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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1904
Page
1
State Treasurer Kelly faces embezzlement charges amid Rowett’s report detailing shortages in twelve counties. The Rowett inquiry uncovers misentries, mysterious drafts, and unaccounted funds dating from Grimes and Kelly administrations, with calls for full government accountability and recovery actions.
Charles F. Street, president of the Topeka Water Company, arrived in town this afternoon for several days. He dismissed recent disturbances as not serious and declined comment on discussions with city officials. Rumors say he may push to transfer ownership of the plant to Topeka during talks with the council.
Washington dispatch notes Senator Burton of Kansas plans to ask the Supreme Court next Monday to advance the case on the docket and seek a writ of certiorari to address any questions about bringing the case directly from the circuit court. Items From Wellington report Sumner county high school defeats Southwent college 12 to 0 in football. Remains of Dr E Elliott of Wellington cremated in Chicago, ashes to be buried beside his wife. Weather forecasts Kansas Chicago Illinois: fair tonight and Wednesday, warmer Wednesday. southerly winds. State Journal regrets missing two large advertisers. copy to be submitted in season.
A report notes that lockdown or locked doors were used to hinder a plan to acquire a plant. Details describe the motive as obstructive and aimed at blocking the purchase, with authorities investigating the action and its context within the organization.
The Topeka city council meeting disclosed a behind closed doors effort to abandon city ownership of the waterworks. Several council members favored selling to the Present Company for 6200000, while others backed keeping municipal control. A formal plan to include the public via an informal ballot was discussed, and the public trust concern was raised by the State Journal.
The battleship Secreia was launched at 2 53 p m in Bath Maine with spectators from Maine and Georgia including Governor Terrill and Congressman Tate. Miss Stella Tate sponsored, breaking a champagne bottle as the hull slid into the Kennebec. the ship's masts conning tower and smokestacks were in place and a luncheon followed.
The text notes continued warm pleasant weather with a government forecast predicting fair conditions tonight and Wednesday in Kansas, with warmer temperatures midweek. A northwest wind around six to seven miles per hour is reported, and hourly readings range from about 0.50 to 0.77 inches of something, with temperatures around the mid 60s to mid 70s.
Kansas City reports twenty nine bodies in local undertakers rooms and about sixty injured in Sedalia hospital after the Missouri Pacific wreck near Warrensburg. Julia A. Wood of Oxford Kan not expected to live, death total rising to thirty with Mrs T H Alley identified among the dead. Coroner's jury continues investigation into the cause.
Warrensburg Missouri Pacific collision near here yesterday killed twenty nine and injured over fifty. Coroner's jury hearings show the freight crew fell asleep and failed to see the passenger train had not cleared the track. W. W. McVey night operator at Mont Serrat testified that Sedalia dispatcher ordered wrecking crew section men and doctors to the scene before the trains met.
Berlin reports a jump in discount and leading rates to 5 and 6 percent as the imperial gold stock shrinks. Despite 4.2 million dollars imported from London, banks and private finance tighten. The September issue of 37.5 million in treasury bonds prompted banks to curtail loans to cover annual commitments.
In St Louis on October 11 1916 descendants of the Daughters of the American Revolution gathered to observe the fourteenth anniversary of the DAR. More than 500 members from state chapters across the United States attended the commemorative event at the Louisiana Purchase exposition management designated today as D A R Day.
Shanghai dispatch says British minister Sir Ernest Satow informed the Chinese foreign affairs ministry of an uprising at Tam maf u and Chantefu along the Shantung Chi Li and Henan border. The movement counts 19 000 adherents and foreign missionaries seek refuge.
Early bulletin from Walmer Castle reports Lady Curzon is not as well this morning after a fair night. The note says she was in fair condition last night but is somewhat worse today.
The steamer Beverly reports a three day storm along the Honduras coast beginning September 29 damaging the banana crop. The disaster affects shipments from Honduras and Guatemala, with crop ruin confirmed. A Swiss ministerial appointment is noted in a separate item.
Berlin dispatches say the prime minister and interior minister rejected a plan for erecting airy scrapers in Prussian cities. The Manufacturers' Association voices opposition while authorities consider public works. Separately, reports from Tokyo claim General Kuropatkin's forces crossed the Hun River and attacked Japanese troops moving north, with Russian advance reportedly checked.
Dispatches from St Petersburg Tokyo and Port Arthur describe heavy actions along the Russian Japanese frontier. Russian advances threaten Japanese positions while Kuropatkin and Oyama push lines north of the Taltse river. A Japanese gunboat Hef Yen struck a mine near Pigeon Bay causing casualties.
New York guards arrest Rudolph Fritsche at 723 Tenth Avenue amid claims whisky sold at his saloon contained poison. Over the past two weeks nearly twenty five middle aged residents died, with wood alcohol detected in at least one stomach. Coroner Seholer cautions more saloons may be involved and deaths may rise pending analyses.
Cyrun Leland Republican state central committee member from this district denounces a Topeka paper for garbled statements claiming he wants no Republican speakers sent to Doniphan county. He says meetings should be billed by the county central committee and that a two weeks campaign before the election is sufficient.
A Minot dispatch reports two torpedo boats wrecked near Towner after the Journal forward section failed on a truck bound for Seattle. The wreck, blamed on tampering at Rugby, damaged woodwork above front tracks while steel remains intact. Russian workers on the section crew at Towner are noted, with spies alleged by authorities.
Seventeen Japanese girls locked themselves in their rooms at their boarding house to resist removal by United States deputy marshals seeking deportation at the request of Commissioner General Tejima. Four police officers were injured but the order was maintained.
A report from Halifax states the steamer Call bound from Tracadie to New London has sunk near New London. The captain and crew of 17 were aboard the boat steamer La owned in Chatham, N. B.
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