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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1905
Page
1
A chaotic wartime dispatch recalls massacres and a wave of killings in lodging houses involving Armenians and English workers. Mentions shootings, plunder, and fear amid mobs as authorities report massed violence and the scale of casualties. Includes a later report from Topeka noting crowded state hospitals and calls to expand insane asylum capacity.
A report details Filipina students placed in Kane and nearby areas under U.S. government direction. It notes six from the state agriculture college and thirty four others, including three girls, to be placed for a five year term. It mentions instructors, language ability, and various officials connected to the program.
Philadelphia reports a rear end collision between a New York Limited and a St Louis express at the Pool Station, west of the city, killing five men and wounding more than twenty others. Other items note miners quitting in Leavenworth and local notices, with miscellaneous ads and updates.
Reports describe a deadly 40 mph derailment of the Meteor east of Frisco, with a young woman Mary Money found mutilated and possibly murdered aboard a compartmentalized train. The Kansas City Meteor followed minutes later, narrowly avoiding another collision as crews detour trains via Muskogee amid investigations.
Miss Kit tie Ivey, a student at Wesleyan University, fell asleep Saturday evening and awoke with memory loss after an hour of unresponsiveness. Another student, Lovey tas, recovered from a severe appendicitis attack and resumed her studies. Physicists say the sleep may be a call from nature, leaving the case under investigation as to last Saturday’s events. Shaw to quit in February.
The Secretary of the Treasury will resign and retire from the cabinet. A letter to the Pole County Republican says he will be busy with the coming session of Congress and cannot return to Washington by February 1. He plans to begin his presidential campaign among his Iowa friends. Bad fire in Spokane.
A major blaze gutted three brick structures in Spokane's wholesale and shipping district early today, causing extensive damage estimated near 820,000. The fire heavily damaged Booth McCillitock Company facilities and two story warehouses, with contents reported at 10,003. Characters and figures reflect chaotic OCR. no injuries reported in the fragment.
Witte arrived by special train from Staltupool where Prince Vop Eulao burg, grand marshal of the court, met the Russian statesman at the station and escorted him in a closed automobile to Emperor William's hunting lodge. Wiedemann's served Egg puf, a delicious new drink.
Paris Missouri Sept 26 a young man’s mutilated body, likely dead weeks, was found in a cornfield eight miles west of here with nine knife wounds indicating murder. A card reading Concordia, W found with torn clothing is the only clue as officers investigate.
The Leader reports New York Standard Oil financiers have secured control of traction securities in Ohio and Indiana valued at par 33,105.00 with cash outlay around 9 0 million. The move affects Ohio and Indian interests with other transactions pending. Cleveland financiers and a Philadelphia banker corroborate that the New York group backs the Philadelphia improVers company via Elkies, Widener, Dolan and Randolph Morgan.
Topeka Sept 25 Receiver J T Bradley of the defunct First National Bank will sue several stockholders who failed to pay assessments levied weeks ago. Bradley said $300,000 should have been paid but only $27,000 was collected. Suits to be filed within a fortnight. Ginevnaad Sept 28 Appointments to reels for the Litto Kanwha private, 40 organization centered on railways and interests of West Virginia were tied in the United States circuit court today. Victoria Sept 16 A Japanese advertiser reports that an August shipment of a live Shikiad Nawer plant sent to the lamb was stolen. Police seek the sender. Takto ts Seattle Sept Wi Kayahara editor says most Japanese people are dissatisfied with the peace treaty. Natches Miss Sept 28 Local yellow fever in tecam joy serious. five new cases, two white, one death. Blackson Miss Sept i One positive yellow fever case announced at Pere Glhsan by physicians. New York Sept 20 Evening Sun dispatch from Manila reports a destructive typhoon. native districts swept away, 8,000 homeless.
The detailed program for German day in Lawrence on October 4 outlines events from a morning muster in B A A hall to a parade to South Park, speeches, and a band concert in the afternoon. Turner lasses dancers will perform and Turner alumni Mrn Ronry Albach has coordinated with county German societies to gather attendees from across the region.
Mrs Sarsh Strode aged about 7 peers wife of Mirstrodde died today at the family residence at 4 New York Street after a brief illness. Death came with little warning. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1 o clock from the family residence Pleasant Drive Rev Winey officiating. Burial at Hill Cemetery.
Yale University professor H. W. B. Gregory spent Sunday with Mr. Martin and discussed Patagonian fossils and travel plans to South America. Lawrence to host twenty seven researchers with chemical apparatus moved to the lab after delayed import. Ottawa university connections and graduate club activities noted along with a planned annual high school inspection by Professor W. L. Johnson visiting Hartford Le Roy Waverly and Williamsburg.
A fragmentary column notes the Duke of Abruysl 14 flaunts a charmed life amid perilous feats from Arctic expeditions to Africa hunting. It mentions local petitions for appointments, fishermen observing advantages of a position, and a city council cemetery inspection.
In Salina Kansas on September 21 a 11 year old girl, Helen Sanborn, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Sanborn, fell from a tree twenty seven feet, breaking her back. The accident mirrors a past family misfortune as her father, who fell from a building about a year ago, is just beginning to walk again.
Albert Taylor, a farmer living two miles south of Junction City, died Sunday night after an accidental self inflicting shot while at his large home. Once left a farm and about 45,000 dollars by his father twelve years ago. He accumulated about 2,200 acres and now leaves an estate valued around 300,000.
Police push on with the Winthrop harbor divers to recover missing head and limbs of the female murder victim as new clues surface. A faulty transcript of the salk case creates fresh expectations while unrelated notices include bank capital, county judge appointments, rural free delivery, and a Moroccan conference accord.
Market notes from Kansas City show cattle stockers and feeders trading rough with calves and cows listed alongside bulls and packer quotes. Grain futures and commodities price movements are recorded for wheat corn and pork products with dates and bid offers across Sept 21 to Sept 26.
The October Metropolitan issue features a critical chapter from Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward and fiction by Arthur Traio George Gibby FE Stearns TH Addington Cruve T Jekis Hales among others. Illustrated pieces discuss Roosevelt’s western prestige and Gutshneider portraits to be reproduced in facsimile. Also notes Magazine Talk and retail and service ads appear throughout.
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