Fred Funston letter from a hospital in New York
The piece reports a letter from Fred Funston, then in a New York hospital, to Frank Webster. Funston reflects on his war experiences in Cuba, expresses relief at returning to the United States, and recounts a vivid war memory of avoiding a Spanish cavalry pursuit. He notes plans to head west in about two weeks with a welcoming reception awaiting him in Lawrence.
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Lawrence
Frank Webster Hog
Fred Funston
Viaterital
New York
Jan
Kansa
United States
Lawrence Water Tower
Klek
Tig
Myst
Eowan Mot
Fred Suya Ie
Ale
Senate probes bribery charges loom in Hanna contest
A Senate committee opened executive sessions and planned public testimony to investigate bribery claims tied to Representative Hanna in the senatorial race. Witnesses refused to disclose books and questioned officials, while counsel participation was barred. The four hour session in executive and public phases drew Senators Robertson Ping Ling Burke Gardeld and others, with no new charges arising.
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Qwlumueun
San
Senate Committee
Oru
Bolice Committee
J. J. Sullivan
M Daugherty
Cyrus Huling
Setchter Hanna
Senate
Robertson
Ping
Ling -Democrate
Burke Aml Gurfield
Sen- Stor Burke
Hanis
Gardeld
Hanna
Cee
Wit- Delves
Pentland
Roume
Nuit House
Nadi
Urel
Dunlhp
Truesdale
Henna
Railroad turmoil and odd tales ripple through Paola
Paola reports the Katy tie up ends after the railroad company pays the judgment and costs. A Boston woman claims an Indian War Dance in Topeka while Gold Leaf decorates anew. Sheriff Hamilton may face arrest for delaying the United States mail, as a 24 hour notice preceded the attachment and train movements.
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Paola
Rullroad
Harnitn
United States
Handle With Care A Stranger Package For Inspector Montgomery
General Watch inspector B S Montgomery received a sealed green wax marked handle with care breakable and valuable. The package, wrapped in newspaper, contained a silverine watch weighing about 18 ounces. The crowd teased and Montgomery warned they would not pry but kept unwrapping as more sheets were removed.
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Montgomery
B.S. Montgomery
Chaos in Boston Express Yard Sparks Peculiar Drum Display
A Boston woman observed a drum routine near the baggage room at Banter Fy depot as expressmen planked around and beat a bass drum in a noisy circle. Passengers from Ny 3 joined to watch, while nearby officials and a Rostén observer questioned the scene and its public disturbance.
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Banter
Hanes
Fred Harveys
Portilan
Fitton
Ny 3
Rostén
Ctyilixa- San
Stop Ticket Scalping Bill Reported Tomorrow
Washington January 18 The House commerce committee voted to report the anti scalping bill in a Sherman NY substitute. It adds penalties for railroad officers and makes officers liable for misdemeanors with fines and imprisonment. The substitute bans general passenger agents from selling to unauthorized agents and requires unused tickets to be redeemable within one year with civil penalties for failure. Mr Sherman will write the committee report and present it tomorrow.
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House
Washington
Jan
House Committee On Commerce
Sherman
New York
Orange train wreck near Oak Grove causes orange car derailment
A fruit train from California to Chicago derailed after descending an embankment near Oak Grove, plunging thirteen orange cars into a pond. None of the crew were hurt. The train slowed to about 35 mph at Grain Valley before the axle failure halted the second car, preventing a worse toppling pileup.
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Oak Grove
Kaneax City
Ian
Alten
Solig
California
Chicago
Grain Valley
Train Crash Injures Crew After Overturned Cars Spill
An accident left multiple train cars overturned with the tender derailed. Trainmen crawled from beneath the wreckage to inspect the damage, and only one car remained on the track with its wheels twisted and torn.
Edmund Taylors Death Remains of Pioneer Railroad Man
Edmund Taylor died at Raton New Mexico on Monday morning at age 50. He began on the F and C in 1855 and held many positions in the operating department. He moved to Raton two years ago to work as a machinist with the Santa Fe. His son in law W T New is master mechanic of the Missouri Pacific Kansas City division. His brothers M Taylor and Alfred Taylor hold Santa Fe and Missouri Pacific posts. The body will be sent to Sedalia Missouri for interment.
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Kansas City
Edmund Taylor
Raton
Mast
Southwest
Sante Fe
New
Kana
Missouri Pacife
Fort Scott
Sedal- 1A
Cpordra
Lse
SOE 8
Gus Carter
Frank Murphy
Johnson
Roundhouse
Beane
Kintan
Wiehts
Brontgomery
Itford
Treponte Fenie
Tou
Lawrence
St. John
Galveston
Treat N. Mason
Mae
Fred Swartz
Frank McAdams
Newton
No. C
Cummins
McAdams
Gold Leaf Cheaper Paint Gains Ground for Railcars
A long item notes Santa Fe 12 lettering switched to yellow peat paint due to cost while enduring wear. It cites Boston's state house gilding and railway use, plus water supply contracts, staff changes, and accidents.
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Santa Fe
State House
Boston
Death Train builder J C Zing in Nicaragua railway saga
John C King, secretary of the grievance committee, recalls the Nicaragua Central railway project. He supervised 34 miles of track built by 47 skilled workers, seven returning to the United States while the rest died of malarial fever in Central America. King later returned to the United States after the project ended.
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J.C. Zing
Nicaragua
John C King
Gen Ji
O. R
Nicaragua Central
Central America
King
United States
Centra
Railroad Conductor King Career on Isthmus and Railway Strike Action
King first served as conductor of the death train carrying bodies of laborers during the Panama Canal works. He then took a passenger run for nearly a year. He was sent by General Manager Frey during a strike to persuade railroad men to stay with the company, later transferring from MLK and T to a Western division after a stint in New Mexico.
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America
Nicaragua
Panama Canal
Isthmus
Mr. King
Frey
New Mexico
Colored laborers head to Colorado furnace work
J J Sales, a well dressed colored man, led a group of 42 laborers from Tennessee onto Santa Fe No 5, headed for the Colorado Fuel and Iron works at Pueblo. He denies a strike and says the men are not taking others' jobs while outlining their northern furnace experience. Sales often guides parties from the south and east to Colorado.
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Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Dixie
J. J. Sales
Santa Fe
Colurmoid Fuel and Tron Company
Pusblo
Sales
Colorado
Tennessee
Ecompanies
Santa Fe Extends Tourist Service From Pittsburgh to California
General Passenger Agent Bineck of the Santa Fe arranged a weekly tourist train from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Los Angeles. Train No. 1 left Pittsburgh last night and will pass Topeka tomorrow, with cars leaving Pittsburgh Tuesdays and Kansas City Thursdays. The new line supplements existing weekly tourist cars from New York, Boston, Minneapolis and St Paul.
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Santa Fe
Pennsylvania
California
Bineck
Pittsburg
Topeka
Kansas City
Los Angeles
New York
Boston
Minneapolis
St Paul
Transfer of Resident Engineer Meade Brings Others to Topeka
Rail line details report Engineer J M Meade moving from Pashio to Topeka with assistants McCoy McCoy Monical Kilmer Phelps Whitson to relocate families in February 1902. Notes trials, heating repairs, engine statuses, and vacancies on several branches as crews face cold, slippery tracks.
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Meade
Topeka
J. M. Meade
Pashio
8. A. McCoy
R. Z McCoy
C. Monical
Myr
Charles J. Kilmer
PH. Phelps
J. Whitson
Mr. Meade
Monical
Kilmer
Missouri Pacific Hopes for Freight Traffic Boost
The Missouri Pacific plans a stronger push to win Topske freight business and may relocate its depot to Fifth and Adams streets for better freight and passenger handling. A new depot building could serve both lines, though not yet settled, with current site near the Fifteenth Street junction causing handling difficulties.
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Missouri Suite
Topske
Fifth and
Adams Stream
Wm. H. Fush
Turaday
Missouri Pacific
Santa Fe
Fifteenth Street
Pitth
Adama Streets
Annual meeting of the Kansas State Historical Society in Topeka
The twenty second annual gathering drew Kansas history figures including J S Emery John Guthrie H L Moore and Judge Samuel A selene among others. President John Speer delivered the address on the importance of accuracy in historical statements and memorial addresses honored Geo T Anthony Major Dames J Abiosote F Green and Dwight Thacher.
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The
State Historical Society
Kansas
J. S. Emery
Lawrence
John Guthrie
Topeka
H. L. Moore
David Eeran
Wm. Sims
A. B
Samuel A. Selene
Benny Worral
Geo. W. Martin
Kansas City
H. D. Fisher
Hennett
Manhattan
Bonebrake
E. J. Dallas
J. G. Haskell
AK. Rodgers
John E. Moon
Martin Mobler
Fletcher Blaerideth
Hutchinson
Mire S&l
Speer
Mr. Speer
Geo. T. Anthony
P.J. Bouetrake
J. Aabisote F. Green
Woden
Texas
Dwight Thacher
Richard Gordley
D. W. Wilder
State
Eugene F. Ware
Wilder
Chas. S. Gleen
Ware
Kangas
Col
A. 5. Johnson
Johnson County
F. H. Snow
State University
Begin
State University of
Kansan
J. W. Strower
Eliott
Brower
Coronado
Zillett
el Hott
EF. Ware
Brinton W. Woodward
Quantrill
John Speer
Eugene FP. Ware
W. A. Peffer
F. G. Adama
FG. Adams
Alex Caldwell
Hw. Chase
EJ. Dallas
Cons
S. Greed
K. Hollidas
Rae Wanton
AL B.donno
E Pipence
William Sims
Pred Weillhouse
A. Lb. Wiliame
J. Or. Clark
la Cyrene
L. Tt. Bilioti
Hattan
J. Emery
Lawren
Graham
H Busch
Leavenworth
Warrington
Hiawatha
J. G. Hassell
Lawrences
Scott Hopkins
Horton
Mrs. Gee
Johnson
White Tech
Henry Kuhn
Marion
W. J. Zane
Santa Fe
J. T. Clark
W. BE. Connelly
Bestrice
Neb
Braddock Kingman
Sidney Clark
Oklahoma City
W. KR. Brown
el Reno
Addison
Danford
Canon City
Cel
EB. O. Ross
Colorado Springs
3. G. Stover
New Mexico
AB. Lemmon
California
H.C. Sperr
Chicago
W. A. H. Lawrence
T. H. Cavanuush
Washington
Willian Higgins
EP. McCabe
Quiahima
John W. Leedy
1. J. Biott
HB. Cowgill
Pic. Montgomery
P. McVicar
W. A. Patter
Chas. S. Gleed
Klondike by Gasbag Planned From World’s Fair Balloon
A California man plans to reach the Klondike by balloon using the Chicago World’s Fair captive balloon. He will be accompanied by aeronauts James Thorp, Andrew from Chicago, and Elemtke of Pittsburgh, all experienced in flight.
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Alifornia
San Francieco
C W Vosmer
Klondike
James Thorpson
Cincinnsi
Ahrews
Chicago
E Elemtke
Pittaburg
Texas Cowboy Kills Man Who Illtreated His Sister
New York dispatch describes Herman Hinz a Texas cowboy who traveled to Brooklyn to rescue his sister. After confronting Otto Diehl at Stage Street station Hinz fired a .44 revolver wounding Diehl who later died. Hinz surrendered to police and is jailed pending further action.
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New York
Stage Street
Brooklyn
Herman G. Hinz
Otto Dien
Hinz
Hing
Ruthenbere
Texas
Diehl
Burke Protests Burton Burke on Hanna Committee Appointment
In Columbus on January 19 the Ohio Senate faced a biting outburst over committee assignments. Senator Alexander led a formal protest against placing Vernon H. Burke of Cuyahoga on senate committees, condemning the move as treason to party and duty. The protest drew Democratic objections and a later vote, with most Republicans backing a resolution disavowing sympathy with the protest.
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Hanna
Columbus
Senate
Alexander
Burke
Cuyahosa
Amon
Vernon H. Burke
PAFLY
Sullivan
Ray
Brasilian Plans Sale Of Warships In Progress
The Brazilian government weighs selling a cruiser Abreu now on the line and the Irmathuls Deodero and Floriano, both under construction in France, as part of naval budget measures.
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Soma
Rio de Joncirotanit
Brasilian
Abreu
Irmathuls Deodero
Floriano
France
Who Are These Women Who Hold State Appointments
The State Board of Charities replies to Populist charges alleging disreputable women hold posts in state institutions. They publish a public letter from members Brown Wheeler Hole Jumper Shane defending appointments as mostly from reputable sources and warning against impostors. The board asserts 75 percent of temple staff are strangers to them and opportunities exist to dismiss anyone whose conduct harms institutions. They urge proper channels for any proven discreditable acts.
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State Board of Charities
Wei L. Brown
C. Wheeler
P. H. Bolean
H. G. Jumper
Frank Shane
Eid
Republicum
Government meat inspection shows infection rate and proposals
Washington January 12 the secretary of agriculture reported to Congress on the bureau of animal industry meat inspection during the last year. It notes nearly 2 000 000 hogs examined and 13 326 found infected. The report urges higher appropriations to extend inspection to all animals contemplated by law and to complete the program.
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Eehington
We Agriculture Ias
Congress
Bureau of External Industry
Porle
Millionaire Tramp's Burial Planned in Potter's Field
A report from Kirksville Mo dated June 2 outlines that the late James Herro, once famous as the millionaire tramp Berry, will be buried in potter's field with modest expenses. Attorney Dr Torbertsusl oversaw the estate settlement and seized belongings, including a horse and valued property. Mrs Sadie Berry of Mount Vernon arrived with her attorney F. G. Flood, a state legislator, but reacted coolly to the funeral plans.
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Potter's Field
Bi Louis
Republic
Pidhest
Dames Ierrs
Potter's Tell
Torbertsusl
Merts
Rotertenn
Reesen
Ferry
Moist Vernon
Sadie Berry
Mount Vermen
F. G. Tlood
I Lnoln Legislatur
Library Report Shows Vast Growth in 1896 Volumes
The library added 2,301 unbound volumes and pamphlets along with 1,227 volumes of newspapers and periodicals between November 1, 1896, and November 1. The collection now includes about 12,000 bound volumes, with serials and maps expanding holdings. The report, prepared for the board of directors by F. G. Adams, notes gifts from state publishers and preservation efforts across the system.
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Gmkerpoon
Eefouniogre
Fan
WS Mounties
Kansas
Tates Foci Beerkary
F. G. Adame
Anotidl
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