News in Brief Summary of Global and U.S. Events
Mrs. White arrives in Berlin from Dresden. Michael Davitt leaves Europe on private business after a dispute within the Irish League. John Morgan, an escaped Texas convict, arrested in Tulsa for a $3,500 reward. Bantam champ Tommy Feltz defeats Tony Moran in Savannah by knockout at 118 pounds. Hobart Oklahoma votes Democratic by about 100 in its first city election. PF H Peavey joins Chicago Great Western board. Prussian cabinet to study unemployment and industrial issues. Chicago & Alton to open an industrial bureau to attract manufacturing. Bishop Sbarretti to be apostolic delegate extraordinary to the Philippines, leaves January 1. Teheran plot against the shah uncovered. brothers banished. Bethlehem armor plate test for Ohio class battleship yields 400 tons Kruppized armor accepted. Rodriguez and O Farrill executed in Havana. fellow prisoner paid for aid. Osiris offers 100000 francs to rival aviation prize per Le Figaro. Kansas pensions: 41083 recipients $6.05 million. Missouri 53738 $7.17 million. Oklahoma 7867 $1.03 million. Indian Territory 2925 $364k. Nebraska seniors invite Grover Cleveland to speak at commencement. Admiral Ackley retired from navy, rank of captain. Drought squatters removed on Wichita River. Morgan protected from anarchists in Tacoma. Carnegie pledges neutrality in New York city campaign. Dewey resigns as president of the Metropolitan Club. Peter Harvey’s will filed in Boston after 18 years. Yates urges support for McKinley memorial fund.
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White
United States
Berlin
Dresden
Michael Davitt
Irish League
Europe
John Morgan
Tusla
I. T
Texas
Tommy Feltz
Tony Moran
Savannah
Moran
Hobart
O. T
Iowa
PF. H. Peavey
Minneapolis
Chicago Great Western Railway
Fort Dodge Road
Chicago & Alton Railway
Mgr. Sbarretti
Havana
Rome
Philippines
Manila
St. Petersburg
Teheran
Ufe
Ardebil
Bethlehem Works
Ohio
Indian Head Proving Ground
Andrew Rodriguez
Anicete O’farrill
le Figaro
Daniel Osiris
M. Santos-Dumont
Aegrostation Commission
M. Deutsch
Commissioner of Pensions
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
University of Nebraska
Grover Cleveland
Seth M. Ackley
Navy
C. W. Forber
Wichita River
Wichita Reservation
Tacoma
Wash
J. Pierpont Morgan
Party
Andrew Carnegie
New York
George Dewey
Metropolitan Club
National Capital
Peter Harvey
Daniel Webster
Boston
Yates
Insurgents Suffer Heavy Losses in Iloilo and Samar Conflicts
The constabulary reports a fight near Passi Iloilo in Panay where 25 insurgents were killed and 3 captured along with arms. Lorega surrenders with a cannon and rifles as General Hughes negotiates Maxilot’s surrender to pacify the province. Food shortages drive unrest and labor protests rise as tariffs bite.
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Manila
Constabulary
Passi
Iloilo
Panay
Hughes
Cebu
Lorega
Maxilot
Militar Politico
Samar
Commission
Germany
Cahtalogan
Smith
Presidentes
Guam
Littleton W. Waller
Balingiga
Basey
Loveman Noa
Mariveles
Nipa Nipa
South Samar
J. van Schlaich
Sabang
War on Texas Border Feud Escalates in Sabine County
County Judge McDonald of San Augustine appeals to the governor for rangers after reports that about eighty Wall faction members gathered at Tobe in Sabine County to march on San Augustine and avenge the death of six Walls, including Eugene Wall killed last week. The feud has left both sides armed since the killings.
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Nacogdoches
Tex
McDonald
San Augustine
Wall
Tobe
Sabine County
Hanged From the Same Gibbet in Missouri
POPLAR BLUFF Mo Oct 28 Steven Clark a white man and Zeb Crite a Negro were sentenced to be hanged on December 20 at the same gallows. Clark killed Alice Giles in a jealous rage and Crite shot Thomas Graham at his door last September. Will Gatlin and Ike Torrence two Negroes were arrested as accessories with Gatlin found guilty of first degree murder last night.
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Poplar Bluff
Steven Clark
Zeb Crite
Clark
Alice Giles
Crite
Thomas Graham
Will Gatlin
Ike Torrence
Speeda Suit With a Bullet
Rosgs Sheridan of Independence, Mo., as jealousy erupts fires at Writ Berkey of Geuda Springs, Kan., mortally wounding him at the Independence electric depot while Mrs. Clara Williams waits nearby. Williams, a divorced woman, is the third party in the incident.
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Speeda
Kansas City
Rosgs Sheridan
Independence
Berkey
Geuda Springs
Kan
Clara Williams
Williams
Independence Electric Depot
Sheridan
William
Last Hours of Assassin at Auburn Prison
The Auburn prison plans to execute Leon F. Czolgosz at 7:00 a.m. Tuesday, with strict confinement and secrecy. Officials will burn the assassin's clothing and letters after execution to prevent relics, while authorities avoid transporting the body to Cleveland to prevent public scenes.
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Auburn
N. Y
Leon F. Czolgosz
McKinley
Czolgosz
Cleveland
Fire destroys Market Street buildings in Philadelphia
A devastating fire in Philadelphia's business district caused nine to nineteen deaths and property losses exceeding 500000. Firefighters and police comb the ruins of 1219 and 1221 Market Street and adjoining shops as investigators search for more victims amid a crowded scene.
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Philadelphia
Market Street
Hunt, Wilkinson & Co
No News of Miss Stone In Bulgarian Kidnapping Case
Washington officials reported no new information on Ellen M. Stone the American missionary held by Bulgarian brigands. They urged Consul General Dickinson and chargé Eddy at Constantinople to renew communication with the captors and pursue her release with continued hope for success.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Ellen M. Stone
Dickinson
Mr. Eddy
Constantinople
Miss Stone
Cuba's Custom Receipts Decline Slightly in 1900 and 1901
A War Department report from Washington on October 28 shows insular division data for Cuba. Nine month receipts from customs reached 11,584,837 dollars in 1901 versus 11,828,752 in 1900 and 10,797,407 in 1899.
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Cuba
Washington, D. C
Division of Insular Affairs
War Department
Boers Shot After Court Martial In Cape Town Action
South African mail reports several Boers captured in khaki uniforms were court-martialed and shot. It also notes Captain Theron cut the Cape Town lines west of Touwese river station on September 23.
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Hoersa
London
Theron
Cape Town
Touwese River
Prominent Mason A L Lawton Dies in Milwaukee
A L Lawton a noted politician street railway financier and thirty third degree Mason formerly of Colorado Springs Colo died at the Plankington house in Milwaukee on Monday October 28 of unspecified causes.
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Milwaukee
Wis
A. L. Lawton
Colorado Springs
Colo
Plankington House
Burglars Battle Police In West Virginia Town Heist
In Moundaville Wheeling October 28 a desperate gang robbed houses and blew safes. A running battle with police and armed townsfolk ended with the gang ambushing the attackers and escaping. One robber believed shot. They took hundreds of dollars and jewelry.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Moundaville
Nebraska Building Loans Conditions on June 30 1901
Secretary Rouse of the State Banking board released a report on Nebraska building and loan associations as of June 30. The number of associations remained steady, but total business volume rose to a gratifying extent. A comparative statement shows conditions for June 30 1900 and 1901.
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Lincoln
Neb
Rouse
State Banking Board
Nebraska
Accused of Stealing Wheel Arrested in Red Cloud
C T Gove an officer from Ohiowa with W B Gilbert arrived in Red Cloud to arrest George Gilbert for allegedly stealing his brother’s wheel and eloping. Gilbert was taken back home after the pursuit and arrest.
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Red Cloud
Neb
C. T. Gove
Ohiowa
W. B. Gilbert
George Gilbert
Both Legs Off at Double Tragedy in Nebraska
William Limar, while jumping from a moving train near Grand Island, lost both legs above the ankles after being run over by the cars. He lives northwest of Kearney and was headed to Ames to work in a sugar factory.
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Grand Island, Neb
William Limar
Kearney
Ames
Grand ‘Island
Neb
Fred D. Sargent Dies in St. Paul Opera House
Frederick D. Sargent, proprietor of restaurants in St. Paul Milwaukee and Omaha, and a gold mining investor in northern Minnesota, collapsed and died of heart disease at the Grand opera house in St. Paul last evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred D. Sargent
ST. Paul
Minn
Frederick D. Sargent
Milwaukee
Omaha
Minnesota
Grand Opera House
Groom, Younger Bride Tie Vows in County Judge Office
A 64 year old groom with white hair wed a bride thirty years younger in Judge Robinson’s office in Columbus Nebraska on October 28. The ceremony took place in a civil setting reflecting a low key marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eda
Columbus
Neb
Robinson
Form New Grain Company in Nebraska City
Articles of incorporation filed with the county clerk establish the Morton Grain company with paid up capital of 50000 dollars. Incorporators are J. Sterling Morton A. P. Stafford and A. T. Richardson. October 28. Nebraska City Nebraska.
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New Grain Company
Nebraska City
Neb
The
Morton Grain Company
J. Sterling Morton
A. P. Stafford
A. T. Richardson
Smallpox Reported in North School District Near Rising City
Rising City Nebraska October 28 smallpox breaks out in the North school district seven miles north of town the teacher is down with the disease and a patrol of health officials is likely to be ordered to the area.
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Rising City
Neb
Pioneer settler Mrs Thomas dies at age eighty
Mrs. Thomas wife of Thomas Thom as a pioneer settler of the city died at her son's home at the age of eighty.
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Nebraska City
Neb
Thomas Thomas
Lawyers of State to Meet in Omaha
The State Bar association prepares for its annual gathering in Omaha on January 9 and 10. Officers and committee reports, officer elections, and papers will fill the two sessions, with a banquet closing the meeting. President and two former American Bar association presidents will attend: Judge A. M. Rose General C. F. Manderson and Judge J. M. Woolworth.
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Omaha
The
State Bar Association
American Bar Association
A. M. Rose
Little Rock
Ark
C. F. Manderson
J. M. Woolworth
Pioneer Spethmann marked diamond wedding in Grand Island
Johann Rudolph August Spethmann and his wife Malvina celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary at Liederkranz hall in Grand Island with relatives and friends. Born in Schleswig Holstein Germany he is eighty four. They married in 1841 and moved to the United States in 1854 settling in Iowa Merrick county nearby.
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Grand Island
Johann Rudolph August Spethmann
Malvina Spethmann
Liederkranz
Schleswig- Holstein
Germany
Madison County
Towa
Spethmann
Schleswig-Holstein
Iowa
Merrick County
Alleged Horse Thief Caught in Beatrice Nebraska
Sheriff Waddington returned from Blue Rapids Kansas with Robert Hook charged with stealing a span of horses and a wagon from Peter Bedner near Barneston two miles away. Hook was en route to Oklahoma when overtaken Sunday night. A $75 reward had been offered for his arrest.
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Beatrice, Neb
Waddington
Blue Rapids
Kan
Robert Hook
Peter Bedner
Barneston
Hook
Oklahoma
Payroll Withheld for Nebraska National Guard
Lincoln October 26 The payroll of the Nebraska National Guard for service at Omaha encampment is again withheld by Auditor Weston awaiting opinion from Attorney General Prout on whether the full appropriation can be drawn now.
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Lincoln
Nebraska National Guard
Omahe
Weston
Prout
Daughter Shot by Hunter in Nebraska Tragedy
North Platte Neb Oct 26 An engineer Fred Thompson unintentionally shot his 18 year old daughter while unloading a gun after a hunt The bullet struck behind the ear and killed her instantly leaving a fatal hunting accident under investigation
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Hunter
North Platte, Neb
Fred Thompson
Lincoln delegates named to national live stock convention
Governor Savage appoints S. R. Foss Crete Peter Jansen Jansen and L. L. Young Oakland as delegates to the fifth annual National Live Stock association convention in Chicago beginning December 3.
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Lincoln
Savage
S. R. Foss
Crete
Peter Jansen
Jansen
L. L. Young
Oakland
National Live Stock Association
Chicago
Charter Granted for Byron Bank in Thayer County
Lincoln October 26 Secretary Rouse of the state banking board issues a charter to the Farmers and Merchants bank of Byron Thayer county. Directors listed include W. D. Fisher C. O. Harvey C. W. Guile J. F. Eitzman and William A. Hermie.
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Byron Bank
Lincoln
Rouse
State Banking Board
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank of
Byron
Thayer County
W. D. Fisher
C. O. Harvey
C. W. Guile
J. F. Eitzman
William A. Hermie
Tripp Critical After Colfax Prairie City Football
Colfax high school football player Richard Tripp, 19, is not expected to survive after injuries from Saturdays contest with Prairie City high school in Colfax Iowa.
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Iowa
Colfax
Richard Tripp
Prairie City
Good Corn at Madison
Corn husking has progressed for two weeks at Madison Nebraska with yields east of town ranging from thirty to forty bushels per acre, matching last year's performance.
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Madison
Neb
Jumping Man Is Run Over By Train Wheels
Grand Island Nebraska October 26. William Limar jumped from a moving train and was run over by the wheels causing severe leg injuries.
Button Lodged in Baby's Throat at Beatrice
The 3 year old son of Mr and Mrs Ira Fuller of Plymouth swallowed a campaign button and refuses to eat. He was taken to a Beatrice sanitarium where doctors used an X ray to locate the button near the stomach in the esophagus and will attempt removal without surgery.
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Beatrice
Neb
Ira Fullmer
Plymouth
Dear Mrs Pinename Praise for Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Mrs H F Roberts Kansas City writes that Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound restored her and many women from displacements ovarian troubles ulcerations and inflammation. She endorses the remedy and offers to advise. address Lynn Mass for free guidance.
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HW. F. Roberts
W.C.T.U
Kansas City
Lydia E. Pinkham
A Good Heart Like the Sun, Shakespeare Said
This reflective line compares a good heart to the sun, praising its brightness and constancy while noting it follows a true, unwavering course.
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Shakespeare
Care of the Complexion in Winter
Advice for delicate skin sufferers on avoiding chapping during winter. Recommends washing face and hands with clear hot water and Ivory Soap, followed by a light application of mutton tallow or almond oil to soften the skin. Eliza R Parker.
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Eliza R, Parker
Darkness of trouble brings new light to promises
A concise reflection on hardship revealing renewed hope as old vows face testing times. It contemplates how adversity clarifies commitments and renews resolve for the future.
Best results in starching with Defiance Starch
Advertising copy claims superior starching results when using Defiance Starch and notes an extra four ounces for additional cost without cooking.
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