16 Feb 1903
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1903
Page
1
Winter weather worsened across northern areas with heavy snow and strong winds creating harsh conditions. Residents faced frigid temperatures and travel disruptions as utilities and services adjusted to the severe cold.
Feb 16 reports show record low temperatures across Missouri Wisconsin and Kansas with several towns from Kansas City to Topeka and Omaha well below zero. One death from freezing conditions noted and broad impacts on trains telegraph lines and agriculture across the South West.
Feb 16 report from Toceka states Hlaoch Boiss remains jailed as saloon wrecking case continues. Boise allies plan petitions and potential charges reexamined, seeking reduced sentence from Governor Batley in coming days. Santa Fe wage talks end unsettled. possible 4g percent compromise instead of strike. Garfield of Ohio to be appointed commissioner of corporations in the new commerce department. Mississippi valley population comparison appears in jest.
Seven men roped and marched at gunpoint into a South State saloon, where their captors rifled the bar and liquor, then fled after a chaotic scene. A chase and chase-related disorder followed as two offenders were captured in the aftermath.
February reports from Topeka and Pittsburg area recount two asylum attendants charged with the murder of a patient named Maxalt and a local passenger train wreck near Girard Joplin Junction injuring five. Other items note floods in Indiana, bribery arrest in Kansas, and a senate Indian appropriation bill passage.
Washington February 16 Preparations begun today for a protocol between Mr Poofeld state department and Mr Bowen for settling United States Venezuelan claims A commission will be appointed one by the President and the other by Castro to supervise American claims If disarray occurs the King of Spain will appoint another member After protocol is signed Bowen will invite creditors France Mexico Denmark Netherlands Belgium Spain Norway and Sweden to join in drafting a new protocol
A joint legislative committee in Missouri began hearings on February 15 to examine business practices of tainted investment companies, aiming to craft corrective legislation. Witnesses were questioned as the panel reviewed eight motions and discussed Venezuela related settlements and broader financial reform efforts.
The Senate advanced pension legislation as part of a broad session. It approved 324 bills including new pensions for Kansas residents William Downs of Peabod, Henry of Andre, William J. Chatfield of Burlingame, and William Bovrett of Quentino, each at $30 monthly.
Topeka legislators move through a busy session with a major tax bill and Kennedy’s concurrent resolution to abolish the state printer by constitutional amendment. The apportionment clash centers on the First district and Charles Curtis, with heavy lobbying and expected party lines.
A New York Evening Telegram interview with William J Bryan shows he will not run for the Democratic presidential nomination this year and plans to remain a plain worker. He cites issues like trust reform and tariff policy as central to the coming campaign, stressing that the race will turn on real policy questions.
Multiple early 20th century items report icebound American vessels near port, a plan to electrify Fort Riley and Oklahoma City via a new underground conduit system, and a wave of legal and criminal cases. Notable mentions include Amos Mannell case at the asylum, dynamite attacks on a Warsaw telephone company pole, and a port officials’ corruption probe in St. Louis surrounding naturalization papers. The Venezuelan blockade ends as Tribune departs, triggering public unrest at La Guaira.
Fragmentary OCR lists mayors clerks voters and residents including Maye A L Sala, Newmark City Clerk, several wards and names like Henry Welgher Measurer, Holland Wheeler, Beaman and Beaman ward figures. The text is garbled with many misspellings and broken lines.
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