Garland and Colman clash over telephone policy in Washington
Special Telegram to The Star reports Attorney-General Garland may resign amid harsh criticism over telephone litigation, with officials noting a campaign to sway public opinion for telephone interests. Commissioner Colman heads to St Louis for sugar and dairy conventions to discuss food adulteration tests and dairy product standards.
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Washington
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Cleveland
Garlands
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National Sugar Asociation
Mississippi Valley Dairymen’s Association
Lator
In Missouri federal offices tied to senate standstill
From Washington on Feb 1 the article notes no immediate change in Missouri federal offices as a senate deadlock limits action. It explains efforts around Appraiser Metcalf and potential successors, with O Neill and Cleveland unlikely to secure joint senatorial support and Burke prospects tied to West and Cockrell backing. Other district attorney and marshal positions remain unsettled amid political maneuvering.
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Tvo
Manning
Secretary of the Treasury
Clardy
Jas 7 Burke
Harrigan
Burke
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Cockrell
Glover
Dawson
Hutton
Bashaw
Indian Territory Bill and Labor Questions Highlight Congress
A Telegraph dispatch notes St Louis merchants back a bill extending U S court civil jurisdiction over Indian Territory with Arkansas Texas and Kansas links, while a labor item plans arbitration based legislation and postal carrier reform. Minor items report Chandler on army navy officer restorations Jones illness at Georgetown Clark resignations and several postmaster appointments across Meridian Ozawkie Scranton and Xenia.
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Jnc. J. O'Neill
St. Louis
Merchants’ Exchange
Indian Territory
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Morgan
Rogers
Arkansas
United States Courts of
Texas
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Star
Waasuhington
Chandler
United Service Magazine
Army
Navy
Jones
Georgetown College
Hs Conquest Clerke
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Belmont
Clarké
Meridian
Imth
Gidliby
Ozawakie
J. W. Marker
Scranton
J. M. Giddings
Bretton
Xenia
J. H
Temperance Champion Father McNulty Fights Paterson Saloons
Paterson New Jersey with 65000 people shows few saloons per capita yet crime remains low due to a strong police force led by Chief Grau. Pastor Father McNulty raids saloons, visits on Saturdays, and recounts stories of resisting temptation while aiding the poor.
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the Star
New York
Paterson
N. J
New Jersey
Grau
Graves
Father McNulte
St. John Catholic Church
Father McNulty
Shanghai
Mike
Mike Moore
Decrease in Wheat Supply Noted by French Brothers
French Brothers commission merchants report mixed wheat and pork activity with a probable 1,000,000 bushel drop in visible wheat supply. Chicago and New York markets show firmness, May futures slip after opening, and anticipated stock releases. Inspectors General Bull and Jamison to Kansas City for militia review. Local filings include Quarrymens Co operative, Galvin Manufacturing, and Memphis Loan and Building Association incorporations.
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Board of Trade
Curiaco
Hutchison
New York
Chicago
St Louis
Capital
Jefferson City
Wm. Bull
St. Louis
Jamison
Kansas City
Thos. E. Wordell
Macon
Vancleye
Quarrymens’ Co-operative Association
J. W. Galvin Manufacturing Co
Memphis Loan & Building Association
Memphis
Denen
Board of Traie
Merchants Exchange
Shooting Death Reported in Chickasaw Man
A St Louis dispatch says Dick Sanderson of Chickasaw was shot dead last night by unknown men. Sanderson is believed to have been a horse thief, and the killing occurred after he was called out by his assailants.
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St. Louis
Little Rock
Ark
Post-Dispatch
Dick Sanderson
Chickasaw
Sanderson
G. W. Lockridge
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company
Kansas City Contractors Poised To Lead in New Market Bids
Boston January 31 The weekly clearing house report shows gains in gross clearances for the week ending January 30 across major cities including Kansas City. Edward Mesker cites Kansas City advantages in galvanized iron work and broader bids, noting St Louis rivals compete less outside their home market and Kansas City firms may win substantial gains in new towns.
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Boston
United States
Bank Talks to Death Causes Ritzinger Assignment
Indianapolis February 1. Ritzinger Brothers bank established in 1867 did not open this morning. Frank L. and Augustus W. Ritzinger assigned to George B. Yandes as rumors of trouble spread among German clients. Assets estimated 300000 to 400000 with much in real estate, liabilities believed high. A run on Fletcher’s bank followed. management prepared cash for claims and other banks bolstered reserves. A depositor threatened junior partner A Ritzinger with a pistol but was stopped before harm.
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Ind
Ritzinger Brothers’ Bank
Frank L
Augustus W. Ritzinger
Geo. B. Yandes
Fletcher
Paying for Eighteenth Street Paving Spurs Legal Fight
Axtell says petition signed by majority property owners to pave eighteenth street from Woodland to Olive with cedar blocks faces delay from widening proceedings. Corrigan refused to help pay, prompting heated opposition and possible condemnation actions to bill Corrigan for part of widening costs. Axtell notes the street project may be postponed two years or more while legal steps are pursued.
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M. C. BE. Axtell
Pran
Eighteenth Street
Woodland Avenue
Olive Street
Vine Street
Corrigan
Axtell
Election of Officers of the Inter State Fair Association
The Inter State Fair association elected officers for the coming year at Captain F E Webster's office. Colonel Kersey Coates became President with T B Bullene as Vice President and W H Winants as Treasurer. E H Webster reappointed Secretary. The fair meets September 13 for six days. Captain Webster designated as delegate to Indianapolis fair exposition and Chicago congress in February.
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Inter-State Fair Association
Inter- State Fair Association
F E. H. Webster
Messrs
Kersey Coates
H. Webster
C. F. Morse
W. H. Winants
Webster
International Association of Fairs and Expositions
Indianapolis
National ‘Protting Association
Chicago
St Louis Man on Kansas Citys Insane Asylum Bids
A large gathering of contractors from across the nation met in Kansas City to present bids for Insane Asylum No. 3 at Nevada. The commission, with Stevens of Columbia McGrath of St. Louis and Dobson of Kansas City, will meet tomorrow at noon to review bids for masonry, excavating, ironwork, roofing, carpentry, plastering and heating equipment. Local contractors from St. Louis and Missouri river towns are prominent among attendees.
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Cincinnati
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New Orleans
Memphis
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Missouri River
Commission On Insane Asylum
Nevada
Messrs. Stevens
Columbia
McGrath
Dobson
Brisbane
Seventh
Delaware Streets
Gigantic Strike Threatened Over Pennsylvanian Insurance Plan
New York Feb 1 employees of the Pennsylvania railroad oppose a new insurance scheme. They call it a covert attack on unions and vow a general strike if workers must join the relief fund. Three meetings were held in Jersey City with plans for a nationwide walkout involving about 40,000 employees from Jersey City to Pittsburgh.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
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Pittsburg
J. W. Ludington
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Seventeeth St
Lilimore & CO
Delaware St
Dale
Bergin
Metropolitan Hotel
Lotta and Nitonche return in a week of Coates amusements
Tonight the inimitable Lotta opens at the Coates with Mlle Nitonche. The advance sale is strong. Lotta debuts Larks this week after extensive rehearsals. Mule Nitouche, Nittle Nell, and Larks follow on successive nights. Buffalo Bill opens a three night stand at the Gillis with The Prairie Waif by John A Stevens.
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Coates
Buffalo Bill
Gillis
John A. Stevens
Chinese highbinder found guilty of first degree murder
St Louis February 1 Chyo Chiaegk a Chinese highbinder was found guilty of murder in the first degree by the jury on Saturday night.
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St. Louis
Chyo Chiaegk
New English Rulers in Gladstone Era Cabinet Changes
London reports Mr. Gladstone will shape a new cabinet with Liberal peers in key posts while top policy jobs stay in the Commons. Disputes over Ireland and home rule imply a more Radical ministry with Hartington's faction excluded, as cabinet moves and court intrigue unfold amid British foreign affairs.
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Elizabeth Churchill
Lord Hartington
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Earl Spencer
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Mr. Gladstone
Lord Dufferin
India
William James Herschell
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Home Secretary
John Morley
Childers
Exchequer
William Vernon Harcourt
India Office
Stansfield
Mundella
Colonial Office
Admiralty
Brassey
Charles Dilke
Crawford
Mutiny on the Clarence reformatory ship on the Mersey
A Feb meeting on the Clarence ended in a mutiny as lads attacked officers with belaying pins and firearms. Officers fired to quell the revolt, boys abandoned to cabins, and later surrendered after police arrived. Eighteen lads and two officers were wounded. Two years earlier the ship had been set on fire by inmates.
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Livertoon
Clarence
Mersey
English politics cited amid foreign reaction
Berlin dispatch notes National Zeitung condemns Gladstone for using gross intrigues to seize control. Neusische Zeitung comments on Salisbury’s fall, saying Gladstone can win in parliament but cannot form a durable government respected by foreign nations.
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National Zeitung
Gladstone
Neusische Zeitung
Lord Salisbury
Gladstone Receives Queen's Command to Form New Cabinet
Londown February 1. Mr. Gladstone arrived at Osborne and was given the personal command of the queen to form a new cabinet. It is officially announced this afternoon that Gladstone kissed the queen's hand on receiving the mandate. Both houses adjourned today until Thursday pending cabinet formation.
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Mr. Gladstone
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Gladstone
Gladstone Leaves London for Osborne Amid Cheers
Gladstone departed London by train to Osborne at the queen's command. Cheerful crowds greeted him at the station as he bowed to the onlookers and announced plans to return to London tonight.
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London
Osborne
Gladstone Receives Ovation at Portsmouth Arrival
Gladstone was greeted with an ovation in Portsmouth on arrival in London. He thanked the crowd for their cordial reception and warned that his future life would be very short.
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Gladstone
London
Portsmouth
Chugging for Suckers A Backwoods Winter Sport
Ree! ES reports a Pike county pastime known as chugging where groups of five to six fishermen trap large suckers under ice using poles and improvised gaffs. Fires and demijohns dot the ice while anglers slip crepe crews on old boots. The activity centers on clear ponds, rigid ice, and coordinated spearing through holes.
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Porter Pond
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Brink Pond
Shaasft's Pond
Pike County
Winter to Spring Climate of El Paso and Kansas City
Special correspondence from Grand Central Horen El Paso Texas on January 20 describes Kansas City snow and ice, then El Paso’s sunny climate, green plazas, and distant Sierra Blanca and Franklin Mountain views. The writer notes El Paso’s rapid growth as a railroad center in a rich agricultural, mining, and stock country, with public and private improvements and a population gain of over one thousand in seven months.
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Rio Grande Valley
Nero Appears In Cable Revelation From Glasgow
A cablegram from Glasgow to Chief Speers reports Professor Nero as not a Sumner College principal or representative. It states Nero is not a minister or connected with the college, and that he was once principal of a colored school but was removed for misconduct.
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Scotland
Speers
Nero
Sumner College
Thomas M. Speens
Kansas Legislature Faces Thin House After Weekend Recess
Topeka February 1 The Kansas house met after a Saturday recess with too few members to risk third readings while the senate worked in a committee of the whole. Local bills passed, and several measures advanced including switch connections for railroads, penalties for loose domestic animals, irrigation akin to Colorado law, and hedges along highways trimmed to five and one half feet annually.
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Colorado
Postmaster Displaced in Newton County Feud
Littie Rock Ark Feb 1 J W Walters postmaster at Quincy Newton county driven away by neighbors. Grievances are personal growing from dislike to his manner of handling office business. Walter and wife at Jasper county seat. Son in law and friends possess his house as siege continues with occasional shots exchanged.
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J. W. Walters
Quincy
Newton County
Walter
Jasper
Moonshiners Nabbed in Overton County Raid
Internal revenue agents wrap up a major raid in Overton county seizing twelve illicit distilleries within twelve miles. Moonshiners opened fire on officers and fled when faced with return fire. Several distillers were arrested and bound over for trial.
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Tenn
Internal Revenue
Overton County
Grocer's Horse Fails as Cart Catches Cable Slot
Don Maloney owner of a Fifth street grocery store tried to drive over a cable line at Eighth street and Forest avenue. A horse’s shoe caught in the slot. He fears a broken leg but is unsure of the injury’s extent.
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Forrest Avenue
Eighth Street
Forest Avenue
Fined for Stealing Money and License to Marry Granted
William Young a colored man faced Judge Worthen this morning for stealing six dollars from a porter at the Delmonico. He was fined twenty two dollars. John Bird and Ruth Baker both residents of this city obtained a license to marry today.
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Delmonico
John Bird
Ruth Baker
Dobbins burial service after morning death near Argentine
Mrs M Dobbins of Wyandotte county died at 6 o clock this morning. Funeral tomorrow with procession meeting at Armourdale Catholic church at 12 o'clock. The remains to be buried in Kansas City Catholic cemetery. Also includes notice of dissolution of H Robertson Co with H Robertson continuing business and collection of debts. Seeks help wanted notices and rental advertisements in Kansas City area.
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H. Robertson & Co
BE. Cunningham
H. Robertson
Market report on grains and milling goods
Strong but quiet day on change for wheat and corn markets with No 2 red and No 3 red mostly nominal. Receipts and withdrawals shift, with Fed selling 73c for No 2 red May, May wheat around 75c, and mixed oats and flour quotes. Chicago receipts show wheat 16,000 bu, corn 126,000 bu, oats 127,000 bu.
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City Mills
Chicago
Telegraph
ST. Louis
Isle
Mary
Reeves
Stockere
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