The British hold their own in the world affairs of 1900s
A sweeping survey from the Topeka Chronicle critiques British influence and American policy, noting Britain’s naval and political clout while debating tariff and party lines. The piece discusses Congress actions on pensions, presidential prospects, and international affairs, with reference to Republican conventions and the state of the economy. It also highlights Monte Carlo gambling profits, gold reserves, and the global financial balance, contrasting U.S. monetary strength with European powers.
Constitutional Question Divides on Puerto Rico Status
Judge Lochren's decision in a Minnesota habeas corpus case hinges on whether Puerto Rico fell under U S control after Spain ceded the land. The matter concerns whether the constitution was supreme in newly acquired territories and whether wartime military trials were valid before ratification by the Senate.
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United Staine
Porto Tica
United States
Spain
Porto Meo
Amerisans
Jurge Lochren
Fody Rad District Court
Migresota
Cleveland
Minnesota
Loch- Tehoo
Habeas
Lewhtem
Sien
Senate
Porto Rico as United States Territory in Constitution Reach
Judge Lochren states Porto Rico became part of the United States and under the constitution the moment under U S control. Without advance constitutional extension Congress could not legislate for the island. Globe notes and satirical items accompany.
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Porto Rico
United States
Lochren
Port Rico
Congress
Fragmented Quotations From a Philadelphia Paper
A garbled column of quips and reflections on marriage gender and social ideas. It blends jokes about wives lovers bachelors and retail life with snippets attributed to a Quaker reflection and a dramatic critic.
Santa Fe official Barr in Topeka with shop plans and trains
Mr. Bary third vice president of the Santa Fe is in Topeka for talks on securing land for additional city shop improvements. He expects to stay until tomorrow and may remain to Friday. A conference with the Commercial club will be arranged, though Barr said further discussion is unnecessary. He announced a second Chicago to Pacific Coast overland train set for July 1, not continued in summer, and similar to trains Nos. 1 and 2. Barr defended the piece-work system as an incentive for productive workers and noted it benefits skilled Topeka shop staff while weeding out weaker employees. He also addressed doubleheaders, arguing Santa Fe hauls less tonnage per mile than rivals and that competing roads impose greater hardship on their workers. He denied plans to run trains into Portland to challenge the Shasta routes.
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3. M. Bary
The
Santa Fe
Topeka
Commercial Club
Barr
Commerceial Club
Mr. Barr
Chicago
San Francisco
Harr
Loewaiven
Portland
Shasta
Organization of New Military Company Recruiting Difficult
At a meeting in the old court house last night recruiting for Company A Second regiment Kansas National Guard accepted about ten of around twenty candidates. About one hundred men are needed and only forty have signed up. sixty more must join. Applications available from the janitor at the court house during the coming week. next Tuesday a new examination will be held for fresh entrants.
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Old Court House
Kansas National Guard
Hood's Sarsaparilla Claims Safeguard Against Germs
In an old ad style testimonial, Hood's Sarsaparilla is praised as the arch enemy of microbes and claimed to dissolve them. Satisfied users like Mrs Gertie Landon and Annie Luck describe relief from headaches female weakness rheumatism neuralgia and other ailments after taking the remedy.
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Hood
Annie H
Luck
Benfer
Sheldon to Fund Topeka Public Drinking Fountain
Reverend Charles M. Sheldon plans to give 88 of the profits from the Sheldon edition of the Capital to establish a public drink fountain in Topeka. It will be ornamental and likely located near the transfer station, with pipes to be packed with ice in hot months. Sheldon has already received 5,000 from the edition for various charitable uses including famine relief, detention hospital, contagious disease ward, and other city welfare causes.
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Charles M. Sheldon
Topeka
Leo
Sheldon
India
Ctty
Christ's Peace
Paselinen
First cars move on St Louis suburban line
At 2:00 p m this afternoon car 16 of the Suburban line left De Houdimont with conductor Jack Driscull and twenty police officers aboard for Sixth and Locust streets downtown. A crowd gathered but orderly departure. 100 officers kept order. Ten minutes later a Kirkwood division car with a similar guard left De Houdimont. These were the first cars sent out on any line.
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St. Louis
Jack Driscull
de Houdimont
Sixth
Born
Medics Hold Dual Annual Meetings In Topeka
In Topeka today the Kansas Eclectic and Medical Association opened their 30th annual session at the National parlors at 14 o'clock and the 32nd annual meeting of the Homeopathic Society began at the YMCA parlors at 2 this afternoon. Both gatherings run through Friday with a joint meeting expected tonight at the National.
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Topeka
Kansas Eclecticn Medical Association
National
Homeopathic Medical Aodiety
Ewo Sociation
Repeal of War Tax Discussed by Ways and Means
Washington May 9 At the meeting of the ways and means committee Mr McClellan of Kentucky sought to bring up repealing the war revenue tax on beer but no bill for this purpose had been introduced action was deferred. The general question of amending the war revenue act did not come up but members indicated a likelihood the matter would not be entered upon at this late session.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
McClellan
Kentucky
Struck by Vesuvius eruption halts Naples cable service
Naples reports cable service up Mount Vesuvius suspended amid eruption maneuvers as four English climbers attempt ascent. Carbineers form a patrol above the danger line while ash and lava streams threaten foothill areas. rescuers work amid injuries and chaos.
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Naples
Mes
Mount Vesuvius
Shancie
Important May Session Of Topeka Commercial Club
The May meeting of the Commercial Club meets this evening with high importance for Topeka business. Topics include the Santa Fe shop market, the coming street fair and home products exposition, and space allocation between local and outside exhibitors. The Third Presbyterian church ladies secured meals concessions, posters are being erected, and crews are canvassing towns within 150 miles.
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Commercial Club
Topeka
Maklet
Third Presbyterian Church
Tope
Tillman Cut Short In Senate Secret Session Push
Washington May 9 Senate ends routine business as Hale calls up the naval appropriation bill and Tilman weighs whether to proceed in secret session amid press reports of a prior secret pension. Vest moves for a secret session. Chandler seconds. at 12 30 p m doors are closed.
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Washington
Senate
Hale
South Carolina
Titman
Mr. Tilman
Sam
West Moo
Mr.Tillman
Mr. Vest
Labor Unions Plan Madrid Demonstration Across Cities
Labor and working men's unions announce plans to join tomorrow's protest in Madrid with shops to close from noon to 8 pm. Similar protests are arranged for Cadiz, Valencia, Toledo, Barcelona and other towns as authorities prepare precautionary measures without intervention unless disorder occurs.
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Madrid
Cadiz
Valencia
Toledo
Barcelona
Sarmgosen
Porniens
St Louis Exposition Postponed by Government Involvement
A St Louis exposition commemorating Lewistone pay Lae Ate feet of the house commits faces delay as officials seek a determination on government participation. The matter before the committee was reviewed with Chairman Tateys engagement noted on the Wag’s 25d means committee.
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Washington
Tateys
County to sue Mrs Greenspan over insanity costs
County commissioners have instructed County Attorney Jetmore to commence suit against Mrs Sells Greenspan to recover costs paid for twice attempting her husband Simon Greenspan for insanity. The total sum is a little over $100. The case will settle whether a wife is liable for her husband s expenses in such actions.
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Jetmore
Steamers and a Grand Army of the Republic note
Steamers posted at Lincoln, including the French steamer Paullne with captain G Gyquel sailing from New York Feb 15 to Havre. In Findlay Ohio, May, Capt F Ifoe of Cincinnati was elected commander of the Ohio Department Grand Army of the Republic. A somber moment follows with a toast “Here's to you.”
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Lonton
Linvols
Paullne
G. Gyoquel
New York
Havre
Ohio Department
Findlay
F. — Ifoe
Cincinnati
Grand Army of the Republic
ARE WELL TREATED citizens report on Boer prisoners
A Cape Town dispatch quotes the consul general reporting Boer prisoners in camp and on transport at Simons Bay and Cape Town camps as well treated and content with quarters. General Cronje, aboard the flagship, expressed pleasure with his quarters. Prisoners ate, bathed, and received clothes and luxuries from friends, contrasting with Pretoria prisoners lacking such gifts.
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Washington
Department of State
United States
Cape Town
Simons Bay
Greenpoint
Stowe
General Cronje
Simons
Cronje
Illinois men plan railroad to Yucatan from Mexico City
J vy alidpely and Robert astimun of Chicago, invited by the Mexican government, will return home after examining a project to extend a railroad from the isthmus of Tehuantepec into Yucatan. The plan links Mexico City with Yucatan and Guatemala, potentially creating a 1000 mile trunk line connecting Central and South America.
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City of
Mexico
J. Vy.alidpely
Robert Astimun
Chicago
Bir
Misizely
Yucatan
Tenuantepec
Wertman Pearson
The
Republic
Frederick Bishop Manson
Vera Cruaine
Tehuantepre Road
Guatemala
South America
Camp
Presidential Appointments and Nominations Listed
Washington May 0 The president announces nominations for military and naval ranks including Sergeant Guwain of the Sixth Infantry and Lieutenant Jay H. Sypher to the Navy. A side note mentions personal remarks about a Mrs. and a rounder’s night, reflecting domestic chatter in the era.
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Washington
Smn
Bergeant Guwain
Fer-eixth Infantry
Voyse
Jay H. Sypher
H E Conference Opens With Memorials and Revisions
The May Methodist conference opened with devotional exercises led by DF and Grey of Philadelphia. After roll call several memorials and appeals were presented. The session focused on the special commission report to revise the church's organic laws.
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Devas
ni_T Grey
Ebitedelphia
Sehon Pose
Special Commission
Percy
General Bragg Hurt In Fall From Horse
General Edward Bragg commander of the Iron Brigade was thrown from a horse today in Fond du Lac Wisconsin. He sustained a broken leg and injuries in two places. The accident occurred this afternoon and is reported as serious but not life threatening.
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Fond de Lac
Edward
Bragg
Tim Fascous Iron Brigade
Anti trust case dropped against Cleveland and Sandusky Brewing
Cleveland on May 9. At the request of Attorney General Sheets, anti trust proceedings against the Cleveland and Sandusky Brewing Company were dismissed in circuit court today. The company owns several breweries in Cleveland and Sandusky. The attorney general stated his predecessor had not produced enough testimony to warrant continuing the case.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Sheets
Cleveland and Sandusky Brewing Company
Sandusky
Untitled fragmentarian note on 4 Taylor and West Bengal entry
Fragmentary text mentions a few scattered items including Taylor, West Bengal, and an invalid ball. No coherent event or identifiable persons established. minimal readable facts present.
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Topeka State Journal
Yrank P. Maclennan
Deen Ebert Rae
Chicaag
Retirts
Postottine
Lochin Ban Do Bealtation
Fuet
Benutos Butler
Brvan
Butler
Eee Congress
Pacific
Volksraad
Paul
God Pondidon
Ductares
Damon
Dewey
Tmbels
Monte Carlo Gaming Company
Ad Cafe
United States Treasury
Bank of England
Bank of France
Russia
United Fiteles
Er & Wonan
Dale Gates
Lysander
John Appleton
Wintage News
Philadelphia Record
Sale Prasera
Derry
Commercial Club Committee
Wayne
Homeopathic and Eclectic
Omercial Club
Tillman
St Louis
Kansas
Kansas Avenue
T. J. Anderson
C. D. Gray
Topeka, Kansas
the Church
Gen. Bragg
Tiana
Taylor
Wiston
Sant
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