Chester Long and Kansas Aim for Ways and Means Seats
Kansas members map committee goals for the upcoming congress with Chester L Long seeking two seats on the Ways and Means Committee and W J Bailey targeting territories and agriculture. Miller seeks Judiciary, Curtin eyeing Indian affairs chair, and other names discussed for irrigation banking pensions and related posts.
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Washington
Chester L Long
W. J. Bailey
Mr. Miller
Broderick
Ways and Means
Judiciary Committee
Messrs. Long
Miller
Massachusetts
Nelson Dingley
Maine
Kansas
Johnson
North Dakota
Missouri River
Lone Butts
New England
Telegraphers and Santa Fe Face Grievance Talks
The first conference between General Superintendent Mudee of the Santa Fe and the grievance committee of the Order of Railway Telegraphers began at 10 o clock this morning. Mudee listened to the committee as talks open potential disputes. The company likely will not grant all demands unless issues are resolved. a strike could follow. Operators claim pay compares unfavorably with other roads and that the 1892 schedule is the most onerous in the U S. They cite Santa Fe as aligning with communities on minimum deathly salary concerns.
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Mudee
The
Santa Fe
Order of Railway Telegraphers
United States
Telegraph Operators Seek Salary Increases and Overtime Changes
A union grievance committee asks for higher salaries for telegraph operators at all stations and an hourly rate for overtime, with pro rata adjustments when necessary. They want increases at block system stations and where business has grown since the present schedule. A second conference is planned, and General Manager Frey may be appealed if demands are refused. W T Casey chairs the committee. other members include A B Harding J A Newnan C D Whitney P L Murston and PD Comstock.
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Mudge
Met
Frey
G. Sholes
Telegraph of
W. T. Casey
Kansas City
Monday Evening
A. B. Harding
J. A. Newnan
C.D. Whitney
P. L. Murston
PD. Comstock
Alaska History Compiled by Government for Senate Report
The United States government publishes a planned 500 page volume compiling Alaska’s military explorations and material resources. The War Department under Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn supplied data for a Senate committee led by Senator Carter, tracing expeditions from 1869 to 1897 and later reconnoissances, with narratives revived and rearranged for the first comprehensive government record.
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Washington
Maroh
Alaska
War Department
Meikeljnhn
Senate
Committee On
Ameka
Carter
United States
Congress
Lieut
Raymond
O. Howard
Frederick Schwatka
Theuts. Ray and
Abercrom
Grocery and Household Goods Sale List Framed Items
A long listing of grocery and household items including crackers, cookies, canned fruits and vegetables, oats, beans, rough estimates of prices, and a note that mail orders are shipped promptly. The text mixes brands such as California Raisins and Aunt Jemima Pancake Flour with items like sugar cured hams, breakfast bacon, and a decorated dinner set.
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Ty Zeans
Vinton Corn Jeans
Hunter’s
Lion
Ralston
Japan
Otis Receives Six Regular Regiments For Manila Deployment
Secretary of War approves six regular units to reinforce General Otis. The Sixth Artillery at San Antonio, Sixth Infantry along the Atlantic coast, Ninth Infantry at Madison Barracks, Thirteenth Infantry in New York, Twenty first Infantry at Plattsburg, and Sixteenth Infantry at Port Cook and midwestern posts are ordered to San Francisco and then Manila. Unclear if volunteers at Manus will be relieved. decision pending.
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Washington
Marcy O
Otis
Sixth Artillery
San Antonio
Sixth Infantry
Atlantic Coast
Ninth Infantry
Madison Barracks
Thirteenth Infantry
New York State
Twenty-first Infantry
Plattsburg
New York
Sixteenth
Port Cook
Middle West
San Francisco
Manila
Manus
War Department
Mt Stn
Otis Seeks Regulars as Manila Reinforcements Arrive
The reinforcements consist of troops with Cuban and Porto Rican campaign experience who understand fire, Indian hunting, and tropical jungle combat. Replacing volunteers, they would give General Otis a majority of regulars, aligning with the War Department’s goal to stabilize command. The peace treaty’s ratification would lessen risk of abrupt volunteer discharge threatening the Manila position.
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Otis
War Department
Manila
Wound Heals As Pope Recovers In Health Bulletin
Rome bulletin reports the pope slept well and remained in position as doctors observe a steady recovery. Wound healing progresses with normal functions, nourishment good, temperature 37 C, respiration steady, and paleness improving. Dr. Lappant says the operation should benefit the pope’s health and likely shorten convalescence.
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Rome
Lappant
Navy to send light draft gunboats to Dewey at Manila
Washington reports Admiral Dewey pressing the navy department for light draft vessels to support operations in the Philippine Islands. The gunboat Vixen will be fitted at Norfolk and sail for Manila in about a month, with three to four months before joining Dewey’s squadron. Only a few small craft are available, including the Petrel and Helena, while Castine and Princeton hurry toward the area.
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Washington
Marca
Dewey
Ugain
Navy Department
Philippine
Vixen
Norfolk Navy Yard
Manila
Concord
Philippines
Petrel
Helena
Princeton
Admiral Dewey
Posture for biennial state agri reports bills debated
The legislature debates a postage item for sending state board reports and general statutes to trustees. The senate insists on the appropriation while the house opposes, amid remarks by King and Fulton. The bill passes and moves to the governor.
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State Board of Agriculture
Coburn
C. Plumb
Agricultural Experiment Station
Purdue University
Lafayette
Indiana
Sielne
School of Agriculture
House
Senate
Guthrie faces retirement from Atchison city council
Governor must sign anti Guthrie measure after it passed the Kansas House 82 1. The bill bars mayors and council members from acting as attorneys against cities where they hold interests. Guthrie, an Atchison Bridge Co attorney and council member, would be forced out if signed. The ruling marks a long running feud between the Waeseners and Guthries influencing local politics.
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Stanley
W. F. Guthrie
Atchison
House
Senate
State of
Kansas
Guthrie
Atchison Bridge Company
Cepuie
Rll
Halle Waesener
Guthries
Waeseners
Cuts Topeka Asylum Building Budget Sparks Senate Rift
The Kansas Senate rejects the House cut of 10 000 on the administration building at the Topeka asylum, while conference committees work on the measure. Senator Forney accuses the House of crippling the institutions as House Bill 912 proposes detaching surrounding territory from a city school district. the district has seen only one pupil from the outlying area in years.
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Senate
House
Wopeka Iz- Sage Asylum
Senator Forney
Wathen
Solare
Prohibition Bill Deferred and Blind Education Funding Cut
The Kansas City bill cut funds for a blind asylum typewriters program, triggering Senate protests and a conference committee review. Captain Seaton wore a Manila badge sent by Norman E. Ramsey, whose son serves in Company BH, Twentieth Kansas, and a photo of the son was given. The Senate postponed the Prohibition bill to address pending appropriation measures and conference committees.
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House
Kansas City
Kan
Senate
Manila
Seaton
Norman E. Ramsey
Topeka
Company BH
Twentieth Kansas
Crane & Co
Ramsey
Captain Seaton
Plannefly
St Joe to Omaha railroad plan filed in Kansas City
A new corporation filed papers for a railroad line from St Joseph Missouri to Omaha Nebraska with 166 miles of track surveyed. The Kansas Missouri and Northern Railway company lists Robert Doubleday as president and includes R A Reese Masco Stewart C Brown Jules Terrera as officers and incorporators. Plans to extend to Mobile Alabama are hinted with capital stock at 600000. Local appeal urges buying Kansas manufactured goods to boost home industries.
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St. Louis
Recorders
Kansas, Missouri & Northern Railway Company
Robert
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