Kansas legislature funds and curriculum changes in 1901
The Kansas Legislature approved about 5.8 million dollars in appropriations. Bills extend textbook uniformity to high schools with primers wall charts and fixed prices for maps and supplies. A Kansas history book will be written by Noble L Prentis Ed Greer of Winfield to print the 500 page history at 60 cents per copy for September schools. Reports from the state horticultural society show heavy fruit damage from extreme cold, including Japanese plums raspberries blackberries peaches and strawberries. pears apricots and grapes survived.
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Prentis
Kansas
Noble L. Prentis
Ed Greer
Winfield
Barnes
State Horticultural Society
Not Guilty Verdict Shocks Kunkel Poison Case
Under Judge Riggs instruction the jury found J J Kunkel not guilty as the Lawrence businessman was accused of poisoning his wife. The defense proved Mrs Kunkel had said she would never bear another child and kept a private arsenic stock. Also reports from Winfield on United Brethren spring conference with appointments, and Kansas State College students forming a Farmers Club. Promotions recommended for Funston fills vacancies after Captain Elliott's death.
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Riggs
J. J. Kunkel
Lawrence
Hauserman
Funston
Levy to Complete the Capitol in Kansas Law
The legislature approved a quarter mill levy to finish the Kansas statehouse, expected to raise about $80,000. The executive council may use funds to relocate the state library to a new library room and move the state historical society into the library’s current quarters. Horrible Crime Near Clay Center reports a neighbor discovering Mrs. Gilbert and her four children murdered. John Gilbert is missing. Mary Stewart, aged 101, celebrated her birthday with a dance. her late husband was an Irish sea captain. Winfield Presbyterians plan a China mission school, renting a room and hiring a teacher.
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Capitol
Kansas Statehouse
Executive Council
State Library
State Historical Society
Clay Center
John Gilbert
Atherstone Township
Clay County
Mary Stewart
Mulvane
Ireland
Kansan A O U W Officers Elected At Pittsburg Session
Four hundred delegates attended the annual grand lodge session of the A O U W in Kansas at Pittsburg. Elected officers include Grand Master Workman John H. Crider Fors Scott Grand Foreman J M Gibbons Topeka Grand Overseer N B Chattelle Galena Grand Recorder YER a B Light Winfield Grand Recorder 2 Forde Emporia Grand Medical Examiner J M Minnick Wichita Representatives to Supreme Lodge EFE Murph State Insurance Commissioner Webb McNair and Congressman J M Miller.
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Kansan
Grand Lodge
Kansas
Pittsburg
John H. Crider
Fors Scott
J. M. Gibbons
Topeka
N. B Chattelle
Galena
Winfheld
Grand Recorder
Forde
Nporia Grand Medical
J M. Minnick
Wichita
Supreme Lodge
Efe Murph
Webb McNair
J. M. Miller
Paola to Honor Fallen Miami County Volunteers
Following Eugene Ware's call for counties to memorialize soldiers who died at Manila Miami County Kansas plans to honor two fallen volunteers Jay Sheldon and Alonzo Ricketts. School children will raise funds to place a tablet in the new Paola courthouse.
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Eugene Wre
Eugene Ware
Manila
Paola
Miami County
Jay Sheldon
Alonzo Ricketts
First Kansas school statistics report by state superintendent
State Superintendent Frank Nelson released his first compilation of Kansas school statistics. It records 46,455 school age children and a semi annual apportionment of 218,452.72 at 4 percent per capita, with Wyandotte County receiving 9,000.84 and Shawnee 7,555.04 while Stanton gets 53.00.
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Frank Nelson
Kansas
Wyandotte
Shawnee
Stanton
Southern Kansas counties resist gas and oil leases
Local gas companies, citizens, and farmers unite to block further leases by the combine that has gained control of southern Kansas smelters and most gas and oil resources. They also aim to halt the export of gas from the county where found.
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Kansas
Loeval Gas
Combine
Missionaries to Philippines Departing From Lyndon Church
Reverend D S Hulibbard and his wife, pastor of the Lyndon Presbyterian church, prepare to depart for missionary service in the Philippine islands under the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. Hubbard is a 1893 graduate of the College of Emporia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. S. Hulibbard
Presbyterian Church
Lyndon
Philippine Islands
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Rev. Hubbard
Colege of
Emporia
Man Seeks Kansas Law To Bar Mixed Marriage In Troy
A white man visited Probate Judge Hardy in Troy to ask if Kansas law prohibits marriage to a Negro woman. The judge replied no law bars the union but declined to issue a marriage license for such a union.
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Hardy
Troy
Kansas
Care of the Insane and County Debts in Kansas
The state owes counties 201317.69 for caring for the destitute insane while counties owe 68966.19 in back taxes, leaving a net balance of 152352.50 in favor of the counties. Western Kansas creameries face milk shortages this winter with local supplies down 30 to 40 percent. Judge Cassius G. Foster retires after over 25 years. David C. Hook succeeds him. Leavenworth's Miss Detweiler becomes Hook's private secretary and Frank L. Brown named court clerk.
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Kansas
Judge Hook
Cassius G. Foster
United Stated
District of Kansas
David C. Hook
Mishap to Lieut. Col. Little in Manila
At Manila on January 18 Lieut. Col. Ed C. Little of the Twentieth Kansas suffered a pistol discharge when his revolver accidentally fired. The bullet struck his leg just below the knee but the wound is not serious.
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Little
Manila
Ed C. Little
Twentieth
Kansas
Coffeyville to Build New City Electric Plant
Kansas items note Coffeyville will begin construction on a new municipal electric light plant at a cost of 17000 dollars. Other items include Frisco trains to Anthony on Kansas Southwestern tracks, a fatal railroad accident in Indiana, and various local political and civic changes across the state.
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Coffeyville
Frisco
Anthony
Kansas Southwestern
Kansas Legislature Passes Wide Range of Bills and Nominations
The Kansas House and Senate enacted and debated numerous measures including a militia reorganization, asylum funding, insurance and school finance reforms, and pardons board repeal. Gov. Stanley nominated regents and managers for state institutions, while emergence of new offices and campus funding dominated floor action amid adjournment pressures.
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Osborn
Kansas Boys
Manila
Col. Funston
Board of Pardons
Kansas
Masonic
Odd Fellow Orders
Senate
Cooke
George W. Crane
Hanna
Stanley
S. H. Dodge
F. S. Larabee
Eb.a Ross
State University
T. N. Hancock
Board of Managers
State Soldiers' Home
House
House Committee On Banking
Cass
Statehouse
Kansas National Guard
Omaha
State Normal School
Ss. H. Dodge
F. S Larrabee
E. A. Ross
State Agricultural College
William Hunter
J. M. Satterthwaite
Campbell
Godard
Topeka
Beneflel
Supreme Court
Ipsans
Burton
Hiurper
State Grain Inspection Department
Zac
Richter
Lewelling
Anderson
Falton
E. F. Fairenila
Llisworth
Falloon-Stewart
Natural History Museum
Drunken Row Ends in Double Slaying in Elgin
In Cherryvale Kansas on March 4 two men died after a hotel confrontation. Constable Coffey was shot in the neck and killed, then Deputy Powell killed the assailant who resisted arrest. Both victims died instantly as the confrontation concluded.
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Cherryvale
Kan
Elgin
Coffey
Powell
Czar Names Baron De Staal as Armament Negotiator
St. Petersburg on March 3 reports that Emperor Nicholas designated Baron de Staal the Russian ambassador to Great Britain as plenipotentiary to the armament limitation conference. This appointment signals Russia's key role in the talks, with Baron de Staal expected to represent Moscow's interests.
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Baron de Staal
St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Great Britain
Divinity Student Coffey Sentenced for $600 Theft
Divinity student William N. Coffey of Des Moines Iowa was sentenced today by Judge Bishop to eight and one half years in the penitentiary for stealing $600 from widow Mrs Magart. Coffey admitted the offense and faced the court in Des Moines on March 2.
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Bentenoad
Des Moines
William N. Coffey
Bishop
Magart
Coffey
Kipling May Recover From Illness
New York reports Rudyard Kipling showing great improvement in the last day. A bulletin described his condition as very satisfactory and he requested newspapers, appearing pleased by public interest. He has regained much strength and prospects for a speedy recovery look bright.
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New York
Rudyard Kipling
Fire Devastates Wakeman Mill. Owner Son Dies in Blaze
The Gibson flour mill at Wakeman, Ohio, was destroyed by fire. William Gibson, junior partner, perished in the blaze after guards reported missing flour for some time. The doors were locked when fire was found, and a rifle lay near the deceased, with investigators believing robbers killed him and then set the mill on fire.
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Toledo, O
Gibson & Son
Wakeman
William Gibson
Gibson
Efforts to Amalgamate Unsuccessful
The national union reform party held its general conference in Cincinnati and completed its work yesterday. Preparations to nominate an independent presidential ticket will proceed when the national executive committee meets in Buffalo on June 29. Attempts to amalgamate populists silver Republicans socialists labor party national liberty party and scattered elements failed.
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Cincinnati
National Union Reform Party
Buffalo
Labor Party
National Liberty Party
Adventurers Return from Central American Expedition
Seventy of the 112 men who left Kansas City for Central America to build a railway or overthrow a government are returning. Authorities blocked transport to Bluefields, forcing abandonment of the expedition. Bluefields in Nicaragua is the scene of a war led by Gen. Reyes against President Zelaya.
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Kansas City
Central America
Associated Press
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Amendment Prohibits Liquor Sales on Military Posts
Senator Hansbrough’s amendment to the army reorganization bill extends liquor bans beyond officers and soldiers to any person selling intoxicating drinks at any post encampment or military venue. It effectively excludes liquor from all military reservations and related areas.
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Washington
Hansbrough
Army
Gomez urges Cuban troops to cut occupation army size
Havana March 3 Gen Gomez asks Gov Gen Brooke to reduce the American occupation army to 10,000 men while keeping 10,000 Cuban soldiers in service under American officers. The old organizations would be broken up and enlistment would divert funds to the remaining force, about 1,200 less those needed for streets and rural police.
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Havana
Gomez
Brooke
Sweat shops under scrutiny in New York
The New York board of health is investigating sweat shops to address sanitation in tenement shops. More than 300 shops examined reveal 200 in severely unsafe conditions, prompting calls for radical alterations. In the Italian quarter, workers from 5:30 AM to 11:30 PM earned as little as 45 cents a day.
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New York
Board of Health
Toral Imprisoned for Surrendering at Santiago
March 3 Gen Toral who commanded Spanish troops at Santiago Cuba has been arrested and imprisoned awaiting court martial on a charge of capitulating to Gen Shafter on July 14. He is accused of exceeding his powers by surrendering the district around Santiago as well as the city to the Americans.
Hobson Promoted for Extraordinary Heroism
Washington March 8 The president sent the nomination of Assistant Naval Constructor Richmond P Hobson to the senate to advance him ten numbers from No 1 to No 8 on the list of naval constructors for extraordinary heroism. Carries a Great Cargo of Supplies San Francisco March 3 The United States transport Portland sailed yesterday for Manila with recruits and a large cargo of supplies for the army and navy in the Philippines.
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San Francisco
United States
Portland
Manila
Army
Navy Department
Philippines
Rhodes Envisions US Empire From Cuba to Hemisphere
Alexandria March 3 Cecil Rhodes says the United States will dominate the American hemisphere within a century, save Canada, with Cuba’s evacuation completed and the Philippines continued. He praises US colonization capacity and declares it the duty of civilized nations to govern “barbarians” with a white man’s government, predicting no withdrawal from Cuba.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Cecil Rhodes
United States
Rhodes
Hapsburg
Mediterranean
Cuba
American
Canada
Philippines
Spain
Gray Seeks Third Circuit Judge Post
Washington March 3 Senator Gray of Delaware signified to the president his acceptance of appointment as United States circuit judge for the Third circuit which covers New Jersey Pennsylvania and Delaware. The nomination will be made after Congress adjourns. An act recently added a judge to handle heavy litigation. Gray is a gold Democrat and was an American commissioner in the peace treaty talks.
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Washinggton
Senator Gray
Delaware
United States
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Gray
Six More Regiments for Manila From Washington
The secretary of war ordered yesterday six regiments to reinforce Gen. Otis. The Sixth artillery from San Antonio, Sixth infantry along Atlantic stations, Ninth infantry from Madison barracks, Thirteenth infantry in New York, Twenty-first infantry at Plattsburg, and Sixteenth infantry at Fort Crook Fort Leavenworth. They will prepare to proceed to San Francisco and then to Manila.
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Manila
Washington
Secretary of War
Otis
San Antonio
Atlantic Coast
Madison Barracks
New York State
Twenty
Plattsburg
N. Y
Fort Crook
Fort Leavenworth
Middle West
San Francisco
Paymaster John W King of Missouri Pacific Commits Suicide
Paymaster John W King of the Missouri Pacific railway hanged himself at his Salcida St Louis home. He was 53 years old and had served nearly 13 years with the railroad. Friends describe him as honorable and trusted, and his act is considered unexplainable by those who knew him.
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Missouri Pacific
Salcida
St. Louis
John W. King
Missouri Pacific Railway
King
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Absurd Filipino Prisoner Claim Denied by War Dept
Washington officials dismiss the junta story that Aguinaldo seized hundreds of American soldiers and sent them inland. Gen Otis bulletins show every man in the Manila garrison accounted for with no missing soldiers. Secretary Alger has asked Otis for a specific denial.
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Washington
War Department
Aguinaldo
Otis
Manila
Alger
Dewey Named Admiral in Navy by McKinley
Washington March 3 President McKinley signed the bill creating the rank of admiral in the navy at 11 15 p m The commission of George Dewey to be an admiral had already been prepared and sent to the White House for signing in readiness for the new office.
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Dewey
Washington
McKinley
George Dewey
Navy Department
White House
Hospital Ship Relief Sails to Manila from New York
The United States hospital ship Relief sailed yesterday from New York for Manila under Surgeon Major Bradley. She will carry a full cargo of medical supplies and delicacies plus 200 medical corps men and several acting assistant surgeons and hospital stewards to aid Gen Otis in Manila.
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Mania
New York
United States
Relief
Manila
Bradley
Otis
Reina Mercedes Raised After Dawn of Marine Recovery
The former Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes, sunk in Santiago harbor during the June bombardment, has been raised and pumped out with government tugs aiding the wrecking firm. She was brought to the city yesterday. In Sandusky, a report notes a forthcoming gigantic casket trust forming in New York with agents here, promising higher costs on dying after the date.
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Santiago
Sampson
Sandusky, C
Trust
New York
Big Stoll
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Charles Holcraft
Citizens
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Tee Sane University
Anna M. Dweily
Eeee
Elk County Bickerdyke
Beloit Industrial School
Laura A. Conns
John Bower
T. A. Boo
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Quindaro Colored School
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Atchison Home
Grand Army Museum
Eee Ee Sane
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Clawatomie Alum
Olathe Deaf and Dumb School
Beeen
State House
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Atchison Home Road
Thomas W Reed
Hutchinson Reformatory
Renee
Topeka Reform School
Bho
Kunkel
United Brethren Church
Southern
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F. P. Smith
Hutchinson
C. A. Hendershot
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Farmers’ Club
Presbyterian Church of
China
Jack Morgan
Weir City
Upland
Ind
Rinney
Scandia
Republic County
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Wamego
Boyle
Charles L. Kagey
Logan County
A. M. Gibbons
Windom
McPherson County
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Missouri
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Fort Scott
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Lobdell
William Margrove
Eugene F. Ware
Gen. Rice
Enterprise
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England
Fanny Brough
D. W. van Horn
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Mound Valley
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Girard
John A. Martin
Atchison
Mount Vernon Cemetery
Weeden Arnold
Burlington
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Congress
DPD
W. Eastman
Barezona
Snow
The
Peters
Minnesota Avenue
Eighth and
Ninth Streets
Newton
H. L. Wells
Francis & Rowland
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William Becker
Charles Atherton
Ellsworth
Atherton
Montgomery City
Congressman Bowersock
Fred Bowersock
Oscar Detar
Edgerton
Ottawa
D. 8. Elliott
Kipling
Rudyard Wipling
American Hemisphere
Paris
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