Nebraska items in Hastings and statewide notes
Hugo Polenski lost his right hand in a brick machine accident at Kloz & Polenski in Hastings. Corporal S S Sidner of Fremont, discharged for disability after a typhoid battle, returns home. Dagging a giant seven and a half foot pale can bird in Humboldt for mounting at the state university. Old soldiers of Cherry through Keya Paha counties close a three day reunion at Long Pine with Davisson elected president. A runaway team injures D C Ames and wife near Homer. A stabbing near Holdrege leaves Josephson wounded as Shrack brothers are implicated. George Russell escapes Papillion jail again. Chickamauga veterans return to Grand Island on sick leave. Weeping Water post office robbed of about $125. jewelry left untouched. Six men jailed at Seward for stealing shoes from Boshart’s store near Milford. outfit linked to Ulysses crimes. Hartman sues Brest for £5000 over false imprisonment. Nebraska Live Stock Co Incorporation filed at Grand Island with $5000 capital. 19 year old Frank Butcher escapes Columbus jail briefly before recapture at Loup River.
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Hugo Polenski
Kloz & Polenski
Hastings
S. S. Sidner
Third
United States Volunteer Cavalry
Fremont
Sidner
Chickamauga
Dre. Wertenberger
Lewis
Humboldt
State University
Cherry
Rock, Brown
Keya Pahn
Long Pine
Davisson
Homer
Charles Vass
D. C. Ames
Blybury
Edward C. Hartman
Chadron
Albert W. Crites
George Brest
Dawes County
Brest
Hartman
Nebraska Live Stock Company
Grand Island
John W. Pence
John Conway
John S
Inman
Frank Butcher
Auditor Roast of Manhattan Fire Insurance Chief in Nebraska Standoff
Nebraska Insurance Commissioner exposes Eastern insurers for overhead writing that bypasses local agents and tax collection. He cites P B Armstrong of Manhattan Fire Insurance Co New York facing demand to rewrite policies through Nebraska agents and vows strict licensing and taxes if firms persist.
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Cornell
P. B. Armstrong
Manhattan Fire Insurance Company
New York City
Armstrong
Nebraska
Manhattan Fire Insurance Co
Chicago
New York
Eastern
H. F. Neefue
Cudahy
Omaha
Ofice
Cudahy Packing Company
South Omaha
Auditor Cornell Demands Insurance Company List in Nebraska
John F. Cornell, Auditor of Public Accounts, asserts Nebraska must know which forty overhead insurance companies defraud the state. He contrasts responses from Traders' Fire Insurance Co of New York with others, demands fair dealing and urges state laws to compel insurance firms to act honestly. The letter accuses Armstrong and criticizes private correspondence with the press.
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The
Spectator
Armstrong
Cornell
Nebraska
Traders’ Fire Insurance Company of
New York
John F. Cornell
Samuel Lichty
Bartley Assigned to Laundry Duty in Prison
Former Nebraska State Treasurer J. S. Bartley, serving a twenty year term in the penitentiary, has been assigned to laundry work after a physician cleared him for labor. Bartley, who wore glasses for failing eyesight, shows improving vision and continues to perform washing and ironing duties with machinery for convicts and guards’ garments. He has no cellmate, few visits, and adheres to prison rules while maintaining his routine.
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Bartley
Eex
S. Bartley
Lincoln Journal
Leigh
Supreme Court
Douglas County
Nebraska medals for fruit show state’s early honors
Superintendent Youngers notes Nebraska's fruit exhibits have long led in quality. Medals from Baltimore 1871, Boston 1873, Philadelphia, and the 1876 Centennial prize for best grape collection illustrate the state's strong fruit program and growing variety.
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Youngers
Nebraska
Omaha Bee
Baltimore
Boston
Philadelphia
Nebraska Crop Weather Reflects Dry Week Across Counties
The latest Nebraska weather bulletin reports a hot dry spell similar to the prior week. Northern counties saw favorable conditions with rapid corn maturation and little grain damage, while other areas faced reduced yields due to heat and moisture shortage. Threshing nears completion, fall plowing slows as soil dries, and seeding waits for rain.
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Nebraska Crow Bulletin
Death of William P. Lewis in Manila Trench Conflict
Osceola dispatch reports William P. Lewis was killed in the trenches before Manila on August 2. A telegram to the War Department resulted in a reply from Secretary Meiklejohn confirming the death by a Spaniard bursting a shrapnel shell in the trenches.
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Osceola
William Lewis
War Department
Campbell
Meikelsohn
William P. Lewis
Manila
Man Kicked by Horse in Saunders County. Ear Severed
Dennis Grimes, care for his horse in Saunders county, was grazed by a severe kick that tore off one ear and could have been fatal if struck full on. In Buffalo county, farmers report an unusually large harvest.
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Dennis Grimes
Saunders County
Mr. Grimes
Grimes
Buffalo County
British Advance Near Khartoum Reports Forts Demolished
Dispatches from Nasri and Kitchener describe gunboats bombarding Omdurman forts and Tuti island demolitions as Kitchener moves 24 000 Anglo Egyptian troops toward Khartoum facing about 35 000 dervish forces. The campaign advances despite wet weather and broken telegraph lines.
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Lonpox
British War Office
Nasri
Nile
Tuti Island
Omdurman
Sirdar
War Office
Nerbert Kitchener
Jebel Royan
Wad-eel-Obeid
Surarat
Egina
Werreri
Mounted Camel Corps
Kbhorshamba
Keppel
Kitchener
Khartoum
Soldiers Without Pay Draw Fire at Paymaster Dept
Washington reports criticism of the army paymaster's department as regiments furloughed before muster out return home unpaid for one to three months. The Porto Rico and Santiago forces lack pay, with no prompt remedy in sight, and the volunteer army hasn’t been fully kept up with.
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Washington
Navy awards Dewey sword. medals funded for Manila Bay heroes
The Navy Department completes a $3,000 contract with Tiffany for Admiral Dewey's sword. The remaining $7,000 of the appropriation will finance medals for officers and men who took part in the May 1 Manila Bay battle, with mint work in Philadelphia planned ASAP.
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Washineton
Navy Department
Tiffany
Admiral Dewey
Manilla Bay
Philadelphia
Red Cross Ship Ordered Back
Havana dispatch says the steamer Clinton used by the Red Cross for relief work is to return to the United States at President McKinley’s direction. The Spanish government has not made a definite decision on Red Cross entry and distribution of supplies.
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Havana
Clinton
Red Cross Society
McKinley
Clara Barton
United States
Captain Cotton Takes Post at Mare Island Yard
Acting Secretary Allen assigned Captain C. S. Cotton to command the Mare Island navy yard succeeding Commander Hrice who retired. Hrice had served as yard captain and acting commandant after Admiral Kirkland’s death.
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Washington
Allen
Cotton
Mare Island Navy Yard
Hrice
Kirkland
General Gobin Leaves Camp Alger for Camp Meade
Washington Sept 5 General Gobin departed Camp Alger to take command at Camp Meade Pennsylvania General Plume succeeds him as Camp Alger commander No deaths reported at Camp Alger yesterday in a quiet day on the field
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Camp Alger
Washnctox
Gobin
Camp Meade, Pa
Plume
Wheeler Defends Cuban Campaign Privileges and Efforts
Major General Joseph Wheeler tells reporters that U S officers and soldiers viewed Cuba combat duty as a privileged mission despite disease heat and scant supply lines He notes Admiral Sampson’s telegram spurred immediate movement and praises U S civilians for aid and President and War Secretary for support He reports hospitals staffed with able nurses and doctors and overall good morale amid suffering
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Montauk Point
L. I
Joseph Wheeler
Cuba
Admiral Sampson
War Department
Santiago
United States
Hmit
Wilford Woodruff Dies at 91 in San Francisco
Wilford Woodruff, president of the Mormon church, died at the home of Colonel Isaac Rumble in San Francisco this morning. He was 91, born in 1807 in Farmington Connecticut, and was among the original 147 pioneers to reach Salt Lake Valley in 1847. He had led the church for the last decade.
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Mormon Church
San Francisco
Wilford Woodruff
Isaac
Woodruff
Farmington, Conn
Salt Lake Valley
Ife
Insurgents Seize Islands in Philippines Pre peace talks
Mania Sept 5. Insurgent troops seized Romblon and Palawan islands as General Rios leads gunboat forces to counter the advance. Captured prisoners arrive. treasure totaling 42000 dollars found on the outlying islands.
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Philippines
Mania
General Rios
Romblon
Palawan
Rough Riders No Labor Day Parade
Colonel Roosevelt announced after a consultation with General Wheeler that there will be no parade of the Rough Riders in New York on Labor Day. He said no parade will happen unless New York citizens demand it, and then all cavalry regiments on duty in Cuba should participate.
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Rough Riders
New York
Roosevelt
Wheeler
The
Cuba
Striking Coal Company Forecast Major Labor Action
In an interview Cleveland dated Sept 5 Manager Young of the M. A. Hanna Coal Company says the early next year will bring one of the greatest coal strikes in U S history. He predicts a prolonged stoppage lasting many months.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Manager Young
M. A. Hanna Coal Company
One Third Mustered Out from Volunteer Army
Washington, Sept. 5. A War department bulletin shows eighty three organizations in the volunteer army to be mustered out. About one third of the 220,000 men called for by the President are affected, with mainly eastern and southern regiments designated for garrison duty.
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Washington
War Department
Volunteer Army
Corbin
First
United States Volunteer Cavalry
Rough Riders
Galveston
Texas
Massachusetts Infantry
Maine Artillery
Washington Volunteer Infantry
District of Columbia Infantry
Nevada Infantry
New York Infantry
New Jersey Infantry
Massachusetts Heavy Artillery
Georgia
Griffin
Jacksonville
Minnesota
St. Paul
Camp Meade
Middletown
New Jersey
Seagirt
Infantry
Fort Thomas
Wash
Lexington
Massachusetts
South Flamington
Michigan
Island Haven
Mississippi
Jackson, Miss
Newi York
Hamstead
North Carolina
Fort Macon
Knoxville
Kentucky
Alabama
Mobile
United States Engineers
Jefferson Barracks
Territorial
Tucson
Ariz
Abandonment Ordered for Camp Wikoff at Montauk Point
Washington dispatch reports War Department orders to abandon Camp Wikoff Montauk Point. Volunteer regiments will be mustered out and furloughed, with regulars returning to prior posts after recuperation. The Twentieth Infantry to Fort Leavenworth Kansas.
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Fort Leavenworth
New York
New York Tribune
Washington
War Department
Camp Wikoff
Montauk Point
Kan
Pando Fled with Millions From Havana
Secret departure of General Pando from Havana aboard the Notre Dame du Salut with about 2,400,000 in prize funds. The move was kept hidden while Havana papers reported his sailing on the Philadelphia to Spain via New York. The Hawaii dispatch notes the secrecy and the late timing of his actual departure.
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New Yon
New York Herald
Hawaii
Spain
New York
Philadelphia
General Pando
Havana
Pando
The Only Official Cane On Record
Washington reports an alleged overcharge by a steward on a transport. one instance in the quartermaster general's office has a soldier charged twenty five cents for a sandwich. No other complaints have been recorded in the department.
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Washington
Sept
Quartermaster General’s Office
Quartermaster’s Department
Young Cameron Girl Pleads to Mail Theft Charge
Ida Totman, 17, of Cameron, arraigned before Commissioner Pollock in St. Josema Mo. for opening and destroying mail not hers. Mother pleads guilty for her daughter. Aunt Mary Totman linked to the tampered letter that contained a $50 forged check. Bail set at $1,000.
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St. Josema
Ida ‘Totman
Cameron
Pollock
Linda Totman
Federal Grand Jury
Mary Totman
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Sidney
Charles Call Sidney
MAM
Nebraska News
Holdrege
Adelbert Shrack
Joseph Josephson
Melvin Shrack
Clyde Porter
George Russell
Liberty
Papillion
Gatewood
Oscar Meyer
Herbert Crossman
Wellington Butler
Ernst Erickson
James Killian
Company M
Chickamauga Park
Butler
Seward
Wiliam Boshart
Milford
Ulysses
Auditor of Nebraska
Omidurman
Kittchener
Gordon
Honora
Dewey
Red Cross
Joe Wheeler
Western
Wikoff
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