Congressman Warner Returns to Washington Favorable to Smith
Leavenworth reports a favorable tone in the Senate investigation into General Smith. Congressman Warner travels back to Washington as testimony and cross examinations proceed. The committee indicates a report to Congress should be ready within a week, with expected release by Wednesday.
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Warner
Washington
Leavenworth
Warner Bss
Westingtrs
Leside
Coeurnor Smith
Rizagas
Jesse
Warner_itt
Deretur
L. C
Congress
Big Robbery at Quenemo Bank Hits $600 Theft
Quenemo residents report a bold bank burglary on Wad Teoda night. Parmenter, the victim, found a sum missing from a cash register after intruders broke in. Investigators noted the register was later recovered intact and clues pointed to neighbors and a trail leading into town.
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Quenemo
Otteca
Feb
Ted Tiwardk
Tislees
Leavenworth Struck By Rapid Epidemic Of Grip
Reports from Leavenworth describe a rapidly spreading grip infection in the city and Fort Leavenworth. The outbreak mirrors the Winter of 1392 with many patrons prostrate and several deaths feared. The hospital is taxed as patients flood in and staff struggle to treat the afflicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Fek
Fort Leavenworth
Chapman Republicans Call For Postmaster Election
Friends of candidates for the postmastership at this place advocate a formal election. A call has been issued for a ballot on Saturday February 29 at Taliet's hotel in the city where Republican voters of the township will express their preference for postmaster.
Pratt Poultry Show Gains Noted State Hints
The Pratt Poultry Show attracts strong interest with many exhibitors from across the state. Officials report the event a success as prime specimens are on display and plans suggest the show will become a permanent fixture with ongoing support from local organizers led by secretary B.D Orswhad.
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Pratt
Peb
B.D Orswhad
As Mecha Thers
Abilene Man Fatally Shoots Himself While Hunting
Abilene resident dies after an accidental self inflicted gunshot wound while hunting nearby. Witnesses report the shooter and bystanders observed the man collapse in snow with the rifle discharged near his head. The incident occurred in a remote area and authorities are investigating the events leading to the fatal shot.
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Abilene
Wilken
Sherman Townehile
Yale
Charles
Serlay
Sime
TCHISON And WICHITA Tiny News Bits From State
Two Utie i bers at the wagon depot en route from Newshit Kan. tents of a desertion case involve a husband leaving children with the mother. Wichita mail carriers claims for service time pending at Washington. Farriers advised action taken but no allowances yet. Atchison O T Hulburd of Bur-
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Tchison
Uitie Bers
Waion
Kan
Tolen
Wichita
Wichita Mail
Washington
Advicws
Elevator men plan conference at Atchison for producers to consumer flow
A group led by AC Davis of Topeka and N A Daft of Nebraska Clits organizes a conference in Atchison to form a new elevator operators association. Plans include direct grain shipments from producers to Liverpool via New Orleans and Galveston, aiming to streamline delivery to western markets.
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Dington
AC. Davis
Topeka
N. A. Daft
Nebraska
Clits
Flm Baker
Atchison
Organia Ink
Port «Rain Association
New Orleans
Wizard of the Nile at the Auditorium in Kansas City
The Wizard of the Nile opened in New York City seating in demand with seats likely sold by Monday. The comic opera promises humor and spectacle with satirical songs filling the show at the Auditorium.
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Raz
New York City
Prolific stage and athletic program delights Topeka audience
The Topeka program featured a New York West Coast production with Frank Detcels as lead in a tabloid opera style show. Aerial feats, boxing mimicry, fencing display, and a Turner society march drew applause. Sousa's band concerts and Crawford's Opera House engagements capped a lively evening, while a mistimed accident during a brandishing stunt left spectators tense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harri B- Smith
New York City
Frank Detcels
Frank Detcels, Es ¢ Comedian of Od Wmulk
Crete Turmoil: Town Burned and Casualties Reported
Fragmentary report describes turmoil on Crete with ongoing fighting and towns damaged. Several deaths and a quarter of the town reported as burned amid general destruction. Local work disrupted by unrest at steam laundry and surrounding area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crete
Cunea
Sly Georgia magnates plot to fight rail rate cuts
Atlanta reports a quiet push to block 2 percent rate hikes as railroads threaten a legal battle. Employed petitioners, working without official sanction, aimed to restore fertilizer rate increases while managers consider actions to protect revenue. Lawyers plan a meeting next week to prepare court papers.
Galveston Trains Shed Contract Awarded and Depot Work Begins
In Galveston on February yesterday the train shed contract was let to Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Works of Leavenworth Kansas with A J Talber named chief owner of the company. Construction on the Santa Fe depot also started. Contractors have begun the concrete foundation with white trenching uncovering a Cypress plank from an older foundation, still sound after nearly a century.
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Galveston
Feb
Texas Hating Houses and Rail News From Galveston
Galveston reports Under Fred Harvey plans for dining at new Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe depot food service limited to a lunch counter at the Galveston station. Benjamins eyes eatery at Temple with opening around June 20. Cleburne and Paris stations in Texas praised. Harvey opens two St Louis San Francisco stops in Manett and Fort Smith. Reeves Drew named general freight and ticket agent for K and Indian Territory. replacement for Edwin Adams. Kansas Central foreclosure sale sparks Leavenworth interest. possible relocation of offices and rail gains for the city. Emporia reports three freight crews dispatched to southern division today, conductors Roush Stivers and Brindiey.
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Galveston
D. Bennamine
Topeka & Santa Fe System
Fred Harvey
Chick
Benjamine Ta
Temple
Benjamins
Cleburne
Pari
Harvey
St. Louis
San Francisco
Manett
Fort Smith
Atv
New Eaty
Coffeyville
Feb
Bel Drew
Kansas
Indian Territory
Texas
Edwin Adams
Drew
Hick
Emporia
Wassat
J. Roush
Frank Stivers
Ed Brindiey
Washington Hall Sold in County of Durham Auction
London district Washington hall in Durham county sold for £400 in a clearance sale that included the Miaturle mansion and attached land. The hall is linked to claims by Washington Irving and historian Herbert Sturgess as ancestral property of George Washington. Local authority bought the property to use as a cemetery. part remained unused.
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Howe
George Washington
London
Washington Hall
Durham
Washington Irving
Herbert Sturgess
Georse Washington
G. W. Stensteid
John Phillip Sousa Praises Kimball Plane Design
The famed tamimaster John Phillip Sousa hails the Kimbell Plane as finely crafted. Branen at 620 Kansas Avenue lists T. P. Cultey and Manis J. Fine clocks, with afternoon and evening hours noted on Kansas Avenue.
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Tamimaster
Kansas Avenue
T. P. Cultey
Manis
Local Notes From Shawnee County Read Like A Potpourri
A jumble of town items lists dances recruits and school events. mentions Ex-Governor Waite of Colorado and Ex-Senator Ingalls invited to speak. police changes and patrol notes. incidents include a sharpened weapon, a desk officer, and court procedures. community notices cover churches, sewing classes, and a future district court week with jury actions.
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Arions
Dever
Hossrire
Waite
Cillorado
Kansas
Shawnee County
Rossville School
Par Gaeer Chamieadeeners
Henry Mey
Gene
Pole Staton
Aack Institute
Berrston
John MacDonald
Ingalls
Washburm College
Beile
Kimael
James Wiketeer
Tapese
Kauss City
Cora Bolte
Chartie Price
Ayeka
Mutta
John Willams
Santa Fe
Shultz
Atchison
Disbrow
Henry Storie
D Disbrow
Will Davis
Proveltors
Liga
Misa Carrie Dusenbary
BM. Bundy
Watnessay
Bas
Ts Palace
Thorpe
Gainey
Clris McCabe
Courly
Charlie
Larry Shewhan
Ami John Coyne
District Court
Orne
Sheehan
Kantas
Fortacter
Jasband
Hattie Burnolds
Emily Hewitt
North Towell Sass
Will Hewitt
Bie Aieter
Gamine
Atchison, Tepeks & Santa Fe
Hat
Dinig
Adare
Petruary
Louisiana aids starving residents amid Shreveport appeal
A special despatch from Shreveport reports about 30,000 Louisianans near starvation, with a meeting held to organize relief and a five dollar subscription. The piece notes a public letter calling for support and mentions a fundraising sale and a lecture event at Library Hall titled The Coming Woman with tickets at 25 cents.
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Library Hall
Keilam’s & Brett's
Police corruption and saloon ties threaten city force
Continued report notes pressure on police to fund themselves by enforcing or flouting laws. Fopeka shows officers leaving the force to run joints or join ex-joint formations, illustrating ongoing friction between police and saloons.
Plan to rearrange senatorial districts favors Populists
The apportionment scheme reshapes districts across Kansas to shift control toward Populists. Woodson Allen Wilson Neosho form a district with Lamb Parreley. Washington Marshall pair into one, boosting Populist chances. McPherson Harvey join Marion. Chase Morris form new districts to aid Populist electors. Northeastern Brown Jackson pair with Doniphan Atchison. Overall, Republican majorities are trimmed while Populists gain a possible senator seat.
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Republicas
Woodson
Allen
Senate
Lamb
Wilson
Neosho
Parreley
Neosho Wi
Guth Wilson
Washingon
Marshall
McPherson
Harvey
Ith
Mar
Doniphan
Atchison
Missouri to probe stockyards impact by joint committee
Jefferson City Mo. representative Whitecalton proposed forming a legislative committee to study stockyard legislation and its effects on the livestock industry. A Kansas City visit is planned to coordinate with Kansas lawmakers while St Louis may also be visited. The committee would report after eight weeks and may draft a bill, potentially killing existing stockyard bills.
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Jeferson City
Pen
Whitecalton
Kansan
Missouri
Kansas City
Kansas
St. Louis
No Quorum as House Adjourns Till Monday Morning
Report details a disrupted session with no quorum as representatives adjourned to Monday morning. A motion to adjourn was debated and defeated after a vote by Barkley of Elk, with Republicans largely dispersing for home and rail lines crowded by attendees.
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Barkley
Elk
Repubican
Short Morning Session and Senate Short Session
The record notes a brief morning session with tep asence representative Traethmd's bill on assessment of serves and Ed win Taylor's primary elections bill under consideration for the next sitting. The Senate met for a short session this morning and took about an hour to reach a quorum. Only minor bills were recommended for passage in the committee of the whole, with actions spread to different parts of the state.
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Traethmd
Edwin Taylor
Senate
Hopkins Will Under Challenge by Relatives in Kansas City
Twenty nine Hopkins relatives filed suit in Kansas City circuit court to break the will of Charles Grandison Hopkins 73 who died recently. The will left most of his estate to his secretary Thomas Harr and Miss Elizabeth Calvert, with modest bequests to others. The petition accuses Hopkins in his dotage of undue influence by Barr and Calvert, and claims the will is invalid.
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Kansas City
Jens
Charles Grandison Hopkins
Hopkins
Duthmuill
Thomas Harr
Elizabeth Calvert
Henry Kumopr
Barr
Missy Calvert
Maryland Steel Works Near Point To Resume Work
Work for 1,500 men is planned at the Maryland Steel Company plant at Point near the city. Preparations at the immense works indicate a restart of operations, affecting about fifteen hundred workers. A separate note mentions auction sales of 17 jewel watches at four prices and a Kansas incident, but details are unclear.
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Washington
Maryland Steel Company
Ss Point
Kansas
Supreme Court Opinions Reversed and Dismissals Noted
Summary of Kansas Supreme Court opinions on appeals from multiple counties including Bourbon, Nemaha, Lyons, Barber, Douglas, Chase, Wilson, Neosho, Ellis, Wyandotte, Reno, Franklin, Lyon, Shawnee, and Sumner. Reversals, modifications, affirmations, and dismissals listed for cases such as State of Kansas v Samuel F Newesed, Berry v Berry, City of Porta, and others.
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State of Kansas
Samuel F. Neweesed
Rebecca Berry
Joseph Berry
Newmaba County
State
City of
Porta
Lyonsounty
Allen
Southern Kansas R. R. Co
Florence M. Showvwalter
Summer County
DE. Cunningham
The
Colonial & US. Mortgage Co
Barber County
Percuriam
T. C. Dennis
State Bank of Seneca
Nemaha County
Margaret A. Usher
Simpson Hollater
Douglas County
F. Bracht
Seery
Chase County
JA Amet
Prather
Mandamus
Chanute
National Ink
Wilson County
Franklin County
Barnett
Alva
Evan Roser
Tal
Lyon County
John J. Deeds
HA. Dupree
Mation County
War Threats Alleged in Havemeyer Testimony
John Arbuckle testified before the legislative joint committee of trusts in New York and denied claims by Havemeyer that the American Sugar Refining company threatened to force him from the coffee business after his involvement in sugar refining. Subpoenas and absence of John Searles prompted scheduling notes as the panel moves to executive session.
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Arbuckle
Havameyers
New York
Legislative Joint Committee of Trusts
Lesow
Fairey
John F. Seakes
American Sugar Refining Company
Sugar Company
Searles
Washington
Shepard
Seames
Albany
Lexow
John Arburkle
Havemeyer
Verdict of murder in the case against Elias Keister
After nine hours the jury returns a verdict of murder in the series against Elias Keister for killing Horace L. Steadane by shooting him in the back on November 29. The prisoner received the verdict quietly and told the sheriff he had preferred death to imprisonment all along.
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Ashland
Mura Inere
Elias Keister
Horace L. Steadane
Tifa
Ohio River Opens With Warm Rain
The warm rain since yesterday swelled the Ohio River enough to carry away ice obstructions and open navigation from Pomeroy to Cairo. It is expected the river from Pittsburgh to Pomeroy will soon be navigable.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Pomeroy
Cairo
Pittsburg
Farewell Thomas Watson Washington Vote Contests Confirmed
The house committee on elections, handling the Thomas Watson election contest from Georgia, decided yesterday to confirm Judge Black’s title to seat. The popularity of Watson as vice presidential candidate is noted as the context for the action.
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Thomas Watson
Washington
House Committee On Elections
Georgia
Representative Black
Judge Black
BS Sear
Senator Harris May Recover From Eye Surgery
Washington February report states Senator Harris's physician notes significant improvement over the last hours. Doctors express confidence there will be no recurrence of eye issues and foresee no future complications from the operation.
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Harris
Washington
Larcis
P.m
Seoragilly
Fog Triggered Collision Near Tolene Central Depot
Dense fog caused a wreck two miles north of Tolene Central as trains collided on the tracks. Both engines were destroyed and freight cars derailed, with merchandise spilled and casualties reportedly present.
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Supach
Tialsos Central
Kimball Piano Co to Make 10000 Pianos This Year
Stamford readers learn of Kimball Piano Co plans to manufacture 10000 pianos yearly the greatest output by any single firm at that time. Company expands factory as demand soars. Also notes Mrs Bescher’s improving condition and other local notices including health ads and dry goods promotions.
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Kimball Piano Co
Kimball Co
Tia Sear
G. W.stans- Seuvean
Hanna to swing the ax for postmaster general
London reports strong betting that Hanna will seize the postmaster general spot in the new cabinet. Washington sources say the selection hinges on Senate approval and may align with Major McKinnty’s household. Speculation centers on Hanna entering Cabinet as postmaster general.
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London
Washington
Naif
Henna
Seruice Slerman
United States Senate
di Ts
American steamship Ohio embarks on 45 day cruise to Atlantic ports
Society notes report the steamship Ohio begins a 45 day pleasure cruise through the West Indian seas and to South American ports with stops at Ber [Ber] and other ports. Passengers include Governor and Mr RF Phewer, Mrs Georges Flower, Mr and Mrs HC Chatavid-Tay, and Mrs Reginald De.
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York
Ohio
Pesseugnes
RF. Phewer
Georges Flower
Wateriven
Bev
Ars Hoo Armur
HC Chatavid-Tay
Chicago
Reginald de
Mrs McHinley Returns Canton Fort Wayne Train Meet
The president elect and party, including Mrs McHinley and Mrs Farber, arrived in Canton to meet the morning train, with local officials and Charles Dawes aboard. United States Marshal Hall received word of John McDonald captured near Black Jack after a year of border bandit raids in the Southwest and Arizona. Senator Baker loses bid as Senate panel moves to report Vanalla for postmaster at Clas Center, amid ongoing contention.
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Mra McHinley
Canton
Guerse
Black Jack
Miverity
United States
EL Hall
Cape Care
el Pas
Tex
Polit
John McDonald
Band of Border Bandite
Southeas
Arisona
Baker
Washington
Senate
Gen & Vanalla
Clas Center
Kao
Consumption From His Cattle Mayon City
Captain FE Smith president of the First National Bank and supervisor left for California for health. Condition described as consumption contracted from inhaling tuberculosis from his diseased cart. Also notes remedies for burns and sores and promotes DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve by G. Stansfeld of Kansas Avenue.
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FE Smith
First National Bank
Board of Supervisors
California
DeWitts
G. Stansfeld
Kansas Avenue
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Pratt Poultry Show
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J. B. Fueney
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Saline
Robert Rrese
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von Dahlen
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CS Surton
J. J. Fainbook
Rastus
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Chas S.downing
Fencine
Herr Admire
Mr. Voegel
Messrs
Utterman
Turner Society
Reliet
Ulterman
Ria
Bert Admire
Admire
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Will Sper
Snow
Sonday
America
Johan Philly Sousa
Newell Brothers
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Crawford Y Marie Wellesley
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Joe Gilbert
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Peeriess
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Atlanta
State Commission
Se Senn Nnpecos Cinecee
Allenta
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Raye
Asisnhe
Wien
Cour
Assouri Valley Works
Leavenenworth
Huild Galveston
Fred Harveys
Ekanses Central
Kansas Central Railroad
John Phillip Sousa
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Kahessey
Albert Hopkins
Kaness Avenue
Louisiana
Shreveport
St Louis
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Ean- 225 Avenue
J. W. Phillips
Eighth Ave
Munyon
New Stone
Topeka Ave
Sth
Dudley & Price
Ofice Tassa
Wm. H. Righter
Omics
Fillmeare St
W. J. Sheera
W. E Sheetz
J. S. Callin
James Bullting
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