McPherson bonds fail to pass for court house and jail
The Journal reports the proposition to issue bonds to build a court house and jail in McPherson County was defeated by a margin of 456. Other items include Belle Plaine coal discovery, Topeka teachers meeting invitation for Senator Scalls, fashion critiques, windmill works contract, Galveston colored clergy abstention, Indiana telephone law impact, Kansas railroad ownership by three systems, Western Kansas politics, and local court house plans in Washington county. The piece closes with notes on immigration to Coughs may be soothed by opiates but are harmful and Hed Star Cough Cure claims to help.
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McPherson County
Belle Plaine
Sumner County
Scalls
National Teachers’ Association
Topeka
Washington
Senate
Ture
Kansas
West
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Missour Pacific
Union Pacific
McPhenson
Washington County
Woodbury
Register
Flaumner
Burlington & Missouri River
K. C
Rich Hill
Short Creek
Kansas Tokens and Territorial Delegates in Congres
A compilation notes Kansas outranks states admitted earlier, Postmaster candidates in Atchison, and the Valley Milling Company forming in Irene Pratt County with 310,000 capital. It cites Dana of the New York Sun on beheading officials, a Leavenworth wheat shipment plan, a plantation-era dialect joke, a Navy Secretary quip, railroad system corrections, and a summary of eight western territories with partisan delegate status in Congress, highlighting near parity between parties.
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Valley Milling Company
Irene
Pratt County
Arizona
Dakota
Idaho
Montana
New Mexico
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Congress
Gas lights fade at State Capitol as candles replace
The State Capitol will switch to candles after gaslights were exhausted by the current year budget. An act restricting officer expenditures delayed electric installation, and no gas funds can be drawn until July. Separately, Emporia jail inmates sparked a fire and caused mischief, with guards extinguishing flames and inmates later assaulting the jailer.
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Niaur
Emporia
What to do with the dead is a grave question
Forum on Creation notes frailty of death handling. Morrill foes announce another bid for Congress. Niles appointment delays in Garden City land office, with Five named special agent replacing Drew. Wilder plans revised Annals of Kansas to be printed. Bristox loses $200 to three robbers near St Joe. Shannon quotes attack on New England public schools as crime breeding.
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Kansas City
Eisner Coxs
Forum On
Henry B. Five
Larnett
Land Office
Brownlee Register
Larnett Land Office
W. F. Drew
Annals of Kansas
D. W. Wilder
Geo. M. Bristox
King City
Robel
St. Joe
Studdenly
St. Joy
Zach Montgomery
Cleveland
Washington
Towalls
New England
American Republic
DR. Henderson
Wyandotte ST
Medielus
Chicago
Seatal
Stampa
Annals of
Hens Wrandatte
Senator Prine Bill Bars Noncitizens from Real Estate
Senator Prine introduced a Senate bill prohibiting noncitizens from acquiring or holding real estate in U.S. territories or the District of Columbia except in good faith debt collection. It targets companies with more than 10 percent noncitizen ownership from acquiring land. The wording notes enforcement and scope across territories.
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Prine
United States Senate
United States
District of Columbia
Debate Over Land Grants and Presidential Powers
A lengthy partisan review condemns land tenure laws, criticizes executives who funded or benefited from railroads, and warns against absentee ownership. It questions President Cleveland’s message to Congress on suspensions, arguing it threatens legislative independence and risks autocratic power. The piece also touches on China policy, calls for better enforcement of laws, and notes General Alfred H. Terry’s promotion to major general.
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Alfred H. Terry
Hancock
Terry
General Howard Set for Promotion by Seniority and Merit
The article notes General C. O. Howard leads the promotion order by rank seniority, with his battlefield bravery and capable administration cited as grounds for succession to a vacancy. It mentions General Pope turning 44 soon and retiring, opening a path for Howard, while others listed include Crook Miles Stanley and Gibbon. It also comments on officers’ desire for promotion before retirement and possible political influence affecting decisions.
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C. O. Howard
Howard
Pope
O. C. Howard
George Crook
Nelson A. Miles
David
Stanley
John Gibbon
Western Kansas secession movement cited by Garden City Sentinel
The Garden City Sentinel warns of Western Kansas secession as a remedy for Western needs. It argues Kansas growth and geography burden eastern institutions and suggests moving state facilities west or granting western access to existing eastern establishments.
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Garden City Sentinel
Kansas
Female county officials and eclectic magazine offer
The piece notes that Barber, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crffy, Crraham, Greenwood, Labette, Ryan Sheridan and Woodson counties have female county superintendents, registers of deeds, and a female county clerk in Harper, praised as serving well. It then advertises Anpes's Limany Magazine March issue with diverse essays by Lang, Dicey, Freeman and others, priced at $1.50 yearly or 0.15 per copy, plus a New York Tribune quote and a Bucklea’s Arnica Salve ad.
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Barber
Chanutauqua
Cheroker
Crffy
Crraham
Greenwood
Labette
Ryan Sheridan
Woodson
Davis
Dickinson
Harper County
Anpes
Limany
Mr. Ghidstone
Luingy Ao
Frederic Harrison
Brittian
Gaul
Spains
Edward A. Freeman
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Dick Tompson
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FM. Niles
Garden City
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Frank Lynch
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Iowa
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