Happenings Making History Abroad And At Home
News round up reports foreign and domestic items from rapid world events. Spanish throne pretender Don Carlos dies in Lombardy while Polish wreaths honor actress Helen Modjeska and Count Bedeni. a U S man faces execution for murder in Cornwall. Mexican rail unions strike with Americans seeking higher wages amid race tensions. Brazilian smallpox microbe found. Greek cabinet resigns. pursuit of Elsie Sigel’s alleged killer Leon Ling. Scotland Yard warns of oriental suspects leaving Britain.
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Don Carlos
Bourbon
Lombardy
Helen Modjeska
Church of the Holy Cross
United States
Cracow
Lemberg
Stanislaus Bedeni
Salicia
William Hampton
Ishpeming
Mich
Stearth
Cornwall
Emily Tredres
Hampton
Mexico
Oswaldo Cruze
Brazilian Sanitary Service
Rio Janeiro
Scotland Yard
Sixteen Drownings Reported In New York Area And Other News
Sixteen people died by drowning in and near New York City Sunday. A panic sparked by a bullfight incident at Chimauhau Mexico injured several bystanders. Edward Hayden, 65, prominent Omaha banker and merchant, dies after brief illness. Mark O Anthony trials a wireless guided dirigible balloon for life saving at Sandy Hook. Lebanon Missouri announces a new Presbyterian seminary. A fire at Prairie Gas and Oil near Ochelata Oklahoma burns crude oil worth about 100000 before being extinguished.
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New York City
Nero
Chimauhau
Mexico
Edward Hayden
Hayden Bros
Corn Exchange Bank of
Omaha
Ireland
Mark O Anthony
Sandy Hook
Lebanon
Presbyterian Church
Prairie Gas and Oil Company
Ochelata
Okl
Heavier Than Air Machine Promises Flight Revolution
Fred Bachman of Newark claims a new heavier than air machine could revolutionize flying if all his claims are met. The list notes other 1900s events and figures including James Sammis elected exalted ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in Los Angeles, and Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy’s 88th birthday in Chestnut Hill Boston.
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Fred Bachman
Newark
N. J
James A. Sammis
LeMars
Iowa
Los Angeles
Leonard Roeder
Quincy
Illinois
Waterloo
Dennis A. Hayes
Philadelphia
Glass Bottle Blowers’ Association
United States
Canada
Missoula-Kooskia
Northern Pacific
Lolo Pass
Missoula
Caughren
Winters & Smith
Foley Brothers & Larson
Thomas L. Greenbough
Porter Brothers & Welch
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Science Denomination
Chestnut Hill
Boston
Pacific Fleet
Uriel Sebree
Orient
Pacific Coast Navy Yards
Thomas L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Pittsburg Coal Company
Commercial National Bank
Bankers’ National Bank
Chicago
New War Department Rule Bans Direct Contracts With Trusts
Secretary of War Dickinson announces a rule forbidding Brigadier General Sharp from entering direct contracts with any corporation in a trust or restraint of trade and bars department dealings with middlemen who represent such concerns.
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Dickinson
Henry G. Sharp
Department
United States Army
Garland N. Whistler
Puget Sound
War Department
United States
Lellehau
Hawaii
Army
Bilaran Islands
Department of the Visayas
Philippines
Congress
H. George
Dixie
T. G. Dewer
W. C. P. Muir
W. H. Faust
Naval Academy
Paul Foley
Yankee
Foreign Service
State Department
Judge rules 8 oclock saloon law constitutional
Police Judge Crawford declares the 8 pm closing law constitutional and fines Frank Dinuzzo $100 plus costs for selling liquor after 8 o clock. Dinuzzo appeals to district court with bonds set at $200. Saloon at 1202 Douglas remains open until fire and police board convenes Tuesday.
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Omaha
Crawford
Frank Dinuzzo
Giller
Dinuzzo
District Court
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
Dinazzo
State Fair Preparations Signal Record Nebraska Exhibit
Preparations for the upcoming state fair September 6 to 10 show unprecedented activity in the machinery department with large firms expanding displays and several new exhibitors. A mammoth implement company building and a new buggy show space reflect major remodeling of the agricultural unit. Nebraskas record of 22 counties exhibiting may be surpassed as eastern herds join the fair on their way to Seattle, boosting quality and premiums in cattle. Secretary Mellor notes many early entries from eastern exhibitors and enhanced cattle housing in a new barn promises superior stock accommodation.
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Nebraska
Mellor
Cattle Department
Nebraska Epworth Assembly at Epworth Lake Park
The Nebraska Epworth assembly runs August 4 to 12 at Epworth Lake Park Lincoln with top musical groups including Jef Fries concert band Weber male quartet Chicago Ladies Orchestra Dunbar company and Columbian Tennesseans. Lecturers include Dr W F Dawson Gen O O Howard Luther B Wilson Dr Thomas Nicholson Governor Glenn Senators Bristow Burkett Governor Butcher and others. A souvenir prospectus is mailed free to those sending their address to President L O Jones Lincoln.
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Nebraska Epworth Assembly
Epworth Lake Park
Lincoln
Jeffries
Jacksonville
Ill
Weber Male Quartet
Boston
Chicago Ladies' Orchestra
The
Dunbar Company
Columbian Tennesseans
W. F. Dawson
London
O. O. Howard Bishop
Luther B. Wilson
Philadelphia
Thomas Nicholson
New York
Glenn
North Carolina
Bristow
Kansas
Burkett
Nebraska
Butcher
Colorado
L. O. Jones
Nebraska Happenings Across Counties and Crops
The Nebraska section reports heirs in Illinois rockford estate worth 20000. Nemaha river floods damage farms. David City haut chauqua July 24 to Aug 1. Pender Commercial club organizes with officers Waller Hancock Aldrich Heyner. Diamonds found by Willie Hueller returned to owner. Johnson county farming improves wheat harvest near end. oats and hay being cut. Tecumseh library elects Dafoe Pool Shaw Thurver Apperger officers. Hastings ex-mayor McElhinney recovering from stroke. Halderman buys into Iola Ice and Cold Storage. Clay county threshing begins. 27 bushels per acre. Seward cereal mill to convert to alfalfa and corn cereals. $25000 subscription goal. Gage county harvest advancing. low lands loss smaller than expected. First car Nebraska wheat arrives at Omaha via Updike Grain from Wabash. grade No 2 hard at $1.18 to Nebraska-Iowa Grain. Merrick county land prices stay high. drainage ditch project rejected. Sweetwater renter buys Flower farm at $110/acre. David City buyers sell Hart ranch at $100/acre. Central City land offers at $105/acre rejected. sale of eighty near town for $128/acre anticipated.
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Walter Dean
Jennie
Grace Dean
Nieges
Minden Neb
Harriet Miller
Rockford, Ill
Nemaha River
David City
Pender Commercial Club
D. C. Waller
H. D. Hancock
O. D. Aldrich
John Heyner
C. H. Bowers
Norfolk
Willie Hueller
J. P. Hueller
Tecumseh Library Board
Frank Dafoe
C. W. Pool
C. M. Shaw
S. W. Thurver
Mary Apperger
F. Halderman
Burchard
Iola Ice and Cold Storage Company
Iola
Kans
Seward Oat
Seward Cereal and Alfalfa Milling Company
Gage County
Nebraska
Omaha
Updike Grain Company
Warren T. Richards
Wabash
Missouri Pacific
Nebraska-Iowa Grain Company
Merrick County
Board of Supervisors
Lester Hyland
Sweetwater
Flower Farm
Central City
Wunderlick and Haverlick
Smith
Dave Burke
Withrow
Jury Acquits Gingles in Lace Theft Trial
In Chicago Ella Gingles is found not guilty of stealing lace from Miss Agnes Barrette after a seven hour deliberation. The jury also says the charges against Barrette were unfounded. The verdict follows a sensational case involving alleged attacks at Wellington hotel and a claimed attempt to sell Gingles in French Lick Springs.
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Chicago
Ella Gingles
Agnes Barrette
Gingles
Miss Barrette
Wellington Hotel
French Lick Springs
Miss Gingles
Thomas Mackey
Eijla
Ireland
Wrights Complete Two Successful Flights at Fort Myer
Orville Wright piloted the Wright aeroplane for two flights at Fort Myer Virginia on Monday evening. The first flight lasted twenty five minutes eighteen seconds with twenty five and a half circuits. The second flight continued until darkness and covered half an hour with twenty nine and a half circuits. The aircraft reached about 150 feet and speeds around forty one miles per hour. Wilbur Wright said the machine performed well but was not yet ready for official flights.
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Washington
Orville Wright
Wright Aeroplane
Fort Myer
Mr. Wright
Wrights
Wilbur Wright
Killed Brother With Hoe in North Carolina Fratricide
James Bivens killed his brother David with a hoe in Patatown on Sunday night. He surrendered in Goldsboro and was released on $200 bond after a preliminary hearing. Bivens said he heard his wife scream and found her being choked. he carried her home and saved her life. The dead man’s wife testified the killing was justified.
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Charlotte
N. C
James Bivens
David
Patatown
Goldsboro
Bivens
Chinaman Gets Another Chance in New Trial
Judge Landis granted a new trial for Bob Leung a Chinese merchant of El Paso Texas found guilty of conspiracy in smuggling Chinese across the Mexican border. The court ruled several counts faulty and set September 30 as the new hearing date.
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Chicago
Bob Leung
el Paso
Texas
Landis
United States District Court
Leung
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Supreme Court of Nebraska
Elks
Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
Grand Lodge
State of Tennessee
Colored Knights of Pythias
Constitutional
Braska
D. M. McElhinney
Hastings
Santa Cruz
Cal
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