Deposition Facts From Western Union Case Revealed
Depositions filed in western union telegraph injunctions in Topeka reveal office profits and operating costs. Six witnesses including Mary Handy and C B Horton discuss receipts for December and total Kansas earnings for 1888, with interstate business and state cost sharing detail.
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Western Union Telegraph
Mary A. Handy
Enion
C. B. Horton
Western Utlons
Omaha
Leonard Cox
Willian Tisims
Thomas F. Clark
George
Geser
Topeka
Topeks
Gamamarnes
Opeen Toe
Chert
Rreseehger Bers
Torka
Companien
Kansas
Kanes
Calva
Associated Press
Dansas
Uust
Exper Pe
Manes Iree
Wat Hestig
Wkansus
Apont Fm Kapens
Udereaph
Wied
Kenets
Khamis
Railroad Assets Sale Proposal Reported For Review
Assistant Superintendent Horton proposed charging $420.77 to duplicate Kansas lines and turn over receipts and town commercial business to the Western Union. The assets were reported to railroad assessors as worth $511,452.
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Western Union
Horton
Kansas
General Henderson Declines to Outline Future Policy
Milwaukee July 5 The Journal to May publishes an Interview With Gen. D B Henderson of Iowa in which he expresses gratitude for Wisconsin congressmen backing him as candidate for the speakership. He says now is a period of transition and Congress may not meet until next December unless a special session. He urges loyal support for President McKinley and states his duty to back the President.
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Henderson
Milwaukee
May
DB. Henderson
Iowa
Wisconsin
Ger
Chen
Gen
Henderun
Congress
Uebt
McKinley
Informatin Ue
Changi
Thui
Dreyfus Transfer Ordered From Devil's Island
The French squadron commander ordered the cruiser Sifax to seize Dreyfus from Devil's Island off Martinique and bring him to France. The Stax, under Captain Coifinieres de Wordeck, sailed for Devil's Island at 7 PM yesterday.
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Devil's Island
Port de France
Martinique
Adiviirer
Sifax
Dreyfus
Dev- 4
Guilins
Bin
France
Stax
Coifinieres de Wordeck
Leopard mauls boy at circus in Lynn Massachusetts
A ten year old boy at a Lynn circus was fatally frightened when a leopard sunk its claws into his face as the beast pressed through cage bars. The keeper struck the animal but the leopard held the boy’s head with its paws until restrained. He was hospitalized for treatment and faces a long recovery with severe facial injuries.
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Lynn
Mass
Sune
Frank Ducey
Circus
Howard
Woman Robber Pearl Hart Captured After Arizona Stage Hold Up
Two stage robbers captured in Arizona after holding up the Globe and Florence stage. Sheriff Truman of Pinal County recovers all money about 250 dollars three revolvers and a gold watch from the passengers. The woman, Pearl Hart, long keeper of a disreputable livery stable, identified. her companion unnamed.
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Arizona
Phoenix
Ariz
Jaime
Globe & Florence
Truman
Pina County
Benton Fine
Pearl Hart
Pyar
Anna Gould Leads Demonstration Against Loubet in Paris
In Paris, June, Anna Gould at the head of the Jeunesse Royaliste led a large crowd marching past the Champs Elysees shouting Vive Loubet and Panam. Police arrested about nineteen demonstrators, including several nobles, as President Loubet and entourage faced hostile chants and a severe security response.
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Loubet
Dupuy
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Phince
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Hes
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Mulee
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Anna Gould
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Q Jourmaliat
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Driisiere
SOM
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Dyemixat
de Hoaurmont
de Villers
de Newellin
de Ferry
Count Ve Blan
Sarersiere
Jens
Heavy Storm Damages Oskaloosa Properties In Iowa
A severe rain and wind storm hit Oskaloosa Iowa early Sunday causing several thousand dollars in damage. The east wing of Penn College was unroofed. multiple small buildings were demolished. No injuries were reported. In Smith Center a June 5 election approved bonds totaling 4000 dollars to build a four room school addition, a new high school room, and a steam heating plant. construction to begin at once.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
Penn College
Smith Center
Io Werk
Woodmen Delegates Stream Into Kansas City for National Meet
Kansas City hosts the head camp meeting of the Woodmen order with an estimated 15 000 delegates arriving for the sessions starting tomorrow. Town state caucuses decide officers and the next meeting site while Bead Labker leader Frank F Crocker leads in the contest. St Paul and Grand Rapids are noted as possible future hosts with 1903 meeting talks.
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Kansas City
City
Bead Labker
Frank F. Crocker
St. Paul
Grand Rapids
Truth Comes Out on Grimes Arms Plot in Philippines
Captain Joseph Henry Grimes, a British subject born in Hong Kong, confessed to involvement in an arms shipment plan to the Philippines. He alleges J Selzel & Co allied with Filipino rebels, using the steamer Pass and the Abbey to transport Maxim guns, rifles, and cartridges via a staged sale to the Chinese government. Grimes claims Sylvester and Etzel plotted against the U S government. Abbey seized by American authorities. Grimes arrested in Manila on November 5.
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New York
Jane B
Washington
Joseph Henry Grimes
Hong Kong
Shanghai
J. Selzel & Co
Agoncillo
Grimes
Sylvester
Can Lon
Pasig Ty Sill
Cotsul Ledior
Singapore
Santangas
Manila
Ares
Bacoor
Aguineldo
Aguimido
Grimes Sai
Etzel
Aftter
Dewey on Board After Rest at Peak Hotel
Hong Kong dispatch reports Admiral Dewey left the Peak hotel for the Olympia and sought rest. He declined social engagements, grew rested from the climate, and plans for future port calls possibly Singapore and Calcutta as he heads toward New York.
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Hong Kong
Admiral Dewey
Peak Hotel
Olympia
Casgolgne
War in the Streets Belfast Turmoil as Forces Battle Protestants
In Belfast a nationalist demonstration led by Mr. Wm. O'Brien sparked by music bands and stained by threats of Protestant trouble. Police and military clashed in the streets with infantry charging the crowd using fixed bayonets. Several persons were reported injured.
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Belfast
Wm. O'Brien
Trimers
Brigands at Bay in Wyoming Train Surrounded by Posse
A Casper to Laramie dispatch says a posse of over 100 men including Natrona and Converse county sheriffs surrounds a group at tiles north of Casper. The item notes a demand for over $200 round trip via Union Pacific with tickets via F A Lewis or J C Fulton for dates and details.
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Laramie
Wyo
Casper
Here
Taptire
Natronand
Converse Counties
Natioral Baptist Societies
Portland
Ore
Operare
Union Peciic
F. A. Lewis
J. C Fulton
Social and Personal Notes From Topeka Weddings and Parties
Mrs Avery Turner hosted an informal porch party for Miss Lacie Harris of Niagara Canada. games used Abbreviations of states as answers. Guests included Mrs John Hodson, Miss Harris, Miss Myrtle Jetmore, Mrs Blanche Mitchell, plus Joe Williams and DeForest Jerome. Punch and refreshments followed. The Ralston club planned a lawn fete at Thomas S. Lyon’s residence June 7. Various locals and visitors, including Bishop Brown and Miss Margaret Dudley, appear in notes of visits, dinners, and upcoming travel across Topeka and surrounding areas.
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Avery Turner
Lacie Harris
Niagara
Canada
Joe Willams
John
Hodson
Harris
Myrtle Jetmore
Blanche Mitchell
Kansas City
Ollie O'Brien
Harry Hobson
Joe Williams
DeForest Jermore
Peabody
John Watere
Ashby
S. A. Scott
Lincoln Street
Washburn College
David Scott
George Bell
J. T. Dayin
Uriah Barker
Durant
Stahl
Chas
Thrapp
Will Davis
Barlow
FL HE Philips
Charles Adams
Worthington
Dale
Hawkins
John Neely
Mrs Connell
Misses St Fox
Miriam Dale
Paine Gearke
May Harlow
Mhie Kurs
Mary Barker
Leu Devis
Tessie Forbes
Marc Adams
Ruby Bett
Idarene Scott
Helen Davis
Clara Winters
Nore Phillips
Margaret Thrapp
May Thrapp
Messrs
Harry Adams
Robert Forbes
Walter Cutz
Solomon Stoddard
Topeka
A. Scherer
Mra A. Bed
Clarente W. Cline
Lulu Thompson
West Sixth Street
Harlan
Edgar Jones
Burlington
Kan
H. F. Jones
West Street
M. @ Hammatt
Margaret Dudley
William Walker
J. G. Maring
Centerville
Jackson Street
Knowles
Dausiter Lucy
Washington, D.C
Lessedden
Walter Cust
Clarkson
Arive
Omaha
Frank R. Millepaush
Minnie Reiser
Eureka
Katherine Mills
Mishop Brown
Arkansas
Tethany College
Bishop Brown
Dean Sykes
Olive Gundry
Bessie Campbell
Morton
Ada Campbell
Sadie Dimond
Leevenworth
Te Pains
Vespeccian Club
Truro
J. T. Welch
Harrison Street
John Ranne
Newton
Jamies Ramsey
Katheyn Ryan
James Booth
Colorado
Frank Hedeston
Suniay
Elizabeth Daykison
Yates
Dann Davis
Hernard Creehy
James Stewart
Arthur Clisteck
Nesbit Smith
Maple Hil
Mra. Palmer
Ligue
Florence Palmer
Hlinots
Lake View
Agiamer Eusens Smyth
Tre
Touquerque
N. BL
J.J. Frey, Jr
James Coushlin, Jr
Thurs-day
Filipino by the Modocs Event at Grand Opera House
A lively advertisement touts Filipino by the Modocs as the season’s event at the Grand Opera House Thurs and Mon evenings June 5th and 6th. Reserved seats cost twenty edits. notice also lists Sims and Curtis Sleters, plus Bennett's Bookstore at 730 House Avenue as sponsors and sellers of tablets and note books.
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Topeka
Manila Bay
Olympia
Admiral Dewey
Kansas
Grand Opera House
Sims
Bennett's
Houses Avenue
To & B. Breit
Sulu arms plot and Morong battle reports flood dispatches
A Hong Kong to Journal special says the Sulu sultan has imported arms from Singapore via Sandakan and is raising sepoy troops on Sulu to resist the United States. Reports from Morong describe Washington troops driving insurgents from a tavern position, with artillery bombing and a shore battery firing on the Nepian area as Gunboats Wapidar and Coradenga support the attack. General Otis lists recent US deaths from disease and injury. A Washington dispatch notes Lawton's movement toward Mutong to disrupt insurgent forces near the Pasi river and Laguna de Bay, with limited incursions expected during the rainy season.
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Hong Kong
Sulu
United States
Singapore
Sandaken
Slast
Bray
Joseph Henry Grinvs
Supreme Court
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Agonelle and
Lichanoe
Morong
Manfin
Washington
Whalley
Anm Beard
Pasig
Wapidar
Coradenga
Bmoroeng
Ancona
Nepian
Wasik
Otis
Wm. Donstoy
First California
Fred Krueger
Third Infantry
Charles Karger
Ames Mercormack
Fourth Infantry
Patrick Byrnes
Twentieth Infantry
Edward Paterson
Lyman Kelsey
Orezon
Variola
Edward
A. Campbell
David L. Willame
Montana
Lawrence Oceroy
Twenty-second Infantry
Guauty
Frederick Grabow
Fourteenth Infantry
Lawton
The
Herald
Pasi
Manila
Laguna de Bay
Moron
Taytay
Antipolo
Sugar Market Now Va Market Update From Grain Prices
Market notes show sugar and grain prices trading with mixed demand. References to receipts, shore shipments, and regional activity in New York London Liverpool and the United Kingdom outline a volatile day with oats corn wheat fluctuating and United Kingdom demand cited as influential.
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Ferchment
St. Topelis
Ward
Shiprenta
Wiest
United Kingdom
Nereaard Lalo
Argentina
Ruele Ortharn
York
Liverpool
Pure Tees
Pethage
Canal
Milwaukee
Heris
Laem
Jesours
Mosars
Colinus
Eaton
Pon
Mel Moor
Powermu
Topeka
Armed guards loom as Baker murder case erupts in London
In London Kentucky rumors say Logan faces a murder trial at Manchester Society. Trade groups guard the courthouse and camp near Ulli ready for action. Whites, Howards, and Bakers are warned to keep out as Baker supporters set up camp on Bear Creek with about 100 men. Williams has 100 soldiers. No shots have been fired.
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London
Logan
Manchester Soiety
Cvent
Ulli
Bear Creek
Culmel Williams
Today’s Market Report Shows Mixed Wheat and Corn Signals
Wheat opened weak amid thin activity while prices steadied later on. Corn was quiet and irregular with July futures higher on tighter supplies and favorable harvest weather noted in most regions. Hog receipts approached forty thousand as feeds and grains influenced cattle and livestock bids across Chicago.
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Hesclan
Uae
Nuechwest
Niger
Eprhmione
Sted Steely
Shy 'Raly
Hse
Timothy
Jay Ger
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