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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1903
Page
7
Police notes recount Porter Patterson seized with evidence aboard a city hotel raid. Claude Smith accused of diamond theft with Mrs Graham and Joe Johnson implicated in a pinching case. Henry Taylor linked to a horse theft. investigations name multiple locals and a church meeting at Fourteenth Street on Saturday.
Fitzsimmons praises Corbett as a clever fighter and disputes claims he had no chance. He notes Corbett improved in cleverness and recalls their bout, saying he would fight any Jeffries weight. He denies accepting Jeffries’ remarks and says Corbett haters blamed him for bets.
Miss Eva St Clair Metcalf, 25, a dressmaker, tells probate court sanitary expert she will never make love to Rev. Herbert S. Bigelow again but will keep loving him. She pleads guilty to a soft impeachment of love and not guilty to lunacy, noting she knew he was married and preached sermons that suggested unhappiness.
Camille Pelletan, French marine minister, wed in a civil ceremony without a religious service. The couple, 34, faced public jests over a government cruiser honeymoon plan and speculation about his influence aiding the bride’s career shift from country teaching to Paris school work.
At a city meeting, Major Calvin Hood won the bid for bonds valued at 1,400 dollars payable over ten years with interest. An eastern firm offered a twenty year term at a set rate plus a 200 dollar bonus, prompting discussions of whether similar terms could be adopted.
A note left by a contractor indicates jealousy over his wife Mane Kobfang led to his suicide by morphine in Racine on August 4. Earlier he had attempted to shoot his wife but the gun was knocked from his hand. He left 1090 for their three year old son and planned to depart after the act.
The steamer Biur fields, bound from New York to Baltimore, was disabled off Hog Island Saturday with her shaft broken and arrived this morning. The vessel, in tow of steamer Menna-Hata, was towed to Hereamistance as wreckage details were reported. Weather outlook for the next yacht race from Washington notes light to fresh breezes with occasional showers and easterly points.
Chicago and Liverpool scenes show heavy rains pressuring wheat with a cautious open and nearby contracts drifting. corn steadies as hogs and cattle rise, while U S stocks drift downward before a late session pivot. In futures, September and December contracts hover as grain receipts edge higher and a broad market lull settles.
Thad Sowder and his army of broncho busters bring a wild west show to Topeka at the fair grounds Wednesday August 26. Features include a real cowgirl race potato race horse and rider duel and a daring bucking-horse finale. One performance at 3 20 p m.
The king will have his own car and palatial coach. A royal train is under construction in Paris for exclusive use. A new overland line to Athens opens November first, cutting travel by half via Brindisi. Once completed, daily palatial through trains will cover 62 hours at about 31 miles per hour.
Milwaukee dispatch reports Arthur Kpieht, chief manager of the Marconi wireless telegraphy system, saying Michigan lumbermen have urged a link with their camps for business. A station will be set at Charleville to keep camps in touch with the outside world during winter isolation.
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