ALL HONOR BISMARCK The Prince's Birthday Celebrated Today
Berlin decorates amid trains bringing visitors from across the empire to congratulate Prince Bismarck on his eightieth birthday. University deputations, royal envoys, and international figures send tributes while German districts in New York and other cities hold festivals and public observances with bells, banners, and concerts.
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Empire
Prince Bismarck
Zeydlitz
Hamberg
Lubeck
Bremen
Vacar
Sweden
Norway
Bismarck
Francis Joseph
Austria
Todany
Germany
Washington
William 1
William 11
Napoleon III
Europe
Biggerman
Arcon
Liederkranz
Hoboken
Hackensack
Hiemarck
Benoix
Seboula
King of
Edison bids to reclaim control of phonograph business
New Jersey court may transfer ownership of the North American Phonograph Co assets to Thomas Edison after his $125,100 bid is accepted. Edison envisions household phonographs and the ability to reproduce opera or novels on cylinders, including Norma and Trilby, with kinetoscope-phonograph combos in development.
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Mewill Farnish
Norma
Tenby
New York
Thomas Edison
Menlo Park
North Americas Phonograph Company
John J. Harding
James H. Lippincott
Mr. Edison
New Jersey
Harding
Edison
du Maar
Harpers
Men ministers visit theater dives in Sabbath probe
Seven ministers of Sabbath Union toured theater dives between Clarke avenues and Fourth to gather evidence used by Attorney James Hopkins to swear warrants against dive keepers Bryant, Failey, A J Summerville, Lizzie Esier, Lon C Thompson and K L Karston. Two warrants were sworn against clothing store keeper Sigmund E Frieund for Sabbath breaking and Sunday selling.
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Dr. Parkhurst
St. Lewis Dives
Lewis
Sabbath Union
Clarke Avenue
Clarke Street
Fourth
Seventh Streets
James Hopkins
Bryant, Faeley
A J. Summerville
Lizzie Esier
Lon C. Thompson
K. L. Ka
Robbers Linked to Santa Fe Freight Car Theft
George Montgomery of the Santa Fe secret service captured three men who robbed a Santa Fe freight car at La Junta. The thieves wore still-unworn winter suits with creases intact. They were jailed in Shawnee County awaiting further action. Across town, excitement rose as the M. K. T. Railway Office construction began in Parsons with cannons, whistles, and bells marking the new general office and depot, resolving disputes over Kansas location and state litigation.
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Nere
Santa Fe
George Montgomery
Secret Service
Topeka
Silrance
Sheriff's Office
Dan Jones
Montgomery
Kansan City
la Junta
Shawnee County
Parsons
Paasons
Kus
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Katy
Kansas
Two Men Plead Guilty in Grand Larceny Case
Two men named Jobo Rush and Frank Miller, captured in the southern part of the state for stealing Councilman P. W. Griggs's buggy and harness, pleaded guilty in district court and received two year sentences. The charge was grand larceny with a potential one to five year penalty. Judge Huxton did not give the minimum, labeling them scamps. Also noted, Bank of Danton cashier who held the safe combination had left Canton, McPherson County, delaying access to assets for creditors.
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P. W. Griggs
Bugsy
Jobo Rush
Frank Miller
Hardge
Huxton
Breidenthal
Canton
McPherson County
Bank of
Danton
Approval of Cleveland Invitation to Chicago Reception
Washington April 1. The president received a Chicago delegation including William T. Baker George W. Smith John A. Roche T W Harvey David Kelly and Henry G Robbins. They invited him and Mrs Cleveland to a public reception in Chicago to honor his steadfast insistence on a sound national currency. The president said he appreciated the call but could not say if he would accept due to uncertain public duties in Washington.
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John A. Roche
Chicago
T. W. Harvey
Commercial Club
David Kelly
Henry G. Robbins
Washington
WEINLEY AT WASHINGTON VISIT IN APRIL
Governor McKinley and party left their private car for the Ebbit house to rest for the day. He planned to call on Senator Sherman and the president, then drive with Mrs. McKinley, before leaving for Columbus at seven. Canton would be his stop en route as his old home. Collectors waited at the Ebbit House to obtain his signature.
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Epvitt House
Moonshiners Fight in Hempstead County Net Two Dead
Deputy Marabail Johnson and six posse members clashed with a moonshining gang in Hempstead County mountains. Two outlaws lay dead, a third captured, and an illicit still capable of twenty gallons of whisky was seized. Bellamy and Fill sustained serious wounds as four moonshiners escaped.
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Litthe Rock
Ark
United States
Marabail Johnson
Hempstead
Fill
Bellamy
General Rain Sweeps Across Kansas With Snowfall
A broad storm tracked from Minnesota into Kansas bringing general rain across the state. Snow fell in parts of Nebraska, Iowa, and northern Missouri as colder, clearing air followed, with eastern Kansas forecast light rain or snow today and fair, warm weather by Tuesday. Weather reports from Hock Island Santa Fe and Missouri Pacific lines note widespread rainfall and mixed precipitation along their routes.
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Kansas
Hock Island
Goodland
Santa Fe
Kaness
Missouri Pacific
Garnet
Jenninss
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Reserves Called Out in Spain For Cuba War Effort
Spain increases military strength as Marshal Martinez Campos meets the queen regent before departing for Cuba. Government calls out 20 000 reserves to bolster army effectiveness. At the courthouse two sheriff sales occurred, including Geo ceboom property at 741 and 743 Wan es street for a $1.88 back claim. A separate case involved Farmland Mortgage Co against H P Grandpre for county property debt under $1 000. Peerless Steam Laundry lease reported.
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Spain
Mavnno
Martinez Campos
Cuba
Court House
Wanesstreet
Ee Street
Geoceboom
Matey
Julis A. Hogeboom
Farmland Mortgage Company
H P. Grandpre
WILL OPEN WITH DIGNITY Court Begins to Sit In the Seme Chamber Tomorrow
The Kangas supreme court will open in the senate chamber tomorrow marking a historic move from basement rooms to dignified quarters. Judge J L Eldridge will announce the court in session with proper form, as justices move into new offices and a revised layout.
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Ranges Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Senate
J. L Bldridge
Ballif
Supreme Court of the
Kangas
Eldridge
Senate Chamber
Justice Horton
Justice Johnson
wayGand Meany
Justice Allen
Potwin Election Hinges on One Ticket and Light Vote
Potwin holds a sparse election with less than 100 votes expected as rain dampens turnout. The regular ticket includes Forbes as mayor, Henderson and Griffith as council members, Jermore Booth Atwood Myers. Willard, the former nominee, withdrew for Booth. Ogilsby remains in the race as an independent. The council meeting is postponed to canvass the vote Wednesday night.
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Sarcasl
Potwin Place
Ebenezer Wilson
Eos
Potwin
Dues
West
M. Forbes
Ice
William Henderson
SH. Griffith
AP. Jermore
James Booth
G M. Atwood
W. A. Myers
Forbes
FP. T. Willard
Booth
U.S. Ogilsby
Kansas Speaker Gets Ovation At Gridiron Dinner
A Washington dispatch notes Charles Gleed of Topeka Kansas director of the Santa Fe system delivered one of the happiest speeches at the Gridiron Club dinner. He received an ovation after Kansas influence in the room and follows Colonel William R. Mattison and lecturer George Wendling in the program.
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Washington Dispatch
St Louis Globe-Democrat
Charles & Gleed
Topeka
Kay
Washington
New York
Gridiron Club
Interstate Commerce Commtission
William R. Mattison
Gleed
George Wendling
Rankin Company Returns to Denver After Unprofitable Tour
Melrise Rankin ends popular price run in Atchison and Kansas cities Leavenworth and Wichita. McKee Rankin and company move to Denver Lyceum tonight for a several week engagement. In two weeks Sidney Drew will join as Mr. Drew joins Rankin's company.
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Melrise Rankin
Denver
McKee Rankin
Atchison
Kansas
Leavenworth
Wichite
Lyceum Theater
Sidney Drew
Mr. Drew
Snowstorm Deluges Sioux City and Surrounding Areas
Snow blankets Sioux City as nine inches fall in Yankton and surrounding locales. Reports say the storm, the heaviest of the season, began with rain turning to snow overnight and continuing through the day. Dispatches from Iowa and South Dakota indicate widespread snowfall with substantial accumulation.
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Yankstom
Sioux City
Iowa
South Dakota
Yankton
Bank Commissioner Breidenthal Notified Over Supreme Court Submission
Valentine Godard and Valentine announce they will submit their client’s case to the Supreme Court before the May term. Little Laverne Wine, three months, died yesterday at 517 Taylor Street and was buried this afternoon. The United States Rubber Company is expected to announce a five percent price advance to the trade tomorrow for the coming year.
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Bank
Breidenthal
Valentine, Godard & Valentine
Mr. & GC Jobed
Supreme Court
Little Laverne
Taylor Street
Rubber Gore
Stawwerretp
Mass
New York
United States Rubber Company
Lion and Grizzly Battle in Steel Cage Near New Laredo
In Lanepo Texas at 4 pm yesterday in a twenty foot steel cage a African lion named Parnell fought an enormous grizzly bear from New Orleans. Both exhausted after two rounds the fight ended with neither killed. The event drew large crowds and featured dramatic leap and grappling sequences amid harsh clashes and high tension.
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Lanepo
Tex
New Laredo
Mex
Parnell
Rio Grande
Calonel E. Daniel Boon
New Orleans
Sercombe
Jedo Times
New Board Organizes and O14 Board of Public Works Prairies
The new state board of public works organized this afternoon by electing John Leeton president Sol Miller secretary and Mike Heery treasurer The old board adjourned with resolutions thanking those who aided their work and noting Ex Governor Lewelling did not attempt to influence appointments The move appears aimed at Governor Morrill who is said to oversee minor appointments The new board adjourned until Thursday to elect a state architect to replace Seymour Davis.
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Board of Public Works
Lewilling
State Board of Public Works
John Leeton
Sol Miller
Mike Heery
Lewelling
Morrill
Seymour Davis
Cleveland Woman Rides Bike to Vote in Four-Ticket City Election
Polls opened under drizzle and fog as Cleveland voters faced four tickets Republican Democratic Populist and Prohibition. A woman on a bicycle voted in downtown ward amid light turnout while politicians debated results and an asylum case moved toward advisory action in district court. The day also carried social chatter and brief humor from New York papers.
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Cleveland
Creverann
Fielder
George KH Mackay
Dam company seeks alternative contract for Topeka power
At tonight's city council meeting the new dam company will request an alternative contract for 800 home power at $40 per bore. The deal mirrors the Bartholomew contract but hinges on the flamew company's failure to meet its terms. If approved, construction would start within 30 days with the power house planned at 100 by 150 feet for ten water wheels, backed by a $20,000 bond and deposits to begin work. Councilman Frank Stevens will introduce the measure, with support citing jobs for local labor and lasting city improvements.
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Flamew
Fitzgerald
Japan
Joursal
Tupekes
Frank Stevens
Second Ward
Topeka
Lawrence League begins crusade against obscene show bills
The Good Citizenship League of Lawrence organized on April 1 to fight obscene pictures displayed in windows and on show bills. At a Saturday meeting, the group planned a campaign to remove improper pictures as soon as possible after the newly elected officers take office.
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Onade
Lawrence
Good Citizenship League
Olara
Personal Gossip From A Historic Page Of Notes
A compilation of eccentric and unusual notes mentions Fran Quay a Coursese banker valued at 1.7 billion, Siegfried Wagner a left handed conductor, Amos Biske builder of New England’s first locomotive in 1892 who died aged three at Watnerbury, Connecticut, and Alexandre Dumas’s pride in his negro ancestry. Other items note Lincoln’s memory of cabinet meetings, Rev Dr McGlynn tending flowers at Newburg, Gladstone on natural history, Miss Morton able to speak French, the Duke of Orlamy’s estate practices, Felix Brandt’s stage effects, Stedman's quip about poets, a 50th wedding anniversary in Elizabethport, blood vitality beliefs, Beggs’ Blood Purifier ads, and regional newspaper reach claims.
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Fran Quay
Herr Siegfried Wagner
Amos 5
Biske
New England
Watnerbury
Conn
Alexandre Dumas
Lincoln
McGlynn
Newburg
N. Y
W. E. Gladstone
Miss Morton
Duke of
Orlmany
Felix Brandt
Haireuth
Weizlar
Edmond Clarence Stedman
Trotham
Bishop Potter
Westminster Abbey
Joseph Weckerle
Elizabethport
N. J
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Prince
Berlin
Hismarck
Lompon
William
Blamarck
Kissengen
Germedia
Forester Lang
Riedrichsruhe
Lamont Greve
Lamont Grege
Rock Island
T J. Anderson
Kansas Mutual Life
King
Mr. Groge
Uptown
OPERA
Mig. Co
His
Weinley
Columbus
Fnrt
Peerless Steam Laundry
Leas
Bi& Snow
Laredo
G. C Clemens
A. A Godard
Steward Butler
Morton Albaugh
New York Herald
von Blamer
Plankington
New Yorks
W. R. Kennady
Teresa
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