07 Oct 1902
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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1902
Page
1
President Roosevelt appeals to Mitchell to persuade striking coal miners to return to work on a promise. Governor Stone mobilizes the entire state militia to protect workers and deter disturbances. Mitchell heads to Buffalo with labor officials to discuss actions with manufacturers.
Supreme Tribunal of Kansas refuses to hear the anti fusion mandamus challenge. Justice Greene leads a revolt claiming disqualification due to personal interest. Court majority announces five justices candidate this election are disqualified from sitting, leading to a half hour consultation and a tense courtroom scene with calls to notify state authorities and seek arbitration.
Taitioes are disqualified to start and the attorney for the case interests seek delay. The court option may involve a dispute before a judge not seeking reelection to compel the Secretary of State to place both tickets on the official ballot. The decision notes the increase court will not review the two disqualification decisions.
United States Senator Burton Foster and Mitchell of Oregon, with ex Senator Thurston, return from Hawaii where they joined a subcommittee of the Pacific Islands committee. They describe two days of testimony across Oahu and Maui, hearings with commercial bodies, and focus on the Taber claim, organic act amendments, and island economic conditions.
About 2,500 names were gathered to place Independent candidates on county ballots though only 800 were needed. J A Sterbine’s petition lists 3,060 names declared legal, with Frank Stahl and others drawing similar totals. Circulators included Rev Charles M Sheldon and several local figures. filing aimed to form Republican Democratic populist and independent slates with signer lists.
Whetling West Virginia October 7 Senator Hane f spoke to a large audience at the Wheeling Wharf about labor rights and union freedom. He argued workers have a right to organize and reviewed the miners’ faction while opposing a sympathy strike with anthracite miners.
The Washington naval parade opened under sunny to cloudy skies with 100000 visitors filling the streets. Gen Heywood led the march past the White House, reviewing naval veterans as Admiral Dewey and others watched. Delegations from 45 naval veterans associations attended and reunions followed at Camp Roosevelt.
A brief dispatch reports an official effort to comply with a mayoral directive amid mounting tensions. The piece notes the actor’s hesitation and the city’s push for decisive action, underscoring a fragile balance between authority and resistance.
Rioters attack non union workers and vandalize three Canal Street streetcars as wires are cut and windows smashed. Conductor FL H Scheenick of Chicago suffers severe injuries while police struggle to control crowds. Governor and militia mobilization discussed. strike spreads with outcry over unionization efforts and suspected out-of-town strike organizers.
The forecast calls for fair tonight and Wednesday with a warmer spell likely. Winds were light from the west at six miles per hour this morning as a recent hail storm affected markets and the hourly readings show a rising temperature.
Jennie Baker, colored, seeks 2000 damages from the City railway after an April street car incident left her crippled. She testified she asked the conductor to halt at Clay street, but the car moved on injuring her as she stepped from the car. Her work as a washer brought $3 a week before the accident. she has been unable to work since.
iPLASS formally inducted into office at Washburn marking a new era for the school. Inaugural services drew a large audience at the Washburn college chapel with Norman D Pines delivering the address before students, alumni, and townspeople amid Washburn Blue attire.
Fragmentary testimony shows Dr Shields failing to answer medical questions and a witness confounded by technical points. Judge Hazen and Captain Waters clash over negligence claims as Miss Baker loses in district court amid juror remarks on the law’s rigidity.
Senator Hanna in Stiebenville issued a tariff debate challenge to Tom L. Johnson. Johnson accepted urging a strictly economic discussion with no monopoly references. Johnson plans to visit Cleveland October 17 for the election surveillance.
Mills announces ready to wear hats as its specialty with popular priced millinery from five to ten dollars. Direct copies of expensive imported models available at a fraction of the original price. New silk hats and camel's hair hats in turban and dress shapes on display. Agents for Phipps and Aitchison hats.
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