Nebraska News Roundup Highlights Thefts Fire and Local Developments
Robberies hit Calhoun with a drug store post office break in and a theft of a team and harness. Wymore eyes a first class telephone exchange funded by local capitalists. Home for the Friendless reelects officers while Woodmen honor John Harris with a monument unveiling. Local deaths include Patrick Hadigan near Grafton and Jackson Keown in Ord. Oxnard beet sugar factory at Grand Island begins a seven week campaign. mortgage records rise in Polk County. Adventists elect N P Nelson president. Humboldt youths vandalize a Baptist church. Syracuse and York see burglaries and new York Mutual Benefit Association formed.
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Wymore
The
Home For the Friendless
A. M Davis
West
Leavitt
Knapp
Oxnard
Grand Island
Militia Tensions Rise as War Moves Pause Reported
The Fourteenth Minnesota volunteers face redeployments while Governor Clough vents frustration at Washington. General Bacon sends word of reduced danger, triggering varied local reactions from Brainerd to Walker. Guards, artillery batteries, and Indian agency actions frame a tense frontier moment with Bear Island clashes and threats of further raids.
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Ninneapolis
Minn
Clough
Minnesota Volunteers
Duluth
St. Paul
War Department
Washington
John H. Neavers
Brainerd
Walker
Leech Lake
W. S. Street
Bemidji
Cass Lake
Red Lake
Minnesota National Guard
Deer River
Libbey
Cone
Walker, Minn
Indian Council
Sutherland
Bear Island
Marshal O'Connor
Bacon
Gay
Mnauy
Lothrop
Marriage Was His Business From a Dozen to Twenty Wives
Milwaukee police report an alleged polygamist Frederick William Doesing with twelve to twenty wives. He used aliases and advertised as wealthy to attract financially capable women, marrying for profit and fleeing after securing wealth. Three wives named so far. the force believes the list could extend far beyond.
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Milwauxee
Wis
Milwaukee
Frederick William Doesing
Doesing
Woman Arrested After Saxton Murder In Canton Ohio
George D. Saxton brother of Mrs. William McKinley was shot five times in front of Eva Althouse’s home at 319 Lincoln Ave. The gunfire killed him instantly. Anna C. George, divorced wife of Sample C. George, was arrested on suspicion of murder.
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Canton
Ohio
George D. Saxton
William McKinley
Eva B. Althouse
George Althouse
Lincoln Avenue
Anna C. George
Saxton
George
Sample C. George
Dakota
State Supreme Court
Federal
Cleveland
Bond
Wheeling
Lucy Graham
Alliance
Kunkel Arrested in Wife Poisoning Case in Kansas
Lawrence, Kan., Oct 10 J J Kunkel was arrested on a coroner s warrant for poisoning his wife who died ten days ago He was jailed without bail awaiting a preliminary hearing next Friday The case involves multiple deaths in his family including his father in law and a son with suspicions and a life insurance trail The doctor testified the stomachs contained arsenic and a malted milk incident linked to the first Mrs Kunkel s death.
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Lawneesco
Kan
J. J. Kunkel
Kunkel
Kankels
Kankel
Freddie
Evacuate Porto Rico by October 18, McKinley orders
President McKinley telegraphed the U S military commission in Porto Rico demanding Spanish evacuation by October 18. If not completed, U S commissioners will assume government functions. if transport fails, Spaniards may occupy temporary quarters awaiting ships to Spain.
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Waashington
McKinley
United States
Porto Rico
Spain
Knights Templar Conclave Opens with California Arrival
The first Knights Templar to arrive for the triennial conclave reached Prirrspure Pennsylvania and formed the grand commandery of California. They were escorted to Carnegie hall for a reception as Grand Master Thomas is to arrive tonight. In Canton Kansas C F Nelson of Des Moines Iowa committed suicide on a Rock Island train last night, firing a shot before aboard witnesses.
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Knight Templar
Prirrspure
Knights Templar
Grand Commandery of
California
Union Station
Carnegie Hall
Thomas
Canton
Kan
C. F. Nelson
Des Moines
Iowa
Rock Island
Here
Ife
McCoy and Maher Drawn For December 3 Prize Bout
New York October 10 Kid McCoy and Peter Maher were matched yesterday for a twenty five round fight at the Greater New York Athletic Club on December 3. The purse stands at 10000 dollars with the gross gate receipts to be divided as arranged.
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New York
Kid McCoy
Peter Maher
Greater New York Athletic Club
Ex Mayor A Oakey Hall Dies At 76 In New York
Former New York mayor A Oakey Hall died at his home 68 Washington Square South New York of heart failure aged 76. He led the city during his term and his death was announced from his residence.
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New York
A. Oakey Hall
Washington Square
South
Medical investigator testifies on overcrowded camps and sinks near kitchens
Major Emmett Giffin testified about overcrowded division hospital tents at Camp Thomas in July. He described sinks near kitchens, flies spreading from them to mess tables, and noted 86 percent of Typhoid cases among 1,127 patients treated at Sternberg Hospital with 67 deaths. He oversaw construction and led 25 contract surgeons, 167 nurses, and 159 hospital corps members.
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Giffin
Division Hospital
United States
Griffin
Sternberg Hospital
Dining Car Wreck in Omaha Yard Claimed Two Lives
A Fremont to Omaha freight train rear ended an Omaha passenger train in the yards near Locust street at 10 am. The dining car Delmonico split in two. waiter Harry Jones of Chicago was killed. Conductor Otto Homeland of Boone, Iowa died, and several others were badly harmed including J Westerheide, M W Brandt, Mike Smith, Frank Speck, Madden, D F Danner, Otto Parsons. The car occupants were unaware of the approaching freight until the collision.
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Omaha
Neb
Fremont, Elkhorn
Missouri Valley
Locust Street
Delmonico
Harry Jones
Chicago
Otto Homedale
Boone
Iowa
J. Westerheide
M. W. Brandt
Mike Smith
Frank Speck
Madden
D. F. Danner
Pullman
Otto Parsons
PANA MINERS DEFY STRIKE WITH MILITARY GUARD
In Pana Illinois Oct 10 strikers and white miners vow to stay and fight operators and blacks. W 86 Barrett of Kansas and Texas Coal tries to recruit white miners to Huntington but meets resistance. Captain Craig says troops stay indefinitely. A Birmingham to Pana train carries Black workers, miners plan to block them and push the labor flow back to Alabama.
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Pana
Barrett
Kansas and Texas Coal Company
Huntington
Craig
Brookside
Ala
Birmingham
Illinois
Alabama
Attempted theft of William Penn's grave at Jordans
Early Thursday an attempted grave theft occurred at the Quaker Meeting house in Jordans Buckinghamshire. Laborers reported Penn's grave partially opened with soil displaced and a spade and newspapers found nearby. The secluded burial site attracts few visitors aside from American tourists.
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Loxnes
William Penn
Jordans
Buckinghamshire
Penn
Bacon Says It Is All Over As Indian Uprising Ends
General Bacon reports the Chippewa outbreak appears quashed with Indians leaving nearby lands and white flags seen along the lake shore. He notes 200 soldiers under Colonel Harbach are at Walker and vows to stay put awaiting developments while ships move wounded to Fort Snelling.
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Washinoton
War and Interior Departments
Harbach
Third Infantry
Almost a Clash Averted at Manzanillo as Delayed Occupation
Spanish garrison under Colonel Parron and U S troops led by Colonel Ray faced a near clash at Manzanillo after Ray arrived from Santiago to take possession. Spanish commander cited word from General Blanco delaying occupation to October 10, and a further dispatch from General Wade confirmed the postponement. US troops stayed in barracks by Parron's permission.
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Manzanillo
Oct
Parron
United States
Ray
Santiago
Blanco
Wade
Madrid Business Men Meet Seeks Economic Reforms
A large Madrid gathering of business men adopted resolutions to curb the Bank of Spain note issue by 2,500,000 pesetas, switch debt interest payments to pesetas, slash public spending, close military schools for ten years, reduce officers pay, and aid war sufferers.
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MapAm
Bank of Spain
Great Hankow Fire Destroys Thousands of Homes
Details from Hankow report a blaze that began Sunday destroying about 10 000 houses over two miles of built up area. Estimated losses run from 5 000 000 to 8 000 000 taels amid the Yangtze river port disaster.
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Shanevar
Hankow
Paris Dig Building Strike Expands Across Trades
Paris on October 10 reports a widescale labor strike shutting work on the exposition buildings and underground railroad. About 60,000 workers have joined, raising fears that railroad crews may join, causing widespread disruption and consternation.
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Paris
Foreign soldiery march through Perrin to guard legations
A detachment of sixty six Russian soldiers with two seven pounders, twenty five British marines and thirty German marines arrived and marched to quarters. They will protect the legations of Russia, Great Britain and Germany. The Chinese appear cowed.
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Perrin
Russia
Great Britain
Germany
Ex-Queen Liliuokalani to press claims in Washington
Honox vuly Sept 26 Ex Queen Liliuokalani will go to Washington mid November to seek remuneration from Congress for the loss of her throne and revenue from crown lands claiming the United States owes her compensation.
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Lilioukalani
Washington
Congress
Landa
United States
Warrant to Arrest Mrs Botkin for Delaware Murder
San Francisco October 10 a warrant will be issued for the arrest of Mrs Botkin for the murder of Mrs John P Dunning and Mrs Dean and she may be extradited and tried in Delaware for her crime.
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Delaware
San Francisco
Botkin
John P. Dunning
Dean
Guggenheim Withdraws From Governor Race in Colorado
Simon Guggenheim has withdrawn as candidate of the anti Teller silver Republicans for governor. It is understood a fusion on state nominations will now be made with the Republicans.
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Colorado
Denver
Col
Simon Guggenheim
Delagoa Bay talks deferred to 1899 over US insistence
Lima dispatch reports Lisbon delays in Delagoa Bay negotiations until 1899. Washington demands Portugal strictly observe that Lorenzo Marquez railroad harbor and public lands are not alienated until the Berne award is finished. The United States involvement stems from the estate of the late American Colonel McMurdo.
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London
Pall Mall Gasette
Lisbon
Delagoa Bay
United States
Portugal
Lorenzo Marquez
Colonel McMurdo
Liberal Congress of Religion to Convene in Omaha
The fifth annual Liberal Congress of Religion will meet in Omaha from October 18 to Saturday evening. Eminent divines and social experts will lead discussions on labor problems, internationalism, missionary work, and education with papers by Jones, Barrows, Henderson, and others.
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Omaha
Liberal Congress of Religion
H. W. Thomas
Chicago
E. G. Hirsch
R. A. White
C. Hanford Henderson
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn
N. Y
Frank Crane
N. P. Gilman
Meadville Theological School
Meadville
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
H. M. Simmons
Minneapolis
Greater America
Asia
John Henry Barrows
America
Marion D. Shutter
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
J. H. Palmer
Cedar Rapids
S. R. Cothorn
Syracuse
John Faville
Appleton, Wis
H. H. Peabody
Rome
Nashville
Isidore Lewinthal
Tenn
W. H. Council
The
Normal School of
Huntsville
Ala
Paul Carus
Open Court
Joseph Stolz
Lewis G. Janes
Cambridge
Miss
Rarest Fostage Stamp Captures Attention Worldwide
The penny Mauritius stamp of 1847, trimmed with a twopenny design, is declared the rarest stamp due to age and tiny print run. An English buyer paid over 5 000 dollars for it, the highest price for a single stamp in England, with only one other original envelope copy in the British Museum. The envelope’s size and matching handwriting support the theory that most stamps were used to franks official ball invitations.
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Mauritius
England
Kansan City
Light of the Sea Study on Ocean Glow
Dutch investigator Beyerinck studies photo bacteria behind ocean bioluminescence. Luminosity relies on food supply more than vitality. With abundant carbon they shine. ocean surface glows. Supplying sugar or glycerine boosts their phosphorescent power.
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Beyerinck
Living Death In a Car
Louis Lyons, aged 19 from Stevens Point Wisconsin, endured six days and nights without food or water after being locked in a refrigerator car in Milwaukee yards. He boarded a refrigerated car in Boone Iowa, later woke as it moved eastward. Trapped 144 hours, he is expected to recover and return home.
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Louis Lyons
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Stevens Point
Wis
Sage
Klondike
Seattle
Boone
Iowa
Dewey Street Move Sparks Confusion in Chicago
A Chicago traveler asks the way to Dewey Street. A city ordinance renamed Olive Street to Dewey but the mayor vetoed it. The discussion hints at local politics and wartime era tensions.
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Chicago Tribune
Dewey Street
Olive
Dewey
Sampson
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Frank Dorst
Jackson Keown
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