Fraudulent bonds saga tied to Comanche county case
The suit seeks forty five thousand dollars against Frank P. Mackennan by C. Coleman attorney general and others over frauds in Comanche county bonds. The district court in Shawnee County set an answer date as three defendants claim the case as one. The document outlines fraudulent creation of Comanche county and bonds for a state school fund, with testimony alleging no inhabitants in the county and misappropriation of funds.
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Frank F. MacLennan
C.C. Colemen
H. Burrow
Stems
Lo. Dayhoff
Public Instruction
District Court of
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Able Attarnion
Cobeman
Burrow
Darhoff
Journal
Pdistrict
Ushawned County
State OF Kansas
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Kansas
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Tmianent McHwo
Atate
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Paes Aestriction
Huteaston
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Smallwood
Turkey
Kan‘ae
Committee of State Affairs
Biuse
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Home of Representatives
Committee On State Affairs
Attorney General of Us
Permanent School Fund
Andrew J. Mowry
Japanese Offensive Presses Southeast of Mukden
Reports from Mukden indicate heavy fighting imminent as Japanese forces push southeast of Mukden and reportedly seize Da Pass a strategic mountain gate. Kuropatkin withdraws toward rugged northwestern country as reinforcements arrive and conscription expands Japan’s army by about 200000 men.
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St. Petersburg
da Pass
Kuropathin
Sukden
Dapan
Petersburg
Kuropatkin
War Office
Associated Press
da Range
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Mukhend
Oklahoma Convicts and Hospital News Amid Turbulent Politics
Governor Ferguson expressed satisfaction over inmate care as Oklahoma faces unrest. Thomas E. Watson, Populist presidential candidate, confined to his Birmingham hotel room with orders not to receive visitors. A torpedo incident report involves Rear Admiral Jewett and the penitentiary, amid contract renewals and security concerns.
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Bieoiehar
Thomas E. Watson
Oklahoma considers location of state institutions in jointhood era
Governor Ferguson urged Kansas to renew the contract to delay fights over where Oklahoma’s public institutions should sit. He proposed Indian Territory receive a fair share and suggested building a penitentiary there near coal mines, with stockades for short term convicts as statehood nears.
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Lansing
Kansas
Oklahome
Ferguson
Indian Territory
Okishora
Indhin
Justice Brewer Presides At Universal Lawyers Congress
Louis September 29 The first universal congress of lawyers and jurists convened at Festival hall after the American Bar association convention. Chief Justice David J. Brewer addressed the gathering praising law as sacred to life liberty and property and urging justice as the enduring foundation of civilization.
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Louis
Universal Congress of Lawyers and Jurists
American Bar Association
Festival Hall
David J. Brewer
Preme Court
United States
New Organ Dedication Thrills Ottawa Congregation
Ottawa Kan Sept 2 The dedication recital at First Baptist drew a large crowd with enthusiastic praise for the program. Organist and Kansas City soloist offered notable numbers as the W K Kimball organ, 28 by 20 by 6 tons, with two manuals and 1 158 pipes, powered by a water motor, was described and valued at 3500.
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Ottawa
Kan
Mirst Baptist Church
Kansas City
W. K. Kimball Company
Vandal damage hits Russian exhibit at World’s Fair
In St Louis September 49 oil paintings of Emperor Nicholas were torn from walls and defaced in the Varied Industries building. A colored silk portrait was removed and mutilated. Guards and fair detectives pursue the culprit as authorities order an investigation and private detectives assist.
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St. Louis
Nicholas
Jefferson
Santa Fe wreck near Albuquerque injures none. tramp killed
A Santa Fe passenger train westbound No. 7 derailed six miles below Albuquerque when rails spread. Two baggage cars, a mail car and a tourist sleeper piled in a ditch. locomotive and four rear cars stayed on track. A negro tramp on the platform between baggage cars was crushed to death. no other injuries reported.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Santa Fe
Funston Takes Command in Chicago Department of the Lakes
Brigadier General Frederick Funston arrived in Chicago and succeeded Brigadier General Frederick D. Grant as commander of the Department of the Lakes. He travels with his wife, two sons, and Lieutenants Mitchel and Long, moving from Vancouver, Washington where he led the Department of the Columbia for about a year.
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Chicago
Frederick Punetor
Frederick D. Grant
Department of the Lakes
B. J. Mitchel
C. Long
Funston
Vancouver
Wash
Department of the Columbia
Connecticut Launches New Battleship in New York Yard
New York September 29. The battleship Connecticut was launched amid large crowds at the New York navy yard. Miss Alice B Welles and Secretary of the Navy Morton presided as the bottle broke on the bow after two failed attempts. Spectators feared sabotage due to rumors but the ceremony proceeded smoothly. The Connecticut is the first large US battleship built since the Maine and is sister to the Louisiana, reflecting government versus private shipbuilding competition. The vessel, 16 000 tons trial, 17 770 full, 450 plus feet long, will have 18 knots speed, a heavy armor belt, multiple turrets and a varied battery, marking a major milestone for the American fleet.
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Connecticut
New York Navy Yard
Alice FR. Welles
Morton
Corbin
Governor Chamberlain
Alice B. Welles
Gideon Welles
Navy
Ad Niral Rodgers
Maine
Navy Yard
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Brooklyn
East River
Baxter
T Welles
Battliesh
Connecticut Navy Ship Details From 1790s Chronicle
The article lists armament as 600 rounds per 3 pounder and 960 rounds per 1 pounder. Coal bunker capacity is normally 00 tons, expandable to 2,200 tons in emergencies. Normal range is 7,000 miles at 11 knots or 2,500 miles at 18 knots. Fitted for use as a gauge ship, it will carry 42 officers and 762 men. Estimated cost is $4,212,000. This is the third vessel named Connecticut in U.S. Navy history, built at Middletown, Connecticut in 1798. The second ship, a wooden sloop-rigged vessel, chased in 1861 and used in the Civil War, cost $200,000 and was sold at auction in 1865 for $131,000.
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Connecticut
United States
Middletown
Conn
Mutcion
Fairbanks Praises Roosevelt In Montana Speech
In Helena on September 22 Senator Fairbanks defended Roosevelt’s reform record, applauded the post office graft prosecutions, and praised civil duty. He highlighted Inspectors, justice prosecutions, and emphasized a continuous government cleanup, with two meetings and a Roosevelt Fairbanks street rally drawing full crowds.
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Post Office Department
Bar of Justice
Department of Justice
United States
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Fairbanks Niko
Carter
Helena
Senator Fairbanks
Senator Polliver
Fairbanks
Sffice
Doliver
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Fairbanks Republican League Club
Mandamus Aims to Force Water Company Compliance
Kansas City Sept 20 The petition prepared by Mr Reltz seeks to compel the Metropolitan Water Company to meet its franchise and city contract by providing pure water and higher fire protection pressure. It alleges the current plant is outdated and inadequate and requests court action to enforce compliance. If sustained, the city would seek contempt against water officials failing to improve service.
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Kansas City
Kas
Metropolitan Water Company
Reltz
Fined for Giving Away Streetcar Transfer in Argentine Kansas
Argentine Kan Sept 29 Spencer Adams a Frisco railroad employee was fined five dollars in police court for giving away his streetcar transfer after reaching his workplace in the West Bottom. He argued the transfer was property he paid for and could give away. The Metropolitan Street Car Company pressed the complaint.
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Spencer Adams
Frisco Railroad
Inttm
Hopa
West Bottom
Adams
Metropolitan Street Car Company
Frisco
Brady
Assaults on Broker and Robbery Aboard Boat Case
New York police reveal Thomas H. Price and accomplices lured broker Leubbers aboard a river launch to show him a napkin purchase. They assaulted him, stripped him, and pushed the unconscious man into the river while escaping with jewelry. Price resisted arrest, injuring an officer during capture.
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New York
Thomas H. Price
Innnehein
Taruis Ders
Price
Allie T
Grant
Teubbern
Leubbern
Still After Topeka In Western League Membership
A Winnipeg like dispatch notes Still after Topeka and Joplin in the Western league race for membership among Denver Colorado towns. Rawson Dew Mott Dus, Chamberlain and Rourke opposed Colorado entries while favoring Topeka and Joplin. Eastern members rejected the bid at tonight’s meeting in St. Louis.
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Omaha
Joplin
Peka
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