Nebraskas scattered notes on crime weather and farms
A wide array of brief items from Pierce and surrounding counties report attempted suicides, court findings, damag e from winds near Ogallala, fires in Cripple Creek and York, an insane commitment in Platte County, and local political and business notes. Also included are crop prospects, a notable railroad master mechanic death, church dedication, and a few accidents with injuries or fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Kanynan
Pierga County
Waibupy Times
Cnupk” Mooster
Nebraska City
State Penitentiary
Phillips
Pyank Vnink
Adams County
State Banking Board
Murdock
Capital
Rovert McConners
Ormnaha
Union Pacific Railroad
Suare
Turenan & Nawrins
Neligh
Chase County
Tuk Methodist
Schuyler
Joe Wonxpy
Grand Island
Southwestern Veterans Reunion Association
North Platte
Nebraska
Joan Hynon
Pierce
Pus General Merchandise
FR Award Trai
Louisville
Charles Rand
Crate
McPike & Fox
Yeregoy & Moore
L. A. Reland
Ownee City
Lith Brown
Oes W. Roonwartes
New York
Groxer Drake
Red Cloud
Nebraska City and Holt county court actions and notices
A digest of legal cases, bids and indictments across Holt and surrounding counties. Embezzlement case against Jlenny Bouts discussed, trials set for September, various land and banking disputes noted. Officials, attorneys and witnesses named. a major White River water rights suit filed by Crawford Irrigation Company than promises to be the county’s biggest lawsuit. Bank reports show losses, paroled prisoners and a rash of administrative actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tate
Attoreney
Alice Scott
Marrett Boott
Harrett Neots
Holt County
Reely County
State Board of Educational Lands
Permanent School Fund
Tun
Hurlington Rand
Usaoe Oey
Junge W. W. Wearagen
A. A. Record
Chadron
Chadron Banking Company
Nank Exwaminer Cowdery
I. W. Douan
Iowa
Hyman
St Louis
North Matte
North Platte
B MoeLennon
Cheyenne County
Matthew Daugherty
Ed Searle
Keith County
Q G. Smith
Buffalo County
Charles K. Quanpe
Crawford
Crawford Irrigation Company
Afty
White River
Ricker
Women Delegates Debate To Enter Methodist Conference
Cleveland May 5 The general Methodist Episcopal conference drew large attendance as debate on women’s eligibility surged. A written statement from four elected delegates urged relinquishment of seats pending settlement, while the minority report upheld that women could not be seated, warning such action would undermine church authority and the conference’s constitutional decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Bishop Merrill
Chicago
Ty. Hurlburt
Sunday School Union
Mueller
United States
Monroe
Zion
Jane l. Bashford
Lois 38
Parker
Kynatt
Ty BL Neely
Philadelphia
Dtp
General Conference
Prohibition Resubmission Drive Gains Ground in Kansas
Kansas anti Prohibition group the Mystic Brotherhood reports broad county organization with 65 of 103 counties active and lodges in every county. State organizer John Moenscheidt says they plan to sweep both governor and legislature to favor resubmission. He notes rapid expansion in Western Kansas, contrasting with earlier focus on electing an anti Prohibition governor.
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Wrentra
Kay
May
Order of the Mystic Brotherhood
John Moenscheidt
Kansas
Burlington Wreck Fatalities Reported Near Liberty
A Burlington fast freight wreck early morning east of Liberty crushed the engineer Tum Brennan and three cars between engine and tender. Cyonduetos Douglas Wilcox in the cab suffered injuries. One crew member Abe Grewan was thrown. Lew WomMADs Abe Grewan escaped serious injuries.
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Cwo
Burlington
Keata
Shathick
Ned
Liberty
Tum
Brennan
Cyonduetos Douglas Wilcox
Cad
Lew Wommads
Abe Grewan
Yurysy
Patent year in review reports vast patent activity and fees
The report by Commissioner Johno b. Sey mour for the year ending December 31 1905 shows receipts of 1 245 27 expenditures 1 084 49. During the year 21 998 patents and designs were issued excluding 59 reissues and 2 019 foreign issues with 46 899 applications filed. Expirations reached 32 345 and 4 478 feited for non payment. Leading foreign recipients were England 614 Germany 520 Canada 402 and France 22. In the US New York 4539 Pennsylvania 2270 Illinois 1607 Massachusetts 1703 Ohio 1423 and Connecticut highest per capita. Thomas A Edison leads with 721 patents, Elihu Thompson next. The year’s activity centered on bicycle accessories and machine parts with rising pneumatic wires in widespread use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner of Patents
Johno B. Seymour
Congress
England
Germany
Canada
France
United States
New York
Peninsylvania
Ilinois
Massachusetts
Ohio
Cunaneticut
Thomas A. Adison
Orange
N. J
Elihu Thompson
Conspiracy Ties In Irk to Assassination of Naser ed Din
May 5 report from Teueran says Mollah Reza, assassin of the lute shah Naser ed Din, is a follower of Sheikh Jem Alddic. Alddic, exiled in 1891 for treason, was imprisoned again, then released and pensioned. Reza confessed a long planned plot with several conspirators, noting prison relatives and harem domestics as informants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teueran
Mollah Reza
Naser-ed- Din
Jem Alddic
Reza
Ilahan
Fatal Shootout Near Fayette Ends in Tragedy
At Burton station north of Fayetter Missouri a Saturday fight led to a fatal shooting. Jim Dougherty and Jim Dougherty Jr. were involved when the elder Dougherty shot Dennis in the back. Dennis, mortally wounded, fired again driving off the assailants before succumbing. Jim Dougherty Jr. is wounded and Jim Dougherty Sr. is dead.
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Fayetter
Burton
Fayette
Jim Do Oannis
Doe Dougherty
Jim
Dennis
Althouselt
Dougherty
Dangeronus
Prohibition State Convention Set For Sparta May 7 and 8
Missouri Prohibitionists convene in Sparta with Chairman Charles I Stakes and John Sobieski present. Delegates expected in large numbers as the party prepares for the convention agenda. Sobieski was a 1903 gubernatorial candidate from Neosho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Charles I. Stakes
State Committee
John Sobieski
Neosho
Victor Mine Sold to French Syndicate in Cripple Creek
A steamer bound for New York carries 752 500 dollars in gold, the purchase price for fifty one percent of the Victor gold mine at Cripple Creek. The property was bought by a French syndicate, which earlier acquired forty nine percent for 500 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor
New York
Cripple Creek
Cole
Supreme Court Bans St Louis School Director Election
The Supreme Court today issued an order prohibiting the election in St Louis for school director and commanded the directors to appear before the court on May 18 to answer for contempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerperson City
Supreme Court
Monsion
St. Loui
Incomplete 19th Century News Briefs Across Issues
A compilation of scattered items notes a Missouri University science course for faculty, seed firm disputes with D M Ferry Seed Company, the mysterious Milwaukee disappearance of Adolph Comins, and ongoing Pearl Bryan case tensions. It mentions a Spokane real estate suit against Northern Pacific, a gunboat affair in Asiatic waters, Cuban raiding for Queen of the Antilles, and Congress caucus plans.
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Missouri University
Kansas
D. M. Ferry
Adolph Comins
New York
Milwaukee
Nelson
Crawford
Pearl Bryan
Isam Channel
Baty
Sprinzhelu
L. Th Ditman
Northern Pacific Railway
Shulze
Concord
San
Francisco
Yared
Antiltes
Orler
Congress
Denby
Stine Department
Cleveland and Sound Money Nebraskans Convene Delegates
Euclid Martin chairs the Nebraska administration Democratic state convention in Lincoln with 600 delegates, selecting delegates at large for Chicago and district delegates. The platform denounces Republican autocracy and Populist trends, endorses metallic money and anti free coinage, opposes forced war loans, and backs Cleveland and Olney on Monroe doctrine principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Euclid Martin
J. LB. Sheean
Martin
W. D. McHugh
Douglas County
C. M. Hubner
Otoe County
McHugh
R. S. Bibb
Jerry Farrell
Hf. E. Phelps
Samuel Wallace
J. P. Reads
I. J. Mahoney
Yarwood
George P. Marvin
J. C. Crawford
Lee M. Spratlin
J. J. Leese
D. P. Rolf
Milton Doolittle
Robert Patrick
Albert Watkins
Dakota County
O. H. Scott
Thayer County
J. C Hartigan
R .E. Dumphey
Seward County
A. D. Ritchie
Nutler County
George P. Kingsley
Kearney
J. G. Glasser
Clay County
HL. G. Keeler
Webster County
M. L. Meade
Perkins County
Dawes County
Qofl Miglin
Holt County
J. J. McIntosh
Cheyenne County
A. G. Holt
Brown County
Nebraska
Jefferson
Jackson
Tilden
Cleveland
Thomas Jefferson
Congress
McKinley
United States
Monroe
Amedese
Olney
Nebraska Democracy Declares Unity Against Populists
The Nebraska Democracy denounces Populist alliances and factional splits, endorsing the Constitution and federal standards. It condemns extreme Populist theories, affirms equal voting rights for all citizens, and rejects sectarian or religiously based political groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Democratic Party
St Louis
Democracy
Nebraska
Popular Science items and curious facts from old issue
Scales weigh to hair thickness and even a pencil mark. An ant can carry 210 tons by bite, or three thousand times its weight. Thunder may be one crash when lightning and air vibrations reach the observer together. An Arequipa observatory report notes a visible black spot from 11 miles away. Antarctic geology reveals microlene schists and garnets suggesting a southern continent. Household tips include benzoin for toothache, seed raisin prep, coffee and ammonia for cloth cleaning, and a rust removal method using boiling water and diluted acid rather than soap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lubbock
Arequipa
Peru
Mount
Charcani
Antarctic
Useful Housekeeping Tips From a Historic Guide
A compact set of antique instructions covers removing iron mould with sulphuret potash or oxalic acid, polishing old book bindings by cleaning weather and egg yolk polish, and loosening stubborn glass stoppers by gently tapping and using air. It cites applying a feather to decanter mouths and careful handling of warm stoppers.
Senator Smith Seeks Third Term Support for Cleveland
Reported statements indicate Senator Smith of New Jersey urges Democrats to back a third term for Cleveland. The item also notes a large bicycle consignment shipped to Cuba for insurgents and a Cuban charter of seven vessels from American ports to run between New York and Havana. A Chinese immigrant, Quam Yiek Nang, applies for NYPD appointment. prospects described as good despite hostility from hindrers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
New Jersey
Cleveland
Cuba
Cubsm Jants
New York
Quam Yiek
Nang
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Charles Callahan
Sidney, Ste Nebraska
J. Anderson
Stockwan
Nehrh
Kidd
Omaha
Ney
Charles
Aurora
Anthoka
Ughtning
William Campbell
Margnville
Plainview
Robert E. Bradshaw
Bradshaw
Bovnia
Liverpool
Jlenny Bouts
Omehe
Joan Plausen
Hastings
Haseland
Tau
Edward Transeh
Tyayvas Wrayonp
Pounty
Gesenal Manpuusoy
Washington
Jurge Rymmes
New Orleans
Joseph H. Choate
Attorney General's Department
Foulie Jypas
Bhonss Johnson
Ashland
Squire Hardin
Mr Johnson
Johnson
Dave
Siate
Mbt
Thomas
Tusapovat
Lownley
Suyge
Fule
Order of the Mystic Brothers
Seom
Sestox
Kate Stokes Stetson
John Stetsom
Commonwealth Avenue
Reen, Clay
Maxico
Mayu—Creen
Clay
Er Sevator Green Clay
San Antonio
Pex
Lousie Johnson
Camps Bell
Lamont
Miss
Txip
Missouri
Prohibitioniats
St. Louis
Sound Money Democrats
Tion
Cleveland and Sound Money
Tobia
Castor
Lancaster
William A. Paxton
Douglas
Dan W.cor
Charles G. Ann Hall
Milton M Doolittle
George W. West
H. James Mshane
V. James C. Crawford
Centog
Popular Science
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