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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1901
Page
4
The text surveys varied topics from April dividends and weather stations at Taylor Texas to Aguinaldo and Funston, with references to Topeka enterprises, Chicago Tribune opinions, and political logistics. It mentions Gilbert Harrison style party unity and the Funston brigadier general debate and accuses forgery and debit in the Motabon expedition.
The Cleveland election featured a low fare movement with Republicans backing cent fares and municipal ownership of transit. Democratic opposition to the franchise tied to a street railway plan sparked a clash with Mr Jokison and Mr Hinkle, while Columbus voters elected a mayor on a reform platform. The contests tested public sentiment on car fares and urban transit subsidies amid city franchise negotiations.
A patchwork of humorous notes and adages from Chicago and Philadelphia columns. Vignettes range from social satire to household foibles, with quips on fashion, marriage, hunting, and public life. Notable snippets mention city life, weddings, weather, and oddities from Atchison to Kansas towns.
The Topeka asylum housing over 1,000 patients faces a smallpox outbreak after an attendant contracted the disease. Two ward patients developed smallpox, triggering a panic among staff. Four attendants resigned, and patients Robert Diavwidile and James Okun were moved to a pest house hospital where they are not yet in danger.
The president announced Mr Knox would become attorney general with his commission dated today and Hay presented the Russian communication as a sign of possible relief in Far East tensions. The session largely debated civil service reforms and experiences of officers, with informal remarks on Governor Allen of Porto Rico’s expected reorganization.
Ohio's junior senator Mark Hanns denies rumors of a plot to defeat his brother with $100,000 for mayoral influence in Cleveland New York. He rejects reports of Al Johnson circulating the tale and says the claim is untrue while noting political significance.
The State Department reports a photograph sent to Lord Pauncefote showing a bronze tablet to be placed on a house in Santiago in honor of Frederick W. Ramader, the British consul who aided American residents and prisoners during the siege. The British embassy letter praises Ramaden’s services to American naval prisoners in the Spanish American War and notes Pauncefote and Mr. Long’s role in the recognition.
The Commerciallliig committee plans to inspect the land site between Kien and Chandler streets tomorrow afternoon to finalize the purchase for the proposed Santa Fe shops. Members include Willard N. Hall chair, J. D. Norton, Z. F. Garver, J. & Warner, George M. Noble, Homer Bowman, W. W. Webb and FP MacLennan. The aim is to complete negotiations quickly so construction can start as material becomes available.
An elderly Chanute man, Hedrick, wealthy and Civil War veteran, shot himself after buying a revolver on his way to the office. Found by an employee behind a store, no motive known. Funeral plans set. he served as lieutenant in Company F, 20th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Mrs Lydia S Chase died at 219 Madison Street at age 61. Funeral set for 2:80 Sunday at 203 Tyler Street. Rev Emerson to officiate. Mrs Sarah E McCauley died at 4 West Street. funeral announcements later. Four days of mandamus arguments in Springfield. Chicago Teacher Federation vs State Board of Arbitration. Judge Thompson to decide in coming days.
Telegram summaries report that an election fraud investigation looms in Denver as judges refuse to seat a ward official amid a contested race. Andrew Tee acts as alderman candidate over alleged repeats and a charge of election fraud, with calls for a special investigation.
The state executive committee met in Topeka on April 3 to report on membership, lecture bureau success, and planned summer assemblies in Ottawa and Winfield. The annual state convention is set for Pittsburg in the fall with speakers Lillian M. Stevens and Anna Gordoneo, and a demonstration of department work. A committee was formed to prepare Minutes printing.
New York April session of the Interstate Commerce Commission hears protests from New York lumber dealers who buy from West Virginia and Ohio alleging discriminatory rates by the Norfolk and Western. Robert W. Highie cites six to seven cents extra per thousand feet on oak and poplar shipments versus Chesapeake Ohio Delaware Lackawanna Western lines. Other items include a New Jersey contractor filing for bankruptcy with assets around 204 percent of claims, a cable repair project near Taku, and notes on telegraph office signage.
The French Comte Robert De Pomeren, a member of the Chamber of Deputies, repudiates a New York woman who alleges marriage. A contested registry and a court action in Seine await, while a church concert tonight is postponed. The count is abroad in Kevin, France, awaiting legal proceedings.
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