Republican State Convention Call For Topeka August Delegates
A Republican delegate contention will be held in Representative Hall Topeka on Wednesday August 20 at 4 PM to nominate candidates for Governor Lieutenant Governor Secretary of State Auditor of State Treasurer Attorney General Superintendent of Public Instruction justice of the Supreme Court All counties organized at the last legislature will have representation Two delegates from each district plus alternates Central committees may designate primary meetings for August 15 with county committees appointing alternates Proxies do not count for seat eligibility.
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Representative Hall
Topeka
fu-Wnhts
Lies
Awistor of
Suste
Genersl
Puller
Sujreime
Leavenworth
Humboldt
Emporia
Sopeka
S. A. Cobb
Wyandotte
L.B. Taylor
Wyandotte Gaske
M. W. Reynolds
Parson's Sun
Simons
Neosho County
Lowa
Republican convention plans set for Second Kansas district
A Kansas Republican delegate convention for the Second Congressional district will meet in Humboldt Allen county on September 1 at 10 o clock a.m. Delegates are allotted by district with Wilson county receiving four and the 38th Andersen-counted district adjusted accordingly. Primaries are urged August 7 with central committees directing the arrangements and one alternate per delegate.
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Second
State of
Kansas
Humboldt
Allen County
Leavenworth topeka dispatches detail convention dates and appointments
A dense roundup notes Col. D W Horston entering the First District race, Galveston Houston delegates returning home, and Manhattan Agricultural College events. It lists new land office appointments at Hays City and Larned, Kansas Republican and Opposition conventions dates, and remarks on newspaper veteran Sol Miller and Postmaster Creswell successor developments.
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Phillips
Bill
Ays City
Larned
Hays City
Register
J. J. Edwards
Carpenter
Chas
A. Morrin
Gilbert
Convicted killers sentenced to hang in Wichita
The Wichita case of Joseph McNutt and Arthur Winner ends with Judge Campbell imposing one year in prison followed by hanging for the murder of W. W. Sevier. The prisoners faced their doom quietly, with little emotion. The report also notes ongoing Beecher Tilton scandal coverage and political notices about a Republican Congressional Convention in Humboldt listing several candidates and questions about press ethics and advertising.
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Joseph McNutt
Arthur Winner
W. W. Sevier
Wichita
W. P. Campbell
Ottawa Exposition Sees Civic Pride and Local Support
A visiting party from Humboldt Union and Fredonia Citizen tours Ottawa praising its refined residents and tree lined streets. They meet editors Sharp and Murdock at the Republican office, noting Melius backs the Franklin county movement as a top political prospect for the fall.
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Neosho County
J. L. Kennison
McEllavy
Humboldt Union
Gilmore
Fredonia Citizen
Ottawa
Grand Center
Kaw
Big Muddy
Republican
Messrs Sharp and
Murdock
Franklin County
Melius
Garnett visit reflects park praise and Senate rebuke
The correspondent notes Ottawa praise for Forest Park and local sport while visiting Garnett. In Garnett, Senator Johnson discusses blooded stock, and the piece covers the Journal office, hospitality, and local business. It also analyzes the Senate rejection of Shepard for District of Columbia commissioner, praising Senate independence and opposition to executive overreach.
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Melius
Kansas
Ottawa
Garnet
Garnett Plaindealer
Spooner
Cooper
Journal
Charley Elliott
Tolain
Hotel de Horse
de Horse
Charley
McElroy
Gilmore
Johnson
Garnett
Martin Proposed as Republican Lieutenant Governor Candidate
The Paola Spirit endorses John A. Martin editor of the Atchigan Champion as a strong, well-known pick for the Republican Lieutenant Governor ticket this fall. It notes his legislative experience, statewide popularity, and potential to win overwhelmingly if nominated, while acknowledging he has so far declined the office.
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John A. Martin
Paola
John Martin
Homicide in Labetta: man shot after lurker seen at window
Oswego correspondent reports Joseph Brown of Elm Grove township hired Louis Johnson who quit to go to Osage Mission. Brown drove Johnson to Chetopa to pay him, returned home, and later shot a man secreted behind rails after a nighttime sighting. The caller fled. neighbors summoned help and the family stayed inside.
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Kansas City Times
Oswego
Joseph Brown
Elm Grove Township
Louis Johnson
Johnson
Osage Mission
Brown
Cherokee County
Chetopa
Mr. Brown
Joe
Joel Brown
Unexplained death near town and lightning strike report
An unidentified man lay dead near a house with a gun and clothing nearby. A bowie-knife owned by Mr Brown lay beneath the body, Brown notified the Justice, and the inquiry may reveal more. A lightning strike near ten miles west was also reported.
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Brown
Johnson
Highwaymen Rob City Area Near Leavenworth
A Leavenworth Appeal special reports three highwaymen robed travelers near Kansas City, drawing revolvers and stealing a diamond pin from a gentleman, later returning it. They looted a Westport road group including Glen Carr and Mark Crane of Western Union. police fear the pair may be James Brothers. The robbers, two dark-eyed brothers, masked, five feet eight, wore steel-mixed clothes and rode ponies. Affected victims include a druggist, Mr Wocher, and local farmers and footmen. Police rounds increase due to the city proximity and suspected days-long stay by the thieves.
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Leavenworth
Westport Road
Lake House Farm
Glen
Joe Carr
Mark Crane
Western Union Telegraph Company
Westport
Darr
Wocher
James Brothers
Treasurer's letter on unpaid Union scrip funds
State Treasurer Joan Frascis states there is no money to pay Union military scrip from the Price raid and Indian expedition under General Curtis and none will be available until the Legislature provides. She asks the state's press to publish the notice for all concerned.
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Gien
Curtis
Joan Frascis
Tragic Arkansas Family Killed by Rattlesnake Incident
In Wayne County Tennessee a man Bennett Kyle and his two children die in a chain of events after a rattlesnake bites a daughter at a spring. The mother, left with another child, finds both her child and the snake, then the husband is killed by a falling timber during the panic. All occur within about thirty minutes.
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Wayne Co
Tenn
Bennett Kyle
Black hackman quotes twenty five cents fare tale
A Toledo Commercial report recounts a racist street scene where a hack driver refuses service to a well dressed Black man until the fare is paid. The man, revealed as Professor Larcome of Washington, ends up paying three dollars and entering a hotel, highlighting racial bias in street commerce. The Columbus Journal notes a 32,000 acre land dispute slice in Joy versus Langdon.
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Professor Larcome
Washington
Toledo
The
Columbus Journal
James F. Joy
Langdon
The New Tax Law Takes Effect October First
A summary of the new tax law passed last winter explains tax due dates and penalties. Taxes become payable after November 1 with options to pay half or full by December 20 for rebates. If only half is paid, the remaining half due by June 20. Delinquent payments incur escalating penalties on December 21, January 1, March 21, and June 21, with warrants issued in later dates for collection. Real estate notices publish in July and sales occur the first Tuesday in September.
No Inflation About It The New York Tribune on currency bill
The New York Tribune condemns the new currency bill as a false inflation arguing it adds no currency but frees existing money for public good. It questions the value of thirty millions locked in bank vaults and the twenty six millions of greenback reserve kept in Washington treasury.
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New York Tribune
Greenback “Reserve
Treasury
Washington
Lawrence Journal
State News Highlights From Kansas The State Fair Premium List Nears Release
State news notes the premium list for the state fair will be issued soon while Leavenworth delays its juvenile reform scheme until July ninth. It covers currency re distribution, a pig with five legs born in Kansas City, and various local items from Arkansas river fruit, a large apple tree in Burlingame, to a new Midland Railroad depot at Massachusetts Street. It also recounts a tragic accident in Highland precinct, a saltwater analysis by a Smithsonian chemist, and a sensational but unverified frontier report of Medicine Lodge burnings and cattle theft. Additional tales include a missing five year old near Irving found safe in a Vermillion bed, and reports of chinch bug fighters in Labette county.
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Leavenworth
Kansas
Indian Territory
J.B. Jones
Fort Gibson
United States
Oklahoma Star
Caddo
Choctaw Nation
Congress
Kansas City Times
Earl
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
St. Joe
Council Bluffs Road
Wintrop
Winthrop
John Lane
Yeater
Atchison Murder Involving Potter Brothers and Boyle
Ottawa Journal reports two fatal events in a single notice. Old Jacob Keeley, a respected Atchison county resident, was murdered Saturday on his way home by Isaac Potter, George Potter, and Walter Boyle. Separately, Frances M. Bixler drowned while bathing near William Herr's ford in the Marais de Cygnes river after joining two young women to swim. coroner's verdict was accidental drowning.
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Jacob Keeley
Atchison County
Atchison
Issac
George Potter
Walter Boyle
Ottawa Journal
Frances M. Bixler
Arthur Bixler
Ottawa
Marais Dea Cygnes
William Herr
Alonzo. Birch
Massachusetts Legislature Fails to Pass License Bill
A review of weekly news notes reports the Massachusetts legislature rejecting the license bill despite the governor's veto, alongside other items: a large drop in congressional appropriations, a fatal carbonic acid asphyxiation in New York, and a range of fiscal figures and local events from varied states.
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