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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1901
Page
1
New York voters faced rain and cold as early turnout lagged in many precincts. Sullivan’s precinct reported 560 votes in four minutes, while safety measures and police were on standby citywide. The day saw Scratcher risk and arrests around Syracuse, with Croker first to vote near Fifth Street.
Voters across Pennsylvania reported varied early turnout with over 100 votes at many polling places. The ballot featured state treasurer and supreme court justice races, with fusion and Republican tickets contending amid a heated campaign in Philadelphia and western cities. Local results and delays noted as counties counted ballots and early returns suggested mixed outcomes in key urban centers.
Washington reports the Schley court of inquiry continued its discussion of the retrograde movement. Mr Hanna argued that only coal shortage explains it and that Schley’s dispatch lacks decisive reasons. He challenged orders and asserted weather and fuel factors, contending ships could have moved differently and that the key Brookyln dispatch was an explicit order.
In Topeka trustees of the Washburn Coess Board await news from George A. Gates of Cheyenne Wy. Two weeks pass without a reply after brief note promising to visit. Letters seeking information and guidance go unanswered while gates arrival remains uncertain.
President Roosevelt departed Long Island City by special train to Oyster Bay to vote, accompanied by Cortelyou and Loeb. Crowds cheered at the depot and upon arrival, a twenty one gun salute greeted him. He cast his vote at the polling place and returned home via Sagamore Hill, with Secret Service and New York detectives aboard.
The Topeka board of education last night approved an appropriation of 4 to Buchanan School for manual training materials after Rev. Charles M. Sheldon urged support. The program includes basket weaving, sewing, and some wood carving taught by three instructors from the Tennessee town association.
Ozkalosa Kansas November 5 The murder case of Molten farmer Klosmire charged with killing his wife last May is postponed to Wednesday morning due to the election. The defense argues the indictment is flawed and will be heard first thing Wednesday. Temperatures in large cities and scattered weather notes accompany the chaotic page.
Paris dispatch reports Caillard’s squadron arriving at Mitylene to seize customs at Michili and another port, with aims to pressure the sultan over Turkish treaty claims. Beirout and Salonica considered but avoided to limit regional tension. Britain notes no Turkish terms sought. no triple alliance notification of action.
In Leavenworth D R Anthony owner of the Leavenworth Times and Standard ends a long refusal to unionize. He signs an agreement to organize the printing office and lifts a boycott that had spread to advertisers and merchants, transforming the Times into a union shop.
The W. W. Gavitt Medical Company announces a large expansion to enlarge their Topeka plant with new laboratory machinery built in the east. Manager Harry E. Gavitt says the upgrade will create a premier western medical laboratory and enable higher production of their remedies including Gavitts' Lightning Pain Extractor. The firm plans to hire an expert chemist and add private formulas oversight, tablet production, and coating processes.
A 3600 mile offshore contest starts from Providence to the Cape Verde Islands between the schooner Unique and the brigantine D A Smell. Both ships carry 53 passengers and general merchandise. The Unique led the start, with the D A Smell close behind as wagers mount on the outcome.
In Winfield Kansas the Elks will organize tonight with a charter from the state deputy C Y Mallette of Pittsburgh to oversee. After installation the new lodge members and visitors will dine at the Grettun house with banquet preparations underway. Between 20 and 50 visitors from across the state are expected.
San Francisco reports the season totals for Alaskan salmon, including the cargo of the schooner W. F Jewet arriving Sunday. Overall receipts reach 1,270,022 cases with 22,964 more pending. the first cargo arrived July 25 aboard the schooner Una.
Chicago reports the shooting death of Dan Hogan a well known bookmaker and sportsman at the Wilmington country home by his son Dan Hogan Jr The coroner and authorities held Hogan Jr pending inquest and a jury returned a verdict of justifiable homicide citing abuse and brutality as the motive for the fatal shot through the torso under the right arm.
A major blaze in Port Huron Michigan last night destroyed three grain elevators owned by Botsford and Company. About 71 000 bushels of oats and 1000 bushels of corn and oats were lost totaling 14 000 bushels of oats in the buildings. The damage to buildings is set at 125 000 and grain at 175 000.
A missing lighthouse keeper and an assistant were last seen near dusk aboard a small craft on Lake Wisconsin. Search efforts found no trace of the men, and authorities issued no immediate explanation for the disappearance.
A dubious plan to massacre the American garrison at Muncada in Tarlac province was exposed by the wife of a conspirator. The apparatus includes guards ready to fire on the barracks, while officials and rebels faced harsh actions. Philippine commission moved to strengthen treason laws as insurgent activity and political party manoeuvres stirred tensions.
Washington reports no confirmation of a recall rumor as Wu visits the state department. Officials there say no action or confirmation has been issued regarding his return to China.
Lord Kitchener reports to the war office on November 4 about the recent clash near Brakes Fungte between Benson’s column and the Boers. Boers failed to move the captured Sukie until a British ambulance arrived. they opened fire but were repelled. Cape operations in the west are progressing with a cleared railway except for Weather Indicatia. Forecast calls for cloudy skies, possible showers in the east, warmer temperatures, and variable winds.
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