Special election ordered to raise funds for Bates Co court house
Bates County Missouri court orders a special election for March to decide incurring a forty thousand dollar debt and a three year thirteen cent levy to pay the cost of a county court house at the county seat. The order cites petitioners led by L. Jennings and a hundred voters, and directs publication in a Bates County newspaper.
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Bates
Lb. _ Jennings
Bates County
Missouri
Baten
Samuel West
A. T. Broaddus
Butler
T. Broaddus
Notice of Bates County Special Election on March 20 1900
The Bates County Court of Missouri orders a special election for March 20 1900 to decide the enforcement of restraining from riding at large domestic animals horse mule cattle swine sheep and goats under Article 2 Chapter 5 Revised Statutes. Notice funded by a petition of over one hundred householders and published in a Bates County newspaper for three weeks.
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Miscourt
Jr Ae
State OF
Missouri
Bates
J. Wheate
Himeslf
Baes County
Mieseurt
Bates County
Asid County
Samuel West
T. Buoappis
Dove
Sail
Ee Lee BaMme
oMece
Butler
Beoann Ys
Hates County
Washington to bring home three battalions from the Philippines
Acting secretary of war directs Major General Otis to return one battalion each of the Fourteenth Eighteenth and Twenty third infantry to the United States in May. The move, urged by Major General Miles, reflects the long Philippines stay nearing two years. Rebels operate in small forces and may resist longer, with an officer predicting suppression could take up to ten years.
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Washington
Meiklejohn
Otis
United States
Miles
Philippines
Luzon
Father of the House title holders in Congress noted
Washington report outlines Henry Bingham the father of the house since Harmer’s death with twenty years of continuous service. It also notes Cannon’s long but noncontinuous term, Girow as the oldest member, and Girow’s 1851 start with a hiatus from 1863 to 1895.
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Washington
Henry Bingham
Pennsylvania
House
Harmer
Bingham
Cannon
Ilinois
Appropriations Committee
Girow
Congress
Missouri Democrats Predict Record State Convention Majority
Chairman Sam Cook lauds Kansas City committee work and prints an Intelligencer editorial predicting Missouri will lead in national and state battles. He expects a convention of over 1,200 delegates and an increased Democratic majority under Bryan with a strong platform.
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Mexico
Sam Cook
Kansas City
Intelligencer
Missouri Democrats
Mark Hanna
Missouri
Union
Bryan
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Reward Commission Sets Goebel Murder Conspiracy Rewards
Frankfort Kentucky officials approved a plan to pay $5,000 for each conspirator named in the Goebel assassination plot if ten or fewer are found guilty. If more than ten are convicted, the $50,000 is prorated, with $50,000 remaining with the commission and $25,000 allocated to the Goebel murder commission.
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Frankfort
Marek
Reward Commission
Gov. Goebel
William Goebel
Chicago Seeks Twenty Million for Deep Waterway
Chicago drainage board plans to travel to Washington next Wednesday to present a memorial to Congress urging a 20 million federal appropriation. The 500 page document with maps outlines the sanitary canal project and seeks completion of a 14 foot deep commercial waterway from Lockport to St. Louis along the Illinois River over about 300 miles.
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Chicago
March St
Drainage Board
Washington
Congress
Lake Michigan
Mississippi River
Lockport
St. Louis
Paid to Kill Lawton in Manila Plot Unveiled
The Orient, a Manila newspaper, claims Lawton’s death stemmed from a price on his head set by wealthy Manila natives. It details a 100000 peso pool, later cut to 25000, for killing him, with officers of the Katipunan and figures like Poblete and Arellano involved. Garcia, a Guardia Civil officer, is named as the killer. The fund then supported future plans to target American officers.
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San Francisco
The
New Orient
Manila
Warren
Lawton
Maj
Howard
Taat
Katipunan Society
Senor Poblete
el Pueblo del Grito
Revale
Arellano
Supreme Court
Guardia Civite
Garcia
Desperate Denison Sheriff Tandy Fulsom Ends Life
Desperate character Tandy Fulsom, sheriff of Blue county in Chor Taw nation, committed suicide at his Durant home with a rifle. Once a famed outlaw, fugitive, and later an Indian police deputy, he helped clear the Territory of lawbreakers. At 6 feet 3 inches, described as physically imposing and brave, his life story reflects an outlaw transformed by a peace treaty with the United States.
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Denison
Texas
Tendy Fulsom
Blue County
Durant
Fulsom
United States
Folsome
Indian Police
Indian Territory
Tandy Folsom
Returning to the Town Nickel Mystery
Sergeant John Dalton of the police recovers a rusty nickel with carved tin initials ID found on a sidewalk at 9 PM. He asserts it is the identical nickel after three years, with no explanation of its whereabouts. The Missouri revised statutes volume two, larger than 1889 edition, will be issued this month by the state Tribune Company.
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John Dalton
Dalton
Missouri
State Tribune Company
Jefferson City
Ivory Soap Paste Cleans Without Water
A fifteen minute recipe blends Ivory Soap with water to form a paste that removes spots from clothing and cleans items that cannot withstand direct water washing. The method uses one and a half ounces of shaved soap to one pint of boiling water, dissolved and cooled, then stored in suitable dishes for reuse.
Bubonic Plague Suspected in San Francisco Chinatown
A case of a disease suspected to be bubonic plague was found in Chinatown, San Francisco. The patient, a Chinese man at 1004 Dupont Street, was isolated and Chinatown placed under strict quarantine with police enforcing it. Authorities await bacteriological results while noting the patient’s long residence in the city reduces immediate fear. Diamond Head Port Townsend reports genuine bubonic plague aboard the steamship Nauyoe Maru via Victoria authorities.
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San Francisco
Chinatown
Dupont Street
Victoria
British Columbia
Diamond Head
Port Townsend
No Longer A Populist In Dallas Politics
Barnett Gibbs announces return to full Democrat fellowship after years as Populist nominee for Congress in the Sixth Dallas District and Governor candidate. He plans to participate in the May 26 Democratic primary stating the party must be a white man's government and for the masses, not the classes.
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Dallas
Tex
Barnett Gibbs
Democrat Party
Gibbs
Conecess
Republic
Democratic Party
Democratic Executive Committee
Chicago
Auitame
Double Tragedy Over Jealousy in Omaha
In Omaha Nebraska Frank Steel shot and mortally wounded his wife then killed himself at Rev. A. F. Nelson residence at 2820 Cass Street at 7 PM. The wife, taken to Clarkson Hospital, is in critical condition. Steele, once employed at a South Omaha packing house, had been out of work and believed his wife unfaithful.
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Omaha
Neb
Marek
Frank Steel
A. F. Nelson
Cass Street
Steele
Nelson
Clarkson
South Omaha
Deaf and Dumb Hunters Stranded Near Atchison River
John Leonardi and William Boler, both deaf and dumb, drove a cart onto a river slough two miles above Atchison. The vehicle and men sank through ice and mud, leaving them trapped until noon. Leonardi was rescued after a long rope was hauled to shore. Boler was too far away to reach and is feared lost.
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Beler
Sedana Missouri Pioneer dies at Pertis County Home
Mrs Malinda Sweet, likely Missouri's oldest woman, died at Pertis county home after years of service to the county. She had lived in the county for nearly 50 years. Jean Puckett, her father, was among Missouri's early pioneers.
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Sedana
Mareh
Mal Nda Sweet
Missour
Pertis County
Flying Fox Brings Record Bid in London Sale
The late Duke of Westminster’s racing string sold at Kingsclere led by Flying Fox, a 4-year-old Derby winner, bought by Edmond Blane for 196000 dollars. The sale, tied to his lineage and previous price, sets a high mark amid other market notes as Washington reports a House conference on a financial bill, with Senate approval.
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London
Eare
Duke of Westminister
Kings’ Clere
Flying Fox
Edmond Blane
Blane
Monte Carlo
Roland Honsaparte
Ormonde
MacDonough
San Francisco
Praidasire
Washington
House
Overstreet
Senate
Plattaburg Brothers Sail Through Life at Vast Ages
An Anneral family of brothers near Plattaburg are the Big gerstaffia. Eldest 44, next 7, another 76 and youngest 75. Their combined ages in 315 years and their average in nearly 58 years. All hale and hearty and successful in financial affairs.
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Anneral
Plattaburg
Biggerstaffia
Meadville Class Clashes With Civic Duties
A Meadville school teacher asked pupils in civil government to name the duties of the sheriff. One gallant and observant student quipped that the sheriff’s duty was to take the schoolmarm out driving. A Hopkins pessimist said he would leave town for $5, and the Wing citizens had almost raised the required sum.
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Meadville
Hopkins
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