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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1902
Page
4
The State Journal confirms receipt of a complete night report by telegraph for exclusive distribution. News desks in Topeka work to process the full wired dispatch for broad dissemination as soon as possible.
European nations argue over Upple Ram's next friend while a timetable may shift to late April for inauguration. Controversies include fraternal secrecy, reciprocity with Cube, and debates on army post sites and banking embezzlements in 1901. The piece surveys political factions and public finance concerns without sensational detail.
promoters claim the Mundingo canal will be 13 miles shorter than Panama, straight, with two natural harbors deep enough for large ships, no locks, and global waterway flow. construction in three years, capacity to move ten ships per day, with trolley-assisted towage shortening journeys to about five hours for self powered ships.
Colonel John A Littlefeld recalls studying law with Abraham Lincoln in a February issue of Everywhere. He describes Lincoln as unique and plain in dress yet strong in character, notes Lincoln’s reading, religious hesitation, and evolving views on abolition, and recounts a sermon from wartime that brought him peace and faith in victory.
A garbled column from the Atchison Globe mocks social pretensions and small town manners. It quips about polite facades, indulgent meals, and the old fashioned woman who tests calico, ending with scattered lines on social conduct and guests.
A fragmented Chicago News item ponders how a man's sight can eclipse earthly troubles and how extravagance cheats economy. It notes some men overextend themselves to show wealth, suggesting marriage is a lottery where a girl becomes a prize or outcome of risk.
A collection of clipped proverbs and witticisms from a New York Press source. Snippets touch on truth, money, love, age, weather, and folly with a folksy, old timey tone. The pieces pair social observations with light humor, reflecting small town and urban concerns.
A playful collection of aphorisms and witticisms on love, work, resources, and daily life. The snippet notes jokes about pennies and cents, winter locomotives, men serving two masters, and a Welsh rarebit provoking a March hare’s ire, ending with a quip about why women cry.
City clerk holds a warrant for J W F Hughes for 43.30 unsigned by Mayor Parker who disputed Hughes as mayor. Payment should have gone to Parker for January ten days and monthly salary. Parker has not claimed the more for earlier months. Also, Millers from across the United States met in Chicago to form a national body, aiming to coordinate reciprocity legislation through a preliminary meeting at the Great Northern hotel.
The supreme council of the Triple Tie Benefit association to which Kansas City politician K A Buright presides will select an officer to boost membership. The body also votes to admit railway employees under a revised insurance schedule while excluding express messengers and portal clerks in cars. The constitution will be amended to tax premiums to life expectancy and allow broader social participation within six member states Kansas Missouri Iowa Nebraska Colorado and Oklahoma.
At the Republican county central committee meeting held at the old courthouse this afternoon the panel debated setting the primaries date for delegates to the state convention. A majority reportedly backs holding over nominations for the fall election while Welch and Troutman back early primaries and objections from Oscar Swayse and C P Botmar appear likely.
A young man named McClosky entered Sing Lee's hop joint at 422 Kansas Avenue under Keith and Hagen's drug store. He was intoxicated, smoked opium, and nearly died, convulsing as Dr. Storrs and later Dr. Keith tried to save him. The victim trembled in seizures, with witnesses urging immediate treatment while narcotics and medical staff struggled to revive him. Two other hop joints operated nearby, but authorities appear powerless against the drug trade.
The United States assay commission appointed by President Roosevelt to test the 1901 coinage assembles today at the new Philadelphia mint. The committee includes J A Southard W S Stratton and other officials from Washington Illinois Columbia and Pennsylvania. The goal is to ensure uniform weight and fineness of the coins. The panel expects to complete its labors in about three days.
Mayor Parker will appoint Fr M Spivey Fred M Miller and Cubyin Vrewer as appraisers for seventeen blocks of pavement planned next. These are the same appraisers used for the Lowman sewer district. Blocks listed include North Topeka Clay East Third and East Tenth. Work could finish before the March council meeting.
Restraining order dissolved involving Oraha and Wel. 12-Judee Keyeur appears in the Wen reonnt dh a Wee matter. Court records indicate the order was lifted as parties reached a settlement. Proceedings proceeded without further incidents.
In a suit filed in Topeka George R. Swallow sues Mrs C F Senedall over a mortgage tied to an $10 000 note within a $60 000 total. Swallow seeks payment and has attached her Kansas avenue butcher shop parcel and other property. The mortgage verdict is asked to be set aside.
Ida I. Dann filed for divorce in Osage County District Court claiming a prior divorce granted to I K Dann was invalid because she was not notified of custody of three children and the husband retained property. She seeks custody of the children by another decree.
A political dispute in the Firth and Sixth districts centers on moving the late convention to a northwest site, seen as a rebuke to certain factions. Editors and local papers argue the plan distances the event from the Seventh district and favors other areas, with past conventions shifting locations to balance regional influence.
On February 4 a meeting itinerary lists locations in Arkansas Arizona New Mexico Colorado Oklahoma and Indian Territory for a $2.00 fee. The notice invites attendees to seek full information at depot Topelo and White. The Santa Annual Live Stock Association will convene February 18 with readings open to the public.
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