Various 19th Century World and National Eventsummary
A digest reports disasters and deaths including a fire at Savage Nebraska destroying twelve buildings and numerous notable deaths such as Prof Rudolph Virchow and Edward Eggleston. It notes Tolstoys unrest, Panama hat craze, Servian Croatians massacre rumor, and politics and labor stories from St Louis to New York.
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Savage
Neb
Rudolph Virchow
Berlin
J. &. Goodenow
Maquoketa
Edward Eggleston
Jones Lock
Lake George
N.Y
John Jennings
South Dakota
Bellefourche
William
Vienna
London Daily Mail
Agram
Robert Bond
Newfoundland
Atlantic
New York
London
Gunboat Crete-a-Pierrot sunk by German Panther forces
The Firminist gunboat Crete-a-Pierrot was sunk at Gonalde by the German gunboat Panther after a demand to surrender. Crete-a-Pierrot crew abandoned ship amid fire in fifteen minutes and flames engulfed the vessel. German envoy Wykradt Isny said no international complications expected.
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Cape Haytien
Hayti
Crete-a-Pierrot
Gonatyes
Panther
Port AU Prince
Cretea-Pierrot
Gonalves
Admiral Killick
Crete-a- Pierrot
Killick
St. Marc
Princess Calm
Manchester
Mass
Count Quadt Wykradt Isny
Creten-Pierrot
Associated Press
Moro Chiefs Reject Friendly Overtures in Mindanao Crisis
Captain J. J. Pereshing, commander at Camp Vicars Mindanao, reports to General Chaffee that several Moro chiefs who attacked Americans have rejected friendly overtures. Negotiations broken may trigger a Moro crisis and possible American retaliation. Since the Bayan fight in May Moros have made twelve attacks killing four Americans and wounding twelve, including one officer.
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Manila
J. J. Pereshing
Camp Vicars
Mindanao
Chaffee
Blaming the Trusts End in Tragedy at Boarding House
James B. Taylor and his wife Anne Taylor blamed greedy corporations in a letter to the public and then committed suicide by gas in their room at a Des Moines boarding house. The couple had arrived from Ottumwa two weeks earlier at 202 West Eighth Street.
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Des Moines
James B. Taylor
Anne Taylor
West Eighth Street
Ottumwa
Former Senator Roach Dies in New York
William Nathaniel Roach a United States senator from North Dakota from 1893 to 1899 died in New York yesterday after a long battle with cancer. He was 70.
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New York
William Nathaniel Roach
United States
North Dakota
Guidi to Be Consecrated in Rome
Megr Guidi newly appointed apostolic delegate in the Philippines will be consecrated September 29 in Rome with Cardinal Rampolla presiding.
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Guidi
Rome
Philippines
Cardinal Rampolla
President Roosevelts Western Trip Itinerary Published
The planned train route for President Roosevelt's western journey is laid out from Chicago arriving September 23 and 24, with stops in Milwaukee Lacrosse St. Paul Yankton Sioux City Arion and Omaha. The sequence covers despatch to Minneapolis Sioux Falls Denison Omaha and a review of the electrical parade upon return.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Milwaukee
Lacrosse
St. Paul
Great Northern Railway
Minneapolis
Sioux Falls
Yankton
Sioux City
Arion
Illinois Central
Denison
Omaha
Union Pacific
Kearney
Strong Policy Pursued In Haitian Crisis By Navy
A Cape Haytien dated report from Commander McCrea describes measures to protect world commerce amid the Haitian revolution. He notes handling most European trade plus his own nation’s and signals a tougher stance toward insurgent Admiral Killick, reflecting a broader policy for South and Central American upheavals.
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Washington
Sept
Navy Department
McCrea
Machias
Cape Haytien
Haytien
Navy
Killick
Body of Chicago double murderer Bartholin identified in Iowa
The corpse exhumed near Riceville is positively identified as William Bartholin, a Chicago double murderer. Identification was by William Mitchell and Detective Andrew Rohan, who arrived from Chicago. Dr. A J Coey removed the lower jaw to confirm with gold crown teeth. Bartholin’s body was found last Friday six miles from Riceville by J G Pratt while driving to Elm.
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Riceville
William Bartholin
Chicago
William Mitchell
Bartholin
Andrew Rohan
A. J. Coey
Rohan
J. G. Pratt
Reunion After Fifty-One Years Connects Sisters in Springfield
Mrs. John Doley and Mrs. John Carney sisters meet in Springfield after fifty-one years of fruitless searching. They were separated in New York harbor after leaving Ireland and reunited today.
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Springfield
John Doley
John Carney
Doley
New York Harbor
Ireland
Lynching in Hempstead Texas Arrests Crowd Action
Jesse Walker colored was lynched by several hundred citizens in Hempstead Texas for criminal assault on a white woman. Precisely the event reflects mob violence and a summary execution without due process.
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Jesse Walker
Hempstead
Tex
Porcupines Threaten Trees in Crow Creek Reserve
Cheyenne reports that porcupines and worms are devastating young pines on the Crow creek headwaters in the Silver Crown forest reserve thirty five miles north of Cheyenne. A local man says almost every young tree has been skinned and will die.
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Cheyenne, Wyo
Crow Creek
Cheyenne
Silver Crown
Made A Clean Sweep In Tecumseh Bank Collapse
Tecumseh Nebraska reports a severe bank failure as cashier Charles M. Chamberlain absconded with funds. The Chamberlain banking house is described as gutted with $80,000 in notes. assets are uncertain and the bank is closed, with only partial deposits likely repaid.
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Chamberlain
Tecumseh, Neb
Charles M. Chamberlain
Chamberlain Banking
Chamberlain Banking House
Tecumseh
Plattsmouth Promoter Details Platte River Canal Plan
J E Riley outlines canal project plans and electric railway ambitions. He says hydraulic engineers will inspect the project in Omaha soon and that the railway will be built with or without canal power. A Lincoln survey is pursued, with an eastward line toward Nebraska City as the southern terminal. The Mortons of Nebraska City seek ownership of the line to Weeping Water. The Plattsmouth branch will be constructed, with local right of way to the main line. Encouragement is reported along the route.
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Plattsmouth
J. E. Riley
Platte River Canal
Omaha
Lincoln
Nebraska City
Mortons
Train backs into depot in Superior Nebraska
A Santa Fe freight train crashed into the Santa Fe Northwestern freight house in Superior Nebraska. The engineer drove the train along the track too fast, ploughing through ten feet of platform and smashing the frame structure off its pile foundation, knocking the building four feet off and racking it.
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Superior
Neb
Santa Fe
Santa Fe-Northwestern
Abundant Crops Reported In Brown County
AINSWORTH NEB Sept 8 A careful investigation confirms Brown county's largest small grain crop ever and better corn prospects. The Niobrara river canyons and Pine Plum and Bone creeks yield thousands of bushels of wild plums and grapes. Vegetables show wonderful growth.
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Brown County
Ainsworth
Neb
Niobrar River
Edgar Man Badly Scalded in Factory Fall
Osacar Byers, an Edgar canning factory employee, was badly scalded when a pail of boiling water spilled on his shoulder face neck and arm after he tripped. His right leg below the knee also suffered burns. The incident occurred in Edgar Nebraska on September 6.
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Edgar
Neb
Osacar Byers
Edgar Canning Factory
Refunding Bonds Defeated in Wymore Election
WYMORE Neb Sept 8 The refunding bond proposition was submitted to the voters of this city and was defeated by nine votes.
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Wymore
Neb
Crushed in a Horse Power Fatality in Ulysses
N Ma lone aged 70 of Ulysses Nebraska died after his foot was caught in the cogs of a horsepower while driving the machine. The incident occurred on September 8 and his death was described as horrific.
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Ulysses
N. Malone
August Rainfall Totals in Beatrice Nebraska 1902
Beatrice Nebraska records 4.07 inches of rain in August 1902 compared with 3.06 inches in August 1901. This month’s rainfall exceeds last year by 1.01 inches, reflecting local weather patterns in Gage reporting.
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Gage
Beatrice
Neb
Secretary Wilson Visits Nebraska Farm Leaders
Secretary James Wilson of the U S Department of Agriculture visited Lincoln during the state fair. He praised Nebraska for its hay and corn crops and noted federal efforts to share farming knowledge and improve methods across new lands while forecasting strong demand from drought-affected southern states.
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Lincoln
Neb
Board of Agriculture
James Wilson
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
State Board of Managers
Federal Department of Agriculture
United States
Ernst Bessey
Rungsia
America
Wilson
Department
Nebraska
Indians Do No Damage At Naper Carnival
Several hundred Indians from the near reservation joined a three day carnival and wild west show in Naper causing rowdy night scenes with fire water and war whoops. The Stuart mayor asked the governor for rifles and side arms but calm returned as the intoxication wore off and wigwams settled.
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Stuart
Neb
Naper
Bronx
Two Weeks More for Corn in Winside Nebraska
The forecast calls for clear cool days after a Sunday night change. Much wheat and oats remain in shock and could be threshed in ten days if the weather holds. Dry conditions would help corn and a light frost would not harm it as it matures. Farmers think two more weeks may finish corn before frost.
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Winside
Neb
Milkcow herd dies after grazing on green cornstalks
William Gress, a farmer north of Nebraska City, lost fourteen milch cows in a singular incident. He turned them into a corn field, where corn had been gathered for canning, and after a day they were brought back, sickened, and died despite efforts to save them.
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Nebraska City
Neb
William Gress
Lightning strikes valuable Hereford bull near Hebron
A two year old Hereford bull on C. A. Meyer's farm five miles west of Hebron was struck by lightning during a rain storm and killed instantly.
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Hebron
Neb
C. A. Meyer
Here
No Coal in Sight Amid Eastern Miner Strike
Fremont Nebraska residents face coal shortages as an eastern miners strike halts supply. No coal is available at any price, with local dealers emptied and most deliveries already made.
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Fremont, Neb
Fremont
Not His Kind of Library And the Lord Acton Legacy
The late Lord Acton amassed about 60 000 books in his London house, including many old and rare volumes. Joseph Chamberlain once rented the house and quipped that the library lacked reference works, saying it was not a library at all.
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Lord Acton
London
Joseph Chamberlain
Brummagen
Young Earl of Dudley Named Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
The Earl of Dudley is described as the youngest lord lieutenant to Dublin Castle. At 35, he surpasses Curzon in youth, comes from William Ward lineage, and inherits vast wealth from his father’s land and mines. Educated to the top, he made a notable Lords speech in 1891 defending the Lords.
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Ireland
Dublin Castle
George N. Curzon
India
Earl of Dudley
Curzon
Dudley
William Ward
London
Charles I
William Humble Ward
Earl
United Kingdom
House of Lords
Pitt
Record Pay of Singers Tops 19th Century Fees
The article notes M. Jean de Reszke led male singers in highest earnings with sixteen appearances on a last American tour totaling £7,200 and an average of £460 per appearance. Madame Patti earned £9,600 for sixteen nights at Covent Garden in 1870, averaging £600 each. Her American tour in New Orleans during the 1880s surpassed that with £1,20 per night.
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M. Jean de Reszke
Madame Patti
Convent Garden
New Orleans
Morenci Reader Praises Dodd's Kidney Pills
A Morenci resident Mr J. B. Whitehead publishes a letter noting dramatic relief from kidney trouble after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He describes severe pain and immobility before finding help, and urges others suffering to seek this remedy.
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Dodd
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