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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1902
Page
6
Contested First Ward race features candidates for council seats including Miller and Hewitt with strong party lines and local supporter rallies. Polling places listed across wards with names of ward precinct supervisors and a separate section noting the Republican convention endorsing H B Miller for governor and congress.
William J. Jenks, 22 years keeper of a second hand shop at 207 Kansas Avenue, shot himself in the head last night at about nine o'clock. The despondent man suffered from a cancerous growth on his chin and had recently closed his business due to illness. Police identified the body after a missing person report linked him to the residence at 208 West Second Street. The coroner will hold no inquest.
March 5 Alma Kan report details Wellington liquor licensing issues. Druggists selling beer or whisky face annual taxes and permit requirements. The local matter touches stores in Wellington and nearby areas as discussions and petitions unfold. The convention in Wabaunsee County supported J. M. Miller for a county post, amid other notes and vintage ads.
Osage County political maneuvering unfolds as Miller accumulates delegate support unexpectedly while factions push field candidates for governor. Early county conventions are tallied, with Bailey leading in several districts and Burton’s influence cited as variable. Hutchinson events and state-wide conventions loom, as officials prepare for a possible fusion scenario and a broad delegate round-up.
Prince Henry of Prussia was greeted by German residents in Milwaukee with formal speeches and music. Ex congressman and local officials toasted the imperial guest at a banquet after a parade and illuminated streets, while a separate White House musicale featured President Roosevelt and cabinet members in Washington.
In Telluride Colorado a rescue party forms to reach seven men missing since a blizzard cut off communication in the Tieram basin. Snow depths from one to eight feet block routes, with heavy hazards and reports of men possibly perishing from hunger and exposure. John R. Powell’s disappearance last Friday adds to the peril as workers and officials scramble to locate bodies and recover those trapped in the mine vicinity.
In Washington Indiana last night the First National Bank of Montgomery, located miles east, was burglarized with the vault blown by dynamite. About $19,000 in cash and bonds were stolen while five explosions were heard. Guards prevented pursuit and the robbers evaded capture. insurance coverage is noted.
Mrs Carsie Kearney of Oswego was arrested Tuesday on a charge of giving a loaded revolver to prisoners in the county jail for use in an escape. The pistol was intended for WVII Gary, a burglary convict, and De a Chinoun, both in the county jail debate context.
Dr Thompson presented Evolution and Theology arguing evolution as real proof of theology and God manifesting in evolutionary stages. The discussion praised his stance though he declined pamphlet publication to avoid opposing Pastor Countermine.
In a Mirpbysboro Tennessee family a woman reports coffee caused nervousness stomach upset and restlessness while another member suffered heart palpitations and potential kidney issues. After switching to Postum the brother recovered and gained health, with Mrs Cole endorsing Postum as a superior coffee substitute and noting relief from caffein related symptoms.
New York reports the International conference on maritime law will meet in Hamburg September 25 to 27 to discuss adoption of the international code on collision rules and salvage. Hamburg senate will receive the debates and notable maritime and legal figures are expected, including Baron Alverstone. Last conference represented by Choitte, Mynderse, and Robert L. Benedict.
Victoria March 5 Steamer Queen City returns with word of multiple wrecks along the West coast of Vancouver Island. Evidence from the Condor sloop of war sinking near Langbeash, wreckage from a sealing schooner, and accounts of debris off the Columbia River suggest several vessels lost in the December storm. Other sealers report severe weather and heavy losses as crews struggle for skins and boats. In separate item, Isonird Lewison, former United Metals official, dies at his son-in-law’s residence in this city.
Salt Lake dispatch reports four prospectors buried in avalanches. One man Cole, a Telluride resident, was killed in a snow slide on Thunder Mountain. Campbell and Sykes survived. Bodies frozen and wrapped in hides were carried down the slope by fellow prospectors amid great hardship. Also notes brief deaths abroad in Rome and Paris and a suicide in St Louis by morphine and jardenny.
Chicago March 5 market notes dull trading across oil grains and livestock. Wheat May futures started lower and drifted, corn and oats showed scattered price moves with slight gains in spots, hogs and cattle opening softer amid mixed receipts and shifting demand. Provisions opened lower as hog values slipped and selling pressure grew in early trade.
Kansas City price summaries cover cotton and linseed futures, grain bids, and cash market quotations. Includes notes on preferred and dull markets, with regional price trends and Topeka price listings for livestock and stock trades.
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