Value of corn and coal tested for heating power in Nebraska
Washington Special reports experiments comparing corn and coal as fuel. If corn price reaches 12 cents a bushel and coal stays above $6.50 per ton, burning corn may be unprofitable. coal would need to fall to $3.41 per ton for equal cost. University tests underway, with Nebraska politics noting Senator Thurston’s influence and patronage prospects for Republicans in various districts.
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Washington
Nebraska
Thurston
Ife
Internal Revenue
Major McKinley
Senate Fracas Over Penitentiary Bill Stirs Legislature
During a Senate discussion of a penitentiary bill a clash at the senate gate drew senators and staff. Senators Farrell and Bowlby fought. relief came before serious harm. The dispute sparked criticism of Republicans and populists over a lobbyist backed report, with accusations of corruption and political double standards.
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Senate
Farrell
Merrick County
C. J. Bowlby
Crete
State Senate
Caldwell
Nuckolls
Johnson
Clay
Merrick
Bill Paxton
Babcock
Sam Elder
Warrell
Dearing
Cass
A Judge Takes to Task In Tax Controversy
A Beatrice dispatch criticizes Judge Stull for a township tax decision that would add township taxes to county taxes to test the 15 mill limit. The ruling sparks concern across eighteen counties with township organization, amid claims it contradicts established law and unsettles county finances. Thompson Denounces the Lobby In Lincoln Gas Spokesman accuses lobbyists of peddling votes for the Lincoln charter for money and promises proof. an investigation may follow. For Salling Whisky to Indians U.S. marshal serves warrants on Joseph Halsted and Dan Adair indicted for illicit whisky pedling.
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A. Beatrice Dispatch
Stull
Gage
Joseph Halsted
Dan Adair
Nebraskans Abroad Highlight Senate Appointments
The State Journal reports Nebraskans abroad anxious over delayed appointments and tariff focus. Thurston is seen as key to promotion, with Church Tlowe and Howe’s claims under scrutiny. Nominees for holdover post offices may come from Major McKinley’s process. several Nebraskan nominees lapsed with the Fifty-fourth Congress.
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The
State Journal
Nebraska
Ivery
Thurston
Moses
Promised Land
Hon. Church Tlowe
Washington
Howe
Senate
Major McKinley
Mr. Cleveland
Charles A. Mack
North Bend
Dodge County
J. W. Leeper
Oakland
Burt County
John M. Smith
Cozad
Dawson County
S. W. Kelley
Beaver City
Furnas County
Francis A. Simonds
Cedar Rapids
Boone County
McKinley
A.D. Peebles of
Pender
Omaha
Fremont
H. J. Lee
S. B. Colson
First National Bank
Orleans
M. F. Burton
Arthur McGrew
Genoa National Bank
Genoa
D. R. Chittrick
I. Bruner
Union Stock Yards National Bank
South Omaha
J. A. Creighton
Nebraska Corn Transport for India Famine Relief
A special report from the Omaha World-Herald notes the Nebraska relief commission has arranged free transport of corn donations from Nebraska to famine-stricken India. The appeal urges prompt contributions, with officials H. Q. Rowlands and M. D. Welch named for contact. The piece also covers efforts to raise about $23,000 owed by ex-State Auditor Eugene Moore and the likelihood of delays before a March 24 preliminary hearing.
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India
Omaha World-Herald
Nebraska Relief Commission
Nebraska
Missouri
Relief Committee
H. Q. Rowlands
M. D. Welch
Eugene Moore
Moore
G A R Resolution Opposes Milford Home Closure
The G A R Post No 23 of Ohiowa passes a resolution protesting House Roll No 107 and Senate File No 27, which seek to do away with the Milford soldiers and sailors home. The post and its members urge lawmakers to preserve the facility for incapacitated veterans and inmates currently at Milford.
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G. A. R. Post
Ohiowa
Senate
Grand Island
Milford
Nebraska Patronage Shuffle Shapes Senate Power
Washington dispatch details Senator Thurston’s leverage in Nebraska patronage. McKinley seeks time for appointment decisions while promising swift action on expiring offices. Nebraska’s anti administration ticket and division in Strode Mercer complicate loyalty tests, with Thurston’s influence tempered by delegation requests for hearing and consideration.
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Nebraska
Washington
Lincoln Journal
Thurston
White House
McKinley
Strode
Mercer
Melintey
Judge Strode
Representative Mercer
S‘hurston
State inspector of beer and liquors proposed
A bill to create a state inspector of beer wine and other alcoholic liquors passes for popular support. The governor would appoint a chief inspector who could hire five deputies to inspect all wines beers and distilled liquors. A scientific formula defines suitable liquors and unlabeled packages would be branded inspected with penalties for dealers who possess or sell unapproved liquor.
Divorce Case Proves Sensational in Columbus
Columbus reports a sensational divorce case, Josephine Barnum versus George E. Barnum, where Mrs. Barnum seeks alimony after about one year of marriage. She allegedly claimed widowhood at marriage while her husband allegedly found and brought back one of her former husbands to testify. Barnum's suit ends with Josephine losing alimony and connection to husband No. 3.
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Columbus
Josephine Barnum
George E. Barnum
Josephine
Missionaries Return From Western Legistlative Tour
Missionaries Webster Chase Poppleton Palner Wattles and Hitchcock returned after a three week journey of about 6000 miles visiting seven state legislatures in joint session and conferring with the two houses of others separately. The delegation calls the tour highly profitable for the trans Mississsippi exposition effort.
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Messrs. Webster, Chase
Poppleton Palner
Wattles and Hitchcock
Major Clarkson's Tour Dates Across the South and West
Maj. Clarkson, commander-in-chief of the G. A. R., begins a tour of southern and Pacific coast states. The itinerary lists stops in Nashville, Cullman, Birmingham, Montgomery, Waycross, New Orleans, Riverside, Cal., Portland, Salt Lake City, and other cities with dates from March into April.
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Clarkson
South
Pacific Coast
Nashville
Venn
Cullman
Ala
Birmingham
Marelli
Montgomery
Asia
Witygerald
Alereh
New Orleans
Mirech
Tieerside
Mareh
Maxoh
Lust
Nebraskans Seek Posts in Washington Scene
Washington special reports Senator Thurston endured a flood of Nebraska applicants for new administration posts as the legislature directs him to send seeds to state residents. In Omaha a wave of inauguration visitors departs, while Allen hints at naming the Madison postmaster and Arnett emerges as a candidate. Several South Dakotans arrive for party work amid cabinet changes and a note on Gen. Amassa Cobb hosting informal receptions at the army and navy club.
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Washington
Omaha Bee
Thurston
Nebraska
Allen
Madison
Neb
Seth J. Arnett
Agriculture Wilson
Morton
Wilson
Senate
John G. Elliot
Tyndall
Republican State Central Committee
South Dakota
A.W. Kittredge
Sioux Fells
National Committee
Elliott
Amassa Cobb
Army and Navy Club
Army
Marriage and Divorce Law Bills Staged in Senate
Several bills in the legislature affect marriage and divorce rules. Senate file 65 by T Mowell bans uncle niece and aunt nephew marriages, while exhibiting unclear aims. Weiser proposes court power to declare common law marriages for cohabitants. Senate file 155 by Murphy requires county attorneys to defend all default or collusive divorce suits.
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Senate
Tmowell
Weiser
Murphy
State Auditor and Attorney General Rule on Deputy Pay
Attorney General Smyth issued an opinion at the request of State Auditor Cornell regarding deputy and clerk salaries across state departments. Previously deputies in secretary of state and superintendent of public instruction offices were paid monthly, while other staff were paid quarterly. The opinion states deputies named are due pay quarterly, reversing prior practice.
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Smyth
Cornell
Secretary of State
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Sayre notified of hearing denial in land case
Edward I. Sayre of Union Pacific reports that the secretary of the interior denied a hearing to Joseph P. Losee on a land case involving a quarter section across the Burlington tracks at Liavelock. Losee originally pre empted the land April 16, 1891 and homesteaded in 1876, but the application was canceled due to Burlington right of way.
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Sayre
Edward I. Sayre
Union Pacific
Secretary of the Interior
Joseph P. Losee
Burlington Tracks
Liavelock
Sayer
Tosee
Burlington
Negro Boy Denied School Privileges in Decatur
Billy Martin, a Black child living with white guardian Jacob Nye, was denied educational admission by the Decatur school board. The board offered no valid reason beyond the pupil being Black, prompting questions about discriminatory policy and equal schooling access.
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Billy” Martin
Jacob Nye
School Board of
Decatur
Billy
Lawyers Allege Embezzlers At Neligh Court
Judge Robinson adjourned an unim portant term of district court at Neligh. Information was filed against two attorneys for embezzlement. The cases will be heard at the next term of court.
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Robinson
Neligh
Minors and Savings Banks Debate Senate Bill 211
Senate file No 211 by Dearing would allow savings banks to pay out money deposited on order or check by minors. Other transactions keep minors under parental guardianship. If passed it would place savings banks in a risky position and shift account responsibility to depositors. The bill remains before the banks and currency committee.
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Senate
Committee On Banks and
Evans Nomination for Pension Commissioner Heads Slate
IF. Clay Evans of Tennessee has been tendered the position of pensions commissioner and will likely accept. A former congressman from the Chattanooga district, he served as first assistant postmaster general in the Harrison era and ran for Tennessee governor. Jank W. Palmer of Iowa, a former public printer, is tipped as the leading rival for the appointment.
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Wasuinaroxy
Clay Evans
Teunessee
Evans
Chattanooga
Congress
Harrison
Ater
Tennessee
Turney
Ile
South
MacNinley
Llo
Jank W. Palmer
Iowa
End the War Some Way In Cuban Crisis
Havana dispatch reports General Weyler ordered by Madrid to end the Cuban war at once possibly selling the island to insurgents if needed. Weyler travels to Villa Clara to meet Gomez and begin negotiations. He is said to aim for peace within three weeks and may offer autonomy or the island itself. US position feared to influence Spain's policy shift.
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Gomez
McKinley
Honors to Mrs Beecher in Plymouth Church ceremony
A simple service for Mrs Henry Ward Beecher was held at the home of Rev Samuel Scovil Stamford Conn. Nearest relatives and intimate friends attended. The body was transported to Brooklyn where Sergeant Ackerman and Company D of the Thirteenth regiment guarded it at Plymouth church. Alternate detachments will continually watch the body, recalling a similar vigil ten years ago for Henry Ward Beecher.
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Brooklyn
Henry Ward Beecher
Samuel Scovil
Stamford
Conn
Plymouth Church
Prison Whippings Raise Debate At Missouri Penitentiary
Jefrexson City Missouri March 12 The penitentiary warden Pace four years ago abolished the whipping post amid protests from old officials and contractors. His reform improved discipline. Warden Starke has now revived the whipping post with convicts punished severely under the new regime.
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Jefrexson Crry
Pace
Starke
Captain Baker Dead at Guthrie Oklahoma
Sativa Kan March 12 Captain H D Baker long a force in Kansas politics died this morning at Guthrie Oklahoma. Born in Kentucky he led a Kentucky regiment in the war and later a company in Colonel Crawford s Nineteenth Kansas infantry during Indian hostilities 1868 69. He attended state and Congressional conventions and sessions of the Legislature and moved to Oklahoma in 1889 where he served in the territorial council.
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Sativa
Kan
H. D. Baker
Kansas
Guthrie
Okla
Ife
Kentucky
Crawford
Nineteenth
Kansas Volunteer Infantry
Oklahoma
Territorial Council
Flynn Likely to Be Named Oklahoma Governor Hopeful
Washinerow March 12 ex delegate Dennis Flynn appears set to receive a presidential nomination from Moe Kinley for Oklahoma governor at the end of Henfrow’s term. Flynn has secured support from nearly all Republican colleagues he served with in Congress, signaling a strong bid.
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Washinerow
Dennis Flynn
MoeKinley
Oklahoma
Henfrow
Congress
Four Deaths in Evansville and Lerre Railroad Wreck
Evansville Ind March 13 four lives are reported lost in the Evansville and Lerre railroad wreck near Jarleton. The dead include George A Sears conductor Terre Haute Joseph Boleman Evansville fireman Herbert Allen Evansville late doorkeeper of the Indiana legislature. One passenger identified as a drummer remains unnamed awaiting corroboration.
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Evvassville
Ind
Evansville
Portrayal of tardy chapel bells and a quip dressed preacher
A joke recounts Dr Lyman Beecher at Lana seminary faced with chapel tardiness blamed on the bell. Dr Beecher, in a dressing gown, quills-like hair, steps to the platform and quips the bell makes no more noise than a limp tail in a fur cup before prayers. An ad block promotes No To Bac and various tonics and gum marketing with claims of cures and earnings.
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Lyman Beecher
Lana Seminary
Beecher
Meceher
Prisons In Morocco and Tangled Teething Tales
A fragment lists harsh conditions in Moroccan prisons with little food and care. It also advertises Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, a quack item purchased at 3 cents per bottle, and cites odd notes about timber in ancient temples and a liver remedy Cassarrts. The piece ends with a crude joke about marital bliss.
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Senator Thurston
Major Clarkson
St. Louis
Frank W. Palmer
National
Pensions Commissioner
Weyler Sale
Mrs. Beecher
Missouri Penitentiary
Captain Baker
Guthrie, Ox
Flynn
Mazelton
Tstake
Joan T. Milliken & CO
St. Louis, Ho
Morocco
Winslow
Tattle
Egypt
Aly
Household Publishing and Printing Co
Household Companion
America
Hapmschald Publishing & Pr
Latag Cas
Rieccker St
New York City
Ish Bray
Pommel
A. J. Tower
Boston
Mass
Kidyear Tate
Broadway
New York
Rey Ull Rasin
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