Carter Maps It Out Will Stand for Protection and Bimetallism
New York May 1 Thomas B Carter chairman of the Republican national committee issued a statement outlining party policy for 1906 He said the party will defend protection restore bimetallism and pursue a vigorous American foreign policy He noted differences may exist on tariff detail but unity on core aims and on restoring the metal standard and free silver era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas B. Carter
Republican National Committee
Sam
Audie 4 Nation
Cleveland Will Attend Opening of Morleselup Canal
President Cleveland plans to attend the opening ceremony of the Morleselup canal in New York in June. General Viele traveled to Washington to invite him and noted Cleveland may visit Gray Gables before the New York event. Observers fear Governor Morton’s presidential prospects may be affected by a recent heat induced illness similar to Blaine in 1876.
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New York
Cleveland
Nigmnally
Viele
Washington
Ele
General Viole
Gray Gables
Pennsylvania Avenue
Saloon Licensing Ordinance Adopted by City Council
At the city council meeting on May 31 the joint ordinance to prohibit the sale of intoxicants was passed with all members voting for except one. The measure imposes a fine from 15 to 100 dollars for violation, payable monthly, and applies to saloon licenses.
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Clay Cenxtxu
Heavy rains and washouts hit four states reports
Dispatches from Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma and Texas describe heavy rains that damaged crops and caused widespread washouts. Bridges were swept away and mail and passenger trains disrupted. Lowlands flooded ruin crops and farms, with conditions unseen in the region before.
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Nebraska
Tuwa
Arkansan
Kansas
Calvert
Tex
Lunda
Gov Morton reports no ill effects after fainting attack
New York May 31 Governor Morton says he felt sun hot and had obstructed breathing during a fainting episode on the reviewing stand but recovered within ten minutes and felt himself again. Daughter of the Post notes a Memorial Day program with Miss Florence Coon delivering an oration. J W Glnedman returns from Dodge City with offers on the Eureka irrigation ditch and $1,000,000 in bonds sold to bondholders at a discount.
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New Yon
Morton
New York
Aitu
Bive Raviva
Opera
Ana
Florence Coon
T G. A R Post
J. W. Glnedman
Dodge City
Eureka
Enla
Colima Disaster Death Toll Passes 180 in Mexican Wreck
An Examiner special reports the Colima sinking near Manzanillo with 187 officially confirmed dead and 26 survivors. Mexican money valued at 100000 shipped from Mazatlan, crews from Oaxaca aiding rescue, and panic in Manzanillo as bodies wash ashore. Funeral details and guard patrols for grave robbery described.
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San Francisco
City of Mexico
Colima
Romero Lan
San Juan
Whiting
California
Manzanillo
Mazat- Tan
Echaverren Bros
War Department
Mexico
Oaxaca
Panama
Fausma
Golieo Gate
Manzanillossys
Bua Bean
Bridge Across Niagara Aims to Power City via Wheels
Alonzo Mather of Chicago tours Burra stating a Niagara River bridge would carry a draw and provide electric power through 200 foot wheels driven by the current. The project seeks to modernize cross border transport and energy supply with a minimal navigation obstruction. A bill authorizing construction awaits mayoral approval after a pending hearing.
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Burra
Alonzo C. Mather
Chiesyo
Niagara River
Mather
Niagara Tiver
Buffalo
Jewett
Oakland dam builders arrive to start work in Topeka
Eoginedra Arrive Today members KN Ring and FB Douglass of Dayton Ohio’s Bullwell-Blarce and Smith-Wall company say they hold the Oakland dam contract and will begin immediately. King says over 200 men and many teams will work at once, with no further delay before the franchise expires next Tuesday. Douglass will serve as superintendent. Gilson and others from New York arrive tomorrow.
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Eoginedra
Ring
FB Douglass
Bullwell-Blarce and
Smith-Wall Company
Dayton
Ohio
Topeka
Oakland Dam
King
Mr. King
F. B Douglass
Gilson
New York
Ohio lynching report from Logan mob scene
Logan Ohio dispatch reports a mob seized Elson Federoff from Laurelville lockup and fatally assaulted him after he was charged with attacking a local girl on the road. Federoff, 50, left six children. Edith Pearl Bady, 16, died today at her father’s home from heart trouble. funeral planned tomorrow afternoon.
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Logan
Elson Federoff
Laurelville
Slts
Edith Pearl Bady
St 'H. Eddy
Temperance Union Calls July 4 Protest in Topeka
The State Temperance union plans a mass meeting in Topeka on July 4 to oppose liquor law nullification by Governor Morrill and officials. Delegates from local temperance groups are urged to attend Hamilton hall Topeka at 10am to press for pro prohibition enforcement and seek to exclude liquor traffic statewide. Signed by J. B. McAver president and H. Wake secretary pro tem. 116 West Sixth Street Topeka Kan.
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State Temperance Union
Kansas
Topeka
Ed Hoch
Marion
Don 5
Colt
Firet M. EB
Wichitst
Rudolph Hatfield
Wichita
The
Kangas
Friends of Law and Order
Kansaa
Friends of Prohibition
Kaneus
Iocal Temperance
Christian Endeavor Societies
Epworth Leagues
Peple
Hamilton Ball
Topeks
Whaever
J. B. McAver
H. Wake
West Sixth Street
Topoka
Kan
Moraes May Resign Amid Cancer Rumors in Brazil
A Rio de Janeiro dispatch reports growing belief that President Moraes will resign due to severe liver cancer. Hostile congress, foreign hostility, and fears of demonstrations against the Portuguese minister worsen his condition. The vice president offers to assume the presidency as Moraes contemplates retirement.
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Brazil
New York
Herald
Rio Janeiro
Moraes
Congress
South Morses
Russia for seed wheat plan eyed by railroad board
A Kansas City Journal interview reports A C Jordan of Lyons saying the Kansas railroad commissioners will send to Russia for seed wheat to improve seed quality. Jordan notes the board investigated seed wheat, believes poor seed wheat caused crop failures, and plans cargoes of Russian wheat at high expense, hoping to aid wheat growers. Samuel T Hows says the idea is new to him.
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Kansas City Journal
A. C Jordan
Lyons
Samuel T. Hows
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Plan Reorganization Hits Atchison 43 Vote Milestone
Santa Fe stock deposits with the joint reorganization committee reach 47 million dollars, more than a majority by two million. A joint executive committee meeting will declare the Atchison plan effective. In county education news, Wright’s pending resignation prompts a vacancy and a heated race for County Superintendent with J W Stout and William Van Orsdal as leading candidates. J H Stevens also named as a possible contender.
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New York
Atchison General
Joint Reorganization Committee
Joint Executive Committee
Atchison
Wright
Board of County Commissioners
J.W. Stout
Outrages by Turks At Constantinople and Jeddah
Reports from Moonh state Turkish gendarmerie entered the residence of foreign envoys in Constantinople attempting to arrest a servant. In Jeddah, the British consul and vice consul the Russian acting consul and the French consular secret were attacked and shot outside the town. The British vice consul was killed the consul wounded. Three British warships ordered to reddeh to protect foreigners and investigate the killings.
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Bavoru
Constantinorin
Fron Moonh
Jeddah
Reddeh
Shocking Affair in Jennas Murder of British Vice Consul
Eight Bedouin Arabs attacked British and other consular officers near Jennas. Vice Consul killed within minutes. Richardson and Brandt badly wounded. Orville seriously hurt, possibly fatally. Brandt jaw broken and nose shot away. Fifteen arrests reported as British warships prepare to demand punishment.
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Jennas
W. R. Richardson
Brandt
M. OD. Orville
Richardson
D' Orville Slone
Messrs
Richardson and
Hrandt
D'Orville
Governor orders seizure of liquor by dispensary constabulary
From reliable sources it is learned that yesterday evening Governor Evans directed the dispensary constabulary to seize all liquor they may find. No direct copy of the order is available as the governor is out of town.
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Evans
South Carolina
CoLtumpus, & OC
Dispensary Constabulary
Lynching Mob Slays Three Negroes in Barrow County
In Barrow Fla May 31 a brutal assault on Mrs. Timberlake led to four black men being arrested. A masked mob seized the guards escorting them, killed three of the suspects in a swamp, and beat the fourth nearly to death, ordering him to leave the county. One Negro fled into the western woods, silent about the killings.
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Barrow
Fla
Kimberlake
Mc. Pipkin
Timberlake
Fuad
Besten
Weaters
Rying
Resus
Sible Versus Big Sleeves Satire in Topeka Church Rhetoric
A Topeka Mail quip ridicules a church fundraising appeal for missionary work by contrasting it with excess fabric in women's sleeves. The commentator cites misquotations of biblical verses in a satirical glare at dress and devotion, inviting readers to decipher the last, unclear line.
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Hezekiah
Topeka
Capper
Hottest Day Brings Deaths and Heat Ills
In Pitisbury the thermometer hit 98 as a heatwave peaks. May 31 reports show two deaths from sunstroke and many overcome, mills closing as workers suffer. Elsewhere Eliths Neb reports Marshall Field’s ranch foreman and manager drowned repairing a dam. Mecca records no cholera deaths since May 22 in Alexandria.
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Pitisbury
Marshall Field
Omana
Bee
Leith
Neb
E. (. Dimmick
Stanton Breeding Farm Company
Chicago
Ed Tucker
Alexandria
Mecca
Kansas Well Soaked Weather Reports From Across State
The rain of yesterday swept Kansas and beyond, soaking eastern divisions of the Santa Fe line and reaching Chanute, Ottawa, and Newton. Rains spread from Kansas City to Herington with strong totals. Liberal and Pratt also saw good showers. Topeka forecast calls for fair, cooler weather tomorrow as temperatures rose to 90 this afternoon.
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Kansas
Railway General Office
Topeka
Santa Fe
Colorado
New Mexico
Leadville
Chanute
Ottawa
Newton
Hock Island
Kanes
Kansas City
St Joseph
Herington
Anea
Liberal
Pratt
Smith County
Mercury
Missindippi River
Rocky Mountains
Little Rock
Amarilla Rapid
Hed
Cheyenne
North Platte
Towa
Kanga
Oklahoma
North Dakota
Reforms for Cities in National Municipal League Meeting
The National Municipal League sessions discuss municipal government by navigable parties with speakers on San Francisco Portland and broader reforms. The talk centers on evils of contractor greed liquor and gambling, and calls for strict separation of municipal from state politics amid reform efforts.
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Leagan
Charles Hichardson
League
Francis Coit Milliken
San
Portland
Murderous cannon mars memorial day at cemetery
A Decoration Day observance in Wionta Kan yesterday afternoon ended with Joe Fennell an artillery man of Battery A Second Regiment K N G losing his right hand while reloading a cannons breech. The piece, linked to Mexican war service, had been condemned and twice rebuilt by the government. In Caldwell Kansas City a storm yesterday evening toppled trees and damaged a barn a dwelling and a schoolhouse but caused no injuries.
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Wionta
Kan
Dapler Grote
Joe Fennell
K. ON
Foonell
Mount Pledaanton
Tive Vaton
Arkansas City
Kas
Harry Parks
Caldwell
Kansas City
Star
Kaa
Hague
City Schools Close With Afternoon Exercises
The city schools ended at noon as awards were handed out and promotion cards issued. Pupils and teachers enjoyed an unexpected early break with recitations songs and speeches shaping a relaxed forenoon before dismissal. Meanwhile Howard Gould reports his yacht Niagara defeated off Lowestoft in light air by Lord Dudley’s Ingom, with Harwich race to follow.
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Howard Gould
London
Associated Press
Niagara
Lowestoft
Lord Dudley
Harwich
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Morton All Right
Colims
Mass Meeting
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Lemon Bros
Escanaba
Curenco
Oakwoods Cemetery
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Wade Hampton
Railroad Commission
Wallace
Fred Marker
Dillsburg
Russia
Wichin
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