Uncertain Ground of Kansas Legislature and Nation
Senate debates in Topeka on relief for Lawrence and state land office, real estate incorporation, life insurance misrepresentations, and railway non negotiable notes. House bills include veterinary surgeon, Parsons library funding, horticultural society, normal school, Edwards county funding, teacher examinations, and married woman identity protection. Telegraph briefs note post office thefts, political re elections, hazing suspensions, lynching attempt, shipwreck reports, and regional accidents.
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Raplevin
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Graene
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State Horticultural Society
State Normal School
Edwards County
Lloyd
Rawlings
Penitentiary Committee
Trains Wreck Warrants Issued. Three Masted Schooner Sunk
From San Francisco January 24 A Kern county coroner issues warrants for the engineer and brakeman of the wrecked train. Information from Bris Banyne Queensland reports a large three masted schooner lost at the Fly River mouth near Guinea. Seventeen crew killed by natives with heads sent to villages. Captain Pennafeather of the Pearl searched but found only wreckage. His party attacked by natives. An old woman confessed to the murders. Pannafeather burned native villages and destroyed canoes.
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Pennafeather
Pearl
Pannafeather
Tariff battles and naval bill debates in Congress
Washington and Philadelphia dispatches detail a day of contentious tariff amendments on iron ore copper and steel as well as naval appropriations. Senators Voorhees Aldrich Sherman and Brown push altercations while the House moves toward finalizing the naval bill amid flagged speeches and committee votes. In Philadelphia a gas trust fraud probe cites ex auditors and clerks amid arrests and missing records.
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West Philadelphia
Martin W. Culp
Mor
Washington notes cross examined star route trialership
A. W. Moore testified in a star route trial that he did not settle his account or receive pay through July and acknowledged signing reports dated July 26 1878 for 166 dollars balance of salary and expenses to July 11 1878. He said signatures were in Washington and that expenses covered telegrams hotel bills and other items not included in a separate settlement with Dorsey.
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Eugenias Visit Sparks Mixed Sentiment in Paris
Paris reports show Eugenia leaving amid a large crowd and sympathy while Grand Duke Constantine delivered a private message from President Grevy deeming her presence undesirable. The episode centers on political tension around Prince Napoleon’s arrest and fleeting Cabinet tenure, with Orleans princes appearing prominently in the discourse.
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Paris
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Rouher
Orleans
Bail sought denied for Frank Jaimes in Missouri case
Kanas City January 25. Frank Jaimes refuses to post bail, remaining in Independence jail. Lawyers handle matters while authorities consider multiple Missouri charges. Hold bail at 3500 dollars for robbery at May term. Governor Crittenden will not issue requisition until Missouri charges resolved. London Times editorial comments on French ministry and republic risks. Preston B Plumb named as solid contact in Emporia and Washington. Congress civil service bill referenced.
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Ireny
Crittenden
Missouri
London Times
France
Republic
DeClerc’s
Preston B. Plumb
Emporia
Washington
Capi
Congress
Cobb Lynched Near Farm After Shootout in Kansas
Kansas City dispatch reports Sheriff Shinneman died of wounds received while arresting Charles Cobb alias Smith, a desperado. Cobb was seized by 25 armed men at a farm house near a station and hanged from a tree after neighbors aided in his capture. Cobb had earlier slain a Butler county constable.
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the Times
Wichita
Kas
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Chas
Cobb
Smith
Winfield
Cob
Butler County
Indications and Personal Tales from a Dark Day
Washington notes show partly cloudy Missouris valleys and shifting temperatures as a backdrop to a quieter than usual re election result for Senator Plumb. A Memphis plague tale follows, detailing engineer Forbes and fireman George nursing the sick, burying the dead, and sacrificing to save others during the deadly city outbreak.
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James Forbes
George
Forbes
Jem
Bayou Gayoso
Misleading Names Across Common Goods and Origins
A writer notes how terms like tenpenny nails and German silver mislead through literal interpretation. The piece cites examples from nails to gloves and pencils, explaining each name’s odd origin and how common usage ignores true meanings.
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Dandreary
Juliet
Jisisewife
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