Railroad News Speculation Ends on New Time Card Changes
Speculation over Santa Fe service ends as a July 1 time card keeps current routes with summer schedules. No. 2 and No. 3 sleepers on the overland lines to San Francisco and Chicago will resume under the new card, with a revised daily timetable affecting Topeka and Kansas City routes and potential winter service adjustments.
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Santa Fe
Overland
Francisco
Citeano
Willerup
Sunseagate Viliey
Detweer Mojave
Richmond
Topeka
Umarhound
Yoakum Named President of Frisco Railway New York
June 3 reports S L&SF railroad board appoints BF Yoakum as president succeeding D B Robinson. Robinson’s health cited, with full board greeting and resolutions praising his work. Yoakum to oversee executive committee and audit, with Beggs to manage general affairs and H Foukorn to continue cross‑department duties.
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D. B. Robinson
Frisco Railway
New York
Yoakuts
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad
Arcepind
Tesret
Thobbeon
Prisco
Tim
Yoekoms
Veakurm
H Beggs
Santa Fe Statement on Reorganized Company Finances
A Santa Fe statement outlines the history of the Prosperity That Has Attended the New Company. It notes a semiannual dividend of 2.49 per cent on preferred stock and the board’s actions in reorganizing affairs. The report lists the January balance, assets, and distributions, including a $1,040,560 surplus requested by January 1897 and details of dividends and property assets.
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Tbe Santa Fe
Atcnisen
Felsalvinins
Newendes
Harvest Hand Delivery and Railroad Employment Growth
Railroads open in Missouri River points to supply workers for the upcoming wheat harvest. Kansas City and nearby towns report increased employment agency activity as railways book labor from farmers, with daily reports to the Kansas City bureau and plans to dispatch workers to the southwest to prevent unemployment congestion at large towns.
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Missouri River Points
Kansas City
Southwest
Passenger Association
Wheat Belt
Ordre
Kassis Cly Bureau
Atchison, Leavenworth
St. Joseph
Wweiern
Union Pacific Cuts Contracts Worth 1.6 Million Dollars
The Union Pacific awarded three contracts totaling 1.6 million dollars for major works. One cuts a gap between Evanston and Ogden near Army, opening Emigrant Canyon, promising a substantial mileage saving. Another contract funds a 2 mile cut along the Short Line from Fossil to Borderhat, and a third covers a cut from Pocatello toward the southeast.
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Union Pacific
Gatof
Evanstoe
Ogden
Army
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Burtert
Emigrant Canyon
Enron Pacific
Fossil
Wsc
Bordertah
Pocatello
Santa Fe Storing Coal GW Expansion Plan
Santa Fe storage coal program moved 10 000 tons to Newton from Topeka with 12 men. The system stores 50 000 tons in one division and equal amounts in others including Topeka and Railroads. Coal will be stored at Newton Topeka Ark, City and Railund with other points to be added. The aim is a continuous supply during storms or other disruptions and may become permanent.
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Rael
Siont & Dozen
Topeka
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Kansas
Oyrewe
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Railund
The
Santa Fe
Mtellis Head
Santa Fe shopmen to get noon tea service
Balirade, MC A. introduces a plan to serve tea at noon in the cafe rooms for Santa Fe employees. The idea, started last winter, aims to provide tea as a habit during the hot summer months, with the service beginning now at noon.
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Santa Fe
Amusement and Annoyance at Union Pacific Hospital Fund
Omaha June 3 An article details distrusted distribution of the Union Pacific Hospital Fund with vouchers issued by the master in chancery. Recipients sign and return vouchers to the office, triggering repeated mailings and delays. Several claimants over 2000 dollars failed to provide proper addresses, delaying payments.
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Omaha
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Dala— Ant
Henry F. Brill
Las Vegas
New Mexico
Reesegnia Ia
Ewell
Jolley
Wil Wilson
Round House
Company Hospital
Saward Avenue
Wilson
Bright's Disease Cured by Dr Holtin Kidney Tablets
Dr Holtin's Kidney Tablets claim to cure many early Bright's disease cases. The remedy is said to be made from a physician's prescription and sold in drug stores. Counterfeit warnings and a list of local Popela druggists are provided.
Court orders no asset distribution amid hospital fund shortfalls
A court mandates no asset distribution for years when the hospital fund failed to break even. The case notes the man who paid consistently and the neighbor who paid only half, highlighting disputes over who owed more during profitable years.
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Sean
Vince Sears
Pete
Augusta Man Seeks New Engine Power to Transform Railways
An Augusta inventor claims a storage and compression process will revolutionize motive power. A large steel tank stores fuel in the engine, eliminating a tender and allowing trains to run faster and haul heavier loads. The Kansas City to Augusta route could see 200 miles in under two hours with a 15 coach train.
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Tourist travel begins as summer rates cut West
Denver reports record arrivals as June 7 launches summer travel. Santa Fe and other lines add equipment to move large crowds to mountain resorts. New fare promos from Colorado to Chicago and other points enable wide western travel. Local rail staff changes include Hall M C A directorate meeting and several promotions and transfers at the Union depot.
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Chance for Kansas boys in West Point cadet appointments
Washington today reports preliminary arrangements for appointing 160 cadets to the military academy under a pending appropriations bill. A circular invites qualified candidates from Kansas to report for examination at West Point in July with alternate selections if a senator fails to nominate. The process may shift if the president designates appointments direct by executive action.
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Dr Hartman offers free summer treatment for female diseases
A paid advertisement urges women to write to Dr Hartman of Columbus Ohio for correspondence based treatment of female diseases including menstrual irregularities and ovarian issues. He promotes Peruna as a principal remedy and promises confidential handling with no published cures. Numerous anecdotal testimonials are cited to support effectiveness.
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Cadet Appointments Limited to Officer Sons
The president will reserve 26 cadet places for the sons of officers with distinguished Civil War Spanish American and Filipino War service, reducing actual increases to ten. Navy debates how to allocate additional cadets from naval appropriation while avoiding a single oversized class.
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Philippines
Navy Department
Corruption era party nominates Syracusan for governor
In a brief convention the Saeralise Labor petty of New York nominated Charles H. Corrigan of Syracuse for governor. The report notes the party’s statewide ticket and June action. The dispatch also mentions Prussia’s education minister ordering a study on abolition's national impact and a Hanover car strike with riots and military intervention.
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New York
Charles H. Corrigan
Syracuse
Berlin
Hanover
Dissolution Vote Shakes Labor Council in Kansas City
Reports say the Trades Council voted to dissolve ending labor troupes in Sarees City amid a yearlong lockout by contractors. The action follows a sympathetic strike invoked by the unions, escalating tensions across the region. Includes notices from Galveston and Denver obituaries and other assorted dispatches.
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Bulld‘ms
Reading program set under Canterbury Archbishop presidency
The afternoon event at the Carlton Hotel featured grand cosmopolitan entertainments with Earl of 4wn presiding and Lady Lee Somerset chairing. Speakers included Lady Randolph Churchill, the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, the Earl and Countess of Farborough, Miss Muriel Wilson, Milas Edna May, Mrs Langtry, Mrs Lenile Carter, and Mrs Morton who organized it for Canadian war relief. A Marshall band concert follows tomorrow afternoon at 3.
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