Nebraska notes on court adjournments and local incidents
The Nebraska summary records the Supreme Court adjourning without action in the Bartley end case and a motion in the Broatch-Moores case. It notes numerous local items: a Schuyler Debating Club winter sessions, injuries near Fairmont and Wik horn, a Wymore carnival under Martha Washington society, a body identified in Courtland, a district court salt case for $10,000, a fire destroying the G. C. Maben building in Deloit, box shipments to troops, a bigamy charge in Columbus, mortgage filings in Seward and Polk counties, a sheriff’s collision in Cheyenne county, a suspected suicide in Cedar county, a silver medal award for Thayer county, a Union Pacific wreck near Fremont, a pension claim for Walter F. Price, a theft near Waverly, and November events in Schuyler with a banquet for soldiers. The report also mentions a restaurant banquet for the Second Nebraska volunteer infantry and planned festivities on November 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Bartley End
Schuyler Debating Club
Joseph Goodsell
Fairmont
Opera House
Wymore
Martha Washington Society
John Krapp
Courtland
Peter Krapp
Salt
District Court of
Lancaster County
EB. L. Simmons
J. H. Edmisten
John Taylor
Omaha Elevator and Grain Company
Wikhorn
G. C. Maben Deloit
Trompen
Lincoln
Calhoun
Waverly
Polk County
Schuyler
Second Nebraska Volunteer Infantry
Schuyler and
Will Panquet
Nicaragua canal commission nears full report
The Nicaragua canal commission reports it will submit a detailed, largely unanimous study within about a month. It finds the Atlantic to Pacific route feasible and estimates costs with mathematical care, while avoiding political questions and noting possible British reservations under the Clayton Bulwer treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nicaraguan Canal Commission
Congress
Liay
Fifteenth Street
Admiral Walker
Atlantic
Pacife
Nicaragua
State Department
Anal
Amerian
Alew
United States
Central America
Great Britain
Railway worker arrested for long running express car thefts
Tompa Ohio November 7 William Beck a Lake Shore railway employee was arrested for stealing from express cars. His house contained silverware clothing silks and satins. He confessed to years of theft from express companies. Goods valued at about $5 000 were recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tompa
Ohio
William Beck
Lake Shore Railway
Wealthy Chicagoan offers 250000 for Monmouth endowment
James Law of Chicago offers 250 000 dollars to Monmouth College trustees on condition they raise an equal amount by next June. The gift to endow chairs of literature and sociology was accepted by the trustees on November 7 in Monmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monmouth College
Monmouth
James Law
Chicago
Concessions Earn Over Million At Exposition
Omaha reports the concessions department grossed 307000 in earnings from percentages, averaging 70 percent, indicating total receipts exceeded 1,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Kansas Soldier Dies in Cuba From Malaria Fever
Santiaco Nov 7 Private Seymour Breele of Company F Twenty-third negro Kansas regiment died here Thursday of malarial fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Cuba
War Inquiry Testimony in Cincinnati on Army Campaigns
The war investigating commission heard Lieutenant Colonel Miner describe Sixth Infantry movements from Port Tampa to Santiago and back. He criticized Tampa transport, canned beef, and diet, noting air quality and mild voyage. Major Griffith spoke on Chickamauga camp needs and hospital tents. he cited “read tape” and long requisition times as causes of hospital issues and typhoid spread with 66 deaths among 1,587 cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
Miner
Port Tampa
Santiago
Tampa
Cuba
Miami
Griffith
Kansas City
Chickamauga
Camp Thomas
Department
Woman Gets Revenge in Muncrx Killing
In Muncrx Indiana on November 7, Mrs. Levi Black shot and killed John Hailey a prominent farmer eight miles north of town. Ten days earlier Hailey had Mrs Black arrested for criminal assault but was acquitted. harassment and public talk prior to the shooting led to the deadly act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncrx
Ind
John Hailey
Levi Black
Ruhlin Stages Fast Victory Over Choynski at Arena
Gus Ruhlin of Akron halted Joe Choynski in a six round bout at the Arena Athletic Club as Choynski narrowly escaped being knocked out each round. Officials stopped the fight after the bell saved him each time in this swift, hard hitting match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pumavenpruia
Joe Choynski
Arena Athletic Club
Gus Ruhlin
Akron
Ohio
Voters Made Constables In Wash State Proclamation
The mayor declares an emergency and issues a proclamation enrolling all persons over two years old as special constables to help arrest robbers. A reward of 500 pounds is offered for the conviction of any robber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spex and Wash
City Tax on Railroads Upheld by Supreme Court
The Nebraska supreme court ruled that cities may impose an occupation tax on railroad companies without violating the interstate commerce act, finding the tax valid even though the business is not conducted entirely within the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Supreme Court
Marsh's Bond Fixed for Fugitive Bank President
Judge Butler of the district court fixed $20,000 bail on Gideon W. Marsh the fugitive bank president on his release application. Marsh was not present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portaperrita
Butler
District Court
Gideon W. Marsh
Marsh
Gilbert Wins Live Bird Championship at Cincinnati
Fred Gilbert of Spirit Lake Iowa won the silver cup and the live bird championship of America at the Cincinnati Gun Club tournament in Champion Cincinnati Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cincinnati Gun Club
Fred Gilbert
Spirit Lake
Iowa
Dewey Gains Formidable Fleet With New Pacific Staging
Admiral Bunce telegraphs that the cruiser Buffalo under Commander Hemphill sailed for the Philippines via Suez, and gunboat Helena departed for the same destination. These ships join Captain Parker's squadron of battleships and colliers, giving Admiral Dewey a formidable fleet, likely second only to England in Eastern waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Washington
Admiral Bunce
Navy Department
Buffalo
Hemphill
Philippines
Suez
Helena
Parker
England
Gans Beats McPartland In 25 Round Bout Victory
New York reports Joe Gans won the decision over Kid McPartland in a 25 round bout at Lenox Athletic Club. McPartland favored to win bets, but Gans landed strong lefts to the head, kept control by the ninth round, and maintained pace as McPartland grew wild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joe Gans
Kid McPartland
Lenox Athletic Club
McPartland
Maryland
Gans
Kaiser William's Secret Treaty Ties Germany to Turkey
Bern reports the Frankfort Zeitung claims Emperor William's Orient voyage yielded a deal to safeguard the sultan's Asiatic possessions in exchange for German commercial and industrial privileges. The arrangement allegedly equals an armed alliance, with Russia and France opposing German aims in the region. The emperor and empress arrived aboard the Hohenzollern and planned to travel to Damascus, pledging protection for German colonists at Jaffa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
The
Frankfort Zeitung
William
Turkey
Germany
Constantinople
Holy Land
Orient
Syria
Hafia
Palestine
Rhodes
Tripoli
Tripoli- Tunis
Asia Minor
Russia
Berlin
Austria
France
Reynorr
Hohenzollern
Damascus
Jaffa
Oil and soapsuds calm sea during storm experiment
Captain Gathemann of the North German Lloyd steamship Odenburg reports experiments from 1897 to 1898 using oil and soapsuds to quiet seas near the vessel. Oil proved effective, with 234 pounds used per hour, while soapsuds showed no calming effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
H. Gathemann
Lloyd
Odenburg
Baltimore
Bremen
Gunthemann
Gethemann
New Beet Sugar Refining Firm Formed in Springfield
The Ilining Sugar Refining company has just been incorporated at Springfield as a new beet sugar venture, the first organized in the Central states. Peoria wholesale grocers provide most capital. Initial daily capacity is 350 tons of beets, with plans to double output by expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Hil
Ilining Sugar Refining Company
Springfield
Central States
San Francisco Strikers Crisis Looms in Publishing
San Francisco dispatch reports morning papers on time as some workers refuse to strike. With help from other department staffers the stereotyping and presswork are completed. The strike is likely to reach a crisis today with both sides reluctant to yield though publishers appear more confident after retaining key workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Mikado Recalls Marquis Ito From China
A Shanghai dispatch reports the mikado has telegraphed Marquis Ito to return immediately to Tokyo while he is on a special mission in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquis Ito
China
London
Shanghai
Metallurgist Claude Vautin flees London after 100000 coup
Claude Vautin a metallurgist and inventor known on the Pacific coast has left London after a financial coup that secured 100000 in Bank of England notes and American railroad securities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonpos
Claude Vautin
Pacific Coast
London
Bank of England
Papers Stand Together Over Labor Troubles in San Francisco
In San Francisco on November 7, stereo typers at the Report office struck while the Post and Bulletin remained at work. By 5:30 the Bulletin printed the Reports plates. all three papers rushed to print, causing a newsboy scramble. Pressmen seek higher wages. publishers stand by the agreement hindering publication if others fail. About seventy five men work in city press rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Report
Post and Bulletin
Bulletin
Examiner Office
Publishers’ Association
Disease outbreak grips Gibara area during Cuban campaign
Dr Woodson medical inspector reports more than half the Gibara population with smallpox after arriving with Colonel Hood's regiment. Typhoid and dysentery seen. isolation of houses and healthful camp planning underway. Red Cross aid requested for medical supplies and convalescents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holguin
Gibara
Red Cross
Urge More Polling Places in Missouri Vote
Chairmen Akins and Cook urged county committees to ask the county court to convene Monday and establish additional polling places as voter numbers demand. They warned rubber stamp facsimile signatures could cause election complications and suggested not using them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Akins
Cook
Missouri
Vessel Croatan Burns Off Cape Charles After Fire
A fire on the Clyde line steamer Croatan bound New York to Wilmington and Georgetown causes five deaths among 22 aboard. The rescue survivor recounts the disaster, which occurred November 1 about 18 miles north of Cape Charles, 206 miles from New York. The burning hull sank at 3 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vineyard Haven
Mass
Croatan
New York
Wilmington
Georgetown
S. C
Cape Charles
Governors and lawmakers oppose payment to Spain for Philippines
Seven governors and four representatives in telegrams to the World express opposition to paying Spain 40 million dollars for the Philippines. State executives and national lawmakers largely align against a money payment by the victor to the vanquished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
New York
House of Representatives
Spain
Philippines
Victor
Jefferson Stricken With Illness Pauses The Rivals
New York November 7 audience dismissed early from the Fifth Avenue theater after actor Joseph Jefferson falls seriously ill with a threatened pneumonia during a performance of The Rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
New York
Joseph Jefferson
Fifth Avenue Theater
Salvage Decision Lets Merritt Company Continue Work
Constructor Hobson urged the naval bureau chiefs to permit wrecking work on the Colon. After two hours of argument the board agreed to allow the Merritt Wrecking Company to proceed, with salvage paid only if the vessel is raised and heavy per diem payments to stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washeron
Hobson
Naval Bureau
Santiago
Merritt Wrecking Company
Colon
French Show Their Pique At Reception
London reports that the Fashoda standstill remains. Baron de Courcel did not attend Lord Salisbury’s reception while Paris dispatches reiterate in principle evacuation, with other posts in the Hahr El Ghazal to be kept. A semi official note says France will wait for Major Chand’s Cairo arrival to explain Fashoda departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Fashoda
Baron de Courcel
Thomas Sanderson
Lord Salisbury
Paris
Hahr-El-Ghazal
France
Marchand
Cairo
General Sanger Testifies Before War Investigation Board
General Joseph P. Sanger testified about army supply failures and camp conditions at Chickamauga. He blamed the complex supply system, noted division hospital control removal, and cited disagreements among medical officers about typhoid versus typhoid malarial fever and the Chickamauga creek intake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanger
Lexington
War Investigation Commission
Joseph P. Sanger
Chickamauga
Quartermaster’s Department
Brooke
Huidekoper
Griffith
General Wood commends fuel and medical supply shortages at Santiago port
General Wood, military governor in the Santiago district, boarded Port Victor before its noon departure to the United States and found no provisions for sick personnel, no suitable delicacies, and a shortage of medical supplies. He vows to personally inspect every transport before departure thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago de Casa
United States
Port Victor
General Wood
Department of Santiago
Kyle Repudiates His Party in Nova Interview
United States Senator J. H. Kyle declares in the Nova interview that he repudiates the Populist party management in the state. He remains independent and will oppose fusion until the party is redeemed. He accuses Populist colleagues in Congress of unpatriotic conduct for not backing President McKinley in the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kyle
Aberdeen
United States
J. H. Kyle
Nova Today
Congress
McKinley
Plumber Faces Near Season Start With Leading Pipe Pinch
A plumber anticipates the seasonal pressure as work may surge with a lead pipe pinch looming. Townsfolk expect inspections and repairs to begin ahead of cold weather.
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Nebraska News
Company G
Third Nebraska Volunteers
Geneva
Cr. H. McNeal
Creston
Platte County
Columbus
Robison
Seward
King
Cheyenne County
Haskell Hill
Sidney
Peter Lund
St. James
Cedar County
Lund
Petergon
Knox County
H. Rhodes
Thayer County
Committee On Awards
Union Pacific
Fremont
No. 20 Waas
T. H. Saunders
Osceola
Walter F. Price
Killian
Nebraska
Manila
de. Grimt
Huanaas City
Bays
Reid
Rauhlin
Choynski
Gilbert
Periast
Jerusalem
Frinco
Gibra
Omata
Omatia
South Omaha
Ulla
Aounevaresevee
Csesenee
Cccseenenee
Western Rangers
Deaai
Bneep
Aia
NEW York Markeyt
Phecar
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