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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1908
Page
1
The Road to Yesterday stars the same cast as the prior hit, now at the Lyre Theatre in New York. Curtain at 8:15 with prices 1 50 and 1 00, tickets at Woodward & Co. Drug Store.
Dr J P Stewart long time Clay Center physician died of apoplexy on a Rock Island train between Topeka and Lawrence. The body was taken to Clay Center. he leaves a wife and two daughters. Stewart had practiced thirty five years, served as Rock Island surgeon at Clay Center, and held Masonic and IOOF memberships.
In Cincinnati Ohio on October 10 at 2 PM the Chicago and Detroit baseball teams meet to begin a six game World Championship series. The National and American leagues contend for the title with schedule changes including initial games in Detroit and a transfer of the sixth game if needed. The National Baseball Commission oversees, with two umpires from each league: O Day and Klein for the National, Sheridan and Connolly for the American.
Timekeeper W C Bouney reports that at least five laborers remain unaccounted after a grain elevator explosion on Wednesday night near Richfard Wisconsin Vermont. The ruins smolder and a fire may burn out the grain. Bouney himself died from burns.
Topeka dispatch reports Governor Charles E. Hughes touring Kansas with large enthusiastic crowds yesterday and today. The trip, not a presidential bid, drew many spectators at stations while some scheduled stops were skipped due to train timing and voice issues. Cyrus Leland pressed Doniphan county seats and defended rescheduled stops against the national committee.
In the trans-Mississippi congress Kansans push for President to appoint J B Case of Abilene Kansas as secretary of the interior. Delegations rally to endorse his pass with strong support from the Kansas group and other states seeking western nominees.
The Last Day Friends Meeting in Servia reports heavy activity as delegates discuss the Balkan crisis. Amid court petitions in Hutchinson and mounting international tension, officials consider removing city leaders while diplomats push for a peaceful conference to avert war. Local updates touch on business talks, yearly meeting programs, and the arrival of new watches for Gustafson.
Crowds camped before Bennett Park as Detroit and Chicago fans queued for tomorrow's World Series opener. Police aided a steady midnight influx for reserved-seat sales at 10 o'clock. Manager Jennings and the players practiced briskly through the day amid talk of Bush's ineligibility and OLeary stepping in. Catcher Schmidt aims to handle most games despite a dislocated fractured finger. The Detroit team arrives this afternoon for the landmark series.
Markets by wire from Kansas City shows receipts totaling 85440 with prices for eggs and butter. Entries list No 2 blue and white stocks, Chicago style butter, and creamery pricing. Prices include 48 50 for No 2 white, and other small commodity figures such as eggs at 24e and timothy hay at 950 dollars with related prairie figures.
A Democratic campaign fund list shows contributions totaling about 6000 with individual gifts including fourteen thousand dollar donors and eighteen four hundred dollar donors. The Denver national committee contributes five thousand, with a possible one thousand from Senator Wry A. Clark. The largest single small-town trace is one cent from Mone Washington. Prominent givers include Delancey Nicoll and Roger Sullivan among others.
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