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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1902
Page
4
A scrambled page from Topeka State Journal provides a full Associated Press lede and wire report, including political chatter about Kansas races, Cecil Rhodes, Paderewski, and President Cleveland remarks. It notes transportation cautions, theater bidding, and the Danish West Indies sale debate with figures on voting and employment concerns.
A lively Topeka council session is expected over the Vinewood park railway franchise and the waterworks dispute. Critics question spending and outside ownership, while supporters push for a route to an accord or new city ownership. The waterworks battle may hinge on a price near $600,000 as bondholders and city officials weigh options.
The Windward with Lieutenant J Peary and his Arctic expedition party leaves Brigas N F for the Arctic to expedite the voyage. The vessel is to receive new stabilizers and is expected to return this summer with Peary. A Wool Growers Trust in Salt Lake is forming, said to abolish dead profits and benefit western sheep men.
Ancient medical ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills as remedies for eczema and pimples. Claims thorough blood cleansing and humoral elimination, with testimonials including J. G. Hines and Miss Alvion Walter from Algona Wisconsin. Cures are asserted as permanent.
The mayor and council will seek a favorable deal on water services as the city faces summer demand. Last summer showed Topeka's water supply to be strong, with boilers at the pumping station limiting capacity. The current company has arranged new boilers to be installed soon regardless of who operates the system, and the mail service showed resilience during peak demand.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra split over a bitter dispute between tenor B. C. Towne and conductor Adolph Rosenbecker. Towne refused to sing under Rosenbecker and left for Chicago, while the ensemble continued to Lawrence and other stops, ending the season in Chicago.
Mrs Henrietta Milley aged woman from Los Angeles Cal who was assaulted in the Santa Fe railroad yards in La Junta remains under care her condition improved physicians say she will continue her journey to Denver in a few days Meanwhile the body of railway porter W H Wallace found lynched in Rocky Ford was hung from a telegraph pole and taken down by order of the mayor as a coroner summons a jury for an inquest
Vinita reports U B revenue inspectors ordered a strict quarantine to prevent Texas cattle from entering the Cherokee Nation for grazing to stop the spread of Texas fever. The importation ban aims to halt disease and protect local herds as enforcement remains stringent.
Kansas Grain Dealers' Association members meet behind locked doors to discuss how cooperative companies claim higher grain returns. Questions focus on percentage setting among buyers, elevator value and location, and whether Farmers' Co-op can outpace local dealers. About 100 dealers attend with secretaries, staff salaries noted.
The International Order of Odd Fellows seeks $3,000 from National Surety Co. for a bond on Dr W Kent, grand secretary, described as a defaulter whose whereabouts are unknown. The suit proceeds in district court after a prior case for $1,000. Also reported, Enrique Santibanez, secretary of the Mexican embassy in Washington, died suddenly on the street. he had been ill and served at the embassy for about 16 years.
Joseph Griley and Frank Gutseh, longtime leaders of a revolt against the 7 o'clock crossing, decide to surrender and stay in the union. They will close shops at 7 o'clock after April 1. G W Currier, once a newspaper man in Topeka and city editor of the State Journal, is in Topeka today. Car tier now tours for a Canadian maple sugar company with headquarters in St Paula. County Superintendent S F Wright's home at 317 Morris Avenue will be fumigated today due to scarlet fever. The Bux family has quarantined for two months with two children dead. Richard Zeller, formerly of Topeka and now in Mexico City with the Mexican Central Railway, visited Topeka yesterday. he is a roommate of auditor C S Sutton of the Cuernavace line.
City council to consider Stiller resolution to annul Tapelie Desiccating contract after he alleges the company completed a power line to the river edge. He argues the line would enable disposal of all matter excluding dead animals into the Kansas River.
Residents complain of unequal pavement assessments on East Fourth Street lots 102 to 194 with 30 foot pavement. City Clerk calls it a mystery as Councilman Griley prepares a detailed list of discrepancies for tonight’s meeting seeking explanation of the apparent injustices across several blocks and lots along Locust and Lawrence streets.
New York March 26 J Morgan testified before Special Examiner Mabey in the Peter Power suit against Northern Pacific to test legality of turning control to Northern Securities. Morgan said his firm Morgans Co handles credits and reorganization of Northern Pacific in 1836 and described cash amounts and loans connected to the deal. The room {text truncated in OCR}
Mire Tom Saal of 217 Ease Tenth avenue has died. The funeral arrangements are pending, with burial details to be announced later in Tuners. City council to discuss underworks ownership at tonight’s meeting, possibly in executive session.
The report notes cooler weather tonight and on Thursday with a forecast from Richeridee. It records yesterday's temperature around 74 degrees and winds up to 125 miles per hour over a span near seven a.m. to two p.m. The text mentions observatory indicators and temperatures in Philadelphia and mentions locations like New Cork and Detect.
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