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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1902
Page
4
The Marshall Republican reports that W J Wranlin of Ground County has been suspended. Details on the action or reason are not provided in the accessible text.
A reader notes that mob killings are equally reprehensible whether targeting a white man in Iowa or a Black man in Georgia. Separately, house conferees favor the Panama route, but the house has yet to adopt the report.
In Eldorado Kansas Jessie Morrison stands trial for the third time over the murder of Mia. The courtroom proceedings focus on new evidence and alleged motives as the case escalates. Local officials and legal observers report ongoing tension in the community.
The piece argues that support for the Panama Canal is linked to trading bats, while cholera devastates the Philippines with hundreds of American and thousands of native deaths, highlighting wartime rhetoric and overseas suffering.
Republicans keep pressing as they fear William Jennings Bryan may be nominated for an office, though Bryan himself states he does not want any office. The exchange reflects persistent political maneuvering within the party.
A controversial assertion suggests that all volcanoes share a hidden link, implying that disturbance of one could affect others. Experts caution the claim lacks solid evidence and note the need for rigorous testing and data before broad acceptance.
The Sedalia State Part will run August 18 to 25. A pre-Mins catalogue has been issued. Write to J. B. Rippey, secretary, for a copy.
Dennis Myon refuses renomination for Congress in Oklahoma while Bird MGuire is nominated for the United States Senate. Headlines note Mount Pelee’s sudden activity after a day of quiet, and St Louis grand jury actions touch bribe issues. The Warrensburg Star debates theology, and Kansas City platform politics draw Republican-Democrat complaints.
An alarmed report describes widespread anarchy in Dowdeesey and northern states with strikers destroying property and plotting violence against silk operators. Mayor and police actions in Patterson, New Jersey, lead to violence control, while coal-field riots in Pennsylvania cost miners millions. The piece blames tariff policy for factory closures and trust control, linking the Republican stance to unrest and social decay.
In a bitter retrospective, the piece denounces Republican policies and Congress for unkept promises, tariff defenses, and inaction on Cuba, Panama, reciprocity, and pensions, arguing Congress wasted money while workers faced rising prices and hardship. It laments delays on a canal and criticizes reforms as only rhetoric.
Lincoln delegates nominate W H Thompson 44 as a gubernatorial candidate. The populists name W J Bryan and urge Democrats to concede. Bryan attends and pleads against acceptance, stating he would not take the nomination though many convention members favored him. Republicans mock Bryan while noting his national popularity.
A journal-style notice reports Jesse James murdered by Bob Ford in St Joseph in April 1882 and buried at his mother Zerelda Samuel’s yard. On June 28 Frank James will exhume the body and rebury it in the family graveyard at Kearney four miles from the homestead, with pallbearers named.
Colonel Humbert, a French artillery officer, asserts an apparaud that suppresses flash, sound, and smoke for rifles and rapid-fire cannons. He claims to convert explosive power into motor power with no recoil or loss of force. The report notes skepticism but says further developments are awaited.
The speaker denounces Cleveland as an old quack who overdid the gold cure on democracy, claiming his restoration plan poisoned the system. The author questions how much pay the former leader received for selling out his party.
A girl injured in a Connecticut factory had her hat caught in machinery. Doctors believe life can be saved by a skin graft. Two hundred fellow employees volunteered to donate skin for the procedure.
Frigid weather and light frosts hinder recent harvest efforts in the northern reaches. Observers report unusually cold nights and tight pockets of frost that threaten crop yields and timing for fieldwork as markets brace for delayed shipments.
A Louisville editorial titled A Death's Head at the Feast calls Grover Cleveland a perpetual office-seeker and mockingly analyzes his political comeback prospects. It argues the Tilden club should not back his third term bid, labeling his leadership as sinister and self-serving.
In Warrensburg last Friday Bert Pemberton and Jong Thiele fought a rough tumbled brawl. Pemberton suffered a displaced nose and other repairs were needed before Thiele was arrested for disturbing the peace.
The drought over northern and central Texas grows alarming as hot winds scorch crops. A Taylor business area paused Monday for a mass meeting at the Baptist church with prayers for rain. Stock water shortages worsen as drought continues.
A western Kansas train wreck led to forty tramps being found hidden aboard. Farmers surrounded the group and forced them to work in harvest fields while women with loaded shotguns kept watch to prevent escape.
Jane Toppan, a professional nurse, is under arrest in Boston. She confesses to causing about thirty deaths of her patients and admits her skill with poison that enabled doctors to die at her hands.
The Marshall school board elected Mr. D. B. Shackleford of Richmond, Massachusetts as superintendent of public schools, while Professor Spencer withdrew from consideration and went to another post in Bolg.
A fragmented exchange labels some lifelong GOP lawmakers as "Boxers" for not endorsing all of Roosevelt's actions, reflecting political tension and personal attacks within the party.
A historical reflection on Washington’s role in shaping the American nation through discipline and order. The author argues Washington provided balance and direction, transforming scattered revolutionary elements into a cohesive republic and instilling an enduring national character.
The speaker argues the American people are young and vital but still developing discipline and restraint. He cites Washington as a stabilizing model and notes past crises were tempered by self control. The piece reflects on how recent unrest and five year convulsions tested conservatism and public restraint.
A measured editorial urges cooler judgment over violent rhetoric and heated campaigns. It emphasizes sober second thought as superior to passion fueled propositions and destructive actions.
The text argues that existence interdepends all things and that true competition benefits all. It critiques charities versus grasping corporations, asserts altruism as self interest, and holds that humanity thrives when patrons and providers align. It emphasizes self love as duty to others and the necessity of balanced altruism in society.
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