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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1903
Page
4
A violent cyclone struck near Perry Park Colorado blowing through the Bowstro area. Reports say several injuries and property damage across the region with crops and trees gutted and a hotel affected. The storm, part of a wider Colorado line, toppled power lines and disrupted rail traffic as residents reel from the wreckage.
A fragmented report recounts a public meeting about local issues led by elder Nak night and figures such as Mr. SF. Kiiball and Mrs Blitealk, with debate over the Pownili Option and Kncukiane trade. Speakers urge committees to address missing statements and commercial duties.
A commission urges sending a committee to the Commercial Club to demand immediate disgorging of funds for food sufferers. Two new committees are formed, one to address school buildings and the other to demand 2 new school projects. The Northwest Topeka frog ponds drainage is debated as undrainable. The meeting adjourned to Thursday to allow reports.
A geological team led by John C. Miriam reports discovery of two new caves in Sweet Shoata county. Rich fossil beds yield bones of mastodons and various extinct species including bison and ground sloths. An ancient cave well explored by local women revealed well shafts and deposits likely to advance paleontology.
Pottsville Pennsylvania August 7 The council man bound to adjust differences between anthracite miners and operators failed to agree on an umpire and appealed to judges of the federal judiciary for appointment of a seventh man. The issue centers on the umpire’s selection by a federal court judge in the Third Circuit.
Cardinal Gibbons was received by the pope discussing American questions and piligrimage, with the pope expressing interest in further acquaintance with U S affairs. The pope asked Cardinal Gibbons to inform him of health matters and Missa reports. Also notes a Topeka Railway Co piece about selling kindling wood for sale at 1 dollar per load.
Chicago report says General Manager Goodnow closed a broad labor dispute for the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific with wage increases averaging 15 percent for freight workers and 12 percent for passenger staff. The Rock Island was last to settle. minor rule tweaks remain. The wage rise adds to a record year of gains across major lines benefiting over 40,000 workers and boosting annual payrolls by about 10 million dollars.
Sedalia Missouri Kansas and Texas shopmen threaten walkout after failed wage demands. Parsons Kansas Denison and Smithville crews joined a joint conference with company officials to seek an annual raise of 77 dollars per worker. Company countered with raises to match top western railroads but would total payroll around 10 000 dollars. Committees rejected the offer and plan to ballot the employees on future action. Sedalia committee returned from Parsons meeting and would not discuss the situation further.
Reported preparations for a nationwide wage and labor dispute unfold as Curran is said to lead organizing efforts along the Chicago and Alton rail line. Locals in principal towns are being mobilized and pickets withdrawn while renewed demands push for reinstatement. Curran reportedly travels from St Louis toward key lines to rally workers.
A Kansas City grain dispute targets the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad over alleged favors in car deliveries. Unionized workers striked after Curran’s agreement to a one week shift, with tolls about labor costs. Grain men threaten legal action to stop alleged discrimination affecting Rex mills and Richardson & Co. across Reno county and beyond.
Joseph Ramsey president of the Wabash Railway asserts no current plans or projects to reach New York. He says reports about an eastern terminus and coal-field acquisitions are unfounded and that any future development will be announced. He also rejects ties to acquiring lines north of Baltimore and east of Pittsburgh.
The Pennsylvania railroad will spend about $20,000 to test a French De Glenn pound locomotive, deemed the most advanced passenger engine in Europe. Built in France, the sample will arrive around March and be run to compare with current American locomotives, aiming to adopt superior features.
The Interstate commerce commission extended to October 1 the deadline for several railroads including Pennsylvania Erie Santa Fe Denver & Rio Grande Colorado & Southern and Boston & Maine to complete safety equipment. The ruling pauses enforcement while the agency weighs further law extensions and engine grab front placement.
Fragmentary text notes an appeal related to funding air brake equipment for trains and a 50 percent car share across all trains. Details are unclear due to garbled source.
Kansas City Aug 7 reliable authority says starting September 1 trans Missouri railroads will sharply raise freight rates on almost all goods. Commodity rates on staples like sugar coffee and beans will be abolished and normal rates set. Increases from 1/2 to 14 cents per hundred expected and stock rates to rise to 4 cents. Shippers protest while Kansas livestock men seek state railroad commission action. Grand Island says it has no jurisdiction over interstate commerce.
A Missouri Pacific publicity effort features a photograph of Glencoe Curve, famed from Winston Churchill's Crisis, sent to a key author by express. The ad aims to capitalize on the locality's notoriety while expanding the railroad's public profile nationwide.
New York August 7 The United States Steel Corp appoint William E Corey as president with a 73000 annual salary, 25000 less than Charles M Schwab’s former pay. A company official says Schwab’s rumored earnings between 806000 and one million dollars a year were a joke, now disproven and harmful. Corey will also benefit from a substantial performance dividend under the company plan. Schwab’s duties are split between Corey and E H Gary who becomes chairman of the board of directors.
Richard Deane, a farmer living southeast of Emporia, died suddenly after a hearty dinner. He had been at work in corn and sickened, then collapsed. A doctor could not determine the cause and the coroner was notified.
Jackson reports indicate Senator H D Money won the Democratic nomination for the U S Senate and James K Vardaman secured the gubernatorial nomination. The contest generated wide interest amid a sharp battle between Money and Governor A B Longino for the Senate. The governor’s race involved Valdermen Critz and Noel with a full state ticket also named.
The text notes that McLaurin has no opposing nomination for re election while state tensions surface. It also mentions J Albert Berry with unclear medical topics tied to Biomart and intestines. The fragmentary item implies political and health notes without clear actions or outcomes.
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