Topeka State Journal crowding page notes blitz of figures and names
A scrambled 19th century fragment cites politicians and financiers. It mentions Robert P. Porter clinging to office, three billion dollars tied to Cuba, and a Niagara of names from Miles to Rockefeller. The piece references New Jersey treasury gains, Panama canal talk, and a Philadelphia paper trust, with scattered bits on Atchison social life and U.S. lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert P. Porter
Ate & Runifer
Snd
Ohio
David Hill
sThree Gaillion
Cuba
Boaln
Senator Alles defends treaty in Nebraska address
Washington dispatch reports Senator Alles denying charges he would attack senator Gorman to defeat Fryan. He praises Hegan and opposes expansion while urging ratification. Mr Gorman replies to Wolcott, cautions war risk, cites China immigration and future resistance. He warns war costs and a 100000 strong army expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pep
Alles
Nebraska
Seater Gorman
Fryan
Ms. Hegan
Ife
Alten
Gorman
Sears
China
United States
Agoncillo and secretary watched by two strangers
Montreal February six. Agoncillo and his secretary are under watch by two men claimed to be United States secret service agents. One followed Marti the secretary who left to run an errand and the other stayed nearby observing Agoncillo as he tore up several documents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faulkner
West Virgina
N. B. Scott
Flix
West Virginia
Milt Leter
France
Buchanan
Montreal
Agonciflo
United States Secret Service
Marti
Nee
Agonetlo
Won His Suit and Sheriff Cleared in Damages Action
The damage suit of Helen G Pond against Sheriff Porter S Cook ended with a verdict for the defendant after the sheriff refused to hold drug stock without an indemnity bond. Gov Smiths assailant Brad ley was sentenced to two years in San Quentin for assault with a deadly weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen G Pond
Porter S. Cook
Gov. Smith
Los Angeles
Cal
A. G. Bradley
Governor Smith
Banta Marie
San Quentin
Young Doctor Seen With Headless Corpse Mystery
A Clyde reader reports a young doctor possessing a headless body in a downstairs room above a business. Officials including the county attorney and coroner are alerted as the missing body case unfolds with potential grave robbing implications and further details awaited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde
Henaiers
Hett
Anthony Sues Standard Publishing For 3000 In Libel Trial
Col D R Anthony files a libel suit in district court against Standard Publishing for 3000 damages. He cites a October 10 article as false and slanderous insinuation about his receiving 25 from Charles Sherman a gambler. Ex US Marshal Neely reportedly manages Standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Feb
Standard Publishing Company
D. R Anthony
Col Anthony
Standard
Binl
Charles Sherman
Kansans
Court House For Mitchell County A Proposal From Glen Elder
A Glen Elder citizens group and Beloit residents discussed a barter involving a county court house. If Beloit would back securing a normal school for Glen Elder, Mitchell County would fund and build a court house in Beloit. County officers currently occupy scattered buildings in Beloit, making visits a daylong search. The Beloit response apparently offered little support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Elder
Beloit
Mitchell
Glen Hider
Mitchell County
Straneyt
Coldest year in twelve years ends mild thaw drought in Kansas
Southwest Kansas endures a cold winter with little thaw for twelve years. Temperatures plummet to near ten degrees below zero at times. Fruit remains safe but requires higher feeding costs. Land activity shifts toward estate ranches, with rising sales but little price growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Dead in His Store Pittsburg Man Thought to Have Taken His Own Life
Pittsburg February report states Imil J. Israel senior quilder at Teruel Bros. dry goods store found dead Sunday afternoon around four with a pistol nearby. He had left home about 1 AM to visit his violin instructor and take a lesson. His wife alerted relatives when he did not return for dinner and his brother-in-law found him in front of a clothing department mirror with a firearm nearby. Police were summoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Imil J. Israel
Tim Os Terael
Sam Tstiel
Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold as Dyspepsia Cure
Sufferer Eva Ceaia of Fort Scott Kansas says Hood's Sarsaparilla purified her blood and let her eat without distress after a few bottles. Mins Sakae Caste of Duraden Kansas reports relief and cure after using Hood's Sarsaparilla. The ad urges choosing Hood's over others and notes price and availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Eva Ceaia
Fort Scott
Kanena
Sakae Caste
Duraden
Kansas
Milestone Kansas items and a coroner's inquest report
Coroner and jury examine a suicide scene with a revolver found in a cane. A man killed himself near Baxter after a factory dispute. At Baxter a station robbery yielded about $100 to two men. A Miltonvale case finds Hammerty guilty of assault on temperance crusaders. Wichita jailbreakers Alley and Adams captured. Pensions granted in Kansas. A fossil find near Concordia shows a large petrified creature skeleton. Sumner County noted for most post offices in Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baxter
Fort Scott
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis
Railway and
Adams Express
Concordia
Wellington
Sumner County
Summer County
Kansas
Petition by 24 anti expansionists to Senate on treaty
A published petition from 24 prominent Americans argues against ratifying the Spain United States treaty without amendments. Signers include Grover Cleveland Andrew Carnegie Theodore Cuyler and Yale presidents among others. They contend ratification would annex the Philippines and Porto Rico and grant inhabitants U.S. citizenship only with consent and congressional authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
New York
Patrtlon
United States
Senate of the United States
J Charles Francis Adama
Boston
Felix Adier
George 5. Boutwell
the Treasury
John G. Carlisle
The
Treasury
Andrew Carnegie
Grover Cleveland
Theodore I. Cuyler
Charles H. Eliot
Harvard University
Muel Gompera
American Federation of Labor
John P. Henderson
Minsourt
Witham
Hornblower
W. H. Palmer
Rio Grande Western Railway
Wheeler H. Peckham
Sherman S. Rogers
Buffalo
Fion Schurz
Inerion
Edward Burritt Smith
Chicago
Moorefield Story
Willa G. Sumner
Yale University
Tey
Henry van Dyke
Herman von Holst
University of Chicam
William I. Witton
Washington and Lee University
Virginia
Theodore 5
Woolsey
Henry ©. Potter
Une United States
Kingdom of Spain
Philippine
Porto Rico
Congress
Spain
Cuba
Asia
Tose
Prippines
Porto Hied
Philipppines
Porto Bleu
United State
Willequira
Boula
Varius
Diaia
Hota
PhilEr
Bear canvass boosts prospects for new telephone firm
J Bear, canvassing to promote a city telephone company, claims more than 300 subscribers already signed up. He notes he has not finished the street-by-street survey and expects to reach business leaders as plans advance. He predicts strong interest at a Lawrence meeting Monday night on franchise terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sim Bear
J. Bear
Ny Lst
Lawrence
Legislature Fights Bucket Shop Bill In House Debate
The Kansas legislature debates Benefiel’s anti bucket shop bill amid charges of lawmakers’ own gambling and corruption in private rooms. Key figures Adams, Hullett, Fairchild, Benefiel, Grattan and Osborn argue over enacting clauses penalties, with divisions over felonies and aid to telegraph taxes. Debate continues after adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benefiel
Adams
Sedgwick
Hullett
Rush
Bereflel
Haines
Lyon
Fairchild
Kingman
Town
Runsell
Kansas
Kansas City
Chicago
Ir Grattan
Beneflel
McPherson
Sedewick
Seaver
Elsworth
Grattan
Osborn
Sam
Mr. Grattan
Breach Widens Over Sloane Daughters Custody
Friends of Mr and Mrs Henry T Sloane report the breach widened by removing the Misses Sloane from their mother's care. The girls are staying with Mrs Edmund Contin, sister to Mrs Sloane. Mr Sloane and Mrs Sloane will confer on education and social training while visitation will continue. Rumors suggest a substantial monetary allowance to Mrs Sloane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Xars
Henry T. Sloane
Misses Sloane
Mr. Sloane
May Irwin Booking Sparks New York Seew Attraction
May Irwin, a New York favorite, is booked for a performance of her seew at the achord theater late in the present season. Shela mow at the Wlou theater in New York enjoys phenomenal success. To Tew is a sister who was with The Widow Jones last season and is expected to join the opera house tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Irwin
New York
Cate Ip
Achord
Wlou
May
Widow Jones
State Men Convene In Coal Miners Association Meet
The first annual convention of the Laneas State Association of Mines opened at the state house. Labor Commissioner Jahnson presided, with temporary chairman Harry Bousfield and secretary R T Williamson. Credentials committee members included Forsythe, Gilmore, Pratt and others from Frontenac Scranton Leavenworth and nearby towns. Delegates listed include Overman Valley Scammon Sidele Weir Mineral McGeehan Midway Talliday Pittsburgh Pratt Leavenworth Boyle and several miners’ associations with multiple local chapters. Permanent organization to be formed tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
Laneas State Association of Mines
Jahnson
Harry Bousfield
Mineral
R. T. Williamson
Joseph Forsythe
Frontenac
Robert Gilmore
Scranton
John T. Pratt
Leavenworth
G. C. Clemens
Ryan
J. Fogle
McGrath
E. C. Overman
Coal Valley
Trobert Gimers
Scammon
Thomas Sidele
Weir City
Henry Bousfield
James McGeehan
Midway
John Talliday
Pittsburs
Joseph Forsyth
Edward Keegan
Chicopee
W. M. Mediusky
Yale
Love
Pitsburg
John T Pratt
P. J.boyle
Leavenworth Coal Company Association
Thomas Herzog
Taalah Jones
Albert Stormaquist
John O’grew
Abe Harris
Tilbert Sennett
Quage City Miners’ Association
Lewis Matignon
Dani H. Williamson
J. J. Sullivan
Nelson
OT. Williamson
Fieml
Fortune Tellers to Night Opens Large Crawford Theater Crowd
Reserves in the gallery fill as the light opera prima donna Nelison and her Kansas City company arrive by special train. The 14 piece orchestra accompanies performance with full parquette and balcony seats sold. The star rests after late press dining with aides and attendants ensuring her comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allee Seamen
Coe Muse
Muxea
Kansas City
Miss Nelison
Crawford Theater
Deficiencies To Be Paid Unpaid Salaries Listed In Detail
State Auditor notes deficiencies to be paid with a full list of unpaid salaries. Amounts due date to the present figures expiring June 90 1336. Items include executive council lights rents furniture and fixtures and various state offices. Also reports arrest for embezzlement of S. F. Miller and son in Clarke County Mississippi. Sheriff Evans and officers captured them near Washburn College after requisition papers. They sought habeas corpus but were sent to Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noures Sule
Executive Council
Evrigt Conguclor Oo
Governor's Contingent Fund
Ansievent
Pinte
Stat
ALE
Tate
Teleerta
Posture Historical Society
Sles Leyscreen
Gherk
Nanan
Supreme Court
Sherif Evans
Clarke County
Missiselypl
Cook
Strase
Evans
Muller
Sheriff Evans
Santa Fe
Mississipi
New Pullman Sleeping Cars On Daily Scenic Route
The latest sleeping car service highlights new Pullman drawing room cars operating daily from St. Tune to points east via Vandalla Pennsylvania lines. Travelers are urged to experience the new comfort, with inquiries directed to J. M. Chesbrough A G P Agt. Excursions via the Santa Fe Route advertise fares one fare plus 2.00 round trip to many western states. Crosby Bros. sell Reynier and P and L kid gloves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Tune
Vandalla
Santa Fe
Arizona
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Louisiana
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Banta Fe
Olahome
Policeman Fires at Suspect During Yard Chase
A Topeka police officer shot at a fleeing man named Chuck Shields in the coal yards last night after Shields broke from custody. The officer observed a weapon and fired, striking Shields in the heel and ending the pursuit. Shields was taken toward the station with a non dangerous wound, amid public debate over police restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chuck Shields
Tock Island
Noid
Shields
Smith
Hawae Lake
Topeka
Jess
Topeka Ministers Oppose Roberts Over Polygamy
The Topeka Ministerial Union adopted a resolution against B H Roberts's Olympic polygamist stance and urged Shawnee leaders to oppose seating him in Congress. They petition Kansas senators and representatives to bar polygamists from the Senate and House. The union cited Mormon leaders and the Utah polygamy history to justify their stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Hey. A. M. Reynolds
Toreka
Kansas
B. H. Roberts
Congress
United Statn
Troberts
Lorenzo Snow
Sail Church
Mortoons
Utah
Docs Areniy
Robertx
Meemoha Lve
Januas
Roberts
Senate
Congress of the United States
Alice Nielson's Nativity in Windsor Missouri Roots and Fame
The Warrensburg born opera singer Alice Nielson faced claims of Kansas City bias but remains tied to her roots. She is linked to old local family memories of tailor John Elson and four daughters, with Mary noted as the family singer. John Elson died in 1876 and was buried in Warrensburg cemetery. The surname evolved from Nelson to Nielson as the artist rose to prominence.
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Windsor
Alice Nielson
Kansas City
Warrensburg
Johoelsop
Warrensture
Mary
Goling
Donnaias
Nelson
Nielson
Xiri
Commonwealth Institute Opens At State House Rooms
Twenty two members gathered in the adjutant general's office today for the Commonwealth Institute opening, with Annie Diggs urging nonpartisan leadership and diverse political views, while Taylor planned a wealth movement proposal. Arrangements for active work will be made before next Saturday’s close of the institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adjutant General's Office
State House
Commonwealth Institute
Edwar ‘Taylor
Annie Diggs
State Temperance Union Wa
Simwly
Shan Bee
Republican Party
Bis
Taylor
Choate to Assume British Ambassadorship in Feb
News from London reports Joseph H. Choate newly appointed ambassador to Great Britain negotiating with Lord Curzon of Kedleston for a lease on No. 1 Lady House Terrace. Choate plans to sail February 22 aboard the American liner St Paul to begin duties at the Court of St James. He has received instructions from the State Department and will attend several dinners in Washington prior to departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Joseph H. Choate
Great Britain
Lord Curzon
Kedtenton
India
Ladie House
Perrace
Il. %Ihner
Whellington
New York
Joseph Mr. Choate
American Hiner St. Paul
Court of St James
Choate
State Department
Hfe Poner
Union Mateena
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Topeka State Journal
imonThe
Deepal
Castellanos
Paris
Anna
Enakre
Yankees
Miles
A. Doi
Tayi
New Jerety
Nicamena Canal
Panatma
Pennsylvania Impital
Bronx City Tribune
John JD. Rocke
Standard Oil Company
Rockefellers
Thiu
Jemic
Philadelphia Record
Pulp and Paper Trust
Writoe
Atehiean
Gisbea
Coao
Atetison
Atchison
Estes
Mies Heten Gould
Jos
Chander Harriele
Asd
Edward B.talcott
Wall Street
Hiram Walker
Cockrell
Capitol
Eet
Congressman Johnson
Moenda
Agoncillo
Secret Service
Sheriff Cook
Tudga Hook
Vraw
J. Sionecker
John W. Day
Howel Jones
J. ‘Hitt
Dawid Oyerms
Kansas News
Anthony Sues
Leavenworth Times
Miltonvale
Peter Hammerty
Miltonvale Press
Saaault
Wichita
Hiderado
Harry Alley
Potwin
A. Adams
Augusta
William
Brown
Ira S. Miller
Peloit
Amanda E.sha~han
Leeds
Albertine Gosahopff
Twin Mound
Opera
Crosby Bros
Reynier
Donna
Warrensburg, Mo
Commonwealth Club
Adjutant General's
London House
Ledy
Ely
Marcus G. Shants
Rabway
N. J
Franklin Breeman
Ely Brothers
Warren Gt
Ican Steam Laundry
Frank Long
Oxford
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