Legislature Delays Adjourning Over Miscellaneous Appropriation Bill
The legislature likely will not leave town before Wednesday or Wednesday night due to the unfinished miscellaneous appropriation bill and debates in the ways and means committees. Enrolling of bills and a crowded schedule add to delays, with house actions on public works funding and other appropriation measures continuing amid pauses for photos and light resolutions.
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Columbus
Congress Adjourns Fifty-Third Congress Ends
The Fifty-Third Congress adjourned sine die at noon. Both houses closed simultaneously after passing final appropriation bills. The enrolling office sighed relief as five major acts and about thirty-five minor measures were engrossed. The Senate adjourned without day with thanks to officials and farewells to weary members.
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Missionaries in Peril Accused of Insurrection in Aleppo
A dispatch from Constantinople reports the American Board of Foreign Missions at Marish in Aleppo under siege. The governor accuses them of insurrectionary designs, has seized letters and aid shipments, and imprisoned porters. He claims the missionaries are supplying arms against Mohammedans, warning of potential catastrophe if allegations persist.
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Daily News
Constantinople
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Marish
Aleppo
Maletesta
Tao
Perry Oklahoma to Host Corbett Fitzsimmons Prize Fight
A Perry Oklahoma report notes a bill legalizing prize fighting may become law. If passed, a purse for the Corbett versus Fitzsimmons bout could be offered in Perry. Church members oppose the bill and Governor Renfrew’s allies expect a veto. Severe British and continental frost and snow follow in London and Paris.
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Oklahoma
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Okla
Corbett
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Lady Henry Somerset and Bogus Reform Debate
At Chickering hall the Manhattan single tax club hosted William Everett Hicks who attacked Lady Henry Somerset for wealth and housing tenants. He accused her of exploiting estates while denying aid to London’s poor, linking her stance to landlord power and calls for reform.
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Everett Hicks
Chickering Hell
Manhattan
William Everett Hicks
International Congress
Paris
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England
London
Promoted Will E Halm Named General Freight Agent
Will E Halm, a former Topeka boy, has been appointed general freight agent of the Rio Grande Western Railroad with an office in Salt Lake City Utah. His long career includes posts at Santa Fe Southern Pacific and Morgan Steamship lines, culminating in this new role and he is married to a Topeka girl, daughter of George Herron.
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Cala
Southern Pacific Company
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Cal
Southern Pacific Railroad
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Mr. Halm
George Herron
Monster Mass Meeting in Chicago Demands Civic Reform
Men of all parties packed the Owle Federation mass meeting in Chicago on March 4 to denounce city council fr answers and endless scandals. Speakers included Lyman J. Gage Judge Collins John W. Hia N D Hillis Henry D. Lloyd Frank W. Walker and Rev P Henson. Resolutions urged subordination to civic patriotism for municipal preservation and prosperity.
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Americans on Grand Media Winter Tours Arrive in Constantinople
A Hamburg American steamer Augusta Victoria reached Constantinople with a large party of American excursionists. The sultan sent an aide de camp to greet them and ordered cigars and sweets for distribution. Passengers reported good health and access to the palace. The Fuerst Bismarck carrying more Americans arrived at Jaffa Palestine after leaving New York January 28.
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Primary polls set all day with Australian ballot fallback
The Republican city central committee changed primary timing to run all day from 8 am to 1 pm. The Australian ballot plan failed to gain adoption, leaving Crawford county and Australian ballot methods in use. Henry Allen's yacht Dakotah won the Ogden goblet and Bennett challenge cup No 2 at the Meda carnival.
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Death's Call at Copeland Destroys Kansas Politician John L. Smith
Captain John H. Smith a prominent Kansas Republican was found dying in the Copeland hotel wash room and died within minutes. Friends, officials, and rivals mourned as doctors pronounced paralysis of the heart. Smith, 54, longtime Columbus resident, leaves a wife and two children and had served in the state legislature and as deputy US marshal.
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Clubs of Colonists Plan Westward Plymouth Colony
Edward Hale leads a New England colonization scheme to form Plymouth colony in Idaho Payette valley. Meeting at Gread Pacific hotel in Cuienco discusses long term land sales to farmers and colonial clubs with New York meetings planned later this month.
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Market Report from March 4 with grain hogs and sugar notes
Wheat and corn firm with small French stocks lifting prices. May contracts show slight gains. provisions rise on feeding demand. Cattle, hogs, and beef markets report steady to higher receipts and mixed demand. Sugar markets in New York remain firm with refined product steady.
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Topeka Daily State Journal legislative notice
A brief promotional message to legislature readers states the journal will add telegraphic and state news, explains pricing for local delivery and mail subscribers, and ends with the motto First of all the news. The notice targets members and officers of the legislature and urges continued readership.
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