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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1902
Page
4
A fragmented scan shows the Topeka State Journal masthead and advertising notes for the daily edition. References include Frank P. MacLennan and Associated Press content, with payment and office details obscured by OCR errors.
Subscribers away during the summer may receive the State Journal mailed to them for 30 cents a month with address changes allowed. The item mulls the concept of a paper tether and includes varied quotations on topics from Mary MacLane to global events, mentioning public notices, academia, and economic statistics.
A State Department report by Mogens Seeger notes opening eastern Bolivia and eastern Peru to world commerce via Amazon rivers. He cites Humboldt on the basin and urges U S commercial expansion, calling the Amazon basin a near doorstep field for growth.
Abram Dierks is critically injured and expected to die after an engine explosion at a farm in Hutchinson Kansas July 9. Three other workers were badly injured in the accident with names reported in early dispatches.
Mrs Crall testified she acted at her husband Percy Crail s instigation after a preliminary hearing in city court on grand larceny charges. Both Crail and wife were bound over on $500 bond. They allegedly stole a $5 diamond ring during May while working at Dr E Martin s home on West Fifth Street. The couple had earlier been arrested on petit larceny for shoplifting rings. Mrs Crall confessed to stealing the Martin ring, attempting to shoulder the blame onto her husband. His efforts to shift blame failed.
London reports the South Africa return of Lord Kitchener will mirror Lord Roberts’s homecoming. After a Southampton welcome he is due in London at noon July 1, with luncheon at St James’s Palace hosted by the Prince of Wales. London County Council considers a formal reception.
A mass meeting at the Masons hall discussed the proposed four story Masonic temple. About 350000 of the 70000 bonds have been subscribed with expectations bonds will be sold soon. Two design options were shown, rough stone and cut stone with brick. Building committee will choose final design.
Minneapolis grand jury indicts Mayor A. A. Ames Superintendent Fred W. Ames and Joseph Cohen on bribery charges alleging a tribute scheme from abandoned women. Cohen allegedly acted for the mayor and police chief in the scheme.
The National Aid Topeka Council elected officers last night EJ Mathers as president and J P Kistavison as secretary, with a degree team from North Topeka initiating candidates. Afterward refreshments were served before regional Masses in Santa Fe and nearby parishes amid severe drought shrinking crops.
They are diseased humors arising from morbid Baids that affect veins and tissues. Defective digestion or heredity causes them. They show as skin eruptions pimples boils and weakness. Hood's Sarsaparilla cleanses the system and strengthens it to expel humors, claimed as the best medicine.
Kansas millers, line elevator owners, farmers elevators, and the Vedaian cooperative group loom as rival factions in a looming clash for control of the Kansas wheat business. A Topeka meeting discussed export price wheat supply from line elevators and a possible trust formation, with officials including Charles W. Brinkman named president of the Millers’ Association and officers elected to Chicago congress.
A Sunday picnic for the Second United church group is postponed to Friday. A man on a bicycle rode in the rain on Kansas Avenue, wearing a yellow rubber hat. A. H. Bennett sues Tyler & Co. for 33.67 over freight charges. A royal jewels exhibit in London is described with Renaissance pieces valued in thousands. Santa Fe shop workers in Cleburne strike in solidarity after a machinist is let go. A mutiny and murder aboard a ship off Pensacola is recounted by Captain McDonald.
Indian seamen and countrymen of the dead man resented the fence of ear and threatened to hang Nicholson from the yardarm. The captain two mates and steward were the only white men aboard the vessel but they managed to preserve order.
A Priscilla wreck near Newport, FA, with one crew member dead. The vessel sent for help and reached dock. A crewman was found dead in his bunk amid wreckage. Hull damage examined. cause not learned. No other injuries reported. Mechanical crane expected at daylight to aid release.
A July report from Paul describes Bishman Jr and family struck by a fatal sequence. A son, Wahomeanee, killed, a daughter mortally injured, others injured or rescued after a farm accident with machinery. A storm and fire add to the tragedy.
The Road presents the grandest scenic view of the state with leading pen and pleasure resorts. T. E. Bauer, passenger agent at Cole, will send copies of this handsome book to any on receipt of six cents postage.
A fragmented notice notes Beloit and Return 457 handled through Union Pacific with references to North Topeka and an agent at 56 Kanesas Avenue, supplying sparse details of the transaction and location.
Eight leading Diamond contestants show vote gains this week but none overtake the next rival. Notables include Mrs LB Crowder 293 Klein and Leah Shunders 620 Lake with 2028 and 2109 votes respectively, along with Emma Schafer Ind Tel Co and Margaret Crow 1719 W 10th. A booklet with details is at F W Swearingen Jewelry, 724 Kanza.
A contention over curb material for Polk and Clay streets pits Bedford Indiana stone against Fort Scott blue sandstone. City chemists analyzed samples, finding neither meets sandstone criteria, prompting council reconsideration as bids favored Fort Scott by two cents a foot. Citizens fear higher costs or poor durability if Bedford stone is used.
A garbled note describes miners in equal paria units totaling 2.56 per sore. It mentions a person called the Fort Beart stone sand stone and claims it is the second best after a Color ado stone in Kan eae, with unclear assessments of quality.
The Kansas Utopian association challenges prohibitory law convictions of its agents in the northwestern district. The group operates a lodge that sells liquor to members via out of state purchases and cold storage, arguing the orders are imaginary. Jim McKie and Charley Brigham were convicted at Colby and appeal to the supreme court to rule on the lodge’s legality.
Acquittal reached today in a bankruptcy related case involving Bright J F Moreno formerly associated with U S legations. The civil chamber of Swadusky concluded the proceedings with Moreno cleared of charges.
North Topeka social items list departures for Colorado and Missouri trips, visits from Hoyt and Ottawa, and neighbors and relatives at Jackson Street addresses. It notes Helen Wellman’s serious illness, Mrs. Sparke’s return from Atchison, and a Chautauqua in Ottawa. Local residents plan trips to Boulder and Pueblo, with several family guests and a nod to a hospital visit for Jennie Wagoner.
Fragments list names such as Miss Mary Picket Jeanie Priddy Geisha fan Moa by Be Eunice Cotton ee 36 mer and Seymour, noting scattered references to individuals and a few odd phrases without clear context or events.
Rural and market items show hogs priced around 18.0 per hundredweight, with other figures noting feeds at 85.15 per one unit and a launch named Abiel in Kansas. Rural delivery extensions announce July delivery plans and routes, including a Chapin and Western route rollout.
Denver July 3 The Post announces Edward T. Jeffry president of the Denver and Rio Grande system has moved headquarters to New York City. The note describes the Royal Muskoks Hotel as a central hub for United States and Canada travel and lists Ottawa connections.
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