Nebraska News Highlights From Battle Creek to Wayne
Reports include cholera treated hogs in Battle Creek with kerosene milk, Nebraska Third Regiment sickness and donations in Omaha, births near Emerson, a county insanity transfer, a large musical at Nebraska City, and early guard organization in Schuyler. Fire at the Dodge barn in Ames, pharmacist exams pass list, bar exam results, Washington dispatches on Third Nebraska discharge orders, local election confusion after a death, McCool water power mill interest, varied crop yields, and a new Wayne Presbyterian church planned at ten thousand dollars.
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J. R. Manning
Battle Creek
Omaha
Nebraska
John Kerwin
Emerson
Board of Insanity
Cuming County
Swan Johnson
St. Bernard's Hospital
Council Bluffs
Norfolk Asylum
Institute For the Blind
Nebraska City
National Guard
Schuyler
O. R. Jones’ Gate
York
Yory County
Ed J. Streight
Supreme Court
Mantia
J. M. Pomset
Thurston Rifles
Manila
Rother Gehlows
Nebraska Boys
Dodge
Ames
Standard Cattle Company
Board of Examiners
State Board of Pharmacy
Charles Davidson
Hastings
Albert Geyler
Grand Island
R. L. Harrison, Jr
Mary C. Wuester
Oketo
Kan
W. C. Willitts
Plattsmouth
Neb
GC. Wilson
Lincoln
Grif J. Evans
J. H. Schmidt
W. T. Scallan
M. J. O’connell
Sioux City
W. M. Johnston
Caceola
Allen Palmer
James A. McGraw
James CG. Kinsler
Charles S. Wittwer
H. A. Frank
H. F. Bishop
Kinsler
Washington Dispatch
Third
Nebraska Volunteers
Richard Co
Abel
Ernest A. Ittner
Jesse P. Edwards
Porter J. Hand
Israel G. Richards
Herbert FE. Covell
Henry
Corliss
James H Palmer
John M Line
Len Sledge
Walter D. Reynolds
Walter F. Elliott
Albert E. Barry
Harrison Township
Hall County
James Haldeman
Rickard
Haldeman
Menck
McCool
York County
Eastern
Flopp Lindgreen
William Gallagher
Wayne
Nebraska legislature sketches of members-elect
The Lincoln Journal profiles members elect to the Nebraska legislature with details on birthplaces, early careers, military service, and public offices. It covers F. M. Howard, C. F. Steele, Arthur J. Weaver, Charles Smith, John T. Swan, Peter Betlet, Thomas F. Sturgess, Dr. J. E. Hathorn, W. T. Thompson, H. C. Elwood, Emory Wyman, and Toahn Morean Ensterling with a mix of Democratic, Republican, fusion, and populist backgrounds and their local districts.
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Lincoln Journal
Nebraska
F. M. Howard
Clay
Hamilton
Aurora
C. F. Steele
Fairbury
Jefferson
Thayer
Roschelle
Ogle County
Jefferson County
Arthur J. Weaver
Falls City
Congressman Weaver
Nemaha Township
Fifth Missouri Cavalry
John T. Swan
Fusion
Nemaha County
LaSalle County
Illinois
Harman
Lee County
Ilnois
Auburn
Peter Betlet
Johnson and
Nemaha
France
Lafayette Precinct
Talmage
Brock and
Johnson
Thomas F. Sturgess
Donglas County
Niobrara
Hastings Gazette-Journal
Omaha
American Press Association
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
J. E. Hathorn
Bartley
Piscataunuis County
Maine
First
Maine Heavy Artillery
Maine State Seminary
Bates College
Lewiston
Bowdoin College
LaMoille
East DePaw Seminary
Rush Medical College
Chicago Medical College
W. T. Thompson
Central City
Grant County
Wis
Iowa
Simpson College
Indianola
Des Moines
H. C. Elwood
Antelope County
Independent Party
Creighton
Emory Wyman
Buffalo County
Shelton Township
Wisconsin
Democratic Central Committee
Supreme Court
Toahn Morean Ensterling
Kearney
Populist Leader from Buffalo County and County Judges
A survey of Nebraska legislators notes a populist representative from Buffalo County, native to Morgan County Kentucky, aged about 38, who worked in the government pension office in Washington D C for ten years, studied law and elocution, moved to Kearney in 1889, began practice, and was elected county judge in 1893 and 1895.
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Buffalo County
Morgan County
Kentucky
Government Pension Office
Washington, D. C
Kearney
William H. Mann
Saline County
New York State
Nebraska
Sterling
Wilbern
Mann
H. M. Smith
Saline
Friend
William
Grafton
Gage
Western
E.N. Allen
Arapahoe
Furnas
Red Willow
Hitchcock
Dundy
Gosper
Hayes
Chase
Wisconsin
Dane County
Furnas County
State University
Richardson County
Andrew Scott
Pawnes County
Roxburyshire
Scotland
America
Scott
J. F. Nesbit
Republician
Burt County
TV Tekamah
Burt
Washington
Nesbit
R. A. Dittmar
Otoe
Cass
Nebraska City
Ohio
Levi Cox
Illinois
Plano
Harvard
Hampton
Phillips
South Omaha
Livestock Commission
John William Armstrong
Nemaha County
Danville
Des Moines County
Iowa
Howe’s Academy
Mount Pleasant
Calvert
Auburn
Cleveland
Harrison
South Auburn
I. S. Fretz
Fusion
Valley County
Philadelphia
H. C. Kiester
Boone County
Westmoreland County
Pennsylvania
M. J. Schatble
Richards County
Alf Stump & Co
Falls City
Preston
Newly elected Nebraska lawmakers visit Lincoln for seat selection
Newly elected members of the legislature are visiting Lincoln to pick their seats. It is said that J Majors will be a candidate for United States senator from Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Majors
United States
Nebraska
Wreck of the Atalanta Off Oregon Coast
A survivor from the Atalanta blames the captain for the wreck caused by racing another vessel and hugging shore to gain wind. The ship struck a reef near Alsea Bay, snapping masts as surf boats and a cannon struggled to reach the scene. life savers took ten hours to arrive, finding the ship already split and battered.
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Porrtland
Ore
Oregon Coast
Atalanta
Cape
Alsea Bay
South Beach
Clark
Alsea
Puritan London licensing fence ends Sunday concerts
London licensing committee rejects licenses for halls to host Sunday concerts for profit, threatening an end to a brightening Sunday music scene. Newspapers denounce the move as Queen Victoria signals support by a Windsor Castle guards band performance, drawing large crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
London County Council
Guards
Windsor Castle
Castle
Rand
Torches at Noon In a London Fog
Loxton November 21 reports unusually mild weather for England with gardens in bloom yet London is shrouded by a dense fog that disrupts rail and street traffic. Pedestrians are seen feeling their way by flaming torches at noon in the city streets.
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London
Loxton
England
Colonel Morgan Emerges as Possible Missouri Governor Candidate
Kansas City Nov 21 Colonel Charles H Morgan of Lamar is considered a new contender for Missouri governor following Lon V Stephens. A former congressman from his district and a recent lieutenant colonel in a Missouri regiment his backers say he would make a splash if he enters the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Lon V. Stephens
Charles H. Morgan
Lamar
Missouri
Hendersons Divorce Ties Elopement to Local Scandal
Warre nsburg Mo Nov 21 William Henderson of Columbus township was granted a divorce from Cora Henderson in the circuit court. Mrs Henderson eloped with Rev Robert E Howell the man who recently committed suicide in a hotel at Olathe Kan. This week Charles Pinson the man Howell employed to burn his house will be tried for arson.
Botkin Witnesses to Cost $3,000 for Delaware Trip
Sheriff Whalen has given Chief Lees 3000 in gold to bring Botkin witnesses from Delaware to this city. The funds will be forwarded at once so the witnesses can arrive by December 5, the date of the trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Botkin
Francisco
Whalen
Lees
Delaware
Detained dynamiter Patrick Flanagan escapes to Montreal
Patrick Flanagan, once jailed fifteen years in England for dynamite plot involvement, had been detained by the immigration bureau in Quistxc. He disappeared and is believed to have left by the Grand Trunk line toward Montreal, likely aiming for the United States.
Fire in Staten Island shipyards destroys seven buildings
A blaze at J. N. Stalin shipyards in West Newbrighton Staten Island caused extensive damage today, destroying seven buildings and resulting in an estimated loss of 400000 dollars. Fire crews battled the blaze as investigators began assessing the cause.
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New York
J. N. Stalin
West Newbrighton
Staten Island
Insurrection Expands in Panay and Negros Alarm
Admiral Dewey reports two ships offshore Panay as insurgents seize control of the island except Iloilo held by 800 Spanish troops. Negros declares independence seeking American protectorate while US forces face war rules that block intervention to protect foreigners and looting of Iloilo.
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Washington
Dewey
Philippines
Charleston
Concord
Manila
Coilo
Glass
Panay
Lloilo
Negros
Aguinaldo
United States
Iloilo
Loilo
Keeley Motor Inventor John Keeley Dies at 61
John W. Keeley, inventor of the Keeley motor, died of pneumonia at 61 in his Prime city home. A native, he began as a carpenter, announced a new force in 1872, and exhibited the Keeley motor in 1874 drawing $100,000 from capitalists to perfect it. Between 1874 and 1891 he built and discarded 120 models, using a liberator device with tuning forks to release etheric force.
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Pma
John W. Keeley
Keeley
Mr. Keeley
Dewey Contracts to Raise Warships for Manila Defense
Admiral Dewey informs the navy he contracted with a Hong Kong wrecking firm to raise three Spanish vessels sunk at Manila last May. The project costs about 500000 dollars and will restore gunboats Isla de Cuba Isla de Luzon and Don Juan de Austria for protection of U S interests in the Philippines and along the Asiatic coast.
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Washington
Dewey
Navy Department
Hong Kong
Manila
Hichborn
United States
Philippines
Asiatic
Isla de Cuba
Isla de Luzon
Double Kansas Murder Near Garden City Farmstead
A double murder occurred seven miles west of Garden City on November 20. A. F. Pitts shot and killed George Neighbors and his son Lewis Neighbors on their farm as they worked. Pitts, a neighboring farmer, is jailed after the incident arising from a dispute over fence joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
Kan
A.F
Pitts
George Neighbors
Lewis Neighbors
School Boy Murdered in St Jostrn Missouri
In St Jostrn Missouri on November 21 Henry Stachorowski a 29 year old school boy was murdered by a companion on the way to school after noon recess. He was stabbed in the breast and ran home bleeding before collapsing in his mother's view. He died shortly after. The assailant remains unknown.
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St. Jostrn
Henry Stachorowski
Train Held Up Near Cristina Station in Cuba
A car on the Havana to Jesus del Monte line was halted by a robber gang near Cristina station. All passengers were ordered to surrender valuables before the train continued. Separately, the transport St Paul sailed from San Francisco to Manila with Christmas presents for Philippines forces.
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Cuba
Havana
Jesus del Monte
Cristina
San Francisco
St. Paul
Manila
Philippines
Manila clash ends with sergeant slain and insurgent grip
In Mania three Filipino natives hired a carriage and clashed with the driver over fare. Sergeant Price of the Minnesota regiment was stabbed and killed while three American soldiers Maher Montgomery and Hoyt were wounded. Maher killed one native and others were arrested. Iloilo, capital of Panay, reportedly in insurgent hands as US ships Charleston and Concord proceed there. Spanish cruisers Isla de Cuba and Isla de Luzon, sunk earlier, have been floated and docked at Cavite.
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Price
Minnesota Regiment
Maher
Montgomery
Hoyt
Iloilo
Panay
United States
Charleston
Concord
Manila
Isla de Cuba
Isla de Luzon
Cavite
Havana Seethes As Spain Leaves For American Rule
Havana faces unrest rather than riot as civilians and business leaders seek a quiet transfer from Spanish to American control. Mutinies threaten several battalions, likely to be among first sent to transports. Captain General Blanco wants to return but delays persist until troop evacuation in Havana province advances.
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Havana
Blanco
Unspeakable's Guest Draws Duke of Westminster's Protest
London November 21 The Duke of Westminster issues a letter criticizing Emperor William's hospitality to a ruler accused in blue books of crimes against tens of thousands of subjects. The dispatch sparked a sharp attack in William Waldorf Astor's Pall Mall Gazette, reflecting the feud between Astor and the duke over Cliveden items.
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Duke of Weatminster
London
Duke of Westminster
William
William Waldorf Astor
Pall Mall
Knights of Labor Wants Reform Recommendations
The Knights of Labor assembly in Chicago votes to urge the Industrial Commission to repeal government by injunction and to prohibit child labor under 14. It calls for postal savings banks government railroads greenbacks direct, popular U S Senators and President elections, and initiative and referendum with a three member committee to present these to the commission.
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Chicago
National Assembly of the Knights of Labor
Industrial Commission
United States
Commission
Hooley’s Baronetcy Bid Aliased by Jubilee Plans
London notices show promoter Hooley inviting seats atop Ludgate Hill to honor a supposed baronetcy named Sir Ernest and Lady Hooley. The Queen of the Marquis of Salisbury reportedly vetoed the title, with Conservative backers pushing to win honors. Politicians returned Hooley £250,000 only after jubilee honors were announced.
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Sir Ernest
London
Hooley
Ludgate Hill
St. Paul's Cathedral
Ernest
Lady Hooley
Marquis of Salisbury
Mr. Hooley
A Dire Prophecy for Britain
Paris reports a Kappel forecast foretelling French hostility toward Britain. The prophecy derides Britain over the Fashoda incident and links future discord among England, Europe, and the United States. It suggests Canada, Cuba, Jamaica, British Guiana, and the Cape tempt Britain into entanglements, ending with Britain’s death a decade hence.
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Britain
Paris
Great Britain
Europe
United States
England
America
Canada
Cuba
Jamaica
British Guiana
Cape
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Charles Callaman
Idney
Rebraska
Nebraska News
Senate
House
Fusloulste
Puritanical Action of
London Lawmakers
Queen Victoria
Morgan
Motor” Fame
Insurgentia
Noilo
Isla de Cube
Isla de Curzon
Knights OF Labor
The
Tional Industrial Commission
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