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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1901
Page
6
Workers at the De Trent company shovelers laborers halt work amid grain boat arrivals. Non union crews replace strikers on the waterfront as management negotiates and presses for union recognition. The standoff disrupts crane operations and delays shipments while the city watches.
Reports from St Lavin Ma May 15 indicate the City of Paducah wreck reduced the death list to five. Details from Brunt Landing H describe minimal survivors and confirm missing crew and link to the packet company in the port. Captain Kirkpatrick confirms messages from the wreck site, noting those reported missing have not been found.
The report lists the dead and wounded aboard the wreck and details plans by the Colorado fuel and iron company to build new works in New York. It mentions executives John J. Mitchell Hinrich & Co and John W Gates as arranging a 2 million dollar raise to fund improvements and convert raw oil products to finished materials.
The Topeka Free Employment Agency begins operation with state director H. Gerow overseeing a three-book system to record applicants. Workers provide name, education, readiness, expected wages, and two references, while employers receive a card to indicate suitability returned via the agent.
A report details steps by Es Gerow, director of an employment agency, to organize harvest labor across border areas. Precautions prevent deceit and ensure funds and transportation for applicants, with charges prohibited for agency services. A separate conference on foreign missions in Philadelphia and a Bermuda test of ancient coast defense guns are noted, citing broader wartime and organizational efforts.
Brother of dead millionaire testifies harshly about his sister in law Mrs Cruger detailing a Paris reunion and alleged divorce, with claims she struck him in the face. He says she accused him of impropriety and he confronted her, then Cruger went to Monte Carlo to the governor to file a formal complaint.
Williamson Va May 1 Great difficulty is felt in selecting jurors for the murder trial of S D Stokes of the city charged with killing Rev J J Wohl at Wohl's home on December 15. The trial opened yesterday with the regular panel exhausted after one later. Stokes, known in town, sparked deep feeling with sermons denouncing society dancing. An escalation followed at Wohl's residence door. The housekeeper Mrs Lanotye witnessed the confrontation as the only witness.
Rome reports a massive rock collapse at Acerenzi near Potenza sweeping away most houses. Troops rushed to the disaster site as rescue teams recovered fifteen bodies.
New York May 15 The American Museum of Natural History will begin ethnological investigations in China to last three years. Dr Berthold Leurer will lead the expedition, funded by an unnamed donor, to study Chinese culture and Eastern Asia relations. Dir Boas expects improved understanding will ease ties with China.
The official call for Republican county primaries in Weld fixes June 1 and 71 city precincts with voters under prior municipal rules. Registration books are copied for poll use and may still be registered. The executive committee will canvass and declare nominees for the November 1901 election. The law’s effect is contested and election timing is questioned.
The copy for the new catalogue was sent to the type printer. Enrollment totals for the year show growth across upper classes with a prospective graduating class of 581 and next year 1010. County and state representations are listed, with Shawnee County leading at 56. Reichstag prorogued in Berlin until November. The Grand Trunk Railway system allows a ten cent transfer window for eastern destinations. A local street address is noted, and a married man is described with a proverb-like simile about an eye in hot water.
A mother left two and six year old children upstairs in Grundall Coffey County Kansas. A neighbor saw the house on fire and the flames rapidly consumed the structure and its contents. The children perished while the bodies were saved but the home was destroyed.
The Rev. 7 FR. Finley of Kanes City sues Leavenworth city seeking 10500 for injuries from a fall in a defective ditch. He alleges he was attending a Leavenworth event when he slipped into a 32 foot ditch and was injured.
Brief from a not fully legible wartime dispatch notes Admiral Schley is improving. Physicians report a good chance of recovery as Efforts continue to monitor his condition and provide care.
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