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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1902
Page
2
Amid Kansas and national chatter a push to reform voting marks surfaces as lawmakers debate Pringle’s bid, ballots and ethics. Campaign backers rail at ignorance while a conservative bloc presses for a tougher marking standard and more complex ballots to deter invalid votes.
Announcement received today appoints CH Hudson formerly Santa Fe general freight and passenger agent here as traffic manager of the Mexican Central railway a new porttion created to handle increasing business He will oversee both freight and passenger departments WD Mur dock promotes to general passenger agent from assistant role H Lawton becomes general freight agent after serving as assistant freight chief
Organization of Women in New York named Intervat of Bhoppera New York formed today at Mrs St John Gate home amid sociery, surveying rights, with a meeting planned at Achdempnf Medicine. President Richard Henry Savage and others attend. discussion included fares for ride and standing passengers, with proposals for special cars and charges.
A racing stat topeka summary lists American bred horses with earnings over 300000 and notes the top sires and riders. It reports salaries rising for Fred Parsons and names new Kansas farmers cooperative directors from Topeka Oakley Haven Haven Kensington and more. A Topeka druggist war on patent medicines prompts price contrasts with Ottawa. A replevin suit against Frank Brasser tied to Transer Mining Co. was dismissed after stockholders failed to appear.
Roof of Topeka notes a mix of petty court items and local events. P C Bowen buys at 37 West Tenth Street for 6000 dollars. Joseph Fredericks of Gordon-Shay praised as tenor with Joe McCarty. Washburn College, Parkville colleges, and Des Moines guests set for events. A divorce case for Winne ll and Phibin noted. other items include a car accident near police station and a hospital guild meeting Friday at 2.00 pm.
Fred Meldon from Chihuahua reports Grant Cultett, a Kansas cattleman, on the verge of becoming a millionaire after paying $500 for the Certrude mine in Chihuahua’s Per ral district. The mine has yielded over 375,000 and now produces about 84 tons of rich ore daily.
San Francisco The San Francisco Terminealed Ferry company has entered Oakland and plans to extend by Stockton to Sacramento It would make Oakland the terminus of a transcontinental railroad The Galt argues against the Beckwith Pass shift and ties it to Gould interests in the Rocky Mountain region
Times correspondent reports Berber chiefs have taken refuge in a sanctuary near Mekines as peace talks loom. Sultan's army will wait among Berbers until terms are enacted, then the court plans wintering at Mekines. Moorish demands include heavy fines, hostages, and several years of tax arrears. district deserted with fighters and families in mountain areas complicating winter attacks.
Two men were found dead in ruins near the timber works at 1a n Johnson & Co following a night blaze. Victims identified as Theodore Graves of Roxbury of Graves & Phelps furniture makers and G Pratt of Graves & Phelps. Authorities investigated the blaze and secured the scene.
Berlin dispatch reports Emperor William likely to appoint Prince Henry of Prussia as ambassador to Washington if Dr. von Holleben retires within a year. Henry returns from the United States after attending the New York Chamber of Commerce opening, seeking the Washington post and receiving the emperor’s approval. The emperor attributes great value to the embassy’s social duties and German hospitality in Washington.
Elias Eb Barakat, native of Das, travels to Topeka to raise interest in foreign missions and describe the Holy Land. His life includes escaped persecutions, studies in Beirut and Alexandria, Bible translation work, and lectures in Philadelphia. He plans talks at Euclid Avenue ME Church and J Lowman Methodist, then a Southwest lecture tour toward Oklahoma.
Deputy United States Marshal Hallenbeck brought Will Hindes from Galena to Fort Scott where Hindes faced federal court charges for passing counterfeit coins. Clerks and officers recovered the bills as Hindes allegedly claimed to have tried to pass a larger note to a bartender who refused it and then handed it to a passerby outside on the street.
Fragmentary OCR mentions bond default and a preliminary meeting set for December involving Headed/jolt context. Details are garbled with missing names and places.
George Crotty files in district court against Missouri Pacific for damages after four stock cars failed to arrive for 70 head of export cattle in August. He claims shrinkage from storm weight loss, extra feed and labor, totaling $105.01 plus $291.33 weight loss and other charges, with cattle later returned to ranch.
At a New England and Imperialist League luncheon about 30 attendees heard former Governor Boutwell urge overthrow of the Republican party to stop imperialism. Secretary Winslow spoke of education before the president and reform of the party while Treasurer Haskins cited Carnegie gifts. Edward H Smith of Chicago criticized Republican policy in the Philippines as a betrayal of republican government.
Society pages report the December London wedding of Miss Alice Constace Ward of Boston and Cage Blackburn Tew of the West Riding Regiment. Reginald Ward gave away the bride as officers and sergeants in uniform stood with guests at a Hyde Park reception attended by nearly a thousand notable figures.
A garbled dispatch from ver�tiond Oregon mentions a baseball game and pitcher Grant Thatcher, with fear for life and fading moonlight. London reports a renewed fall in the price of silver tied to eastern demand. A Denver burglary after a wedding presents an oddly reported theft and a grand company treasurer is named amid a hazy crime line.
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