Topeka Society Notes Highlight Local Social Life
In Topeka social pages a Boston guest Miss Helen Alger attends a frosty bob sleighing party hosted by Mrs. C J Brown. The Pansy club plans a reading gathering with Miss Henrietta Thompson. Mrs. A W Carson returns from Dover while Mr. and Mrs. J R Davis depart for Savannah. Various visits, entertainments, and a Grace Cathedral railroad excursion program are listed with dates and local hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Alger
Boston
Edwin Scot
C.J. Brown
Joan C. Waters
Hd McBride
Helen Moon
George Rust
Prane Littlefield
Clif Histed
Mabel Johnson
Walter Burgess
Elina Best
Horace King
Julia Street
Frank Edson
Carrie Clarkson
Pansy Club
Henrietta Thompson
A. W. Carson
Dover
J. J. Hitt
Mer
John R. Davis
Savannah
Atlanta
G. P. Ashton
Madeline Treatrail
Miss Trestrail
G B Palmer
Gussie Fuller
Ottawa
Blanche Blair
Joan W. Bright
Margaret Casey
Abbie Sullivan
Des Moines
Iowa
Ada Conkle
Miss Miller
Olathe
Myra Williams
Ladies of Grace Cathedral
Library Hall
Ruth Philippi
Omaha
Nebraska
Homer Boughton
Topeka Avenue
Ladies Aid Society of Grace Cathedral
Myra William
W. A. Gorgan
Misa Anos
Old Settlers
Cottonwood Falls
Mise Anna
Topoke Club
John Powell
Bessie Haden
Kansas City
No Right to Have Work Labor Says an Illinois Lawyer
At the Illinois session of the State Bar association G A Ewing of Decatur argued against compulsory arbitration as an effective remedy for labor troubles. He asserted that forcing arbitration violates personal rights and that laborers and employers retain rights to employment and to manage personnel as needed. He linked the Homestead disturbance debate to a broader claim that no one has a guaranteed right to a livelihood at another's plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Srriserreno
State Bar Association
G A
Ewing
Decatur
United States Senate
Revolution Spreads in Colombia Reported in Cauca
A special dispatch from Colua dated January 27 reports the Cauca department revolution extending northward. Editor Dr Mendoze of a liberal Panama newspaper was arrested. the U S consul held talks with authorities as French and Italian warships are anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colombia
New York
Colua
Department of
Cauca
Mendoze
Panama
United States
Actors Denounce Judge Woolf Over Debs Detention
At a Boston Mass meeting of the Actors union the action of United States Indice Wood of Chicago in sentencing Eugene Debs for contempt was condemned. The discussion cited the large rail passenger totals on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern line and praised its service and staff from Chicago to New York with frequent daily departures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolf
Debs
Tbostus
Mass
Actors’ Union
United States Indice Wood
Chicago
Eugene Debs
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
New York
Bose
Suoda
P. Humphreys
Muin Street
Kansas City
G . Wilber
Electric Snow Plow Accident Shatters Store Window
A Main Street electric snow plow brake chain failed late at night causing the driver to lose control. Five workers leapt to safety while John Marsh suffered severe injuries as the plow derailed and crashed through a drug store window. Nearby notes mention church revivals and social events on the North Side, with local residents visiting relatives and a pound social planned to aid the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havemint
Mays
John Marsh
Baptist Church
Misa Anna Campbell
Horta
Annie Nystrom
Colorado
Mra
D. J. Hathaway
W. N. Hathaway
Lafayette
B. &. Goodman
T. Cromwell
Menoken
West Gordon Street
Yeserday
John Ogee
Purcell, Oklahomma
Long
Silver Lake Township
Gordon and
Ceantralavenue
Hetty Green Affair Sees Choate Recalled as Distracting
New York January 28 Hetty Green the 40 million heiress was ordered from Referes Anderson's office for talking too long. She lashed out at Joseph Choate her father's executor saying he is the daddy of all this worry and recalled boyish days with Kitty Wolfe at the Metropolitan Museum. She mocked public spies and vowed to beat the conspirators again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choate
New York
Hetty Green
Referes Anderson
Joseph H. Choate
Kitty Wolfe
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dhat
Cherub
Mr. Sage
Huntington
Merchants Eye Colombia Revolt and Trade Impact
New York merchants discuss Colombia’s revolution and its limited effect on U S trade. Charles R Flint notes possible but small disruption, citing Pan American railway interests and Bogota street railway. Mentions contacts from Buenaventura and figures tied to Pan American and Colombia’s diplomatic circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
New York
Colombia
Charles R Flint
of Flint & Co
Benham
Rio Harbor
Buenaventura
Columbia
Pan-American Railway
Pan-American Railway Company
France
Carthagena
Magdalena River
Boston
Jefferson Coolidge & Co
Bogota
McMartin
Tunis G. Gergen
Henry Lemly
United States Army
Washington
Carlos Silva
Clima Caldoref
War Rumours Between France and Domingo Republic
A World from Puerto Pista datelined January 18 reports rising tensions between France and the Dominican Republic. A French man of war questioned off San Domingo City, then departed. a pilot was refused service and his inquiry found unneeded. The Dominican dispute over $60,000 from a French backed bank escalates as talks stall. Indemnity of $200,000 is mentioned, with President Lareaux reportedly insolvent. Despatches to the British Admiral at Jamaica seek attention to British interests amid looming bombardment risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Domingo
New York
Puerto Pista
San Domingo
The
Domingo Republic
Lareaux
De‘ota
Jamaica
Hin
New Corporations and Rail Line Plans in Kansas
The secretary of state notes charters filed for Prospero Land & Cattle Co with $35,000 capital, Kiowa business address, and officers A H Brooks J Oldham Tona Watson J Fallington and D K Watson. Rumors say Missouri Pacific Atchison Topeka Santa Fe and Rock Island may form a line from Atchison to St Joseph, along with the existing KC St Joseph & Council Bluffs route amid river flooding. Southwesters Fret Co at 634 Kansas Ave lists telephones 193 and advertises coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Prospero Land & Cattle Company
Wichite
Kiowa
A. H. Brooks
J. Oldham
Tona Watson
J. Fallington
Wichita
D. K. Watson
Columbus
Ohio
Missouri Pacific
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Pe
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Atchison, Kent St. Joseph
Kansas City, St. Joseph
Council Bluffs
Infant death and graveyard brawl in Mount Verxox NY
The infant son of Mr and Mrs William Trodre died of pneumonia and was interred at the cemetery of the church of the Blessed Sacrament in New Rochelle. A grave digger struck a rock while preparing the plot, sparking a heated dispute and a streetfight among mourners, drivers, and bystanders before the burial was completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Verxox
N. Y
William Trodre
Faust Thuraddy
Holy Sepuvcher
Trode
John Callahan
Fox
Mount Vernon
England in Deep Winter Strikes Deaths and Delayed Rail
A heavy snow storm plagues England with six foot drifts across many areas. Reports say people have frozen to death in Lincolnshire while railways and country roads in the north of Scotland remain blocked and ordinary work halted across England.
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Lexpos
Jan
England
Smany
Linclinshire
Scotland
May Hold Preemption and Homestead Rights Questioned
A letter from the secretary of the interior to the attorney general urges court action to cancel patents near Durango Colorado issued to James Cash. It questions if a person may hold full preemption acres and also claim additional homestead acres or vice versa, noting both entries can be made but not simultaneously consummated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasninetos
Secretary of the Interior
Durango
Colo
James Cash
Cash
Whitelaw Reid Better After North Africa Trip
Whitelaw Reid's health has greatly improved after time in Morocco and Algeria, with bronchial and asthma issues fading. He reached Cairo after New Year's and plans a Nile journey in mid January lasting about 35 days, then a desert trip from Ismailia to Mount Sinai and a Palestine circuit. A May or June return to New York is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Whitelaw Reid
Morocco
Algeria
Cairo
North Africa
Reid
Nile
Ismailia
Mount Sinia
Palestine
Metal Railroad Ties Promote Forest Saving Efforts
A Washington report by the Agricultural Department urges use of metal railroad ties and preservative processes to save forests. It notes about 20 percent of global rail mileage outside the U.S. and Canada uses metal ties, with Africa and India showing heavy adoption. U.S. progress is limited though global share has risen from 5 percent in 1890 to 11 percent in 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Department
Wasnseron
The
United States
Canada
Africa
India
Death of W. T. Borton Emporia Man
Emporia, Jan 28. W J Borton in Ryder drug store explained how burglars once woke him and drew a self acting revolver. The gun fired as he demonstrated, piercing his breast. He died four minutes later. Coroner says accidental. Barton, 32, left wife and young son. Funeral Sunday from his mother’s home.
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Emporia
W. J. Borton
Charles Ryder
Barton
Lyon County
E Borton
Union Street
Patti in Vienna Sickness Cancels German Engagements
A Vienna dispatch reports Madame Patti became chilled after leaving a concert and has since been bedridden with phthisic catarrh. Her engagements at Leipsig and Dresden have been canceled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Lonpor
The
Standard
Vienna
Mme
Patti
Leipes
Altgeld Offered Presidency Of New Labor Union
A prominent U S labor leader says John P Altgeld of Illinois will be offered the presidency of the Universal Union now organizing. The offer would come within the next few weeks in a bid to lead the new labor group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Union
United States
Universal Union
John P. Altgeld
Ilinois
Rock Island Home Seekers Excursion Ticket Sale
On February 12 the Rock Island line will sell round trip frat class fare plus 2.00 to points in Kansas Oklahoma Indian Territory Texas Arkansas Louisiana South Missouri and New Mexico Tickets are valid for 20 days with stopover privileges For details call or visit City Ticket Agent Ganvers at 001 Kenads Ave Wasson Cromwert North Topeka Depot First and Kansas Ave S82 calla up the Peerless
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Texas
Arkansas
Loulaluna
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H. H. Mills & Son
Kansas Ave
Brussels
Topeka
General Notes OF Society
Mika Sagra d'Isay
Library Ball
George Stevens
Kons Amuck
Haverhill
Missouri
Osage City
Frontenac Coal Cor
Frontenac
Southwesters Fuel Company
Rausus Avenue
Osaze City Shaft Coal
Southwesters Fret Company
Kansas Avenue
Erious
Conos
Byip
W. T. Borton
Altgeld
Rock Island
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