Topeka Letter on Senate Actions and Local Legislation
The Topeka letter covers Senate debate on municipal control and official publications, plus a San Jose scale sewerage issue. It notes absence of key senators, lobby activity in the House, and questions over a receiver ship bill. It cites expected funding, local interest from Lawrence, and salary changes for county commissioners in Douglas and Jefferson counties.
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Senate
Sth
Committee On Corporations
United States
Porterfield
Travis
House
Lennon
Mr. Bristow
Hamilton
Feder
San Jose
Douglas County
Jefferson County
Expunging Willett Speech Debated in Congress
Washington on January 27 reports a resolution to expunge Willett of New York speech from the Congressional Record. The committee says the remarks violate debate privileges and are improper. Willett wrote a letter defending his limits within chamber use. Madison dispatch notes theater rebuilds and exclusive premieres upcoming. Wisconsin reports split views on Isaac Stephenson’s election by separate legislative houses, with Blaine opposition and Richest man claims. the assembly blocked an investigation.
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Washington
Willett
New York
House
Madison
Wis
United States
Isaac Stephenson
Wisconsin
Stephenson
Assembly
Blaine Senate
Hughes
Roy
Blephenson
Blaine
LaFollette
Maple Lane
Otto
Brown
Groege
Lawrence
Droege
Bridget
Maine
Roosevelt
Congress
Havana Harbor
Bristow
Joseph L. Bristow
Long
Ratif
Farrelly
Wreck on Union Pacific in Dana injures thirty
It developed today that one was killed and thirty injured, none fatally, in last night's wreck on the Union Pacific at Dana. Injured include U. S. Smith of McAlester Oklahoma with a broken right arm and E. E. Barber of Junction City Kansas with arm and shoulders wrenched.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Union Pacific
Dana
U. S. Smith
McAlester
Okla
E. E. Barber
Junction City
Kans
Health guarantee tour of Lawrence dairies shows clean operations
Representatives from three Lawrence newspapers toured the Gard ner Maple Lane and Chaumney Blue Grass dairies. Inspectors confirm all cows tuberculin tested and healthy, with strict sanitation and filtered water. Bottling houses noted as clean and precautions against contamination emphasized.
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Lawrence
Gardner
Maple Lane
Chaumney & Son Blue Grass
Blue Grass Dairy
No. 6
Chanmney & Son
Harold Chanmney
Blue Grass
Old Lace confidence game nets buyers large sum
A New York report details a countess from Paris posing as a coun tess, selling fake rare lace to several women for over $10,000. She arrived at the St. Regis with a retinue, claimed the lace was from Louis XV courts, but experts call it a cheap U.S. imitation. The woman, now said to be in France or en route, used forged letters and split rumors as she fled.
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New York
Jan
Paris
St. Regis
France
Louis Nly
Louis XV
Lis
Munaching Wade
Four Children Cremated After Dunbar Fire
Four children were cremated and their parents injured when a fire destroyed the home of A. A. Kendall in Dunbar Pennsylvania caused by a gas stove. In New Orleans taft feast plan the alligator steak dinner is proposed to entertain the President-elect Taft during his visit.
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Pittsburg
Janu
A. AL Kendall
Dunbar
New Orleans
Louisiana
Taft
Progressive Union
Libel Case Suspended In World Panama Inquiry
The New York World libel case tied to the Panama canal purchase saw witnesses before a federal grand jury suspended. It remains unclear if the probe will resume or shift to District Attorney Jerome next week. Jerome would not discuss the matter, and Douglas Robinson is named as a likely complainant. Stimson also declined to comment on the suspension.
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New York
Federal Grand Jury
New York World
Jerome
Douglas Robinson
Mut Institute
Robinson
Stimson
Investigation Proceeds in Muskogee Grand Jury Probe
National witnesses arrived to testify before a federal investigation into the Creek Indian Nation case. John C. Wilkinson of St Louis, former Missouri Trust president, is among latest arrivals. Rumors of threats to Mott at the Creek Nation tourney circulated. no tangible evidence found. Witnesses from Hastings, Michigan, are friends of Walter D. Eaton, secretary of Indianola Contracting, headed by Governor Haskell. Some fake signatures were claimed genuine, but prosecutors say main charge remains conspiracy to defraud. Secret service notes show friends of the accused guiding witnesses to their Muskogee houses. Several grand jury witnesses have poor recall, extending examination. Special Attorney S. R. Bush notes potential weeks more work.
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Weurrugtr Wy Yeu
Lawrence
Thor
Hugh
Jauna
John C. Wilkinson
St Louis
Missouri Trust Company
M. Mott
Attourney
Hastings
Mich
Walter D. Eaton
Indianola Contracting Company
Haskell
Euine
Secret Service
Muskogee
Roosevelt letter to California governor on Japanese question
Roosevelt sends second letter to Governor Gillett advising against any paralyzing action on the Japanese. The president signals possible support for a non discriminatory land ban but would not oppose such a law if enacted. In California, Drew postpones the aliens land bill for a week and Gov Gillett approves Oklahoma’s related law. Senator Anthony introduces a joint resolution to recall the San Francisco Japanese consul general for trying to influence California’s legislature.
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California
Washington
Roosevelt
Gillett
White House
Atlas
Him
Sacramento
Cah
Dan
Assembly
A. M. Drew
Drew
Drew Tor
Ok ‘Lahoma
Maril Anthony
Senate
Congress
San Francisco
Miners Clash at National Meet in Indianapolis
At the United Mine Workers convention in Indianapolis on January 27, Vice President Farrington of Illinois demanded to know if national organizers attending as delegates were paid from the national treasury. President Lewis ruled Farrington out of order, the hall erupted, and order was restored as Lewis planned to prove organizers were paid in line with past policy. The convention adopted a resolution urging Congress to create a bureau of mines.
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Indianapolis
Dnd
United Mine Workers of America
Fareington
Illinois Miners
Lewis
National Treasury
Farrington
Legislature visitors to University of Kansas on Friday
Senate and House ways and means committees will spend Friday at the University of Kansas as guests to inspect appropriations. Chancellor Frank Strong outlined needs and ambitions, hosting tours, chapel, meals, and campus visits in Lawrence before the lawmakers return to Topeka.
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Senate
House
Lawrence
House of the State Legislature
Hussman
Stannard
Frank iStrong
State College
Topeka
Jx. U
Local electric line plan outlined by Dayton investors
Dayton investors led by W R Sullivan and Albert Emmanuel outline financing and franchise aims for a Lawrence electric line. They will post 5000 in good faith, seek a 30 year franchise, and plan a city line not an interurban, with routes to the University and connections to Parsons, Enid, and Tulsa. They expect council action soon.
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W. R. Sullivan
Albert Emmanuel
Dayton
Ohio
Lawrence
Laing
Parsons
Enid
Tulsa
Sullivan
Sutton
Dayton Capitalista
Society notes reveal college suffrage group and banquet
The column reports on a College Suffrage Association forming on the hill among students, plus an evening banquet at Miss Janet Wheeler's home with Kappa Alpha Theta sisters and out-of-town guests. It also mentions several local social events, club meetings, and notable visitors, including Mrs. Turrell of Orange New Jersey and statements from society departments.
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Janet
Wheeler
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
Caroline Doubleday
Ellison
Kansas City
Earl Gafford
Oak Hill
Mary Wand
Belleville
Anna Harrison
Bowen
M Cowgill
Scott Hopkins
Topeka
Mary Clark
St. Joseph
Suffrage Chapter of College Association Formed Here
A National College Association of Woman's Suffrage chapter was established yesterday at the University of Kansas. Miss Carolyn Lexon of New York City led the formation as official organizer, with faculty and students attending. Two weeks hence new members will elect officers and assess plans for the movement on campus.
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National Collegate Association of Woman’s Suffrage
University of Kansas
Fraser Trail
Carolyne Lexon
New York City
Ald
Yenteit
Kansas University
Lexen
Warnin
Miss Lexen
Barnard College
New
S. H. Chalkley
Wds
Miss Clark to Chicago Kansas Day Banquet
Chanute reporter notes Miss Esther Clark of Chanute has received an invitation to attend the Kansas Day club banquet in Chicago. The honor comes after her poem The Voice of the Prairies, written while she was homesick in California, charmed Kansans in Chicago.
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Chanute
Chicago
Esther [Clark
Sis
California
Topeka
Clark
Senate
Kansas
Jackson
Beached Steamer Republic Help Offer Declined
An Everett captain said he could have towed the steamer Republic to a safe beach area if Captain Sealby had accepted aid. Fenlon offered to take all passengers and baggage from the Republic, but Sealby declined. The report spans other items including St. Louis gas troubles and Topeka poetry authorship, with Emperor William's birthday celebrations and Arkansas battleship naming.
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New York
N. Y
Thomas Fenlon
Everett
Republic
Sealby
White Star One
Fenlous
Repubic
Fatal brawl in Torreon ranch leaves three dead
A drunken quarrel at a ranch near Torrecillas in Torreon, Mexico, ends in multiple casualties. Three men were killed and a woman and two children injured as authorities tried to deescalate the fight between two intoxicated Mexicans.
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Torreon
Mexico
Torrecillas
Princials
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