Andrews Seeks Seat at Board Meetings Debate
Chicago September 12 The committee opposed giving Superintendent Andrews a seat at board meetings and to speak. a letter from Andrews urged allowance of his explanations and suggestions. Chairman Walleck proposed amendment to permit the superintendent’s input but was defeated amid concerns outsiders would delay business.
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Chicago
Andrews
Walleck
Anne
Schioula
Pga
Truster Downey
Dr. Andrews
Callacher
Sexton
Hog- Sixt Grmysler
Omaha and Return Fare via the Santa Fe Announcement
The Santa Fe advertises Omaha and return tickets at 6.30. The Topeka depot schedule shows a 4:55 a.m. departure for Topeka with arrival in Omaha at noon. Notes on laundry services, colored shirts and waists, and the Gypsy Queen baking powder brand appear in the readable text.
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Omaha
Santa Fe
Nee
Guyane
Topeka
Dvesse Omaha
Senta Fe
Prominent Gentlemen Asked to Join War Inquiry Committee
President McKinley invites a parade of notable figures to serve on a committee to inspect the conduct of the war departments. Names include Lt Gen Schofield Gen Gordon Gen Dodge DC Gilman Sen Manderson Robert T Lincoln Daniel Lamont Dr W W Keene and Col James A Sexton. The aim is to uncover truth about supply and medical operations and field conditions.
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McKinley
Washington
R. Alger
John M. Schot
Sahn B. Gordon
Greenville M. Dodge
D. C. Gliman
Charles F. Manderson
Robert T. Lincoln
Daniel 5. Lament
W. W. Keene
James A. Sexton
War Department
William McKinley
Schofied
Miles" Jenessor Ha
United States Army
Bs & Corps
Gordon
Schofield
Georgia
United States Senate
Granville Dodge
Smin
Iince
New York
D.C Gilman
United States
John Hopkins University
Baltimore
Cleveland
Venemurian
Chas. F. Manderson
Daniel 5. Lamont
Philadelphia
G. A. Ry
Assassin Attempts on Empress Spine Tense Plot Unfolds
Geneva reports reveal the assassin Successi aimed at the Austrian empress after planning to kill Duke d Orleans. He confessed anarchist ties since 13, claimed motive as example, and hid behind a tree to strike at the hotel quay. Authorities link him to Italian anarchists and a Zurich gathering urging killings of Europe's rulers.
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Geneva
Austria
Witt
My Tate
Duc D'Orleans
Rylan
Eleeve
Bess
Paris
Assansions
Luccessi
Bologna
Milan
Zurich
Success
Tarccessi
Passengers Batter by Collision With Sprinkling Wagon
Chicago dispatch reports a trolley car collision with a sprinkler wagon near Desphines avenue at Wakee Wax crossing. The front end collapsed, the motorman was knocked down, passengers had little chance to escape, and a tense exchange followed between the motorman and wagon driver.
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Chicago
Hariem Yeezer Gay
Madison
Desphines Avenue
Jeorse Springer
Hix Star
Mead & Bath
Avenst Schane
Schane
Missouri Pacific to Inaugurate a New Denver Train
Salina dispatch notes Missouri Pacific plans a new fast passenger train between Kansas City and Pueblo with through Salina, aiming to start soon. Officials say details like timetable and cards must be settled before check out at Union Depot. Travel demand remains heavy and schedules are not yet certain.
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Denver
Missouri Pacific
Salina
Url Pacific
Kansas City
Puella
Union Depot
Coughlin
Pueblo
Germwal
Clark Haw
Englewood Complains About Postal Delays and Lines
Residents of Englewood Ashland and surrounding towns allege severe delays in mail service citing long routes and late deliveries. A letter to a retail merchant from AWian describes how a Wichita to Ashland trip stretches over days, causing letters to miss timely delivery and return windows despite a train schedule that runs late due to heavy traffic.
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Relewood
Ashland
Fousge
Water
Epes
Nave & A
AW Bian
Wichita
Furiewood
Western Kansas
Hinglewood
Wichite
Lawsuit Over Berth Purchase From Pullman Palace Car
Frank Siegel, president of Siegel Landis Civil Suit, seeks 41.50 damages from the Pullman Palace Car Company after a berth he bought was not available on a Colorado Springs to Jeannette City trip. Siegel says he boarded the train at 17 and found another passenger occupying his intended berth, prompting a confrontation with a conductor and claims of insult and removal from the car. He contends the railroad ignored his rights and vows to pursue the matter as a principle.
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Frank Siegel
Siegel- Landis
Stade Scrmimission Es Plan
Euil
Basic City
Pullman Palace Car Company
Siegel
Colorado Springs
Colorad Springs
Pullman
Jeaness City
Piscine
Sierel Teltleker
Santa Fe
Breari
Nur
Jae
Flagman Killed in Kansas City Rail Accident
Joseph FH Puga among witnesses as a southbound train struck a man on Jersey Avenue near Union Depot Kansas City Kansas. The victim suffered a fatal skull fracture and died minutes later at the depot after a collision involving a passenger coach. Conductor's cap incident led to further injuries during salvage.
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Joseph FH. Puga
Coreen
Sears & Sagan Ini
Atrack
Miesword
Jersey Avenue
Kansas City
Kas
Erash Sens
Mie Hendeerdek
Wlan
Atchison
Pugh
Cheah
Puen
Santa Fe Engineer Sues for Damages in Collision Case
James Delahounty, a selzerman for the Santa Fe railroad, sues for injuries and damages alleging defective coupling fixtures caused a mishap last November in Han Gly. He claims the couplings failed under normal use, resulting in harm and lost goods.
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Santa Fe
James Delahounty
Santa Fe Railroad
Hane Gly
Raileny Company
Delahennty
Cies
Dearborn Theater Reopens As Dearborn Chicago
The Randolph Street venue formerly the Schiller will reopen as Dearborn Chicago with a new policy and entertainment mix of drama and variety between acts. Ticket prices will be 10 20 and 30 cents. Whitmere Grow is listed at 735 Kas Av as a contact or sponsor.
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Schiller Theater
Chicago
Dearborn
Randolph Street
The
Schiller
Whitmere
Ruling Of Indian Agent Guards Railway Contracts In IT
United States Indian Agent Wilson issues key rulings for Indian Territory residents. The Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf railroad may not contract timber rights via the tribal agent. royalties must go to individual allottees rather than the tribal timber agent. The decision affects railways operating in the Indian Territory and reinforces direct contracts with individual claimants under the Curtis bill.
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South McAlester
United States Indian
Wilson
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
Wister Junction
Dawes Commission
Indian Territory
Vaccination Campaign Fears Sweep Chicago Colored Neighborhood
In Chicago on September 2, a health drive against smallpox spurs fear and vigilance among the city’s colored population. Reported efforts include house to house canvassing and mandatory vaccination, while some youths evade injections, leaving officials worried as days pass.
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Chicago
Dawrborn Street
Twentieth Street
Hunts
Ian
Miles
Siy
Big Kanawha Sinks
Louisville, Sept 12 The steamer Ric Kanawhs on the river between this city and Carrollton Ind struck a water soaked log Friday night at Grassy Flats eighteen miles above Louisville The passengers sent alarm and attempted to save those aboard but the vessel sank in a rough stretch of water with the crew and passengers scrambling for life belts and debris amid splintered timbers
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Louisville
Ric Kanawhs
Carrollton
Ind
Grassy Flats
Abbe Jae
Uae
Schone Binhaat
Coffin Trust Considered by Morgan in Atlanta
In Atlanta on September 12 officials report northern capitalists led by S J Pierpont Morgan proposed a nationwide coffin trust. Eleven factories would join, each receiving a buyout lock in the plan. Morgan would fund purchases for nonparticipants, while Chicago firms oppose and eastern firms back the idea.
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Atlanta
S. J. Pierpont Morgan
Combine
United States
Feith Ain
Morgan
Chicago
Fem
Widespread telegraph disturbances halt U S wires
Old Earth's Nerves reports electrical disturbances that shut down telegraph dispatches across the United States east of the Rocky Mountains from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The ground current disturbance created aurora-like waves, with effects varying by region. If the aurora had occurred at night, Chicago would have faced a different experience.
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Chicago
United States
Rocky Mountains
Unusual magnetic disturbance disrupts Chicago wires
The event caused no recorded magnetic disturbance by Chicago instruments. The University of Chicago had no measurements. A similar disturbance three months earlier was less severe. Telegraphed lines failed east of Pittsburg and Buffalo until after 4 pm, then resumed normal operation.
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Chicago
Chicago Weather Bureau
A. A. Michelson
Department of Physics
University of Chicago
Pittsburg
Buffalo
Auanta
Augusta
Washington
Berlin outrage claims on German polar expedition
The Berlin Tazeblatt denounces the German North Pole expedition led by Dr Werner and Captain Rudiger for vandalism on Danes Isle near Spitsbergen. Tourists report broken doors, scattered provisions, and scribbled signatures. Bavarian minister van Crailh...
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Berlin
Berlin Tazeblatt
Werner
Rudiger
Mudiser
Taxelatt
Helgoland
Price
Panes Isle
Spitabergen
Andree
Thors
van Crailsheim
Klatsch
Baron von Sehrlecht
Danes Isle
Profesebr Andree
Delayed Funeral Sparks Charges Against Soldiers Escort
Private Jaz McClintock of Company B, Second New Jersey volunteers died at Camp Cuba Libre on August 21. Sergeant Collins from Rutherford escorted the body and that of Joseph Reddy. Delays due to rail washouts postponed the funeral. Family claims $125 cost for delay and transfer and says charges will be filed.
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Sergi Collins
McClintock
Paterson
N. J
Jaz. McClntock
Company B
New Jersey Volunteers
Camp Cuba Libre
Collins
Rutherford
Joseph Reddy
Quarantine Causes Theatrical Companies To Flee South
Memphis reports yellow fever quarantine forces theater groups to cancel September and October southern dates. Lyceum and Grand Opera House planned openings are disrupted as companies rush east or west. Managers claim they stayed in Chicago for six months, but orders bar travel after September 1.
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Memphis
Lyceum Theater
Grand Opera House
Board of Healthell Theatrical Companies
Boyle
Chicago
Divorce suit filed by Mrs Brazell in San Francisco
Mrs J M Brazell wife of famed mining man Jim Brazell and sister of Mrs W Sanger Pullman has started suit for divorce in San Francisco. The complaint alleges desertion and failure to provide. Brazell is described as a member of the Wests ters whose notorious matrimonist affairs have brought the family into prominence. She married Brazell when.
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Sanger Pullman
San Francisco
Cal
J. M. Brazel
Jim Brazel
W. Sanger Pullman
Ais. Brazell
Brazell
Secret graduation disclosure shatters family claims
A high school girl aged twelve kept her graduation secret until after completion. When revealed by a newspaper story, it reportedly left her husband’s family estranged, with no aid from him for his kin. Mrs. McDonnell, wife of Hugh McDonnell a noted mining man, is said to be a sister of Mrs. Braxeil.
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Inert
X Year Agu
McDonnell
Hugh McDonnell
Braxeil
Real Estate Transfers Recorded In Local Registry
The following transfers of real estate have been recorded including Ducinds Stewart to H Brown And hushard for $800 at lot 199 Monroe street Josephine Pience ane to Pred HH Webster for $4 550 at lots 146 850 Clay street F Fensky and wife to Mischke for $225 at lot 52 46 Fangsky's First Italian Ailes Haines to John Ryan for 37h 165 and east half 192 12 10 Holtiany's addition A G Fall to Sarah M Hulbert low in cabs addition and Haynes sum Champion to same lots on Taylor street Gould's addition Albert Watkins south half Jot 00s Topeka avenue.
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Ducinds Stewart Et al
H Brown
Hushard
Monroe Street
Josephine Pience Ane
Pred
HH. Webster
Clay Street
F. Fensky
Mischke
Fangsky
Ailes Haines
John Ryan
Holtiany
A. G
Sarah M. Hulbert
Hayne
Taylor Street
Gould
Albert Watkins
Topeka Avenue
City Guests Seek Boarders for Union Event
Notice asks parties to report accommodation capacity and rates for beds and meals to Van Smith, secretary of the Recreation Committee, Atchison. Also notes a meeting of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad directors voting to pay a 4 percent annual adjustment bonus for the last float year, with a payment planned in November.
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A. R
van Smith
Eanest Ave
Atchison
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Me Railroad Company
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