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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1902
Page
5
Long fragmentary report covers railroad wrecker activity and government rate plans, with notes on public interest and industry output. Mentions Andie Carnegie and vast financial figures, including railway wages, salmon packs, iron production, and national output comparisons.
Federal officials propose consolidating several bureaus under the Commerce Department, moving the Bureau of Statistics from the Treasury and the Bureau of Foreign Commerce from the State Department. Leaders object, fearing reduced control and increased political influence on policy. The New York Commercial Holler notes immediate hits to the plan and potential delay.
The excerpt argues against a unified department merging treasury and commerce. It stresses the Treasury would retain control over customs and revenue, while commerce and foreign trade reporting would face delays and bureaucratic hurdles. The piece cautions the absence of clear power or responsibility for a new department.
City court official Stonestreet is handling cases against Widter Withams and Hines Jahnson, charged with burglary. Both men were bound over to district court in default of bail. A pursuit near the jail and high speed escape attempts followed, with one suspect reportedly fleeing toward the fall office area.
Attorney General Godard talks of a four year working friendship with State Auditor Cole and a recent miscommunication over reducing staff. He says Cole meant to economize rather than threaten their alliance, noting a plan to cut a state office assistant after completing delinquent bond adjustments. The issue caused regret on both sides.
Mrs H R Balding hosts an at home January 7 with hours from until 6. Mr and Mrs Philips 112 Hyerikon street also host New Year’s night gathering. City Troup meeting called at Commercial club room. troupe nearly disbanded for a year. officers for the year likely elected tonight. Inaugurating committees from Commercial club urged to meet Tuesday at 10:30. five chaplains to convene with President Frost to discuss works and plans. Executive committee of Topeka Choral Society meets at Commercial club rooms to audit LeAnn concert accounts. report on organization status due. concert receipts short about £95, draft from union funds expected to cover shortfall.
A fragmentary note from the Atchienn Globe hints at a misunderstood romance and a seaside life, with a sailor named Knows Mew and a fleeting reference to MAECOW entipe. The text reads like a garbled dialogue about love, appetite, digestion, and first names, ending with Hercha.
Poor digestion leads to symptoms like alternating uneasiness headaches sour stomach and belching. Early care matters, as the condition can grow weaker and develop into a worse disease. Hood's Sarsaparilla is claimed to strengthen digestion and overcome dyspepsia.
A Riverside California man Clark Hendricks offers a free cyclone breaker device to Topeka to protect the city from whirlwinds. He proposes a balloon with an explosive charge that can be triggered in a cyclone. Citizens are urged to attend the January city council meeting to discuss the plan and its safety.
Philadelphia December 22 The new battleship Maine was placed in commission at the League navy yard today. Captain Lents takes command and the vessel will be provisioned, armed, and sent west to take part in maneuvers under Admiral Dewey.
The will of WW Stratton, valued at 10 to 12 million dollars, was entered for probate before the El Paso County, Colorado judge. Attorneys for the executors and T Harry Stratton, the son acting as challenger, requested a contingency until 2 o clock to seek agreement on procedural steps for upcoming hearings. The case continued with plans to present the will and signatures, while the son’s side contends the testator was of unsound mind when he drafted the will in August 1901. Thirty of Colorado’s most prominent lawyers are noted in the proceedings.
Five members of the Tinker family are affected by smallpox at 1 Eumner Avenue Oakland. D F Baker also ill. Santa Fe attorney J Wood at 127 Trier Street and Patrick Walsh’s family at 55 Taylor Street report illness. Clara fever and diphtheria seen in the area. Orcots Jenness, 7, among the patients at 318 East Tenth Street.
In St. Louis on December 22 the recount of votes from the recent election in the Twelfth congressional district began under supervision, with ballots opened in the presence of officials and observers.
Ballot boxes from eighty five of one hundred five precincts were inspected but results were not released. Butler appears to lead with a reported majority of about six thousand based on the returns.
Readable fragments show teachers with a larger presence than politicians at Copeland today. Congressmen Calderhead Reeder Long Curtis and Burton plus state officials Coleman Burrow Nation and others attend. Some plan moves for future offices while scheduling and travel noted.
Los Angeles December 29 funeral plans for Mrs. Jennie Berton Fremont are unsettled as her may contain specific last rites sealed in a family safe deposit box. The funeral is set for Tuesday with details to follow today. John C. Prescott Jr., her grandson and midshipman on the cruiser New York, was unaware of her death due to naval deployment off Santa Barbara. Also notified are members of Camp No. 148, R.W.N.A., to attend Neighbor P. Ti. Miller’s funeral at Third Presbyterian Church on Tuesday at 2 p.m.
Modern Woodman Sunflower camp No 336 asks all members to assemble at Third Presbyterian church on Tuesday December 3 at 2 pm to attend the funeral of Neighbor Vetera Miller. L Howman and M W Saxon sign as leaders. Punston's Spy Convicted of Murder reported from Manila with Placido named as Funston's trusted spy.
A commander of the insurgents at the ashes capture has been convicted of a serious crime and sentenced to imprisonment. The case details indicate a formal verdict and punitive term imposed by an administrative court.
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union No. 2% of Topeka Kansas has declared a strike against Missouri and Kansans Telephone Company. The stoppage follows the company’s refusal to match wages and hours offered by other firms. Bell Telephone line workers have asked for a raise from 3.25 to 2.40 per day, with hours reduced from ten to nine.
A Kansas Republican party group dined in Kansas City including U S senator Ralph Burton and other officials. Burton outlined a plan for emergency currency certificates to stabilize finances, urging passage this session or after the next. He noted support from newspapers and leaders while avoiding comment on the current senatorial race.
Berlin report states Albert Hevde sub manager at Potsdam branch of the National Bank Fuel Deutechland has vanished. Investigation reveals $23,750 in securities missing. New York det 21 Mrs McKinley offers prize for contest at the regressive euetre to be held at Walfort Astoria under the auspices of the Alumni of St Joseph's academy of tik city on January 7.
The funeral of Peter J. Miller who was killed by a Santa Fe train Saturday evening will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday evening from the Third Presbyterian church. Walter Weat aged 2 died Sunday at his home 13 Kilne street. The funeral will be held from the residence at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning.
The eleventh annual intercollegiate chess tournament began with four schools represented Col umbia Harvard Yale and Princeton. Today’s round features Columbia versus Fiinenton and Yale against Harvard underlines the opening phase of the event.
Kansas City Missouri December 2 The Kansas City Mexico and Orient railway ratified a service contract with Hamburg America today at a directors meeting in Kansas City The Hamburg line will extend service and close traffic with Orient at Port Stilwell on the Mexican coast and its steamers will operate by the time the Orient road reaches the Pacific Ocean President A E Stilwell said the deal is among the most important for the corporation Directors D W Mulne and J H Burton attended the meeting The Mediterranean line has been extended to include Calcutta and Hong Kong and will connect at Port Stilwell to enter the Pacific and a new world circuit.
Huebner Comedy Company will stage A Wise Tramp and The Forgers Daughter at Grandperu House on Friday and Saturday January 2 and 3. Tickets are offered at popular prices of 10 20 and 8 cents. On Fri.
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