Banquet for Indians on Expo Grounds Impresses Guests
At the Indian congress grounds the Mercer banquet fed 500 tribal members with a steer two sheep two hogs ten bushels of potatoes five barrels of apples and 1000 loaves of bread. Chiefs and carvers, led by Black Eagle, distributed portions to Geronimo American horse Running Wolf and others amid cheers as white spectators were barred. The spread, cooked near the Pueblos adobe, delighted attendees with beef tongue brisket pork mutton and more.
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Omaha Bee
Indian Congress
Mountain
Forest
Captain Mercer
Indian Grounds
Sheriff Startzer
Sarp County
Bill Liddiard
Grace
Black Eagle
Crow Creek Agency
Little White Feather
Long Bear
Geronimo
Furse
Tokanwana Jim
Wolf
Sharpers Abroad in Nebraska Target Elmwood Residents
Elmwood dispatch reports two medical sharpers operating in the community over several days. Victims are induced to pay upfront for supposed cures with contracts stating payment only upon cure. Promissory notes and contracted terms deceive signers. Named victims include Dan Mendenhall, A K Sutherland, Otto John, George Baker, Henry Gerbeling, Mrs Cramer, and Lafe Cox with amounts ranging from 75 to 150 dollars.
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Nebraska
Elmwood
Dan Mendenhall
A. K. Sutherland
Otto John
George Baker
Henry Gerbeling
Mrs. Cramer
Lafe Cox
Man Loses a Leg in B M Freight Car Accident
Crete dispatch says Mr. Raley, an old city settler, was struck by a freight car on the Main street switch. The car severed his leg, the amputation was performed, and the patient faces likely death.
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Crete
Raley
E. V. Raely
Main Street
Ministers face tax stamp rule for marriage certificates
Omaha ministers are reminded that marriage certificates must bear a ten cent revenue stamp to be legal. The incident follows a dispute where a pastor claimed the government lost money on his work, while officials say the government never loses and demand compliance. Collector Houtz orders cattle commission men in South Omaha to bring books and settle past due taxes on sales memoranda. Some firms have paid. others resist.
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Nebraska
Old Fort Omaha
Chickamauga Park
Olson
Hayward
Quartermaster Myers
Schultz
Stewart
Company K
Schuyler
Omaha
Lont
Houtz
Haa
Cattle Commission
South Omaha
Commission
Closing Day at the Exposition in Omaha
October 31 will be a holiday as the exposition closes. The mayor will issue a proclamation urging people to stop business and join the jubilee, inviting neighboring mayors and all regional citizens to celebrate the event and close stores at noon.
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Omaha
Retailers’ Association
End of Livestock Show at Nation's Largest Exposition
The livestock show at the exposition closed after a record run, with judges completing results for fat cattle hogs and sheep. Premiums favored Missouri cattle and hogs, Canada sheep, Nebraska horses, and 75 percent of gate visitors toured the livestock section amid strong crowds despite bad weather.
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United States
Cattel
Missouri
Canada
Nebraska
Exposition Gates
Hastings youth sustains arm injury playing football
Arthur Campbell son of Mr and Mrs J A Campbell of Hastings broke his right arm just above the wrist during a football game. In Shelton the Methodist congregation hosted a reception for their new pastor Rev C C Snavely and wife transferred from North Platte. Gordon schools face severe demand prompting a new room and an extra teacher as teachers are overwhelmed and rooms lack seats.
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Arthur Campbell
Ve. J. A. Campbell
Hastings
Methodist Church
Shelton
C. C. Snavely
North Platte
Gordon
Board of Education
Frank James backs nephew Jesse James Jr at trial
Frank James visits Kansas City to support his nephew Jesse James Jr who faces trial next Wednesday for the Missouri Pacific train robbery at Leeds on September 23. He defends juries, praises the army, and asserts strong patriotism despite his outlaw past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Frank James
St. Louis
Jesse James
Criminal Court
Missouri Pacific
Leeds
Jesse
Lilis
Court House
Joe Wheeler
Tampa
McKinley
Union
Baseball contest among soldiers in Manila
Base ball in the Philippines report from Manila Oct 24 notes a contest among troops. The Fourteenth United States infantry lost to Utah volunteers, South Dakota troops beat Fourteenth Minnesota, and a Nebraska versus Colorado game was called off after the action.
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Philippines
Manila
Amercan Brewery
Fourteenth
United States Infantry
Utah Volunteers
South Dakota
Minnesota
Nebraska
Colorado
Mot Fils First Engagement Announcement
Miss May Hammersly daughter of Mr and Mrs L R Hammersly is engaged to Ensign Roland Curtin who commanded the gunboat Wasp to demand and receive the surrender of Ponce Porto Rico in thirty minutes The bride’s father publishes the Army and Navy Journal.
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New York
May Hammersly
L. R. Hammersly
Roland Curtin
United States
Wasp
Ponce
Porto Rico
Army and Navy Journal
Missouri Judge Dies in Buggy Accident
Judge Joseph Rowe, age 86, died today at his farm near Hannipat Missouri after his horse spooked and he tried to restrain it, suffering a stroke of apoplexy. He had settled in Missouri in 1832 and was returning home when the incident occurred.
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Missouri
Hannipat
Joseph Rowe
Teller Tickets Headlined With Uncle Sam Emblem
Colorado ruling allows all petition tickets to have emblems on ballots. Teller Silver Republican nominations will appear under a Uncle Sam image with the caption 16 to 1 by Uncle Sam Alone.
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Uncle Sam
Teller
Drenvel
Colo
Supreme Court of the State
Bank receipts not taxable under revised internal revenue ruling
Washington reports the internal revenue commissioner has altered prior guidance on stamping bank receipts. A receipt given to a bank by a depositor or funds holder is not subject to stamp tax unless it becomes a negotiable check. The rule hinges on whether the instrument can be used to demand payment and transfers in another hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WashinaTon
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Emperor Franz Joseph Considered for a Second Marriage
Speculation in Vienna politics swirls over Emperor Franz Joseph possibly remarrying to secure a direct succession. Viewpoints focus on Archduke Francis Ferdinand as heir apparent and concerns he may not survive to rule. A union with a youthful princess is already mooted to strengthen the dynasty.
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Vienna
Franz Joseph
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Archduke Charles Louis
Poison in well claims four Black family lives
Aurora Missouri October 24 four members of the Black family living nearby died after drinking poisoned water from a well. A young girl died first with typhoid ruled initially. Mrs Black a son and another daughter later died while John Black and another daughter remain seriously ill. Authorities now believe poison rather than typhoid caused the illness.
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Aurora
Black
Eight Soldiers Die At Sea From Manila Trip
The transport Rio de Janeiro arrived from Manila with 150 sick and wounded aboard. During the voyage home eight soldiers died while en route to San Francisco, as reported today.
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San Francisco
Rio de la Janeiro
Manila
Judge Rules Creek Murderer Free Without U S Jurisdiction
Federal Judge Springer states there is no legal way to punish a Creek Indian for murder after January 1, 1898. Curtis law abolished tribal courts in Indian territory, leaving William Tiger of the Creek nation without a court to impose a death sentence.
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Muscooke
I. T
Springer
Curtis
Indian Territory
United States Court
William Tiger
Mexicans to Visit U.S. to Study Public Improvements
Senor Antonio Torres Troisa, city engineer of Mexico City, and Senor Francisco Gomes de Halacia, ex secretary of the Mexican legation in Washington, are in San Antonio on a tour of American cities to study public works. They will report findings to President Diaz and visit St. Louis, Kansas City, New York and other cities.
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San Antonio
Tex
Antonio Torres Troisa
City of Mexico
Francisco Gomes de Halacia
Washington
Diaz
St. Louis
Kansas City
New York
Abbie Rowe Believed Lost Near Norton Sound
The Abbie Rowe, a small steamer carrying eleven Boston passengers plus crew, is believed lost after leaving St. Michaels on September 11 for Ching mission on Goldfrim bay. A search failed to locate the vessel or any survivors.
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Seattle
Wash
Abbie Rowe
Norton Sound
Alaska
Boston
St. Michaels
Ching Mission
Goldfrim Bay
Blanco Time Extension in Spain Evacuation Talks
Havana dispatch says an evacuation date compromise between commissions is likely. The American ultimatum is January 1 and Spaniards are expected to accept. Notices served on Mr Hamill who bought copper and bronze guns at auction warn the sale may be contested and the guns disposed of at his risk. A New York agent poised to fund 100000 dollars for the purchase was warned and declined.
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New York
New York Herald
Havana
Hamill
Jordon Denounces Imperialism At Liberal Congress
President David Starr Jordan of Stanford University argued against imperialism at a liberal congress session in Omana. He warned expansion would impose a costly colonial system and army, erode republican ideals, and degrade Anglo-Saxon character, urging friendship with Great Britain and individual citizenship as humanity’s higher aim.
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Omana
Ned
David Starr Jordan
Stanford University
Liberal Congress of Religion
Tropics
Great Britain
Gage Can Reject Bonds Ruling in Treasury Discretion
Washington Oct 22 Judge Cox of the district Supreme court ruled for Secretary Gage in two cases by George B. Wightman and William H. Wharton. The suits challenged the secretary’s rejection of war loan bids arguing injunction and mandamus. The decision holds Congress intended bond awards to individuals over banks or corporations.
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Washington
Judge Cox
District Supreme Court Today
George B. Wightman
William H. Wharton
Gage
Secretary of the Treasury
Cox
Kaiser Plays Tourist in Constantinople Visit
Emperor William tours Constantinople with the Empress in a planned sightseeing sequence. Police precautions ensure safety as they inspect the Imperial Carpet Factory at Heroka, arriving by eight-carriage train. Stations along the route were decorated and a kiosk for the Empress greeted them before they returned by water.
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Constantinople
William
Heatric
Heroka
Dynamite Blast Kills Three Men in Minnesota
Three men Henry Scherf of Saulte Ste. Marie John Stevenson and Michael Vail of Duluth were killed when dynamite exploded while they worked on a scow on the government canal. Scherf the diver was thawing dynamite over a small engine.
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Dollarss
Minn
Henry Scherf
Saulte Ste. Marie
John Stevenson
Michael Vail
Duluth
Government Canal
Scherf
Young Rough Riders Practicing Turn Fatal in Cal
In Los Angeles California on October 24 Sam Jeffreys reports Corbett Wilfrey, aged 12 and younger, attempting to form rough riders. A rescue party brought the boys back after Corbett was shot in the chest and Wilfrey was shot in the hip during revolver practice.
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Los Ana
Xies
Cal
Will Corbett
Sam Jeffreys
John Wilfrey
Jeffreys
San Bernardino
Corbett
Wilfrey
Santa Fe Land Offer Abolished Resignation of Frost
John E Frost, land commissioner of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railway, has resigned. The office will be abolished and the company's land business will be handled by a new independent company organized at once.
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Santa Fe
Torpexa
Kan
John E Frost
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Colonel Austin Dies in Yorkville While Awaiting Orders
Columbia S C Oct 23 Colonel Joseph R Austin First South Carolina volunteer infantry died today at Yorkville while awaiting orders prior to mustering out. The casualty marks another loss among veterans as the war efforts continue.
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Coumbia, & C
Joseph R. Austin
South Carolina
Yorkville
Civil Service Circular Warns Against Political Activity
The Civil Service Commission sent a circular to 700 boards of examiners nationwide urging non participation in political conventions and committee work. It cites July 14 1896 executive instructions and a 1896 Postmaster letter affirming those rules remain in force. The notice warns that partisan activity harming civil service representation could justify removal from an examiner board.
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Civil Service
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Act
Wu Ting Fang Denounces Rumor Of Li Hung Chang Marriage
Wu Ting Fang, Chinese minister to the United States, in Carcano says reports of a Li Hung Chang and Dowager Empress marriage are absurd and untrue. He questions telegrams from Southern cities about Pekin and notes the president’s different public behavior. The rumor, he says, originated in Hong Kong.
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Carcano
Wu Ting Fang
United States
Washington
Li Hung Chang
Pekin
Hong Kong
Immune Regiments Found Fit for Service by Inspectors
Washington Oct 22 The board to inspect five regiments of immune volunteers returned and reported on the Fourth Sixth Seventh Eighth and Tenth United States volunteer infantry The officers examined each regiment drilled inspected and health conditions assessed The regiments were found in good condition Two have since been sent to Cuba and Porto Rico.
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Washington
M. P. Maus
W. H. Daly
J. P. Morton
United States Volunteer Infantry
Cuba
Porto Rico
American Spirit and United States Policy Shift Warned
Leonard Henry Courtenay, former deputy speaker and Unionist MP, told a Tideford audience that war with a foreign power has begun shaping American character toward greater global assertiveness. He warned the U.S. may require a large military presence to project influence if it assumes sovereignty in Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonpoy
Leonard Henry Courtenay
House of Commons
Tideford
Cornwall
Mr. Courtney
Cube
United States
McKinley Addresses Large Crowds in Indiana Tour
President McKinley spoke to vast audiences at Logansport and Kokomo before breakfast. Thousands of school children were present, each given a flag. At Tipton he briefed supporters on wartime patriotism revival.
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Nonesville
Ind
McKinley
Logansport
Kokomo
Tipton
Soldiers to Depart for Cuba Within Two Weeks
War department officials plan the Cuban expedition with troops to sail from the United States around November 3. The first landings are expected at Matanzas as part of the occupation force bound for the island.
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Matanzas Wasmizaton
Ost
War Department
United States
Matonses Sadire ‘Sama Tine
Tarsi
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Capt. Mercer
Disne
Holding
Frank Gomes
James
Internal Revenue Department
Cent
Blanco
Spain
Netlee
Ram
Bpaim
Jordon
Agalmat
Kaiser
MR. Fang
Boarh
Leonard Courtenay
Indiana
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