Drouth and plans in distant notes across the world
News notes from a wide range of topics. Drouth threatens crops in India while funds rise for Danish West Indies development. Sante-Dumont reports two successful atrachip trips at Monte Carlo. Salvation Army to build a sculptors’ house in Kansas City for the poor. Chinese officials reveal buried taels. Empress Dowager solidifies throne with pomp. Yukon chief accountant Middleton commits suicide amid embezzlement probe. Liberal party forms in Cincinnati to push church-state separation. Federal judges to receive pay raises. South McAlester prisoners attempt escape with injuries. Metcalf scandal proceedings to be dropped. Indiana man contemplates suicide after twins birth. family now 13 children. New York board of health may condemn tunnel as public nuisance. District Attorney Jerome vows to pursue tunnel tragedy accountability. Kansas journalist Chapman organizes Oklahoma railroad project from Lawton to Fort Sill and beyond.
Populists Call Mass Meeting to Choose Delegates
The People’s Party state central committee issued a December call for a February 21, 1902 Populist conference in Topeka to set policy. Anderson county may send five delegates. A Garnett mass meeting on February 15 at 2 p.m. will select delegates. C. T. Hiatt and L. D. Wanran sign as secretary and chairman.
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People’s Party State Central Committee
Topeka
Anderson County
Garnett
C. T
Dinner Deal at Red Light Gusts 20 Cents
A compact notice touts a full dinner for twenty cents at the Red Light, claiming top quality and first class service. The bold offer emphasizes value and suggests a dining option framed as a special attraction.
My Pioneer Kansas Home Poem by Ed Blair
Poem expresses longing for a Kansas pioneer home on the prairie It recalls boyhood scenes cows bells larks and prairie fires blending nostalgia with the cabin life and distant echoes of nature across the plains.
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Boyhood
Brindle
Kansas
Bryan Democracy and Populism in Kansas Politics
A dense critique argues Bryan and his followers threaten Democratic ideals by courting Wall Street money and surrendering to it. It warns that Populists must preserve principles, avoid alliances with opportunistic Kansas Democrats, and reject pretenders who seek office for reward rather than conviction.
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William J. Bryan
Democratic Party
Wall Street
Bryan
Kansas
Hill
Gorman
Death of William G. Nevin Santa Fe general manager
William G. Nevin, general manager of the Santa Fe railroad lines west of Albuquerque, died Sunday at his Garland Avenue home in Los Angeles at 8:15 AM. A victim of creeping paralysis for years, he had sought treatment in Europe. He died suddenly after greeting his wife, as rehabilitation work continued on the Southern California, San Joaquin and Santa Fe Pacific lines.
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Los Angeles
Cal
William G. Nevin
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Garland Avenue
Southern California
San Joaquin
Santa Fe Pacific
Miss Stone Still Held by Brigands in Missionary Case
Miss Helen M. Stone, the American missionary, remains a captive as no ransom is paid. Officials note a tangle in proceedings while the state department continues its efforts to secure her release.
Rise in U S Manufactured Value in 1700 Census Report
Washington Jan 25 The census bureau reports the press value of the products of manufacture in the United States in 1700 at 13 003 157 682 dollars, up from 9 372 437 282 dollars in 18go, indicating a rise of 3873 percent.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Jerry Simpson to Run for Congress Again
Jerry Simpson announced he will seek another term in Congress. The veteran candidate intends to challenge current officeholders and appeal to voters in his district.
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Jerry
Congress
Jerry Simpson
Garnett’s Prospects In Coal Discovery Push
Citizens push costly ground work to find coal gas or oil beneath Garnett. Three or four holes, funded largely by locals Cannon and Nichols, show coal seams but not yet at commercial scale. Drillers near the Missouri Pacific track, led by Marsa Keeney and George McGee, report coal over four feet at about two hundred feet. If confirmed, a four foot coal vein near surface could spur a shaft.
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Cannon & Nichols
Missouri Pacific Railway
Marsa & Keeney
George McGee
McGee
St Louis scandal nets bench warrants for councilmen
In St Louis on January 27 bench warrants were served on Emil A Meysberg council member Charles Kratz ex council member and J K Murrell ex member of the house of delegates in a bribery probe tied to the Suburban City Railway Company Records allege 135000 was placed in a safe deposit box two keys held by railway men one by political forces with 75000 to delegates and 60000 to the council if a franchise bill passed The grand jury reportedly considers 12 to 14 more indictments in the case
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St. Louis
Emil A. Meysenberg
Charles Kratz
J. K. Murrell
House of Delegates
Suburban City Railway Company
Suburban Railway Company
Supreme Court
Audacious Express Robbery on Southern Railroad Near Brancheville
A carefully planned train robbery occurred at night on the Southern railroad five miles from Brancheville. Seven or eight unmasked men boarded between engine and baggage car, fired on the engineer, and forced the express messenger to open safes. They rifled the local safe, rolled the through safe onto the platform, then fled with little booty. No arrests yet.
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Brancnevinee
Southern Railroad
Charleston
Brancheville
Blancheville
Judge Denies New Trial for John Colling
Judge Hazen denies John Colling a new trial saying all constitutional rights have been afforded. Colling will appeal to the supreme court to challenge the verdict and seek further review.
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John Colling
Hazen
John Collins
Collins
Colling
Supreme Court
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Danish West Indies
Thomas Middleton
Yukon Territory
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Cincinnati
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Metcalf
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Eckerty
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New York Central Tunnel
Jerome
J. B. Chapman
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Lawton
Ft. Sill
Mount Scott
Mount Sheridan
White Sulphur Springs
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Bob White
JO McDill
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Miss Stone
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