30 Jul 1902
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1902
Page
1
The Lawrence Journal discusses candidates in the Fourth district race including John Seaton and Cy Leland, praises Leland’s home support, and critiques rival tactics. It also reports Kansas corn prospects, citing strong yields, ideal weather, and crop conditions across counties, noting republican county conventions and upcoming elections.
The Topeka Herald reports rumors that major oil operators in Europe and America have formed a vast combine to control global production with money from Rockefeller and Rothschilds. It also coverages court cases and irrigation debates, criticizing misguided projects and political figures while noting skepticism about western Kansas gold claims and large federal irrigation plans.
An abbreviated item presents a Cuba governance remark and promotes Howtetter's Stomach Bitters as a reliable health remedy for indigestion constipation and malaria. It mentions New York Philadelphia routes and a travel brochure request via Grand Trunk Railway offices in Chicago.
Acting Secretary Sanger returns to the war department after touring eastern fortifications at Long Island Sound. Gen. MacArthur leads the defense display with tested cables and a complete signal system. The signal corps fire control and defenses are in good order as maneuvers approach. Infantry marksmanship trials at Fort Leavenworth begin under Gen. Yates, with Capt. Doda Noberson in charge of range progress. The lengthy report blends military prep with scattered non-sequitur notices and product ads.
Fragmented Texas flood report notes 50 percent crop losses in North Dakota? No, report describes extensive flood damage across Texas with hailstorms and heavy rains crippling daily travel and wheat crops. Weather conditions shift to clearer skies in some regions, while continuing rain worsens agricultural and property impacts, with estimates of losses from wheat to general farm damage and disrupted transport. A later section references hailstorms, wind, and damage assessments, citing local officials and observers.
A section of an 80 foot sidewalk in front of 39s Tilsted street collapsed at night as men and children watched a wounded man being carried to an elevator. About fifty people were thrown ten feet, four seriously hurt. Enos Dalles, being carried into the building, was likely more severely wounded by a pistol shot. The shooter, from Growl and Maye gun streets, fled. Travel piece describes injuries and escape.
Reports from Philadelphia indicate trustees at a university debated retaining separate gender education. A protracted session yesterday yielded no clear decision, as officials weigh segregation versus co education. In other news, coal deal in Montgomery counties secures options on vast land, with plans to acquire thousands more acres. A drowning incident in Kansas City involves a 1 year old boy while river rescues and financial reverses lead to a conductor's suicide in Missouri. Livestock disease responses in Cowley County bring quarantine actions and cattle dipping.
Interior department reports Creek Nation Congress ratified a supplemental treaty on July 26 modifying allotments and enrollments as to agricultural land mineral provisions. Also reported are miner thefts near Metropolis and a related jail holding nine suspects awaiting grand jury action.
London reports in Daily Mail that Rockefeller Rothschild and Nobel interests form a working trust dominating oil exports. Russian exporters refused to sell through agents of the combined firms, choosing to resist rather than accept price controls. The paper says the alliance aims to crush independent exporters and push prices higher.
A U.S. Court of Appeals decision holds a saloon keeper may be liable for a patron's death if it results from an accident caused by the patron's intoxication. The suit, by Charles Walker's widow and daughter against John Moser and others in Ashtind, Neb., centers on Walker's February 7 intoxication and fatal fall after leaving Moser's saloon.
A chaotic report details a man allegedly driven to self harm amid ruined crops. another double pistol confrontation on Hast Thiel Street ends with multiple deaths. A separate case involves a strangulation at a saloon on Well Street in Ashield Milton Beweers’ murder. Officials in San Francisco probe a possible fake fight. medical ads promote Hall’s Catarrh Cure amid a busy page of varied notices.
Washington reports reversals of court martial cases, including a Moros slave-taking incident near Burang Mindanao where a native man was sentenced to hard labor for life. Another case involves Villagres of Santo Tomas de la, who aided insurgents by letters and weapons. The long dispatch also notes a U.S. revenue cutter visit and business from Secretary Shaw, plus securities readjustment chatter and various arrests and graft mentions.
Special notice from Union Pacific and Chicago and North Western announces ticket sales during June July August and September from ConnEd Nebraska Penokie and Wa Keeney Kansas to all points east to Town Minnesota and beyond. Rates dates of sale and other details will be furnished on application to Belle Boss and H. Belle, agents.
The article recounts varied and disjointed historical notes from 1814 and earlier role of winds sold by old women in Orkney and Normandy, an Ottawa Kansas liquor consumption report to treat many ailments, and stray local curiosities about repairs and electrical wires. It blends folklore with odd civic data.
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