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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1902
Page
2
Lawrence Daily Journal notes shifts in state politics and public opinion. It discusses water supply tensions near Leavenworth, Kansas university staffing, Miners pledge against liquor during strikes, and Topeka and Franklin County debates on prohibition. It mentions candidates appearing at Fort Scott old soldiers camp and calls for calmer temperance advocacy.
Fragmentary 19th century column mixes local crime reports with political conjecture. Mentions William Allee White, Kansas conventions, and Wichita editorials While recounting price shifts in Chicago markets and odd anecdotes, it notes an attack on Mrs. Harris and James Brasher near Poplar Springs.
Washington May 26 Senate plans another week or more on the Pineapple bill with speeches expected from Hurrowa Patterson Pettus Halley and Bacon. Debate pacts aim to grant time for amendments before possible adjournment and to postpone until after appropriation bills. A separate note reports Albert Petty shooting his wife and daughter in Cedar County before shooting himself. authorities suspect parental objections to a romance as the motive.
Samuel Margalis presided the evening session as New York delegations withdrew to Hanover street hall amid threats to leave the American federation. Supporters claimed Zionist hopes were nearer realization than outsiders supposed due to ongoing work.
May 26 in Fernie British Columbia marked a day of funerals with 14 coffins in the procession as the mine disaster claimed 30 victims that day. Recovery work paused to focus on safety for rescuers after a powerful explosion shattered roof supports and killed those in No 2 mine. Nine more bodies were recovered, bringing total recovered to 49.
Refugees from Martinique arriving aboard the Versailles in Port of Spain, Trinidad, total 400 more reported, many property owners dead or departed. Relief needed as unrest and robberies persist, with authorities noting extensive aid has strained resources.
An open prohibition education drive began in Topeka Kansas with a mass meeting at the Auditorium led by supporters including David Overmyer and Clemens FA. About 100 people attended as temperance advocates urged action and a statewide series of city and town meetings to push the campaign.
A powerful tornado tore through a town near Union in South Carolina yesterday afternoon. Six people killed and many injured as homes and buildings were destroyed. emergency crews search wreckage while residents face loss. A meeting is planned in Osceola Missouri to discuss county bond issues related to the event.
A farmer unearthed a pot of gold valued around twenty thousand dollars reportedly buried during the Civil War. The item distinction aside, Hoatetter's Stomach Bitters is advertised as a broad remedy for stomach, liver, kidney and bowel disorders and other ailments with claims of physician endorsements and a proof seal on the bottle neck.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Wheeler and Masmokuentis with unclear placement and numbers. No coherent event or identifiable entities beyond those names. Summary limited by readability.
Topeka Kan May 25 Senator Burton and six Republican congressmen from Kansas will attend the state convention in Wichita this week Only Bowernock will not attend Burton says resolutions on reciprocity and the country s relations with Cuba prepared in Washington and endorsed by President Roosevelt will be offered at the convention He prepared them before leaving Washington and submitted them to Roosevelt in the presence of Congressman Leng Roosevelt endorsed them in strong language and Burton plans to have the resolutions adopted without change
Abe Witherup, murderer of Willem Grow, was taken from Paria jail at two this morning by a mob of over 100. He was hanged on the town’s north bridge after sheriff James White Cotton rushed in to plead for law. Witherup confessed his guilt.
Washington May 26 post office department announced fraud orders halting mail to over 20 corporations in endless chain business and targeting home cooperation and bond investment schemes. Officials say debts reach 550 million with assets far short. investors report broken contracts and little returns as prosecutors plan further actions through August. The report also details a Republican county convention setup in Douglas County with delegate counts, primaries on June 6, and representation based on 1920 votes, naming ward by ward allocations and officials appointed to run the primaries.
The United Mine Workers warn Polish, Slovak, and Lithuanian miners to stay away as strikes loom in Virginia and West Virginia coal districts. Union officials report most miners at many collieries will quit on June 2 for an eight hour day, with engineers likely to join in but pumpmen uncertain. Local operators expect few vacancies. Huntington conference actions are seen as accelerating the anthracite crisis. Railroad meetings in Wilkesbarre and Kingston endorse the strike while offering limited financial aid. church leaders urge lawful conduct and continued faith in strike leaders. A Missouri Pacific collision near Connor Station disrupts service, no injuries. Union conventions set for joint sessions to address labor unity and strategy, with leaders from the AMERICAN FEDERATION of LABOR seeking harmonization with western unions.
A jumble of notices seeks an experienced Aoing room girl in Lawrence, a lost floor rug finder, rental and sale listings around Hancock and Ohio, two rooms above Spalding's store, an insect exterminator agent for multiple counties, furnished house for rent, sale of a five room house at 905 Kentucky and nearby acreage, second hand gas range, a nurse for children, a property at 641 Vermont Street, yard and office for rent near 1300 Kentucky, two Jersey cows, and miscellaneous House and property notes with contact cues at local stores and offices.
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