Three for law all but three declare open for whisky
Leavenworth July 3 reports judge Culver and temperance organizers probing sentiment on prohibition. A mass meeting drew 104 attendees, with 33 women and children, as officials and citizens express doubt about enforcing the law and debate duties of city leaders and police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leivenworth
Kan
J. Culver
Emporia
Leuvenworth
Guy. Morrill
Culver
Leavenworth
Leavenworth Times
Hicbarde
Hauserman
Richarda
Hook
Otder
Topeka
Jolio Beckler
Fhose
Willian Small
James W. Brown
Gew
Edward Carroll
Ob. R Anthony
Morrill
Amo
Lex Leavenworth
EM. Randall
Police Board
George Ritchey
C. Chacey
Dis
Frank Hont
William Fairchild
Tim
Councel
Abernathy
McGahey
Robert E Ginity
Samuel Lord
J. Glysle
D. R Anthony
Ritchey
Chacey
Tl.johnson
W. A. Porter
Aod
Wm. Dil
H.C. Long
Mate T
Agace
J. C. Lyste
Judge Calver
Chickering Bail
Gospel temperance meeting with Judge Culver speaker
The event featured Sameel Lord as chairman and Judge Joseph F. Culver of Emporia as the speaker. Culver delivered a temperance oriented talk, stressing duty to enforcement and not attacking individuals, while noting the temperance movement’s reach in river towns. The meeting ended with doxology and benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sameel Lord
Lord
Joseph F. Culver
Emporia
Morrill
Leavenworth
J. W. Brown
J. T. Underwood
Culver
M. Randall
Dir. Randall
Wichita mass meeting pledges to enforce prohibitory law
A Wichita mass meeting at the Auditorium drew 267 men and many women to back the prohibitory law. Speakers including George L. Douglass argued loyalty to law over arbitrary defiance, warning that trampling laws corrupts the city and its youth, with Rev. Don A Colt closing the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wicarra Kay
James Allmon
George L. Douglass
Parmer Doolittle
Dougises
Wichita
Ile
Don & Colt
Secretary Morton Demands Enforcement of Livestock Rest Law
In Wasurmeton on July 40 the agriculture department received complaints that railroads confine livestock in cars over 24 hours or fail to grant five hours of rest during unloading. Western roads are mainly cited. Secretary Morton will enforce the transit rule with departmental inspectors aiding the justice department and has issued a circular to all livestock railways demanding strict compliance.
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Morton
Wasurmeton
Agriculture Department
Regul
Hmit
Department of Justice
Platt Says Morton May Be Candidate
In New York at the Oriental hotel Senator Thomas C. Platt told a reporter he does not know if Governor Morton is a presidential candidate and has no reliable information. He would help Morton if asked and believes New York's delegation would likely back him if he runs. At Fresno California a courthouse was burned last night with only the hall of records saved and an estimated loss of $100,000, mostly insured.
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Morton
New Youk
World Today
Oriental Hotel
Saniator
Thomas C. Platt
Morton Iss
Gov. Morton
Court House
Fresno
Calif
Hall of Records
Conspiracy at Leavenworth Ties to Governor Morrill Bank
A Kansas controversy over Governor Morrill enforcement of the law in Leavenworth is debated with claims by citizens and newspapers. Reports cite corroboration from a local resident and notes from Emporia Republican and Atchison Champion about potential dangers to Morrill’s bank and police actions. In a separate dispatch, Emmet Divers in St Louis confesses to the murder and rape of Mrs. Cain, detailing the crime and requesting execution in Fulton’s jail.
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Leavenworth
Morrill
Toreca JotRxar
Emporia Republican
Leavehworth
Torrka Jimuanaal
Kansas
Champion
Atchison
Fett
Crim
Bayard Downplays Trinidad Seizure as Trifling
U S ambassador Thomas F Bayard commented on the Trinidad seizure by Great Britain saying the island is tiny with few goats and that British ships only stopped to lay a cable. He added Britain does not claim Trinidad and Brazil overreacts to the incident.
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Bayard
Loxpox
United States
Thomas F. Bayard
Trinidad
Great Briwin
Brazil
Associated Press
Great Britain
Indian Fake Artist Sparks Topeka Outburst
Sheriff Naylor visited Topeka to urge Governor Morrill to mobilize troops over alleged Indian unrest on the Pottawatomie reservation. Morrill dismissed the claim, urging Federal deployment from Fort Leavenworth or Fort Riley if needed. The Journal notes the tale as a second Indian fake by the same morning paper this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Naylor
Hulton
Topeka
Governor Morrill
Sheriff Naylor
Holton
Morritt
Pottawatomie
Wichitate Press Seeks New Police Board Appointees
Citizens urge Gov Morrill to appoint a new police board and assistant attorney general. A legislative committee from the Good City delegation travels to Topeka to press the appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichitate
Morrill
Kaness Crry
Topeka
Flooded Crops Rock Arkansas River Basin
Hundreds of acres of corn and pasture are overflowed as the Arkansas River rises two feet above previous records. Bridges hold but require effort to save. Downriver at La Junta water falls and bridges remain safe. Mild heat gives way to cool skies. Elsewhere in Port Scott and Wichita, homes flood, rail washouts slow trains, and cabbage sits in boats as the river swells to its highest since 1877.
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Arkansas
Kaseas
Star
Sterling Kansas
la Junta
Kansas City
Wichitasaga
Arkansas River
Sedgwick County
Cuban explosives contract sparks revolt fears
Thomas Carroll of Bripagross Conn goes to Cuba under insurgent contract to supply a high explosive. He says it is cheaper to make locally than ship it, claiming fifty men could blow up a million top soldiers. He plans to travel from Cuba to San Francisco to meet Chilean movement agents.
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Bripagross
Conn
Thomas Carrell
Cuba
Mr. Carroll
San Francisco
Smuggling of Soldiers Reported in Balkan Route
A Vienna dispatch says Russian Danube Navigation Co. ships arm and land soldiers near Lomualanka on a route to Macedonia, echoing 1876 volunteer conveyance. Also notes veterans events in Kansas and a New York Republican convention set for September 17 at Saratoga.
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Macedonia
Vienna
Daily News
Bucharest
Danube Navigation Co
Lomualanka
Bulgaria
Ingalls, Kelly and
Blue
Kay
Chikaskin Veterans’ Association
Kansas City
Star
Caldwell
Kan
Chikaskia Veterans’ Association
Dayton's Grove
W. R
Day
Dick Blue
Nomanta Kelly
Harris
J. Ingalle
N.Y
New York
Republican State Central Committee
Saratoga
Clash Expected in Omaha Police Reform Clash
Dana July 30 strong reports claim the Churchill Russell police law will spark an armed struggle as a radical A P A faction vows to seize control. Discharged officers enrolled by the new board threaten arrests, with Judge Scott and Attorney Covell cited as key figures. Public split over governance, with cautious units seeking Supreme Court settlement.
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Scott
Covell
Churchill
Alice
District Court
Esterday
Supreme Cour
Papers of General Peixoto Offer Trinidad to United States
A Herald dispatch from Buenos Aires reports that indignation meetings in Rio de Janeiro protest the seizure of Trinidad by England. Late General Peixoto's papers allegedly include documents offering Trinidad to the United States and other nations that would guarantee non recognition of the rebels in the recent revolution. The Chronicle denies England abandoning Trinidad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polxoto
New York
Buenos
the Chronicle
England
Trinidad
Storms and heat cause damage across Europe
Telegraphic reports from Berlin say heat has been followed by violent storms and heavy rain and hail in Metz and Hanover districts. Homes toppled, cattle and people injured, and two men killed in Limburg from live wires. Heat sparks sunstrokes in Austria and Italy. In Massachusetts, rival muskrat head and tail bounties spark a quirky tale of boys selling heads at Sandwich and tails at Bourne. Also mentions a Wellston flood due to a cyclone and cloudburst, and Kansan university address by J W Gleed. Lord Worenhouse fined for assault on Rider Haggard.
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Germany
Loxpon
Standard
Berlin
Eaga
Metz
Hanover
Limburg
Austria
Italy
Central committee to meet in August votes on Judge Martin
The State Central Committee, led by Chairman Cy Leland, plans an August gathering to discuss appointing Chief Justice David Martin to continue in his role. A majority reportedly opposes a state convention if avoidable, and a petition nominating Martin may be pursued. Meanwhile, a separate note mentions a missing Nebraska woman, Mrs. Gardiner, a delegate at the Heston Convention.
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State Central
Martin
Cy Leland
Republican Astute Central Committee
State Committee
David Martin
Neely Judge -Martin
No Acid Vats Found in Holmes Castle Basement
Crago reports July 30 search at the W H Holmes Street building. A vat uncovered yesterday held only petroleum. While this weakens Chappell’s claim of vats used to dispose of bodies, investigators also found bone fragments including thigh bones and skull pieces in the excavations.
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Chappell
Holmes
Crago
Holmes ‘Castle
W. H. Holmes Sisty
England's anti-lynching report cited in Conway visit
M D Conway reports to anti lynching committee after visiting America noting reduced lynching in southern states and strong southern feeling against lynching. He credits Ida Wells agitation and English committee for impact while predicting further protests may arise in the region.
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Moneure Conway
England
M. D. Conway
Amor Tea
Tle Say
Miss Ida Wells
America
South
Indian All Quiet in Jackson's Hole Country
Telegraph dispatches from Omaha dated July 24 report Gen Coppinger's troops arriving to Jackson's Hole area with news of a quiet situation. Indiana forces are reportedly limited to three members in the Jackson's Hole region and no widespread uprising is indicated. Special report from Salt Lake City notes collisions between Indiana and white settlers but not in Jackson's Hole, instead near the Tetun country.
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Troube
Jackson's Mole
Wasniseros
Schofield Ody
Platte
Omaha
Market Lake
Coppinger
Ranner
Marysville
Lemb
Indiana
Jackson's Hole
Cariaco
Salt Leke
Ind
Tetun
One-Year-Old Die at Corner of Quincy and Curtis
A one-year-old son of John Wolert died at the corner of Quincy and Curtis streets and will be buried tomorrow morning. J. S. Cathers, formerly of Topeka now in Zion Oklahoma, is in the city on business staying with his son Robert at Pirth and Lake streets. The patriotic picnic at Garfield park under GAR auspices is postponed due to wet weather. Cleveland goes to the station as secretary Lamont leaves Gray Gables for Washington with Dr Bryant. president Cleveland accompanies them to the railroad. Subscribe for the Journal to get the news.
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John Wolert
Quincy and
Curtis Streets
Cathers
Topeka
Zion
Oklahoma
Robert
Pirth and
Lake Streets
Garfield Park
In of the
GAR
Cleveland
Buzzands Bay
Lamont
Gray Gables
Washington
Bryant
New York
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W Franklin
Burlington
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Ean
Andrew Franklin
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Bank of Salisbury
J. H. Finks
P. B. Branham
Jackson
Eskridge
Radical
Sandwich
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Onto
Commaus
Oba
Wellston
W. Gleed
Lawrence
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Loxpor
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