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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1900
Page
1
Cape Town dispatch reports a Boer raid on Burghersberg on December 4 with heavy fighting and casualties. Lord Kitchener struggles to repel invaders as British officials urge more troops and monitor scattered skirmishes across Cape Colony and surrounding areas.
Early reports describe Lord Hogetoun and the premier of Abatratnt Barton exchanging formalities over a colonial feud. Barton is identified as an eminent colonial figure with Sir Wil jan 3 hailed as a dream of his political career. New Year honors list omits his name. Karnels reference a broad mix of figures and a chaotic text notes disputes and military actions in South Africa including Boer attacks near Utrecht and Pan, with British reinforcements and squadron movements.
Lulu C. Jenkins, now in Chicago, receives $4000 from eight bondmen in the Ripley County lynching of her husband and four others three years ago. The case drew national attention after the murders at Versailles and surrounding towns, with Jenkins facing court scrutiny and protection by government detectives. The payment, finalized after a three year fight, aims to settle the widow's enduring claim.
Learned delegates from across the United States gathered at the University of Pennsylvania for the morning session of the congress of archaeological and philological societies of America. Leaders from American Oriental society Archæological Institute and other groups presided as plans were finalized for the congress amid talks by Gilman Harvard Plattner Adelbert etc.
The state meeting of the Teachers Association convened with Henry Allen delivering the welcome. Publishers from various school book houses are present in Wichita for the session, while Superintendent Frank announces order as a large audience attends. Governor Branley’s absence prompts his secretary to present the welcome address noting teaching is welcomed in most areas and praising Topeka’s clean city.
The Kansas State Teachers association opened its thirty-eighth annual gathering with a mass meeting in the Auditorium drawing about a thousand educators from across the state. Speakers urged moral instruction and the balance of intellectual and character education, condemning proposals to alter the state uniformity in textbooks and criticizing the influence of book companies on policy. The assembly discussed reforms, parental duties, and the need for clear separation between morality and religion in public schools.
Sydney Miller, seven, son of Sam DeMiter and grandson of ex Attorney General W fal Miller, was abducted by his mother from his father's home. They were traced to Lawrence Indiana where the boy was recovered and returned. Mrs Miller, from New York, eluded arrest as detectives chased leads across stations and trains before authorities located the pair.
Governor Sayers asked New York Governor Roosevelt for the extradition of John D Rockefeller and other Standard Oil members to face anti trust charges in McLennan County Texas. Roosevelt declined the request, stating he would approve extradition only if it were conclusively shown the fugitives were in Texas when the alleged crime occurred.
Wichita Kansas Dee 27 Mrs Gurrie Nation president of Barber county W T U entered the Carey hotel bar room and with a stone smashed a 300 painting of Cleopatra at her bath and a mirror valued at 100 She is under arrest but no charge has yet been entered and Governor Stanley in the city refused to act She also broke mirrors at Kiowa and in two saloons and declares there is no law under which she can be prosecuted threatening to continue her violent opposition to acts.
County Clerk Wright received a telegram from St. Joseph Missouri Wednesday evening reporting Reverend Leonard a colored minister of the A M E church burned to death by a gasoline stove explosion. Leonard was well known in Topeka as a minister here away from his home much of the time. Hiels Mason and a member of Euclid Lodge attended the funeral, date not yet arranged.
A box of fifty gems resembling diamonds was received by a prominent Alamagordo railway official in New Mexico on December 27. The stones, found near Capitan in the El Paso and Northeastern line's coal camp, were identified by J J Blow, formerly with the De Beers group at Kimberley, South Africa, as potentially real but under investigation for months. A shipment note warns they may be genuine but requires analysis. The report also notes unrelated Copenhagen incident and upcoming cold weather with strong northerly winds.
Concord dispatch reports Carrie Huntoon, 24, arrested on charges of conspiracy with intent to kill her divorced husband Walter Huntoon. The case stems from police sting after Huntoon plotted with a Dorchester man, delivering a loaded revolver and payment envelope via undercover work.
Secretary of State John Hay, restored to his India position, greeted numerous visitors at his Washington desk on December 27. An exchange with a Chinese minister and remarks about a stranger and a child were noted in the scene, with no further official updates received.
In Andianapeli4 Indiana a man named Smythe, grand secretary of a lodge, was shot by a woman who fled before police arrival. The incident occurred at a Mason temple as Smythe was momentarily alone. witnesses described the rapid sequence and the woman’s escape amid confusion. Three bullets struck Smythe, but the full extent of injuries remained unclear at first report.
Five Pinkerton detectives pursue a possible link to Pat Crowe in St. Joseph Missouri as details spread about Crowe’s alleged 1907 activities. Reported movements include searches in Cincinnati and Omaha with confusion over Crowe’s whereabouts and possible ties to Banditry. Police officials say Crowe’s fate remains uncertain as investigations continue.
Inquest follows a fatal mishap near Wiew pyith involving Thomas L Parker, 16, struck by a train after a vehicle wedged on the track. Officials describe the scene as grim with the boy’s injuries deemed fatal. The funeral is set for tomorrow.
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