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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1904
Page
1
Turn to Holton reports a tense eve of the First District Republican Convention with a bitter contest anticipated. Curtis holds an advantage as allies control the congressional committee and Curtis nears enough support without contesting the delegation. Debate centers on Cyrus and Goldstrom amid party intrigue and plans.
Leavenworth county committees clash over home delegates and primaries. Dispute centers on whether Soldiers’ home remains in county lines and which factions, Curtis or Anthony, control delegates. Two conflicting Soldier’s home delegations will contest the county convention outcome.
Delegates from multiple counties prepare for a clash at Holton as Curtis and anti Curtis factions battle for control of the First district conventions. Contest claims hinge on Shawnee county status and alleged Democratic influence in primaries. Leaders race to nominate amid possible court action and multiple conventions.
A thousand workmen are reported locked out as contract terms for the new year were refused by employers. The dispute centers on pay, hours, and working conditions, with unions warning of further action if negotiations fail. Local officials urged calm as workers rally.
Pekin report says M Albaugh withdraws from state chairman race as war preparations intensify across Korea and Manchuria. Japanese leaving Pekin and Korean legation fears grow while 50,000 more troops are expected to strengthen garrisons in Viadivestock region. Concerns over Korea Russia and the Seoul garrison rise amid mobilization plans.
Investigations confirm Mrs Provence Maybrick remains jailed at Aylesbury with no release date. A letter from Baroness de Roques notes she saw no chance of release until end of July and mentions no transfer of her daughter, despite reports.
A collision today inside the Union Passenger Station train shed in Chicago between the Chicago and Alton inbound and Chicago Burlington and Quincy outbound trains killed switchman O. Wells and seriously injured attorney P. C. Haley of Joliet. Also bruised were Miss Margaret Haley, organizer of the Chicago Teachers Federation, and others including Miss Elizabeth Ryan and John Nadelhalter.
The president sent to the Senate multiple nominations including Consul General John Fowler of Massachusetts in China and Consul John Tédbil in Nicaragua, with other posts such as Receiver of Public Moneys at Walla Walla and Navy Chaplain William Helms seeking rank of commander. A Panama legation secretary appointment for William W. Russell is noted, while a long sworn statement by Sidney Lyon of Jackson County Kansas describes a primary election held January 22, 1904, asserting fairness and valid votes amid multiple names and figures.
Washington report states Neb senator Strieltrich rose on personal privilege to seek a senate investigation of charges against him. A five member committee was to be appointed to probe changes connected with the Nebraska senate as the house debated a related personal privilege question.
Kansas City dispatch reports rumors about potential governor candidates. Mr. Stubbs asserts a movement aims to replace Governor Bailey with a new governor, claiming current officials would not be renominated and that Bailey’s withdrawal signaled expected defeat for Bailey or Galley.
Reports from Buenos Aires on February 1 describe a severe Uruguayan setback at San Bano where revolutionaries captured General Muniz’s ammunition while Muniz saved his guns. Mutinous national guards in Montevideo have been dismissed and government troops withdrawn from the countryside amid a serious situation.
Forty people are reported dead after a ten ton manpower explosion at Fort Bhatinidi in the Purjep region of Lahore, Punjab. The incident is described as a major violent blast with resulting casualties and damage reported from the site. Weather notes and city temperature forecasts follow, listing temperatures across major cities including Chicago, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, and others.
Today marked by pleasant conditions with a generally fair forecast for tonight and Tuesday. Warmed briefly by warmer spells, colder in the west Tuesday, light south winds, and minor snowfall of about one tenth of an inch reported Saturday.
One killed and fourteen injured when a Missouri Pacific passenger train derailed near Miller Kansas after a broken rail. The engine and rear car stayed on track while the baggage mail sleeper and chair cars left the rails. W. I Brown of Ransom Kansas was crushed to death. Passengers were moved to hospitals as crews assessed damage and cause, with rail fracture and cold weather cited as factors.
Washington news reports Willen Hort in Ghia taking the oath of office as secretary of war in a ceremony attended by Glenda officials at the war department. In Montana, the supreme court reversed Judge Clancy in the injunctive suit of John Maginnis against Taeten & Montane, a ruling linked to last summer’s property dispute.
Printer workers have initiated a strike demanding a five cent per thousand increase in pay, citing rising costs and contract disputes. The walkout disrupts publication schedules across several presses, with organizers signaling ongoing negotiations to avert broader stoppages.
Nine hundred book and job printers in Boston and nearby walk out after employers refuse a wage raise from five cents per thousand ems. Hand compositors seek one dollar weekly, machine operators three dollars weekly. The Boston Typothetae rejected the demand, a Typographical Union meeting urged another chance to avert a strike, and a committee delivered the ultimatum to printers as shops closed.
David R. Franela of Sauliina Purchase Exposition Company explains a proposed $600,000 government loan to the House industrial arts and expositions committee. He warns the increased costs could lift total expenditures to about $19.6 million, with labor accounting for over $2.5 million more than Chicago’s prior exhibit.
United States Senator J K Burton arrived in St Louis from Abilene Kansas to confer with his attorney and federal officials about an indictment charging him with influencing a loan to help prevent a fraud against Kisito Grain Company. Burton said he would soon resume his Senate duties and declined to discuss the case.
At the closing session of the Kanaen operative union convention officers were elected: G. W. Livengood Hutchinson president C Hofman Taterprive vice president A Warshall Topeka secretary and treasurer. Delegates to the St Louis nominal convention were named A Wardall G W Livengood J H Shuwven John Lyons and Goo Purely. A plan for a wholesale agency for Kuinmts stores was referred to a local committee. The next legislature will be urged to pass a new cooperative law. The Fort Scott editor C C Richmond died suddenly at his home from heart disease. Kaneax City warehouse fire destroyed 6000 tons of baled cottons with losses around 100000.
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