Weather and political musings from a bygone issue
March 7 weather forecast for Kansas shows fair and warmer tonight and Friday with colder conditions and southwest winds. The column touches on England’s stance, Texas Governor Culberson’s rebuke of his legislature, Secretary of State Secre t ary Guasum’s meddling habits, and economic commentary on California fruit shipments Florida freezes and rail traffic. It also discusses monetary policy, gold and silver demand, and the impact of demonetization on prices and industry.
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Chicago
Tillman to be central figure of new movement
A New York dispatch reports Gov. Evans predicting the south and west will unite for free silver against gold. He says Senator Tillman would be the central figure if not from South Carolina and notes the coming revolt may align geographical lines rather than political ones.
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New York
Columbia, & Canya
John Gary Evans
Washington
Boston
Politice
Tillman
Hamilton Printing Dispute Sparks Court Action and Injunction
State Printer Snow sues for receiver and injunction over the Hamilton Printing company amid a rupture with C B Hamilton. He alleges misappropriation of profits, a partial transfer plan to Major J E Hudson, and seeks accounting and restraint on selling. Judge Hazen grants a temporary restraining order, hearing set for next Monday.
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Treebie Gaid
Barre
Hamilton
J. Eh. Hudson
Low
Hamilton Printing Company
Asuit
Snow
Hamton Printing Company
C. B Hamiton
Gleed, Ware & Gleed
J. K. Hudson
Hazen
Anti Lottery Act Seen Cutting Off Mail Schemes
Washington March 7 Postal officers say the new anti lottery act will curb lottery schemes nationwide. Provisions aim to block conveyance of lottery matter between countries by express carriers and limit jurisdiction to prevent transport of fraudulent matter and investment orders. Lottery firms allegedly used mails and money orders. the act grants power to refuse delivery to fraudsters and return the mail marked fraudulently.
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Washington
Postm i
Not Quite A Billion A Comparison Of Appropriations
Washington on March 7 officials released figures on congressional appropriations. The total may hover near 496 million for the session, with 1895 1996 combined around 989230,685. Treasury estimates set out 496,432,486 in expenditures and 476,907,407 in revenue, signaling a potential 19 million deficit if revenue proves lower.
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Washington
Congress
Sayers
House
Representative Canton
Associated Press
Treasury Department
Train Hits Track Hurting Firemen In Hart Details
Dernarr Mich March 1 A freight train crashed into a crossing during a fire response injuring three firemen and others. Hart victims include Anthony Korie and Christian Goebel with head and leg injuries, plus Lieutenant Charles L Chase and Wirth and Parkhurst among injured by wrecked track and mangled horses. Local celebs and performers planned for Hamilton Hall program with Collins the Wizard drawing strong advance seats.
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Hart
Steirsman Christian Goebel
Charles L Chase
Korie
Mr. W. Wirth
Mra Parkhurst
H. Y. Hinckley
Harry Overholt
Hamilton Hall
Colling
Topeka
Still Testifying in Hillmon Case
W J Buchan testifies that Mrs Hillman signed releases surrendering life policies without payment in exchange for immunity from prosecution. He cites a written agreement from insurers and a separate authorization from John H Brown. He says Hillman and Brown arranged for settlement to stop prosecutions and that Hillman provided the policies without questions. Court adjourned with Buchan still on the stand.
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Hillmon
Mra. Hillman
Buchan
Mutual Life Insurance Company
New York
New York Life Insurance Company
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
John W. Hillmon
John Brown
Jons H. Brown
Lawrences
John H. Brown
Brown
Lawrence
Robert Brown
Wyandotte
John H
Mr. Green
Mr. Barker
Mess
Witness
Seeley Promoted in Kingston Penitentiary
Samuel C. Seeley, former bookkeeper of the Shoe & Leather Bank, serving an eight year term for stealing 354000, has been moved from a curled hair sorting role to a bookkeeper position in Kingston penitentiary. Warden Hayes notes the transfer followed arrival and a larger cell assignment, stating Seeley causes no trouble for his keepers.
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New York
Samuel C. See Jey
Shoe & Leather Bank
Kinga County
Hayes
Seeley
Express Co’s Singled Out Tax Burden in Texas
Averin Tex March 7 The governor's message condemning the legislature drew comment as the house debated a bill taxing gross earnings of railroads telegraph and express companies two percent A strong effort to kill the bill failed and the measure passed leaving express companies taxed at one and one half percent while railroads and telegraph firms were removed from the tax.
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Averin
Tex
House
Attempted Fire At St Peter's Church Boston
An arson attempt targeted St Peter's Catholic Church in Dorchester during an evening service in Boston Mass. About 1200 worshippers were present when the blaze was spotted about 8 pm and quickly stopped, averting serious damage and injuries as a stampede occurred but no one was seriously hurt.
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Boston
Mass
St Peter's Human Catholic
Dorchester
Hetty Green Happy Edward Wins Huntington Suit
Hetty Green celebrates as her son Edward wins a long running chancery court suit against CP Huntington over the sale of the Waco division of the Houston and Texas Central railway. Meanwhile a poison scare hits Amos Ohio as dried beef nearly kills a family.
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Hetty Green
Galveston
Tex
Edward
Chancery Court
Cp, Huntington
Waco
Houston & Texas Central Railway
A Great Pity on the Advanced Woman Movement
A crowded scene features a green goggled reformer lecturing to an all female audience, denouncing men as useless and backward while predicting male extinction in 2,000 years. The piece blends satire on gender progress with a Rossetti anecdote about Whistler and a framed sonnet.
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Angels of Progress Selah
Mars
Jupiter
Earth
Advanced Women's Club
New York World
Whistler
Rossetti
Mr. Whistler
Pall Mall
A Sad Case From Texas Siftings
A Texas landlady vents frustrations about a late boarder JT Longfeeder. She complains his dining hour at 12 is now 1 and he eats for two, risking her finances and her boarding house. The dialogue reveals tensions over punctuality and cost.
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Texas Siftings
The Duke Is Dead and Bills At a Reception
The dialogue shows Mrs D Avnoo insisting she will pay reception bills to avoid listening to callers. The Duke of Noailles dies at 69, with his younger brother the marquis of Noailles noted as a famed diplomat and literateur. A brief advertisement urges granite ware from Shelden.
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Duke of
Noailles
Marquis of
Shelden
Ailsa Wins Cannes Yacht Race Over Britannia and Corsair
Cannes reports the yacht race among Britannia Ailsa and Corsair concluded with the Ailsa crossing first. The event took place March 7 as part of the Cannes sailing program, highlighting spirited competition among noted vessels.
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Ailsa
Cannes
Britannia
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