Passenger and freight train schedule notes
Daily passenger trains run on various lines including Kansas City Omaha and a Omaha route with time 3 50 am plus a 11 am and 1 45 pm service. Freight trains run to Fairbury and McFarland with times around 3 45 am and 1 45 pm and multiple daily departures.
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Omaha Line
Maha
Kansas Cty Line
Fairbury
Sunda
McKarland
McFarland
Kansas City
Omaha
Chicago
Denver
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
I. A. Whittemore
War pensions draw ten thousand volunteers
Ten thousand volunteers of the Spanish American War have already applied for pensions. The Kansas governor aided lobbying against a Connecticut bill. It will require 50,000 soldiers to hold captured Philippine Islands. Dr Masterson, a Kansas City Kansas woman physician, is named physician at the State blind institute. One hundred twenty five men at the Kansas City Kansas Missouri Pacific car shops face layoffs last Thursday.
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Kansas
Connecticut
Philippine Islands
Masterson
Kansas City
Kans
State Blind Institute
Missouri Pacific Railway
McKinley
Kansans quarrel over justice and politics in satire
The piece mocks Attorney General Godard amid a trial of a witness for perjury linked to a case about John Collins and his father. It derides Republican prosperity rhetoric tied to McKinley while referencing Lawrence wire mills Topeka starch plants and Santa Fe wage cuts in a satirical tone about Kansas politics.
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Godard
Ends of Justice
John Collins
Kansas
McKinley
Lawrence
Topeka
Santa Fe Railway
South Dakota Gov Fights McKinley Over Volunteer Use
Gov Lee asks President McKinley to discharge South Dakota volunteers claiming they have fulfilled their enlistment and are being used for an unconstitutional purpose. He protests the administration’s expansion policy and its effect on state forces.
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Gov. Lee
South Dakota
McKinley
Mr. McKinley
Republicans Demand Rest From Embalmed Beef Debate
A Republican paper calls for a halt on the embalmed beef issue while arguing the party bears responsibility for harmful food practices that kept leaders in power. The writer urges readers to press no further for respite until those in power answer for the alleged poisonings.
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Republican Party
New York women shun Mother Goose style in new imaginations
At a recent meeting New York women showed sentiment against Mother Goose as an infantile moulder of imagination. They expect modern fabrications from Rider Haggard or Rudyard Kipling to replace it. Mother Goose appears too tame for these rushing times.
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New York
Rider Haggard
Rudyard Kipling
Belleville Heroine Rescues Child From Moving Engine
A girl in Belleville Kansas prevented a tragedy by leaping in front of a running engine and saving a child. The piece notes many local girls would perform similarly if given the chance and praises their future heroism. It contrasts Gov Stanley's pardon of a bank wrecker who stole 80 000 with a refusal to pardon a poor man for stealing 9 50, calling it justice or bias based on influence.
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Belleville
Kansas
Gov. Stanley
Debate on Philippines raises questions of justice and strength
A Lebanon Argus exchange ends with both sides claiming facts support their views. The writer argues that preying on Filipinos is unjust and rooted in a flawed belief in superiority, noting the creator did not err in populating the islands.
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MecNeice
The
Lebanon Argus
McKinley Tariff Criticisms and Alleged Misuses
The passage denounces the McKinley tariff policy as fueling nearly every American trust. It attacks Kansas for a $1000 annual fish commissioner salary with no earnings, calling the expenditure wasted. It also notes Alder’s tenure rests on McKinley’s authority, urging caution in praising the president.
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America
Matt Quay Faces Senate Fight and Defraud Trial
Matt Quay, a notorious Pennsylvania political figure, is contending with a dual struggle as a senatorial battle unfolds while he also faces a conspiracy to defraud trial.
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Matt Quay
Pennsylvania
McKinley Aims to Keep War Minds on Philippines
The text suggests McKinley hopes to secure reelection by keeping public focus on the Philippine War. It argues that once the people understand the true state of affairs they will demand change that would derail his plans.
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McKinley
Philippines
Justice and Philippine policy confuse and divide minds
A writer argues that any man who favors justice between people and supports careful governance, and who is not vindictive, cannot apologize for the nation's Philippine policy, calling the stance a mystery beyond understanding.
Kansan Prohibition Law Refusal to Pardon
The text argues that any violation of the Kansas prohibitory law is deliberate and inexcusable and claims there is no governor who would consistently refuse to pardon a man convicted under it.
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Kansas
Traveling soap artist blues Belleville business men
Belleville merchants are being assessed by a traveling writer who profiles their business and personal virtues for pay. The writer is suspected to be the same individual who has targetted many Kansas county seats over the past year, profiting from the routine critique with little apparent benefit to towns.
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Belleville
Kansas
Long range patriots critique antiwar critics abroad
The writer argues that those crying copperhead at opposition to Philippine policy merely supply wind in the debate. They would not serve as American soldiers at Manila and act as short term patriots, exposing themselves to frontline duty.
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Manila
Senator Chandler Promotes Bimetalism Appeal
The piece accuses Senator Chandler of trying to sway the public with a 1896 bimetalism pledge. It argues many Republicans now reject bimetalism, noting party leaders favor the gold standard and that earlier beliefs have been exposed as misled.
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Chandler
Power and Respect in the Balance of Force
The speaker argues that true power earns respect not through fear or coercion but through magnanimity toward a vanquished foe. Power should restrain self-aggrandizement and inspire awe in the wise while challenging the admiration of scholars across nations.
Republicans support for trusts praised by Globe-Democrat
The St Louis Globe-Democrat argues the Republican party alone opposed trusts yet notes most trusts were formed under a Republican administration. It questions any claim of anti trust action and accuses Republicans of enabling trust power since McKinley’s inauguration.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Republican Party
McKinley
Kansas politicians vow to rule out McNall dishonesty evidence
The writer urges Gov. Stanley to prove McNall's dishonesty before Kansas voters. They note Baker Burton and Stanley rebuilding fences for a coming senatorial race, predicting a populist victory in Baker's stead. Remnants of a past Topeka insane asylum controversy are referenced, with calls for accountability despite silence on new reports.
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Baker
Burton
Stanley
Kansas
U.S. Senate
Mr. Baker
Questioning Kansas law enforcement and political leadership
A reader criticizes the present state administration for not enforcing laws, especially telegraph-rate caps. The writer accuses the Republicans of false branding as the law and morality party and suggests Buddenhead Godard should prove himself by serving the people of Kansas instead of pursuing bad debts.
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Law and Morality Party
Buddenhead Godard
Kansas
God’s Mistakes Book Aims To Spark Debate On Origins
A new author surpasses Bob Ingersoll with a work titled Gods Mistakes. The chief incident centers on the author’s birth and argues it was unjust to credit God with creating such a man. The piece questions the role of coincidence in origin and challenges fatalistic views.
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Bob Ingersoll
Benevolent Assimilation Dispatch From Manila Alleged Atrocities
A letter from Private Charles W. Smith of Battery K, Third U S Artillery, dated March 7 from Manila alleges Spanish prisoners were buried alive by Tennessee guards and that Thirteenth Minnesota provost guards shoot natives and bury corpses. The writer notes a student of copperhead taunts amid rumors of war crimes.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Charles W. Smith
Battery K
Third
United States Artillery
Manila
Tennessee Boys
Minnesota
Dewey's nobility and the hotel visit to a working girl
A Nonconformist critique portrays Admiral Dewey as hero for destroying the Spanish fleet but praises his act of visiting a persecuted working girl ostracized by Manila's social aristocrats. The piece notes his democratic stance shocked by aristocratic cliques and records his formal call and lunch with the woman, praising his education of fools.
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Dewey
Manila
America
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