Santa Fe Trainmen Score Victory in Wage Increase
Union negotiators win raise after extended talks. Santa Fe announces 15 percent pay hike totaling about 450000 dollars annually. Management initially refused demands, leading to a Chicago conference with grievances committees and orders chiefs before final agreement.
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Santa Fe
Sears
Order of Railway Cape Doctors
Matee
Topeka Sanday
Beto
Chicago
General Ete Mulkenn
S.C. Scott
Noriberg
Hiner
Missouri Pacific Right of Way Drive Stalled in Hutchinson
Missouri Pacific surveyors moved to secure a right of way from Hutchinson to the southern line but a completed deal for the Hutchinson and Southern terminals remains uncertain. The stream of negotiations hinges on voluntary consent from Rock Island and the securing of track access to the Inland yards.
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Tratehinean
Mithouri Pacific
Utlines Hutchinean & Southers de Prt
Amauery
All Kourt Pacific
State Takes a Hand in Livestock Charge Method
State court actions challenge how live stock is charged by carriers. Case cites the state board of transportation and a railroad company over weighing and shipping methods from Shelton to South Omaha. The suit alleges improper charges and seeks determination of the applicable rate and procedure.
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Tincote
State Alunnyy Ciroeral
Ned
Thy
Dousind Qounty
Joneratat
Tiston Panific Road Company
Tolind Jn Uve
State Board. of Transportation, Carumunitins
Shelton
Omaha
Benin
Emporia to Begin City Improvements Ahead of Schedule
Local report notes plan to spend funds on city improvements in Emporia. Despite garbled text, references suggest rapid start of work near stockyards and ongoing economic activity tied to the wheeled transport and business sectors dominating the area last year.
Santa Fe Speed Record Report and Depot Improvements
Reports from Emporia and nearby rail centers describe railway upgrades at the transfer station including covered platforms and freight handling capacity. A fast Santa Fe run reaching 78 mph is noted, with Governor Murphy present on the No. 2 engine. Colorado Southern plans new locomotives and coaches, while Ohio implements two cent mileage, and local officials discuss book sales proceeds.
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Aeety
Syeckst
Murphy
Betdeah
Iouke
Barnhart
Throttl
la Junta
Rio Grande Meeting Ends Satisfactorily
Report from Denver states that the Rio Grande conductors committee and General Superintendent Smuple reached a satisfactory conclusion. The issue under review concerned alleged nonobservance of provisions in the union agreement. U P to Extend Pooling In Cheyenne a year after its start at Wis Point, pooling engines will continue indefinitely with plans to double up engines in passenger and freight service.
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Rio Grande
Trig
Smuple
Denver
U. P
Cheyenne
Wyo
Union Preliic
Wis Point
Buch
Railway staffing and crews shift in Wellington report
From Wellington comes word of a series of redeployments and openings. Al Richmond returns from Santa Fe hospital to fill Engineer John Butwell’s Hutchinson Southern post while Ed Taylor leaves Topeka hospital for reassignment. Crew changes affect the Santa Fe Hazelton and other lines as engineers Kretimier Hathare and Modecht move, and a new switchman position is anticipated for the Frisco at Neodeana as trains prepare for a storm.
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al Richmond
Santa Fe
Loge
John Butwell
Hutchinson
Southern
Ed Taylor
Topeke
Weilames Hodges
Hazelton
Statehinesnam
Coders
Haselton
Poshandle
Fenriy
Frank Root
Ac Fe
Vinton
Inter 1 Rock
Caldwell
Denver
Kretimier
Hathare Beng
Hennesty
Nwitchman
de Frisco
Neodeana
Opal
Ares
Fragmentary Newton item hints at local sports names
A partial, jumbled fragment from Newton references several local names and a possible sports context. The legibility is too low to identify clear events, teams, or outcomes, but mentions Beares Newson Beret Clark Teeltion and Biakonan in a scattered sequence.
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Newson
Clark
Local Shifts and Moves Dimly Reported in Community News
The column notes Em pori Engineer C. Hayman visiting for an exam run. Lou Osborn returns to Frank Hawkins family plans a several week trip to Alnola. George Hig tote recovers from vines, Attie Hodien wins a new position with foundries. Gus Froese, long with Sar inspectors, transfers to Great Bend. OW. E. Davis returns to Newton after heading the operation.
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C. Hayman
Empori
Fekom
Ning
Oranch
Lou Osborn
Frank Hawkins
Alnola
George Ie
Chatlis Hodien Thas
Sarita
Eli Ie
Aries
Nickerson Hutchinson
Gus Froese
Great Bend
Frome OW. E. Davis
Newton
Seventieth Kansas Bar Association meeting program
Kansas lawyers gather in Topeka January 20 and 21 1900 for the seventeenth Bar association meeting. The agenda includes executive council report admission of members memorial committee report and various addresses on constitutional rights military law and probate courts. Evening sessions cover the president's address and a banquet with discussion of addresses.
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Bar Association of
State of Kansas
Supreme Court Room
Topeka
Kan
Executive Council
Silas Porter
Kansas City
J.C. Pentlethwaite
Jewell City
Congress
University Law School
Queenor
Hamilton
T. Fprman
Coleman
Clay Center
Hen. O. Hi. Dewn
Kuniit
Kansas
W. Parker
Olathe
T. A. McNeal
Hugh P. Farrelly
Chanute
Rosslington Dekp
J. D. Houston
Wichita
LW. Smith
Stockton
Throop
Smallpox Scare Prompts Citywide Closures in Argentine
Argentine authorities move to contain an isolated smallpox case. A city hall meeting led to vacating the city and closing public schools. White students face ten days, Black students twenty one days, with orders to keep properties clean and arrest noncompliers. One child linked to a Black school attended a white school until yesterday.
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Argentine
Board of Education
Baby Held for Debt in Odd Abduction Claim
Kansas City Kan Jan 12 A three month old baby is alleged to be held as security for a debt. Stra ville Strickland said a woman named Mrs Simms took the child while Strickland boarded with the Simms at Second Street and Lafayette Avenue. Police checked the home and neighborhood but found neither the woman nor the baby. Strickland delayed a planned train departure while seeking returns of her child. Mrs Simms reportedly held the infant for payment claimed for attending to the baby during Strickland’s absence. The two families had been living together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Stra
Ville Strickland
Jacality
Hutchinson Schools Attendance Record Report
A report by Mr. Winans, superintendent of the city schools, presented before the board of education shows the current term’s enrollments and attendance. Total pupils admitted reach 2,100 with an average daily attendance to the end of four months at 173 percent of 1905, while the prior year’s term averaged 1,094.
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Hutchins
Winans
Cureor
Lyon County Tax Collector Reports Record Year Revenue
County Treasurer Tom Ryan announced that Lyon County collected a record amount in taxes for the year. Tax receipts show higher payments than ever before, with officials noting substantial increases in late-year disbursements and overall revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyon County
Tom Ryan
Porta
Port Worth Texas Round Trip Fare Announcement
A brief travel notice advertises a $14.50 round trip fare to Port Worth Texas and return via the Rock Island Route, encouraging readers to subscribe for details and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Worth
Texas
Rock Island
Telegrams from January dispatches mix early war notes
Brief telegrams report a wide array of items from Berlin and Toledo to Kentucky and New York. They mention murders, arrests, elections, land deals, ship movements, and political appointments with numerous named places and persons.
The Policy Players at Crawford Theatre Next Tuesday
Williams and Walker star in a new musical farce The Policy Players at Crawford Theatre Tuesday night. The show features Reese Brothers Fred Douglass George Catlin Jory brothers Hrooks Hodges Launchmore the Williams and Walker Quartette and a chorus of colored girls in elegant costumes with special scenery and electric effects. Manhattan Stock company billed at Grand Opera House all next week with band orchestra vaudeville and moving pictures as features. Also an ad for Rock Blood Hitters claiming it is a natural remedy for lazy liver.
Kansas State Historical Society 24th Annual Meeting Programme
The Kansas State Historical Society lists its twenty fourth annual meeting on January 18 with an arson reference, regiments in the Spanish and Philippine wars, receptions for officials, and an election of 33 board members. The agenda includes addresses by Eugene F Ware and Colonel Richard J. Hinton, musical selections, and a post meeting directors’ session for officer elections.
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Kansas State Historical Society
Kansas
Twentieth Kansas Regiment
Wilder S
Metcalf
Lawrence
Kansas Regiment
W. L. Brown
Kingman
Twenty-second Kansas Regiment
A. M. Harvey
Twenty-third Kansas Regiment
James Beck
Galena
Gol
R. J. Hinton
Mutcalf
Rock
Brown
Harvey
Representative Bull
John S. Glendenme
Chas
J. Seth
Neutral Lands
Tougene F. Ware
Topeka
Irma Doster
Henry B. Beerman
Pranklin G. Adame
D. W. Wilder
Hiawatha
St. Cecells
Kanenn
Kreetiom
Calhoun
Benton
Lincoln
Grant
Richard J. Hinton
Brooklyn
Expensive liquor costs in murder trial at Junction City
The government will spend thousands on witnesses for the Litech Wennell murder trial, with expenses from diverse states and Cuba. A separate note reports famine relief in Abilene Kansas sending corn to Bombay missionaries, and a Kay county smallpox quarantine discussion in Blackwell connected by rail.
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Junction City
Joseph Leach
Thomas Fennell
United States
Litech
Wennell
Cuba
Baltimore
Rhode Island
Washinton
Chicago
Fae Oll
Maar
Trier
Abilene
Kan
Dickinson County
J. J. Forney
India
Ite
River Brethren
Bombay
Explosion kills Harvey Jackson at Horse Thief mine
Galena Jan 12 Harvey Jackson 22 was shot during an explosion at the Horse Thief mine in North Empire. He and two other men were injured but survived. Jackson, who lived with his parents in Empire, had moved from Neogesha several months ago.
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Galena
Harvey Jackson
Horse Thief
North Empire
Young Jackson
Empire
Neogesha
Chautauqua Board Sees Growth in Endowment and Assets
Chautauqua assembly officials report 124095 in receipts for the year with 11224 paid on floating debt. Endowment aims to reach 100000 by May. assets up by 144072. Officers elected include Clem Studbaker as president and Warren F. Walworth as treasurer.
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Cleveland
Board of Trustees of
Chautauqua Assembly
Chautauqua
Clem Studbaker
South Bend
Orst
Wilson MM
Day
Ishop Jona H. Vincent
Topeka
Kan
George Iament
Cago
E.G. Dusenberry
Portville
N. Y
Chester D. Massey
Toronto
Ont
Warren F. Walworth
Ira M. Miller
Akron
Anti Trust Meeting Plans Local Organization Drive
A mass meeting in sympathy with the American anti-trust league was held last evening with Judge W B Fleming of Kentucky presiding. The event outlined the duty committee plan for one member in each ward to organize supplementary leagues and advance coordinated action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Anti-Trust League
W. B. Fleming
Kentucky
Big Decline In Export for December 1898 Report
The January export statement from the U S Bureau of Statistics shows breadstuffs at 19,145,290 dollars, down from December 1898 by about one percent. Cattle and hogs reach 2,011,77 dollars with a roughly 14 million drop, mineral oils at 5,476,027 dollars with an uptick of 31,260,000, total exports amounting to 567,783,500 dollars, reflecting a 9 percent decrease for the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Tve
Fort Worth Texas and Return Route Noted
A brief notice from Fort Worth details a return route involving local transport or travel, noting the Rock Island Route in connection with Fort Worth and surrounding areas. The fragment suggests schedule or routing information for travelers or shipments, without full context or dates.
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Emporia
Banta Ze
Arperia
Banta Pa
Eteporia
Ohio
How
Colorado A South
Ttler
Fort Worth
Cilera
Paobio Chiertan
Bradlson
Tharaday
Ophald
Afon
Tairrinan
Martin Reardon
Car Department
Slokmiaia Documotre
Acon
Vester Hks
Marina Ho
Handte
Waa Ae
Examinati
Orient Waiiar
Budeeer
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Tayine Om
Herrington
BT Houston
Aulne
Ra Tone
Ewe Erin
Wellington
Prom Emporia
Baby
Hutchinson Schools
Cea
Castoria
Dameak
Libya
Toledo
Tita
Berlin
Albert Pishas
Rkorune
Mount Sterting
Foye
David Wess
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Sneathen Ue
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Augusta
Denaine
Kearney
Tigate Nelson
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Jan
Baker
Moxie
Tae Oyalls
Anbanots Md
Murray Vandiver
Dinrhard
Mbna
Cararan
Henry 2
Anderry Tone
Haney Campbell
Roberts
Allen
Dewey
Dewsey
Plenipo
Nitea Staves
Portugal
Lisbon
New Fork
New York and Staten Island Land Company
The
Aleamer Philadelpnia
Maryville
Martina Levens
Esheed & Years
Alert P. Meirose
Miscelene
Iere Severn
Cama
Brook Town
New York
Wills Rosser
Frederick Slater
Rahway
N. Wr
San Francisco
T P
Boston
Tanie Alexander Williams
Cheeliar
Noe Cars
St. Louis
Albert B. Perry
Detroit
Mick
Miles Eleatror White
Georgetown
Mt Christ
Canon Stith
Gtey
Miss Whitess
Navy
St Towle
TC. Muthal
Dre Mulia
Sears Cig
Leaves & Widow
Semton
Ain
Eifeaneth French
Philadelphia
Senate
Frank H. Morris
W. Brown
Seenees
Ted Ube Navy Department
Col
Thomas Linton
SirNeny Masons
England
Maxgonlo Grand Iodgea
Colorado
Historical Society
Blackwell Hutchinson
Kay County
Blackwell
Hotchinson & Southern
California
Capri
Riviera
Italy
Spain
T. S. King
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry
Topeka, Kansas
Arry E. Gavitt
Manaczr
Thlerfonnso
W. W. Gavitt Printing & Publishing CO
W. W. Gavitt Mediva Co Printing
Fourth St
Adams St
Tepeka
Kans
Chautauqua Board
Eeturn
Eeeast Ie
Colorado Flyer
Wood
Kaczynski
Jackson
Ber
Avenas
Paney
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