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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1909
Page
1
Washington reports a recovery in American cotton exports to China with 1905-06 averages of 488 million yards per year rising in 1907-08 to 68 million yards, a sevenfold drop. May crop condition sits at 81 percent of normal, area planted near 31.918 million acres, with conduct details and related notes.
The third annual meeting of the national cotton congress will be held at Monte Re, Arkansas, from June 21 to 26. Sessions will last a week. Also notices on household products and local relatives appear in ad snippets, including paint and glassware promotions.
Speculative activity was strong at the opening of trading on the New York stock exchange with more than 500000 shares traded in the first hour. Wall Street attributed the surge to operations by major financial interests and heavy operators shifting from the bear side. The session saw heavy activity in Harriman, Hill stocks, Atchison, and United States Steel as banks lent freely and cash inflows from the West strengthened reserves. By one o’clock A stocks had surpassed 1100000 shares, with business easing at the afternoon session’s start.
A collage of campus club meetings and social events includes Phi Gamma Delta farewell and sewing club notes, a university recital and Endeavor banquet with a seven ty five guest count, and a Sigma Chi party. Reports also tell of a perilous desert incident near Palm Springs involving Ralph and Leslie Rogers and a government agent.
A quirky exchange in a Lawrence town column shows a girl and a man viewing pictures on a couch. A tie snag and a playful misreading of a classified ad for Austin apartments lead to a humorous misunderstanding about cash and rooms. The mother explains the “pts” shorthand meaning apartments in the Journal Wants.
A chaotic note outlines a daring for sale listing amid garbled text about a 14 rem C firearm and a rail line with a 75 foot front along a residence street in Lawy ited. Separate lines describe a freight train derailment possibly caused by robbers or malstudents near East Winthrop Street and Indiana Avenue. Also mentioned are torrential rains across Virginia and the eastern cotton belt with unspecified damage details.
A real estate man argues the South Side has insufficient lots to meet demand as Lawrence grows. He disputes boom talk, saying population rises at a steady pace and housing will be needed, with projections of 25 000 residents in the near future.
Local: Produce dealers are placing orders for watermelons and cantaloupes with first arrivals slated around June 10. Cantaloupes come from Tyler Texas area initially, with peak supply from Rocky Ford, Cole Wheat in later weeks. Separate dispatch from Fort Worth notes North Texas wheat contracts at about 1.35 dollars or more as threshing begins around Denton.
In New York on June 4 the appellate division of the supreme court in Brooklyn upheld a lower court ruling keeping Harry K. Thaw confined at the Matterwan state asylum for the criminally insane. His habeas corpus petition to gain release was previously dismissed by the supreme court in Brooklyn.
Philadelphia June 4 Prospects for settling the strike of employees of the Philadelphia rapid transit company are brighter today as both sides agree to concessions and a complete resumption of service is predicted by tomorrow. Republican leaders whose plans for tomorrow's primary elections were disrupted by recent turbulence helped bring about the improved situation as the city grew quieter.
Federal Judge Cotteral nullified and restrained the Oklahoma secretary of state from enforcing the revocation of the St. Louis and San Francisco railway charter for noncompliance with state law. The article notes commodity prices, cattle Receipts, and court actions including habeas corpus hearings over a murder case, with district court sessions and related notices.
A Wright brother’s relative, living three miles east of Tonganozie, eschews aviation tinkering, working the farm instead. He recalls childhood experiments with flying devices, alongside his famous siblings, and how they would test prototypes from hilltops, often lifting briefly before failing.
In Chicago a dramatic scene at Sheffield Avenue police station featured Miss Anna Kolb being taken to the cell housing Dr Haldane Cleminson, the alleged wife slayer. Kolb, a former patient at Chicago Union Hospital, identified several women connected to Cleminson and sparked intense strain as reporters heard fragments of the physician’s conversation with her. The session ended in fresh screams as she was led away.
An invoice received indicates electric line material is en route, shipped May 28, with arrival expected soon. Rails delay expected. Monday J D Bowersock to set contract for new equipment, electric light plant. Electric line crew to be in Lawrence Monday.
The town should reflect university spirit as commencements approach. Lawrence anticipates many former students and visitors drawing crowds to inspect the town. Local decor should honor both the State University events and Kaskell Commencement, celebrating a quarter century since founding and promoting loyalty to both institutions.
Many students left today as the university halted regular classes for the term afternoon. Trains carried students out of the city while luggage and cabmen profited from the busy exodus. Despite the break, commencement visitors will obscure the absence for a week. Lawrence homes host guests for next week with students returning home from attached schools.
Women crowd the Custom House in heavy rain for the opening of a confiscated goods sale by Customs. The auction, conducted by Marshal Henkel, offers dress materials and garments valued over 50000 dollars from five trunks, including twenty two princess robes and numerous lace and silk items. The sale will continue throughout the month with additional trunks auctioned.
The Kansas City Lawrence and Topeka Electric Railway company received a state charter yesterday in Topeka. Capitalized at one million dollars, it aims to take over the Kansas City and Olathe electric railway and extend the line through Lawrence to Topeka, with headquarters at Rosedale. Incorporators include R W Hocker E P Dickson J A Stewart T B Glover D B Johnson BR O Larsen and George Holsinger among others. The line will run about sixty seven miles and compete with Santa Fe Rock Island and Union Pacific for Kansas City business.
A dispatch from El Centro reports a mysterious airship flying nightly over the Salton Sea in the Imperial Valley. About twenty Brawley residents watched the basket-like craft with a propeller glide above the Salton Sea and vanish into the San Jacinto mountains, studied through field glasses. no one was in the basket.
Chicago markets report price quotes for futures in July and September across corn pork lard and beef. Beef receipts for cattle run 1,000 head with beef steers ranges from 5.10 to 7.20 with cows and heifers around 2.50 and stockers and feeders near 3.60. Hog receipts 1,500 head with top prices around 7.00 to 7.65 as bulk around 7.40.
Contestants from the New York to Seattle automobile race reached Erie Pennsylvania today. One driver, arrested for speeding, posted twenty five dollars for his appearance in court this afternoon and then fled the city. The item also mentions a local visitor and various advertisements and notices.
Topeka June 4 Kansas Children's Home society will gain about 10000 from the will of H I Day a Franklin county farmer who died May 18 the bequest notes the man Day rode with on July 10 1907 McDonald now W E McDowell travels for the society and recounted the incident to Day leading to a $10000 legacy to the society through McDowell without direct heirs the executor is T J Watking of Rantoul Ottawa county Kansas
June 4. Charles Eveleth general manager of the Kentucky Northern railroad was shot yesterday by Edward Riley who sought employment. Eveleth, after being wounded, shot Riley twice. Both men are reported to be dying in Beattyville Kentucky.
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