Hammond Named Back to Kansas From Missouri
Political gossip touches insurance superintendent changes and a July timing for affermis. Miss Merritt loses a damage suit against W S Furman. Dr J W Sammon named superintendent at a state board of charities institution in Manhattan, with changes promised for April.
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Miss Merritt
W. S. Furman
State Board of Charities
J. W. Sammon
den Ard
Olatteth
A. A. Stewart
Manhattan
de. Harweond
Prion Mines
Republical Board
Morton al Baugh
Chuman
Naucia
Hasan
Hammond
Chicago
Missouri
Weet Plaine
Saintey
Kansas
Stewart
Aisterzurten
Bethel
Mit Hattie Yor
Toacher
Topeka
Grip Victims Recover Aid Bill Debated Banquet Plans
Representative Campbell of Bourbon County has recovered from the grip and went home Saturday. Representative Fairchild of Kingman, seriously ill with pneumonia, is partially recovered. Osborn, deputy examiner Breidenthal’s deputy, arrived home in bad health, suffering grip and rheumatism. Two Democratic governors expect to attend a banquet at Drury Hall as part of Bourbons celebration. George Cranelle Keene and George B. Payne were named to the committee to entertain Bourbons with Major Shreve coordinating arrangements for a large gathering in Kansas politics.
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Campbell
Bourbon Sounty
Fairchild
Kingman
Chesterfield
Pneumoris
Osborn
Hank
Breidenthal
Tovusang
Drury Hall
AP. Shreve
George Cranelle Kietne
Geo. B. Payne
Kansas
Slave wife wins common law marriage case in Kansas
During the Civil War a slave woman and her partner lived as a married couple on a plantation and later adopted the surname Tenfrow. After the man’s death the woman sought her share of the estate, securing judgment affirmed by the state supreme court. The court ruled their wartime cohabitation created a valid common law marriage, while the Kansas marriage was null.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neuthwent
Misenkisat
J. W. Winfrow
Tenfrow
Neery
Bonsen
Lawrence Heat
Douglas
Supreme Court
Kansas
Mis Merritt Loses Again Over Shoes Case
Lisa Gertie Merritt entered Furman’s shoe store three years ago to have buttons attached. A messenger was sent to wealthy patrons on Harrison street, leading to a delay. The shoes, deemed stolen, were later found to be the store’s property, causing a wrongful accusation and indignation.
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Avour
Lisa Gertie Merritt
Furman
Pact of Air Defendant Cleared in Damage Suit Trial
In Shawnen county district court Judge Mac presiding ruled no restraint in violation of the law occurred in a store incident involving a young woman who claimed she was falsely charged. She appealed to the supreme court, with Haren concurring in an opinion.
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Pact of Air
Itarman
Ulegally
Shawnen County
Mac
Curt
Haren
Twis
Coburn Salary Persists At $2,000 Despite Alledged Error
After legislative sessions, questions arise over clerical errors in enrolled bills. Secretary Coburn of the Board of Agriculture retains a $2,000 annual salary, though bills sought $2,500 and later $2,510. House and Senate records align on $2,000 with no reduction or restoration.
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Coburn
Board of Agriculture
Senate
Hanna
House
Cosburn
Wanted Stanley Badly in Wichita Court Visit
During Governor Stasney’s Wichita stop for court, a client seeks help in a bank failure case in Arkansas City. She urges Mr Stanley for aid, arguing without it she may lose her money, while he weighs the official duties and legal options available.
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Stasney
Wichita
Ashitlee
Wornist
Arkansas City
Stanley
Mle
Hr Windn Fleeiaberd
Wrorrmin
Casey Named to New Atchison City Court Seat
Governor Sunley appoints W D Casey to fill the vacancy in the Atchison city court created by a pre election law change. Casey, a lawyer who once carried papers for the Atchison Globe, attended DePauw University and is 33. A colored marshal was also appointed for the new court following Topeka's example.
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Atchison
Topeka
W. D. Casey
Sunley
Cassy
Casey
Atchison Globe
Fmu
DePauw University
Atchinan
Young Will Remain and Chanute Men Appointed
The state board of charities declined to reconsider the appointment of W H Ho Youne and Smee Rene of the soldiers orphans arms. Andrews urged Young to be deposed, citing the one armed veteran lost to a freight wreck. A J Turner, Chanute Republican, appointed to the board of regents at Emporia, fills the vacancy caused by J Mos Guire's death and will assume duties at once.
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Arcreton
State Board ~ of Charities
W. H. Ho Youne
Smee Rene
Ator Andrews
Young
Chanute Msc
A. J. Turner
Chanute
State Normal Arrivol
Emporia
J. & Mos Guire
Kansas Given Two Army Officers by President
The president will appoint two Kansans to second lieutenants in the regular army under the new reenlistment act. Major Chase Doster of Topeka and Capt Fred Buchan of Kansas City are named. Doster served with the Twenty second Kansas and Buchan with the Twentieth Kansas in the Philippines. Doster is praised for drill mastery and earlier West Point cadet appointment. Buchan is son of William Buchan, Kansas City politician.
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Doster
Buchan
Washington
Kansas
Missouri
Chase Duster
Fred Buchan
Major Duster
Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Henater Harris
West Point
Kunsan
Camp Alger
Deoster
Justice Doster
Toker
Daster
Capt Buchan
William Buchan
Kansas City
Dus
Potter Denounces Prohibitionists Critics Fare as Hypocrites
New York dispatch reports Bishop Potter rebutting Prohibitionists in letters to Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott. He roots for reform with homes and wages, attacks saloon opponents as Pharisees, and argues prohibitionists fail to address industrial social ills while praising wiser efforts.
Ex-President Cleveland Farm School Abandoned After Criticism
New York March 12 John Vroom organizer of former President Cleveland's farm school blames Cleveland for the failure of the experiment. He cites uncalled for restrictions by the tutor as a key issue. The school started last summer with 1M acres and 32000 in improvements. Several boys were received and set to work for basic English education and a trade. The venture was abandoned last December.
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New York
John 1i Broom
Cleveland
Vroom
Quails From Kansas to Stock Maryland and Virginia
About 1,900 quail for breeding purposes will be sent to Maryland and Virginia. An advance guard arrived from Wichita Kansas carrying ten dozen plump vigorous birds, roughly split by sex. Additional shipments are en route and will be distributed to buyers immediately.
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Maryland
Virginia
Washington
Wichita
Kan
Twins in an incubator at New Albany hospital
March 12 in New Albany a set of twin girls born to Mrs. Frank Miller survived the birth and will be nurtured in an incubator after an accident to the mother. Attending physicians say both infants should thrive if kept under incubator care. The case will be closely observed as a scientific experiment.
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Frank Muller
New Albany
Frank Miller
Railroad Train Wreck Near Climax Delays Traffic
Train No 269 on the Howard branch derailed after rails spread one mile east of Climax causing most freight cars to smash. Fireman Overton and Engineer Eshnawar escaped by leaping from the cab as the engine overturned. Wrecking train from Chanute, under Whitenand and Maloney, cleared the track, delaying traffic twenty four hours.
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Emporia
Pnegineer Eshnawar
Overton
Browns
Howard Branch
Climax
Chanute
T. J. Whitenand
Maloney
Protection of Life: progress on safety appliances in railroads
Washington reports progress by railroads in equipping rolling stock with safety devices. As of December 2, 1898, 1,217,808 freight cars and 33,624 locomotives owned, with 927,528 cars (76 percent) fitted with automatic couplers and 610,252 (52 percent) with train brakes. In locomotives, 92 percent have driving wheel brakes. Numerous cars remain unequipped and some have been destroyed or sold under thresholds set since 1898.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Santa Fe Announces NEA Meeting Rates From Missouri River
RATES FOR NEA General Passenger Agent Black of the Santa Fe has returned from Omaha where he represented the road at a meeting to set the ratio for the National Educational association meeting in Los Angeles next July. He says rates will match Santa Fe and Southern Pacific announcements. From Missouri river points the round trip is 52 dollars via southern routes 54 dollars, via Portland returning higher, via Ogden going and returning 17.50 higher. Travel to the Pacific coast is expected to match last summer due to Christian Endeavor rates as eastern roads offer one fare from all eastern points to the Missouri river.
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Black
Santa Fe
Omaha
National Educational Association
Los Angeles
Southern Pacific
Missouri River
Portland
Ogden
Peb
Pacific Coast
Christian Endeavor
Astern
Jacksboro
Haskell
Horton Depot
B. G. Popkiss
Coffeyville
Missouri Pacific Freight
la Harpe
Allen County
Horton
Rock Island
Salina
A. A. Evernden
Northwestern Ford
Las Vegas
Santa Fe Pacific
Baldwin
Philadelphia
Brooks Works
Dunkirk
Rogers Works
Paterson
N. J
Fitzgibbon
J. M. Buckley
Miss Rouri Pacific
Texas
Florence
Jim Carter
Albert Farr
T. B. Mallock
Marion
Roy Burnett
Pratt and
Herington
Dodge City
Kansas
Denver
J. Harvey
Hannibal & St. Joe
Harvey
Goodland Shops
John Corcoran
Philipsburg
Colby
Goodland
Santa Fe Locomotives and Regional Rail Plans
The Santa Fe orders ten 10 wheel simple locomotives with 20x28 inch cylinders and 180 psi working pressure, plus listed equipment from multiple suppliers. The piece notes box car specification changes, a new depot at Dalton, and a planned extension of rail lines from Leonora to Dresden, with other regional railway personnel changes and a potential extra passenger train from Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
Taldwin Locomotive Works
Crosby Kafets
Nathan
Pyre- National
Star Brass Company
Railway News From Horton and Nearby Towns
The Rock Island and Santa Fe railroads dominate regional updates including promotions at Coffeyville and La Harpe, new depots at Salina, Horton extending water mains, and forthcoming boxcar orders. There are personnel changes, station improvements, wage discussions, and transfers affecting Horton, Marion, Colby, Nickerson, and Newton with rail yard reconstructions and freight movements across Allen and Pratt counties.
Paraphrased Acrostic of the Lord's Prayer Parody
A garbled OCR style verse presents a paraphrased acrostic of the Lord's Prayer. The text intermingles inexact phrases and misspellings while naming heaven, forgiveness, daily bread, temptation, and deliverance, rendered as a poetic reworking without clear publication attribution.
General Wheeler to Marry Mrs. George W. Childs
Philadelphia rumor swirls that Mrs. George W. Childs widow of the Ledger publisher may wed Gen. Joseph Wheeler. Report cites engagement planned after Easter and widespread public interest centers on Wheeler awaiting return from Cuba and possible resignation from volunteer service.
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Geo W. Childs
Philadelphia
Washington
George W. Childs
Joseph Wheeler
Childs
Chills
Shington
Philadelphia Ledger
Wheeler
United State
Congress
Clara Childs
Cuna
San Juan
Ex-Postmaster Arrested on Stamp Cancellation Scam
Sawyer Kansas ex postmaster Withna nes aemvcrdt Te MM Butcher was brought in by Deputy Marshal Trige on charges of swindling the government during stamp cancellations. Inspectors found suspicious reports and a bag containing a single stamped letter, with cancellations totaling about 150 dollars. Authorities say nearly 40 other postmasters in western Kansas may face similar arrests as proof of crookedness emerges.
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Withna
Nes
Aemvcrdt
Butcher
Sawyer
Pratt County
United States
Trige
Nis
Kansis
Balloonkeeper shoots miner near Pittsburg Kansas
A saloonkeeper named Banner shot and killed Paul Baxter during a feud at a north of Pittsburg saloon. Baxter entered the bar breaking items, Banner fired, Baxter collapsed with a heart wound and died at the scene. Banner was arrested and jailed in Pittsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eclty
Baxter
Reverend VanKe Declines Professorships to Stay at Brick Church
In New York on March 13 Rev. Mr. Then ry Vanke of Brick Presbyterian church announced to his congregation that he would not leave for Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore or Princeton. The Princeton chair carries an endowment of 10000 but he chose to stay with his church duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thenry Vanke
Brick Presbyterian Church
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Princeton
van Dyke
Card From Mr Foucht Questions Insurance Decrees and Rates
A letter to the editor questions insurance rate increases since McNall’s term, asks who is to blame and seeks truth. J H Foucht complains he has paid higher rates for ten years and urges transparent information for property owners. American Steam Laundry at 12 West Seventh advertises services.
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Foucht
State Journal
KR. L. Corran
Surance
Web ‘McNall
J. H. Foucht
County Board Faces Tax Levy Question At St Clair
The St. Clair County Board and township officials from West Plains Township must appear before Judge Hoek this week to explain why they have not levied a tax to pay 2.09 percent interest on defaulted bonds from two years ago. The proceedings warn of possible jail if they fail to comply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wientta
Mareh
County Board of
St. Clair County
Mixcourt
Township Board of
West Plains
Taxepaylre
Tawr
Cheleva
Chinese Troops Cross Anhui Border Capture Shouphus
News from Nas kite reports 10 000 Chinese crossed Anhui into Honan and joined forces to march against Shouphus the second city of Aphal province, capturing it. General Kyo and the imperial force were involved. Mrs J Warren Keifer, wife of Major General Keifer, died in Springfield at age 54 after illness. Major General Keifer and his aide left for home from Mavens and would reach Tuesday or Wednesday. For Sale A Small Law Library containing about 10 volumes. The Peerless Steam Laundry introduces a device to smooth rough edges of fabric.
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Tacoma
Vietiria
Nas Kite
Anhui
Honan
Shouphus
Aphal
Badle
Kyo
J. Warren Keifer
Springfield
Keifer
Mavens
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Coridnrs
Siete Faye
Rune
Wolansied
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J. A. Troutman
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Cwareh
Bourbon
Fairchild of
Mis Merritt
Uustrial
Tep
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Zuchan
Potter
Testotatera
Bishop Potter
Lyman Abbott
Dr. Abbott
Jesus Christ
Maine
Katinas
Jesus
Lous
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The
Voice
Uberty
Episcopal Church
Thase
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Father Hoyle
Urey
Mrs. Cleveland
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Kansas Railroad Notes
Dalton
Leonora
Dresden
Decaturunty
Hook Island
I. KE. Parker
Standard Accident Insurance Company
St. Joe
Grand Island
Parker
Throckmorton
Dist
Newton
Chas. C. Kirkhoff
Ida Mullen
Hoy. F
Smet
Nickerson
Paul S&. Knight
Clay
Hayman
Frank Godfeld
Cottonwood
A. Carter
Carter
Hutchinson
George Firmin
el Tend
H. T. Catlin
C. G. Catlin
Fairbury
Catlin
H. T
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Saul
Tito
Haydon
Lani
Jor
Remington Standard Typewriter
Wyckofp
Seamans & Benedict
W. 9Th St
Myers
Topek
Joe Wheeler
Kans
Henry van Dyke
West Seventh Telephone
Statulare
Hortest Line
Colorado Flyer
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Rictor
Pullman
San Francisco
Sao Francisco
PA Lewis
J.C. Fulton
Topeka Transfer CO
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