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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1902
Page
4
Full leased wire report from the Associated Press is received and published by the State Journal in Topeka. The article describes the paper as a member of AP and notes the rapid daily transmission over wires for exclusive publication.
Subscribers can have the State Journal mailed daily to any address during summer for thirty cents a month. Change addresses freely. The notice quotes various editorials and political snippets from Hartford to Newark, mentioning names like John W. Gates and Senator Burton, and discusses campaign issues, local attempts at reform, and idle curiosities in a lively, older newspaper tone.
A probate court in Shawnee County examined a habeas corpus request by John Timm seeking release from the Topeka insane asylum. The 3 hour hearing involved a four man jury, following the law, but the text notes the legal machinery appears defective despite the legislature's efforts to improve mental health investigations.
The article argues that court rulings favored the plaintiff and barred key insanity evidence. Physicians had little time, eight to form opinions, and jurors saw limited proof. It notes the man’s dangerous history and calls for reform to require thorough investigations and expanded evidence to protect society.
A Topeka paving debate warns of a possible pavement combine influencing bids and petitions. Critics allege brick makers and device firms coordinate supplies and prices, pressuring property holders and steering contracts through inducements and professional solicitors. City engineering estimates are urged as protection while officials promise vigilance.
The piece argues expansion is vital to America’s growth and highlights Santa Fe railroad shops where eight wheel engines give way to larger ten wheelers. It notes the new mechanical head’s policy to upgrade rolling stock as smaller locomotives await repairs and retire.
The passage notes the immense power and strain of modern locomotives, predicting their impact on track equipment, roundhouses, and bridges. It praises engineers for advancing the locomotive to near perfection, calling it the world’s bearer of burdens and a key symbol of railroad expansion.
The Boston Journal lauds Major General Chaffee for disapproving the Waller Day court martial verdict in Samar. It notes his stance against executing the charged native guides and asserts the action undermines claims of a U S war of extermination in the Philippines while condemning the critics and Reading officials.
The New York American weighs in on grain gambling led by John W Gates, noting the corn market's limited impact on breakfast and flour prices while warning that Gates style speculation is a colossal gamble. It argues the rich gain little while smaller investors risk real money, with no lasting benefit to ordinary households.
The passage argues against prolonged schooling for boys and urges girls to learn trades to share future burdens. It condemns social reforms as wastes of modern movements and compares gambling in corn to other vices, suggesting some support limits on grain corners while acknowledging possible modernization of old customs.
A Kansas dispatch criticizes post office appointments as political rewards, citing Leavenworth and Parsons cases. It argues presidents should name postmasters freely, honoring voters while resisting patronage that harms the service and public. It notes Senator Burton’s influence and a contested Parsons selection.
Fragmented OCR style paragraph critiques and word salads mix social quirks with jokes about plumbers locksmiths and households. The piece references Noah a lead pipe and arid long winded talkers, with scattered phrases on originality and marital finance.
A garbled strip of notes from Solomon to Topeka and beyond mentions farmers in Pottawatomie, a poisoned water incident, birds failing to meet in Palmer Ley's orchard, and various light anecdotes about dentists, threshing, mission workers, and a Pratt crop insurance tease. Snippets include remarks on Washington meetings, local worship, a postmaster, a drummer repaying a debt, and Arkansas fashions.
Heavy rains and Kaw river high water cut rail service between Kansas City and Topeka for days. Dr A M Callaham dies aged 62. A A Robinson of Mexican Central called to London. A two weeks old baby girl found on Orphans home steps. Kaw river bridge partly washed out, city water and gas mains broken. Secretary Wilson visits semiarid regions and lectures at Ottawa and Beloit. Presbyterian excursion to Fort Riley draws nearly 1100. Missouri Pacific officials visit Topeka, promise better service. Governor Stanley names Charles Yor to state board of charities. A C Davis Grain moves to Kansas City. American Book Company seeks dissolution of injunction. W S Lawless named Frisco master mechanic at Eureka Springs. Carmen's Union discusses wage increases with Santa Fe. Santa Fe section men strike for higher wages. Topeka investors form Oklahoma granite venture. This week sets heat record at 81 degrees.
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