Garfield Park riot over illegal joint ends in injuries
A crowd of about 100 intoxicated men attacked a constable team during raids on two illegal joints at Garfield Park. Two officers were seriously injured, Garruth and Heald badly hurt, Foster arrested with warrants. Police faced threats as tempers rose and a crowd dispersed after efforts to seize the illicit setup.
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Garfield Park
Temperance Committee
Fieald
Jude Foun Martix
Foster
den Jones
Sherk
Benedict
Oakland
Peak
Bispal
Ates
Johnson
Crara
Friar Fald
Croft
Constable Hickey
Harry G. Lariner
A. G. Carinth
Ianeusee
Lound
Heald
Ratton
Anis
Frank Ho Foster
Carruth
Paramore
Messrs. Watson
Tartmer
Diebewwe
Pesk
Mrr. Carruth
Mysete
Topeka
I. J. Lynen
Henry M. Steele
Gardela Park
Gatield Park
Assembly
Kot
Bob
Frank Mr. Poster
Fetas
Harry Heald
4 Journal
James Hickey
Jornia
Treath
Bridies
Eleath
Hewan
Bugsy
Warn
Paris
Iis Bucey
Traunis Garheld Park
Thorson
Hamor
Anyon
Harry L. Heald
Neat
Topeka Riot Fallout and Garfield Park Turmoil Details
Eyewitness accounts describe the Garfield park riot linked to Labor Day events. Police, deputies, and citizens clashed as liquor and gambling violations were enforce d, leaving two deputies injured. Authorities move to secure homes of participants while investigations proceed and temperance groups call for unity.
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Christian Citizens’ League
MM. C. A
Taw
State of
Kansas
Towic
A.G. Caruth
Harry L. Heall
Topeka
Fair
Committee of Seventeen
Mesars
Caruth
Smith
Oakland Presbyterian Church
Mesure
Vance
Parks End
Robert Stone
J. Mf. Stark
W. G Brazeur
Karnival Knights Move in a Mysterious Way at Hamilton Hall
A Topeka carnival mass meeting tonight at Hamilton Hall draws 5000 young men with 3000 expected in the hall. Marshall's Big Band plays a long program and a mystery feature will be staged inside a tent. Prominent locals like A W Dana, John Waters, and Charles Holliday organize the event aimed at a lively carnival night with music from Sousa and a new song, A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight, sung by the crowd. Tickets for Karnival Knights buttons cost 25 cents to fund parade expenses.
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K. K
Hamilton
Karnival Knights
Garfield Park
Dana
Paul Torrington
John Waters
K. Holliday
Charles J. Holliday
John F. McManus
Wil Haskell
Paul Terrington
A. W. Dana
Doc. Ashton
Gov. Leedy
David Overmyer
Joseph G. Waters
Ike
Tom Dore
Topeka
John Marabell
Sousa
Tom Anderson
Old Town
Charles K. Holliday
Hamilton Hall
Karnival Knight
Kansas Avenue
Fourth
Ninth Streets
TI Old Town
Heathor Pretty
Vieiocknd
Carnival Meeting Promises Laughs Ginger and Fun
A gathering is advertised with doors opening at o'clock. Attendees are urged to bring money for buttons and to invite friends in other communities. A goal of selling 10,000 buttons weekly is stated. The notice notes a carnival atmosphere with cheer, games, and entertainment, encouraging attendance and social sharing.
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Ron
De Wolf Hopper Wife Files Absolute Divorce Suit
Mrs De Wolf Hopper announces she will sue for absolute divorce on statutory grounds. The estranged couple have kept separate homes in New York with Hopper at the Lambs Club and Mrs Hopper at the Girard. She will remain in Hopper's company under Ben Stevens, though the move may be unwelcome to him. A San Francisco native, she rose as a comic in The Girl I Left Behind Me at the Empire, later marrying Hopper in 1903 and briefly replacing Miss Deila Fox in Panjan drums.
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New York
de Wolf Hopper
Hopper
Lambs' Club
Girard
San Francisco
Cal
Empire Theater
Mixes Hina Wallace
Deila Fox
White man lynched for assault in North Carolina
A brutal crime report from Mount Airey Virginia describes Henry Wall a white man about 21 who attacked Sadie Cook a young white girl near Friends Mission Virginia. He beat her body crushed her head with a hoe cut her throat and dragged the body to a ravine before being lynched near the scene by an enraged mob.
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North Carolina
Raleigh
Mount Airey
S. C
News and Observer
Friends Mission
Virginia
Sadie Cook
Henry Wall
Wall
Joy
Croker for Mayor In Tammany Campaign Hints
New York Sept 7 Richard Croker aboard the steamer New York hints he will be the Tammany Hall candidate for mayor of Greater New York. He predicts Tammany will win by 56 000 votes amid reform fatigue and rising taxes with little government improvement observed.
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New York
Thorsforse
Richard Croker
American Line
Associated Press
Lying in Albert Bay After Damaged Steamer Eugene
Port Townsend Washington September 7 The Steamer Eugene broke from the Willamette river voyage to Dawson City via St Michaels in tow of the Tibetot and had to be deserted by the Bristol It now lies in Albert bay badly damaged with her house nearly demolished Officers of tug Pioneer report Dyea and Skaguay are free of lawlessness and civil flow violations Considerable rain is falling and many persons will return to the sound for the winter as 2008 as arrangements can be made
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Port Townsend
Wash
Eugene
Willamette River
Dawson City
St. Michaels
Tibetot
Bristol
Albert Bay
Pioneer
Skaguay
Dyea
Berber Occupied by Hautanese Allies Near Nile Advance
Cairo dispatch reports Berber, a key Nile town on the Anglo Egypt expedition towards Khartoum, occupied by Hautanese forces allied with the British. The scene mentions proximity to Khartoum as the march continues.
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Khartoum
London
Cairo
Berber
Nile
Famine Fears Rise as Ireland Faces Widespread Crop Failure
Telegraphed reports from Mullingar Wexford Permanaugh Cartow Mitchellstown and Cork warn of irretrievably ruined crops and a looming agricultural crisis. Potatoes fail across counties as provisions rise and farmers face ruin and possible workhouse poverty. The Irish government has taken no measures to avert famine.
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New York
London
Ireland
Mullingar
Midlands
County Wexford
County
Wexford
Permanaugh
Ulster
Tosk
Raodet
Board of Guardians
Mitchellstown
County Cork
Ish
Fort Madison workers to attend Topeka Santa Fe day
A Fort Madison delegation of 200 to 400 Santa Fe shop employees will travel to Topeka for Santa Fe day during Festival week. The Fort Madison group, led by George Davenport, plans a special train and seeks information on the event and schedule.
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Fort Madison
Topeka
Santa Fe
George BR. du
Davenport
Landslide In Quebec Blocks River At St Albans
Montreal Sept 7 a repeat landslide near St Albans parish Port Neuf county on the St Ann river slid 15 to 20 acres of land into the river blocking the stream and carrying several houses downstream authorities report.
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Montreal
St. Albans Parish
Port Neuf County
St. Ann
Quebec
Sink or Swim. Engineers Strike Sparks Union Aid Call
In Birmingham the Trades Union Congress resumed with President Stevens in the chair. He described the engineers strike as an example of a powerful capitalist alliance in upheaval, and delegates adopted a resolution to provide moral and financial support to the striking miners. Mr Pickard urged all trade unionists to tender a final hour and "sink or swim" with the engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ens
Trades Union Congress
Stevens
Pickard
M. P
Miners’ Federation of Great Britain
Topeka wagon crash injures Docer family
A runaway wagon on Beward avenue east of Topeka caused the Docer family to be injured. Mrs. Docer and her two sons, aged 10 and 12, were knocked unconscious and suffered cuts and bruises. The wagon struck a telegraph pole before four miles east of Topeka, and the youth remained in the wagon after gripping the seat.
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Topeka
Anna Docer
Beward Avenue
Dover
Oakland
Docer
Fifth Street
Fourth Street
Madison Street
Willis & Payne
de Moss & Penwell
Ir Se
Yourser
Porter S Cook Backs Law and Order in Garfield Park Clash
Assurances were received before the nominating primary that Porter S Cook would enforce the mayor law and all laws. A Journal reporter asked Cook his stance on yesterday's trouble at Garfield park and he stated he is in favor of law and order and does not approve of officer resistance. The resistance is blamed on the minor element, with Cook portrayed as a prohibitionist.
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Porter S. Cook
Mqyor
Cook
Journal
Garfield Park
Tam
Mqnor
A Town Fears Rain May Disrupt Bryan Speech
Burlingame residents hope for clear skies but fear rain may spoil tomorrow’s gathering featuring William J. Bryan. Governor Leedy will introduce him at 2 PM. Henry Lord and George Storrs travel to Kansas City to meet Bryan and escort him to Burlingame arriving on the Santa Fe line at 11:45 AM after a noon Topeka pass.
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Burlingame
William J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Leedy
Henry Lord
George Storrs
Kansas City
Aiiver
Santa Ferral
Topeka
Pirates Strike Twice In Tangier Dealing For Ransom
Report says pirates who boarded the Iulan bark Fiducks and later seized the Portuguese bark Resita Paro freed their prisoners in exchange for the Ailaes captured by the Sevilla. They demand a ransom of 2000 pounds be paid by the captors to secure release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tangier
Sevilla
Mrs Case to Run for Socialist Justice Post
Mrs. Lucia O Case of Topeka, a female member of the bar, announces plans to run for associate justice on the Socialist ticket next fall to succeed Justice Alien. She has been highly active in supporting him and is expected to attract strong support from his admirers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucia O. Case
Topeka
Justice Alien
Sants Fe Route Sells Tickets to St Louis for $6.00
On September 7 9 14 16 28 the Sants Fe Route will sell tickets to St Louis for $6.00 and reduced rates to eastern points. Prospective travelers are urged to call at the depot phone 632 for details. The Floral Fund raffle and transfer station ice cream sale are also noted with timing details at 1 and 45 minutes past the hour at 6 Western avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Toogeensprings Immediate Quarantine Ordered
Local authorities have ordered immediate quarantine of the infected locality in Toogee Springs as a precaution amid an outbreak. Health officials monitor residents and enforce movement restrictions to contain the spread.
Death from Yellow Fever Shocks New Orleans Harbor
Sept 7 New Orleans reports one fatal yellow fever case linked to Ocean Springs. Mobile and Galveston quarantine measures loom as the city braces for containment efforts, disinfectants laid and officials pledge swift action to curb spread while awaiting further guidance.
Passengers Turned Back at Mobile Blockade Incident
Mobile Ala Sept 7 Despite a quarantine declaration about 100 persons from New Orleans tried to enter Mobile on the midwest train. Police surrounded the train and four passengers were taken off. The rest were returned to a point above Mobile for transfer to the west bound train. Crowds filled the station as excitement grew and officials directed examinations by physicians.
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Mobile
Ala
Seradton
Uwrain
Throush
Newe Orleans
Ts Walt
New Orleans
Yellow Fever Camp Established in Waynesboro Georgia
A Yellow Fever camp has been established at Waynesboro Georgia as a precautionary measure. The Treasury Department has procured 200 tents for use in the precautionary effort. Rockefeller's mother-in-law died in Cleveland. Mrs H L Spellman, mother of Mrs John D Rockefeller, died at Forest Hills Cleveland this morning after weeks of illness. A warrant was issued in Tuetio Guy's court Saturday for the arrest of Samuel Hayden of Osage City in a case involving a theft from a storekeeper during a disruption at the rear of a store while the proprietor was away.
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Waynesboro
Georgia
Washington
Sept. T
Treasure Department
Rockefelier
Dent
Cleveland
H. L. Spellman
John D. Btockatetler
Forest Mill
Forketetters
Tuetio
Guy's Court
Samuel Hayden
Osage City
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