Negotiations progress and war updates from South Africa
The London Daily Chronicle reports negotiations nearly finished with war to end, while Britain declines unconditional amnesty and self government dates. Parliament delays budget debate signaling extended South Africa settlement. In Middleburg Trafsvaal a May 27 clash with Boers leaves Commandant Mason mortally wounded. an armored train also fought Boers with details sparse.
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London Daily Chronicle
South Africa
Mmnday
Chamberlain
Middleburg
Trafsvaal
Collett
Mason
Burkett Renominated by Nebraskans in Lincoln
Elmer J. Burkett of Lincoln was unanimously renominated at the First Nebraska district convention in Lincoln on Tuesday evening. He arrived by B and M rail at 5 40 p m to a warm depot welcome and was escorted to the auditorium where supporters promised renomination. Burkett thanked the crowd and noted securing a 300000 post office appropriation with help from Marywind Mercer and Nebraska’s delegation in Congress.
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Het
Elmer J. Burkett
Lincoln
Neévyiska
Hara
Senate pauses for Pauncefete funeral attendance
Washington dispatch reports the Senate recessing from noon to 2 pm as many senators attend the Pauncefete funeral. House action sees Datzell preside, and a rules committee resolution on subsidiary silver coinage as special business remains under discussion after adjournment. Vote on adoption ends 98 to 75. The measure would authorize the Treasury Secretary to coin subsidiary silver bullion purchased under the July 24, 1890 act.
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Washington
Senate
Hoar
Datzell
Rep. Pa
Dem
Colo
Secretary of the Treasury
Edison declares storage battery solves electrical transport
Thomas A. Edison proclaims the storage battery breakthrough for electric cars. Two automobilists tested a twenty one cell battery on hilly roads near Arange, running sixty two miles on one charge with voltage from twenty nine to twenty two and no deterioration. A later test on flatter terrain covered eighty five miles, and Edison plans a thousand mile test next week.
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Ian Ntor
Thomas A. Edison
Arange
Edison
Philippine rebel leader Buencamino visits Washington
Senor Filipe Buencamino, founder of the federal party in the Philippines, arrived in Washington from San Francisco and met with Secretary Root. He plans to meet President Roosevelt and testify before the senate Philippine committee, and will visit Berkeley College where his sons study. He aims to pay respects at Mount Vernon and extend sympathy to Mrs. McKinley and Mrs. Logan.
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Washington, D. C
Senor
Filipe Buencamino
Federal Party
Philippines
San Francisco
Root
War Department
Rooseveltt
Senate Philippine Committee
Buencamino
Aguinaldo
Fire Destroys Fort Dodge Kitchen Endangers Baby
In Fort Dodge Iowa a kerosene fire exploded a can as Mrs H L Hahn tried to start it. Her clothing caught fire and her baby slept in the burning kitchen. Neighbors forced entry to rescue the infant before flames reached the child. The mother was burned but the infant escaped uninjured and is expected to recover.
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Fort Dodge
H. L. Hahn
Hebrew Philanthropist Surrenders Home for Hospital
Abraham Slimmer of Waverly Iowa, a noted Hebrew benefactor, arranged to surrender his residence and surrounding park to the Sisters of Mercy of Dubuque for a hospital. They request operation by October first. An extensive addition will be added to the already commodious building. The property now owned by the Sisters is valued at $20,000.
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Abraham Slimmer
Waverly
Sisters of Mercy of
Poisoning at Lincoln church supper injures thirty families
At the Second Presbyterian Church in Lincoln thirty families fell ill after a church supper. One person is dangerously sick while others suffered violently but are improving. Officials have not determined whether the illness came from the potato salad, ice cream, gelatin, potted ham, or fruit dessert.
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Lincoln
Second
Presbyterian Church
Hullhorst
Elephant Kills Spectator in Brooklyn Spectacular
R Fa Biownt of Fort Wayne Indiana, aged thirty nine, was killed by an elephant named Topsy at Forep. & Sells’ circus in Brooklyn New York. The elephant charged the crowd, lifted the man with its trunk and dashed him to the ground breaking every bone in his body. the crowd witnessed the fatal incident.
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R. Fa Biownt
Fort Wayne
Ind
Brooklyn
N. Y
Blount
Woman Given Life Term for Delta Husband Poisoning
Sarah Kuhn, a young woman, was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering her aged husband in Delta by poisoning his drink four months after their marriage. The supreme court denied a new trial this morning. The husband was crippled and kept his medical condition secret until after the wedding.
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Sarah . Kuhn
Delta
Supreme Court
Kuhn
Hasbanad Suspected of Kidnapping Children
Hasbanad Steals Children. Willberger of Plattsmouth deserted his wife and two small children last summer and recently married a younger sister of his wife. In Cowneil Bluffsta he is suspected of kidnapping his children from their mother. The woman left her children with a family for a few weeks and when she returned for them they were gone.
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Willberger
Plattsmouth
Robbed of valued jewelry in Paris dispatch
A Paris dispatch reports Mrs. Thomas Kensett and her daughter Gertru of Cornwall on Hudson New York were robbed of about $50,000 worth of heirloom jewelry from a trunk in their hotel room near the Grand Opera. The theft involved precious heirlooms.
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Thomas Kensett
Gertru
Cornwall-on-Hudson
Paris
el Room
Grand Opera
Lincoln library opens with Carnegie gift to city
The city formally dedicated the new Lincoln library building funded by Andrew Carnegie. A formal ceremony followed by informal exercises in the afternoon and evening marked the occasion as the structure was turned over to the city.
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Lincoln Library
Andrew Carnegie
Danish West Indian treaty loom in stalled talks
The Berlin foreign office denies a report that Emperor William refused to unite Potts as successor to Commander Beechier amid long conferences over a Danish West Indian treaty. The scene centers on official friction and a bank cashier named Matteson involved in a separate default case in Morton.
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Christian
Berlin
William
Potts
William M. Beechier
Controversy Over School Removal Ends With Fire
The district No 23 school near Cushing Nebraska was burned to the ground in a suspected incendiary act. For years a conflict over moving the schoolhouse to town favored country supporters until now. The building was among the county’s best and insurance provides heavy loss.
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Cushing
Neb
Prisoner Breaks Jail After Verdict in Nebraska
Harmon Schwaberow, 41, six feet tall and 200 pounds, was sentenced to five years for grand larceny in Valentine Nebraska. He escaped from custody during the evening court session as sheriffs scour the countryside and pursue him toward the Sioux reservation with a $500 reward.
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Valentine
Neb
Harmon Schwaberow
Harrington
Schwaberow
Sioux
Dakota
Nebraska
Carter
Famine Worsens in Russia Amid Scorched Poverty and Smuggling
Reports show 6,615 scurvy cases in 241 villages of the Minzel linsk district by April 14, up from 2,723 on March 14, highlighting widespread famine. Siberian merchants laments flood of foreign goods into Manchuria and Siberia, pressuring frontier guards to curb smuggling as 3999 poods of Russian petroleum head to Christiansand Norway where American oil dominates the market.
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Russia
Minzellinsk
Curia
Siberian
Manchuria
Siberia
Frontier Guard
Christiania
Norway
Sealing Schooner Hatzie Missing After February Voyage
The sealing schooner Hatzie, Victoria B C for the west coast, has not returned since departing February 15 for a spring cruise. Fears persist after the February 24 storm, with Captain Daley, Mate Dooley, and 24 Kiowotok Indians aboard. Captain Daley’s family remains in Victoria.
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Hatzie
Victoria
B. C
Halzic
Daley
Farley
P. Dooley
A. Medi W. Christian
Kiowotok
Captain Daley
Snakes Drive Resignations at Santa Fe Depot
Operators House and Watson resign from Santa Fe block station at Otoe Kansas citing snakes in the box car depot after heavy rains. The three mile distance to the agency exacerbates the problem as workers cannot seal out or kill the reptiles.
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House
Watson
Santa Fe
Otoe
Kan
Homeseekers Excursion to Huron
Homeseekers plan an excursion to Huron on Tuesday June 17 offering a round trip from Lincoln at 12.30 dollars. Refunds available if you purchase. Free, proven and uni priced options range from ten to twenty five dollars.
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Huron
Lincoln
Buffalo Elevator Burns at Manning in Buffalo
Fire destroyed the Manning elevator in Buffalo. Building and contents loss estimated at $100,000.
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Buffalo
Manning
Buffalo, N
Beef Famine and Butchers Strike Paralyzes Chicago
Thousands in Chicago cannot buy beef as 200 northwest side butchers close shops awaiting teamster concessions. Jewish butchers join boycott, yard deliveries disrupted, ice and coal transport halted. Police quell minor riots as stockyards resemble an armed camp amid rising tensions.
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Chicago
Kansas Fruit Crop Expected Large This Year
Secretary W H Barnes of the Kansas State Horticultural Society says the fruit crop in Kansas should be sizable this year. B F Smith of Lawrence reports fifteen acres of pear trees thriving and Fred Wellhouse plans to ship about 100 carloads of apples from an 800 acre Osage county orchard. The peach crop in southeastern Kansas is excellent while strawberries suffer from last summer’s dry weather. Wellhouse also plans a large apple storage house and cooperage plant at Leavenworth.
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Kansas State Horticultural Society
Kansas
Barnes
B. F. Smith
Lawrence
Red Wellhouse
Osage County
Fred
Wellhouse
bLeavenworth
Beauty treatment fatal in Chicago district
Miss May Thomson died six hours after a facial beautifying treatment by a specialist. A plaster cast was used during the procedure and police and the coroner suspect heart failure potentially induced by suffocation, though the theory is not fully accepted and an investigation continues. Thomson was a stenographer with Sprague, Warner & Co.
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May Thomson
Chicago
Declare Checks are Bogus in Nebraska City Fraud
A man identifying as Harry Carroll passed several bogus checks in Nebraska City on Thursday. He cashed seven dollars, eight fifty, and eight eighty‑five dollar checks, failed on others, and fled with thirteen dollars and fifty cents. He used a conductor’s card under the alias W J Auld of Durango Colorado and carried multiple signed checks when arrested.
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Harry Carroll
Nebraska City
G. W. Anderson
Bader Bros
U. S. Paradise
W. J. Auld
Durango
Col
Pierce Nebraska plans Fourth of July celebration
Citizens of Pierce form committees for the Fourth of July event. A $1 subscription has been raised and a large purse posted for a baseball game. The program includes speeches by notable speakers and a sports filled afternoon.
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Pierce
Neb
Clang to Tree Tops Rescue After Flooded Creek
Two Russian Jewish men attempting to ford Diamond creek near Elmdale Kansas lost their wagon team and money in heavy rains. They clung to tree tops for hours before local residents rescued them, left destitute and exhausted.
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Elmdale
Kan
Diamond Creek
Town Fire Ravages Jerry Shore Business District
A two hour blaze in Jerry Shore Pa destroyed sixteen buildings in the business district and caused losses estimated at 25 000 to 30 000. Fire crews from Lockhaven and Williamsport were summoned but the fire came under control upon arrival.
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Jerry Shore
Lockhaven
Williamsport
Work of Scientists Machine for Engravers Copying Patterns
A Roanoke inventor J. H. Martin unveils an improved pantograph like device to copy engraving and drawing patterns with exact scaling. The machine holds the work steady and allows size changes without altering symmetry, enabling precise alterations in length and breadth for commercial engraving work.
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J. H. Martin
Roanoke
Mars Ice Caps Unrealistic Says Astronomer
Popular Astronomy criticizes the term ice caps on Mars arguing temperatures may range far below zero and that Mars lacks an atmosphere to retain heat. He suggests frozen carbonic acid may explain the perceived polar caps rather than frozen water.
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Holden
Marx
Percial Howell
Dlay Jeyatem
Mars
Animated wind driven scarecrow to frighten field birds
Lafayette inventor Alexander C. Davis proposes a low cost dight throwing device that harnesses wind to power a rotating mirror wheel between lamp ends. The frame opens to wind on two sides and reflects sunlight or lamplight across fields to deter hawks crows owls and rodents day and night.
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Alexander C. Davis
Lafayette
Paris World Telephone Network Links Major European Cities
Paris hosts an international telephone wire system connecting London Berlin and Hamburg with about 626 miles on the Paris Berlin line the longest. Paris Hamburg spans a similar distance and Paris to Thrin measures roughly 376 miles by air. The text notes length comparisons and cables across Europe despite missing fragments.
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Paris
London
Berlin
Inventive Meeting of Minds and Marine Propulsion Concepts
A discussion on communication routes via intermediaries highlights the 1000 mile wire distance to Cologne from Paris. The piece argues for new inventions, citing kerosene refining waste and natural materials like prairie wire grass for furniture, cornstalk pith for ship fillings, and substitutes for rubber and leather. It describes a Boston inventor’s boat launch mechanism using a geared propeller and blades, enabling beach entry and water propulsion with a unique half-rotation blade deflection system.
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Everybody's Magazine
India
Improved Fog Signaling at Egg Rock Lighthouse
An experiment near Eyg Rock Lynn England used a bell hung fifty feet below a buoy in fifteen fathoms of water. Electricity from Egg Rock Lighthouse powered the bell, allowing a listener on a vessel hull to hear it from three to five miles away, possibly ten to twelve miles.
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Eyg Rock
Lynn
England
Egg Rock
At &Brson
Innovative watertight bulkhead doors on Krotpring Wilhelm
The North German Lloyd liner Kronprinz Wilhelm demonstrates water tight bulkhead doors fitted to the lower sections of all twenty watertight doors. Invented by Prof. Dorr, the system can be controlled from the bridge or locally on the bulkhead and the company plans to retrofit all steamships.
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Lloyd Steamship Company
Prof
Dorr
Kronpring Wilhelm
English scientist Hutchison conducts balloon ascents at Lom
English scientist Dr. F. W. Hutchison undertakes a series of balloon ascents from Lom and nearby areas to study atmospheric conditions. The venture aims to gather data on upper air currents and related phenomena during the exploratory flights.
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Askenown
F. W. Hutchison
Lom 4On
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