Riots in Szechuan Endanger Missionaries and Property
Rev R L McNabb reports Chinese riots in Szechuan affected Baptist Anglican Canadian Methodist and China Inland missions. Rioters looted and burned missions, officials failed to protect property, and refugees fled to the yamen as mortar fire and mob violence surged.
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R L. McNabb
China
Methodist Episcopal Church
Szechuan
McNabb
Ccinese
Recorder
Szechuen
Four Streams
Oper
Bet
United States
Baptist
Anglican
Methodist Episcopal
Ey. J. Endicott
Shanghai
Chen-Tu
Forsignere
Drs. Kilborn
Stevenson
Yaron
American Methodist Episcopal Mission
China Inland Mission
Methodet Mission
G. B. Hartwell
Yamen
Mter
Chaira
Mien
Thad
Welch Retires as Topeka School Board President
R B Welch retires after over nine years guiding Topeka public schools. Dr M Powell elected to succeed him, with Jesse Shaw named vice president as the board lists its new officers. Notes cover reader choices, building repairs, tuition bills, and teacher appointments.
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R.B Welch
Topeka Public Schools
Board of Education
Welch
M. Powell
Topeka
Afr. Priddy
Topeks Board of Education
Jesse Shaw
Priddy Wes
Nat Cow
CG. Miller
J. W. Priddy
W. H. Wilson
J. J. Thomas
William MacFar
Harper
Sumner School
Tol
Beck
Cyrus Corning
Lincoln School
Odissea Cora Hopkins
Gertrude Willitts
Winnie Vanderpool
Misa Kellogg
Oell
Governor removes Wichita police board and swears in new appointees
Governor Morrill dismissed the Wichita police board for defiance and appointed a new slate led by David Smyth and S D Lieurance, with Labor and prohibition positions in play. Old members Jone, Husey, and Pratt were ousted. The new board faces duties while Morrill is away, with enforcement of the law a focus and potential stability for three weeks.
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Wichita Police Board
Ohio
Morrill
Sod
Dawen
W. P
L. Keck
M. Jone
A. Cliusey
G. L. Pratt
D. Lieurance
Temperance
J. Kansas Morgan
Irrigation Pond Created by J. W. Long Near Lyons
J W Long of Rice County describes an irrigation pond in Cow Creek valley six miles from Lyons. A knoll forms the embankment with a well supplying water to a 100 by 140 foot pond kept 3 to 4 feet deep. A windmill lifts 46 gallons per stroke, stocking carp for Sunday dinners and fishing fun. About twelve acres are irrigated for diverse garden crops and orchard irrigation, with trees heavy and fruit to be hand-picked to prevent breakage. Royal Baking Powder mentioned as flour preservative.
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J. W. Long
Rice County
Cow Creek
Lyons
Lyons Republican
Topeka Bogus Check Merchan Teal Turner Now Prisons
W I Turner known as Teal the bogus check man is at the state penitentiary and carries penitentiary mail to Lansing. Sheriff Burdge saw Turner and he said after finishing his time in September he will come to Topeka to practice law. Turner says W E Dom, once his attorney, will be told to expect his return after release.
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Turner
Hurge
Dom
Topeka
Chicago
Botkin Calls Preachers Home as Unemployment Remedy
Rev J D Botkin in Newton speaks on the unemployed urging that the Lord guide preachers home to heaven and that treasury notes be issued by the government to fund roads and public works as a remedy. He argues for a new generation of preachers with greater sense to lead the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.D. Botkin
Newton
J. T. Botkin
Editor Opposed Move to Rename Railroad
The Topeka Journal reports opposition from a farmer to a planned change of the reorganized Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railway name to Chicago Kansas and California The Osborne County Farmer urges Kangaroo newspapers to oppose the action with special notices in local ads paper calls to antagonize the measure.
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Topeka JoveNal
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Chicago
Kansas
California
Kanga
Osborne County
Shawnee County Tax Levy Fixed By County Commissioners
Shawnee county officials fixed the present year’s tax levy with state taxes at 4 mills and county taxes at 7.6 mills. General revenue 3.5 mills is designated for slave taxes, 0.2 mill for the interest fund, 0.2 mill for state house work, 0.25 mill for the current annuity fund, and county allocations include 400 mills for general revenue, 1.00 mill for the poor, 0.80 mill for A. T. & S. F. bonds, 0.9 mill for K., N. & D. bonds, 0.40 mill for C. K. & N. bonds refinancing, 0.60 mill for Shawnee funding, and 0.50 mill for the county courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee County
State House
Topeka Train Time Card Changes East of Missouri
Santa Fe officials in conference approve a new time card effective Sunday. Changes affect all east of Missouri trains with No 8 on a fifteen hour schedule and No 66 westbound arriving Topeka at 11 10 a m and leaving 11 15 a m instead of 2 11 a m and 11 06 a m.
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Topeka
Hiver
C. F. Ressigale
Chicago
C. B. Strohm
F. T. Dolan
J. L. Barnes
Santa Fears
McLellan
Tice
Missouri River
Santa Fe
No. S
No. 66
Sheriff Burdge Plans Interior To Furnish New Office
Sheriff Dave Burdge helps shape the interior of the county's new court house offices at the request of county commissioners. He proposes brass railings to create a private desk area and a corner consultation room in his office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Burdge
Court House
Sketches by M Quad Bis Luck and a Landslide
A diary style sketch reveals a lifelong bad run of luck for a man living in a derelict log hut where crops fail and a landslide destroys his cabin and prospects. A parallel vignette follows a chance conversation with a wary train agent and a warning of disaster before Chicago.
Another Mask and Another Engagement Diary Mystery
A diary with entries across forty days notes repeated phrases about engagements. Two summer girls vie for a diary as one discovers the alarming last entry about multiple engagements due tomorrow. The scene ends with a fatal fall and sharp quips from humor columns.
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Detroit Prep Press
Mamie
Pittsburg
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Mr. Morgan
Kreformatory
Hutchinson Reformatory Board
Leavenworth
Reformatory
Hutchinson
Miners’ Improvement Co
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Joe Phillipa
Henry Lemler
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John Stahl
John Wingle
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Elmwood
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