02 Jul 1902
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1902
Page
1
Page text covers political talk in Topeka Kansas with remarks on congress, Beveridge, Dewey, and Populist events. Mentions pension appropriations, a sheriff candidate Frank Stahl, liquor laws, and local election intrigue. Contains scattered references to Dinvar pot Rev W N Bartebors, Senator Tillman, and Dewey era figures in a reflective news column tone.
A wave of threatened strikes by machinists and boilermakers at Chicago area railroads could disrupt midwest transportation. Chicago & Northwestern machinists began walkouts, Baltimore & Ohio and others consider stoppages. Demands include higher wages and shorter hours. freight handlers seek a settlement through the Chicago Federation of Labor as managers await a possible agreement.
A communication prepared in Rome on July 2 by William H. Taft Maj Porter and Bishop O Gorman to be presented to the Vatican offers a formal note from Taft and advisers. The note was translated into French by Maj Porter and Bishop O Gorman, and prepared for submission and potential formal use. Catarrh Cure advertisement claims an internal remedy purifies blood and treats mucous surfaces, marketed as non quack and physician prescribed.
The center of operations in the Union Pacific mechanists and boilermakers strike has partially moved from Omaha to Cheyenne Wyoming. The company ferries workers into Cheyenne while key executives guard interests and shift work to the western shops. Strikers report no official update, but expect the firm to resume operations with normal force at Cheyenne to meet payroll commitments.
President Roosevelt and a large delegation visit the Capitol to approve the Philippine civil government bill and naval appropriation acts amid late-session bustle. Cabinet members, secretaries, and postmaster general Payne attend. autographs and routine sessions noted as Congress closes.
Washington July 2. After a session marked by the stormiest debates in the American congress the senate adjourned at 6 30 pm. A fierce clash followed Carmack Spooner Culberson McComas and Lodge over the Philippine committee investigation and a visit to the Philippines. The house adjourned without day after Speaker Henderson praised the session. members sang My Country Tis of Thee and Dixie with Gen Hooker joining in.
An interurban trolley on the Elgin to Antara line plunged through a bridge over the Fox River at St. Charles, carrying about 30 passengers into the water. The structure failed under weight after months of warnings about its unsafe condition. No fatalities. injuries were minor, with all aboard shaken. A separate fire at Johnson, Tennessee, destroyed the post office and four stores early the same morning.
Difficult OCR fragment describes routes to Muskoks and Kawartha Lakes, mentions White Meyntans, Lawreses, and June timing. Likely a travel or navigation note with unclear place names and prices, offering limited legible details.
Secretary Moody told the cabinet of plans by the Commercial Pacifi Cable Company to build a transisthmian cable with a route favoring American control through San Francisco Midway Island Guam and Manila and a legal path to affirm title. The attorney general will review the title question and possible French backing while safeguards and wartime use rights are debated.
The appropriation bill lists the four labget ships as battleships to be named Louisiana Connecticut Tennessee and Washington with several other titles undecided. Two gunboat vessels will be named the Paducah and the Dubuque.
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