Numerous World News Briefs From Kentucky to Bolivia
Congressman Settle of Kentucky dies on the 17th in Frankfort. Kentucky election tangle continues until state election commissioners meet late this month. Topeka council adopts union labor eight hour city hall plan. Treasury reports net gold certificate issuance of $97,238,520 since August. Gerson Siegel of Siegel Cooper dies in New York age 62. Teachers appointed for Osage Indian School and Fort Sill. Amsterdam broom corn trust fixes price at $200 per ton for Central Illinois broomcorn. Governor Tanner declines to help Rollinger, sentenced for murder. Benham execution set for January 2 1899. sentenced for wife murder. Treasury offers to buy $25 million of 5 percent bonds. Deutsche Bank to build railway extension to Bassarah. Wilson investigates Cotton Exchange leak. Indian schools contracts awarded in C T Iowa agency. Ohio coffin makers approve 10 percent price increase. Actress Cora Ernest dies in Birmingham. burial in Pierre. October imports $72.7 million. exports $125.2 million. Mrs Mary Baker Eddy builds $13,000 residence in Lead SD for son George Glover. Pearl Hart acquitted in Florence stage robbery trial. Rockefeller pledges $150,000 to Rochester Seminary. challenge to raise $300,000. New York Cotton Exchange probes crop report leak. Berlin police dissolve anarchist meeting. Senator Hanna silent on 1900 chair plans. Morris Busch dies in Leipzig. Bolivia declares free duty for goods from Brazilian ports to Acre until 1900.
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Settle
Kentucky
Frankfort
Topeka
Treasury
Gerson Siegel
Siegel-Cooper Company
New York
Ross C. Preston
Depere
Wis
Oklahoma
Anna Garner
Running Water
Fort Sill
Howard C. Benham
Batavia
N. Y
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Deutsche Bank
Bassarah
Asiatic + Bay
Bay
Wilson
The
Agricultural Department
New York Cotton Exchange
Secretary of the Interior
Iowa Indian Agency
C. T
Kane & Handley
el Reno
Riverside
Rainy Mountain
Ohio
Birmingham
Ala
Cora Ernest
Woodsward Stock Company
South
Pierre
S. D
Bureau of Statistics
Mary Baker Eddy
Boston
George Glover
Black Hills
Phoenix
Ariz
Pearl Hart
Florence
Dean
Department of Agriculture
King
Exchange
Berlin
Chicago
Hanna
National Republican Committee
Herr Morris Busch
Prince Bismarck
Lipzig
Acre
Vote for Regents Early Returns From Nebraska Counties
Nebraska statewide count shows regents results from 76 counties with duplicates of official returns at the secretary of state’s office. The tally reflects early statewide sentiment ahead of final totals across all 90 counties.
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Lincoln
Neb
Secretary of State’s Office
Nebraska to Exhibit Public School Work at Paris Exposition
Lincoln Neb Nov 20 1900 Preliminary steps for Nebraska public schools exhibit at the Paris exposition plan to show growth and high standards. Superintendent Jackson has ordered binding of school laws and statistics for the display and will include comparative statements on school conditions over time.
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Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska
West
Jackson
Contributors Being Notified About Refunds From Fund
A statement from Lincoln executive chambers explains that after settling expenses for bringing the First Nebraska volunteers from San Francisco a surplus funds remains. Donors will be refunded starting with the most recent receipts issued August 21, 1899, by mail upon return of the receipt. In Fremont Peter Trainor loses a team and wagon after a perilous fall from a bluff while loading corn. One horse dies and the other is badly injured. the hired man William Freeman is missing.
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Lincoln
Neb
First Regiment Transportation Fund
Executive Chamber
First Regiment
Nebraska Volunteers
San Francisco
Fremont, Neb
Peter Trainor
Platte River
William Freeman
Nebraska Improv ed Live Stock Breeders to Meet at University
The Nebraska Improved Live Stock Breeders association will hold its annual meeting in the state university chapel starting December 19. Three sessions the next day and a forenoon business meeting December 21 are planned. A livestock show and sale in autumn 1900 may be discussed. Leading Nebraska stockmen favor the sale, and attendance is expected to exceed last year.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Improved Live Stock Breeders’ Association
the State University
Nebraska
Fort Sidney Sale Ends Fort Reserve Era
The Fort Sidney sale in Nebraska brought 3 333 dollars, clearing the site once home to the Twenty first Infantry. The officers quarters tract sold for 3 680 dollars to Edgar M Westervelt of Lincoln, with the remaining funds split between the Union Pacific and a Sidney resident.
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Fort Sidney
Sidney
Neb
Department of the Platte
Twenty-first United States Infantry
Edgar M. Westervelt
Lincoln
Union Pacific
Surety Company Sues Him
The state's evidence in the case against J. G. Gingles who is charged with obtaining over $5,000 from the Kansas City & St. Paul Grain company under false pretenses during the last two years while acting as the company's agent at Collins Iowa is nearly in. There have been nearly fifty witnesses for the state and as the defense has subpoenaed that many already and over 700 pounds of books and records will be examined, it is probable the trial will consume over two weeks. This will be the longest preliminary trial ever held in this part of the state.
Court docket opens in Stockville with liquor cases
Stockville Nebraska reports Judge G W Morris opened a 253 case docket nine criminal, eight for selling intoxicating liquor. Those pleading guilty include Philip F Hess William J Hurtle Henry P Hughes Reece Heaton John Hill and William Hughes, each fined 100 dollars plus costs. The state case against Evan T Jay for compounding a crime yielded a guilty verdict. he received 30 dollars.
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Hearty Court
Stockville
Neb
G. W. Morris
Philip F. Hess
William J. Hurtle
Henry P. Hughes
Reece Heaton
John Hill
William Hughes
Evan T. Jay
Eustis
Record Stock Shipment Surpasses Previous North West Peak
In Chadron Nebraska on November 20 the season’s stock shipment matched the prior northwest peak from two years ago, while Dawes county reports more range stock. Sheep husbandry has grown rapidly within three years, threatening the range as Dr. Romine sells his Dawes flock and moves to Scotts Bluff county.
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Chadron
Neb
Northwest
Dawes County
Romine
Scotts Bluff County
Pair Twice Divorced
Osceola Neb Nov 20 A divorce was granted to Mrs Maryetta Cox from her husband who she twice married She was divorced from the same man last year remarried him and now has received a second divorce Both parties are free to wed again The husband William O Cox agreed to pay 200 alimony and has already given her a mortgage on the home
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Osceola
Neb
Maryetta Cox
William O. Cox
Big Cattle Feeder in Merrick County Nebraska
Central City resident T. B. Hord operates what is described as the largest cattle feeder in the United States. He has 20,000 cattle on full feed within a ten mile radius of Central City, Neb. The town becomes a major corn and hay market with corn at 23 to 25 cents and hay at 3 to 4.50.
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Central City
Neb
Merrick County
United States
T. B. Hord
Phils
C.O.D
Husk a Sick Man's Core near Tobias Nebraska
William Pratt of Tobias Nebraska has been bedridden with typhoid fever for weeks. Last Wednesday neighbors from Tobias and surrounding areas husked about 1400 bushels of corn to help him recover.
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Tobias
Neb
William Pratt
Schley Initiated in Masonry Visit Noted in Chadron
CHADRON Neb November 20 Dr Co G Elmore of Chadron who recently visited in the east visited the Masonic lodge in Washington and witnessed Admiral Schley take his first three degrees In Masonry The grand master wore the spron worn by George Washington as master of Alexandria lodge Attorney C Dana Sayers of Chadron is a member of Alexandria lodge and sat in the historic lodge room with his father and grandfather
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Schley
Chadron
Neb
Co. G. Elmore
Masonic Lodge
Washington
Admiral Schley
George Washington
Alexandria Lodge
C. Dana Sayers
Insurance fees dispute in Nebraska Supreme Court case
The Nebraska Supreme Court hears a heated dispute in State of Nebraska versus Home Insurance Company over fees paid to auditor Eugene Moore. The defense argues the auditor lacked authority to bill for services unless fees were prepaid into the state treasury and that the state is estopped from seeking compensation for services legally unperformable without such prepayment.
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Lincoln
Neb
Eugene Moore
Supreme Court
Nebraska
Home
Moore
Home Insurance Company
Gage county bonds sold for permanent school fund details set
Gage county bonds to be sold to the state as an investment for the permanent school fund were handed over in a ceremony attended by county officials. The state board appointed W B Hester to supervise the new building at the Nebraska hospital for the insane with a $40 000 appropriation. D W Barnes of Waiparaiso replaces J P Rouse on the state fish commission. Barnes serves until June 1 1902.
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Gage County
State Board of Public Lands and Buildings
W. B. Hester
Lincoln
Nebraska Hospital For the
D. W. Barnes
Waiparaiso
State Fish Commission
J. P. Rouse
Casa County
Barnes
Profit for Farmers in Nebraska Beet Trade
The Standard Beet Sugar company will ship a large portion of locally grown beets to Norfolk at the Ames price. The Standard Cattle company has already moved many beets to Norfolk and will ship from a 400 acre tract. Much beets are siloed with storage paid for by the sugar firm. Factory work advances but won’t finish before December. Beets per acre yield is lower than hoped, yet profits remain solid for farmers.
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Fremoxet
Neb
Standard Beet Sugar Company
Norfolk Company
Norfolk
Standard Company
Ames
Standard Cattle Company
Beatrice Electric Light Chief Vanishes from City
G D Roberts, recently placed in charge of Beatrice Electric Light Company, was last seen Monday evening in Beatrice. A message to J E Sullivan, Omaha receiver, brought him to Beatrice to assess the firm. Rumors swirl about the disappearance with mixed hopes of a return or permanent departure. Sullivan states the company’s affairs are in good shape regardless of outcome.
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Kbusiness
Beatrice, Neb
Beatrice Electric Light Company
G. D. Roberts
J. E. Sullivan
Omaha
Beatrice
Mr. Sullivan
Goen to Jail for Stealing Hay
Fremont Nebraska November 17 David Etherton was arrested for stealing hay from farmer P H Sweet northwest of the city. He was found guilty by Police Judge Coman and fined 100 dollars plus costs and jailed. Etherton has two prior penitentiary terms for grand larceny and is thought linked to local farmer thefts.
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Goen
Fremont
Neb
David Etherton
P. H. Sweet
Coman
Etherton
Verner Acquitted in Nebraska Horse Theft Trial
Albert Verner was acquitted by a district court jury in Sidney Nebraska after a horse stealing trial. Fort Sidney fire remains unsolved with no arrest. the site is heavily guarded and locals suspect spite as the motive for the blaze.
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Sidney, Neb
Albert Verner
Fort Sidney
Hog Cholera Spreads in Bart County Herds
Hog cholera is becoming prevalent in Bart county Nebraska with several insured swine herds under care of an insurance company. Reports indicate some success in treatment efforts.
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Bart County
Tekamah
Neb
Red Hot Telephone War in Fairbury Neb
A tariff battle unfolds as Nebraska Telephone cuts rates to 50 cents monthly while Fairbury Telephone prepares to launch and its stockholders vow to ban Nebraskas instruments in business places. They pledge to charge half the former Nebraskas rate.
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Fairbury
Neb
Nebraska Telephone Company
Fairbury Telephone Company
Patti the Dagger Collector Reveals Secret Passion
Mme Patti keeps a private collection of small historical daggers and related weapons. The unusual hobby, long hidden from the public, has only recently become known and centers on a niche for miniature blades.
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Patti
Mme
Gully the Speaker Prefers Golf to Boxing
Gully, Speaker of the House of Commons, is noted as an expert golfer who shows no interest in pugilism, despite his ancestor’s fame in boxing.
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Gully
House of Commons
Sahara Transformation Through Artesian Wells
More than 12.6 million acres of the Sahara have been converted into fertile soil with the aid of artesian wells. The project shows dramatic environmental change and suggests vast agricultural potential in arid regions.
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Sahara
Brakeman's Quick Thinking Saves Train
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad honors two engineers for saving lives after derailments. A brakeman received a $50 check and public praise for alert actions. Engineer John Hagerty, oiling his engine at Connellsville, acted to prevent a collision and saved ten to twelve lives. the company awarded a gold watch and chain.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
John Hagerty
Connellsville
Hagerty
Greek maxim on listening and restraint from Beecher
A proverb attributed to Henry Ward Beecher notes that humans have two ears and one mouth so they may hear twice and speak once. It suggests that by holding peace one avoids most provocations of life.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Soldier’s Monument Recalled in Solemn Dialogue
A fragment recalls a monument crowned by liberty goddess with a soldier and two boys looking up in awe. The lines mix solemn narration with a child’s question about the figure above, reflecting themes of patriotism and memory.
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Johnnie
God
Willie
Dewey
Wonders of Arabian Desert Pillars of Sand
The deserts of Arabia show pillars of sand formed by whirlwinds. These sand towers resemble waterspouts in appearance and stand as striking desert features.
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Arabia
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