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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1902
Page
2
Long readable column from Topeka area papers notes political barbs about King Edward and Bryan era figures, Metcalf charges, Topeka treasury debates, and Kansas midwinter expo plans. Mentions Topeka and Ottawa dispatches, Lawrence and Kassas City commentary, with local civic meetings and commerce notes.
John R Kendrick of Philadelphia named superintendent of the textiles section in the Louisiana Purchase Centennial Exposition. Taylor said bids will be advertised for a major exhibit building as four miles of fencing for the fair site move ahead.
Hearings opened on Cuba reciprocity with broad representation from affected interests. Edwin F. Atkins argued sugar overproduction and US gains from reduced duties, while Cuban leaders urged free sugar access and American goods. Senate critics warned against harming US beet sugar interests. debates split along protectionist lines as local cases and other state news follow.
T E Manners, about 32,500 in jewelry, allegedly posed as a guest at the St Charles hotel Tuesday night, settled bills, left with a bag. The group crossed the river by cab and was captured before the train they planned to ride. Manners was later arrested after claiming property. Kline labeled him a thief under an alias amid suspicions tied to a New York jewelry thief in Kerns. Manners says he works in a family pawnbrokerage in Chicago and the jewelry were unredeemed pledges he planned to dispose of.
Sheriff Frank Smith and Deputy George Beck died in a gunfight when storming an Indian hut eight miles west of Anadarko. The hold up occurred after Sunday night attacks on travelers, as deputies Briggs and Heck laid wounded, Briggs spared. robbers fled after looting the bodies. Smith died quickly, Beck with a shattered arm, both hailed as fearless in the territory.
Berlin reports the government plans Prince Henry of Prussia to travel to the United States aboard the Kron Pring Wilhelm of the North German Lloyd line. The voyage begins at Newport News with transfers to Hohenzollern, then up the Totomac to Washington for calls with President Roosevelt and possibly a joint launching. Elaborate onboard social entertainments are planned aboard the Mohenzolern.
New Orleans June 16 shipping circles believe a British transport with American mules to South Africa was blown up by a Boer spy or foundered. A schooner reports hundreds of dead mules floating for 30 miles while others blame storms. Captains cite long lines of dead stock and missing transports amid gale conditions and recent Boer accusations in port.
Dr A J Hazlett of the Presidential commission on Philippine morality arrived from Manila and says he left anti expansionist but now believes the U S should hold the islands and act for them. He notes a strong government push to suppress vice and raise moral standards with expected antipathy to Americans for two generations. His report will be sent to Washington promptly.
In Philadelphia the six days bicycle contest at the Second Regiment armory saw a major spill near the finish of day three. Hatfield Brunswick? suffered a broken collarbone while Freeman, Fisher and Gene Goltz endured sprains and shakes as Leander caused the crash. Final night scores listed mixed pairs across several teams.
A Chicago suburb story depicts a "progressive dinner" in Rogers Park with ten courses across ten homes. A narrator describes visiting doors for soup coffee salad and roast beef amid playful mischief and humorous exchanges, highlighting local life and eccentricities.
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