Nebraska News Roundup From Pawnee City to Sutton
Four parties held conventions in Pawnee City and a broad Nebraska miscellany follows. Notes include a Hastings Bible school, Ross L. Hammond's nomination, Elkhorn rail links to the state fair, and pension board moves. Reports of deaths, exams, a Fremont Adventist convention, and a large state fair attendance on day two.
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Pawnee City
Hastings
Ross L. Hammond
Fremont Tribune
Elkhorn
Lincoln
Omaha
Harlan County Pension Board
Orleans
Kearney
Presbyterian
Genoa
Farrell
Farrell & Co
A G. Brande
Pierce
War Department
Allowtte
G M. Rhinehart
Aurora
John Starkel
O'Neill
Fremont
J. A. Clark
Tekemah
FR. B. Holland
Washington, D. C
Sutton
Havelock
John Ashford
Winnebago
Dick Bolan
Howe
Stella
Bolan
Jefferson City
Berry Yowell
Hermon
Marcus Chamberlain
Talmage
York
Illinois
York County
Nebraska
Clarks Post Ofice
W. T. Rymer
Lincoln University
Raymond
Rymer
DeWitt
Wapello
Iowa
Norfolk Journal
G L. Girard
Girard Wheel Works
Columbus
Girard
Douglas
Gage Counties
Nemaha
Thomas Jones
Webster County
Inavale
John Morris
Chadron
Ramacy
Henry Gable
Louisville
Adolph Steinkamp
Steincamp
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Beatrice Fair Preparations and Local News Highlights
Beatrice hosts the Gage county fair at the Chautauqua grounds September 15 to 18 with new stock sheds and farm product buildings. Reports cover accidents, bank closures in Beatrice, post office theft arrests, irrigation rulings, and local college plans plus various civic notes and upcoming elections betting.
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Gage County
Chautauqua
Beatrice
Albert Sandon
Wallace
E. W. Sandon
Eleven Firemen Die in Horrible Harbor Michigan Fire
A fire at Yore's opera house in Benton Harbor Michigan at midnight Saturday killed eleven firefighters, including six who died after hours of agony. The theater had just hosted a local performance of A Factory Girl and was emptying when smoke and flames trapped crews unloading ladders and rescuers. Witnesses described walls collapsing as requests for help mounted. victims included Watson Hoffmaon Kidd Woodley Gange Rice Mitten Hoffman Mill Seever Rose Prescott is under arrest but declined to name any origin, citing he would not reveal facts.
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Bexton Harper
Mich
Yore
Opera House
St Joseph
Frank Watson
John Hoffmaon
Benton Harbor
Thomas Kidd
Frank Woodley
E. H. Gange
St. Joseph
Drayman
Scott Rice
Bellboy
Benton Hotel
L Mitten
Louis Hoffman
Arthur C. Mill
Foreman
St. Joseph Hose Company
Frank Seever
Robert L. Rose
Guy Prescott
Murderer Left No Clue in Excelsior Springs Area
The body of Matthew Clark a bachelor farmer was found four miles south of town with head injuries. Authorities report no clues as to the killer and sheriff plus posse are searching the area. Clark lived alone and had no known enemies.
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Clark
Excelsior Springs
Excelsion Shaines
Matthew Clark
Here
Wig McKinley Delegations Rouse Canton Campaign
Major McKinley attended a communion service at First M E church in Canton. A thousand members of Chicago's Democratic Sound Money Club headlined events, with workingmen from Carnegie Homestead Pa planning a September 12 gathering. Governor Bushnell and staff will attend as delegations from Indiana arrive for planned speeches by Thurston Cullom and Burrows alongside Bushnell.
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Wig McKinley
Canton
Ohio
Major McKinley
M. E
Democratic Sound Money Club
Chicago
Carnegie Homestead
Iron and Steel
Bushnell
Indiana
Thurston
Nebraska
Cullom
Illinois
Burrows
Michigan
Miss Mary Bannister Willard Chosen for Cleveland Daughters
Mrs Grover Cleveland selects Miss Mary Bannister Willard to oversee kindergarten education for her three daughters. Willard is niece of Frances E Willard and trained at the Pestalozzi kindergarten in Berlin.
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Cleveland
Caiiaco
Mary Bannister Willard
Grover Cleveland
Frances BE. Willard
Pestalozzi
Berlin
Senator Voorhees Very Ill in Terre Haute Campaign
Senator Voorhees is very ill in Terre Haute Indiana on September 8 and his friends fear he may be unable to take part in the campaign due to rapid decline.
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Voorhees
Terre Havre
Ind
Excursion train wreck near Taswell causes multiple deaths
An excursion train from St Louis derailed near Taswell Indiana after a worn rail or rail spread. Fatalities include John Gibson and William Kane both of St Louis. Dozens injured. surgeons dispatched from the city treated the wounded and transported them for care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Ind
St. Louis
Taswell
John Gibson
St Louis
William A. Kane
J. W. Connopey
Chris Hendrick
F. B. Jordan
East
Bryan in Wisconsin Speeches Urge Intelligent Ballots
Wisconsin stops in Milwaukee and Kenosha feature speeches urging citizens to study issues and vote wisely. The orator calls for informed judgments and national unity, stressing civic duty and responsible participation.
Double lynching follows sheriff murder trial verdict
Guienxcoe Minnesota September 8 The trial of the first of two men charged with killing Sheriff Joseph Rogers ended with a murder in the second degree verdict. This outcome angered portions of the county leading to a double lynching bee early yesterday morning. The men lynched were Darman Musgrove and ILA Cingmars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guienxcoe
Minn
Joseph Rogers
Darman Musgrove
Ila Cingmars
Pacific Coast Politics Rally Promises McKinley Victory
Chairman Babcock of the Republican congressional committee predicts a large McKinley win on the Pacific coast. He cites vigorous meetings in Portland San Francisco and Spokane with a strong outlook for the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washindey
Babcock
Republican Congressional Committee
McKinley
Pacific Coast
Portland
San Francisco
Spokane
Woman killed as bucket toppled into well in Oklahoma
In Gurariz near McCloud on September 8 Joseph Wiggins dug a well as his wife and child drew dirt in a bucket. The wife fell head first into the well with the bucket, striking Wiggins and crushing to death. The husband suffered severe bruising.
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Gurariz
Okla
McCloud
Joseph Wiggins
Wiggins
Petition to the Queen on liquor and opium traffic
The Queen has consented to receive a petition with 7,000,000 women signatures opposing liquor and opium trade. It was organized by the world W C T U with Frances Willard and Lady Henry Somerset leading the list.
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London
Frances Willard
Henry Somerset
George B Goode Dies Smithsonian Authority on Fish
Dr George B Brown Goode assistant secretary of the Smithsonian died here last night of bronchial pneumonia at age 45 He was a native of Indiana and was regarded as the leading authority on fish and fisheries in the United States
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George B. Goode
Washington
Sept
George B. Brown Goode
Smithsonian Institution
United States
Indiana
Grapes Too Cheap to Fall in Northern Ohio
Cleveland dispatch reports a bumper grape crop in Northern Ohio with vines heavy of fruit. Prices fall to five cents per basket of ten pounds in the vineyards, erasing profits for growers this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Iron Works Shut Down In Cambridge Pennsylvania
Practically every department of the Cambridge iron works shut down Saturday night for an indefinite period, leaving at least 2,000 men out of work. Lack of orders cited as the cause of the suspension.
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JoussTown
the Cambris Iron Works
Sullivan's common law wife dies at Bellevue Hospital
Annie Livingston, longtime common law wife of John L. Sullivan, died at Bellevue Hospital on Saturday night from heart failure. her body was taken to the morgue in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
New York
Annie Livingston
John L. Sullivan
Bellevue Hospital
Electoral Fasion in Missouri St Louis Sept 8
Report notes a plan to award four electors to the Populists within the Missouri Democratic ticket while barring fusion on state or congressional races. No joint candidate slate is expected for the state level.
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Missouri
St. Louis
Cochran Accepted Nebraska Speaking Invitation
Rourke Cochran wired acceptance to an invitation from Nebraska gold standard men to speak in Omans Omaha Nebraska on September 8.
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Cochran
Omehs Omana, Neb
Rourke Cochran
Nebraska Gold Standard
Nebraska
Perc y Gaunt dies penniless in Catskills
News in brief reports Percy Gaunt author of The Bowery and other songs died penniless in the Catskill mountains. The note also says the Northern Pacific is cutting expenses by about 23 percent starting with the salaries of main officials. A Sioux City woman, Mrs Frank Vasa Houten, attempted suicide with laudanum after her husband criticized a trousers cut for their 6 year old son.
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Percy Gaunt
Movements of Mr. Bryan Across Wisconsin Campaign
Mr. Bryan's morning departure for Milwaukee carried E D Wall F W Von Cothausen Julius Schuendel and P J Somers. In Waukegan about 700 heard his remarks urging study of the money issue and voting independently. At Kenosha a thousand waited as Bryan explained opposition to bonds and the Sherman act. EXPELLED FROM CHURCH.
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United States
Mr. Bryan
McKinley
Kenosha
Camigna
Rev Thomas Cooper Expelled From St Joseph Church
The McDonald seleide Hawaitat conference in Missouri finds Rev Thomas Cooper guilty of gross immorality slander and profanity and recommends expulsion from the church. The conference adopts the report and Cooper is expelled. Dr McDonald’s death is linked to threats of prosecution by Cooper over alleged intimacy with a church youth.
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Thomas Cooper
St Joseph
McDonald
Anti-Toxins for Lockjaw at Fordham Hospital
Ernest Neidacker, brought to Fordham hospital with tetanus, becomes the first patient in a public institution in the United States treated with anti toxine for lockjaw. The serum used is the first anti toxine for tetanus cultivated in the country. Dr Reilly notes a chance of saving the boy’s life, though treatment started late.
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Ernest Neidacker
Fordham Hospital
McKinley Talks Tariff Before Beaver County Visitors
Cantor Ohio September 7 Twenty five hundred residents from Beaver County Pennsylvania rode special trains to see Major McKinley at his home. He praised protective tariff policy and Republican victories, citing Governor Hastings and Senator Quay for their roles in supporting industry and national prosperity.
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Cantor
Ohio
Beaver County
Pennsylvania
Major McKinley
Congressional
Old County
Commonwealth
Union
General Hastings
House
Senate
Quay
Republic
Live Stock and Produce Markets Quotation Roundup
Market round up of quotations from New York Chicago St Louis Omaha and other centers reports on price movements in live stock and produce. Trade shows brisk activity with cattle hogs and grain prices cited from several major exchanges.
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New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Omaha
Supe Sane Ak
Iite
South Omaua
Ecaes
Verneegeane Weoneaees
Cceevess
Krupp Buys Germania Shipyard in Essen
Herr Krupp of Essen has purchased the Germania ship building works. The plant will transfer to Krupp by October 1 and shipbuilding capacity will be greatly increased.
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Krupp
Balidieg Ventura Berutn
Herr Krupp
Iron King
Essen
Germania Ship Building Works
Mrs Nat Goodela Fights Back in Divorce Counterclaim
Mrs Nat C Goodwin, separated from her husband for five years and recently sued for divorce, files a countersuit seeking divorce and vows to contest the original action.
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Nat Goodela
New Yor
Nat C. Goodwin
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