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Newspaper

Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Oct 10, 1902

Page

4

Rainfall map marks wide Kansas precipitation ranges

Observer T. B Jennings prepared a map showing rainfall in Kansas up to September. Areas vary from less than 15 inches to over 40 inches with the highest 43 inches in Comes county and lowest 14 in the northwest corner. The state is shown in four zones with eastern areas receiving more rain than western, and the camera part recording the greatest totals in central counties.

T. B Jennings Kanas Cheteber L Kearney Comes Wratheiet

Schone enters campaign as party loyalists fear impact

The report shows Republicans Independents and Democrats split over JJ Schone the Democratic nominee for county attorney. Behenek Behinack and other candidates trigger warnings and withdrawals while party stalwarts debate strategy. Nomination for independent and party figures creates a tense scene with calls for unity and potential realignments ahead of the convention.

Repubicas Fariee JJ. Schone Democratit Poruinee Atorney Campaiga Stebbles Nichole Behienck Stephins Schenck and Sell

Stenographer Fees State Treasurys Record Entry

A district court report shows stenographers earning two dollars per day plus extra for additional days, with totals indicating state treasury receipts of 257 dollars and 40 cents while districts keep the fees. The December quarter ledger outlines payments and state retention.

Scant OCR Note on Pay Rates and Copyright Fees

A fragmented OCR passage discusses pay of wage earners and photographers, a to be or else frame, collector costs, and possible remitted court costs. It mentions Awilor Cole and a contested invention or action, with unclear details and weak nouns. The text is garbled and lacks clear facts.

Amilitar Cole Awilor Cole

Defective Minnesota steel stair posts raise concerns at state house

A state house project faces trouble as posts in new steel stairways prove defective after an inspection. An auditor and attorney general found air holes cast into the posts that were filled with material and bronzed over. The contractor warned of a $20,000 loss months ago, with completion originally set for October 1, and officials urge rapid fixes while work remains unfinished.

Minnesota Fem State House Leonard Whittle Ian Calemu Godard Tate House Biinficapollt

Mail for the Yukon in Vancouver B C Says Winter Mail Service Ends

Yukon mail service to White River region paused until春 navigation resumes. North of White River letters parcels and limited dense parcels restricted. rail access to White Flour terminates seasonal deliveries. Authorities suspend unsorted mail to Yukon territory due to winter conditions and restricted rail routes.

Vancouver B.C Yukon Territory Wikotols Emsen Mall Poink Ie

Loop the fair grounds claim amid expo rail plans

Preliminary plans from Chicago outline a nine and two thirds mile two thirds rail loop around the World's Telegrams exposition grounds. A third rail system would traverse the grounds with sixty or more wide circumferences, letting visitors ride quickly without leaving the cars.

St. Danis Chicago Exposition Grounds

Proposed New Frisco Line and Forest Fires Near Athens

Proposed rail line aims to extend from Mana to St. Louis with a parallel forest fire response. Ten survivors reported as work near Bounty and Mew. unclear phrasing but mentions construction and counties. Fire incidents around Athens involve damage along the Atherton river with a force mobilized to respond.

Springiel Ain Planetaie Railroad Company Bounty tHnley Bhélby County St. Louie Athens Peneoe Orlin Ik Ermi Mitway Aterathon

Wreck Delays Rock Island Denver Line Train No 10

A wreck on the Denver line of the Rock Island halted traffic for hours after a freight car derailed in a cut near Brewster. Ten loaded cars left the track. no injuries reported though early fears of trapped passengers circulated. Dispatching crews cleared the site, delaying the eastbound passenger train to Topeka by about five hours and affecting several trains.

Denver Rock Island Wis Streight Brewster Goodland Dumon Topeka Chicago

Mystery of Missing Musician Ends in River Tragedy

In Sioux City on October 1, the body of musician Mire T. F Burns was found in the Sioux River, ending a disappearance mystery after an evening in Riverside Park. Authorities deem the death accidental as evidence points to an untimely end of a night out. Suspect Hurt Ladue, 18, was arrested at the scene, with alleged extortion tied to clues about a person named Torne.

Sioux City T. F Burns Sioux River Burns Riverside Burrs Torne Jeter Ladue

National League Sells in St Louis Plot Emerges

Reports from St Louis claim after a cautious conference that the entire National League interests and franchise in the city were purchased by American League factions. Hedges of the St Louis American League club denied any agreement or contemplation of a sale.

St. Louis the Republic Planters Hedges Lonieht

Shaffer Calls Meeting Of Tin Workers In Pittsburgh

Shaffer of the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Plate Workers calls a special convention in Pittsburgh on October 2 to reconsider a wage cut proposal of 35 percent for all plate exports. He says the disputed question has caused endless complications needing explanation and settlement.

Pittsbure Shaffer Pittebure Tober T In Plate Shatter

Boy drinks poison bottle and misreads label in street scene

A Buffalo boy swallows contents of a bottle found at a drug store after misreading a label as he and peers wander a lumber yard. The scene includes a mother’s sharp note and subsequent reading mishap. Separately, Rear Admiral Melville and Gen Mayifie are reported recovering from illness with authorities stating improvement.

Drugeast Polson A. Wemeink

Dr Peers Speaks at Independent Meeting in Clover Hill

Topeka physician Dr W Peers delivered an address at the Clover Hill school house during an Independent meeting. He defended the Republican party’s founding principles, denounced nullification and abolitionist ideas, and urged voters to support Republicans Lucas and Nichols while warning against those who would weaken law and enforce prohibitory measures.

Topeka Althie Stahl Stebbins Independent Republickne W. Peers Sant Republican Party Firet Republics Maine Kanees North Dakota Towa Partor Ted Noten Soh Lucas Nichols Galen Nichols A. Stebinn Julet

Possible British coal strike sympathy with American efforts discussed

London reports indicate talk of a sympathy strike by British coal miners with American workers, yet no broad support. Trade remains active and prices stay high due to American and French strikes. Leaders like Benjamin Pickard M P and Sam Woolf express sympathy but refuse to comment on the fairness of the American claims.

London Benjamin Pickard M. P Sam Woolf

Jealousy behind New York double murder attempt

A New York man twice attacked his wife and her plasterer husband in a case of suspected jealousy. Mia Adams was shot in the head and treated in hospital while Monty Brookstedt killed Adams, then killed himself by ingesting carbolic acid after finding the wounded woman. Police investigated as Brookstedt died in Dominick Street room after the chaotic events.

New York Lower West Side Mia Adams Sho Monty Brookstedt Brookstedt Adams Brockatedt Dominicketret Brockstedt

Woman Lawyer Sues Judge Hallett for $50,000

Denver October 10 Miss Mary F Lathrop sues Judge Moses Hallett in district court as executor and trustee of the late George W Clayton estate seeking 50000 for alleged legal services to the Clayton estate The Clayton will created a 1000 fund to found a college for poor white male orphans Lathrop claims services in a suit aimed at declaring the trust void and distributing funds to Clayton heirs

Hallett Denver Dictpter Court Mary F. Lathrop Moses Hallett TS. Court George W. Clayton Clayton Mise Lothrop

Russians plan lunar scale export push in Manchuria coal trade

The report claims Russia aims to capture Japanese and Chinese coal markets by shipping supplies from Manchuria. It mentions forming a company to consolidate Russian gold and coal concessions with government support, pursuing operations on a lunar scale. Ends Life With Morphine in New York. Charles W. Lewis, noted promoter, defends his use of morphine after fortune losses.

el. Petersbure Oc. A Manchuria New York Havine Belf Charles W. Lewis Fifth Avenue England

Sharkey Giyv Set Free on Bail in Manslaughter Case

New York October 1 Thomas J Sharkey charged with being responsible for banker Nicholas Fish death and under indictment for manslaughter in the first degree has been released on seven thousand dollars bail after three weeks imprisonment. The original bail was fixed at fifteen thousand dollars. Judge Gott said the original amount was tentative and subject to reduction at the accuseds counsels request. District Attorney Jerome with Thomas F Foley said he was willing to have Sharkey released on seven thousand four hundred dollars bail.

New York Thomas J. Sharkey Nicholas Fish Goff Itechee Heeoniet Gott Jerome Thomas F. Foley Sharkey

Comedian Seabrooke Causes Turber Shop Confusion

Comedian Seabrooke enters a barber shop seeking a chair for a routine. An empty chair draws two men who both rush to sit, prompting a humorous exchange about who is the barber. The scene ends as each asks the other if they are ready for business, while the audience laughs at the mix up.

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