Nebraska cattle show sets fair record and local tales
Nebraska notes report a record cattle show at the state fair and list county fairs, weather impacts, and fair extensions. The piece covers Doane College enrollment changes, trials for liquor offenses, hunting accidents, assaults, notable injuries, robberies, and a range of local incidents from Hebron to York and Franklin counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuming County
Doane College
York County
Otoe County
A. C. Seidler
Hebron
Alvin Buckmaster
Tecumseh
Joseph Kirk
Keyn Paha
Louisville
Peary Plans Next Arctic Expedition to Reach Pole
Lieutenant Peary outlines next year’s Arctic mission starting end of July with Sherard Osborne Fjord as base. He will lead Eskimo helpers and aims to reach the pole or risk his life, aided by $150,000 from the American Geographical Society for five years and a possible new ship.
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Peary
PruavEeLpata
Cape York
Sherard Osborne Fjord
Myelf
American Geographical Society
Europe Lending Gold to Pay for American Grain
R G Dun weekly review notes gold imports from England and France and a $4,000,000 arrival in San Francisco from Australia for wheat. Overall, gold moved from Europe totals 6.5 million in four days as Bank of England rate rises to 2.24 percent. August merchandise and specie exports exceed imports by about 42 million and September likely even larger without sizable gold shipments. Bradstreet's reports a demand slowdown in staple goods and a yellow fever quarantine from Texas to Georgia halting wholesale business across Gulf states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
England
France
San Francisco
Australia
Europe
Bank of England
Bradstreet’s
Texas
Georgia
Gulf States
Murder Mysteries Plague England as Crimes Rise
Daily reports a week of brutal murders in England with attackers evading police. Victims include Mrs. Bryan in a Northampton railroad car, Rev. Dr. Aubrey Price killed at home, a kidnapped boy slain, a Bethnal Green matron murdered, and Emma Johnson found mutilated in Windsor with the assailant described as a maniac roving Windsor to Maidenhead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Northampton
Aubrey Price
Bethal Green
Emma Johnson
Windsor
Thames
Maidenhead
Fire Devours Afton Town Businesses Destroyed Depot
One afternoon blaze swept through Afton Oklahoma destroying all business houses and the Frisco depot. About fifteen wheat cars burned, with total losses estimated between 50000 and 75000 dollars.
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Nusxoorn
I. T
Afton
Vinita
L .I
Commission adjourns hearing over witness shortage
The Interstate Commerce Commission postponed its warehouse company complaints hearing in Cuiiacco due to difficulty securing required witnesses. Officials said they would reconvene in about a month to complete the proceedings. A Nevada Missouri merchant in NiVana Missouri announced an assignment to David Davis of St Louis as a preferred creditor for 6004 dollars.
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Cuiiaco
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ague
Nevada
Nivana
David Davis
Louis
Britain withdraws from sealing conference invitation
London officials refuse to explain Britain’s withdrawal from participation in the Washington sealing conference if Russia and Japan join. The move surprises Marquis of Salisbury who accepted the invitation with full knowledge Russia and Japan were included. Canada’s request to withdraw Britain is seen as preserving colonial friendships despite possible broad opposition.
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London
Foreign Office
United States
Washington
Russia
Japan
Marquis of Salisbury
Great Britain
Canada
Tussia
Lovers Die Together in Pennsylvania Blacksmith Shop
In Siamoxiy Pennsylvania Arthur W May 24 and Miss Cora Kasman 16 were found shot dead in the blacksmith shop of Joseph Smink. May shot Kasman then killed himself after arranging to marry secretly as parents objected. The couple's plan ended tragically with their deaths in the shop.
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Siamoxiy
Arthur W. May
Cora Kasman
Joseph Smink
May
Smink
Earthquake Shakes Maine Towns Across Counties
A quake at 1:21 PM rattled Eileworth Melfast and Towne Shaken areas with ten seconds of vibration. Belfast also felt tremors at 1:05 PM with two rumbles lasting about fifteen seconds, causing residents to flee outdoors as houses and dishes rattled.
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Eileworth
Melfast
Edeworry
Steuben
Washington
Belfast
Sultan to address powers on Egypt autonomy plan
A dispatch from St Petersburg reports that after talks among the chancelleries of St Petersburg Paris Berlin Vienna Rome and Constantinople the sultan of Turkey will address the powers about Britain's evacuation of Egypt and Russia will invite a conference to settle the issue on Egypt’s autonomy under the sultania suzerainty.
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England
Paris
Politique Coloniale
St Petersburg
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Vienna
Rome
Constantinople
Turkey
Great Britain
Egypt
Russia
Four Alaska mining claims sold for 200000 dollars
Fourteen Sumdum and Benners Bay gold mining claims in southeastern Alaska were sold to New York and Denver investors for 200000 dollars in two deals. Ex-collector B E Moore negotiated the Sumdum sale, while Denver mining man James R. Price arranged seven Benners Bay claims for 75000 dollars.
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Seattle
Wash
Sumdam
Benners’ Bay
Alaska
New York
Denver
B E. Moore
Sumdum
James R. Price
Henry George Open to Mayoral Bid If Chicago Platform Stand Fails
E. H. Curley, acting for a Democratic alliance committee, says Henry George told them he would accept the nomination for mayor of Greater New York only if the regular Democratic organization fails to back the Chicago platform. The statement links George to possible candidacy through alliance pressure.
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Henry George
New York
E. H. Curley
Democratic Alliance
Alliance
Greater
George
Chicago
Great Wealth for a Convict in San Francisco
A fortune of 250000 dollars awaits W. F. Kasson who is serving ten months in the county jail for embezzlement. He is one of two sons of James Kasson, a New York mining man who died recently in Austin Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Maynard
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
Burlington
Omaha
Charley Worrell
Tallin
Custer County
Carl Peters
Sewin
Hastings
United States
James Allen
Omaha Indian Reservation
Newton Tree
San Francisco
W. F. Kasson
Kasson
James Kasson
New York
Austin
Iowa
Grasshoppers Threaten Brown County Farmland
Farmers near Hiawatha Kansas report myriads of grasshoppers in Irving township southward, with many dropping on the way. They fear the pests will locate in Brown county and hatch in the spring, threatening crops.
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Hiawatha
Kan
Irving
Township
Brown County
Epidemic in New Orleans Mirrors 1887 Outbreak
Doctors say city health measures curb spread of the seven disease with cases nearing one hundred and fifteen deaths. The current death rate sits around 15 percent, close to the 16 percent rate seen in 1379 during the last major epidemic. The outbreak remains localized as officials monitor progress.
Land Law Challenge Tests Leasehold Purchase Right
Attorneys Conley and Fulton of Pawnee City plan a court test of the new school land law. They sue in the name of T Patterson of Pawnee county, arguing that leaseholders under the old law could still buy land from the state. Patterson’s land is currently misnamed in records, requiring full examination before action.
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Conley & Fulton
Pawnee City
T. Patterson
Pawnee County
Patterson
Mortgages Filed and Foreclosures Counted in Six Months
The Bureau of Labor Statistics compiled county records on farm and city real estate and chattel mortgages for the first half of 1807. Farm filings totaled 6,589 with 8,001 releases. foreclosures on farms were 1,048, while city real estate filings were 2,182 with 2,996 releases and 741 foreclosures.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Arthur, Banner and
Grant
Register of Deeds
District Court
Douglas
Lancaster
Gage
Cass
Edgerton
Ex-Senator Manderson Secures Navy Answer on Omaha Exhibit
The navy department informs General Manderson that parts of the old battleship Omaha, the billet head and bell, may be exhibited at the Trans Mississippi and International Exposition and kept in Omaha's public library after the fair. Roosevelt notes only these parts are feasible to display, and permanent loan would require a special act of Congress.
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Niobrara
Henry Hess
Lydia
Wausau
Nebraska
Nashville
Wattles
Folcomb
Wm. J. Bryan
Charley Reed
Hebron
Oklahoma
Thayer County
Hole
Warlan County
Almae
Opera
Omaha
Manderson
Navy Department
Washington
City
Theodore Roosevelt
Navy
Army and Navy
General Manderson
Roosevelt
Mare Island
Pacific Coast
Congress
Horticultural Exhibit Showcases Wide Variety at Fair
The State Horticultural society expanded its fair display with about 3000 plates of top quality fruit. Apples pears peaches plums and grapes were joined by Nemaha county pawpaws Washington county butternuts and chestnuts and Buffalo county peaches demonstrating broad regional suitability for peach production.
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State Horticultural Society
Nemaha County
Washington County
Buffalo County
Fatal spinal disease decimates horses near Rising City
Dr Foster of Galesburg Illinois reports a fatal spinal illness plaguing horses in Illinois, with Rising City area hit hard and more animals lost to this disease than to all others combined. No cure is available according to the veterinarian.
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Foster
Galesburg
111
Illinois
Attorney General Moves to Dismiss Mills in Supreme Court
Attorney General Smyth files a motion in the Supreme Court seeking dismissal of the Mills v. State error proceeding and an order directing Harlan county district court to enforce the judgment and sentence for failure to file a timely brief. Mills was sentenced to the penitentiary for violating the banking law. A similar motion was filed in Hartley's appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Smyth
Benjamin D. Mills
District Court of
Harlan County
Ils
Hartley
Not Eager For War In Cuba Aims For Settlement
The Correspon dencia De Espana reports talks between the United States and Spain toward a friendly Cuba settlement. El Epoca calls the ultimatum tale sensational and notes Cuban war has not occurred without American support. London dispatches say Woodford and Tetuan confirm U S mediation views amid Spaniards doubting decisive policy.
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Mann
Correspondencia de Espana
United States
Spain
Cuba
el Epoca
San Sebastian
Madrid
Weyler
de Beranges
Loxpon
Standard
Woodford
Duke of
McKinley
Sagasta
Azvearraga
Campos
No Use for Debs Says Labor Council Against Chicago Convention
The executive council of the American Federation of Labor rejected a Chicago labor convention plan citing 75,000 miners returning to work on terms set by miners and operators. They urge funds to aid affected workers and warn against incendiary rhetoric, advocating disciplined organization across unions and unity beyond creed and politics.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Chicago
Buncombe
United Hearts
United Funds
American Window Glass Trust Formed in Pirrapune Pa
A new window glass trust named American Window Glass Association was organized in Pirrapune Pa at a capital of 40 million dollars. It includes all principal paint makers in the United States and predicts a likely price rise soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pirrapune
American’ Window Glass. Association
United States
Grand jury charges man with assault on niece in Mexico Mo
A grand jury returned a true bill against Thomas Cooley for assaulting his 12 year old niece Afias May Winn daughter of a county farmer. Cooley is jailed.
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Mexico
Grant
Thomas Cooley
Afias May Winn
Cooley
Toledo Elevator Fire Costs $70,000
Torzvo Ohio September 24 The old Backus elevator at Water and Adams streets burned last night causing an estimated loss of 72,000 dollars with fire crews fighting the blaze through the night.
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Toledo
Torzvo
Ohio
Backus
Water and
Adams Streets
Mangman Hangs Johnson in botched public execution
Sept 25. Kry West reports Johnson was hanged at 11 oclock yesterday for criminal assay. The knot slipped and he struggled for twenty-five minutes before dying. He confessed his crime, professed conversion, and blessed his enemies as an orderly crowd watched.
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Mangman
Jon
Kry West
Sytvarsy
Johnson
Olock
Ile
Night trains to Texas off as quarantine grips state
Dallas reports that yellow fever scare and strict quarantine by state, county, and city authorities have led to the removal of all night trains on the Houston and Texas Central and other Huntington lines. Day service is largely curtailed and travel statewide is nearly paralyzed.
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Dallas
Texas
Houston
Texas Central Road
Sitka Customs Inspectors Appointed by Treasury
The secretary of the treasury named Thomas J. Luke T. A. Marquart Emanuel Worman and Charles J. Both as customs inspectors at Sitka Alaska at daily wages. The action follows the Klondike exodus and staff shortages. A telegram from Lieutenant Colonel Shandall Seattle reports thirty two troops departing for St Michaels aboard the Humboldt. In Hutchinson Eva Beem, ex money order clerk, returned from Wichita after being acquitted of embezzlement to a brass band welcome and carriage ride home.
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Alaska
Namait
Wasumetos
Secretary of the Treasury
Thomas 3
Luke
T. A. Marquart
Emanuel Wermann
Charles J
Sitka
Klondike
Washxetox
War Department
Shandall
Seattle
Wash
Humboldt
St. Michaels
Mini Meam
Hutchinson
Kan
Eva Beem
Wichita
Montgomery Coal Miners Return to Work in Unchanged Pay
In Wasutxaton Indiana on September 25 the Montgomery coal miners resumed work as a group. The pay for mining remains the same but charges for powder and oil will be reduced for the miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasutxaton
Ind
Montgomery
Machine Movements and Worm Gear Illustrations
Article notes three machine movements that enriched their originators, highlighting worm and chain gear and a valve rod disengagement mechanism. It invites inventors to contact Sucs & Co. patent experts in Bee Building Omaha Neb for information on inventions and patents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T& Inventions
Sucs & Co
Bee Building
Omaha
Neb
Iowa Patent Office Report on Aug 31 Patent Awards
Thirty patents issued to F. Richards of Hartford Connecticut for weighing machines. A Take View Iowa company seeks guidance on recording assignments. law states patent assignments must be recorded to affect title, within three months, otherwise void against later buyers without notice. Tos G and J Ranew, Des Moines, Sept 15, 1897.
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Iowa
Heport
Richards
Hartford
Conn
Take View
United States
Patent Office
Tos. G. and
J. Ranew Orwysa
Solicitors of Patents
Des Moines
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W. J. Versinger
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Armstrong
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Beatrice
James Grady
Columbus
Grady
Dr. Martyn
Sam W. W. Wilson
Orie Mepford
Rock Island
Phillipsburg
Kansas
McKibbin Bros
John McKibbin
North Pole
Un's Review
Amer
Ican Grain
Eng
Shamoxiu, Pa
Hia
Himeoif
Maine
Alaskean
Disculttes
Americare Federation of Labor
Window Glass Trust
Jochase
Wes Machine Movements
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South Omaha
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Weedesenes
Sohont
Pace
York
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