Waters Irony Sparks Letter War Over Gov Morrill Record
Captain Joseph Waters of Topeka fires a sharp reply to Col Hallowell over Governor Morrill’s war record. The missive, dated Emporia Sept 31 1805, accuses Hallowell of misrepresenting battles and praises Morrill’s leadership, condemning earlier criticisms as unfounded and partisan. Separately, J Lister a Sedalia machinist died in Emporia after being crushed while attempting a freight ride near the hotel.
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Wicarra
S.jamesa R. Hallowell
Morrill
Joseph Waters
Topeka
Col Mallewell
Lea
Shante
Shields
Milla
Tenn
East Tonneaves
Tebel
Union
Partert
Joe Owwers
Jim Hallowell
Prince Hal
Euing
Waters
Torexas
Kan
Samog I
Hallowell
Iiside
Bile
Duad
Kanens
Discharged in murder case at Junction City
Albert Cox, arrested on a warrant for his wife’s murder in August 1894, appeared before Justice Johnson at Emporia. The state offered little proof and the prisoner was discharged. Tom Barry, held on similar grounds, was released under mandamus proceedings amid telegrams from Sidney authorities. Separately, the Southeastern Kans Packers’ association plans to mail a program for a court house event on September 16, 1895.
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Albert Cox
WaRts
Junction City
Jualice Johnson
Ioterem
Tom Berry
Newtes
Tom Barry
Mandimus
Sidney
Nob
Hothess
Apiarinta
Pr Scory
Akanses Beeketpers’ Association
Treasury Statement Shows August Public Debt Increase
The Treasury Department reports the public debt on August 31 minus cash in the treasury rose to 42,? with a monthly increase around 2.8? The debt includes interest bearing and noninterest bearing components totaling 1,126,068,279 after offset by cash and outstanding certificates. Cash in treasury stands at 154,089,157 with a month’s decrease of 4,110,373.
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Wasnixeros
Treasury Department
Treasury
Aia
May Not Be Fraker in Insurance Case
Liberty message to Kansas City reports ongoing developments in the Fraker insurance case. A prisoner identity doubt persists with officials saying the man may or may not be Fraker. Judge Sandusky and executor Z E Lincoln's attorney caution that confirmation remains pending as authorities draw closer to a ruling.
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Kansas City
Btar
Liberty
Cays
Aslunding
Dr. Fraker
J. H. Sandosky
Z. E. Lincoln
Praker
Sandusky
Excelsior Springs
St John to Return as Kansas Resident Soon
Ex Governor John P. St John plans to return to Olathe Kansas after a year in New York where he worked with a temperance life insurance society. He has written to the tenant for possession and will likely settle in Kansas again. He supports free silver and is a political timer in the Kansas free silver movement.
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Hoe
John P. St. John
Kansas
New York
Temperance Life Insurance
Cinety
St. John
Olathe
St. John Lea
Frees
Navy enlistment up to increase sailors needed
Secretary Herberts asks Congress to boost Navy enlisted strength to 1000 to 2109 men to man vessels nearing completion. Past efforts fell short, delaying commissioning of Maine and Lane Water, with 18 August as a missed target.
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Etary Herberts
Navy
Wascixatox
D. C
Herbers
Congress
Maine
Lane
Doctors on Inebriety Debate at Medico legal Congress
New Yeas Sept 5. Sociological and criminology topics open the second day of the Medico legal congress. Dr D T Crothers charts legal responsibility in inebriety noting a drunkard may be punished but drug effects blunt responsibility. Dr Forbes Winslow backs confinement for habitual drunkards and discusses deterring example influence on crime.
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New Yeas
Medico-legal Congress
D. T. Crothers
Albert Buch
Forbes Winslow
England
Alr
Lieman
de Croshera
Uman
Topeka Boys Win In Tenis Tournament Action
In Kansas City doubles third round K C Branon and G B E Stoker of Topeka defeated F Lucas and J Moore of Kansas City. Singles saw D R Austin of Omaha beat L C Bronson of Topeka 6 4 2 t Whiteman of Kansas City defeated Carter Wilder of Topeka 6 2 2 6. Doubles third round had Jones and Johnson of Kansas City over H Lawrence and Walter Wilder of Topeka 10 8 1 . Bronson and Stuker of Topeka beat Lucas and Moore 6 0. Bronson and Stuker beat Whitman and Cravens 6 3 6 2. Kansas City Journal praised Topekas for their performance in tight rubbers despite adversity.
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Bankas City
Kansas City
K. C. Bran
Eon
G. BE. Stoker
Topeka
F. Lucas
J. Moore
Austin
Omaha
Bronson
Whitaian
Carter Wilder
Jones
Johnson
Lawrence
W. Wilder
Kangans
D. R. Austin
L. C. Bronzon
T . Whiteman
Ranges City
R Jones
L. Johnson
H. Lawrence
Walter Wilder
LC. Bronson
G. E. Stuker
Kensas City
Stuker
Whitman and
Cravens
Kansas City Journal
Pasha Denies Dispatch Authenticity in British Telegram
Russem Pasha, Turkish ambassador to Great Britain, denies a telegram attributed to him about a meeting with Lord Salisbury. Messages of sympathy flow to Myrtle’s family as the community mourns the loss. The notice laments the sadness surrounding the parents Horatss and Lizzim Mornins.
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Myrtle
Lizzim
Four Remedies Sell Well Across Advertised Claims
A garbled historic notice touts Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and coughs, Electric Bitters, Bucksen’s Arnica Salve, and Dr King’s New Life Pills with guarantees. It mentions J B Jones Drug Store Beggs Salve and a sample box, plus a steam laundry and a Rock Island rail route via Indianapolis.
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Dr. King
J. B. Jones’ Drug Store
Louleville
Indianapeux
Rock Island
M. Fuller
Wesleyan Conference In Session At Wesleyan Methodist Church
The Kansas Wesleyan conference is in session at the Wesleyan Methodist Church at Third and Jefferson streets with over 100 delegates. Rev. G. B. Howard of the city, serving his third term as president, was re elected along with T. Ford as secretary. Seven converts reported last night and revival meetings occur each night. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society will meet tomorrow afternoon and a large gathering is planned.
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Kansas Wesleyan Conference
Third and
Jefferson Streets
G. B Howard
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Wesleyan Conference
B. Howard
Kansas
Wesleyan Methodists of Kansas
T. Ford
Mra Bolliver
Clay Center
Woman's Missionary Society
Kentucky Man of Letters James Lane Allen
James Lane Allen author of Flute and Violins and A Kentucky Cardinal was born on a Kentucky farm near Lexington the Blue Grass region. The Allen family long Virginia planters linked to Madison Payne Johnson Lane and Clay clans. He grew up amid dwindling fortune, education hardships, and after teaching for years chose literature. He moved to New York at 31 with little, rising to publish five volumes poems and essays in eight years. His serial story Batters Flies will run in Harper's this summer, set in Kentucky with a simple country romance.
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James Lane Allen
Kentucky
Lex~ Inston
Blue Grass Region
Allens
Virginia
Madisons
Paynes
Johnsons
Lanes
Times
New York
Battersflies
Mr. Allen
Harper's
Telegraphic messages through space spark new hopes
Reports describe progress in space telegraphy with experiments that could multiply message channels. An incident between Mull and Oban showed a shore laid insulated wire conveying signals across two miles, while observers debate if night chorus on telegraph lines is terrestrial or cosmic in origin.
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Mull
Oban
W. H. Preece
Earth
Living skeleton member of the Dime Museum interview
In a Dime Museum sketch a living skeleton answers questions about his thin condition. He says he was once an author who wrote for magazines that paid on publication, referring to the Atlanta Constitution. The exchange mocks literary life and the pay system.
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Dime Museum
The
Living Skeleton
Atlanta Constitution
The New Woman Quip and Woodmen Secretary Note
A humorous remark on the new woman suggests she has come to stay or go. The item also identifies W.S. Plumer of Wallace's drugsters as secretary of the Modern Woodmen, noting a correction that he is not Dr. ROS Plummer of North Topeka.
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Boston Usurier
W.S. Plumer
Wallace's Drugsters
Dr. Ros. Plummer
North Topeka
Woodmen
Mexican President Diaz Sees Trade Growth Through Liberal Policies
President Diaz discusses closer Mexico United States commerce in a Manufacturers Record interview. He argues mutual liberalized laws will foster reciprocal interests, noting silver depreciation has boosted foreign exchange and raised import prices aiding domestic industries. He cites new industries and expansion in coffee and henequen export sectors.
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Mexico
Diaz
Bathmore
United States
Diaz Asys
Can't Kill the Dogs A Wyoming Court Rules Dog Ownership Protected
In Laramie County district court Cheyenne faced a landmark dog case. The court held that under the Wyoming constitution property cannot be taken without due process and that a city ordinance allowing summary destruction of dogs violates due process. The ruling requires notice to owners before destroying a dog and suggests the city may owe refunds for license fees and damages for dogs destroyed under the ordinance.
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Wyoming
Curvesne
Wye
Sept
Laramie
Cheyenne
Czar Closely Guarded Amid Tsarist Threats
St Petersburg reports confirm heightened security for the czar amid Nihilist activity. The czar’s movements are carefully shielded as in the era of his father Alexander II, with the czarmay’s October arrival expected. A letter from Rev J Gondeman touts Dr King’s New Discovery for pneumonia and grippe, noting dramatic relief and urging trial bottles at local druggists.
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Bens
Ine Lokas Anzeiger
St Petersburg
Alexander II
Resalta
J. Gonderman
Dimondale
Mie
Dr. King
Rives Junction
la Gripps
Wheat Markets Slip on Wall Street Reports in Topeka
Today’s market report shows wheat weak on lower cables and large northwestern receipts. December fell to 59 1/2 with selling pressure amid liquidation while corn held steady on free-market hopes and oats and hogs showed varied moves. Wheat prices faced renewed decline as a record corn crop loomed, with bad weather and traders rushing to short wheat.
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Sesu
Wheat Market Outlook Refines As Stocks Shrink
The wheat market shows tight supplies with reduced receipts and lighter than year ago stocks at Chicago, while northwestern receipts exceed average yet go largely to mills. Bears rush to sell, but analysts warn of a potential explosive rally once compression loosens, as prices previously surged from 6 to 13 cents within weeks. Corn and oats trade sluggish, with traders suggesting selling bulges. Provisions firming. packers buying pork moderately and short covering possible on any advance. Cash prices show mixed movements across wheat corn oats pork ribs and lard.
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Chicago
Wall Street
Chigaygo
Oata
Berlin
New York
Studencian
Daa
Duluth
Morton
Australia
Liverpool
London
Kansas City
Omaha
Market Notes From Sinnans City Markets Report
Sinnans City Markets reports shipments and receipts across cattle hogs and lambs with mixed prices. Beef steers and native cows show varied values while stockers and feeders move around 4.25. pork and lamb markets remain steady to firm with beef and dairy notes and Chicago wheat and sugar trends shaping the day.
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Sinnans
Ranaat
PRI
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