Chicago detectives nab a gang leader amid train robbery pursuit
Marshall Prentice reports a Pinkerton notice confirming the capture of a gang leader once tied to the Kinsley train robbers. The arrestee had lived in Lawrence fifteen years ago and led the gang during a prior offence. Kansas rewards loom as more whiskey case bonds face district court action. Henry Canniff, Kansas pioneer and ex Lawrence school superintendent, dies at Topeka. He was born in 1814 in New York and held multiple public roles.
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Enrollment Figures At University Of Kansas
The University of Kansas lists total enrollment at 479 for the current year with 35.61 percent women. Postgraduate students are 10. seniors 24. juniors 27. sophomores 49. freshmen 97. Sub freshman class shows 149 girls and boys. Music enrolls 8, with 54 in piano and 30 in vocal. Law has 82. pharmacy 37. art drawing 22. The largest enrollment was 472 before the preparatory class cuts in 1885. Regions supplying students expand to 63 counties, 16 states, and territories.
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Waterville
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Mise Dudley
MacDonalds
Kansas
School Reports Call For Less Work And Longer Review
City schools records show January February March activity with rising concern over pupil overwork. Parents urged to monitor health and delay advancement for younger students while teachers note many top students struggle in higher grades. Lawsuits mention marriage licenses and local property sale amid street incident and a Rhode Island street sale.
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Quiet Election Yields Clear Majorities Across City
The election passed quietly with voters reporting minimal disruption. Key results show Mr Barker leading Whitcomb by 611, Gould city treasurer by 695, Williams police judge 731, Blythe education board 859, Wright 646, Stevens 142, Edgar 104, and Hamilton 179 while Estes tallied 236. Republicans won council seats by solid margins.
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Jovlis Blythe
Board of Education
Harrington
Railroad officials and bids alter Kansas routes this summer
W Dobsck attends Kansas association meeting in Kansas City as secretary. C W Crook visits St Louis yesterday. State officers plan annual assessment tour on K N D railroad then Santa Fe. Rock Island grading advances toward Wellington Caldwell and beyond into the Territory. Southern Kansas lines push two routes southward toward Denison Texas and the Texas Panhandle. A suit in Judge Redden's court seeks restraining order to halt bonds for Frisco and St Louis Newton Denver lines amid alleged irregularities. Redden issues injunction after railroads ruling.
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Kasaas City
Kansas Association of the General
C. W. Crook
St. Louis
Texas Panhandle
Kiowa
Meiers
University Notes tallies students and staff across departments
University notes list staff visits and student counts across faculties. It records Mrs Lippincott and Mrs M Chester visits, two days vacation for students, election of Joe Rolaton as Juniors representative, and classes during Prof Mac Donalds illness. Catalog figures show 480 total students from 16 states and 67 Kansas counties, with detailed counts by department.
North Lawrence Glee Club Sings At Armory Event
The North Lawrence Glee club performed for Republicans at the armory on Monday evening. The election in the north side went quietly with less than half the women voting. A university concert drew a large crowd and was well received.
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The Five Cent Pass On Philadelphia Streetcar
On a Pennsylvania Avenue Line car, a well-known New England congressman tried to dodge a five cent fare by claiming a pass. The conductor pretended not to hear the name, causing a public scene as passengers realized Congressmen had passes. The man finally admitted to the fare after the conductor signaled the matter was resolved.
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Mistaken Identity and Strange Suspects in Murder Case
The Medical Standard discusses confusing identity cases. A Daly Strahl murder involved Wilson confessing to Daly's killing while Dieterle faced Strahl, with dismembered remains misattributed by relatives. Wilson was hanged. Dieterle acquitted amid corroborated confession flaws. Similar 1833 cases show misidentifications by families, friends, and witnesses.
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Revival Work Spurs Unlicensed Preaching Across Churches
A Chicago Journal report highlights a growing rise of free for all preaching without denominational licenses. Clergy note de facto acceptance by most churches, with Moody and revivalists spreading itinerant preaching, challenging old rules that forbidden preaching without authorized call. Educational terms like tear, squirt, and slump appear as campus recitation slang.
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First Marriage in Tazewell County 1827 Stout Couple Joined
A Pekin Illinois account recounts the first Tazewell County marriage in 1827. Frank Stout and Fanny Stout wed June 27 1827 after clerk Mordecai Mobley improvised a marriage permit from an old book and a feather pen. The diarist notes Mobley and Rev Brown are deceased, Mobley living in Dubuque Iowa.
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Our County
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William Brown
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Lead Saves Jackson Postmaster Veteran in Cabinet Clash
A Nashville American tale recounts General Jackson sparing a veteran postmaster from removal. The old soldier, boasting wounds from fighting England, faced political pressure from Silas Wright and Martin Van Buren. Jackson refused, declaring he would not remove him, noting the man bore lead in his body. The postmaster then left for home rejoicing.
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Shutting Up the Past First Lecture Experience by Josh Billings
In Chicago Marked by a modest first platform appearance, Josh Billings recalls a failed New Jersey reading with seven attendees then details returning to New York to pursue writing. Two years later a packed New York venue led to a triumphant revival and the phrase shutting up the past and beginning again. Gur West notes storm alerts trigger East Coast real estate buzz.
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