Indians as Farmers Massed Over Million Bushels Last Year
In Washington August 8 statistics from the Indian bureau show 80 000 Indians engaged in farming stock raising and civilized pursuits. They raised over 1 871 000 bushels of corn grain and vegetables during the year. They own 206 000 cattle and 1 294 000 sheep. About 22 000 Indians voted in the last election and an estimated 30 000 of 247 000 are church members. Of the total population 159 000 are self supporting and 35 000 pay taxes.
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Wasumncrox
Indian Bureau
Irrigators to Contest California Irrigation Law Ruling
Local irrigation bond holders met in Ban Francisco to appeal Judge Huss’s ruling that the Wright Irrigation Law is unconstitutional. A $1,250,000 bond represented group formed a fund to hire attorneys and cover appeal costs. Attendees included German and British capital representatives.
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California
Ban Francisco
Aug
Huss
Hitching Post Ordinance Still Alive in Council
Councilman Stephenson insists the hitching post ordinance is not dead though committees reported unfavorably. The report was withdrawn to await development and possible revisions. Stephenson seeks clear placement rules to avoid Transit Avenue conflicts and hopes for calendar placement with a favorable recommendation. Santa Fe route fare listed as $17.00 with Bea Towley Bros.
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Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Heturn
Bea Towley Bros
Funeral for General Superintendent Charles Dunlap Held in Englewood
Rock Island officials and employees joined a packed Presbyterian church service in Englewood for General Superintendent Charles Dunlap who died Sunday. Rev F W Gunsaulus gave the sermon as Obsequies at Oakwood cemetery followed a special eight coach train for Rock Island workers. Floral tributes came from Des Moines division, Kanena Topeka eastern division, and other divisions. Pallbearers named include SB Hoyer Fort Worth and W J Lawrence Trenton among others.
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Florks
Gueaulas
Rock Island
Wm. Hodson
EL F. Morrie
J. P. Johnson
George B. Painter
W. E Dauchy
T. B Trader
Chicago
Charles Dunlap
Presbyterian Church
Sixty-fourth Street
Yale Avenue
Englewood
Oakwood Cemetery
F. W. Gunsaulus
Union Depot
Des Moines
Ladies
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Kanena
Topeka
Danlup
Southwestern Division
Kansas
SB Hoyer
Fort Worth
W. Mo
Horton
W. J. Lawrence
Trenton
W. H. Stillwell
Dex Maines
Nichols
R. B. Agnew
Colorado Springs
H. Hubbell
Harry Fox
Herington
Independent American party formed to move capital from Washington
A Reformers convention in Labette county organized a new political party named Independent American. The resolutions demand true Americanism, free coinage of silver, and relocating the national capital to a more central location. A state convention is set for Topeka on September 5 inviting sympathizers and patriotic orders to send delegates.
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Kansas
Washington
Labette County
Topeka
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Troubled Topeka Suffragists Face Baby Rumors
Topeka suffrage women respond to rumors about a Scranton baby said to have no teeth and be a boy. They named the child Susan Anthony to honor their leader, while others insist the baby is a girl with long dark hair. The women condemn the unprincipled chatter as vile calumny.
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Scranton
Susan B Anthony
Noristhia
Susan Anthony
Topeka
Grand Opera House books over fifty acts for next season
The Grand Opera House lists more than fifty attractions booked for next season. New additions include Davis Keogh's Down on the Suwanee River and Corinne, with a mix of minstrels, vaudeville acts, and star performers such as Lydia Yeamans Titus and Sol Smith Russell among others.
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Lvat
Davis & Keogh
Suwaneen River
Greengolds Man
Primrosa
Extermination urged for Russian thistle threatens crops
State Secretary Coburn warns that Russian thistle is spreading and should be destroyed before seeds mature. Officials note the weed is annual and not a true thistle, and citizens should act to halt its spread. also reports crop prospects in Russia are mixed due to weather and late sowing. Mrs Mattie Couch, 60, died yesterday of cancer at 1511 North Jackson Street.
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Coburn
Karl
St Petersburg
State Department
Russia
Mattie Couch
North Jaékeon Street
Wally
Edgar
Edgar P
Nous
Hypnotism and jeering crowds in a chaotic collage
A fragmented collage shows snippets of jokes, melodrama, and humor from a Nebraska State Journal page. It includes a hypnotist scene where a young woman proclaims love for Edgar P, a quip about American diplomacy, a cartoonish exchange about golf and theater, and brief rural and urban gags stitched with miscellaneous captions and jokes from various sources.
Asphalt and brick pave clash over Topeka streets
Topeka residents favor preserving asphalt on Kansas avenue while brick pavements face a push to replace and remove asphalt. City engineers propose surface heating to repair worn strips beside tracks, at half the former price. The Streets and Walks committee may recommend this at the next council meeting.
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Ita
Lopeka
Echeimes
Kansas Avenue
Renaire
Mind reader plans ten day burial test in Santa Barbara
Mind reader A Melver Tyndall will be buried alive for ten days in a hermetically sealed casket, first buttered with clarified fat. Physicians will oversee the burial and guard the site day and night, with disinterment and reopening after ten days in Santa Barbara.
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San Francisco
A. Melver Tyndall
NEW PASSENGER RATES SET IN MEETING AT KANSAS CITY
Western passenger men convened in Kansas City with Will Nicholson of Santa Fe as chief rate clerk. They plan an 8 general revision of western and southwestern fare sheets and discuss a likely one way fare to Louisville for the GARK national encampment in September.
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Brunner
N P Lands to Sell for Settlers as Receivers Act
Receiver Henry Payne and U S Circuit Judge Jenkins arrive to review Northern Pacific improvements and land sales to settlers. Brayton Ives seeks to void receivership. Payne cites public need and immigration goals. Also notes Jim Clark, ex outlaw and Telluride marshal, shot dead. post office robbery suspects jailed. religious text word counts compared. Reinhart Hetzler declared insane by probate court.
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Henry ©. Payne
Northern Pacific
United States Circuit
Jenkins
Milwaukee
Payne
Jenzine
Brayton Ives
Seattle
Hanford
Ives
Adams
Jim Clark
Telluride
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Rio Grande Railroad
Quantrill
Jesse James
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