Kansas Notes Highlight Wide Range of State Affairs
Kansas notes report on Lawrence police and city figures, details on counties debt and taxes, rail and factory plans, population shifts, zinc smelters, and crop forecasts. Mentions Topeka auditorium bonds, Wichita women cycling debate, and notable mining and livestock trends across counties.
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Harvey County
Sumner County
Caldwell
Fort’ Scott
Coffeyville i
Hutchinson
Kingman County ‘Ganeries
Trust
Warner Fence Company
Waverly
Rock Island
Kansas
Tis
Harris
Topeka
Mitchell’ County
Masonic Temple
Salina
Crawford Opera House
Leavenworth
Atchison
New Lyon
Iola
John‘ Forbés
Fort Scott
Hayti
Coffeyville
Indian Territory
Coolidge
Kingman County
A.trust
Dodger City
Cherokee County
Salina, & Oakley
Union Pacific
W. I Bishop
Major Bishop
Stotsenburg
Nebraska
Philippines
Topelxa
Heber Butts
Marion
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
Wichita
Redman
Rush County
Liva
Aetchinson
Cherryvale
Lew Smelter
Mississippi River
Kansas University
Kan
National Affairs and Army Navy Movements July 12
Federal notices report reciprocity talks with France unfinished and Chadron post office move to a new building for $300 yearly rent. Nebraska Santee Indian school appointees Hilbert as industrial teacher and matron. Fort Wright named near Spokane for General George Wright. Havana customs receipts for June reach 1 012 899 dollars, six month total 5 146 830 dollars. Interior orders patents to Union Pacific under foreclosure grants.
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France
Chadron
Neb
Daniel B. Hilbert
Ernestine E. Hilbert
Santee Indian School
Nebraska
Porto Rico
Philippines
War Department
Spokane
Wash
Fort Wright
George Wright
Havana
Secretary of Agriculture
Texas
Department
Secretary of the Interior
General Land Office
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific
United States
Army appoints Bates paymaster. Carey to retire
The president named Colonel Alfred E. Bates paymaster of the army to succeed General Asa G. Carey, who is retiring. C J Green, a teacher at the Omaha Indian school, Nebraska, transfers to a similar post at Pine Ridge school. Postal receipts in Omaha for June totaled $31,673, down from $33,423 last June, a drop of $1,754.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred E. Bates
Army
Asa G. Carey
C. J. Green
Omaha
Nineteenth Infantry
Meade
San Francisco
Bureau of Immigration
Treasury Department
United States
J. V. Smalley
National
Soual Money League
Richmond
Brazil
State Department
Hill
Cantos
Dispatch from Otis on Philippines cavalry force plans
A Friday dispatch reports General Otis asking for 2500 horses to form a cavalry brigade by the end of the rainy season. The administration is seen as aiming to raise all 35 regiments authorized, not just the ten named by the War Department. Nebraska and other regiments suffer heavy losses and sickness from tropical campaigning, with Nebraska lowest in numbers.
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Otis
Philippines
War Department
Congress
Newport
Manila
Nebraska
Montana
Kansas
Washington
South
Dakota
Oregon
San Iermando
Morrison
Pedro Orizar
Vizcaya
United States Navy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
General Shafter
Remarkable Village Settlements In New Guinea
In New Guinea a village called Tu puselel ig- most rests on piles above the ocean far from shore to shield villagers from headhunter attacks. Other villages in this land are also tree perched for safety against attackers. sources note human resilience and a claim that man is 90 percent that explains behavior.
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New Guinea
German Consul General Rose Arrives in Washington
The German consul general at Samoa arrives in Washington and reports to the German embassy amid reports of impending action. The piece notes plans to use dynamite and guns by American forces in the fall against the Filipinos and ordnance department efforts to equip General Otis with six Sims-Dudley pneumatic dynamite weapons. It also covers Guatemala facing impending repudiation and possible losses to American citizens, while the U S government has not consented to joint action with England Germany or another nation to press the Guatemala situation.
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Rose
Samoa
Washington
Ordnance Department
Otis
Stig
State Department
Guatemala
England
Germany
Lentz Seeks Bryan Vice Presidential Nomination
Congressional member from Ohio signals bid to be vice president with Bryan. Reports note intense protests over extradition and the push to return Mrs. Rich to Mexican authorities for her husband’s murder. Authorities enforce Woods quarantine to curb Santiago yellow fever. Commissioner Wilson bans stamped checks and orders returns.
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Lentz
Ohio
Bryan
Woods
Santiago
Wilson
Internal Revenue Department
Rich
Hay
New York Dewey event notes ship rations and regimental losses
Charles Dewey reports the admiral will arrive in New York around October 1. Twelve sailors from the Iowa sail to Brooklyn to complain about ration inferiority. Casualty tallies from the Philippine campaigns show Minnesota, Oregon, Nebraska leading in deaths, with Nebraska suffering many killed in action and volunteers outpacing regulars in fatalities by nearly two to one.
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New’.York
Charles Dewey
New York
Seattle
Brooklyn
Secretar Long
Navy Department
Philippines
Minnesota
Oregon
Nebraska
Nebraskan Regiment
Fourteenth Infantry
Kansas
South Dakota
Washington
Third Artillery
Pennsylvania
Eighteenth Infantry
Montana
Twenty-second Infantry
California
Government moves and war department notes from Omaha to Cuba
Articles report the appointment of an extra mounted letter carrier in Omaha to start August. General Miles briefed the president on routine department affairs. Officials including Lyons Cheatam and John P. Green met the president on race matters. Government agents in Texas seek horses for Cuba service, favoring mustangs. Assistant Comptroller Mitchell denies extra pay for a soldier’s furlough. Oregon troops at the Presidio lacked overcoats. the president ordered clothing supplied.
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Omaha
Miles
Mr.Lyons
Register'of the Treasury
Cheatam
Recorder of Deeds
John P. Green
United States Stamp Agent
Texas
Cuba
Mitchell
War Department
McKinley
San Francisco
Orégon
Presidio
Quartermaster’s Department
Dixon Awarded the Decision in Local Bout
July 17 George Dixon the colored featherweight won a six round decision over Eddie Santry at 122 pounds in a Star theater bout.
Letter to Madrid Post Office Reveals Slow Service
A quoted Englishman describes visiting Madrid's general post office and walking through three departments with no staff at work. The account highlights idle workers and long waits before reaching the correct desk amid a sense of frustration and inefficiency.
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Madrid
General Post Office
Merritt May Be Sent Back To The Philippines
The President weighs sending Major General Merritt to relieve General Otis in Manila after a conference with Merritt. Generals Miles and Brooke outrank Otis, and sending a senior officer would not violate military precedent. decision possible after the rainy season.
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Washington
Merritt
Philippines
General Otis
Otis
Manila
Paris
General Olis
Miles
Brooke
Manila war department drops round robin protest
The War Department will ignore the Manila round robin protest and General Otis will receive no explanation. Encouraging news from the Philippines is said to comfort the Cabinet, while political factors influence the outlook. The commission in Manila continues efforts to win native support and expand civil governance beyond Luzon as Aguinaldo’s strongholds are contested.
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Washincron
War Department
Manila
Otis
Philippines
Sherman
Dewey
Aguinaldo
United States
Luzon
Philippine
Usuak
White House
Five Killed in Kentucky Feud Near Manchester
A Clay County feud near Little Goose Creek left five men dead in a battle that raged about nine to ten minutes. The slain were Robert Philpot Ed Fisher Aaron Morris Jim Griffin and Hugh Griffin. The fighting stems from a two year old conflict tied to the Philpot Griffins and the Bakers Whites factions. Manchester remains in terror as deputies are urged to restore order and residents fear renewed hostilities.
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Loupon
Clay County
Robert Philpot
Ed Fisher
Aaron Morris
Jim Griffin
Hugh Griffin
Little Goose- Creek
Manchester
James Philpot
William Bundy
Morris
Morrises
Griffins
Philpots
Bakers
Griffinns
Pete Philpot
Granville Philpot
Stone River
Kentucky
Tom Baker
Worning
Three Men Dead in Ohio Rail Crash at Haverhill
A head on collision between Norfolk and Western passenger train No 3 and a freight train near Haverhill Ohio in dense fog killed three men. The dead are George Sloan of Coal Grove engineer George Egbert of Portsmouth fireman Perfinger of Kenova flagman. Both trains were at high speed. twenty freight cars and baggage and express cars wrecked. cause undetermined.
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A Western
Portsmouth
Ohio
Norfolk & Western Railway
Haverhill
George Sloan
Coal Grove
George Egbert
Perfinger
Kenova
Rebels Challenge Tagal Rule in Philippine Provinces
Reported uprisings in Albay South Camarines and North Camarines aim to end Tagal domination as natives seek allegiance to the United States. In the U S rail news a mixed Baltimore & Ohio train derailed at Stonehouse Cove with engineer killed and fireman slightly injured.
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Albay
South Camarines
North Camarines
United States
Curtis Bay
Baltimore & Ohio: Railroad
Stonehouse Cove
Thia
Resaw
Anc Pireman Ee
Salaree Erlkces
Quince HL
Allen
James Joiner
Corbin Defends Censor as Clerks Are Overworked
Washington July 19 Adjutant General Corbin defended the censor rule amid complaints that Bible dispatches and war news were suppressed. He said workload taxed clerks and that information has been promptly shared with the press. McKinley ordered necessary clothing issued to Oregon troops at the Presidio amid cold weather.
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Washington
Corbin
Otis
Secretary of War
Aguinaldo
Washmeaton
McKinley
San Francisco
Oregon
Presidio
Sunk tanker Maverlex sparks harbor blaze in Bedford Basin
The Standard reports the oil tanker Maverlex arrived from New York and was pumped out at a Bedford Basin pier when a six inch pipe burst igniting oil in the engine room. The crew fought the fire but had to abandon the ship as flames spread.
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Aanurax
The
Standard
Oil Company
Maverlex
New York
Bedford Basin
Brooklyn Streetcar Strike Ends The City Reads Relaxed
The Brooklyn streetcar strike appears settled as non union workers returned overnight. Cars on Putnam Avenue faced outages with about a third idle while Fulton Street service ran near schedule and Nostrand and Thompkins avenues saw no service. President Rossiter said operations would resume on all lines tonight and claimed the strike is ended though Parsons of the union disagreed citing ongoing strength in the strikers.
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Rew
Brooklyn Street Car
Putnam Avenue Rine
Fulton Street
Ars
Nostrand Avenue
Thompkins’ Avenue
Clinton L. Rossiter
Brooklyn Rapids Transit Company
Philadelphia
Dreyfus Case: Esterhazy Claims Bordereau Forged in Berlin
Paris July 19 The Matin publishes a statement by Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy claiming he wrote the bordereau under orders from Colonel Sandherr and that it was sent via Colonel Schwartzkoppen at the German embassy. He says Schwartzkoppen never saw it in Berlin and the document was forged to convict Dreyfus. The statement alleges secret agents in Berlin and that high officers knew the forgery and still pursued a guilty verdict.
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Paris
Matin
Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy
Bordereau
Sandherr
Schwartzkoppen
War Office
Berlin
Dreyfus
Sthoke
General Mercier
DeBoisdeffre
Gonso
Kruger backs seven year franchise in SA debate
Pretoria July 19 The volksraad resumed the franchise bill discussion with a trend toward seven years retrospective and prospective franchise. President Kruger said amendments from Cape Colony and the British high commission were too wide but changing from nine to seven years is a slight difference and would not endanger the country.
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Loupon
South Africa
Pretoria
Volksraad
Krueger
Bloemfontein
Sir Alfred Miller
Cape Colony
British High Commission of
Aguinaldo Sues for Peace Sways In Philippine Uprising
Aguinaldo and his leaders have made direct peace overtures to General Otis. A cabinet official says if promises are kept, volunteers now being enlisted will not be needed. Reports come as Washington receives cables from the Philippine commission and General Otis.
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Cuiiaco
Times-Herald
Washington
State Department
Philippine Commission
War Department
General Otis
Bew
Otis
Aguinaldo
Freiburg University Insures Professors and Students
The University of Freiburg insures its professors and students against accidents within campus and during university excursions. Coverage includes death benefits up to 15 000 marks and provisions for temporary disablement. The policy extends to risks from gymnastics or duelling. Freiburg sits at the mouth of the Hollenthal in the Black Forest, 920 feet above sea level, overlooking the Rhine and surrounding hills.
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University of
Freiburg
Breisgau
Hollenthal
Black Forest
Rhine
Vougeg Hills
Women Surpass Men by Large Census Margins
The text notes UK census results showing women outnumbered men by 893 195 in 1871, rising to 958 638 in 1881 and reaching 1 112 512 by 1891. It emphasizes that the surplus does not make women redundant.
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United Kingdom
Healthful Stomachs Drive Beauty and Vitality Says Ad
An old advertisement touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as essential for beauty and vigor. It claims nine tenths of sickness stems from weak digestion and urges consumers to ensure a private Revenue Stamp seals the bottle neck.
Remarkable Ear of Corn Resembles Human Hand
A La Nature illustration shows a corn ear with regular segmentation forming four fingers and a thumb, with a well defined wrist. The object is described as curious and somewhat unpleasant in appearance.
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised cure for foot ailments
An 1900s style ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to relieve swollen and burning feet, corns and bunions. It urges buyers to ask druggists and shoe shops for the product, notes a 26 cent price, and offers a free sample by mail to Allen's, Olmsted, LeRoy, N.Y.
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Allen
Allen 'S
Olmsted
LeRoy
German Employment Bureaus Handle About 13,000 Unemployed Monthly
Public employment bureaus of the German government find jobs for the unemployed at roughly 13,000 per month. In January 1898 the figure was 13,648.
Faultless Starch Advertisement Confidently Proclaims Clean Ironing
A magazine style line promotes "aultless Starch" for housekeepers claiming washed linen and clean irons with directions on package for perfect results. It notes a large package size and ends with a proverb about self perception.
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Lawrence, Bterling
Elis
SAS
Ituly
Yen
Ely
Hera
Smithonian
A’ Atickier, Coe
PNY
Norfolk
Tagals
Censor
Adjutant ‘General
Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Auras
Nicaragas
Esterhazy
Evidones
Otis —Volua
Arthur
Ae” Libby
Cuicano
Arthur A. Tabby
Chicago
Libby, McNeill, ‘& Libby
Pasadena
Cal
Klondike
North American “Trading and Transportation Company
Roanoke
Useu
PrrrenuRe
Mear Mangahela
Kiondike
Hall
Price, Tie
Cusehold Bik
Grover
Fred'h
Dotcher Drug CO
Bt Albans, Th
Western Newspaper Union
Lincoln
Itk
Sseuve
Colorado
Benith
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