News in Brief From Across the World
A round of short items notes potato import totals, Irish centenarians, Texas cattle markets, Hay remaining at Sunapee NH, and Tokyo language additions. Barrie profits, Shanghai floods, Ida M. Tritt as NY & Queens tram treasurer, and others. UChicago interest in Bigelow, Henderson, Marshall, Pulitzer funding Columbia journalism school, Wood in Borneo, animal cruelty efforts, and canal treaty efforts in Bogota.
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Texas
Hay
Sunapee
N. H
Cleveland
St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Daniel E. Hubbard
Porto Rico
Grafton
Mass
Nicholas Murphy
New York
America
Harris
Narragansett Pier
Germania
Rome
Leo
Peking
Tuan
H A. Bigelow
Honolulu
University of Chicago
David B Henderson
Magnolia
Joseph Pulitzer
Columbia University
Morningside Heights
Leonard Wood
Borneo
Berlin Society For the Prevention
Italy
Post Office Department
District of Columbia
United States
McMaster
Montreal
Privy Council of England
Justice Caron
Quebec
Gréene
Gaynor
Loomis
Beaupre
Bogota
Six Masked Robbers Loot McFarland Depot Bank Eating House
At 1 AM six masked armed men robbed Rock Island depot in McFarland Kansas beating two railroad men, looting the office and eating house before locking six employees in a refrigerator car. They carried eight watches and about $150. A posse pursued toward Topeka. bandits eluded near Paxico after leaving McFarland.
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M'Farland
Kan
Rock Island
Monnehan
Charles Toler
Round House
Toler
Fry
Topeka
McFarland
Paxico
Dusty
Rock Island Detective Force
Respective Conventions Nominate State Ticket
The populists in the state convention nominate J. J. Sullivan for supreme court justice and two regents Prof. William A. Jones and Dr. E G Weber. They endorsed the Denver manifesto and declined national issues in this campaign.
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Grand Island
Denver
Sullivan
Columbus
Supreme Court
William A. Jones
Hastings
EO. Weber
Valparaiso
Democratic convention names Sullivan for Supreme Court
The Nebraska Democratic state convention in Columbus named Judge Sullivan for supreme judge by acclamation. P L Hall announced the convening. W S Aflen was secretary. Delegations were seated and Jones of Adams and Weber of Saunders were nominated for regents by rising vote. Sullivan declined special qualifications and pledged independence. The platform denounced the reset currency plan and opposed further Aldrich era legislation.
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Columbus
Grand Island
P. L. Hall
H W. Risley
W. S. Aflen
Schuyler
Sullivan
Jones
Adams
Weber of
Saunders
Sca
Kansas City
Aldrich
New Bookkeeping Plan For Nebraska Institutions
Lincoln chief clerk Mickey proposes a uniform record and ledger system for all state institutions with a centralized form detailing fund type dates voucher numbers payments and balances. A September 9 meeting in Lincoln will collect input from bookkeepers to gauge feasibility and possible revisions. The report also notes recent local events from Riverton veterans to a fire loss near Pierce and other regional items.
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Lincoln
Mickey
Governor's Office
Big Cattle Feeding Contract at Norfolk Sugar Factory
Nor folk's beet pulp output from the sugar factory will feed 2,000 additional cattle each winter for five years. Butterfield & Son stock dealers have signed a contract to purchase all pulp produced, storing cattle in yards near the plant for machine-assisted transport. Farmers have long used pulp with proven success.
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Norfolk
Butterfield & Son
Chance for a bumper corn crop in Columbus
M Sparhawk a longtime farmer on the Butler county line near the Platte river in Columbus predicts a bumper corn yield if frost stays away for two weeks. He states after 35 years of farming he knows the prospects and urges patience for a large harvest.
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Columbus
BE. M. Sparhawk
Butler County
Platte River
Chews Off Opponent's Ear Fight At Country Dance
Charles Clinton of Gretna was arrested and brought by sheriff to Papillion on a complaint alleging he chewed off John Thomas ear during a country dance a local dispute escalated into violence as both men reportedly argued beforehand
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Charles Clinton
Gretna
Clinton
John Thomas
Freight Depot Destroyed in Chicago Fire
A nighttime blaze at the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific freight house at Polk and Sherman destroyed the two story building. The 125000 square foot facility fed a mass of flames before crews arrived and efforts to save the structure failed. Outgoing freight loss is estimated at 500000 dollars.
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Chicago
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Polk and
Sherman Streets
Cleveland's Bay Boy Named Francis Grover Cleveland
New York report notes Mrs Grover Cleveland at Buzzards Bay Mass welcomed a baby boy recently christened Francis Grover Cleveland a name chosen by the Cleveland siblings.
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New York
Grover Cleveland
Buzzards Bay
Mass
Francis Grover Cleveland
Funds for the University from McCormack Will
Dr. George H. Denny reports that the widow and children of Cyrus H. McCormack have donated 10000 to Washington and Lee University for the new science hall. This follows a prior 20000 gift in line with the donor's wishes.
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Lexington
George H. Denny
Washington and
Te University
Chicago
Cyrus H. McCormack
McCormick
University
Mad Dog Scare at Holdrege
Mrs Charles Hedlund and three young children were bitten by an apparently mad dog in Holdrege. Two children of ex County Surveyor Billings, a boy named Charlies Pitzer and the son of Al Anderson, were also bitten. The Pitzer boy was sent to Chicago for treatment and Mr Hedlund with his wife and children followed two days later.
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Holdrege
Charles Hedlund
Billings
Charlies Pitzer
al Anderson
Pitzer
Chicago
Violinist Jan Kubelik Weds Countess Czaky in Hungary
Vienna report says violinist Jan Kubelik married Countess Marie Czaky at Debrecin Hungary on a Wednesday ceremony led by Bishop Wolotka. Few friends attended. They travel to Prague to visit the bridegroom's mother then proceed to Marienbad for their honeymoon.
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Vienna
Jan Kubelik
Debreczin
Hungary
Marianne Czaky
Coloman von Czen
Wolotka
Prague
Marienbad
Nebraska City Insanity Adjudged. Lincoln Asylum
In Nebraska City Fred Wilkenning was brought on a complaint by J. D. Durr charged with insanity. The insanity commission found him insane and he was sent to the Lincoln asylum. The state bureau of labor released crop value estimates for the year with Wheat at 36,681,516 dollars Oats 21,310,884 Corn 86,826,538 Rye 3,211,107 total 148,040,045 per capita value 123.40 dollars.
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Pierce
Nebraska City
Omaha
Papillion
Board of Supervisors
Gage County
Blue River
Blue Springs
J. S. Wheeler
Beatrice
C. A. Lysaght
Catholic Church of
Jackson
York
A. J. Evans
David City
Smith
Aurora
Young Men's Christian Association
Association
Carter
Thompson
Nebraska Mercantile Company
Grand Island
Fred Schwartz
Wood River
Signal Corps
Fremont
Adjutant General's Office
Alex Bylair
Charles Bartier
St. Helena
Hartington
Bridenbaugh
Bylair
D. P. Rolfe
Edward Himes
Twenty-second Infantry
Fort Corok
Ruth Hammon
John B. Barnes
Norfolk
Lincoln
Albert H. Babcock
First District
George I. Wright
Prohibition
William Stratford
North Bend
Waco
J. Mullan
Ed Markum
J. D. Durr
Fred Wilkenning
Paul
State Bureau of Labor
Nebraska
Wolf Bounty Warrants Unclaimed
Auditor Weston authorized by the last legislature to pay wolf bounty claims at $1 per scalp since 1399. Deputy Anthes has forwarded warrants to over 300 claimants and rejected many claims up to twenty years old. Many allowed warrants are returning to the auditor as wrongly sent.
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Weston
Anthes
Cattle and hog markets show mixed results after heavy rains
Heavy rains delayed arrivals and limited stock at the market. Desirable cattle held steady to higher with top prices around 5.50, the year’s high. cows and other classes softened modestly. Hogs opened slow and eased, with mids around 5.20 to 5.30 and heavies down. Sheep and feeders posted varied quotes across multiple grades.
Cattle and Hogs Prices in Western Market Report
Market reports cattle and hogs with varied prices. Cattle show steady for steers and steady export beef values, cows and calves at mixed levels. Hogs fall about 10 cents, top around 5.59, with bulk sales near 5.65 and lighter weights around 5.55 to 5.80. Sheep and lambs remain steady with native lambs and fed ewes priced accordingly.
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Texas
Persians Demand Old Regime From Shah in Persia Crisis
The Christian Orient reports Teheran correspondence claiming Persian Mohammedan church leaders warn the shah to purge foreign religious and commercial influences or face revolution. They demand a return to conditions of a century ago, and deny anti German aims, noting Turko American friendship as progress toward Germany.
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Berlin
Christian Orient
Teheran
Persia
Germany
Germany Seeks Fernando Po Island to Guard Colonial Hold
Berlin reports Major Morgen of Cologne Gazette says Germany has begun steps to acquire Fernando Po from Spain to secure its colonial interests. He warns Britain possessing the island would drive a wedge into German security and urges firm action to preempt such loss.
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Fernando Po
Spain
Berlin
Major “Morgen
Cologne
Germany
Major Morgen
Great Britain
Nebraska Day at St Louis at World's Fair October 18 1904
The ceremonies committee named October 18 1904 Nebraska day at the St Louis exposition at the Nebraska Commission's request. Chief Coburn of the live stock department returned from Des Moines to confer with the Town Commission on next year's exhibits.
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St. Louis
Committee On Ceremonies
Nebraska
Nebraska Commission
Coburn
Livestock Department
Des Moines
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Ireland
London
J. M. Barrie
Shanghai
Chefoo
Cable
Ida M. Tritt
New York & Queens County Street Railway Company
Shaw
Bcsign
Tallark
Kas arTag
M’farland
Kansas
J. J Sullivan
University Regents
W A Jones
E.G Weber
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Democrats
Supreme Court Justice
J. J. Sullivan
W. A. Jones
E. O. “Weber
General Nebraska News
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Cleveland's Bay
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