Lawrence institute closes year with strong enrollment gains
The Haskell institute completed a year of rapid growth since opening in 1884. Enrollment rose from sixty Indian students to 250 under Governor Robinson, with total enrollment this year at 361 and bright prospects for next year.
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Lawrence
Haskell Institute
Robinson
Wichita
J. FB. Curtis
Curtis
Sid
Sheriff Hays
State Penitentiary
John Curry
John Alberti
Curry
Hattis Shook
Atchinson
Frances van Doren
William H. van Doren
Atchison
van Doren
St. Joseph
Ivanhoe
O L. McLain
Parsons
Chandler
Andrew Bensor
Topeka-Ghayteuqua
Tavpelokh
State
Ood
Kansas City
Kas
Leavenworth
Ottawa
Salina
Hutchinson
Fort Scott
Emporia
Newton
J. A. Brubaker
Dunkard
Missouri
Beeria
Hiawatha
Willian Lewis
Fairmount
Wolf Creek
Sylvester Polhamus
Cadmus
Lincolnville
Here
Samuel Lunaway
James A. Sill
Chivington
St. Louis
San’ Francisco
Bright
Eureka Springs
Ark
Nora Pent
Carbondale, Fil
Chairman Hoge Threatens Open War on Railroads
In an interview Chairman Hoge warns that if railroads bow to Burlington dictatorship and declare war on the brotherhood, Chicago will mobilize. He claims wholesale firings target leaders of the recent strike as Stone of Burlington signals action and promises a citywide shutdown within thirty six hours.
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Hoge
Chicano
Salls
Burlington
Brotherhood
Stone
Chicago
Ecuador President Flores Honored at Delmonico Banquet
New York July 7 Dr Don Antonio Flores newly elected president of Ecuador received a complimentary dinner tonight at Delmonico's from merchants who do business with the republic.
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New York
Don Antonio Flores
Ecuador
Delmonico’s
Republic
Brooks alias Maxwell case under governor review
Governor More has postponed ruling until tomorrow in the Brooks alias Maxwell case as Mrs Brooks and her daughter appeal to spare their son and brother from the gallows. A fire in Flagstaff destroyed part of a building. a Northern Pacific train derailed near Helena Moritana injuring two. A large blaze in Brainard Minnesota damaged most of the city block. losses exceed 850000, partly insured. Ashland Wisconsin reports Jessie Hull aged seven and Frank S Smith drowned while bathing at Eagle River.
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Flagstaff
Northern Pacific
Halena
Moritana
Brainard
Mino
Ashland
Wis
Jessie Hull
S.smith
Bayfeld
Small
Nice
Sient Eagle River
Proceedings of Congress and Senate Actions Report
In the Senate on the 2d the river and harbor bill was discussed with a vote on the Hennepin canal amendment and the Missouri river commission removal. The bill was passed allocating 82,474,783 dollars, with 912,000 added by the Senate. House debates covered railroad regulation under foreclosure and a long municipal code bill for the District of Columbia. The Senate received a veto message on a Mary Ann Doherty pension and discussed agricultural and post office appropriation conference reports. House members considered Florida land grant forfeiture and related amendments, with votes on multiple amendments and a lack of quorum for the final passage.
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Missouri River Commission
Senate
Morgan
Anderson
Iowa
United States
Union-Pacific
Bland
District of Columbia
Mary—Ann—Doherty
Plumb
Allison
Beak
Hovss
House
Florida
Yeas
Garrett Sails From Liverpool After World Trip
Mr Robert Garrett of Baltimore sails from Liverpool on the Umbria to New York with wife and sister in law Misa Frick. He explains his return is to settle his brother’s affairs after his sudden death and he may resume private business in Baltimore before the fall. He reports the world tour restored his health and enjoyed every moment despite overwork.
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Baltimore
Garrett
United States
America
New Wingland States
Mrs Anna Brooks and daughter travel to visit son
Mrs Anna Brooks and her daughter arrive in New York on Friday and plan a trip to St Louis to visit her son Hugh Motham Brooks who faces imminent execution. The family expresses sorrow and maintains his innocence while being supported by legal counsel Martin and Fauntleroy as they prepare a two month stay.
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Anna Brooks
Hugh Motham Brooks
New York
St. Louis
Maxwell
Louis
Martin and
Fauntleroy
Conspiracy Probe Nears Case Against Suspects
Cuiiaco July 8 General Manager Btone of the C B Q road says the dynamite conspiracy is being built against the conspirators and that the road seeks no ties with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He adds the plot is broken up with no further danger to life or property. Br Louis July 7 dispatches note fierce rain and wind storms reported in Kansas with lightning and damage.
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Cuiiaco
Btone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Br. Louis
Kansas
Atorma
Flood Devastates Uniontown and Surrounding Areas
Heavy rainfall caused Redstone creek to overflow, submerging lowlands of Uniontown and Leith. Residents carry people to higher ground as water fills houses. Trains run through floodwaters and bridges along the Baltimore and Ohio line are swept away or lodged on trestles. Brownfield reports twenty feet of standing water.
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Uniontown
Pao
Redstone Creek
Leith
Brownfield
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio
Trindelphia
Unrelenting East Coast Rain Drops Telegraph Lines
Pirrspure reports near continuous rain since yesterday evening with a general storm over the region. A severe thunderstorm caused damage from 9 p.m. to midnight, disrupting telegraph wires east and west and leaving extensive flood concerns in the area.
Severe Flood Deluge Hits Morris and Tuscola Crops
Heavy rains flood Morris Illinois and Tuscola Illinois causing major damage to small grain hay oats and rye in Morris while Tuscola reports twenty thousand acres of corn under water and oat crops largely lost. The Illinois River rises six to ten feet above last year with continued flooding and residents displaced to higher ground.
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Morris
Sinois
Tuscole
Tuscola
Weather storms devastate oat crops across MontsegLro region
The season's heaviest rainfalls flood fields and ruin oats and wheat in MontsegLro and nearby areas. A wind storm in Oakland Illinois destroyed most oats, threatening three quarters of the crop. Cannes also reports continuous rain for two days wrecking oat yields.
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Akland
Cannes
Heaviest Rainfall Causes Transit Delays in Wheeling
Heaviest steady rainstorm in years drenches Wheeling on July 9 causing widespread train delays as tracks flood and schedules collapse. Local crews work to restore service amid persistent downpour.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Grain damages from July rains hit corn oats and wheat
Heavy rains in Cerzo Gordo Illinois trigger serious damage to corn oats and wheat as farmers assess losses and seek relief in the wake of recent severe weather.
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Cerzo Gordo
Runaways Arrested in Topeka Case of Missing 100000
A St Louis dispatch reports Henry W Moore alias We Th Mason arrested in Topeka on grand larceny charges for allegedly stealing 100000 in cash and jewelry from Norton. Mrs Norton, said to have suffered a breakdown, remains under police guard with Moore awaiting return to St Louis for proceedings. Judge H Laflin plans to replevin the property.
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Idttor
Ifoore
Norton Ars
Yopeka
St. Louis
Thornton
Henry W. Moore
Kansas City
Henry W
Henry
Norton
Moore
Topeka
H. Laflin
Morton
Topela
Mason
Copeland Hotel
Nominations Sent In From Washington July 9
The president has sent nominations to the Senate including Colonel Thomas L. Casey as chief of engineers with brigadier general rank Elliott Sanford for chief justice John L Gund for associate justice of the Utah territorial supreme court Hugh W Weir for chief justice and Charles H Berry for associate justice of Idaho territorial supreme court Roderick Ross for associate justice of the Dakota territorial supreme court and John H Keatley for United States judge for the district of Alaska.
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Inc
Washington
Thomas L. Casey
Corps of Engineers
Elliott Sanford
New York
John L. Gund
Tennessee
Supreme Court of
Territory of
Utah
Pennsylvania
Charles H.berry
Minnesota
Supreme Court
Territory
Idaho
Roderick Ross
Dakota
Ohn Ht. Keatley
Iowa
United States
District of
Alaska
Fisk Predicts Broad Gains for 60 Percent Vote Shift
General Clinton B. Fisk, visiting Derrott Michigan, says he will avoid speeches until September. He forecasts strongest support in New York with a 60 percent gain, drawing from Republicans, and similar gains across New Jersey Virginia West Virginia North Carolina Tennessee Missouri and New England. He cites northern gains from Republicans and southern gains from Democrats.
Explosion at Adelaide Mill Kills Two Firemen in Allentown
A boiler exploded at the Adelaide mill in Allentown Pennsylvania at 7 a.m. killing firemen Frank Sterner and Borero. Engineer Hiram Sell died at 10 a.m. Three others were slightly injured but will recover. The engine house lay in ruins and the cause remains unknown. None of the 600 employees were hurt, though frightened by the blast.
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Allentown
Adelaide
Frank Sterner
Onry Borerro
Hiram
Sell
Amendment to prohibit liquor traffic gains support in committee
A favorable report from Senator Blair’s committee on education favors a constitutional amendment to prohibit liquor traffic. The note mentions Edwardsburg Indiana sustaining a wreck, with crops destroyed nearby.
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Washington
Verent
Blair
Committee On Education
Byrne Denies Funds From Parnell In Times Libel Question
Interview excerpts show Frank Byrne refuting Times accusations that Parnell financed his escape from England to avoid a Phoenix Park murder trial. He states he held funds of his own and league money, notes a possible McCarthy check, and rejects the Byrne letter and Tynan involvement as false. He plans to obtain Times letters for further clarification.
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the _ Times
New York
Frank Byrne
O’donnell-Times
London Times
Messrs
Parnell
McCarthy
Porter
Times
England
Phoenix
Park
Byrne
Paris
National League of Great Britain
Lonne
London
Frialey
Donegal
House of Commons
M. P
Tynan
No. 1
Tariff Debate Aims for Quick Conclude in Two Weeks
Democratic and Republican leaders differ on timing for final vote on the tariff bill. Mills says an agreement exists to limit delays and seek a swift end within two weeks, while Cannon predicts a 10 day to two week timeline. Both sides plan limited discussion to avoid protracted debate as August adjournment nears.
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Wasumatox
Mills
Niittoo
Cannon
Congress
Senate
Tragedy At Home As Helen Kelly Ends Her Life
In Bulottled Minnesota Miss Helen T Kelly 35 years old daughter of William H Kelly of the First National Bank hanged herself with a clothes line in the woodshed at her father's University Avenue residence. Death occurred about 5 AM. Despondent over ill health she had appeared in good spirits during the Fourth of July celebration yesterday.
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Bi Parr
Minn
Faly
Helen T. Kelly
University ‘Avenue
Elopement scandal rocks St Louis editor and wife
Henry W Moore, editor of the Post Dispatch, eloped with Mrs Emma Norton wife of Sr Louis theatrical manager John W Norton. Norton confronted Moore on Jefferson avenue threatening violence before Moore escaped. Mrs Norton withdrew about $20 000 in cash and deeds to real estate, leaving Moore reportedly penniless. Moore, a married editor from Connecticut, is described as a professional flirt and attracts gossip at the Post Dispatch and Elks club. The couple fled toward Manitou Colorado where Mrs Moore’s husband John Norton is a leading theatrical manager.
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Sr. Lous
John W. Neryton
Grand Opera House
Henry W. Moore
Post
Dispatch
Pelits
Moore
Mrs. Norton
Norton
Safe Deposit Company
St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Elks’ Club
Eny
Lisiy
Connecticut
Maniton
Colorado
America
Mary Anderson
Emma Stockton
Baltimore
No Hope for General Legislation In Senate Turbulence
Washington special reports waning hope for broad legislation this session as committees close work and calendars swell. The Senate leads in clearing business with a 16 page calendar versus the House's lengthy docket. About 14 thousand bills have been introduced with only 8 to 10 percent likely to become law, many pension bills for individuals. Nomination delays across districts raise anxiety in the House, though tariff debate sustains some attention. Prohibitionists lead Nebraska City celebration coverage amid tariff bill scrutiny.
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Washington
Tnnterest
Congress
House
Boon 83 Porsk PLC
Mills
General Harrison Receives Official Nomination Notification
The Republican notification committee inform General Harrison of his presidential nomination at the Denison hotel in Indianapolis. Chairman Estee delivered the official message, praising his service and urging unity, as Harrison responded with gratitude and a pledge to honor the platform. The event ended with a formal greeting and a luncheon in the adjoining dining room.
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General Harrison
Denison
Indianapolis
M.M. Osteé
California
A.‘H. Potter
New Jersey
Russell Harrison
M. G. McLane
The
United States
Setion
United States Senate
Amer
Harrison
Republican Party of the
Re- SibHean Party
Bunker Hill
Washington
Lincoln
Yorktown
Appomattox
Chirman
Estee
Kansas Crops Show Excellent Statewide Conditions
The Crop Matlock in Kennox reports from seventy Kansas counties a very good condition among farmers. Wheat is best since 1881 with heavy yields. corn acreage is the largest ever, and rye is good everywhere. Overall the state is in excellent condition with great prospects, despite some dry spots and occasional chinch bugs.
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Kansas
Alflin
Sorsinm
Kaneas
Devastating cyclone sweeps Iowa towns along rail line
A powerful cyclone struck Ruthven and surrounding towns along the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul line, causing extensive destruction. Homes, barns, and depots were leveled from Ruthven to Emmetsburg and Cylinder, with Adjoining communities reporting heavy property damage but no confirmed human fatalities. The storm surged across Waterloo Cedar Valley area, injuring livestock and wrecking buildings while a river rescue occurred for a stranded party. Damage estimates run into six figures, with crops and hay losses noted.
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Mason City
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Raul
Ruthven
Ita
Owerok
Irzon
Root & Walker
Kirkwood
Tom Gift
Emmettsburg
Burlington
Cellar Rapids & Northern
Whitamore
Meservy
Renkes
Jake, Nissen
Belmont
Cedar Rapids
Northern
Elliott
Iowa Central
Iowa
Waterloo
Cedar Valley
Cedar
Waterloo Orchestra
A. K. Fassler
St. Louis
Cedar Falls
Junction
Crop Weather Bulletin Reports Favorable Growing Conditions
The weekly crop weather bulletin says past week favored crops in wheat, corn and tobacco regions of the Ohio, upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys and Tennessee. Heavy rains likely hindered harvesting from Missouri east to Virginia. Interior reports show rains beneficial for growing crops.
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Washington Dispatch
Ohio
Upper
Mississippi
Missouri
Tennessee
Virginia
Middle States
No Middle Course in Irish Dilemma Stirs Parliament
In Loxton on July 7 the Mail Gazelle reports ministers refuse to consider Parnell denial as conclusive. Supporters say denial proves his innocence while the ministry must either expel Parnell from parliament or dismiss Attorney General Webster. No middle course fits government honor or responsibility.
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Loxton
Pall “Mail Gazelle
Parnell
Webster
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MontsegLro
Mr. Fisk
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Min
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Eves Carres
Anepenes
Coun
Talkete
Ees Esseee
Abbas
TYE
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Rece
Croniery
Sorsre
LrarEn
Roll.sesses
Ig Mgus
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Mediwinn
Wiig
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