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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1900
Page
1
Santa attended the reform school event and delivered gifts to the children. Two large Christmas trees were revealed as part of the holiday celebration.
Hundreds of Kansas state reform school boys aged 10 to 14 received Christmas packages and a holiday program after a day of travel and prep. A choir led the chapel service as silver bells, evergreen garlands, and candy filled the room, while staff arranged meals and gifts for the boys in attendance.
Reports detail Christmas gift efforts for boys by Santa Claus figures through school and church channels. Donations from Vincent and others funded presents and a watch for Shumway, with staff and workers acknowledged for support and community participation.
Washington reports a quiet Christmas with churches holding services. The president and Mrs McKinsey dined alone at the White House and spent most of the day in private apartments. Government departments closed and streets were almost deserted. several personal friends called briefly in the afternoon.
London dispatch reports unusually lavish Christmas celebrations by well to do classes despite war and taxation. Queen Victoria’s Osborne gathering includes many nobles. Windsor roast beef feast consumes vast coal and wood. Prince of Wales hosts family party with ministers present. Lord Rosebery’s quip about ministers sharing like hogany at Hatfield echoes front-page jest.
Pekin December 2 Li Hung Chang could not attend the meeting of ministers. Prince Ching presented the note to foreign envoys and said he would convey its contents to the court. He noted China desires peace and harmony in the crisis.
Five round bout at the Hippodrome featured George Goiwin and Ted Cantratl with a lively crowd in attendance. A police observer stated he would pursue proceedings as the match progressed, noting the bout remained under review.
Registry clerks at the Chicago post office walk out citing fourteen hour workdays as the cause of the strike. Officials seek to resume normal duties as leadership negotiates with the workers over shift lengths and labor conditions.
Chicago officials report a brief walkout by registry division clerks at the general post office over fourteen hour shifts during the Christmas rush. The strike leader was suspended after talks, with others returning to work as management explained the surge in workload from 16 percent higher than the previous year. Officials said no further trouble was expected.
A dispatch from London says public offices at Whitehall are closed and cabinet ministers host family gatherings in country houses. Delegates at Hatfield likely under three. Devonshire at Chatsworth. Hicks-Beach at Coin Street Aldwych. Chamberlain at Highbury. Jameson quietly departs for South Africa. American ambassador hosts a family party at Carlton House Terrace. Richard Croker’s holiday plans remain unconfirmed amid Roosevelt attacks.
George J Gould's palatial Lakewood residence glows with greenery and festive decor as Mrs Gould entertains a large house party. Notables include Miss Ethel Barrymore, Miss Greta Pomeroy, and Miss Ethel Henry of London. Two Christmas events planned for Friday feature fruit-forward treats for children and servants, with music and gatherings throughout the week.
Albert A. Brady secretary of the S. S. McClure company died on Sunday in Rome after heart trouble. He had been unable to attend to business for a year and had sought treatment in Germany. He was with his family en route to spend the winter in Egypt.
The Novae Vremya reports English press indicting the US Senate for attempting to overturn the Clayton Bulwer treaty. Russia expresses gratification at America’s diplomatic victory over England and notes shifting conditions since the era of the treaty.
A Chicago report from Omaha describes a barn discovery near Pacific Junction Iowa of a pony matching the kidnapper’s description. Cudahy says detectives found leads and a lantern marked the ransom site. He notes a third man followed the abductors and dismisses false letters from Cincinnati as distractions.
In Boston on December 7, Lieutenant Colonel William J. Cozens, longtime divisonal chief for New England, and staff are transferred to Philadelphia to command the division including Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, and part of New Jersey. Colonel Comens will lead the region. Lieutenant Colonel Evans of San Francisco to take New England duties shortly after Cozens departs.
The four year old heiress Lolita Armour, daughter of J D Armour, has never walked. Doctors find her femurs do not fit hip sockets by inches and will perform a major operation with X rays, anesthesia, and a six month plaster cast to realign limbs and seek stable function. Dr John Ridley leads the effort as the family accepts the great surgical risk for a possible healthy heir.
Congressman Be renc E Payne, chairman of the ways and means committee, travels from Washington to Chel pinees and Ania with remarks on the growing efficiency of the American consular service. He notes improved reporting on market conditions and manufacturing abroad and cites European criticism of U S consuls for revealing industry secrets, especially in Germany.
New York December 2. James A. Hatley will organize a new show called Barnum and Bailey's Greatest on Earth. Plans set for March 1902 at Madison Square Garden with a $500,000 expenditure. Daley traveled to New York to inspect and oversee transportation and setup.
James A. Haywood, an elderly Black man, was run over and killed Monday afternoon on the Hook Island track at Harrison Street. His body was found by a passerby and taken to his home where physicians attended him. he died shortly after.
mime Cora Arnold a seven year old woman? engages to Alaino Sale a Pueblo Indian from the Santa Clara agency in New Mexico. The planned wedding near Denver aims for early fall. Charles Christy, a former government scout, helped arrange the match and home.
Prisoners in city and county jails will not receive turkey for Christmas dinner. Roast pork and mashed potatoes were served at the jail, while city boarders got mince pie and a fruit compote. Regular turkey dinner was served.
Fall River Massachusetts December 5 employees of the Mourneville mill in the See jan in use corporation have received a 2 percent wage dividend on the period June 9 to December. Each participant will receive a Christmas bonus from the profit sharing plan based on the profits and duration of employment.
Crowded Firet M. E. Church last night hosted a Christmas program for children. A youthful Santa Claus greeted youngsters and distributed gifts after a cheerful choir and musicians performed.
A Chicago special reports a Harvard student scandal involving well funded families and chorus girls. The piece cites marriages, elopements, and alleged promiscuity among students, noting expulsions and public fallout across campus and society. It mentions faculty responses and ensuing investigations, with multiple cases of affluent young men linked to romantic entanglements.
Local report from Paterson describes a chaotic incident where a goat chased a Saint Bernard through a crowd. The goat leaped over barriers and interacted with onlookers as bystanders attempted to intervene, resulting in scattered injuries and a creature encounter that ended with the goat prevailing.
An unreadable OCR fragment references Reverend Charles B Fleetion Thinened and Mr Sheldon leaving home to fly or return to America, with stray mentions of Weather Indications Chicago and a prisoner's attempted assault.
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