Kansas Day banquet stalls Burrow lead for secretary of state
Gossip from the Kansas Day banquet in which J B Burrow of Smith Center is poised as the likely secretary of state nominee for the Sixth district. Reeder and Wellington are discussed as rivals, with Burton and Cole named among potential figures. The piece notes ongoing political maneuvering, endorsements, and the shifting support across counties.
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Sanus
J. FR. Barton
United States
Bir Wurton
Burton
Bfr
Corriers
Rotel
Burton Tor Uae
Cur
Hurton
J.B. Burrow
Smith Center
Mtate
Death and danger at Butler jail escape
The Biddles and Mrs Soffel are gravely wounded after a jail escape attempt. Eddie and Jack Biddle, and Kate Soffel, are reported dying or near death from gunshot and infection. A crowd of 300 gathered, rumor of armed intervention circulated, and a habeas corpus fight looms as Pittsburg authorities rush to transfer the prisoners.
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Butler
Jack
Ed Biddle
Suffel Bies
Allegheny County
Fateful Chase Ends in Mount Chestnut Double Shooting
The Riddle Diddle tragedy ends near Mount Chestnut as eight Pittsburgh detectives pursue the Biddies and Mrs. Soffel. In a snow covered stand off at Mc Clure's barn the fugitives shoot, are joined by officers, and Mrs. Soffel wounds herself to avoid capture. Ed and Jack Biddle suffer breast and lung injuries. Mrs. Soffel survives a breast wound deflected by her corset. Officers return fire, no officer wounded.
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Jack
Mny
Kahney
Walter Dorman
Chicago
Seevers
Bricker
Pittsburg
Pitsburg
Dermnel
Dortora Green
Jack Piddie
Ed Biddle
Prospect
Butler County
Mount Chestnut
McClure
John Roach
Albert Swinehart
Charles McGovern
Perryayille
Soffet
Edward Biddle
John Biddle
Pitteburs
Butier
Frashey
Hoon
Frank Holliday
Aaron Thompen
Sofrel
William Watson
Mrs Soffel
Butler
Be Et Rn
Hee Hindles
Soffel
McGovern
Almiot Inch
Roach
Jack Biddle
Robbery by Sleepers Leads to Arrests at Santa Fe House
J von Langen, asleep in his East Fourth street room, was chloroformed and robbed of a gold watch and diamond pin. Police arrested W. Kennedy and Ida Bookley after her confession linked them to a planned wholesale hotel robbery and other crimes. Kennedy admitted the scheme and hid the pin. officers recovered it and found numerous keys in Kennedy’s room. Von Langen, son of H. von Langen, secured a state warrant for the pair.
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J. von Langen
Sante Fe
East Fourth Street
Simnely
Ida Bookley
Santa Fe
Kennedy
Fifth Avenue
von Langen
Kennery
Ant Kenndy
Warren M. Crosby
Ver Langen
Cold Wave To Hit Kansas With Snow And Low Temps
The weather bureau forecasts a cold wave sweeping Kansas tonight and Sunday with snow and colder conditions. Readings show subzero temperatures in the northwest for a week, with a minimum around 21 earlier today and northerly winds at about 10 miles per hour as barometric trends signal a blast from Alberta.
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Weather Bureau
Kansas
Jemuings
Montana
Hocky Mountains
Mississippi River
Alberta
Topeka School Children Contribute to McKinley Monument
Twenty one of twenty two Topeka schools report contributions totaling 125.49 dollars for the McKinley monument fund. Collections were taken Wednesday in every school room. State residents’ contributions are being forwarded to Governor W. B. Stanley. only 17616 dollars has been reported to the governor to date.
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Topeka
McKinsey Monument Fund
Batton Kansas
Governor
Mercinley
Manariad
Iola
Stanley
Barber County
Kansas
Davidson
Stanley Tuday
Frate Agricultural College
Pete Seer
Ee Gee
Cottonwood Folie Ave
Innes Concert Advance Tickets Sell Fast at Auditorium
An opening rush at Stansfield's drug store reports over 1,000 tickets sold for the Innes concert at the Auditorium on Tuesday. Early buyers formed long lines before eight o'clock, with two lines of more than a hundred people waiting and orders pouring in by phone and mail.
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Innes
Stansfield
Marine Band
Waiing
Iola Leads Kansas School Fund Drive
The Kansas school fund drive shows strong local support with Iola and Topeka students contributing notable amounts. Early reports list contributions from multiple districts, including Barber County 48 and Orange counties, totaling around 1200 plus earlier 900 from agricultural college areas, with Topeka and state offices tallying further gains.
Steamer Cavour Aground Near Sandy Hook
The British steamer Cavour Liverpool of the Lasnport Hott line ran ashore at Long Beach about 18 miles east of Sandy Hook in a blinding masenteem. Captain Kelly and crew chose to remain aboard through the night as Point Lookout and Long Beach saving stations responded. The vessel was found to be in no immediate danger.
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New York
Cavour Liverpool
Lasnport = Hott
Keily
Long Beach
Sandy Hook
Point Logkout
Shaw Sworn In As Secretary Of The Treasury
Washington Feb 1 Former Governor Lesle Shaw of Olwa was sworn in as secretary of the treasury at 1020 o clock in the presence of treasury officials Senator Deiliver and most of Town's delegation in the lower house and other friends Justice Shiras of the Supreme Court administered the oath in the largest secretarys office room. He received warm congratulations from all present after the ceremony. The retiring secretary was among the first to grasp his hand.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Deiliver
Congress
Lesle M. Shaw
Olwa
Shaw
Rst
American Shoes and American Flags Highlight London Dispatch
New York representative J. W. Dickine, staying at the Savoy, has returned from the Far East where he commanded the cruiser Brooklyn. En route to Washington after leaving Kole, Japan, in mid December, the Brooklyn visited major Chinese and Japanese ports and Russia. Australian parliament opening drew U S naval presence in Australian waters, with Dickins noting strong American goodwill and widespread display of American goods and flags.
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New York
J. W. Dickine
U. SN
Savoy Hotel
Herald
London
Far Wast
Brooklyn
Washington
Kole
Japan
Dickins
Russia
Melbourne
Prince of Wales
United States
Dickens
Nelson to respond to Lincoln toast at Denver banquet
State Superintendent Frank Nelson has been invited to respond to the toast "Lincoln" at the Republican Lincoln banquet in Denver on February will travel to Denver for the event. The program emphasizes selecting the best talent for the honor and aligns with Kansas' similar banquet. Nelson accepted the invitation and will proceed to Denver to deliver the address.
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Colorado
Kansas
Frank Nelson
Lincoln
Denver
Kansasivy
D. W. Sturvane
Keneas
Terdiny Tendent Nelson
Nelson
1000 Agents Aim to Settle Millions of Acres in West
Officials of Southern Pacific Union Pacific and allied lines plan a vast colonization drive across California Texas and western Louisiana to settle millions of fertile acres. One thousand immigrant agents will recruit homeseekers to territories east of the Mississippi and to the Southwest with incentives and organized tours to the regions.
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Chicago
Peb
Patels
Union Prcffic
Lami
Caliifornia
Texas
Macia
Fiddie
Meatern
Tully
Harriet Lomax
Southern’ Pacific
the & Navigation Company
Southwest
Mere
Mo Son
United States
Insana
Mississippi River
Bonenenueve
California
Equal Suffrage Seen Coming by Stephens
T B Stephens secretary of the State Temperance union says equal suffrage reform is as important as temperance. He notes the suffrage campaign across Alaska has sparked strong interest and predicts the next legislature will likely submit a suffrage constitutional amendment. He calls enfranchisement of women an accomplished fact based on right and justice.
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T. B. Stephens
State Temperance Union
Stephens
Aunsaa
Explosion at urban street injures two amid panic
A dynamite blast on a New York street injures two people and panics bystanders as two individuals are arrested. They claim fireworks were stolen from a celebration and prompted the act. Joseph H. Choate, U.S. ambassador, is returning from England and has accepted an invitation to a London-hosted Park Finders dinner hosted by the Mareth Hotel Ceell according to a Herald cable.
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New York
Lincolns pact presented to Toronto preacher
Fragmentary OCR describes Rev. William Hastings of Toronto claiming a portrait pact with Abraham Lincoln. It notes Hastings as a powerful preacher and mentions temperatures and cities like Lasgo, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, and Chicago in a disjointed fashion. The readable facts are sparse and unclear.
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Thas Lincols
East Liverpool O
Willam Hestings
Toronto
Abraham Lincoln
Sara
Pel
Mastings
Lasgo Citien
New York
Boston
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