Cyclone Rages Baxter Springs Killing Five
A Baxter Springs special reports a violent cyclone last night killing five people outright and injuring about a dozen others. Churches and many homes were wrecked, freight depots damaged, and mining facilities at Weir City barely saved as waters rose and flood roared through the region.
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Kan
Baxter Springs
Cooper & Modguina
Sanue Winsres
Fipkenck Westen
Roten Weesten
Toomas Suinips
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Neal
Roy Webster
Martha Smith
Epta Smith
George A Dicker
AG Haurnback
A. Sharpe
Sita
Tomes Sfields
Soree
Mraebeter
Hibbs
Cooper & Heidkirk
Kansas City
Port Scott
Memphis
Kansas and Texas Coal Company
Weir City
Macnee
Memphis Railroad
Topeka Weather Outlook: Damp Sunday Possible
Mr Jennings notes showers may extend into Sunday as Topeka observes cooler, rainfall-influenced conditions. At 2 30 pm the official thermometer showed 51 degrees with a below normal barometer across the region.
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Topeka
Changes in postmaster classifications hit Kansas offices
The notice outlines a shift in postmaster classifications across Kansas with 52 of 121 offices updated and a total business decrease of $31,189. Cities including Baldwin, Chanute, Fort Leavenworth, Galena, Hiawatha, Neodesha, Newton, Pittsburg, and Salina appear with specific per office adjustments and statewide reassignment from third to fourth class in Enterprise, Neodesha, and Stafford, among others.
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Kunsaa
Enterprise
Nese City
Stafford
McPherson
Baldwin
Bloc Rapids
Chanute
Chatopa
Corsyville
Erie
Fort Leavesworth
Galena
Girard
Hiawatha
Neodesha
Newton
Pittsburg
St Marya
Yates Center
Ambilene
Alma
Anthony
Arkansas City
Atchison
Caldwell
Clyde
Dodge City
Downs
Florence
Frankfort
Goodland
Great Bend
Harper
Hays
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Kingman
Kinsley
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Medicine Lodge
National Military Home
Norton
Oberlin
Osborne
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Peabody
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Russell
St John
Salina
Wakeeney
Washington
Wellington
Householder Guilty Of Charges In Asylum Inquiry
The Asylum Investigation committee filed its report with Governor Morrill finding Senator M A Householder and Captain W Wait guilty of most charges. The unanimous report condemns the Populist board of charities as incompetent and notes Householder received 4509 dollars over two years. Captain Wait was found guilty of interfering with management. Dr McCready’s competency is questioned. Old board members are accused of accepting coffee groceries and bribes. The committee urges centralizing charity oversight and quarterly visits instead of monthly tours.
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Asylum Investigation Committee
Morrill
M. A. Householder
W. Wait
Board of Charities
Householder
Wos Walt
McCisey
Old Board of Charities
Lawyer Assault Sparks Trial in Lebanon Fight
Thea Heath of White Hock Township and attorney A. H. Gates of Lebanon clashed at Gates's office after a Maples trial in Mankew. Gates suffered a fractured jaw and other injuries, Heath was arrested and held on $500 bond for assault with intent to kill amid accusations of abusive remarks toward a state witness during closing arguments.
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Sarra Cester
Thea Heath
White Hock
A. H. Gates
Lebanon
Heath
Mankew
Gates
FORAKER FOR REED IN WEST VIRGINIA VISIT
Ex governor Foraker and Mrs Paraker invited by Senator Elkins to his West Virginia villa this month with a private car to transport them. Reed likely invited too as Foraker’s presidential candidate preference over McKinley. Also notes Buahnell’s remark of a fishing vacation.
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West Virginia
New Yeak
Senator Elkins
Foraker
Yost Brother of Typewriter Falls Prey to Spiritualist Schemes
New York July 6 The Herald recounts GW N Yost inventor of the typewriter living apart from his family in a furnished West Fifty fourth street flat. After expending time and thousands of dollars pursuing spiritualist impositions, he is a poor wreck and believes a heaven exists. He sought constant communication with the departed through mediums and spent fortunes on portraits and séances.
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Herald Saga
GW. N. Yost
West Fiftyfourth Street
Deciares
Acarcely
Onsett Bay
Muse
Herald
Yost
Chicago
Lizzie Bangs
Saloon Editor Captures Temperance Rally Atmosphere
Atchison Globe reports a temperance convention scene with saloon imagery, old maid song, and warbling quotes. Mottoes like The Devil's Toboggan Slide and A Palace of Sin adorn walls as speakers react with fervor amid crying children and a heavy mood.
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Atchison Globe
City park camp meeting opens with daily services
Local note reports the city park camp meeting opened last night with preaching at 1 am 2 30 and 5 pm daily. A centenarian colored woman named Stewart who lived near the church factory died this morning and will be buried by Poor Commissioner Hale today. She never knew George Washington. H J Bevelle probate official and wife return from Fort Scott visit and call it a glorious rain. Topeka cigar makers union elected officers led by President Horacek and other officers. Funeral of R E French July 4 death to be held at First Presbyterian Church Sunday July 7 at 2 30 pm. remains from 2 pm at W G Holloway SUS Clay street. Friends invited.
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Stewart
Hale
George Washington
H. J. Bevelle
Fort Scott
The Pinay Not Luceras in London at Lexpos
The cooler week boosts theater attendance at Daly's with royal visitors among patrons. Reviews focus on the Two Gentlemen of Verona production and Daly’s music additions to Shakespeare. Ada Behan and James Lewis receive criticism while Samuel of Posen at Gaiety attracts mixed verdicts. Mrs Patrick Campbell returns to Fedora cast as Beerbohm Tree seeks Trilby players.
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Ada Behan
James Lewis
Curtis
Samual
Posen
Gaiety Theater
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Patrick Campbell
Fedora
Beerbohm Tree
Trilby
Trains Take Big Passenger Runs To Denver And Boston
Railroads Santa Fe and Rock Island report heavy passenger business in Denver for the National Educational Association meeting and in Boston for the Christian Endeavor gathering. Rock Island conveyed ten cars of Kansas and eastern travelers to Denver yesterday and plans another special today. Santa Fe operated two sections to Denver yesterday and two more today with four Monday, plus a special Kansas City to Boston departure Monday night. General Superintendent Mudge returns from New Mexico. Sweet to El Paso and Colorado Springs. Frost notes alfalfa country from Dodge City to Rocky Ford.
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Rock Island
Denver
Boston
National
Kansas
Kansas City
H. A. Mudge
New Mexico
Stutgart
A.E. Sweet
Santa Fe General Superintendent
el Paso
Colorado Springs
John E. Frost
Dodge City
Rocky Ford
Pullman Raises Wages Ten Percent After Strike
The Pullman Palace Car Company increased wages by 10 percent for about 4600 workers at its Pullman shops. The raise, gradual and not formally announced, followed a pledge made last year during the strike that wages would rise as business conditions allowed. Labor leaders see the timing as notable but company officials deny significance.
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Caresgo
Pullman Palace Car Company
Pullman
Wicks
Court dismisses 35 year old Monford Higgins case
In San Francisco on July 6 the United States circuit court dismissed the long running suit between E M Monford and Solomon Higgins over the northeast corner of Folsom and Sixth streets. Higgins, a squatters, had no title in fee. Monford became owner by purchase and sought ejectment after the case began in 1860 and entered the federal docket in February 1880 without reaching a judgment.
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E. M. Monford
Solomon Higgins
United States Circuit Court
Tomlet
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Sixth Streets
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United States
Little Billee Cast From Hampstead Cabinet Maker's Son
During the week it transpired that Du Maurier used as his model for Little Billee the son of a Hampstead cabinet maker who has since taken to the stage. Mr Tree has engaged him to play the character in the upcoming production of Teilby.
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Han Sincee Mecome
Lowpox
du Maurier
Little Billee
Hampstead
Tree
Teilby
Stanley's Ambition in Lambeth Election
Henry M. Stanley the African explorer contests the north division of Lambeth in the coming parliamentary election. He is a Liberal-Unionist who was defeated by Francis M. Coldwalls in the last race. Joseph Chamberlain, the new colonial secretary, will speak in his favor today.
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Henry M. Stanley
Lambeth
Sir. Stanley
Francis M. Coldwalls
Joseph Chamberlain
Dykes Leaves Kansas for Chattanooga Practice
Dr H A Dykes former secretary of the state board of health plans to locate in Chattanooga Tennessee to engage in medical practice. He is well known in Smith County for years of active work in public health and medicine.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Seite Center
H. A. Dykes
State Board of Health
Tennessee
Smith County
Rosebery Denied to Wed Princes Daughter Rumor
The rumor ties Lord Rosebery to a daughter of the Prince of Wales with the queen reportedly approving the match. Rosebery remains the queen’s favored figure, evidenced by his Thistle order, while holding the Garter, a rare double royal honor alongside the Duke of Hamilton lineage.
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Lord Rosebery
Rosebery
Duke of Hamilton
Order of the Thistle
Order of the Garter
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Royal Bi S
Earl Pot Aberdeen
Duke of
Argyle
Fusion in Alabama Plan for Populist Republican Fusion
A call from People's party Chairman Adams for a Birmingham meeting on July 24 signals a planned fusion with Republicans and a fall campaign push. The agenda suggests a platform omitting the money question and focusing only on state issues.
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Haid
Bramixonam
Ale
Adams
People’s Party
Birmingham
June Sales At Topeka Drug Stores Reach 4554
In June the Topeka drug stores reported 4554 sales across 34 shops, up from 4851 in May and down from 4068 in June 95 with 34 stores. Itemized figures include Walker 234 Jones 193 Waltmire 192 Stansfield 161 Arnold & Son 244 Woolverton 261 and others.
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Awose County
Topeka
A. B. Klingaman
BR Walker
Lee Jones
A. J. Waltmire
G. W. Stansfield
A. J. Arnold & Son
Woolverton
D. McKinley
A. H. Merrill
W. BH. Wilson
H. M. Washburn
W. F. Kunz
F. B. Wualisch
W. F. Lake
E. T. Sim
O. A. Keene
Denver Bicycle Club Voices Free Silver in Mansfield Parade
Sixty eight riders including twenty women from the Denver Bicycle Club visited Mansfield to meet Senator Sherman and advocate free silver under the sixteen to one slogan. The Mansfield crowd jeered and cheered as the group spoke from a platform, supporting Senator Sherman amid a heated reception.
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Wasuisdon
Denver Bicycle Club
White House
Asbury Park
Silver Country
Mansfield
Sherman
Seoator Sherman
Wick Gets Paid for Householder Case Stenography Fee
A young man from the treasurer's office delivered $480 to James R. Wick, the stenographer in the Householder investigation. The payment, delayed but ultimately approved by the attorney general and governor, settles the fee due for his official services.
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James RB. Wick
Wicks
Cole
Wick
Attorney General's
Fake riot rumors and silver meeting notes in July reports
Telegrams from multiple towns deny a Siberia riot in Percy county. A Thurman free silver meeting in Washington Court House is disputed. Cole resigns as Topeka first baseman captain. Dunn named new captain and Coulin to play first base.
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Siberia
Ogee Evansville
Ind
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Camelton
Tell City
Huntingburg
Percy County
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Seventh Congressional District
Allen W. Thurman
Cole
Topeka
Te Das
Seneca
Dunn
Coulin
Supreme Court Sides With Waters in Railway Damage Suit
The New Supreme Court approves Captain Waters in a key case for Mrs. Margaret Hughes of Osage County against A J and F Railway. Hughes sued after a Santa Fe train incident in 1830 left her husband dead, winning $7,832 in Osage County district court. the high court unanimously affirms, noting misconduct by the railroad and possible jury negligence. A second ruling assigns $6,252.50 to Wichita Wholesale Grocery Co. against Missouri Pacific for two carloads of sugar burned while being switched, the court holding the railroad liable as a common carrier and to pay the loss though the carrier’s own services were valued at $4 per car.
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Supreme Court
Josep Waters
J. G. Waters
Topeke
Jock
Joe Waters
Capt Waters
Agin
Mra
Margaret Hughes
Osage County
Hughes
District Court of
Joe Eee
Mo. Pacific
Wichita Wholesale Grocery Co
Missouri Pacific Railroad Co
Missouri Pacific
Wichita
Frisco
Missouri Pacifio
Which One Volces It The Kansas City Journal
A Kansas City Journal editorial criticizes its own paper and editorials while debating Chief Justice Martin’s renomination. It notes a quorum failure by the Populist state committee and contrasts views between the Kansas City Journal and its Topeka correspondent on Chief Justice Martin’s liberal stance.
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Kansas City Journal
Journal
Martin
Ita Topeka
Stark Joon
Nal
GEN CAMPOS STRICKEN BY YELLOW FEVER IN CUBA
A Havana report claims Spanish General Martinez de Campos contracted yellow fever while leading 4000 troops at Puerto Principa l. At Grand Pledea, insurgents reportedly captured Campos’s sign and he is said to be dying from the fever.
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Fin
Havana
Martinez de Campos
Puerto Principal
Grand Pledea
Campos’ Sin
National Educational convention arrives in Denver
About 5,500 delegates reached the Denver convention area in the last 24 hours as 43-car Burlington trains from Chicago and a six-car Indianapolis train arrived. Henry Sabin of Des Moines read the state school systems report urging abolition of school districts and reorganization by township or county to improve taxation, revenue distribution, and administration. County normals and better teacher training were urged.
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Denver
National Educational Association Conventine
Burlington
Chicago
Indianapolis
Henry Sabin
Des Moines
Towa
Stolen Race Horses From Leigh Stable at St Owls
A thief or thieves stole eight horses from W H Leigh at the St Owls fair grounds on July 6, the entire racing stable valued about 5000 dollars. Leigh, father of famous jockey Eugene Leigh and Edward Leigh, reported the loss to police. The article also notes a New York bank statement with varied gains and losses for the period.
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W. H. Leigh
St. Owls
Sr. Lovig
Fair Grounds
Mr. Leigh
Eugene Leigh
Bob Rose
Clifford
Edward Leigh
Leigh
Los
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