Kansas Notes of Spring Strange Incidents and Local Color
A mosaic of Kansas tidbits across counties: rabbits ruin fruit trees in McPherson, quails tamed at Ste John, weddings in Hutchinson, bumper peach hopes in Sumner, ducks spotted in Chase and McPherson, mule teams in Osborne, and farmers trading wheat stored five years for thirty six cents. Local anecdotes mention schools, sheriffs, bankers, and a mix of peculiar happenings shaping spring life.
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Smith Center
Blackmail Charge Shocks Nebraska Merchant in Schuyler
Postoffice Inspector W T Sullivan of Denver arrests Ernest J Walter a Schuyler Nebraska merchant for allegedly trying to extort five thousand dollars from Senator Thomas Kearns of Utah. Walter is accused of writing a threatening letter to the senator’s wife demanding money and promising harm to the children if not paid. The missive cites Salt Lake City and Schuyler as origins, with Walter claiming innocence.
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Postoffice
W.T. Sullivan
Denver
Ernest J. Walter
Schuyler, Neb
Omaha
Thomas Kearns
Utah
Sullivan
Walter
Kearns
Schuyler
Salt Lake City
Wisconsin
Winnat
Ned
Salt Lake
Drunk Engine Crew Cause Moscow Train Disaster
The Moscow correspondent of the Daily Mail reports fifty men cleared snow from a railway cut near Volovo on the Ryazan Ural line. As they paused, a train descended the cut at full speed, crushing about thirty men. Investigations show the engine driver and all guards were drunk.
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Moscow
London Daily Mail
Volovo
Russia
Riazan-Ural
Wind Toppled the Wall at Penitentiary
A wall toppled by a gust at the penitentiary buried two convicts and a guard in the kitchen area during supper preparations. C. F. Murphy from Phelds county Henry Bollin from Douglas and Peter Larson the guard were rescued after about two hours. None were seriously injured despite the fall.
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C. F. Murphy
Phelds County
Henry Bollin
Douglas
Peter. Larson
Export value to Russia shows rise despite sugar decree
A report from the bureau of statistics states that last year American exports to Russia totaled 7,798,020 dollars unaffected by the decree on Russian sugar. Affected trade amounted to 2,872,429 dollars as retaliation for countervailing duties.
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Bureau of Statistics
Russia
Chicago swindling duo charged in forged railroad passes
William A. Steinburn of the National Ficket Brokers Association and James Adler, Steinburn’s employee, were arrested in Chicago for uttering forged railroad passes. The scheme allegedly operated over five years and victimized numerous western railroads.
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Chicago
William A. Steinburn
National
Gibson elected United States senator from Montana
Dispatch from Helena reports Hon. Paris Gibson of Great Falls elected U S senator to serve the term ending March 4, 1905 after the withdrawal of the fusion candidate. Gibson, born 1830 in New Hampshire, educated at Bowdoin, previously led mills in Minneapolis and Montana stock ventures, and helped develop Great Falls with James A. Lill. He has long been a Democrat and served in Montana's constitutional convention and early state senate.
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Helena
Mont
Dispatch
Paris/Gibson
Great Falls
United States
Gibson
H. Rank
Mr. Gibson
New Hampshire
Bowdoin College
Minneapoli
North Star
Montana
Ft Benton
Missouri
Malls
James A. Lill
Prairies
Nebraska Whist Association Meets in Grand Island
The third annual Nebraska Whist Association meeting will be held in Grand Island on Thursday and Friday March 14 and 15. State players are invited for two contests a Lincoln challenge cup team event and a pair event. The team winner earns the Lincoln cup. a top pair earns a trophy for highest average. For information contact secretary W. A. Prince, Grand Island.
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Nebraska Whist Association
Grand Island
Kansas man testifies on wife abandonment crusade against saloons
AWisconsin dispatch reports David Nation testified in his absent wife case stating he and Ed Sample of Medicine Lodge advised her to crusade against saloons as unlawful and abatable by any means. The court sustained the objection and withdrew the evidence from the jury.
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Wisnita
Kas
David Nation
Ed Sample
Medicine Lodge
Allen Still a Member in Senate Pay Question
In the U S Senate on Friday a motion to proceed to executive business prompted a roll call demand by Senator Hoar to officially include Senator Allen of Nebraska in the roll of senators. The move centers on Allen’s status and his right to draw pay in the new Congress under his appointment.
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Allen
United States Senate
Hoar
Massachusetts
Nebraska
Congress
Ex-Senators Named to St. Louis Exposition Panel
The president appoints former Senator Carter of Montana as U S commissioner to the St. Louis Exposition. The salary is $5,000 annually. Other appointees are ex-Senator Thurston of Nebraska William Lindsay of Kentucky and George W McBride of Otepous.
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United States
Carter
Montana
St. Louis Exposition
Thurston
Nebraska
William Lindsay
Kentucky
George W. McBride
Woman held on charge of husband’s murder in Topeka
Mrs Myrtle Webster is jailed in Topeka Kansas charged with killing her husband Norman Webster at their home near Fourth and Leland Streets. A razor was the weapon and the throat was cut from ear to ear. No motive is known and she is thought to be insane.
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Myrtle Webster
Cousty
Topeka
Kan
Norman Webster
Fourth
Leland
Webster
Murder Charge Arrested in New York City Conductor Case
The body of David Forsythe, a conductor on the Fifty-ninth Street cross town line, was found on Fifty-ninth Street near First Avenue. Death caused by a pistol wound to the left head. police arrested John Quinn on suspicion.
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David. Forsythe
Fifty-ninth
New ‘York
Fifty-ninth Street
First Avenue
John Quinn
Moteiman
Duel Report Confirms Fatal Duel Involving Durand
A London dispatch states John Wilson Durand was allegedly killed in a duel, but a press reporter says the death notice was faked and the duel occurred, with Durand wounding the Russian count who served as prefect of Siberie in the confrontation.
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London
John Wil‘son
Durand
Associated’ Press
Siberie
Aguin Aldo Said Hidden in Isa Bella Province
Native sources report Aguin Aldo hiding in Isa Bella on Euzon island's northern coast as American troops scout the area.
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Mininaldo
Aguinaldo
Province of
Isabella
Euzon Island
Meekison career and Peruna promotion excerpt
The text profiles Hon. David Meekison as a long time mayor and congressman from Napoleon Ohio and notes his battle with catarrh. It cites Peruna as his remedy and features endorsements from Carrie Thomas and other actors, plus a call to contact Dr Hartman in Columbus for medical advice.
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David Meekison
America
Meekison
Napoleon
Ohio
Peru‘na
Hartman
Cssratry
Carrie Thomas
Peruna
Carrie
Thomas
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