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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1901
Page
1
Topeka Kansas December 30 Judge Haze ruled the city council cannot enact a search and seizure for illegal liquor sales without express legislative authority or a charter provision. The ruling invalidates the current ordinance and leaves police with no valid framework for prosecuting illegal liquor sellers.
Chicago dispatch reports Evanston police boost reward notices for information on Miss Finnend Ely and her 73 year old nephew Frank Rogers, missing since July 17. Clues suggest the boy may wear girls clothes while an investigation links a depot bundle to the boy and Miss Ely’s garments are found, hinting the woman used the boy’s girlish appearance to aid their disappearance.
Secretary of State figures show 20 rice growing companies formed in Texas in 1901 with capital stock near 1.97 million dollars. Additional milling firms with dubious capital join a wave of private investment, signaling a tripling of rice acreage next year as new firms prepare to begin operations.
Four men led by Ashley Cooke seized a Yazoo Valley train near Leland Mississippi killed Rosa a railroad engineer and then tried to escape. All four were captured soon after in a tense incident that spread across Mississippi as authorities chased down the attackers and related armed arrests.
In Minoapolis Judge Elliott granted a temporary restraining order against Northern Pacific officers from retiring the company's preferred stock. The move supports Harriman interests seeking to maintain control via common stock, amid tensions over potential shifts before the Northern Securities decision.
Reports that the king plans a major reorganization of the royal household on business lines, abolishing many old offices and customs. Minor servants will travel in third class carriages, signaling a shift away from traditional arrangements and a focus on efficiency. Two freight train wrecks near Parkersburg, West Virginia. Four men missing or injured after a collision, with engineers seriously hurt. Heavy rains loosened track causing multiple derailments and rail damage.
Local worker Younger, confined at home with a hip problem from a prison relic accident, hopes to persuade the pardons board to allow him to quit clerical work and open his own business. Friends believe entrepreneurship would suit him better than his current job. In other items, a war office casualty list reports 50 wounded and 236 captured at Zeefontein, and Nashville taskman David Shafer is found dead from an apparent overdose.
A Berlin dispatch reports Germany will issue an ultimatum within three days and vow no direct attack on Venezuela. The Violeta and the Falke along with two training ships and the cruiser Geier are ordered to Laguira. Diplomatic ties remain intact as Germany and the United States negotiate the German course of action in Venezuela.
American baseball magnates met in Kansas City to finalize a constitution bylaws and schedule for a new league. Representatives from Milwaukee Indianapolis Toledo Columbus Saint Paul Minneapolis Kansas City and Canada discussed franchise awards uniform admission prices and the Omaha lease situation as work progressed on a Chicago held prior.
Scot Ward was shot and killed at a mining camp in the final mountains. Sheriff Devine holds a warrant for Ward on a wife beating charge after threatening to kill any man who tried to arrest him. Lavine fired over Ward’s head to warn him, leading to a fatal shot.
The Teas nouveo river run 2.3 feet above low water this morning with a rock expected to be reached this afternoon. High water is spreading throughout the upper east Tons fessee as the river has risen 14.7 feet since Saturday. Snow fell two days ago and began melting today. Flood threat at Satisburg, Va, was averted by cold snap as rivers stay below twenty-foot stage.
Readable fragments indicate a local note referencing Bhukes and Ouaiput tied to a seventh district. The phrases are incomplete but suggest an administrative or electoral context within a regional jurisdiction.
A discovery reports teeth of a tapir found at Yarnalton near Lexington Kentucky. Professor Osborne of the state college examined the fossils, sent to Columbia University and the American Museum of Natural History for confirmation. The teeth were returned and pronounced genuine, marking a first for South American tapir remains this far north.
In Joplin Missouri on December 37 the closing week of the year reports the Missouri Kansas leading region reaching a valuation near 4 090 000 dollars. Tonnage hits a historic high and zinc ore prices boost profits as operators foresee a prosperous next year aided by better methods and new territory development. A separate Denver report notes a midnight explosion scare dismissed as a natural seismic event with tremors and a rumbling sound felt across the plains near the mountains.
New Orleans reports a large group of oil dealers promoters and financiers converging on Beaumont for the new year opening conference to plan responses to Texas antitrust measures. Havana polls set for Tuesday as Cuba votes for president senator representatives and provincial leaders. Hutchins House fire in Ken t damages Royal bakery stock valued around 2000 with gas explosion noted. James Parker says Schley case closed but seeks full pay and trial expenses from Congress.
Flood warnings persist in Pennsylvania and Tennessee as the Susquehanna rises beyond low water and the Schuylkill recedes from flood levels. Mills and factories suffer damage along the Schuylkill, with Woodstock woolen mill floors submerged and workers laid off. A new Port Kennedy bridge has washed away and Perkiomen Creek damage is reported. Streetcar service suspended between Norristown and Swedeland until debris is cleared.
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