12 Nov 1903
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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1903
Page
1
A forger who obtained state funds returns the money and confesses via a postmarked Topeka letter. Auditor Wells questions the letter’s account and doubts how warrants were secured. The case alleges forgery, false signatures, and widespread fraud in the voucher system.
A scandal from the chaluil house journal reveals forged endorsements on warrants. Blakeman’s name allegedly forged on back. Suspect claims to be Blakin but lacks verification. Governor calls for a full investigation into the matter.
Amid strong claims of forged signatures in the state House journal, Blakeman faces scrutiny over an oath and signatures. Governor and Speaker Pringle weigh who should lead probes as Auditor Wells prepares to review vouchers and employee warrants. Whispers of wholesale forgery reach the House payroll and journal.
The Kansas House forgery and padding of payrolls emerge from Topeka investigations. Officials including sergeants and doorkeepers are named in the distorted vouchers and forged signatures. The audit reveals inflated employe counts and manipulated warrants, with Topeka reporters and lawmakers pursuing answers and accountability.
Chicago observers report the start of a major railway strike as 2000 workers quit and block streetcar lines. Union crews idle seven barns, police kept neutral, trains derailed, bricks fly, and crowds form along Cottage Grove and Wentworth lines while mayor warns citizens to stay off streets.
The men demand twenty eight cents an hour for electrical car workers and two hundred fifty dollars per day for cable train crews plus overtime pay. The company rejects raises as unaffordable after a prior offer and cites business conditions. An eleven hour workday is proposed but refused as impractical for serving travelers. Arbitration is debated with union control concerns over selection and discipline of staff.
An Erle accident eleven miles from the city left four ME personnel dead and five seriously injured. Clare Amiton James Hartley Miss C. Lehman Mrs. C. W. Sherwood and others were named among the injured. The gravel car brake failure caused the wreck on a downgrading main line near MoLesa as a passenger train approached after leaving Erle.
Berlin dispatch reports the emperor giving up walks due to sharp wind as physicians seek to prevent overtaxing him. The wound heals slowly and the emperor's general condition remains, with state business continuing and daily reports, questions, and objections flowing to his desk.
A local weather bulletin predicts snow tonight and Thursday with rain possible later. The forecaster notes a northwesterly wind and moderate temperatures, urging residents to prepare for unsettled conditions.
Fragmentary OCR shows city scores: Largs Cities 13, Chicagwas 32, Cincinnaul 36, St Louie. No opponents or dates provided beyond team names and numbers.
Washington measures to implement the Cuban reciprocity agreement are introduced as the Ways and Means Committee is named to act. Payne leads Republicans and Williams and others for Democrats, with adjournment after plans to report the bill. Senate debates Smoot eligibility, Dubois defends petition rights and calls for careful consideration of the evidence. The Cuba reciprocal terms set duties and duties on imports and protect revenues while ensuring non discrimination in tariffs.
Democratic senators plan to oppose ratification of a canal treaty with Panama if negotiations begin. The Democratic Steering committee reportedly condemns U S recognition of the new Panamanian government and backs the Spooner Act, arguing it remains the party line.
The measure, introduced by Payne and referred to committee, seeks to implement a Cuba policy under the reciprocal treaty by delaying full effect until satisfactory evidence is received. It maintains duty-free status for Cuba produced goods and sets tariff rates on other imported merchandise, subject to ratification.
A historical letter from General Grant accepting the presidency nomination was found among waste paper in Hartford on November 12. The missive to General Joseph R. Hawley, then National Union Republican convention president, ends with a call for peace and prosperity. Dated May 29, 1868, the letter was recovered from a pile tossed from the Courant building cellar.
The board of education reports widespread delays in city school construction due to heavy rains, material shortages, and architect errors. Bids await for the manual training high school on November 3, with many projects pushed to next spring or fall. Funding falls short, and several buildings including North Topeka and Lafayette, park area additions, face completion setbacks. Heating and ventilation work lags as contractors push to finish, while weather worsens conditions.
A Pacific coast storm, reaching from British Columbia to Southern California, caused widespread telegraph outages and rail blockades across Oregon Washington Idaho Montana and Utah. Snow and wind blanketed the Cascades with four feet deep in places while Montana and Wyoming saw heavy snow and plunging temperatures. Gunnison Colorado reported ten degrees below zero. A tornado damaged River Chapel Church in Indiana and destruction occurred around a Glass factory area.
A garbled line seems to claim a speed of 29 miles per hour while describing an air value and diet related dash or typo. The readable fragment resembles a truncated note about movement and rate, with no clear event, person, organization, or location identifiables to form a fuller record.
Resolutions from the American Federation Lauber convention call for an open shop policy and state the effort cannot be received by falter whether under private or government management. The text emphasizes unity and firm stance on labor practices in the Roosevelt era context.
Word reaches that veteran state senator King, long linked to Populism, will attend next year’s Republican county convention in Cowley County. Once a Populist leader, he has lingered in politics for about twenty years and has been named in national US Senate rumors.
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