Cra ed Women On Train Threatening Suicide A Topeka Depot Scene
A chaotic sequence ends with Mrs Spahn, described as insane, clinging to a speeding passenger train toward Topeka. Deputies and county officers intervene as she resists, is escorted to jail, and later allowed home with medical care. A second dementia case is reported at the county jail with a wandering, disoriented woman observed in public and later taken for examination. The incidents reflect acute mental health crises and police handling of such cases in the area.
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Geo
Spahn
Santa Fe
Win North Klein Street
Teeuneen
Reed
Topeka
Dad
Tully Sed
Ingir
Pat Sherman
Frank Parcelis
Parcela
Salter
Hannibal
Bream
Newland
Puarkdale
Miss Kohman
Edman
Cherry Dale
Marion Esurity
Lowkiel
Lin
Sam
Missouri
Poison Plots Target Oregon Family Raise Alarm
In Oregon Perviani Mr Hiram Smith and his family faced repeated poisoning attempts from a mysterious neighbor driven by lethal intent. A trespasser infiltrated the home Thursday and sprinkled a toxic powder on milk, then attempted poison in the pantry and water troughs, with a whitish powder in the cream and threats heard during subsequent visits. The assailant, believed insane, continues to threaten death and now targets livestock on the ranch.
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Oregon
Perviani
Marcha
Hiram Smith
Bes
Perso
Smith
Jeff
Phwart
Reunion fund grows as committee pushes toward goal
Morning report shows the festival and reunion fund at 2615 dollars with a 440 dollar addition. Chairman Greenwald Major T J Andersin and volunteers like Fellows and Swift Holliday work tirelessly to solicit more, aiming for at least 000 more before week’s end.
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Calleet
Lst. C
Greenwald
T. J. Andersin
Mayjor
Topeka
K A. Fellows
Swift & Holliday
J.C. Mcclintock
M.B
DA. Mulvane
Jennings E.S. Quintan
Edwin Scott
T. R Bowman & Co
Phillipa & Chaney
J. B. Bartholomew
Geo. AL. Hammel
PA. Dewin
John H. Hadnes
B.A. Wagner
Conductor Dolphin Dead After Illness in Kansas City
Austin J Dolphin the ex conductor of the Santa Fe who ran passenger trains from Kansas City to Dodge City was found dead in his bed at the Midland Hotel in Kansas City yesterday morning from heart disease He had a long railroad career starting as a brakeman with the Santa Fe and later served as conductor He left a widow and a brother M A Dolphin of Kansas City His estate is reported at 3275 00 Funeral services are set for tomorrow morning
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Austin J Dolphin
Santa Fe
Topeka
Kansas City
Dodge City
Midlandt
Dolphin
Tee
Santa
M. A. Dolphin
Nebraska County Delegates Favor McKinley in Convention
Omaha reports most Nebraska counties have chosen delegates for the state Republican gathering. Delegates largely back McKinley with some Manderson support, not enough to shift convention outcomes. States seek direct vote for US senators, sound money, Cuban pensions, and fiscal restraint. insurrectionists cross lines at Pinar del Rio and collide near Santi Spiritus with Marion Serpe killed.
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Nebraska
Omaha
McKinley
Senater
Manderson
Hayans
Pinar del Rio
Marion Serpe
Santi Spiritus
Sante Clara
Famous Long and Short Haul Controversy Reaches Court
Washington held that railways cannot charge higher short haul rates than long hauls under the Interstate Commerce Act. The Interstate Commerce Commission challenged rates from Cincinnati to Augusta and Social Circle, Georgia, involving Georgia Railway and other railroads. Justice Shiras delivered the opinion affirming core findings and clarifying the commission’s rate-review power.
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Washington
Sculprent Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ciackmnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railroad Company
Western & Atlantic
The
Georgia Railway Company
Georgia Ralbway Company
Oplies
Shiras
Cincinnat
Aumusta
Social Circle
Georvia
Atlanta
Circe
Texas Pacific
Atlante & Western Roads
Georgia
Georgia Company
Ovstoly
Baltimore
SLY STAR AT FRANCE IN LONDON PARLIAMENT
In the House of Commons Mr. George N. Curzon, under secretary for foreign affairs, said the government would not add to Friday’s statement on joint action with the United States regarding France’s threatened measures in Madam cascar. The question by Sir Charles Tile was of great importance but no new policy was announced.
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London
House of Commons
Charles Tile
Forest of Down
Gloucester
George N. Curzon
Foreign Affairs
United States
France
Madamcascar
Railroad coal operators consider uniform rates to raise wages
Pittsburg report says a meeting tomorrow will decide on true uniformity of rates. With three names needed to reach six percent, Open Lines and miners anticipate securing this today. A uniform rate would raise miners pay to 70 cents per ton and improve wages for Ohio and mines workers.
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Pittsburg
Ohio
Minos
Horner Loses Bid for New Trial in $1000 Payment Case
Judge Hazen denies Horner a new trial in his suit against James A. Burney over a $1000 payment to Strickler Daniels & Pounds on a $1.5 million mortgage. The court noted the payment occurred before the mortgage due date and questioned whether the firm had authority to collect for Horner. The jury found they did collect the money.
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Hazen
Uwerning
BF. Horner
James A. Burney
Strickler
Daniels & Pounds
Horner
Daniela
Strickler, Daniela
Pounds
Ice mountain highes ice floe devastates Oshkosh shore
Rain and a sale broke the ice on Lake Winnebago Sunday driving debris and ice onto the west shore. Ice piles reached 20 to 30 feet with trees uprooted and boulders shifted. Boat houses and shoreline structures were wrecked, and North Park suffered extensive damage.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Fce
Lake Winnebago
North Park
Battle over Franklin bid for national soldiers home post
Washington reports a heated Kansas clash in Congress over Gen. W. P. Franklin for the National Soldiers' Homes board, with Gov. A. J. Smith of Leavenworth attacked and Rep. Blue leading opposition. leaks claim inspections were stymied and charges of tyrannical management surface as a broader probe looms. Senator Peffer's push to cut stationery allowances also fails, revealing ongoing cost concerns and calls for reform in Senate spending.
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State Journal
Washington
March
House
W. PF. Frankin
National Soldiers’ Homes
Kansas
Matt
Blue Bas
A. A. Smith
Leavenworth
Franklin
Smith
Ar. Blue
Uhase
Keeley
Governor Smith
Franklin 4
Senators Decry Cash Heavy Contingent Fund Spending
Senator Peffer highlights excessive cash withdrawals from the senate contingent fund. He cites items like Geneva mineral water, Yucca tonic, Asterine, quinine pills, Saratoga water, and Buffalo lithia water as unnecessary expenses. He questions the need for bottles and tablets charged to the fund and suggests wasteful spending.
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H.C. Lodge
Mt White
T. H. Carter
W.N. Roach
F. T. Dubois
Senator Peffer
Peffer
Senate
Geneva
Saratoga Cartsbad
Massaretta
Buffalo Lithia
Petter
Washington
United States Senate
Perkins for Vice President A Western Man Talked Of
Washington March 80 The candidacy of Senator Perkins for vice president on the next Republican ticket is taken with more seriousness than expected by rivals and friends alike. Pacific coast states and Utah are viewed as key, with Perkins seen as the strongest Western choice to balance the ticket and secure Southern votes. Eastern leaders favor Morton or Reed for various reasons, but Perkins could steady Western opposition to sliver and monopolies while countering anti Western sentiments against competing candidates.
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State Journal
Washington
Perkins
Pacific Coast
Cali-forn
Territories
Utah
St. Louis
Far West
McKinley
Reed
Morton
Sliver
New York
Freed
Southern Pacific Railroad
House Committee On Pacific Railroads
Congress
Paris Aground Near New York After Fog
The Paris of the American Line from Southampton ran aground near the New York quay area where the line’s other vessel stranded last month. The steamer sits on an even keel heading roughly south as wrecking tugs aid with a hawser and cable. A large tug fleet is nearby, and officials expect possible flotation at high tide with no wind in heavy fog.
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New York
Marcus
Paris
Southampton
Kansas Banks Abstracts Reports to Comptroller
Abstract of reports on Kansas national banks shows declines in total resources from 32,101,648 to 32,101,648 with drops in loans and discounts and in stock categories. Individual deposits rose to 16,404,741 while United States deposits and notes decreased. The average reserve stands at 34 percent, with fewer banks operating in Kansas than three months prior.
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Comptroller of Currency
Washington
M8 National Banks of
Kansas
United States
Indian Runs Amuck at School Dance
A drunken Osage rode a horse into Horseshoe Bend schoolhouse on the Arkansas river during a dance. Panic and a stampede injured several, including Carl Bradley Will Hopper Sim Peyshall Ludiow Mitchell Nettle Peyshall and Lena Kischer. An all round fight followed as youths tried to eject him. the Indian was beaten and knocked senseless. One girl was hurt when the horse trod on her.
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Kansas City
Perry
J. T
Horseshoe Bend
Arkansas River
Carl Bradley
Will Hopper
Sim Peyshall
Ludiow Mitchell
Misses Nettle Peyshall
Lena Kischer
Indian Rites At Pickett Home Spark Cherokee Dance Scene
Fifteen Cherokee women visit Mrs. Philip Pickett at 16 Van Buren Street and stage an all night old fashioned dance, recalling plains ceremonies. Led by Pickett and featuring a burnt offering rite and solemn chants, the women resume life with white husbands after their trip to Tadquah for allotments.
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Philip Pickett
van Buren Street
Plains
Mrs. Pickett
Tadequah
Pickett’s
Exceeds Them All The State Journal Growth Chronicle
Exceeds Them All presents Topeka growth as the most remarkable record yet with the State Journal touting its latest, best equipped and fittest battery of resources and services for readers and advertisers.
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Topeka
The
State Journal
CHILI ARGENTINE ROW AND BARON RUSSELL VISIT PLANS
A Buenos Ayres dispatch reports Argentina rejects a Danish boundary proposal and will send a new mission to Chile to set limits while Chilean arbitration discussions continue. London notes Baron Russell of Killowen will visit America for a jurist conference at Saratoga. Baraboo reports taxidermist Cha Deininger, age unknown, died by suicide in Sauk City after a Sunday shooting.
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New York
Herald
Buenos Ayres
Vehich
Wei
Chill
Argentina
Baron Russell
America
London
the Chronicle
Baron Russell of
Killowen
Saratoga
Baraboo
Wis
Cha Deininger
Sauk City
How We Grew 1885 to 1896 Daily Averages
A fragment recounts yearly daily averages from 1885 through 1896 with figures for January to March. It notes the smallest daily print number in March 1896 was 10 525 and that the March average up to March 29 was 10 671, alongside higher yearly averages and figures like over 10 600 in totals.
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Marc
The Deadly Parallel Topeka Capital Report
The Topeka Capital business page lists December 18057 issue counts with dates from December 15 23 and 29 and shows average and largest issue figures for March 1800. It notes most postage and circulation occur outside Topeka, concluding with an implication about distribution and reach.
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Topeka
State Journal
State Journal circulation leads Kan state papers on Sunday
State Journal shows a much higher daily local circulation than the Capital on Sunday. The Wichita Daily Eagle, second or third in Kansas, prints less than the Topeka State Journal despite Oklahoma circulation noted.
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Mark and
Kansas
State Journal
Capital
Wichita
Eagle
Okinahoma
Topeka State Journal
New Building to House The Journal at Old Kansas Site
The New Building will rise at Kansas Avenue and Eighth to house the Journal permanently. It will be a two story plain sturdy structure with basement and modern newspaper facilities designed for efficient production of an up to date paper.
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Stmstneaker Sth & Journal
Kansas Avenue
Eighth
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A. J. Smith
the Soldiers Home
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