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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1902
Page
8
May0r Parker directs department heads to provide detailed estimates of spending for the coming fiscal year ending March 31. The request aims to curb excess city expenditures and improve revenue projections, urging the Ways and Means Committee to review and trim costs.
Fifteen thousand delegates are in Minneapolis for the National Educational association meeting with expectations of reaching 20,000. The first general session featured welcome addresses from local officials and educators. President Beardshear is ill, and Dr Nicholas Murray Butler spoke to about 7,000 attendees on pressing issues. The directorate meet with fifty in attendance, and financial reports show receipts of 22,268 and disbursements of 929,979 with balances and fund transfers noted. The American Society of Religious Education presented a petition.
A motion by Alexander Graham Bell changed the education of defectives to special education. Gossip centers on the next president with names floated, Chat W. Eliot of Harvard and James A. Foshay of Los Angeles. Cities in the convention race include Boston Portland Me and the Niagara Palis area.
A collage of lilting river scenes along the Kaw contrasts with Topeka snippets about weather, local visits, picnics, and daily life. Reports note plant work, sports results, hospital news, and community events including a county convention, railroad and school mentions, and civic notices.
Richards assistant journal clerk in congress replies to Senator Burton over slander claims. He notes Burton’s Topeka speech defending his reciprocity stance and criticizes the senator for crediting the Mall’s editor and Washington letters as sole sources of critical press. He argues prominent newspapers and agencies timing shaped Burton’s public image.
Judge William Marvin, age 94, died at his Skaneateles home. Appointed U S district attorney for Florida in 1835 by Jackson and U S district judge at Key West by Van Buren, he served there until 1863. He later became provisional Florida governor, then U S senator candidate blocked by voting rights for blacks. He returned to Skaneateles in 1867, wrote on maritime law and theology, and active in St James church. He supported Democratic presidents from Jackson to Cleveland, excluding Bryan in 1896.
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