Nebraska items mix crime, rail, weather and politics
A June 7 civil service exam at Kearney post office for clerk and carrier positions follows a new hire. The Elm Creek Bank opens with Tout Forristall Drake as incorporators and Goslin as president. Platte county winter wheat fails, Tecumseh plans a free Fourth celebration, and railcars are cleaned per federal inspectors. A Nebraska City assault case ends with a suspect jailed, and school apportionment rises by about 32 thousand dollars. Lieutenant Wertz receives a crowd reception in Omaha after a Turd Nebraska unit arrival. A body is found near Plattsmouth, and bids for a deaf and dumb home boiler work are rejected pending contract inclusions. Red Cloud combats slot machines as Kearney builds a new depot ahead of Burlington’s Omaha line upgrade.
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Kearney
Fred Specht
Dunbar
Nebraska City
State Banking Board
First Bank of
Elm Creek
James L. Tout
J. M. Forristall
M. J. Drake
William Goslin
State Board of Educational Lands and Funds
State Treasurer
Platte County
Tecumseh
Wilson
Agricultural Department
South Omaha
Leidigh
State Penitentiary
Ben Brooks
Maylon Leidligh
Brooks
Ryder
J. W. Wertz
Stuart
Company M
Turd Nebraska
Opera House
Newport Band
Wertz
J. A. Rice
F. S. Hunt
Plattsmouth
Platte River
Estate Board of Public Lands and ‘Buildings
Deaf and Dumb
Omaha
Talk of Nebraska Interests in Appropriations and Deliveries
Nebraska topics cover state appropriation debates including rural delivery system expansion. Tom Reed features in discussions about the next speakership and its potential impact on state funding and services.
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Tom Reed
Congressman Mercer Returns From Washington With Aides
Omaha Bee reports Congressman David H. Mercer returned from Washington after weeks away on business. He cited Nebraska gains from the appropriation session, including funds for Omaha post office, Blair building, Hastings and Norfolk civic projects, and multiple state allocations. Mercer said rural delivery routes were authorized in Douglas County and discussed the unsettled speakership and Reed’s possible move to law practice.
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Mercer
David H. Mercer
Washington
Omaha Bee
Nebraska
Mr. Mercer
Omaha
Blair
Hastings
Norfolk
United States
Iowa
Kansas
Colorado
South Dakota
New York
Baltimore
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Douglas County
Sarpy
Elk City
Benson
Congress
Reed
House
Allen
Thomas Brackett Reed
Nebraska to Hayes Regiment Formed by Election
The Second Nebraska National Guard regiment will be organized with ten companies from Kearney Ord Nebraska City Aurora Lincoln Omaha Tekumseh Schuyler Norfolk and Albion. An election will choose colonel lieutenant colonel and major with ballots prepared by General Barry and a canvassing board including Capts Streight and McGaw. Votes must reach adjutant general by 4 p m June 6.
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Nebraska
Hayes
Nebraska National Guard
Barry
Kearney
Ord
Nebraska City
Aurora
Lincoln
Omaha
Tecumseh
Schuyler
Norfolk
Albion
Edward J. Streight
Michael W. McGaw
Elections in the Nebraska National Guard Adjutant General orders
Adjutant General Berry issues an order detailing elections within the Nebraska National Guard. Captain John W. McClary resignation is accepted upon successor election, with officer vacancies to be filled. Fred C. Wilda promoted to captain and discharged from Company B. multiple enlisted men discharged. Company C reassigned as Company D to the Second regiment.
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Berry
Nebraska National Guards
John W. McClary
Nebraska National Guard
McClary
Fred C. Wilda
Nebraska
First Nebraska Governor Reports Manila Sail Near
The First Nebraska volunteers near departure from Manila with the regiment to sail in the latter part of the month or early June. M W Woodward of company D, sick in Manila hospital, seeks home discharge but cannot be released until his unit departs as directed by General Otis and Acting Secretary Meiklejohn.
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Poynter
War Department
Nebraska
Manila
M. W. Woodward
Otis
Meiklejohn
United States
Crop conditions show dry, windy week with uneven grain stands
The latest crop report notes dry and windy weather with below normal rainfall across most counties and frost in the north on the 12th. Wheat oats and grass need rain, corn planting advances, fruit trees suffer with peach and cherry losses, but no severe injury reported yet.
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Algo
Lost man Herbert Graham returns home after eight years
Fremont dispatch reports Herbert Graham, once an Elkhorn road operator, disappeared January 1891. He reappeared last week at his Middletown New York parents home. He describes service in the regular army and Santiago campaign after leaving Fremont. He cites frontier life interest and Nebraska National Guard service during Sioux troubles as influencing his disappearance.
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Fremont
Herbert Graham
Middletown
N. Y
Graham
Elkhorn Road
Arizona
Cavalry
Santiago
Nebraska National Guard
White River
Fire destroys Alex Ray residence in Harvard
A north Harvard home belonging to Alex Ray burned after a defective chimney sparked the blaze. The alarm rang around noon and the fire crew had to cover about a half mile due to the distance. By the time it was controlled the structure was ruined though most contents were saved.
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Nebranka
Alex Ray
Harvard
Emperor William to visit Baltic coast this summer
A round of brief items reports Emperor William planning a Baltic trip this summer. Admiral Schley heads to Omaha to visit ex Senator Manderson with no layover. John A Gafford sentenced to life for killing F B Lloyd. Colonel Visquain offers Nebraska regiment services again. Abe Majors faces death by firing squad July 7 in Brigham City.
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Emperor William
Baltic Canal
Admiral Schley
Washington
Omaha
Manderson
John A. Gafford
F. B. Lloyd
Gafford
Greenville
Ala
Victor Visquain
Nebraska Regiment
Nebraska
Luzon
Brigham City
Utah
Hart
Abe Majors
Brown
Ogden
Brooke
War Department
Harry Whitney
Cienfuegos
Davis
San Juan
Walter Cretcher
Roosevelt
Roswell P. Flower
New York National Bank
M. Boeffve
New York
Marquis Villaverde
Russian ambassador to attend Wiesbaden parade for czar's birthday
Monday the Russian ambassador to Germany will attend the military parade at Wiesbaden for the czar's birthday. The British government says it will review the Pacific cable matter if colonies seek new representations. General Brooke at Havana reports Private Clarence Rowlen of light battery A, Second artillery, died at Buena Vista from typhoid fever.
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Germany
Wiesbaden
Brooke
Havana
War Department
Clarence Rowlen
Buena Vista
Independente
Supreme Court
Indebted Congo Mines Close In Columbus Ohio
The Congo mines at Columbus Ohio have been shut down indefinitely, laying off 500 workers as the company fails. Miners and black coal operators in Terre Haute Indiana discussed an agreement to end the strike with a vote on it today. Banquet honors for Cushman Davis and F C Stevens were hosted by St Paul business leaders last night. United States ambassador General Horace Porter held a Paris dinner with Count and Countess De Castellano and other dignitaries.
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Rubber Trust
Congo
Columbus
Terre Haute
Ind
St. Paul
Minn
Cush
Potter Palmer
Prince Cantacuzene
Julia Dent Grant
Duke of
Notable Dispatches From Across the Atlantic and U.S. Pageants
Thursday reports Admiral Schley arrives in Omaha and Gustav Bock in New York to unite Havana companies. Trans Mississippi congress invites McKinley and Diaz to Topeka meeting May 31. Omaha Episcopal council elects Rev. Arthur L. Williams coadjutor bishop. Rev. R F Sample becomes moderator of the Presbyterian assembly in St Paul. M Deschanel joins the French academy. Senator Jones of Arkansas reports improved health after Atlantic voyage. Census office forms a commission to test electric counting machines with trials starting June 17.
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Admiral Schley
Santiago
Omaha
Gustav Bock
Havana
New York
Havana Commercial Company
trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress
Topeka
McKinley
Diaz
Mexico
Episcopal Council
Arthur L. Williams
Chicago
Diocese of
Nebraska
R. F. Sample
Westminster Church
Presbyterian Church In
United States
St. Paul
Minn
M. Deschanel
French Chamber of Deputies
French Academy
Aime Marie Edouard Herve
The
Soleil
Michigan honors last homecoming regiment at Detroit
Detroit welcomed the Forty first volunteer infantry for its final homecoming. Carnegie and Co bought 50 000 tons of pig iron for 16 dollars a ton from the Mahoning and Shenango valleys. Lt Col Edward J McClernand ordered to Matanzas Cuba as adjutant general. The Mosaic Templars hold a July 11 session in Vicksburg Mississippi. William Rockefeller and associates elected as Anaconda Copper trustees representing Standard Oil interests. A sloop wreck near southeastern Alaska with Blanche Lamore aboard is reported. Texas House approves 1 percent income tax on individuals earning over 2000 dollars. Senate expected to concur. Lt Col Marion P Maus relieved from Washington duties and reassigned to San Francisco as inspector of that department.
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Michigan
Fortyfirst Volunteer Infantry
Detroit
Carnegie & Co
Mahoning
Shenangi
Edward J. McClernand
Matanzas
Cuba
National Grand Lodge of the
Mosaic Templars of America
South
Vickaburg
Miss
William Rockefeller
William G. Rockefeller
H. H. Rogers
A. C. Burrage
Anaconda Copper Company
Standard Oil
Juneau
Blanche Lamore
Alaska
House of the Texas
Senate
Marion P. Maus
Washington
San Francisco
Maus
Miles
Dr. Kay's Renovator Aids Omaha Woman Sleep
Mrs. D. A. McCay of Omaha reports twenty years of digestive and sleepless trouble eased after using Dr. Kay's Renovator. She says she now sleeps like a child and has relief from prior ailments. Sold by druggists 25c and 1.00, or mailed by Dr. B J Kay Medical Co., Saratoga Springs NY.
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Dr. Kay
Fire losses in the United States rise in dramatic figures
The report cites annual fire losses of 150 million dollars and 3 000 deaths. It estimates daily destruction of 65 dwellings and two hotels, with 40 warehouses burning monthly. The figures underscore the widespread toll of fire.
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United States
Faultless Starch and City Deals Named in Short Text
Faultless Starch advertised as stiffening and whitening product. Leipzig invested to buy and raze the Pleissenburg on the city wall, scene of a Luther Eck debate. City paid 4,150,000 marks for the castle and later sold land for 6,150,353 marks.
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Leipzig
Pleissenburg
Luther
Eck
Excursion to Detroit via the Wabash for U P S E Convention
Excursion set July 5 to 10 with tickets on July 3 4 5 via the Wabash. Short line options from Chicago or St Louis to Detroit. Side trips to Niagara Falls Toronto Montreal Mackinac and more at low rates by lake or rail. Call or write for rates folders and the souvenir Lake and Sea. G N Clayton Omaha Nebraska.
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Detroit
Hnes
Chicago
St. Louis
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Montreal
Mackinac
G. N. Clayton
Karbach Bsk
Omaha, Neb
Compound locomotives boost B&O service on lines
A dozen or more of the 45 consolidation compound freight locomotives recently ordered for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on the south western division are in service and satisfy performance. On the Mississippi division they increased train haul by 40 percent over the old line, with grade reductions upcoming to enhance gains. The compound ten wheel passenger engines show strong pulling power and higher speeds.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Mississippi
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Loomis and
Laflin Streets
National Dewey Home Committee
William Jennings Bryan
Thomas M. K. Smith
Tenth Infantry
Egbert B. Savage
Eighth Infantry
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Hay Trade Journal
Independent Club
Ellicotts Square Club
Buffalo
Spain
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National City Bank
W. C. Hunt
W. A. King
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Ennis
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Evergy
Cavifornia Fie Syrup Co
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Bw.y
Fred
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