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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1902
Page
5
Our Fall Dry Goods sale offers fortified return policy and strong bargains on furnishings and extras. Clean-up sale features odds and ends with prices from $3.88 to $7.50, including silks, hosiery, school hose, chenille covers, table cloths, and men’s and children’s wear, with many pieces heavily discounted and limited stock.
Remnants and short lengths dominate this sale offering bargains on Calicos Linens Percales and many fabric remnants. Clean stock includes Upholstery fabrics Linoleum Carpeting and window shades with one quarter to one third off. Large selection promises value for buyers seeking odds and ends for sewing and home use.
Constantinople reports dispute over responsibility for the 1871 brigand capture of American missionary Misa Ellen Stone and a companion. U S authorities insist Turkish territory bore blame due to ransom payments and search actions. Tarish edicts and Turkish handling criticized by US officials.
D P Davies of Milwaukee is named chief line repairer for the entire Santa Fe telegraph system with headquarters at Topeka. The post is new, created by Superintendent C H Aunt. The former general foreman position east of Albuquerque, held by J A Sampson, is abolished. Sampson’s territory expands to include coast lines and the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe. Davies arrives in Topeka Tuesday to assume duties. Sampson may receive a new Santa Fe post. Other Santa Fe telegraph appointments follow: HD Teed moved Las Vegas to Galveston as manager and wire chief. Joan Matthews promoted to fill Teed’s Las Vegas vacancy. George Wagener promoted to replace Matthews. M F Simmering promoted to late wire chief in place of Wagener.
The Topeka Ministerial union endorses independent candidates for Shawnee county offices amid alleged lawlessness. The open letter aims to mobilize ministers to rally support for Le Av Stebbins for county attorney and Frank M. Stahl for sheriff, urging citizens to elect officials who will enforce the law and restore decency in Topeka and surrounding areas.
The county court heard testimony from both sides on a temporary nat ion order approving shipping decks from Topeka. Attorneys argued the need to set aside the injunction issued by Judge Fagen in probate court in the absence of Judge Hazen. The hearing targeted the injunction status and jurisdiction over the shipments.
Judge Hazen defers decision to study authorities after arguments by Attorney General Godard and counsels for both sides. Hearing discusses restraining order and whether contracts are void with books tied up, as the county races to distribute titles.
Thirty six Topeka business men adopt a plan to refund railway fare equal to the miles between home towns and Topeka through merchants purchases. Handbills with merchant names are distributed in neighboring towns.
Social items report Miss Helen Quinton and Miss Fay Quinton hosting a 1 pm luncheon for cousin Miss Marcia Spivey and others. A seventh birthday party for Verna Irene Croskey is noted with refreshments and a candy favor basket. Additional notices mention visits, weddings, and musical events involving local residents and guests in Topeka and nearby areas.
Mr Robert Billard and Br John Shilling visit the area. Sec 8 R Norris and daughter Dorothy of Kansas City are visiting at W C Whitele Judge and Mrs J C Pollock and Lucile Pollock have gone to Winfield. Miss Flossie Burge returns from a visit with Miss Clara Alexander. The Standard Shorthand School at 630 Kansas Avenue reopens in September. Miss Belle Martin of Oberlin is visiting her sister Mrs E E Newell on West Girth Street.
Officials report a Southern Railway wreck at Berry Alabama about 9 20 this morning. Train master H N Dudley was aboard. About twenty five colored passengers were killed and the engineer and fireman badly scalded with about twenty five passengers injured. The engine derailed and six coaches overturned.
The report notes Judge Horton in very low condition describing a harsh Sunday. At four o'clock he endured another sinking episode feared to be the worst yet, as observers await further word. A statue of the late Governor Roswell P. Flower is mentioned in Watertown. Various stray notes and OCR garble follow with excursion rates and unrelated fragments.
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