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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1902
Page
3
The text references rail routes and towns across Minnesota and neighboring states, noting Burlington and Great Northern lines. It mentions homeward movement toward Nutrarha and Western hubs, with scattered names like St. Paul, Northwest publishing, and Great Northern connections.
In Chit, reports say Chicago’s Charles Comiskey may back a New York American League club with Joe Johnson’s men split and investment talks ongoing. The potential owner aims to place the club in a central, accessible New York site with Comiskey and Backer Burke among discussed names, while debates over leadership and location continue.
James J. Corbett addresses a large Lyceum Theater audience in Tatedo Ohio on June 24, asserting strong public appetite for a match with James J. Jeffries. He pledges readiness to sign and declares belief he can defeat Jeffries, proposing terms including favorable purse split and fight location.
A turbulent report claims Coach Coxed Kiva may face dismissal from Wisconsin University next year as contract talks stall. King demands high salary for MOR amid widespread dissent within the university community. Negotiations include Loftus and Postal as transfer discussions surface, with friction over Loftus to New York.
The text portrays magnates discussing Tim But and Lotta to the right amen with Portal resisting publicity. It notes strong sentiment that Portal's Washington property should be protected due to prior investment in a hazardous franchise, while Liftus and Postul reported a conference but failed to reach understanding.
At Hotel Baltimore executives gathered and dropped Jefferson City from the circuit while awarding the franchise to Claude East of Kansas City. East gains leverage to place a club in any Kansas or Missouri city. Salaries and guarantees set to attract top players. rule changes postponed but to be enforced next season. Cities represented include Fort Scott Springfield Gedalia Nevada and Lulu. Nevada is identified as the pennant winner and the biggest losing city.
Milwaukee dispatch reports Chas A Comiskey, Chicago American League Club owner, may move franchise to New York financier George E Heaney who has backed the White Sox. If so Clark Grimh could stay on as manager. Meanwhile rumors say the National League could wire a St Louis team to Milwaukee, and Robisons may sell to a Milwaukee buyer, with Western League disputes possible in Sixteenth Street discussions.
A tentative financial update from the New York state receipts office indicates a notable increase in revenue tied to racing activities over 1901. Charles W. Alderson, superintendent of receipts, expects the final report to show a total yield exceeding prior year by about six percent, with a 5 percent margin on store amounts, aiding agricultural exhibitions statewide.
Paris reports Jon Stoan maintains wealth and rides in costly autos, while legal charges against him are dropped after scrutiny by a jockey club. He renews papers for another year and reportedly travels to Ireland, with British jockeys considering tax or rebating matters.
In New York on December, Norman Selby known as Ed McCoy is exonerated from falsely stealing $1,000 from David Lear. The charge arose after a joke by friends at Selby's Saloon, with Selby unaware of the prank.
Ponte $1,000 to be paid by J J Jeffries manager Mark Ball if he can stay four rounds with amateur Pacific Coast heavyweight Jack Munroe in a knockout bout. Munroe won a four round decision and $20 in Butte, Montana, last Saturday. The bout may be staged here this week. New Orleans stewards recommend indefinite suspension for jockey Hicks after the Moabina ride and bar horses from Hatfield & Ownby for the rest of the meeting amid suspicions and ties to bookmakers.
Racing at Frisco features tight finishes with favorites fading. Minder narrowly leads as Luce wins, Hansel damaged by a late challenge. weather mild and track good.
Kansas news item reports Chaplin and Greeyer asserting possession of two thousand two hundred fifteen dollars and forty one cents. The claim appears in a brief notice without detailed context or accompanying names. Further confirmation from court records or official filings is needed.
Leavenworth contractors Chaplin and Greever sue Green River Asphalt Co. for 221541 for grading, surfacing, and concreting on North Broadway. Machinery car loaded for Memphis was attached by the sheriff. case heard or settled before judgment.
Chanute December 24 A suit filed in district court by Ieane N O'Brien an elderly Humboldt township resident alleges that his son J M O'Brien a well known Humboldt merchant misused April 4 1971 papers and a note and chattel mortgage to transfer property to Baxley and to Joe O Briens daughter Harte OBrien The plaintiff seeks restitution asserting he learned of the alteration in summer and failed to secure redress The defendant a Chanute high school graduate and church leader is described as prominent and well regarded.
Eight V Barth, a prominent Atchison clothing merchant long active in the West, died at his home of paralysis. Born in Milken Rhine Westphalia Germany, he came to America as a youth, worked in Columbia Maine and Trenton Missouri before moving to Atchison in 1891. He served on the city’s forty committee and held various civic roles. He was married to Pauline Stelter of St Joseph and is survived by six brothers and his mother. The Masons will conduct funeral rites and the body was sent to Columbia Missouri for burial.
Coroner Rich ards held an inquest into the death of Henry Mensen an old German dweller twenty miles from Teakin He was found in his bed after local neighbors discovered him only late Monday afternoon The jury returned an accidental death verdict The stove in his house had been blown to pieces and the body bore slight bruises He was 72 years old with no family or close ties and had lived as a near hermit in the county for many years
In Leavenworth St Paul Dec, manager Walter Wilmot of the Minneapolis baseball team touts joining a family of the town and plans to bring a baseball squad for the coming season. He claims Melmtyre, who played for Helena, and Walter Slagle, a top pitcher from the Pacific Northwest, have been signed.
The article outlines Eamen’s plan for preliminary training at Leavenworth despite poor weather. It notes twenty one players staying, thirteen more expected, and fifteen bound for Leavenworth. Summer pitchers include St Vrain Washinder Shorer and Slagle with Yeager batting. Infielders McIntyre Ander Son Schmoer Echooter.
In Carrie Nation's shadow on Central avenue a publicized quarrel erupted when Campbell C Moore the Nation family’s relative and a local second hand store proprietor confronted John McLane over money owed. Glass shattered as Moore left with a bruise, police were called and Moore was arrested for disturbing the peace. He later claimed McLane should be charged with assault and battery.
Kansas City authorities seek John Johnson and William Johnson after a horse and buggy vanished from a Dr. Minker address. The horse sold to Ben Woods, then to Charley McCullough of Independence. Independence police notified. horse and buggy to be sent to the owner. Johnson, linked to prior thefts and prison terms, is well known to police in both Kansas Citys.
In Winfield Kansas a district court ruling blocks Arkansas City from collecting revenue from certain tolltna and dinerderty houses. County attorney launches quo warranto to determine city revenue potential. The decision, described as new for Kansas, may spark much commentary. A separate note mentions a farm telephone proposal and rural lines expansion near Waverly.
Peooka reports securing a fine quarter section near a railroad for four dollars and plans to close his business before returning to Canada to settle. Price notes several other Welsh youths from south of town will join him to homestead. The country is described as wheat and barley, never colder than 30 below zero.
School near Garnett remains closed with reopening delayed till next Monday after scarlet fever afflicted children in one family. Principal W A Cole said the board fumigates the building several times weekly as a preventive measure.
The Burlingtons No 1 train between Chicago and Denver is believed the only train to photograph itself while running at speed over 60 mph. University of Chicago student Allen Ayrault Green developed a fast shutter and electrical system to trigger the camera during motion. The event made No 1 famous as one of the finest trains in the West and the photographer was celebrated as an amateur.
An Ontario dispatch reports submarine mining by a Nova Scotia operator near Port Morse, testing coal extraction beneath the ocean bed at Flint Rock in an inlet. The move signals potential long term growth of underwater coal fields in Cape Breton, with large submerged areas controlled by the operator.
An OCR fragment shows references to money orders and land leases with scattered names and places, plus faded marketing lines about blood bitters and holiday rates. The readable items include mentions of Kansas Hanover Hartford Hill and Crlelacaer and a Santa Fe ticket note, but the text is incomplete and garbled.
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