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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1904
Page
15
A Topeka page bulges with scattered items. Lectures, meetings, street work, and civic notes cover West Euclid West Sixth and local organizations. Training, a waterworks sale talk, and a horse accident appear amid various community notices and brief reports.
Marines from the Asiatic squadron are reported to be ordered to the station with transport Buford sailing from its port. The exact destination remains unclear though Nagasaki or Matsuzaki are mentioned, and the timing is uncertain.
The Baltimore Underwriter prints a list of all fire insurance companies in Baltimore. The total grossVie is stated, with 36,000,000 falling on a portion of the coverage. The article outlines the distribution and impact of these figures on the local insurance market.
In St Louis area a raid on a Madison Illinois pool hall led by three constables and a citizen posse sparked a riot. Six men were shot including Edward Harris and Toe Marlin. four posse members were arrested for rioting as bookmakers say the pool room will reopen.
At a Topeka Commercial club meeting last night members debated the city’s potential purchase of the waterworks. Speakers urged hiring hydraulic engineers to inspect the plant and insisted the city demand adequate fire protection and pressure before any sale. Several urged installing a standpipe to ensure even distribution of water.
A Larimer Avenue electric car with brakes off and 20 passengers aboard careened from Grant toward Market Street in Pittsburg on February 20. Four seriously hurt. Dorothy GreenupInternally injured may die. The front motor blew near Grant, the second motor exploded, and passengers fled as the car burned toward Market Street. E J Thompson dragged a wounded woman from a window and was severely hurt. The car was destroyed by fire.
Berlin dispatch cited by Times notes war effects on German trade. Konigsburg reports grain imports from Russia halted as state railways are redirected to government use. German exports to Russia decline with Alsatian textiles suffering, and large Russian firms reducing orders.
Grover Cleveland, in Princeton New Jersey on February 20, dismissed Bryan's remarks about his recent Saturday Evening Port article. He stated he did not care what Bryan says, and that the article explains itself, offering no further comment. Members of Shawnee lodge No 1 L O O F are asked to meet at their hall on Sunday February 21 at 1 pm for the funeral of Brother E L Coleman.
Over 100 couples danced at a UC T council No 42 ball in the auditorium last night. Judge and Mrs W A Johnston led the grand march with Marshall's band, Steinberg's orchestra played the dances, and the blue and yellow décor framed a palms‑screened refreshment area. Committee members from Ball and Floor crews are listed. attendees watched from balconies as the event proceeded and the line of deaths and announcements follow in local public notices.
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