Rail and Insurance Bills Signed as Kansan Legislature Concludes
Governor Laedy signed the railroad bill and the insurance tax measure pending in the extra session, imposing two percent on gross premiums for domestic insurers and four percent for foreign ones. The session also moves to repeal the metropolitan police law and discusses oversight of railroad financing and corporate statutes. Populist opposition challenges appointive acts and ongoing votes on regents and other reforms continue.
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Topeka
Kan
Jia S
Laedy
Horupean
Laldover
Senate
Brown
Pratt County
Ducklig
Grey
Lyon County
Vie Hana
Rem Marie
Goth
Cate Press Companies
Plonit
Pelavaneel
Kennisits Ori
Colorado
Kansas
Committee On Judiciary
Court of Visitation
Jas
Auel
Ralleow
Aepate
Breidenthal
Flanna
Court of Common Pleas Ins Distriet
Cherokee
Crawford
Senate Committee On Railroads
Titus
Language Makers Modern Medicine Adds New Terms
The article notes how medical vocabulary enriches everyday speech through disease names and terms like fever symptom chronic and more. It discusses that many medical words are borrowed from foreign roots and have entered common usage beyond strict literal medical contexts.
ILOILA Cable Dispatches From Manila Cabinet Meeting
A telegraph from General Otis in Manila was read at a cabinet meeting. No major public details released. the session adjourned unusually early. The report mentions a belated read of news from Manila with no further disclosed matters.
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Otis
Washington
General Otis
Manila
Noawa
Nollo
Lead and Zinc Mining District Sets Record in 1994 Output
The Missouri-Jackson district led by the Mianonet region reports record zinc ore production and high prices in 1994. Total mine output reached 771.74 units with zinc rising sharply and lead slightly down from 1807. Deep mining and demand for zinc drove the surge while lead ore fell by 132 carloads.
Railroad equipment orders and bids for freight cars
The Northern Pacific Railway orders ten postal cars and 3000 freight cars and seeks hide for 20 first class coaches. City Pittsburg and Gulf bids for 40 furniture cars. Rio Grande Western may order 1000 stock cars. Columbus Sandusky and Hocking has let freight cars. Northern Minnesota seeks 50 to 73 cars for stone and lumber. Wabash reportedly prepares several hundred freight car orders.
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New York
Northern Pacific Railway Company
City
Pittsburg & Gulf
Rio Grande Western
Co~ Iminbus
Sandusky d& Hocking
Hraluord & Northern Minnesota
Wabash 14
Schism and mail theft headlines in 19th century reports
Items cover church schism tactics by Anglican bishops seeking reforms, a large secession of high church clergy suspected. Also reported are a New York mail pouch theft case with 114 packages, an elderly Philadelphia woman claimed as world’s oldest at 129, and Missouri health board annual meeting with resignations and leadership changes.
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Londox
Dan S
William Vernon Hareet
Hax
Wealthy Wichita man weds key witness to avoid trial
At the last term of the criminal court in Wichita Harry Church, accused of murdering his infant son, reached a pact with Mary Kletpigger, the infant’s mother and key witness. They married before the probate judge, depriving the state of its principal testimony and prompting dismissal of the case.
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Wichita
Kan
Harry
Church
Mary Kletpigger
Win Ting
Iis
Secretaries Warn Retaliation Powers Over Foreign Trade
Secretary Wilson urged broad authority in the agricultural appropriation bill to retaliate against nations that discriminate against American products. He warned retaliation could target Germany and France with chemical and safety inspections of imports to protect children and market access.
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Washington
Jan
House
Wilson
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Germany
France
Missouri Finances Show Debt Cut and Bond Payments
Jefferson City, January 3. State Treasurer J L Pitts closes books for the biennial period ending December 31, 1808. The treasury shows no deficit, a reduced state debt, and all matured bonds paid with interest covered, pleasing taxpayers.
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Jefferson City
J. L. Pitts
Cuban Official Organ Patria Suspends U S Publication
Patria the official Cuban junta and delegation organ in the United States has suspended publication indefinitely. Published since March 15, 1892 in New York it will now be issued in Havana as the official organ of the Cuban republic. The move follows Cuba’s attainment of its aims of freedom from Spain. Anphyxiated by the Bellefontaine. 0. Jan. 3.-Harry Mee Grawall Robert: Winteringham Marion (0.1 hogs, called at the IHisl ing's hotel and asked for lodging. They were given beds in a near-by lodging house. A maid found the young men in the morning, overcome by gas escaping from a jet McGraw was dead and Winteringham unconscious. The gas went out while they were asleep Crashed to a Folding Bed Springfield Mo Jan 5.-Mrs Lucretis Kent was found dead in a folding bed which had closed on her after she had retired. She moved into the house on December 31 and close neighbors had not seen her since that day. She was widow about 6 years of age and lived alone
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Philadelphia
Mary McDonald
Home For
Girard Avenue
Me . Donald
Valley Forge
New York
Havana
Bellefontaine
Harry Mee Grawall
Robert
Winteringham
Marion
Ihisling’s
Springfield
Lucretis Kent
Admiral Sampson's Daughter to Marry Tomorrow
Admiral Sampson hosted a luncheon aboard the cruiser New York in New York on January 3 as his daughter prepares to wed the next day. He reports improved health after his India assignment and deflects rumors of a leave, signaling readiness for command of the North Atlantic squadron and possible sea duty soon.
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Sampson Kacertalan
New York
Sampson
India
Aras
Navy Department
North Atlantic
Cuban
Remarkable quadruple wedding unites four brothers and four sisters
In Trail Colorado, ten miles north, four brothers wed four sisters, daughters of farmer Jug Hovhatettiler. Ages range 18 to 25. The ceremony lasted nearly an hour, performed by one clergyman. The wedding linked the Summers family to local farmers in a notable union.
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Camal Dover
Trail
Jug
John Summers
Cherokee Demands for New Treaty Outlined by Commission
The Cherokee commission presents a synopsis of terms desired for a forthcoming treaty with the United States. Key points include 30 year tax-free headrights, mineral royalties allocated to the Cherokee nation for education, immediate U S citizenship with voting rights, and representation in Congress plus moves toward eventual statehood. The seek seeks acknowledgment of tribal governance and federal admission within years.
All Spaniards Killed at Balabas Island
Cables from Manila report that all Spaniards at Balabas in the Philippine group have been murdered except for women, whose release is being sought by insurgents. The dispatch, sent to Madrid at 3 p m on January 5, notes Balabas lies about thirty miles north of Palawan.
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Madrid
Elos
Manila
Balabas
Palawan
Supreme Court Dismisses Kansas City Railroad Land Suit
The U S Supreme Court dismissed the case involving the Korporations of Kangay City Kansas ruling the court lacked jurisdiction. The Kansas Supreme Court had decided the carrier could sell the land of the Union Pacific railroad company. Kalund contested the sale.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Kangay City
Kansas
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Supreme Court of
Kannas
Kalund
Republicans to Control Nebraska Legislature After Meeting
Republicans will organize and control both houses of the Nebraska Legislature. After midnight the caucus was called and continued until dawn, with concessions made among the five remaining members as the party moves toward a unified plan.
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Nebrasks Legielature
Lingoln
Neb
Dua T
Hausen
Degtaliuure
Dua Repblicans
Areond Cougus
Fve Reonleltentt
Few Men Remain In Savannah Military Camp
Savannah Ga Jan 3 The Roumantia troop ship with the Second South Civilian regiment and the Mobile with the Fourth Ninth regiments sailed from Savannah today leaving only the Third Georgia regiment the Maine volunteer artillery and six batteries of United States artillery in the area.
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Savannah
United States
Roumantia
South Civilian
Mobile
Sed
Ninth Trinde
Savanah
Georgia
Maine Volunteer —Artillery
United States Artillery
Weather conditions at Kansas City Digital Service Station
Weather observed across Kansas City area shows cloudy unsettled conditions. Snow reported in North Dakota Montana Wyoming and Washington while eastern regions enjoy fair weather. Temperatures range from zero to 82 degrees with notably mild readings from the upper Mississippi valley to the plains. Barometer low in west central Rocky Mountain regions and around Puget Sound with higher readings in eastern and southeastern areas.
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Kansas City
North Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
Washington
Misulestopi
Dakotas
Nebraska
North Platte
Omaha
Rocky Mountain
Puget Sound
Tabigh
Vienna Censorship Stirs Public Outcry Over Arts Rules
A London Post writer notes Austria enforces a broad censorship that targets literature and the arts. The Vienna censor is blamed for harshly policing poetry, print, sculpture, and music, with new interpretations of poets and bans on songs with rhythmic or emotive content to prevent mass arousal.
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Austria
London Post
Thameslver
Mont Blanc Summit Dispute Among Three Towns
Three municipalities Chamounix Les Houches and St Gervais vie over ownership of Mont Blanc summit appealing to Switzerland. The dispute centers on business of letting mountain entries while the 1739 map fails to settle the lower woody divisions. Humor from the press notes a sphere of influence rather than a rightful claim. Bank commissioner in Topeka issues notices awaiting December 31 data on state and private banks and cattle charges.
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Mont Blanc
Chamounix
Les Houches
St. Gervais
Tourieta
Champants
Coneva Press
Tutnericaa
Markets by Wire Kansas City Live Stock
CATTLE receipts 6000. Market steady for natives and Texas stockers. Cows and heifers mixed values. stockers and feeders around 3.40 to 4.36. Hogs receipts 1900 with market weak to slower. heavies near 3.70. Lambs and muttons limited around 5.00 to 8.50 with varied quotes.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Civ
Texas
Grain and cattle markets mixed on January 3 trading
The report shows Chicago grain quotes for corn and oats with multiple futures notes, including spring and white varieties, along with steady to higher phrases on prices. It also records Chicago live stock receipts of about 9,000 cattle and 13,000 hogs with a steady to higher trend across cattle and feeder categories.
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