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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1906
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text mentions ladies, a street, a reward, and names but lacks clear action, date, place, or identifiable entities to form a complete news item. The readable bits do not establish a coherent event or reportable outcome.
The Interstate Goattetee Commission resumes the Standard 611 case with JLT Marchand and Virgil B Kiine present. Standard declines to testify currently, arguing a full reply to charges would be premature, as action lies with the commissioner of corporations amid ongoing inquiry.
Nine men died and forty were injured when a territe explosion ripped the British steamer Haverford near Liverpool as passengers prepared to unload. Authorities suspect an infernal machine caused the blast. several bodies were dismembered and the deck wrecked. The incident occurred after the ship arrived from Philadelphia and the crew were unloading cargo.
General Wood reports that First Lieut Edward C Holton and a citizen named Benjamin Christian were murdered on the night of June 6, about forty miles south of Dover on Mindanao Island, four hundred miles from Manila. Judge CM Pond of the district court was fatally injured in a later train collision.
William Bryan appeared as a spectator in the lower house today. The report notes remnants and small sets for wallpaper at reduced cost at Rowlands & Stevenson's Loomans studio for a fair photograph.
A historical piece describes the path to becoming a lawyer in Kansas, noting a shift from immediate admission to the bar to a state examination in Topeka. It details a secrecy rule for candidates, a formal oath in court, and emphasizes duties to the constitution and the court rather than personal ties or politics.
The Redmen shows, Nichols attractions, and electric theatre pull crowds at Lawrence carnival. Edna’s gravity defiance wows audiences while dancing and singing paramours entertain. Miss Nannie Cleveland enters nursing training. Senator Benson is noted in this era. Roy Woodward intervenes to halt an assault protecting a south side couple as tension flares over cross river threats.
Kansas reporter notes A W Nen sen, appointed to succeed R Burtet, was inducted for office immediately after today’s Senate session began. His credentials were presented by colleague Long who administered the oath. Mrs Tremper, Ottawa graduate nurse, now superintendent at Simmons hospital. Miss Rayburn to return to private nursing.
Sam Warfield was fined in county court for wife beating. Emery Foster, tied to a cutting tray incident injuring a girl, was bound over to the district court with bond set at 1500. Three boys charged with burglarizing the AchnOing store were bound over with bonds at 8200 each. Gas ranges and combination gas and electric fixtures advertised for sale by F Rahskopf.
Alco Pacific begins long distance work for a block system on the Kansas City to Denver line. Foundations for signal posts and alarms are set. timing for actual erection not fixed, but system expected in operation this summer to warn engineers of approaching trains and reduce collision risk.
A review praises On the Great Wall as an engrossing Kipling sequel featuring centurions Farresius and Pertinaz under Emperor Maximus. It expands Hadrian’s Wall lore with dramatic circumstantial plots and lively characters, calling it superior to earlier stories and a top postwar Kipling read.
The Lawrence council officially accepts a cannon obtained for the city with freight and transportation costs covered by the rail lines. The Santa Fe will transport the gun from Chicago free of charge to Lawrence, with final placement likely at South Park. The piece, 40 pounds and historically significant for York’s siege, will arrive next month as county commissioners end their sessions.
G W Pattison, a Lawrence resident for years, died Tuesday while riding a colt near his brother’s farm at Minden Nebraska. The horse bolted, he was thrown against a wagon and neck broken. He was 52, survived by a daughter and a son. Mrs Pattison died in Nebraska about two years ago. Pattison was an evangelist.
New Hell telephone book arrived today and will be used after June 16. The volume has been reorganized removing party lines and shows rapid subscriber growth. A Grand public ball set for June in Athens features council admission area notices and stock reductions before July 1 at Wolf's with bargain prices.
Dr Wiliston of the University of Chicago recently returned to Lawrence after days in Manhattan. He continues photography for his book on Two Winged Files of America at the Kansas university museum. The institution, except Harvard, houses the largest collection of two winged files in the United States as the world moves and so does the Lawrence Transfer Co.
Washington June 4 conferences on the railroad data bill dropped many salary boosts for the Interstate Commerce Commission officials and postponed the act by sixty days. The anti pass amendment was to be redrafted to mirror Senate exceptions.
Fragmented report notes British soldiers killed and four injured by natives near Tantay amid Anglo Turkish tensions over the Tabaky boundary. The piece also mentions Pan Islamic camp activity and local railroad assessment results with Santa Fe property cuts and sector rent figures.
Kentucky commemorates Stephen Foster with a monument unveiled by Marian Foster Welsh. Kerry South and RW Miller spoke as thousands of schoolchildren sang Old Kentucky Home and Foster tunes. A legal summons in Geo Linebach v Sigma Nu delays the hearing to next Monday, challenging fraternity printing charges.
Washington June 14 Hamilton Michigan chairman of the committee on territories moved the conference report on the statehood bill before the house went into a committee of the whole but the bill and papers were not on the table due to lack of senate action. he postponed action for later in the day. Barber and Son's Lotion advertised at 26 cents a bottle.
Mra Charles Dacker visits Topeka as guest of Mr and Mrs George Millice. Dozens of friends and relatives are noted in informal gatherings from Madison to Plainville. Other departures and visits span Kansas City, Northport Michigan, Denver and Corona California with engagements at social clubs and house parties.
Frisco passenger train and freight train collided head on between Wentworth and Pierce City after leaving St Louis. A telephone message from Joplin reports several injuries, some serious, with both trains traveling at high speed.
A movement for early adjournment stalled today as a potential canal policy decision looms. Secretary Taft spoke with Speaker Cannon and committee chair Slapburn on interstate and foreign commerce. Kirby Drug Store advertises perfumes, cigars, and household goods. local merchants offer harness repairs, steam cookers, rugs, and watches in a crowded ad section.
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