Inauguration Day Drama as Stanley Sworn in Kansas Governor
Jan Topeka reports Gov Stanley takes oath in state capitol amid festive decor amid republican shift from populist. The address hails new century and calls for unity and disarmament while praising the administration of Leedy and urging national harmony. Officials discuss caucus picks for house officers and sergeant positions as Osborn to speak and Lubell favored for chief clerk amid party maneuvering.
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Francie
Jordan
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House
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Doniphan
Chandler
Topelis
Ken
Stephen J. Osborn
Kaline
Republican Caucus
Bad McKeever
Shuewey
Kan
Jun
Weting
Laaily
Dette Newapaper
Lopeka
Kangdon
Zuneners Mill
Lerds
Acta
Scots County
Two Trains Meet in Pacific Crash at Sunol Neb
Train No 3 of Union Pacific collided with No 2 at Sunol fifteen miles east of Omaha. Engineer Dell Bonner killed? and Fireman Coleman died. Engineer Rees and Ell injured. Several passengers hurt. No 3's passengers numbered 100. two aged man and woman missing. No 3 the doubleheader ran at 25 mph? toward the meet.
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Omaha
Arraigned for Rioting in Mining Town Court
Seventy miners and citizens were arraigned in court for rioting accusations. States Attorney Mumphreys pressed fifty cages while certain defendants pled guilty, receiving sentences. Other items note train bandits arrests in Missouri and Illinois, and various political and military updates with adverse weather in Lexington.
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Fona
Illoote Tromble
Pana
Mumphreys
Eltiven
Minn
Orville
Maxwell Punwell
Tieday
Philippines turmoil as Ililo builds and guns ready
Dispatches from Gen Otis reveal no major changes in Iloilo while insurgents threaten to burn the business district. Col Potter reports banks shipping treasure to Newport and a deadly attack on US guards. U S gunboat Petrol arrives as plans to land troops on Panay near Negros move forward amid shipping impressments and refugees aboard a British cruiser. Cabinet talks in Washington note no alarming change, with McKinley’s proclamation read aboard ship after printers refused shore work. The press notes ongoing Anglo-American and Filipino tensions, prodding diplomacy and potential clashes.
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Col Potter
Otis
Iloilo
Poiot
United States
Newport
Consal
McKinley
Harry Silvey
Frank Kirkpatrick
Sixth United States Artillery
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Kirkpatrick
Petrol
Lloilo
Col. Potter
Uiniamaras Island
Panay
Negros
Francisco Reyes
Washington
War Department
Philippines
Provident
Istana
Acre
Taunton
Port Sheridan
Orient
Lawton
Europe
Weather forecast across states from Gulf to Upper Midwest
A night storm traverses the central United States, bringing cloudy skies from the gulf to southern Missouri and rain in parts of the south. Most of Kansas Nebraska and the Rockies remain clear though increasing clouds in the Ohio valley. Temperatures dip below freezing from the Mississippi and Ohio valleys to Minnesota and North Dakota. Barometric pressure varies across regions with low readings in the northwest and higher pressures in the central plateau.
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Missouri
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Ohio
Minnesota
North Dakota
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Central Plateau
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Epidemic of the grip hits Arkansas City
The grip is spreading through Arkansas City Kansas with about 100 people ill and three deaths attributed to the disease as of January 9. The outbreak has caused local concern and health officials are monitoring the situation closely.
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Kan
Disabled veterans housing bill and Spanish territory debate in Senate
In Washington a Senate military affairs report by Mitchell Wisconsin backs admitting disabled veterans from the Civil War and earlier conflicts to homes for disabled volunteers. The measure paused as Hour presses a resolution opposing acquisition of new Spanish territory. In Ashburnham Massachusetts the First National Bank suffered a dynamite blast, devastating the interior and shattering windows with damages estimated between 1500 and 2000 dollars.
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Senate
Span
Massachusetts Bank Hobved
Ashburnham
Mass
First National Bank
Iterior
The Mineral Production Figures For 18S Revealed
New York January reports in the Engineering and Mining Journal present the United States mine output for 18S. Total production reached 8754027047, up 855,008,720 from the prior year, with gold output at 8,200,000 reflecting a strong rise in overall metal production amid shifting domestic mining activity.
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Che Engineering and Mining Journal
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Une
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Murdered Telegraph Operator Found At Post In Pennsylvania
Philadelphian Joe Wurster, night telegraph operator at the Philadelphia and Reading line near Bethlehem, was murdered early Saturday. His body, with head crushed and two bullet holes, sat upright in his chair in the bloodstained office after a struggle. No clue to the killer. age 27, married to a Hartroad Bomer from Philadelphia. A separate Philadelphia item notes a rail-road consolidation deal likely next week, involving four western lines and eastern capital, totaling 1,400 miles and a capitalization of about 42 million dollars.
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Sadam
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Western
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Pittsburg & Gulf
Kansas City & Northern
Kansas City & Eastern
Omaha
Derstead
Bold Robbers Kidnap Policeman At Fort Scott Hotel
Fort Scott Kansas reports a bold kidnaping last night as two robbers seized a hotel and lunch counter, gagged a constable, and escaped armed. Police and deputies pursue. one bystander Edward Meade is shot while attempting to intervene. A second man, George Begro, wounded in a separate incident amid the search.
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Waldaight
Sayers’ Lund
Edward Meade
Memphis Railroad
George Young
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Ue Erwin, Grant & Co
Commissimed Ag
Welay
Thy
Proclamation in Cuba Warns Arms Surplus Neutralized
A Cuban proclamation by Gen Ludlow orders weapon and ammo stockpiles to be reported or dispersed as peace returns. It notes armories and stores near the city, with curfew rules and food provisions, plus a note on the governor’s approach to policing and a bank commutation case stirring local anger. It also mentions a separate Kansas City incident of a girl saved from suicide, and broader federal inquiries into transportation and anti polygamy petitions, with a note on an airship patent filing by a Texas inventor.
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Kansas City Ledger Finds Buried Train Loot Not Found
Safe with 811,500 loot from a Missouri Pacific robbery near Leeds in September was not located by Chief Strauss and Sheriff Cook. Chad Stowell, inmate of Hutchinson reformatory, confessed involvement. Officials used his map but searched to no avail. Also mentions Pratt clashing with Aguinaldo and Dawson City misery amid hunger, warmth pleas, and a US Congress aid appeal.
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One Hero Ignored in Havana Blockade Scene
A U S cruiser nears Havana harbor under a flag of truce but an officer refuses to hoist it. He proclaims he will not let an American flag rise while he is aboard, waiting for marines to quell mutiny. Reporters chase a dramatic photo while the crowd markets him as a hero or fool.
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Kansas City Market Reports Mixed Grain and Livestock Action
Market news from Kansas City shows cattle and grain receipts and prices with mixed tone. Cattle receipts around 10000. live cattle and native stockers steady to firm, some gains in heifers and cows. Grain futures list May and July contracts, corn and wheat marginally higher, oats firm, with mixed feeds and dairy listings noting steady creamery prices.
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