Kansas State News Highlights A Patchwork Of Local Tragedies
Harriz Capuas, about twenty, drank strychnine after family turmoil in Garden City area. In Clearwater, John Hanlon died from a lit lamp blow. several injured. President commutes B H Jones sentence for bank fraud. A man found with a severed limb after being struck by a Missouri Pacific train in Kansas City Kansas. A girl killed by a rock Island train at Burrton. Topeka and state events include soldiers’ reunion dates and a Democratic Congressional nominee. Other items cover a Wichita boy found dead, a Topeka heart failure at Harrison street school, and accidents at Hatclinson, Atchison counterfeit case, wheat market notes, and a long court debt involving E A Smith and S C Pomeroy. Arson arrest of George Payton in Mound City, militia roster, and new Kansas patents plus a Hutchinson accident report.
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Harriz Capuas
Garden City
District Court
John McClung
Clearwater
John Hanlon
B. H. Jones
National Bank of
Stafford
Thomas Rogers
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
Kan
Rock Island
Burrton
Topexa
Tuty Short
Congress
Frep Jones
Wichita
Colorado
Rosa Claw
Harrison Street
Topeka
Lon Evris
Abbeyy
Hatclinson
Hoe
Fair Grounds
Atchison
Clark
Msa Clark
Leavenworth
United States
Cough
Miss Cark
Toreka
Kansas
Supreme Court of the State
E. A. Smith
S.C. Pomeroy
Smith
Teffts House
Pomeroy
Tefft House
Atchison County
George Payton
Mound City
Harrisonville
Roberts
United States Regular Army
Jamea
H. Poorbeagh
James K. Miller
Emporia
Lizzie T. Hadley
Kan- City
William D. el
Marysville
Derrick J. Busherr
Lincoln
Paris T. Benbow
Gene Cain
Arkatation
Hutchinding
S Spout
Senate and House Aims and Actions in Late November Session
Congress coverage shows Senate actions on calendar bills and a land court, with a net of pensions for Fremont and others. House debates tariff and land provisions, postmaster charges, and local measures as sessions adjourn. Also misc items include finance, rail, and industrial news from across the nation.
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Senate
House
Board of Managers
National Military Home
United States
Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Land Court
Hitt
III
General Barrundin
Kennedy
Geneval Fremont, McClellan and Crook
Plumb
Enloe
Tenn
Silcott
Navy
Missouri River
Wyandotte, Kin
Boone County
Dean
Blount
New York
Kansas
McKinley
Morgan
Secretary of the Navy
Yeas
Mussars
Corman
Featherstone
Kelsey
Kans
JIN
Ingalls
Multiple government and world events in brief notes
The dispatch covers a string of political and international items. It notes Caldwel Yeaman’s nomination for Colorado governor, an assassination attempt on Tresident Diaz, a thwarted plan against the Czar, and a train wreck near a barricade. It lists executive confirmations including Grubb as Minister to Spain and Conger as Minister to Brazil, plus a Mississippi move to abolish the lieutenant governor’s office. Additional items cite a potential Cuban insurrection, Hayes to marry a Virginia widow, the Czar acting as mediator over a Guiana border, Irwin nominated for Arizona governor, and various congressional nominations. It also mentions Russian troop buildup on the Armenian frontier and the administration’s stance on the Eight-Hour law and workers’ interests.
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Tresident Diaz
Colorado
Senate
C. Rouptisor
Fort Smith
Ark
Madrid
Cuba
Washington
R. B. Hayes
Virginia
Ohio
Russia
France
Holland
French
Dutch Guiana
John N. Irwin
Iowa
Arizona
D. K. Trumsr
Congress
Pennsylvania
Tur
Louisiaiana
H. Dudley Coleman
Don Isaac Freeman
Miami County
Freshman Sophomore Cane Rush Ends in Riots at Northwestern
In Evanston, a planned freshman versus sophomore cane rush erupted after prayers, causing extensive damage and torn clothing. Faculty vow to discipline instigators as the town reels from the riot like disturbance in progress.
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Cmiaco
Northwestern University
Evanston
Ardmore
FE T
Isom Stick
Kristol
John Williams
E. Howe
William
Blackburn
N. Y
Theodore Tuderick
Parsee
Tuderick
California
Metz
Germany
Bristol
Williams
Vienna
Kovno
Krasnostaw
Pultowa
Bardowsky
Peoria
Grace Mission Presbyterian Church
Fire, piracy, and politics swirl in scattered notes
News Notes recounts fires destroying the Hippodrome at Bordeaux with 625,000 francs loss, a Chicago wall collapse burying nine firefighters, and McGehee Bros facing $60,000 liabilities after a Clarksville blaze. It notes dismissals, gas explosions, foreign trials, papal changes, and rail and labor tension across the era with varied incidents from Chicago to Central America and a giant iceberg sighting reported by the Brush steamer Bushmells.
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St. Petersburg
Caspian Sea
Chattanooga
Tenn
California
Pennsylvania
New York
Belgrade
King of
Servia
Zanesville
London
America
Europe
United States
Chicago
Fowler Bros
Pittsburgh & Western Railroad
Shepperville
Clarion
Silas Elder
Shreckengost
Frank Wood
Clarksville
McGhee Iros
Pittsburgh
London Stock Exchange
Castrrouxt
England
Rossi
T‘cino
Switzerland
Peete & Enniorr, Hatters
Cincinnati
J. H Warnsrs
Reiaville
N.C
Acme
Toronto
Iow
Bordeaux
France
James Broad
Santiago
Cuba
State Department
McGehee Bros
Canal Street
Windus
Lusk
Stormlin
Shomukin
Peell
Cardinal Rampolia
Chicago Pawers
Natonal Commission
Uenetive
Blaine
Atanta
McKinley
Inter-State Commerce
Board of Trade
Eau Claire
Wis
Senate
Paris
Midland
Scotland
Eichty-Four
Guatemala
Salvator
Central America
Peking
Calhoun County
Gareat
Neyo Rossisk
Black Sea
Cape Race
Market Reports reflect mixed grain and livestock prices
Commodity gossip from Chicago and New York shows wheat and flour steady to lower, corn and oats fluctuating, and beef, pork, and veal markets varied. Cattle and sheep prices edge, hogs dip, with notable figures for futures and cash trades across multiple markets.
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T. Louis
Short
Lear
Linas
New York
Western Dairy
Western Creamery
Elgin
Western
Sensible quiet place prompts cost comparisons
A reader reflects on doing personal price calculations in a quiet setting and considers how justice hinges on giving fair value. The note suggests a calm approach to understanding differences in pricing and the results of such comparisons.
Uncertain Advice On Truth And Swindles Quoted Philosophy
A fragment urges every person to carry a pencil and slate or paper headed by three letters and repeat in concert to find truth. It warns against groping in darkness as proof of good business and cautions not to give up a certainty for uncertainty. It ends with guidance to not abandon ship after a swindle.
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Woodstock
Ont
Benwell
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Silze
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Dresser
Cash and Credit House
Indiana Cash Grocery
Place House
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