New Senatorial Districts Reform In Kansas
The Topeka report outlines updated senatorial districts by county, listing combinations such as Flint Brown Doniphan in the First and many others across the state. The specification covers districts from the First through the Thirty-ninth with numerous county groupings and some typographical errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Fliat
Brown
Doniphan
Atchison
Leavenworth
Wyandotte
Johnson
Miami
Linn
Anderson
Bourbon
Crawford
Cherokee
Jewell
Mitchell
Smith, Phillips, and
Norton
Osborn
Russell
Lincoln
Ellsworth
Barton
Rice
Stafford
Harper
Barber
Comanche
Clark
Meade
Edwards
Kiowa
Pawnee
Ford
Hodgeman
Ness
Dane
Scott
Wichita
Greeley
Hamilton
Finney
Seward
Ortioth
Rush
Ellis
Rooks
Graham
Trego
Gove
Sheridan
Decatur
Rawlins
Thomas
St.John
Wallace, Sherman
Cheyenne
Bold Abduction Report Stuns Wichita residents
Mrs. Eliza Nixon, 82, wealthy and infirm, vanished from 322 North Mosley Avenue after a man spoke of a land lawsuit for 5500 dollars. A second man and a cab carried her away as neighbors and authorities searched from morning into night. Theories blame either removal by friends to dodge the suit or a ransom kidnapping.
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Kratican
Wichita
Eliza Nixon
North Mosley Avenue
Nixon
Busby
Neice
Mrs. Nixon
Mixed Local Notes From Salina To Wellington
A man and a wife in Salina obtained divorces at the last term of court while others were married last week, both facing penitentiary terms. Leavenworth will host International Hypographical Union members for a one day visit after their Kansas City conference. Mrs Rebecca Miller of Dayton, with A E Keiferbaum, seeks her daughter taken from Dayton orphan asylum eight years ago and placed with Mrs Cottrell of Morrill. the child later passed to Dr Cruickshank, former Highland University president now in San Diego, parent organization funded by the Jewish bureau to reclaim the child. In Wichita, the South Kansas Medical Society met with Dr O C Green presiding. papers read and a new board of censors named. Wellington saw arrests of Fred Cann and Lon Case. fines and jail terms follow for liquor stock destruction amid a cheering crowd. A seventeen year old girl died in Leavenworth during childbirth after five weeks there seeking Home of the Friendless refuge, with family in Minneapolis and Abilene. Sorghum sugar works prospects fade. planned work in Newton, Gardner City, Topeka, El Dorado, Hutchinson and Wellington was set for $100,000 each but did not materialize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina
Leavenworth
Rebecca Mileler
Dayton
Miller
Buresy
San Diego
Wichita
South Kansas Medical Society
0. C. Green
J. 8. Foote
Barrett
Ellington
Shelly
Mulvane
Coleman
Newton
Justice Simmons
Cain
Case
Minneapolis
Kas
Bell Hudson
Abilene
Garder City
Topeka
el Dorado
Hutchinson
Wellington
Oldest Leavenworth resident Dr S A Marshall dies suddenly
Dr S A Marshall aged among Leavenworth’s oldest residents died suddenly on the 20th after cramps. He was active the day before and leaves a widow and two sons. He celebrated his golden wedding last May. The report notes other regional items including road improvement plans by Atchison merchants and state welfare board activity overseeing 1 761 wards across several asylums and institutes. A Garden City dispatch reports heavy rain and strong crop prospects with wheat oats and corn thriving. Other notes mention Junction City council resignations and discussions in La Cygne about republican loyalty.
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S. A. Marshall
Leavenworth
Atchison
Orphar Asylum
Reform School
Topeka
School For Feeble Minded
Winfield
Deaf and Dumb Institute
Olathe
Institute For the Blind
Wyandotte
Insane
Ossawatomie
Jac Ee
Garden City
Rejiorts
Missoni Pacific
Rock Island Railway
Hutchinson
Greensburg
Central City Fire Devastates Dakota Town
A major blaze in Central City, Dakota, destroyed most of the town’s 1,000 residents. Originating in a restaurant, the fire consumed the business district and hillside homes, with only a few buildings left standing. Deadwood and Lead City sent aid but water shortages hindered efforts. Loss estimated at 100000 to 150000 with scant insurance. relief drives organized by the city’s board of trade and subscriptions collected.
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Central City
Dakota
Derdpivoop
Dak
Lead City
Board of Trade of
Thin ‘City
Central City National’bank
Knights of Labor in financial crisis and planned printing office
The Knights of Labor executive board reportedly appropriated 10000 for a printing office at headquarters but drew from a depleted treasury. Assets are limited to the Connellsburg coal mines in Ohio, which may be sold to fund operations. Current funds cover only essential expenses until the July per capita tax, suggesting forthcoming salary reductions or drastic cost measures.
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Knights of Labor
New York
Philadelphia
Knights of Labor Executive Board
Brown, Stone
Connellsburg
Ohio
Treasury deficit from Tate era reported to legislature
Louisville dispatch says commissioners found absconding treasurer Tate's office left a deficit around 230000 dollars. Report suggests possible reduction to under 200000 by proving some due bills good. It cites great carelessness during Tate's twenty year regime.
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Tate
Louisville Dispatch
Twanty
Blaine to Decline Presidency Say Report Says
The Sun reports a high Republican source says Blaine will renew his refusal to run for president aboard a steamship returning to the United States. The declaration would be absolute and keep supporters from seeking a change until after the convention.
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Blaine
New York
the Sun
United States
Congress Debates Tariff Bills and Pension Proposals
The Senate and House discuss tariff measures, river and harbor funding, and pension changes. Bills address post offices in growing towns, tribal land payments, and an export licensing theme. A Paris expo invitation and building projects receive brief action. speeches hinge on fiscal policy and business interests.
Three Indian Territory murderers hanged at Fort Smith Yard
Owen D. Smith Jack Crow and George Moss were executed at 1:02 pm in the Yard at Fort Smith. About fifty witnesses watched Hill sing and pray, while Crow and Moss faced brutal crimes in Gibson Station and the Taft murder case. Crow and Moss faced trials amid tribal tensions, with rapid verdicts and a volatile local justice system.
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Yort Surra
Ark
Owen D. Smith
Jack Crow
George Moss
Indian Territory
United States
Hill
Moss
Owen
Gibson ‘Station
Evarra
Gibson Station
Macting
Kansas City
Fort Smith
Parker
Jackson Crow
Charles B. Wilson
Grow Whs
Sandy Smith
Todor Jones
Dick Butler
Taff
Taft
Smith
Jones
Butler
Dedicated St Peter's Cathedral Marks Diocese Split
Pittsburgh dispatch reports the dedication of St Peter's Cathedral after reconstruction following a December 11, 1886 fire. About sixty priests and a grand choir from both cities attended as Bishop Phelan leads the division of the Pittsburgh diocese with the Allegheny diocese. Bishops from Erie Columbus Harrisburg and Cleveland attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg Disputch
St. Peter
Allegheny City
St. Peter's Pro-Cathedral
St. Peter's
Pittsburg
Phelan
Allegheny
Richard Phelan
Tobias ‘Mullen
Erie
Carroltonia Incident Leads to Public Ferment
An incident in Carroltonia saw Charles Butler insult Jennie Fisher in front of a crowd. Fisher responded by drawing a weapon from her sleeve and striking Butler about head and shoulders multiple times, as onlookers cheered Fisher earlier before she warned him.
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Carroltonia
Charles Butler
Jennie Fisher
Miss Fisher
Fisher
Double murder shocks Colorado ranch near Edgerton
A ranch near Edgerton, Colorado, where old Mrs. Kearney and her eight year old grandson Hand were living, was found with both bodies hidden in a grain room. The deaths appear foul play, not suicide, as coroner and neighbors piece together strange circumstances and distant family letters. The coroner heads to the scene for investigation.
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Colorado Strings
Colo
8. K. Harris
Beach
Edgerton Station
Kearney
Hand
Indy
Wold
Jady
Denver
Harris Brothers
Beard
The Popes Decree On Plan of Campaign In Ireland
A Vatican document dated April 2 summarizes the pope's condemnation of the plan known as the campaign and boycotting in Ireland. It states rents agreed by mutual consent cannot be reduced by tenants, and extortion of rents or deposits harms landlords. The pope's decision, confirmed by the holy father, urges clergy and laity to act with charity and justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korpon
Apostolic See
Ireland
Co ‘Xie
Supreme Congregation
Inquisition
Holy Father
Monaco
Auction Sells Hell Gate Tower Linked to City Businessman
A misfired electric tower at Hell Gate was auctioned by the government on Thursday. Westminster Abbey and a well known New York businessman were connected, with a price around 125 dollars. The tower stood about two years and cost roughly 15 000 dollars. Mariners deemed it dangerous to vessels and cast it into the river.
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Hell Gate
Westminster Abbey
New York
Vensela
Train Wreck Near Orleans Kills and Injures Numerous
A Burlington route wreck three miles east of Orleans Nebraska at 6 am after a bridge gave way in a swollen creek. The train's Pullmans and smoker plunged. several occupants were burned or injured and two deaths are reported, with coroner to hold an inquest tomorrow. Rescue trains and doctors assisted, passengers sent on.
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Crtzans
Neb
East Board
Denver
Kansas City
Burlington, & Miscovir Express
Orleans
Kansas
Chicago
M.C. Kirby
Montreal
G. M. Anderson
Golden
Colo
Reat
Alma
Teton
Oxford
Campbell
Treasury Bond TenderTotals and Nighttime Tragedies
The treasury accepted 2.8 million in bonds at varied rates. In Newark New York William Bullock fatally shot his wife then killed himself amid jealousy. Three children survive. G B Haggins plans to sell yearling horses from California ranch stock in June. Pugilist Jem Smith and Dominic Mcaffery are slated for a ten round bout. A bridge project and railway rights of way receive presidential approval. In Nelsonville a marshal and a youth are killed in a fatal shooting and suicide. Mile Deco’s slack wire act ends in a fatal fall in Steubenville.
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Secretary of the Treasury
William Bullock
West Shore Railroad
Newark
Wayne County
New York
G. B. Haggins
Haggins’ Ranch
California
Jem Smith
Dorminick McCaffery
Smith
Memphis
Duluth
Rainy Lake “River
Nelsonville
Ohio
Edward H. Davis
Dew House
Samuel Dew
Young Dero
Davis
Deco
Opera House
Steubenville
Oil Producers Union testimony before House committee
Thomas Phillips of Newcastle Penn president of the Oil Producers association testified before the House committee on manufactures. He read a statement from the association executive committee citing stock held by speculators, rising production costs, falling well output and low oil prices as causes for forming the group to limit production. He said current costs exceed returns and limited production prevented many small dealers from suspending operations. The committee adjourned until tomorrow. A stray line notes a Kentucky father’s admonition about action.
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House
Washington Dispatch
Thomas Phillips
Newcastle
Penn
Oil Producers’ Association
House Committee On Manufactures
Phillips
Association
Wella
Conventions and Republican candidates debated in Iowa
In New York on April 26 J. H. Clarkson of Iowa cites over seven thousand ticket applications for the Republican National Convention. The piece discusses potential nominees like Depew Sherman Harrison Gresham and Allison, stressing party unity and electoral strength, with focus on markets in New York New Jersey Connecticut Indiana and the Pacific coast. A Washington dispatch notes Canada bound stock imports for breeders and a note on Windom selling a Washington residence. winter wheat shortages and Omaha labor parade plans are also listed.
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New Yong
Clarkson
Iowa
Lincoln
Blaine
Depew
Hiscock
Sherman
Harrison
Gresham
Alger
Rusk
Hawley
Stanford
Allison
Cullom
Foraker
Republican Party
Repiblican Party
New York
New Jersy
Connecticut
Indiana
Pacific Coast
West
Pacific States
Mississippi
Congress
Lowa
Windom
Minnesota
Thas
Washington
Chicago
Northwestern
Omaha
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Cuba
PILOT
McDonald & Baker, Publishers
Topo
Senate
Georgetown
Morrill
Vance
Horst
Houseau
George Washington
Committee On Judiciary
Janes B. Ricketts
Union’ Pacific Railroad Company
Civil Service Commissioners
Patent Office
Bureau of Animal Industry
Palmer
House Committee On Elections
Frank
Glover
Ninth
Missouri
Chicago,Burlington & Quincy
Springer of
Ilinois
McMillen
Tennessee
Burroughs
Michigan
Bynum
Browne
Grant
Arthur
Treasury
Shaw
Maryland
Glass
Tennessée
Ingalls
Voorhees
Conference
Nouse
Paris
Kansas Valley Railway
Fort Riley
Kansas City&Pacific Railroad Company
Nebraska
Buchanan
New Jersey
Hemphill
South Carolina
Gossiddito
Cd House
Yordeneonthe
National College ’ Dental Science
Alaska
Springer
Illinois
Brewer
Goff
West Virginia
Cleveland
Landis
Ofdivnovis
Woederobs
Maeben
Colorado
Wrhok
the News
Kentucky
Canada
Gerdes
New. York
Winar
Redacteess
Deccaritvasvtecage
Cas Onedones
Eanssvan
Carrie Stockera
Louis
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