Our Greater Navy Formidable Fleet of 113 Ships Planned
Washington May 5 The navy bill adds three battleships four monitors sixteen torpedo destroyers twelve torpedo boats and one steel gunboat reaching a fleet of 113 ships. After completion and commission the regular naval establishment will total about 1213 modern vessels capable of defending U S waters.
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Wil
Washington
Naval Establishment
Regular
Congress
Oval
Celebration Day Parade Plans for Topeka May 2
Topeka gears up for a grand mobilization honoring departing soldiers and the Dewey victory. The Commercial Club appoints a large committee led by Gen. J. K. Madson to run the parade with no vehicles on the march route, vows local honorary escorts, decorated veterans, and coordination with Knights Templar and G A R women volunteers.
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Topeka
Admiral Dewey
Mantia
Kansas
G. A R. and Woman's Relief Corps
Kansas Avenue
Topeke
Frey
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Kingston dispatch reports uprising in Porto Rico
A Kingston Jamaica dispatch says official reports indicate an anti Spanish uprising in Porto Rico and a revolutionary movement is well under way.
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New York
Kingston
Jamaica
Porto Rico
Admiral Kirkland to send 2000 men to Philippines
Telegraph orders direct Admiral Kirkland to prepare provisions and four months of supplies for 2000 troops, Californians to be included. Marines at the barracks await transport on the Charleston as part of the Dewey expedition. In Arizona, the Santa Fe moves 200 troops from Prescott toward safety as rumors of mobilization spread. San Antonio, Texas, also notes movement.
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Admiral Kirkland
Philippines
Valle
Cal
Kirkland
Marine Barracks
Charleston
Hich
Dewey
Santa Fe
Arizona
Prescott
Ariz
Santan Fe
San Antonio
Tex
Camp Leedy Calls for 288 More Men to Reach Full Strength
Seventeen Kansas National Guard units at Camp Leedy report their headcount. Of 14 listed companies totaling 1,172 men, only 1,007 have enlisted, 165 short of full strength. If current recruitment continues, 28 men per company will be needed to fill 26 units.
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Camp Leedy
Long corporal visits camp and salutes general
A lean corporal from the short grass country arrives at camp and visits Major General McCrum. He remarks the tent looks comfortable, then is told to stand at attention before entering. The general asks him to report back to his company and hints at inviting him to supper.
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Yesurday
McCrum
Mustering in troops for Fort Leavenworth move
Private Secretary Ed Little visited Camp Leedy amid rain to coordinate mustering 12 to 15 companies for government service. Major General Charles McCrum discussed bringing a recruiting officer to Topeka. Government to pay six days of maintenance. some units camped since April 29 with May 10 target. If 12 to 22 companies are mustered, the move supports a May 10 patriotic celebration.
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Afernoon
Ed Little
Camp Leedy
H. C. Lindsey
Major Lindsey
Little
Charles AicCrum
United States
Topeka
Littles
Fort Leavenworth
Concordia Volunteers Given Home Style Treat
The Concordia company of 68 men under Captain Parsons received a home style supper with fried spring chicken and cake along with the regular camp fare. Citizens sent large baskets of food, and the soldiers felt the meal was a memorable reminder of loved ones at home during their marches.
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Concordia
Parsons
Commissary Department
Young Botkin enlists with Hutchinson militia group
Clyde J. Hotkin son of Judge Théo Botkin in Hutchinson joins the Nations Guard company after civil war lineage. He opposed local refusals, signed a voluntary paper when denied entry, and rallied 76 supporters at a public indignation meeting demanding defense deployment.
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Clyde J. Hotkin
Théo. Botkin
Hutchinson Company
Nations Guard Company
Hutchinson
Nasional Guard Company
Young Botkin
Catkins
Belmborine
Camp Guard Faces Offenders In Joint Hunts
Captain Campbell refused offer to join as captain while Lieut Dorr Thompson took command of the guard company. W L Brown mustered in the company with Thompson as captain Hotkin declined offices except second sergeant Provost guard acts all day to seize soldiers off camp for leaving without leave and patrolling joints. A guard officer contemplates posting a soldier in each joint to arrest entering culprits, but manpower limits hinder the plan.
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Campbell
Lieut
Dorr Thompson
W. L. Brown
Thompson
Hotkin
Praying cook reads Testament during cook tent incident
Michael Bundy of Co. A exposed a small German Testament from Cook Fred Schively in the camp cook tent. Soldiers pass it around. Schively, a German volunteer, reads it imperfectly in English and shows patriotism.
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Michael Bundy
Co. A
Fred Schively
Schively
Topéka
Magician Quartermaster Surprises Camp With Tricks
Quartermaster Orville Taylor of Company A oversees camp supplies at Leedy Camp. A sergeant, Taylor, returned late from a trick routine and spilled spoons and napkins, confessing he had been performing magic. John Halseh of Company A faced discipline for staying out past midnight and was held 24 hours in the guard house.
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Quartermaster Taylor
Orville Taylor
Taylor Hall
Tohn Haisch
John Hatsch
Leedy
Tie
Halseh
Hatsch
Orted
Fink
Halwen
Halsch
Stainter
Eumra
Concordia Company Lags With Sixty Nine Members
The Concordia company arriving at Camp Leedy Wednesday morning is short of the required number with 69 men total. W. H. Parson is listed as captain. A roster names C H Anderson Guy Acton C Atkinson Bert Atkinson Walter Bachard MB Budworth Charles Best Rich'd Brown Frank Baldwin Howard Brown Jus Boyer W V Chooquert Sara Craver Wm Cisco P B Campbel J S Carpenter Alfred Conrad Newton Cox W B Cramimer Capper Farnsworth Chas Ful-
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Concordia
Camp Leedy
W. WH. Parsons
C H. Anderson
Guy Acton
C. Atkinson
Bert Atkinson
Walter Bachard
MB. Budworth
Charles Best
Rich'd Brown
Frank Baldwin
Howard Brown
Jus. Boyer
W. V. Chooque
Lung troubles advertisement from Amick Co Cincinnati
Pitched as a medical remedy for lung diseases by the Amick Chemical Co of Cincinnati. Claims free trials and testimonials from Albion Michigan and Leon Kansas, praising cure and health improvements after using the medicine.
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Amick Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Albion, Mich
George Perry
Leon, Kan
The
Amick Co
Army Camp Notes from Topeka Yard Arrivals and Yells
A list of names and details from a Topeka camp includes recruits from Atchison Ottawa and Abilene. It notes humor and chatter about the Maine recall, 6000 rations of hard tack, tent labeling plans, sentry checks for civilians, and the absence of flags and military music with Company A’s stringed orchestra.
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Atchison
Missouri River
EB. J. Ohmer
United States Navy
Cooper
Rock Chalk
Jay Hawk
Sis
Tiger
Tiger Co
Maine
Spain
Dewey
Ottawa
Main
Chas. McCrum
St. Louis
Einough
Seret
Dodge
Frank
Leedy
Company A
Abiléne Company
Dewey's Early Life Romantic Tale of a Washington Love
A Washington dispatch recalls Commodore Dewey’s youthful romance with Virginia Lowery of Washington society. She once wed Count Jack Brunetti, then Duke D Arcos, with her father’s consent. The tale links Dewey’s rival after a prior courtship to a later match and political sentiment.
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Washington
New York
Washington Dispatch
the Herald
Commodore Dewey
Spain
Virginia Lowery
Archibald Lowery
Lowery
Legation
Jack Brunetti
Miss Lowery
Duke D'Arcos
Mexico
Jack Tar Cupid
Riot in Mexico reported by Pittsburg writer
A Pittsburg writer, Edward Durris, describes a massacre in a Mexican town as tensions from the Hispano American War flare. Fourteen Americans and eleven Spaniards died when locals in Torlan and surrounding area rose up. The letter, dated Leon, says Americans and Spaniards attacked each other after boasts about Cuba and the Philippines.
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Pittsburg
Jack Mule
Mexico
M. S. Durris
BE. F. Anderson
Diamond Street
Torlat
Torlan
United States
Cuba
Philippines
Leon
Durris
British Ship Otto man Strikes Mine in Boston Harbor
The British steamer Otto man with Captain McDonald and 150 aboard touched a submerged mine after a fishing schooner crossed its bow. The vessel and crew survived with no explosion, prompting calls for tighter harbor patrols amid 1206 mines. A promotional note to take Union Pacific trains to Kansas City follows.
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Boston
May
McDonald
United States
Escaped convict Weatherford captured in Kentucky
Louisville on May 5 Detective Tom Maher brought H H Weatherford an escaped convict from St Louis to Louisville He had been at large since 1886 after grand larceny and escape He lived in Crocker Missouri as a preacher and was highly respected His arrest surprised neighbors and he will be sent to Frankfort penitentiary tomorrow One of his sons reportedly serves in the Missouri state legislature.
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Louisville
H. H. Weatherford
St. Louis
Tom Maher
Weatherford
Frankfort
Livingston County
Crocker
Missouri
Saving a Drowning Eagle in Lake Rescue
Chicago May 5 large bald eagle was rescued by fishermen James Johnson and Michael Burns who rowed two miles out into the lake Sunday afternoon to save a drowning bird. The exhausted eagle fought with beak and talons until a fish net was thrown over it. They brought the prize ashore at Thirty-elenth street, and it is thought the bird escaped from a menagerie and failed its flight.
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Chicago
James Johnson
Michael Burns
Thirty-elenth Street
Topeka State Journal Item From Early May Date
A brief Topeka State Journal item notes a local event in early May. It mentions community figures and a civic action, with a concise description suitable for a newspaper card teaser.
Proposals for the Auditorium Erection in Topeka Kansas
City of Topeka invites sealed bids for the erection of the auditorium in the park. Plans and specs approved by mayor and council on file with the city clerk. Bids due May 16 at 3 pm with certified checks. separate bids for main building seating and utilities. Mayor and council may reject all bids. May annex Hawaii note added.
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Topeka
Oll Park
Kansas
Ore
City of
Wiyh
McFadden
Hawaii
Spanish prize fishing smack brought into Key West
The Spanish fishing smack from September was brought in last night by a prize crew from the Helena after eluding weather and chart loss in the Yucatan channel. The party cruised the Gulf waters until yesterday when the British steamer Jamaica redirected their course. Mrs Haine at 817 Kansas avenue advertises plants for tomorrow and Saturday. Beggs Little Giant Pills are praised by a Tacoma reader for relief from constipation and indigestion.
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Key West
Helena
Yucatan Channel
Gulf
Jamaica
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