Kansas State News Roundup Highlights Local Ventures
Kansas farmer John McAde near Tran plans to net about 3000 from this season's tobacco harvest. Nine new state banks open in Kansas in a week, at Waldo Osawkie Dwight Wilsey Spearville Norton Miltonvale Gridley and McCune. Kanene grand lodge officers elected including J M Johnson and J J Roll. A mastodon tusk and bones found near Winfeld suggest ancient animal remains. Rev Louis Hillis to Manila as Presbyterian pastor. he trained at Princeton. George Green a Spanish War soldier died by suicide in Washington DC. Emerging limits on bank capital likely from next legislature. debate over 5000 cap. Mayor Craddock delays campaign until populist endorsement. Emporia cuts electric plant upgrade to 8000 saving execs. Kansas millers fear European flour taxes will crush exports. Topeka caucus hints Chester Long and W S Stanley US Senate contest with a reciprocal power play. If Long wins Stanley expected a diplomatic post.
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John McAde
Lving
Tran
Atchison
Kansas
Waldo
Osankie
Dwight
Wilsey
Spearville
Norton
Miltonvale
Gridley
McCune
Kanene
J. M. Johnson
J. J. Roll
G. W. Allaman
W. H. Kemper
L. G. ‘Beal
J. W. Baughey
Winfeld
Frank Lacy
Louia Hillis
E. L. Hiliia
Manila
Princeton Theological Seminary
George &. Green
Fourth Artillery
Washington City
Green
Washington
Craddock
Kansas City
Topeka
Emporia
Kansas Mills
Jleeing
C. B. Hoffman
Enterprise
B. Warkentin
Newton
England
Trial by court martial on Glenn for water cure
Manila June 8 The court martial at Catbalogan Ba mar Island concluded regarding Maj Edwin F Glenn Fifth Infantry charged with administering the water cure to Filipinos. Defense claims the water cure is not cruel and is used by police in American cities for information. Glenn's counsel says it is a necessity in the Philippine islands and not life threatening, though unpleasant, and that Glenn himself underwent the procedure before administering it to a Filipino guide.
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Manila
Catbalogan
Bamar
Edwin F. Glenn
Fifth Infantry
America
Maj. Glenn
Philippine Islands
Flood losses mount in Emporia region
Emporia Kansas reports flood damage across bottom land farms along the Neosho and Cottonwood rivers. Real estate men estimate losses near one million dollars as crops are ruined and livestock perish depressing farmers. In Michigan, two carpenters were struck on the nose by lightning in a storm near St Joseph. Nebraska towns report Oak Creek flooding streets three feet deep affecting railroads and local businesses.
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Emporia
Kan
Neosho
Cottonwood
Lichtning
St. Joseph
Mich
William ‘Regan
Frank Shafer
Dannebrog
Neb
Oak Creek
Army methods scored and Lincoln McKinley rally noted
A 1900 era report cites a military education committee ex pressing strong doubt about British officers noting junior leaders lack knowledge zeal and willingness to work The Lincoln McKinley association reports five hundred pilgrims voting for both candidates in Springfield Oak Ridge cemetery Kansas City plans a 150000 church building Central M E Church South to replace an older facility and Depew backs a 10 million forest reserve to buy 2 million acres across five states
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London
Committee On Military Education and Training
Lincoln
McKinley
Springfield
Lincoln- McKinley Association
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Cave-in Kills Father and Son on Guthrie Claim
Absalom Kidd his wife and their two year old son were buried by a cave-in on a Woodward county mining claim. The father and the son died, the mother survived. The incident occurred on a dugout on the claim near Guthrie Oklahoma in June.
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Guthrie
Absalom Kidd
Woodward County
Drowned While Fishing Near Cosby Owner of Roller Mill Drowns
John G Kurth of Cosby, owner of the Couby roller mill and stockholder in the local bank, was drowned while fishing in the Platte river near Bt. Joseph Missouri in June.
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Bt. Joseph
John G Kurth
Cosby
Couby
Beak
Platte River
Protest by Catholics Targets Philippine School System
In Cleveland on June 9 the advisory board of the Federation of American Catholic Societies met and adopted a resolution to send to the president in Washington protesting the Philippine school system. They charge it is a pro Protestant system aimed at weaning Catholic children from their faith and claim Catholics are discriminated against in teacher appointments and other teaching methods.
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Cleveland
Federation of American Catholic Socretias
Washington
Havemeyer and Rockefeller Control Beet Sugar Industry
A Washington special reports Henry C. Havemeyer president of the sugar trust and John D. Rockefeller with allied financiers have quietly been buying stock in major beet sugar factories and companies for months. They now virtually control the beet sugar sector with aim to merge it with refining interests already under Havemeyer Rockefeller influence.
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New York
Washington
the Tribune
Henry C. Havemeyer
The
Sugar Trust
John D. Rockefeller
Havemeyer-Rockefeller
Morgan Hanged in Effigy in Wilkesbarre Street Riot
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania a mob of men and boys hanged an effigy of J Pierpont Morgan in a South Wilkesbarre street. After cheering and hurling rocks the crowd dispersed when police arrived. Meanwhile at the White House President met Senator Hanna to discuss possible steps to settle the coal strike.
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Wilkesbarre
J. Pierpont Morgan
South Wilkesbarre
Wyoming Valley
Antions
Washington
White House
Senator Hanna
Hanna
Culberson in hot water over war documents
Washington June 9 Senator Culberson of Texas faces a test over the papers used to allege charges by Private Weir against Lieut Arnold. He must name the source of the documents or assume responsibility for the theft from the War Department archives. Proponents warn Gen Miles could be sacrificed if he names his source. critics say Culberson would face libel action with Arnold as complainant.
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Washington
Senator Culberson
Texas
Senate
Weir
Lieut
Arnold
War Department
Tim
Gen
Miles
Died by His Own Hand Near Fayette Missouri
Fayette Mo June 6 Jerry Jennings a young farmer died at his home ten miles south of here from a gunshot wound after a scuffle with his father over hiring help. The father entered to fetch a shotgun and threatened his son. The boy wrested the gun, struck it on a log to break it, and the weapon discharged.
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Fayette, Mo
Jerry Jennings
Here
Engineer Figueres Claims Atmospheric Electricity Method
A Las Palmas engineer named Figueres declares he has discovered a way to use atmospheric electricity without chemicals or dynamos and can apply it practically without any motive force, according to a Daily Mail dispatch from London dated June.
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London
Daily Mail
Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Figueres
Packers Reply to Missouri Stand in Supreme Court
Kansas City June 8 The answer of the packers to the quo warranto or anti trust proceedings of Attorney General Crow to debar them from doing business in Missouri was filed in the supreme court Saturday. The answer is an attack on the Missouri laws and is a defiance rather than a concession.
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Parkers
Kansas City, Mo
Crow
Missouri
Supreme Court
Deluged Central Iowa Brings Floods Across Counties
Central Iowa districts face heavy rainfall with cloud bursts in Gladbrook tearing up railroad tracks and damaging crops. Kansas reports two drownings from high floodwaters near Salina and ongoing rain patterns threaten wheat harvests across Oklahoma and Kansas. Beatrice Nebraska records a foot of rain in three hours as Cortland floods worsen. Cottonwood and Neosho rivers flood Lyors county farms drowning stock. The Smoky Hill river in Kansas runs high.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Gladbrook
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago Great Western
Salina
Kan
Joe Bass
L. R. McDowell
Smoky Hill
Beatrice
Neb
Cortland
Emporia
Neosho
Lyor County
Banka
Independence
Oklahoma
Kansas
Volcanic Eruption Destroys Town in Guatemala
The steamship Palena reports Retalbulen at the foot of Mount Tacona buried under lava stones and ashes with about 1000 inhabitants dead or missing. A black smoke pall and crater glare illuminated the sky for weeks as residents fled to safety.
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San Francisco
Central America
Palena
Retalbulen
Mount Tacona
Guatemala
Roosevelt Lacks Power in Coal Strike Arbitration
Washington June 7 The New York board of trade and transportation urges Roosevelt to arbitrate the coal strike but bases its resolutions on a nonexistent law. The action unsettles the president and misleads strikers. He lacks authority to appoint any arbitration commission and can only informally bring the matter to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Wahington
New York
Board of Trade and Transportation
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Boer officers paroled from Bermuda prison camps visit shore
In Hamilton Bermuda on June 7 Boer generals Cronje Wessels Botha and others interviewed ashore. They expressed relief the war is over and said they would be glad to return to their homes.
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Cronje
Weerels
Snd
Boths
Hamilton
Bermuda
Wessels
Botha
Consideration Shows for Mr. Kruger London
The Birmingham Post reports that due to age and infirmities the British government waives any acknowledgment of British sovereignty over the Transvaal by Mr. Kruger and guarantees Boer delegates in Europe safe passage to their homes in South Africa.
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Kruger
London
Birmingham Post
Chamberlain
Europe
Booth Africa
Senate Debates Isthmian Canal Plan and Anti-Anarchy Bill
The Senate resumes the Isthmian canal debate with Hanna supporting the Panama route. Richardson denounces the president over Arlington remarks about Lincoln and Grant. The House closes debate on the anti-anarchy bill with one amendment passing. Hull seeks info on Gen Wood’s Cuba pay. the resolution is tabled. The day features naval funding talks and forest reserve transfers, plus a motion to recommit fails as the body adjourns. A Harris discussion favors Nicaragua route and the canal issue continues to dominate.
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Senate
Hanna
Richardson
Ala
Arlington
Lincoln
Grant
Zemmarke
House
Hull
Leonard Wood
Cuba
London
Mitchell
Ore
Panama
McCall
Mass
DeArmand
Benator Harris
Kan
Nicaragua
Bohlo
Interior Department
Agricultural Department
Thompson
United States
George Washington
National Cemetery
Ith
Isth
Milan
Turner
Wash
Second
United States Artillery
Chicago
Judiciary Committee
Hoar
Cannon
Corliss Pacific
Ita
Representative Cummings
N. Y
Eldorado Normal Institute Faces Mob Violence
In Carbondale Ui on June 11 the Eldorado Normal and Industrial Institute, a colored school modeled after Tuskegee, faces possible removal amid a mob violence scare. Pupils and teachers fled as buildings were damaged and windows smashed. crops harmed. President Alstoe and family reportedly in Cairo. The school had just begun after popular subscription funding.
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Carbondale
Eldorado, Ta, Normal and Industrial Institute
Tuskegee
Als
Normal
Alstooe
Cairo
Camploes
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