Topeka House Bills and Governor Vetoes Highlight Session
A historical Topeka report lists Senate passed measures and House actions during the session. Highlights include bills on lotteries gambling highway and railroad regulation, state house funding, irrigation board creation, and pension moves plus a governor veto criticizing paternalism and bill flaws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Kansas
Blerne
Cholera Fund
Erwin H. Covey
Grand Army
State Capitol
Office of State
Fife
Mary E Thorpe
Supreme Court
House Mills
Cubbison
Conan
Cabbisan
Cabbisun—m
Sherman
Oes Cornty Circuit Court
Rohrbaugh
Urst Clase
Gardenhire
Penne River
Topeka
Bclkstein
Kouneas City
Seston
Chickamauga
Chattanooga
Hanna
Blair
Eorvetina
Committee On Irrigation
Lin House
Cause of the delay in legislative adjournment
The Board of Public Works faces opposition from the Senate and House over appropriations and building control. A Senate amendment to the miscellaneous bill adds about 28 000, sending it to the House for concurrence or conference. Disagreement across boards and parties has delayed adjournment, with project funding and building oversight at issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
Senate
House
Board of Health
Beloit
Winfield
Osawatomie
Board of Public Worse
Board of Charities
The
Orphan's Home
Atchison
Board of Public Work
Supreme court debates redemption law in mortgage case
An Iowa Supreme Court morning session weighed the constitutionality of the 1903 mortgage redemption provision for preexisting contracts. Edge Hazen ruled the law unconstitutional for prior contracts, preventing Beverly from redeeming his Rossville farm. an appeal mirrors Harper county rulings that the law applies to all contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Te Supreme Court
John L Beverly
Rossville
Edge Hazen
Beverly
Cass
Harper County
McKay
Hazen
Friesland Grounds On Passage To Mediterranean Excursionists Aboard
Port Said March 6. The Red Star Line steamship Friesland under Captain Nikels, chartered to take a large party of American excursionists to the Mediterranean, ran ashore after leaving Port Said and is now fast inside the breakwater. The steerage propulsion failure is blamed. no danger to passengers remains, with tugs assisting.
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Egypt
Port Sato
Red Star Line
Friesland
Wnikels
New York
Port Said
Wichita Is Thankful For Small Favors, Returns Thanks
The Wichita Eagle notes Wichita’s limited gains from the last legislature and current administration. It references hoped regents, a railroad commissioner, a cow doctor, and a university cost of 165000, plus a court room offer, pension for Cavey, and Lewelling era politics. The piece ends with profuse gratitude from Wichita.
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Marsh Murdock
Wichita Eagle
Wichita
Topeka
Northeast Eighth
Manhattan Emporia
Normal
Missouri River
The
Copeland
Jackley
Morrill
Cavey
Lewelling
Covey
J. P. Lee Again A Bright Man Whose Drinking Fails
J F Lee faced police court for intoxication, fined five dollars after a prior day’s punishment. He admits promises of reform yet relapses, chasing a “gold cure” and urging friends to help. He lives in Manhattan, once a local police judge, and a Topeka intervention is urged to curb his whisky habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Lee
Lee
Manhattan
Topeka
Faust This Evening at the Grand in Morrison's Production
The Faust company from Wichita arrives at 2 PM to set up electric effects and scenery for the Grand debut tonight. F. D. Montague fills Mephistopheles, Rosabel Morrison remains Marguerite, and the show is expected to draw a large advance sale with the hotel anticipated to be full. The Grand will be dark for several days afterward, with Hoyt's Temperance Town expected soon.
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Mise Rosabel Morrison
Marguerite
Faust
Ays Hoyt’s
Potwin Council Grants Sewer Tap and Franchise Talks
At Potwin city council, Eugene Ware received permission to tap the sewer for his new property. A special meeting Friday will discuss a dim project. Potwin residents favor granting a franchise for poles and wires, with Mayor Forbes urging Topeka to follow suit. Polls suggest poles should be placed in alleys to reduce street clutter.
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Potwin
Eugene Ware
Lteelf
Potwin Coun
North Topeka News Highlights Local Events
North Side Topeka items include church lecture by Bishop Vincent at the Methodist church, a marriage at Central avenue, and plans for spring sowing. Movements include A. M. Cross relocating his jewelry shop, Elmer Peyton leaving Parkhurst Davis & Co, and John Fieger becoming a traveling salesman for a St Louis tobacco firm.
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W. T. EK
Bhorey Choral Society
Arnold’s
Kinatoscops
Grantville
L. J. McCrum
Paxico
North Side
Tom and Jerry
Boos Keplinger
Winfield
Holman Dry Goods
Richmond
Parmeter & Eaton, Jeweler
M. Cross
North Topeka
Kansas Avenue
Postoilica
Vincent
Methodist Church
Elmer Peyton
Parkhurst, Davis & Co
Shorey
Camden
Evant
Kansas Ave
Arnold
John Fieger
St Louis
St. Louis
George H. Barber
Harwin
Fort Worth
Texas
Peter Hey
the Marys
Purcell
George Baird
Quincy Street
Baird
Molly Palmer
Oscar Beeler
Central Avenue
Miss Palmer
Beeler
Parkhurst Davis Grocery Company
Knights of the Maccabees
Maccabees
Markey
Port Huron
Mich
Jolly Mark Howells
Union Pacific
City Railway
Oldest Woman Dies in West Virginia at 120
Aunt Eunice Conrad, reputedly the oldest woman in the United States, died at her Cedarville home in Gilmore county in her 120th year. Born August 4, 1775 in Pendleton County Virginia, she outlived many, with her husband Jacob Conrad a War of 1812 veteran. The brief obituary notes her alert mind remained intact until near the end, while a separate item mentions political changes in Prussia and the resignation of East Prussian President Stolberg-Wernichterods amid Emperor William's agrarian clash.
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Weeeie, W. V
Eunice Conrad
West Virginia
United States
Cedarville
Gilmore County
Pendleton County
Virginia
Acob Conrad
Eunice
Berum, Marek
Stolberg- Wernicherods
Johannesburg
Prussia
William
Modjeska Letters Detail Warsaw Theatre Prohibition
In a Chicago letter Ralph Modjeska, son of the famed actress, relays his mother's note about Warsaw theater closures tied to her Polish address at the World's Fair. She recalls pre prohibition plans and cites police orders to block her appearances, while voicing resolve to stage in Warsaw and noting harsher local controls under Governors Schonvaloff and events after Kalish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sr Gon
Chicago
Kelsting
Crroaco
Ralph Modjeska
Nctrem
Warsaw
Poland
Ralph Modjenke
Kalish
Sc Paternburg
Yourko
Schonvaloff
Schonvalof
Special dispatches trace temps and Cuban base maritime
A scrambled report notes unusual temperature readings and a Cuban base contact at Cayo Uesca. The fragment implies a check on coastal activity and potential diplomatic signals amid a tense maritime environment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mare
Aseemestis
Uban
Temperula
Cayo Uesca
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Leot
Wichita County
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Joe Kellam
Lil Tack
John R. Sargent
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Farmers’ Institute
Mission Cen
J. G. Miller
Mission Township
Captain Gardiner
Congressmeo Harris
Pitteburg
Cora Mackay
Lawrence
B. Welch
Salvation Army
John Becky
Jefferson Street
Bernard Kelly
Dacoraton
Hiawatha Post
William Green
North Topeks
George HL. Elliott
Santa Fe
G. E. Dunn
Sam Radpes
Knights of Pythias Hall
Sixth
Quincy Streets
Law Lodge
Wm. Dunlap
District Court
Hanning Olson
Dunlap
Klein
Charley Elliott
Kansas National Guard
Charles & Elliott
Emerson McMillan
Columbus
New Dam Company
Grand Rapids Gas Companies
Henry Watterson
Abraham Lincoln
Lee Jones
Colonel Watterson
Lochiel Scott
Oberlin
Her
Tally Scott
Gilkerson
Paul Hurd
Abilene
Garver
M. F
Stats Journal
Adams Bros
John B. Stetson Company
Philadelphia
E. O. Johnson
Eas. Ave
Peerless
Peeri: Steam Laundry
Ioeaee
J. P. Lee
North Topenma
Marshall Gephadt
Oskaloopa
West Via
East
St. Cor
Japan
N. O
Opera House
Morrison
Ee Faust
Eesabel Morrison
Marguerita
Modjeska
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