Exposition Closing Reflections On State Buildings
The Omaha World-Herald notes the closure of the exposition will sadden hosts as state buildings wind down after a season of hospitality. Nebraska led as host with broad access, while Iowa and other states filled large registers and welcomed all comers with warm, informal management and ample rest and refreshments.
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Omaha World-Herald
Department of Public Comfort
Trans-Mississippi
Iowa
Exposition
Nebraska
Minnesota
Illinois
Kansas
New York
Wisconsin
Montana
California
Hawaii
Miss Butterfield
Hunter
Death of Stephen B. Miles Pioneer Nebraska figure
Stephen B. Miles, a prominent Nebraska settler and wealthy landowner, died last night at the Union House after a weeklong illness. He amassed largely from government land earned for carrying a pony express rider during the war and spent summers on a 2000 acre Dawson ranch. He worked in banking winters and remained active in business until recently, spending a winter in St Louis and gifting an $8,000 Odd Fellows building last spring and helping prepare it for use.
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Stephen B. Miles
Falla City
Stephen B.miles
Nebraska
Union House
Miles
Plains
Pony Express
Dawson
St. Louis
Odd Fellows
Lincoln Plan to Buy Exposition Organ for University Chapel
A project in Lincoln aims to purchase the grand concert organ built for the exposition for use in the University of Nebraska chapel. The effort seeks to bring the historic instrument to campus for religious and ceremonial use.
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Lincoln
University of Nebraska
Supreme Court Decides Cases Including Sheridan County Cattle Stealer
The supreme court handed down several decisions including affirmations in Stevens and Chezem of Adams county. It also ruled that second class cities may levy an occupation tax on railroad companies entering city limits from York county. A Chadron dispatch notes a marriage attempt between Patrick Lacy of Harrison and Mrs. Magele Schooley of Marion Ohio ended in desertion after two days and a daughter remained with Schooley. Both parties allegedly misrepresented themselves, with Lacy claiming cattle ranching wealth and Schooley stating she had thousands in cash, but the union dissolved with little regret.
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Supreme Court
Stevens
Sheridan County
Chezem
Adams County
District Court
York County
Chadron
Patrick Lacy
Harrison
Neb
Magele Schooley
Marion
Lacy
Schooley
Sioux City
Closing Night Riot at Exposition Ends in Adjourning
A noisy crowd at the exposition grounds during closing night caused beer bottles and chairs to rain onto the stage at Pabats beer hall. Guards cleared violators. no serious injuries recorded as the show ended and the gate lowered around 1 45.
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Omaha 2A
Pabat
Pepita
Willard
A Good Thing for Farmers in Fremont Area
Fremont dispatch reports Dodge county to become a major sheep feeding center with yards arranged for 75,000 head and potential fattening of 100,000 sheep for market. Many old feeders left due to high sheep prices. new yards by range men and local entrepreneurs diversify into cattle feeding, including Standard Cattle company at Ames handling about 7,000 head.
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Fremont
Dodge County
Standard Cattle Company
Ames
First Claim for a Nebraskan
Osceola dispatch reports a Third Nebraska soldier, Austin Jeffrey, discharged by telegraphic order from the war department after a sick furlough. Judge T. H. Saunders filed the first pension claim for a Spanish-American War Nebraskan, a recruit of Company C, First Nebraska, who was injured in San Francisco while awaiting transport to Manila.
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Osceola Dispatch
Bryan
Nebraska
War Department
Austin Jeffrey
Pablo Beach
Fla
T. H. Saunders
Killian
San Francisco
Manila
Supreme Court Rules Election Contest In Nuckolla Case
The Supreme Court ordered the county clerk to add the Republican candidate for county commissioner after a vacancy nomination allowed a late certificate. Republicans had overlooked the certificate in certifying candidates, and the court granted a writ to compel filing before eight days prior to the election.
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Nuckolla
Supreme Court
Republican Committee
Swindled by a Cattle Thief Near Broken Bow
Shosta of nine miles southwest of town bought 65 head of cattle on October 24 from a stranger who claimed to drive them through. The cattle were turned over to Mr. Plumer at no cost and later stolen from his range on the Dismal on the 22nd. Mr. Bholtz lost 1500 dollars paid for the cattle.
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Broken Bow
FE. Shosta
Here
Wilkinson
Plumer
Bholtz
Lawton Defends Santiago Campaign Care Amid Hardships
Lawton, commander of the Second division of the Fifth army corps in the Santiago drive, testifies before the war investigation commission. He cites adequate transports and supplies, notes climate as the chief cause of sickness, and asserts no serious mistakes or lack of care by authorities. He praises the staff as among the world’s best and says more could not have been done.
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Wasmxetox
War Investigation Commission
Denby
Lawton
Fifth Army Corps
Santiago
Department of Santiago
Tampa
Colonel Denby
Cuban workers in Santiago press for wage rise amid strike
In Santiago Cuban laborers cleaning and repairing streets receive $1.50 and two rations daily. They push for a fifty cent raise, while General Leonard Wood threatens arrest of idle workers and may impose a vagrancy law to force work. Meanwhile two mining firms hire 450 Gallegos miners from the Spanish garrison with General Blanco's consent.
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Santiago
Leonard Wood
United States
Wood
Cienfuegos
Blanco
France to Recall Marchand at Fashoda
A semi official note from Paris says the government will not retain the march and force at Fashoda. The cabinet made the decision after an exhaustive examination of the question.
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Paris
Marchand
Fashoda
War souvenirs mark graves in Manila auctioned items
Head boards mark the graves of the Astor battery in a Manila cemetery. Effects were sold at auction with large sums. a Private Dunno coat fetched 20 dollars and a tobacco pouch 92. Proceeds go to relatives.
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Bell High
Manila
San Francisco
Astor Battery
China to Use Bows and Arrows
Penn November 5. Kang Yi a high Manchu official in the council of state has gained influence with the dowager empress. He is anti foreign and conservative, and may have instigated the edict reestablishing the bow and arrow exercise for Chinese soldiers.
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China
Penn
Kang- Yi
Council of State
Government plans repatriation of soldiers buried abroad
Washington reports the removal of bodies of government soldiers buried in Cuba, Porto Rico, and Manila will begin soon. If names are unknown, remains go to national cemeteries unless a state requests otherwise. Major General F W Greene notes early burials occurred near Manila’s gates and a cemetery was laid out near the insurgent camp.
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New York
Washington
Cuba
Porto Rico
Manila
Santiago
F. W. Greene
Seventeen Cuban Prisoners Arrive in New York
Seventeen Cuban prisoners released from Ceuta in Africa arrived in New York on the Wilhelm. They were freed at US expense and will be sent back to Cuba at US expense. Many faced life terms or thirty years, the shortest sentence twelve years.
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Ceuta
Africa
New York
Wilhelm
Gibraltar
United States
Cuba
Brown brothers seek restraining order on life insurance sales
In Lincoln Nebraska on November 5 the Brown brothers Charles F David W and George K filed a petition in district court asking Receiver Hill of the now defunct Lincoln Savings Bank to bar sale of life insurance policies totaling 15000 pledged as loan collateral They contend selling to the highest bidder endangers their lives since policies pay only on death and the purchaser could be motivated to cause it The case awaits hearing this month.
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Lincoln, Neb
District Court
Charles F
David W
George K. Brown
Hill
Lincoln Savings Bank
Brown Brothers
Loot of Philippine Treasury Tied to Weyler Report
Manila dispatch reports evidence linking General Weyler to looting of the Philippine treasury. Two prisoners allege Weyler and associates stole 1,250,000 in Mexican silver, claims to be investigated by General MacArthur. A treasury audit showed large withdrawals with unclear disposition. One prisoner, a treasury cashier, says Weyler aided the crime. An full inquiry is ordered.
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San Francisco
Manila
General Weyler
Philippine
Bilikid
Weyler
Treasury
Woyler
St Paul Brings Sailor Prisoners to San Francisco
The transport St Paul from Manila arrives with Surgeon F W Faddell and Majors Kelley Kernan and Young along with discharged service members. Four sailors from the Charleston, jailed for drunkenness and desertion, are also aboard. Captain Hays says Manila sickness reports are exaggerated.
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St. Paul
San Francisco
Manila
F. W. Faddell
Volunteers
3. C. Kelley
F. J. Kernan
Louis I. Young
Charleston
Hays
Local Man Found Dead in Cleveland Hotel
A man aged about 60 to 65 registered as John Jones from Boston at the Jefferson hotel in Cleveland and was found dead in his room. An empty vial labeled chloral hydrate and a suicide note stated I am Smith and am out of work, asking the grave digger to do the rest.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Jefferson Hotel
John Jones
Boston
Mass
Smith
Heston
Creek Treaty Ratified by Creek Nation in Indian Territory
The secretary of the interior reports unofficial advices that the Creek Indian nation has ratified the reorganization agreement reached by its commissioners and the Dawes commission in Indian Territory.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Indian Territory
Dawes Indian Commission
Australian Crops Wither Amid Ongoing Drought
From Vancouver B C on November 5 reports indicate steamer advices from Australia confirm continued drought and withered crops across the country.
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Vancouver
B.C
Australia
Infanta Maria Teresa Lost in Northeast Atlantic Gale
The armored cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa foundered off San Salvador in a February 1 storm after hull rents opened during a heavy gale. The Merritt rescued Captain Harris and 136 crew, with no lives reported lost. officers and 58 sailors remained aboard the wrecking tug. The Teresa, flagship of Admiral Cervera, carried a 500-man crew and 7,000 tons displacement, built at Bilbao for over 3 million dollars.
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CuaRiEston
S. C
Merritt
Charleston
Infanta Maria Teresa
San Salvador
Bahamas
Caimanera
Cuba
New York
Cape Maysi
Harris
Navy Department
Larris
Teresa
Watlings Island
Cervera
Santiago Harbor
Spain
Bilboa
Santiago
Morro Castle
Theater Roof Collapse at New Wonderland in Detroit
The New Wonderland theater roof collapsed at 1 45 pm in Detroit Michigan killing six men and injuring several as iron galleries and scaffolding fell. Twenty five workers were beneath the collapse and rescue efforts continue with multiple fatalities feared.
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Detroit
Mich
New Wonderland Theater
Spanish Arms to Come North
Santiago Cuba November 7 Colonel Barrup completed an inventory of arms captured from the Spanish. They will be shipped to American arsenals. The haul includes 135 cannon ranging from one to five inches in caliber, 86 bronze pieces, 3 steel guns and 41 cast iron guns. Also 22 000 Mauser rifles and 10 000 000 cartridges.
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Santiago
Cuba
Barrup
Delawares Vote to Emigrate to Mexico
Delaware Indians meet on Caney River in the Cherokee Nation to discuss emigration to Mexico. Five delegates elected to travel to Mexico to arrange land purchases for the tribe. Sentiment reportedly nearly unanimous for migration.
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Mexico
Wichita
Kan
Caney River
Cherokee Nation
Earl of Stafford to wed Mrs Colgate in America
London reports the marriage of the Earl of Stafford to Mrs Samuel Colgate, one of America's richest women with a fortune around ten million dollars. Her husband, a soap manufacturer, died six years ago, and she has been a favored figure in the American colony.
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London
Earl of Stafford
Samuel Colgate
America
Independent Telephone Plan for Wichita Draws Support
Twenty Wichita businessmen unite to promote an independent line in Sedgwick County aiming for a 25 percent lower rate than existing telephone companies. The move reflects local efforts to challenge current providers and reduce costs for users.
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Independent Telephone
Wichita
Kan
Sedgwick County
Matanzas Records Show October Births Marriages and Deaths
Official Matanzas figures for October list nine births ten marriages and seven deaths. The report from Havana summarizes vital statistics for the month in the province.
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Matanzas
Havana
Filipinos Take a Town as Iloilo Falls Before Rebels
Rebels advance toward Iloilo as Spaniards retreat amid fears of attack. Admiral Dewey sends Charleston and Concord to shield foreign interests while Isla Negros reportedly falls to insurgents. Reports note misrule in Northern Luzon and relatively orderly Aguinaldo provinces.
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Manila
Iloilo
Admiral Dewey
Charleston
Concord
Isla Negros
Luzon
Aguinaldo
United States
Naval Reserves Proposed From War Militia
Captain John R. Bartlett reports that the United States auxiliary force was organized quickly with discipline and efficiency. He lauds the naval militia but notes many educated men enlisted as coal passers beyond their fitness. Bartlett proposes a reserve system using militia trained as experts from revenue marine and life saving services.
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Washington
John R. Bartlett
United States Auxiliary Force
Lartlett
Bartlett
Revenue Marine Service
Kaiser Called Poodle in Die Zukunft Lead to Six Month Fortress Detention
Berlin reports Maximilian Hardin editor of Die Zukunft was sentenced to six months fortress detention for lese majeste. Five charges stem from pieces including Pudel Majestut An den Kaiser Der Wahrheit Rache and Grossvater's Uhr. Die Zukunft circulation rose to 3.5 million after prosecutions.
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Berlin
Maximilian Hardin
Die Zukunft
Herr Hardin
Grossvater
Bismarck
Mataafa Still Uncrowned in Samoa Dispute
Dispatches from Samoa report ongoing turmoil among the islands board of control as German, English, and U S consuls fail to cooperate. President Raffel holds a firm stance while Mataafa remains without kingship. An American engineer arrives to oversee a coaling station project at Pazo Pago amid protests by the German consul.
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San Francisco
Samoa
Board of Control
Germany
England
United States
Raffel
Treaty Board
Mataafa
Pazo-Pago
Boston Trade Board denounces bank liquidations in Boston
The Boston associated board of trade appoints a five member committee to assess the savings bank commission action liquidating nine solvent Boston banks. The committee condemns the wholesale liquidations as unjust untimely and needless and a menace to business interests. Central National Bank to take over Lincoln National Bank on Monday.
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Boston
Mass
Savings Bank Commission
Boston Associated Board of Trade
Central National Bank
Lincoln National Bank
Spain Announces Auction of Government Tags and Launches
Havana reports Spanish officials set a sale of government tags and launches. Only one launch sold for 3500 dollars while other items failed to meet two thirds of estimated value and remained unsold.
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Spain
Havana
Coal Find in Alaska Sparks Copper River Settlement
Captain Abercrombie of the Copper River Exploring Company returns from an expedition reporting abundant anthracite and bituminous coal in JungAu Alaska. He predicts rapid settlement of the Copper River valley due to the coal discovery.
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JungAu
Alaska
Abercrombie
Copper River Exploring Company
Copper River
Kansas Soldier Dies of Typhoid in Leavenworth
Leavenworth Kansas November 1 1918 Soldier Thomas C Richardson of Company 4 Twenty second Kansas regiment died of typhoid fever while in military service at Leavenworth.
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Kansas
Leavenworth, Kan
Thomas C. Richardson
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Eapo Blings
France
Convida
Surance
Mr. Smith
Maria Teresa
Captain Bartlett
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