Letter from Twenty-first Kansas volunteers at Chickamauga Park
A fragmentary letter by Wi J. Heinecke of company DB describes camp life near Cragfish Springs about five miles west, noting good food and water that becomes warm after long use. The writer mentions mismanagement, requests for better supplies, and inquiries about health and papers for Sunday reading. He also notes interactions with English speakers and urges sending hospitality and papers to the soldiers.
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Wi J. Heinecke
Company DB
Kansas
Chickamauze Park
T. L. Kerns
Tuweke
Pou Teer Wien
Mit
Lngland
Cintk
Winethundy Hut 4
Ronal
Anal
Gear's Plurality Still Growing in Oregon Election
Additional returns received from Monday's election swell Gear's plurality for governor to 10 571. The item notes brisk activity and mentions local businesses in Portland Oregon. The writing includes garbled lines about services and ads for livery, mineral water, laundry, and ice trade, reflecting a cluttered newspaper page.
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Gear
Portland
Ore
Tortured women parade under religious sanction in Singapore
Vancouver reports Sir Charles Mitchell arrives with Lady Mitchell and officials to investigate brutal acts in Singapore where women were forced along a street with lances through tongues and cheeks. An American sailor Dannier was shot and killed at Nagasaki as the Empress sailed. another sailor Kelly is detained on suspicion of the murder.
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Vancouver
B. C
Sir Charles Mitchell
Straits Settlement
Japan
Lady Mitchell
Sitcholltela
Xing Wome
Singapore
Seranee
Tank Road
Dannier
York
Nagasaki
Kelly
Baltimore
Lannier
Interference Sought as Rome News Reports Retirement Question
London July 10 Rome correspondent of the Daily News says a new appeal to the pope seeks his influence to intercede. It is asserted the queen regent has submitted the retirement question to the pope to ease public discontent.
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London
Rome
The
Daily News
Santa Fe excursion and Topeka notes in brief
Damp day shadows Santa Fe annual excursion to Leavenworth on June 1. New York agent B H Burnett visits Topeka as Dozens of small items shift through Topeka scenes including local births licenses separations illnesses, civil officials, church plans, turnfest prep, and street improvements across city streets and dozen local names.
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Santa Fe
Leavenworth
BH. F. Burnett
New York
The
City
Irving W. Hurr
Jefferson Street
Santa Fe Excursion To Leavenworth From Soldiers Home
Three special trains will carry crowds for a Leavenworth excursion on June 13 from Topeka with round trip tickets at 60 cents. Prizes include $10 for winning baseball, dancing contests, races, and silk items. The Soldiers' Home band will perform at the home, with visits to state and federal penitentiaries planned in the afternoon.
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Pic
Nic
Dan Lane
W. L. Jury
G. Wo Betta
Leavenworth
Well's Park
Gormly Park
Federal Penitentiary
Lansing
Weil's Park
Gurmly Park
Topeka
Rock Island Plans Move of Yards Across River
Rock Island engineers survey land bought last year from the Ward estate on the south bank of the river with intent to move the yards from North Topeka to the opposite shore. The project may occur this summer with a new roundhouse and light repair shop replacing the old North Topeka roundhouse.
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Rock Island
Ward
North Topeka
Fear High Water Delays Atchison Santa Fe Traffic
Heavy rains disrupt Atchison Santa Fe branch traffic with washed out tracks in Valley Fate. Prolonged showers halt trains, with Topeka passenger service delayed till noon and railroads forecasting worsening conditions as Missouri River rises in Kansas City. Flood fears rise along rivers and low-lying routes in the region.
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Atchison
Kanana City
Santa Fe
Topeka
Missouri
Kansas City
Kansas
Stanley Named Likely Kansas Governor by Sheriff Cone
Rufe Cone of Wichita, twice Sedgwick county sheriff and state committeeman, forecast Stanley’s victory with a $40 bet after news of W. E. Stanley's nomination. Cone asserted there are no conditions and predicted Stanley will be the next governor of Kansas.
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Rufe Cone
Wichita
Trufe Cone
Sedgwick County
State Central Committee
W. KE. Stanley
Stanley
Kansas
Too Cold For Buffalo In Yellowstone Park
Secretary Bliss has received a report from Lieut G W Cross acting superintendent on Yellowstone Park animal condition. Winter was mild boosting wild animals condition though the Lafaifo number ranges twenty to forty and the cold weather threatens them with wolves. Other protected animals increased and one poaching case was found.
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Washington
Bliss Hes
G. W. Cross
Yellowstone National Park
Laffaio
Fire scorches car. soldiers burn on desert line
A car carrying soldiers from InwWe caught fire on the desert this morning. Soldiers tore through the train’s car at 2 o'clock this afternoon, retreating in underclothes. Several were badly burned, with clothing burned off and injuries described as severe.
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Reno
Thani
Yellow Fever Quarantine Ordered at McHenry Mississippi
Seven yellow fever cases reported in McHenry Mississippi prompt the state board of health to place the town under quarantine. The report lists seven cases and notes weather indications for Chicago and Patiala news items follow, with various distant weather outlooks and miscellaneous telegraph lines.
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McHenry
Miss. Jackson
Miss
State Board of “Health
Storing Coal for Pacific Coast by British Govt
San Francisco reports Victoria says Britain will stock Cardiff coal at Esquimault dockyard to support naval stations. Five ships carry about 25,000 tons are en route, with plans for 100,000 tons stored there and 45,000 tons likely by war’s end.
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San Francisco
Victoria
Cardiff
Esquimault
Coburn Happy Over Hutchinson Convention Outcome
F D Coburn secretary of the state board of agriculture expresses relief at the end of the gubernatorial nomination contest in Kansas. He denies prior candidacy intent, cites family urging and editor discussions, and notes personal costs while indicating willingness to be nominated if chosen.
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Topeka
Hutchinson
F. D. Coburn
State Board of Agriculture
Kansas City
Hatch
US Navy to Seize Ladrones as Pacific Base
The Evening Post says the cruiser Charleston will head to the Philippine Islands and target the Ladrone group Guahan. Fortifications were strengthened by Spain, with Guahan serving as a potential Pacific coaling station. The Monadnock may move to the Ladrones to act as a permanent guard, while orders place Honolulu as a staging point for transports and fleet movements toward Manila.
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San Francisco
Evening Post
Charleston
Philippine Islands
Guahan
Manila
Honolulu
United States
Gurban
Pacific
Ladrones
Peking
Guahen
Monadnock
Dr Taylor Coming topeka speak on Chicago Commons founder
Dr Graham Taylor of Chicago will speak in Topeka Sunday at Central Congregational church in the morning and Washburn College in the evening. He runs Chicago Commons on North Union Street near Haymarket tragedy site and has spent four years living among the settlement’s people. His work centers on a large Topeka population and his English Protestant church serving over 31,000. He is a renowned social settlement worker with a global reputation for his methods.
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Topeka Peat Gl A. R
A. P. Shreve
State House
Topeka
George Henry
Stormont
Leedy
Morgan
Clay Center
Kansas Medical College
Chris- Han Endeavor Society
Nashville
Tenn
Everett Dallas
Indiana Territory
Hdlvon Company
Banta Fe
Las Vegas
N. A
Hudson
Senate
George L. Swartz
Ida M. Stanfield
J. E Benedict
Santa Fe Hospital
Topeka Turner Society
Milton Player
Player
Seana
Santa Pe
Ubis City
Fifth Street
Kansas Avenue
van Huren Street
San Francisco
Topeka Tennis Club
Tenth
Fillmyre
Hock Island
Kansas
Topeka Endeavor
Louis Bradford
B. Bredford
Chicago
Omaha
Tipeke Turnir Society
Turner Gardens
Turner Society
Fritz
H. Schwering
M. Timyon
Chas, Miller
F Schrieber
Boltz
Mosher
John Petzel
Elizabeth Sumeon
Parkstale School
Mary Me
Kansas City
Chicago Commons
Graham Taylor
North Union Street
Haymarket
America
Taylor
Central Congregational Church
Washburn College
Peas
Railroad Taxes Test Kansas Law Suit Filed
A Kansas Supreme Court suit filed by Assistant Attorney General Snelling seeks to compel the Rock Island Topeka and Santa Fe to file a mileage and property schedule with the railroad assessors. The action aims to apply the 1889 law requiring a complete property list before rolling stock value can be assessed. The Chesterfield Hotel in Topeka is now managed by Charles L. Wood.
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Supreme Court
Snelling
Rtchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Board of Railroad Assessors
Board of Railway Ansessors
Bankers' Meeting at Salina Ends in Failure
A Kansas dispatch reports a failed bankers meeting at Salina. In unrelated items from Atchison, two men fell through an elevator shaft. A train load of tramps departed Newton while in Wichita Albert Stuthem and his daughter sought a horse traded to Mrs McVickers near Princess Dairy. The horse struck Stuthem, he collapsed while repairing, and died about an hour later. Stuthem, 43, had long been an invalid. his wife and children survive.
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Wichita
Albert Stathem
Ison
Hit
Williams
Stathem
Two Fall in Elevator at Atchison Champion Office
Esra Jay and James McNamara, employees in the Champion office in Atchison, fell two stories when large forms dropped from an elevator. McNamara sustained severe cuts and bruises, while Jay was left helpless with a possible spine injury and signs of paralysis. The old elevator had a broken spring catch and worn pivot.
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McNamera
Ezra Jay
To Harvest Fields New Marching Cry of Kansas
Newton June 10 Fully 2000s came in today on the Santa Fe train which they had virtually taken charge out Sppoka. The men claimed they were work in the harvest feld.
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Kansas
Wilkes
Newton
Santa Fe
Bankers Meeting Fails in Sixth District Convention
June 11 Salina bankers from the Sixth district held a convention under state orders. No business occurred as only two out-of-town men attended. meeting adjourned indefinitely. Also reported were a fatal freight wreck near Sugar Grove with engineer A le Spencer killed and stockman Fernanda Jacobse injured, and Wheeling & Lake Erie reorganization plans with a proposed schedule to take effect by January 2.
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Salina
Kahsas
Aurora
Tereck
Sugar Grove
Burlington & Quincy Railroad
A. le Spencer
Chisago
Fernanda Jacobse
Sterling
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Cleveland, Lune
Mycon T. Herpeck
Wheeling & Lake Krie Railway Company
Reed
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