Mapes Succeeds Self in Kansas City Shortage Case
Postmaster Frank Mapes of Kansas City Kansas shot himself after inspectors uncovered a government shortage exceeding five to ten thousand dollars. Mapes 34 left a wife and three children, having long defended his bu siness record while rumors of liquor use swirled. The discrepancy spanned twelve months and resulted from fake entries and misreporting to Washington.
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Walsas City
Frank Mapes
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas
Washington Avenue
Sutton and Reid
Postoiice Department
Washington
Mapes
Seta- Hon
Kanasa
San
Bape
Oreu
George Sutton
W.L. Rela
Wie
Amsl
Wyandotte County
Wah & Prominent Meson
Knight Templar and Shiner
Order of Elka
Reed Delegates and McKinley Lead in Republican Count
Reed managers claim McKinley appears strongest with 83 of 176 delegates elected to the national convention while McKinley’s Ohio dominance is noted. Other figures list Speaker Reed 38 Quay 24 Cullom 10 Morton 6 Allison 4 and 23 unnoted.
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McKistey
Reed
Major McKinley
Quay
Cullom
Morton
Allison
Enear
Tong
Jena. Ie
Mc Reed
Ohio
Wheat and Corn Crops Await Yet Unshipped By Farmers
Washington reports show corn held by farmers at 49.8 percent of the crop, with 21.9 percent destined for foreign markets. Wheat held totals 1028.8 percent of the crop, about 328 million bushels, with much of the stock from 1594 or earlier. Food for mosquitoes and Alaska mining news close the report.
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Washmoron
Department of Agr Nitarn
A MISSOURI ROMANCE WAS SUPPOSED DEAD YEARS AGO
A Missouri romance tale recounts a man Hatfield believed dead after a train tragedy fifteen years earlier. He returns from California to learn his wife had remarried, then leaves with a brother for Syracuse. The piece also notes other unrelated items from Wisconsin and Washington involving legal suits and postmasters.
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Separts
Missouri Pacific
Sedelin
Hatfield
W. J. Barnhart
Sperags
George Hatfield
California
Enoch Ardee
Anna
Phillis
Syracuse
Copacy
Charles Harreld
German and European Bi Metal Movement Agreement
European bimetallic movement reports a March 16 Berne dispatch that German bimetallists have reached a formal arrangement with peers in England France and Austria to push identical motions toward using both gold and silver as currency in their parliaments.
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Berurs
England
France
Austria
Chicago Post Office Burns South Chicago Office
Fire destroyed the post office in South Chicago yesterday incinerating mail stocks and stamps. The fire caused about $10,000 in losses to the building and its contents.
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Chicago
South
It Is Known By Its Cures Hood's Sarsaparilla Claim
The ad proclaims Hood's Sarsaparilla as the medicine that has raised thousands from disease to health. It asserts the product’s merit by its record of cures and credits its large laboratory and production scale. It urges readers to try the remedy due to its proven benefits.
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Hood
Peculiar Assignment Filed By Patrick J. Kelly
Patrick J. Kelly, a noted Democrat and merchant from Minnesota, filed an assignment for his creditors with John E. Meagher. The move aims to safeguard his affairs during a manic health crisis while the Kelly Mercantile Company stays operational, with a $500,000 credit rating and no anticipated business disruption.
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Sr. Paco
Minn
Patrick J. Kelly
John E. Meagher
Mato
Mino
Kelly
Merchants’ Hotel
P. H. Kelly Mercantile Company
W. B. Jordan
Miles City
Mercantile Company
Europe’s Approval and the New Soudan Campaign
Britain gains European approval for its Soudan advance linked to the Nile plan. The move tests British relations with France and Russia as George Curzon prepares a Commons statement outlining aims of the prophesied Nile operation amid European power shifts.
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Great Britain
Loxpox
Dongola
France
Russia
House of Commons
Nile
George Curzon
Foreign Office
Europe
Footpad terrorizes St Joseph women in city raids
A young well dressed robber with a silk hat held up women in St Joseph Missouri last night. Mrs Mary Hansen was struck with a slingshot at Fifth and Messania and left insensible. Two other women were robbed near the station as the assailant moved through the city seeking easy targets.
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St. Joseph
St Josers
Mary Hansen
Fifth
Messania
Revolt in Salvation Army in St Louis
In St Louis twenty five recruits led by Cadet Vincent paraded city streets in open air exercises. Band members wore red ribbons with a Mrs Ballington Booth likeness and the inscription God Bless Our Leader. They carried a United States flag banner with George and Martha Washington likenesses.
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S& Lonte
St. Louis
Salvation Army
St Louis
Vincent
United States
Aganda
George Washington
Martha Washington
Family Poisoning Strikes Missouri Farm Family
A wealthy farmer W B Taylor and members of his family were poisoned at their home in Missouri on March 16. Taylor died, three sons and a wife, plus cousin Taylor Criman, were gravely ill. The poison is believed to have been put in coffee. motive and assailant are mystery, with rumors implicating a near relative.
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San Francisco
Umatius
Victoria
Paget Soadd
Goldields
Alaska
Cook’s Inlet
Rota
Drea Inlet
Yukon
Jone
Porty-Mile Creek
Gost
Inga
Madison
Wis
Dane County
A. W. Gratz
State Capitol
G. E Mickelson
Gratz
Mickelson
Dulegaths
Seppore Mioani
Washmetox
William Clarity
Purcell
Colonel Mavigan
Sullivan
Clarity
United States
Pottawatomie
Kaw
W. B. Taylor
Taylor Criman
Populist convention endorses Baker for fourth term
Congress, Baker-backed resolutions praise the candidate and urge renomination at Hutchinson convention after county delegates are chosen. Separate item notes forgery and arson cases in Arkansas City and Winfield, including a conviction for burning a depot and forging money orders.
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Haker
Lrycois Center
Kan
Thomas B Clide
AH. Wait
J. L. Nygeard
Hutchinson
Colby
Baker
Arkansas
Ciry
Ken
Winfield
J. B. Baker
Missouri Pacific
Thedale
O Brien Sentenced for Life in Bunco Murder Case
The trial of Tom O'Brien the American bunco steerer ends with a guilty verdict. He is sentenced to hard labor for life. In Washington Charles W Stone of Pennsy chairs a coinage and measures committee and will urge adoption of the metric system. Ex Governor John Ireland of Seguin Texas dies in Austin from neuralgia of the heart.
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Or Brien
Pants
Tom O'Brien
Bunco
Kid” Waddell
O'Brien
Charles W. Stone
Pennsys
Texas
Las Austoxia
John Ireland
Seguin
Cuban Question Proclamation Hidden in Diary Debate
In the Senate debate on Cuba Senators Sherman and Hilles cited diaries from Hamilton Fish’s family showing President Grant once favored recognizing Cuban belligerency. A June proclamation was blocked after cabinet unity formed, with diary entries noting the president’s gratitude to Fish for warnings and the failed proclamation.
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Amany
United States Senate
Sherman
Hilles
Grant
Hamilton Fish
New York Assembly
Madrid
Cuba
Beliiere
Republican Party
Cameron
Senate Committee On Foreign Affairs
Paul S. Barlowes
Prim
Kane, Pa
Washington
Sickles
Spain
Ygorous
New York City
Newport
Mc Corbin
President Cleveland Refuses to Interfere in Cherokee Hill Death Sentence
News in brief reports President Cleveland will not intervene in the execution of Cherokee Hill. The item notes no clemency action and records the sentence as carried out or pending.
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Cleveland
Cherokee Hill
Emperor William
Kraus
Plans to locate the magnetic pole expedition
Menear Davidson outlines plans to send an expedition to locate the north magnetic pole. Professor George Davidson notes the pole lies near Franklin Bay at about 70 5 minutes north, 98 46 minutes west, well south of the true north pole. He cites past explorers and says he will present findings to the Geographical Society once information is gathered.
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Menear Davidson
George Dass
Saeleco
North Pole
George Davinson
Franklin's Bay
British America
James Clark Rose
Moore
Clerk
Lefroy
Geographical Society
Reed rule cuts smoking and drinks in Congress
A New York Sun summary notes twenty days under the Reed non smoking rule in the House show a 16 to 95 percent drop in cigar sales and an over 80 percent fall in thirst quenchers. It claims the dust from cheap cigars causes thirst and a taste for moisture, while press gallery smokers now blur lines of bribery with unknown cigars.
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House of
Congress
House of Representatives
Grand Street
5 Center
P. C. Association of the Capitol
Press Gallery
Bumbler 5 Center
Washington
P. C’s
New York Sun
Causes of Crime and Incarceration in Kansas Penitentiary
Sheriff recounts penitentiary census: 689 white males and 211 colored males incarcerated. Colored population appears 365 percent of Kansas’ total, with 88 percent of the uncar crested group in prison. Female inmates: six white and eleven colored, coloring 79 percent of imprisoned women. Also noted are 49 prisoners sentenced to be hung and twenty-three for life. Mention of Indians and three Mexicans among inmates. Board of Public Works to Beloit for new girls industrial space. Beloit project valued at 20 000 dollars for new sewing and plumbing facilities. Peerless Steam Laundry advertisement included.
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Sedgwick County
State Penitentiary
Kansas
Wuirt Eerie
State Board of Public Works
Holland
Beloit
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