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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1902
Page
5
A garbled OCR page from The Topeka State Journal reports on public affairs and speculative notes. It mentions censorship, debates, and varied topics including canal prospects, military moves, and economic sentiment, with scattered references to figures and places. The text is fragmentary and largely illegible.
October summary shows domestic movement data across markets including Chicago, Kansas City, St Louis, and others. Reports indicate freight receipts, stock movement, and endOctober totals with year over year comparisons and volume changes noted for various commodities and transport routes.
Reports show 140 diieneit ports handling freight receips with total class freight. Grain arrivals and ships’ tonnage indicate declines from prior year with 188,009 bushels of grain behind last season and grain receipts down about 84.7 percent. Cited vessels and port posts include New York and Philadelphia routes reporting reduced grain movement.
The Hes from Tope appears to contest a Vinewood railway franchise. Judges grant temporary injunctions while the city and Vinewood railways fight over terminus and tracks. Final decision hinges on January outcomes and court rulings.
A brief notice reviews proposed changes to freight rates on iron and grain moving from the Mississippi to New York, flagged by the Washington commission. Obituaries note the deaths of Thomas W. Welkiman at 55, Lambert Peters at 40, and Prouty family losses in recent days, with funeral details to follow in Muncell and Rush Springs.
Dyspepsia tablets and catarrh pills advertise low prices with small print claims. Stuart's Catarrh tablets, charcoal tablets, and Hobart's Water cure listed. A 32 count bar of waters is offered with a money back promise.
Immense store sale touts iron toys and wooden goods, military articles, and an extensive clothing line. Panoplied with jackets, capes, skirts, gloves, hats, furs, and home goods, the prospect emphasizes Xmas values, free skates with purchases, and candy gifts, urging early selections and layaway.
President Hoover and his cabinet held an extended session focused on foreign affairs. Venezuela's status and potential cooperation with Britain and Germany dominated discussion as the administration weighed bearings on Caribbean interests and a key treaty involving Cuba and naval protection.
Washington Dec 16 Congress considers a resurvey of certain townships in Wom ing and authorizing a house project at Mukiltes Point. A resolution directs the secretary of state to report on any working agreement among Great Britain and Germany and joint demonstrations against Venequela. Senate actions include a $1,000 appropriation for a bronze bust of the late President and a $30.00 salary issue for the anthracite coal commission.
The Erie eastbound limited derailed in Newburgh suburb near Cleveland on December 11. Engineer Jonathan Forber is reported killed while Fireman Landen is seriously injured. Several passengers also wounded amid the wreck.
Council member Samuel T Hoge criticizes push to redraw ward lines as a possible gerrymander. Nine votes required to alter boundaries, with factions from large and small wards lining up against changes. Howe says he opposes alteration for constituents sake, while Bergudual and Nicholas show mixed positions. outcome hinges on the nine- vote tally.
Washington dispatch reports Dr Hernin with full powers seeks a price for a treaty concession. He spends an hour with Secretary Magitak and predicts the agreement may be sent to Congress before Christmas. Officials say price remains the sole barrier to a satisfactory convention.
Local notice reports a marriage license issued today to D W Baxter of Wakarusa and Effic Taylor of Fountain. Also noted are holiday donations to Ingleside home for aged women including a turkey from Mayor Parker and several firms. A separate city court case: Claud Murden pleads guilty to petty larceny, fined 15 dollars with costs. Alice Loiin implicated in the act is dismissed. Murden also connected to theft of blankets on Fast Fourth Street. Patay Hill colored sentenced to three years for larceny from a white man, and Samuel Jones fined 25 dollars for assault and battery.
In Philadelphia on December 1 authorities and the New York horticultural garden offered a prize for practical efforts to save the native wild holly. Dr. Knowlton is favored to win as a war on plant preservation grows. A society may form to protect wild flowers, with Charles Louis Pollard as secretary. The event highlights the urgent need to curb destruction and enact laws to preserve the holly and other wild plants.
A Chicago group from the W T U protests a Washington report claiming President Roosevelt suppressed a painting titled "Leave Poor Life" recovered from the executive mansion. The claim involves Mrs Lalian Stevens and officials denying any official action and questions motives behind displaying or masking the work.
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