska
Western
Nominee for Governor John H Mickey Profile
Omaha dispatch details John H Mickey a Republican governor candidate. Born 1845 near Burlington Iowa, served in the Eighth Iowa Cavalry, moved to Nebraska in 1868, built a Polk county homestead, later Osceola treasurer, Wesleyan University trustee, Osceola State Bank president, cattle breeder, and farmer owning thousands of acres. Family includes wife and nine children.
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Omaha
Neb
the World- Herald
John H. Mickey
Nebraska
Iowa
Polk County
Burlington
Eighth Iowa Cavalry
Osceola
Wesleyan University
University Place
Osceola State Bank
Albinus Nance
Hail Storm Destroys Crops and Fences in Neligh Area
Reports from Neligh Nebraska describe severe hail damage in the county’s southwest, with at least twenty sections of land devastated, crops destroyed, and fences washed away. Farmers face plowing under and attempting a new crop after the worst storm seen in the county.
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Neligh, Neb
Morton Memorial Fund Subscriptions Pass Four Thousand
Nebraska City local report notes Morton memorial fund subscriptions exceed four thousand dollars with expectations to reach five thousand before week end. The drive continues to gather donations from residents and supporters in the community.
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Nebraska City
Neb
Morton Memorial Fund
Boy Killed in Neb Cave-In at Crawford
Glen Rowland age 11, son of John W. Rowland a Crawford merchant, was killed when dirt caved in upon him during a cave-in as he and two playmates named Wheeler were digging.
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Crawford, Neb
Glen Rowland
John W. Rowland
Wheeler
Lightning Strikes Neb Church Steeple
Lightning struck the Lutheran church in Saronville Nebraska blowing the tower to ruins and badly shattering interiors below. The incident on June 21 left the steeple a complete wreck with interior damage severe throughout the affected area.
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Saronville, Neb
York to Start Free City Mail Delivery in September
York Nebraska announces free city mail delivery will begin September 1 in York city. The change affects residents and local businesses as postal services adjust routes and hours.
Boy Bitten by Unknown Snake Near Hooper
The 13 year old son of Fred Henkins of a farm northeast of Hooper was bitten on the right ankle by a snake while returning from hay field work. He was taken to town, a physician summoned, the leg swelled and discoloration appeared, but the bite type is uncertain. He is expected to recover.
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Hooper
Neb
Fred Henkins
Hopper
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Festival Association of
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the United Workers
St. P
Paderewski
Pole
League of Press Clubs
Schwartz
Charles FB. Schwartz
Pawnee County
Supreme Court
Sullivan
Nebraska Crop Bulletin
York, Neb
City of
Libby
McNeill
Carcago
Defiance
Magnetic Starch Mfg. Co
Omaha, Neb
OintTuRwe
Pitta
Charterhouse
Rue de le Paix
Dave
Beaton
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