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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1901
Page
5
Mrs James B Hasden led a Saturday party at Burenstrees with guests from Topeka and nearby towns. Prizes sparked by Mrs James P Rowley and Mrs AL La Sichote. The event featured elegant rooms, sociable chats, and a long list of attendees including Mrs SeQuade and Miss Leon, with news of visitors, travels, and upcoming society gatherings.
Washington reports naval ordnance experts will investigate a magazine explosion at Bare Island. The search centers on smokeless powder behavior under heat and pressure, with tests at Mare Island and Indian Head to determine cause and stability of stored powder.
A blaze at the Luke Fidler colliery No 4 slope in Shamokin Pennsylvania spread after gas ignited, forcing administrators to hoist all mules and divert Coal Run creek into the slope. Officials expect months before the shaft resumes, leaving about a thousand workers idle.
Descriptive pamphlets with rates and routes are available from the City Passenger and Ticket Agent at 349 Clark Street Chicago. Special trains connect Kansas City via Rock Island route for Marshall’s band and Topeka passengers, leaving at 1:00 AM and arriving in Topeka at 2:35 AM.
George M. Herrick, president of Washburn College, will resign at the Washburn trustees meeting Tuesday and retire after the school year ends. No successor chosen yet though several names are under consideration. Herrick says resignation not due to discord, but to focus on soliciting financial aid, a task he found unsatisfactory. He has been at Washburn since 1895 with limited college work recently, spending much time in the East seeking philanthropic support. He cites difficulties in securing adequate funds and references the Jewel bequest issue and other faculty concerns. An acting president, DL Meachron, was appointed temporarily after Ellis resigned the post.
Vague timetable notes indicate a Kansas City to Topeka round trip offered for a specific price. The snippet mentions a 3:00 departure and a late June travel window with a $2.67 fare, though details are unclear and OCR-like garble obscures exact times and terms. The item reads as a brief transportation notice from a historical paper.
Daniel Fry began steps to gain possession of four children left with Police Matron Thorpe by his wife, amid a long history of marital turmoil and repeated relocations. Reports detail divorces, new marriages, and ongoing disputes over providing support, with Fry allegedly abandoning the children after taking funds from his Santa Fe office job.
Chief Justice J. B. Andrews of the supreme court resigns for health reasons. He has sent the notice to Governor McLais, with retirement fixed for October.
An unclear transit notice mentions a return fare of 2.67 dollars via the Santa Fe line. It references Mystic Strine Mer and dates in June with a six train day pattern, indicating multiple daily departures in each direction.
A chaotic clipping reports scattered Topeka happenings and personalities. Mentions include the Selle-Gray circus, officials, religious services, local parades, and a tally of residents and events with uncertain details across venues like Union Square and Quincys streets.
The Tribune reports on reform in the War Office, urging government time for army debate. King Edward and Queen Alexandra welcomed the Moorish ambassador at St James's Palace in the presence of Lord Lathom and other dignitaries. Royal procession accompanied the visitors to the palace.
A partial OCR fragment notes ticket sales for a shrine event in Kansas City and Batura with prices around 207 and mentions entertainers and a special trade. The readable text lists names or terms but is too garbled to identify clear entities or a complete event context.
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