How Mauer Died At Kansas Asylum Inquiry Opens
An investigation into Gust Mauer’s death at a Kansas asylum began with the state board of charities convening to probe violent death amid alleged neglect. Witnesses included J Guntert, Dr Eastman, and several officials as they examined the scene and heard testimony on whether a fellow patient tripped him and caused a fatal head injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Charities
Seasion
Gust Mauer
George TH. Saker
Girard
Morton Albaugh
Kingman
George A
Ed Madden
David Rathbone
Miles Melroy
Hays City
Manor
Godard
Dr. Eastman
G W. Oliver
Br. Allen
Hughes Hughes
Eort
Thrsty
Dallust
Mauer
Hughes
Guntert
Maner
Maener
Altauch
Eastman
Kanaus
Godaril
Esstman
Oliver
Gantert
Burlington Extending Into Northwest Route Surveyed
A Starbuck Washington dispatch reports Burlington signals a westward push with a new mid valley route being surveyed by engineers working well south of typical lines. They plan a line east toward the Wyoming border and may cross into northern Montana if a better Rockies path is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prexays
West
Starbuck, Wash
Burlington Railway
Northern
Union Pacific
Wyoming Line
Fremont County
National Park
Rockies
Nouthern Montana
Asphalt Repairs Urged After Crumbling Kansas Ave Pavement
City Engineer Hernes and Councilmen Elliott and Skinner inspected Kansas Avenue asphalt this morning. They found crumbling areas hidden by casual observation and patches failing just inches away, prompting calls for comprehensive resurfacing to protect the pavement. The force remains at work on the worst spots, while asphalt still outlasts brick, wood, or stone for driving. The county jail brick pavement shows hollow sections and rapid deterioration after only a few years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hernes
Elliott and
Skinner
Kansas Avenue
General Artz Debate Promises Scrutiny at Free Thought Meet
At Ottawa Kansas Forest Park hosts the 8th annual Kansas Free Thought association convention through Aug 11. The program includes an opening address by the president, a lecture by D W Hull, and a Friday debate between General H H Artz and Rev James A Lathrop on The Efficacy of Prayer and Its Effects on Humanity. Artz also speaks Wednesday on Free Thought of 1895 as Compared With History.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Kan
Kansas Free Thought Association
Forest Park
D. W. Hull
H. H. Ariz
James A. Lathrop
Topeka
Lathrop
General Artz
Carlisle Right Order of Claim Sustained in Willets Point Case
Justice Cole of the district supreme court refused to issue a writ of mandamus sought by W A Whaley and Harry Taylor against Secretary Carlisle and Treasurer Morgan. The government owed Whaley and Taylor 17000 for work at Willets Point New York. Carlisle had ordered payment on a specified date in the presence of alleged creditors, which the plaintiffs contested, and the court refused to change the method of payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasnixoton
Justice Cole
District Supreme Court
W. A. Whaley
Harry Taylor
New York City
Carlisle
Morgan
Messrs. Whaley
Taylor
Clris
Willeta” Point
N.Y
Messra Whaley
Treasury Department
Battle Over Crossing Santa Fe Tracks Halts Train Entry
A San Antonio & Aransas Pass track into a new compress faced trouble crossing Santa Fe tracks. The Santa Fe placed an engine under guard, allowing trains to pass only when allowed. Aransas Pass guards the crossing, ready to seize entry as soon as the Santa Fe post is unguarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
Texas
Houstox
San Antonio & Aransas Pass
International & Great Northern
Tle
Arsosas
Earthquake shocks and storm hit Gloversville area
An August night quake lasting about a minute shook Gloversville and nearby areas, intensified by a heavy thunderstorm. Several people were injured in the storm and property damage occurred, with fear and alarm spreading through the locality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gravensville
Frantic Negroes Rally Over Spring Valley Affairs
Five hundred excited colored men met at a Chicago hall demanding Governor Altgeld protect Spring Valley miners and pledging to go to the scene if aid is not received. A white lawyer was thrown through a window. Italian consul urged police to stop departures. A Peoria group planned to join the effort tonight with 25 already set to travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curcaco
Altgeld
Spring Valley
Ill
State Street
Chicago
Waters
Schitdad
Beilenach
Proura
Peoria
PUT WAGES UP Window Glass Workers Call for an Advance
Autastic City New Jersey August 6 The wage committees for the eastern western and northern districts have adjourned after seeking a 15 percent advance on the next blast The eastern committee may set its own scale about 10 percent above the general level The northern district scale will be 7 4 g percent higher The western committee will meet manufacturers in Pittsburgh today and expects an wage increase to be granted
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Autastic City
N. J
Western
Pittsburg
Woman narrowly escapes death near railway platform
Mrs. W. G. Gubbert of Rowsville, aged over 50, stepped from a Union Pacific train from Topeka and, between the platform edge and the cars, lay on the cinders as the train pulled away. She was saved from death by quick intervention after the perilous moment Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Gubbert
Rowsville
Union Pacific
Topeke Stewell
Gold to ship and coinage plans reported
Aug 6 dispatches note large gold shipments to the Philadelphia mint for coinage totaling about 5 million dollars and a separate 100 thousand to be shipped by St Louis. Secretary Carlisle, with Mrs Carlisle, visits Mackinac aboard the Amarath after arriving from Chicago. the vessel sails to Duluth. A separate Indian Territory mining report from Washington lists 3530 employed with 1,223,449 tons mined in the year ending June 30, 1895, across 46 tents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Neselage & Fuller
United States Assay Office
Philadelphia
Carlists
Mackinac
Macakiyac Iauanp
Mich
Secretary of the Treasury
Carlisle
United States
Chicago
National Park
Old Fort Mackinac
Duluth
Waseixeros
T. W. Bryan
Indian Territory
Interior Department
Gladstone Cheered as He Speaks on Armenian Question at Chester
Crowds fill the town hall at Chester to hear Mr. Gladstone on the Armenian question with dignitaries including the bishop of Ripon the bishop of theater and the mayor present. The duke of Westminster reads a 1000 pound Armenian relief gift from the era Salisbury and Sir Philip Currie distribute funds in Constantinople. Gladstone declares the issue not political or religious but born of dire Armenian governance amid enthusiastic public response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cnester
Eng
Gladstone
Ripon
Messia
D. R. Clifford
Robert T. Paine
American Peace Society
Duke of Westminster
Aoe of
Salisbury
Constantinople
Philip Curry
Glad Stone
Armenia
Flagler case widens as parents visit and plea discussed
Miss Flagler who shot a colored boy amid pear thefts drew renewed attention when her parents arrived in Washington and General Flagler visited the family. A coroner’s jury member said they meant to send the case to the next grand jury for possible criminal inquiry into Miss Flagler’s carelessness or indifference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Flagler
Miss Plagier
Grand Jury
Miss Flagster
Topeka Baseball Plans For Summer Games To Be Arranged
Ex-manager mate still pursues summer baseball in Topeka by arranging for visiting teams to play occasional games on Saturdays. He believes Topeka fans will attend at least one strong weekly game and will coordinate schedules with other clubs. Also notes Breckinridge lineage and public image as Kentucky figure prominent for speech and presence rather than technical policy making.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Breckinridge
Kentucky
Freight wreck interrupts Pennsylvania express at Eagle Lake
Early today a switch was thrown on the Pennsylvania line near Eagle Lake Station two miles east, sending a fast express train into a freight car that plunged down a steep embankment. Trainmen escaped by leaping to safety as wreckage blocked the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ind
Ang
Eagle Lake Station
Bland as chairman Missouri Democratic Silver Convention
Richard P. Bland is named temporary chairman as the Missouri Democratic Silver Convention organizes. The event marks Bland's leadership role in the gathering to advance silver policy and party aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard P. Bland
Missouri Dems Seek 16 to 1 Silver Standard Convention Drama
The Missouri state central committee met to name temporary leaders for a silver convention and to discuss free coinage. Bland was named temporary chairman, Lew Love secretary, with the event aiming to declare a 16 to 1 silver standard amid party faction tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pertis Shrines
State Central Committee
Dick” Bland
Lew Love
Springfield
United States
Cockrell
Harmony
Guy
John B. Carroll
Dr. Berry
Carroll
HP. Bland
Bland
Missouri
Grettinga
Damois
Illinois
Committee On Resolutions
Electric Plows in Germany Report on German electric plows
Consul Deodar lein at Leipsic reports to the state department that electric plows are cheaper to operate than steam in Germany. He notes the technology's efficiency and potential for industry expansion amid the ongoing modernization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Washington, Aug
Deodarlein
Leipsic
State Department
Rocky Mountain Savings Bank Closes in Dexven Assignment
The Rocky Mountain Savings Bank of Dexven Colorado closed its doors today with an assignment to Earl M. Cranston for the benefit of creditors. No assets or liabilities statement yet issued. Last week the bank could not pay $25,000 in county funds on deposit, despite prior reopening during the panic era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountain Savings Bank
Dexven
Col
Earl M. Cranston
Emhacs
Frank Woodbury
Woodbury
Union Nations Bank
Missing Nebraska delegate traced to Connecticut town
Mrs Annie M Gardner a Nebraska Christian Endeavor delegate vanished while en route to Cor oticut. A woman answering her description has checked into Cambridge under the name Miss Mansfield and sent a truck to the New England depot before moving toward a Connecticut town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cor Oticut
Bostox
Annie M. Gartger
Nebraska Christian Endeavor
Connecticut
New England
Plates of Apples Display at State House Basement
In the basement of the State House the secretary of the state horticultural society hosts a display of forty five plates of fine fruit, mainly grown in Shawnee county. Samples were sent to society headquarters for labeling by variety. The Shawnee county horticultural society plans a picnic on August 20 on the State House grounds, with an expected larger fruit collection on view by then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
The
State Horticultural Society
Shawnee County
Shawnee
Carolina Law Upheld In South Carolina Registration Case
Judge Gott dismisses the complainant's bill for an injunction upholding present registration laws. The article also notes dress standards for businesswomen, charity contributions for Mrs. Waller, a sanity investigation for Reinhart Hetzler, state contract to Fellows & Van Sant for state house rooms, and brief notices of Endicott's health, the defender race, and Judge and Mrs. McFarland's Lake Geneva trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gott. Riceuoso
Goff
South Carolina
Pellows & van Sant
State Executive Council
State House
Fellows & Vant
Mee
Scott Hick
Sacem
Masa
Endicott
Danver
Also Mentioned on This Page
Yorn
Aug
Ines
Southern Railway and Steamclip Association
Waldorf
Baltimore
Savannah
Aaron
Burvato
Burlington
Gen. Artz
Gloversville
Jonsson County
Ovaime
Kaus
People’s Party
Johnaco
Olathe
Daniel G Zercher
Robert Baker
Enone Seuter
A. W. Crawford
George Mower
Dr. Hudson
John M. Giffin
Merry Rhodes
Best
Spichten
Worth
Maying St Wilhelmsbobe
Garrigon
Oactia
Hite
Flaglees
Carey Hotel
Leanea
Wicurra
B L. Eston
Manhattan
Eaton
Carey
Leavenworts
Bruns Bros
First National Bank
Hapamunger & Co
Kansas City
Herman Branz
Henry Bruns
Stam
Central Committee
New Yoas
Herald
Havana
Senor Menocal
Hamlet
Tif
Hke Harmiet
Campin
Havans
Martines de Campos
Denver Bank
Mrs. Gardner Allye
Draes
Mra. Waller
Morrill
Joho L. Waller
Central National Bank
P. 1. Bonetrake
Secretary of State
Washington
Mr. Waller
Steinhart Hetzler
Vesper
Reinhart Hetzler
Hetzler
von Agnumn
Breton
N. C. McFarland
Lake Geneva
Wis
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!