Nebraska News Highlights From Fremont To Omaha
The report covers court battles in Dodge County with Mane Barge suing Dr. Haslam for 10000 dollars over breach of promise. It notes Tecumseh may gain a telephone system, rail and land filings, a Hartington church dedication, and a federal push on railroad safety devices. It also recounts officials’ appointments, immigration efforts, and a fatal accident near Helmingford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fullerton
Fremont
Hartington
Fiorida
Bob Burdette
Sucy
District Court
Dodge County
Mane Barge
Wisner
Haslam
Tecumseh
R. L. Albertson
Dr. Martin
J. H. Gable
Des Moines
Elkhorn Road
West Point
Cuming County
Nebraska
Logan McReynolds
Marsh" Elder
House of Representatives
Clay County
Elder
State House
Arkansas
Supreme Court
Omaha
Norval
Ragan
Irvine
Commissioner of Railroads
Sioux City & Pacific Railroad
General Land Office
Red Holyoke
Laramie
Holyoke
Washington
Lyle M. Drury
Indiana
Omaha Indian School
Emma Renshaw
Chadron
Neb
Amanda Moshiler
Lower Brule
South Dakota
Perman Kempmerer
Grandy
Quinalelt
Fort Shaw
Montana
Congress
Union Pacific
Brainard
Adam Press
Helmingford
Condemnations and notable events in brief
Condemnations and diverse notes cover politics, fire losses, and notable deaths. James G. Fair’s son Charles L. Fair retires from racing. James Ponder, former Delaware governor, dies at 78. Temple Emanuel in Denver destroyed by fire with $35,000 loss. Ellen Peck, famed confidence woman, sentenced to five years. Ambassador White says Dr Von Holleben will arrive Nov 9. Union Pacific bridge rights dispute with Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul and Rock Island railways worries carriers. Walcott and Paine return from talks on international bimetallism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Illinois Steel Works
Milwaukee
Charles L. Fair
Tate
James G. Fair
James Ponder
Delaware
Milton
John J. Ingalls
Kansas
Washington
Emanuel
Denver
John Lanyon
Joplin
Ellen Peck
New York
Ambassador White
Berlin
Department of State
von Holleben
Germany
United States
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Walcott
Colorado
Charles J. Paine
McKinley
Various 1898 World Events Reported
News brief roundup notes Memphis free from yellow fever Chicago reports an eight year old bandit a Montana gold strike near Butte mining troubles around Bellaire Ohio End of Yellow Jack in New Orleans Dynamite Dick recruiting in Osage Country Pueblo bank cashier named Hiram L Holden Steamer Idaho wrecked on Lake Erie with nineteen dead Pheebe Couzens denies abandoning suffrage cause Chinese coal miners to replace Americans in Northern Illinois Fifteen round decision Sammy Kelly over Peter Borderick in New York Incorporation of Skaguay and Lake Bennet Tramway filed in Portland Americans and English buying Hawaiian land for coffee plantations Contract signed in New York for 80000 tons Hawaiian sugar of 1898 Bangkok dispatch reports Siam apologizes to Minister Barrett over assault on Kellett Body identified of unknown woman killed in Central railroad wreck Garrisons New York Miss Jennie King of South Buffalo Nine passengers and about 20000 dollars in gold on schooner M M Morrill arriving Seattle from Cook Inlet Alaska Prop erty of United States Mercantile Company among proceeds.
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Twesday
Memphis
Chicago
Butte
Montana
Bellaire
Ohio
Yellow Jack
New Orleans
Dynamite Dick
Hiram L. Holden
Central National Bank of Pueblo
Col
Idaho
Lake Erie
Pheebe Couzens
Illinois
Sammy Kelly
Peter Borderick
New York
Skaguay
Honolulu
Sats
Bangkok
Siam
Barrett
Kellett
Garrisons
Jennie King
South Buffalo
M. M. Morrill
Seattle
Cook's Inlet
Alaska
United States Mercantile Company
Various World and Domestic News Snippets
Marshall Field returns from Europe and KE S Holbrook dies in Chicago. Jack Frost drives yellow fever fears in the south. Denver Pacific sale postponed to December 20. Ohio Democrats back Bushnell over Hanna for governor. Hotel San Marcel burns in St Augustine. China adopts gold standard and halts metal exports. Ex Governor Saunders of Nebraska improves health. Cherokee interlopers trouble Indian Territory. Omaha Commercial Club hosts Nebraska delegation. New gold field found on the Koyukuk near Klondike. Milton Hickman leads a gunmen gang shot dead in West Virginia. Steamer Idaho sinks in Lake Erie. 19 survivors. Most Deadwood jail escapees recaptured. Dr Heinrich Weiner a jurist dies. Gen Von Werden dies in Prussia. Frank Novak on trial at Cedar Rapids for town murder. London appoints a new lord mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Field
Europe
KE. S. Holbrook
Chicago
Jack Frost
Democrats
Ohio
Bushnell
Hanna
San Marcel
St. Augustine
Fla
China
Saunders
Nebraska
Indian Territory
Omaha Commercial Club
Congress
Koyukuk
Alaska
Klondike
Milton Hickman
West Virginia
Idaho
Lake Erie
Deadwood
Heinrich Weiner
Gen
von. Werden
Gorlitz
Prussia
Frank Novak
Cedar _Rapda
Various 1890s Reports Highlight Turmoil and Notable Edges
The bulletin lists diverse items from 1890s: Rev Wentworth's Armenia trip for Turkish relations, Italian wheat shortage, New Orleans yellow fever deaths at 247, Ohio wage hikes at blast furnaces, Gomez near Remedios, Butterworth ill, Illinois Central quarterly earnings of 6.5 million, Lake Erie storm threats, Georgia asylum fire with no lives lost, Klondike gold dust finds, Yukon miners returning to work, Leutgert trial issue, Omaha chrysanthemum show with rail fare appeals, Nashville gunboat trial praise, Crawford Nebraska fatality from B and M locomotive, Gov elect Bushnell’s senatorial bid, death of Arthur Hale by chloral, Lincoln poised for Pullman role, and Runnels and VP names discussed for top position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
New Orleans
Jini
Ohio
Gomez
Remedios
Butterworth
Clévéland
Illinois Central
Lake Erie
Georgiansane Asylum
Klondike
Te- Nois
Vincent
Leutgert
Omaha
Nashville
Crawford
Neb
Bushnell
United States
Arthur P. Hale
Mutual Life Company
New York
Robert Tincoln
Pullman Palace Car Company
John S. Runnels
Various World and United States Notices Across Continents
Friday November 12 reports note General Schaltmeyer dead in Berlin while the pope is said to be in good health. Prince Bismarck ill again from eye affliction. Butterworth, patent commissioner, improving in Cleveland. Ulysses Grant Jr. leaves New York for San Diego. Cleveland’s son Richard J. named. Novak case in Iowa proceeds. a jury secured. Two Sturgis men head for Klondike with 500 horses. Texas railroads cut packing house rates. Argentine crops injured by frost. Ex-State Treasurer Booker missing, likely in Canada. Koerner confesses stealing 100 horses in Indianapolis. Bank of England withdrawals include 200000 in American coins for shipment. Wyoming lands bill linked to state education and charities. Dr Jacob D Graybill of New Orleans patenting a cigar shaped airship using aluminum and hydrogen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gneral Schaltmeyer
Berlin
Germany
Prince Bismarck
Butterworth
Cleveland
Ohio
Ulysses Grant, Jr
Neware City
San Diego
Clevelands
Richard Jelaame Cleveland
Novak
Iowa
Sturgis
North Dakota
Klondike
Texas
Argentine Republic
Booker
Canada
John G. Koerner
Indianapolis
Bank of England
United States
Bliss
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Jacob D. Graybill
New Orleans
Multiple 1900s notes mixed regional events and crimes
The items report volcanic activity at Mt Vesuvius, a Nebraska ex-treasurer shortage, Ak Sar Ben preparations in Omaha, a Philadelphia press club dine, rising Pittsburg blast furnaces, Kansas ag meeting dates, a Chicago department store fire with losses, a Michigan anti tobacco lecturer touring Missouri, a fatal Russian Poland accident, a Heines bank safe robbery in New York, Bryan named envoy to China, Clark backing Sibley for VP, Iowa college commences, James Wilson awarded master of agriculture, and A G Gillman shooting himself with unknown motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vesuvius
Tom Reed
Pacific Coast
Bartley
Nebraska
Omaha
National
Philadelpha Press Club
Pittsburg
Kansas Board of Agriculture
Topeka
W. A. Wiebolt & Co
Chicago
Lowry
Michigan
Missouri
Bielostok
Russian Poland
Heines’ Bank
Silver Creek
New York
A. G
Gillman
Jones-Nixon Publishing Company
St Louis
Postal savings banks urged by Postmaster General
Postmaster General Gary releases first annual report praising postal savings banks as a safe government-backed depository. It argues such banks would mobilize hidden private savings, foster thrift, and expand service while reducing letter postage. International examples show broad deposit use across ages and classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gary
Congress
United States
Europe
Hawaii
Great Britain
Canada
Arranging a Treaty to Refer Shimura Protocol
Honolulu reports the government has referred its version of Minister Shimura protocol to Japanese representatives and will submit it to Tokyo. If Japan approves the amendments, Hawaii will sign and preparations for arbitration will begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Victoria
Shimuras
Tokyo
Japan
Hawaii
Yellow fever cases update with limited new infections
Mobile reports one new yellow fever case Thomas Beneely with no deaths. Total cases reach 343 with 279 recoveries and 20 under treatment. New Orleans notes improving fever situation nine new cases and three deaths including Mangano Dulace and Thompson. Savannah plans to lift quarantine restrictions in the stricken areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Thomas Beneely
New Orleans
Josephine Mangano
Melanie Dulace
Horace Thompson
Savannah
Lynching of Three Accused Murderers in North Dakota
A mob in Emmons County North Dakota seized Alex Coudet Paul Holy Track and Philip Ireland from Deputy Kelley and hung them from a windlass near Williamsport. The trio had been linked to the February murder of six Spicer family members and one had just won a new trial. About forty men participated as news reached Minneapolis via a mounted messenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Tribune
Bismarck
Williamsport
Peter Shier
Kelley
Cash settlements ordered for Union Pacific government claims
Secretary Gage issues circular directing that all Union Pacific transportation service claims against the government be settled and paid in cash. The agreement with the Union Pacific reorganization committee requires cash payment through September 31, 1897 and ongoing settlements without bonds or sinking fund considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Gage
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Secretary of the Treasury
Union Pacific Reorganization Committee
Union Pacific Railroad
United States
Memorial day observances of National Grange held in Harrisburg
The National Grange observed memorial day with services in the supreme court room led by Worthy Master J. H. Brigham. Rev. D. John Trimbal read scriptures, O. H. Hale offered prayer, and Irene L. Hilleary chaired condolence reports for Sarah W. Hays and Isaac W. Nicholson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry
Supreme Court Room
J. H. Brigham
Washington
D. C
Chaplin O. H. Hale
D. John Trimbal
Irene L. Hilleary
Oregon
Sarah W. Hays
Oregon State Grange
Isaac W. Nicholson
New Jersey
John T. Cox
Detailing Off icers to Schools
Adjutant General Breck reports to Major General Miles that heavy drafting of officers to colleges and military schools reduces army effectiveness. He urges no increase in this practice and stresses need for artillery officers in regular duties. The note calls for land for tactical drills, rifle ranges at all posts, two extra artillery regiments, two more cavalry companies, higher civil and physical training standards, and improved post schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Breck
Miles
Secretary Alger Improving Amid Illness
Secretary Alger, ill with tonsillitis, shows improvement but remains in his room and will not resume duties for several days. The same dispatch notes a proposal in the inspector general report for a widows and orphans fund funded by soldiers pay reserves and court martial fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alger
Washington, D. C
Inspector General of the Army
Montanan Shot Over Timber Dispute Near Glendive
Thomas Wilson was shot dead by neighbor Andrew Brown following a timber cutting quarrel two miles north of Glendive Montana. Wilson left a widow and six children.
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Thomas Wilson
Glendive
Montana
Andrew ‘Brown
Wilson
London Financial Post
Marquis of Salisbury
Marquis of Lansdowne
United States
Beck
Philadelphia
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Egan
I Ilinois State
I Ilinois State Board of Health, Is In Receipt of A Letter From Dr. C. P. Spron
Thebes
Inventions Highlighted in Recent Patent Issuance
Curio patents include a toy top showing picture cards in motion a simple pipe wrench a street car fender preventing pedestrian falls a sixenle hand fire extinguisher rubber tired wheel with spring spokes and a insect destroying compound plus a training apparatus. Copyrighted illustrations of three famous inventions are offered as public property. Inventors seeking patent info may contact Sues & Co Bee Building Omaha Neb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Sues & Co
Bee Building
Omaha
Neb
Iowa Patent Office Report Highlighting Granted Patents
Des Moines November 3 1897 report lists allowed patents not yet issued for N E Finch Boone water heater and washing machine combo T H Williams Huron S D improvement related to his patent from 1896 F L Fairbank T N Cantrel Chicago plastic blotter bath M I Mann Des Moines owns market use Eureka Blotter Bath Company Chicago Edison Menlo Park lead inventor with many patents Kellogg Chicago set record with 125 patents for a multiple switch board on Oct 26 costing estimated 12 500 in fees Free patent information and drawings available to inventors nationwide Thomas G and J Ralph Orwig patent solicitors hope to assist accordingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
N. E. Finch
Boone
T. H. Williams
Huron
S. D
F.L. Fairbank
T. N. Cantrel
Chicago
I. M. Mann
Eureka
F Edison
Menlo Park
M. G. Kellogg
U.S
Iowa
Hawkeyes
Thomas G
J. Ralph Orwig
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Nebraska News
London
Horatio David Davis
George H. Wentworth
Armenia
Spicer
Union Pacific Clalma
General News
Patent Office Report
St. Louis
Omatta
Omaia
Cca
Seeces
Western Rangers
Ouattie
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