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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1903
Page
12
A nutrition oriented note urges care with children's foods this season. It extols Royal Baking Powder as essential for light, sweet flavors and wholesome results in cake biscuits doughnuts crusts and other baked goods.
A discussing panel at Washburn College and Coach Kennedy considers establishing a dental school in Topeka. Trustees debate funding and whether Kennedy will relocate to lead the project or remain elsewhere. The plan hinges on recruiting a demonstrator and securing long term support before any operation could begin.
The memory of Dan Kennison last survivor of the Boston tea party was honored with a large boulder monument in Lincoln Park near the spot where Kennison was buried in 1882 in Chicago. Attending the unveiling were members of the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution which donated the monument.
The will of Mim. Mary Behanly of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, who died here in November, left all property to her children. Stocks, funds, and real estate are to be sold for cash. The value of the estate was not disclosed.
The estate totals 4 200 000 dollars with Andrew Carnegie and other executors each receiving 3 009 dollars as specified in the will.
In Rome on December 19 clerks in the ministry of public works staged a demonstration that risked turning into a strike. The unrest arose when a bill affecting clerical interests was not disclosed in the chamber of deputies, triggering wider murmurs in other ministries. Officials intervened to pacify the situation as Parliament had just resumed after a Christmas holiday push.
EE Rousebush and wife transfer to B F Newby for 2800 dollars a southwest quarter 16-12 FR. Ireland et al transfer to B af Hook for 1 dollar a part southeast quarter 10-11-14. Orchard Place Lot Co to Lt Samuelson for 287 dollars lot 283 and south half 580 Harrison street Orchard Place addition. J H Pounds and husband to D Johnson for 1150 dollars lot 113 and south half 111 Taylor street. J T Bell and wife to J T Barrett for 9200 dollars lot 368 and West half 268 Kansas avenue Hitches addition. L B Frew guardian to E M Hook for 237 42 went half southeast quarter 10 in S
London December 19 A conference of Scottish steel makers reached an agreement to sell ship plates boiler plates and angles branded as ran will be taxed 56 cents to 1.25 per ton above current quotations The move ends ruinous competition The report mentions Forbes W C A Crosby and Warren M Crosby offering Xmas candies and fancy coffee and teapots respectively in local ads
In two coordinated raids last night police seized four wagon loads of barroom fixtures at 115 East Sixt Avenue owned by Lonergan and at 301 Kansas Avenue run by Parry and Humbert. Several arrests were made. Lonergan posted bond while Parry and Humbert remained jailed. A prior arrest of James Sheasley for a December 12 incident was noted but is clearing in district court.
A digest of brief items: Winfiela Scott of Stanford named chief of a new Law division at the Library of Congress in Washington. Wireless contact reported between the steamer St Paul and Nantucket lightship. The Orleans Limited wreck near Church Station, Illinois. fireman killed and several injured. Max Malich of Denver and Moyer of the Western Federation ordered to leave Pueblo. The Victoria apartment building fire in Chicago causing significant loss. George W. Bement, wholesale grocer, dies in Terre Haute at 69. Mrs Roosevelt hosts diplomatic corps in Washington. Congressman Ira E. Rider to resign due to ill health. Erttransit street railway in Philadelphia placed in receivership with large bonded debt. Jamison Coal Company cuts oil miners’ wages in Pittsburg area. General Henry K. Douglas dies in Hagerstown at 63. Various Christmas candy ads noted at the end.
Washington December 10 The incident over bridesmaid gowns involved Miss Roosevelt daughter of the president and Miss Postlethwaite both unable to be bridesmaids. Substitutes were found for the event but the pink frocks were never worn by Miss Roosevelt or Miss Postlethwaite and now they refuse to pay their share. A dressmaker faces financial distress amid the dispute.
Behrens president of the Missouri State Federation of Labor told laboring men to unite in a labor union to solidify the country and gain government control. He condemned inheritance as a curse and urged devoting a dying man’s wealth to working people while supporting arbitration over political compromises.
From the Atchison Globe: W A Pierce of Topeka will travel to Johannesburg to work for G J Price who manages a group of gold mines. Price is son of John Price of Atchison. Walter Price also employed by the company. Pierce previously cared for cows for the British government and met Price while traveling. Forbes advertises guaranteed cutlery.
The Price brothers, allied with the British during the Boer War, rose from Black Hills mining to major roles and own large jobs. Walter Price, superintendent of a mine, earns 8000 yearly. Charley Price’s daughters will study at Bethany College in Topeka in April, accompanying their mother who will visit Atchison and Topeka before returning to South Africa. The family will reside with Mrs J C McClintock and Mrs Charles McClintock in Topeka. both McClintocks are daughters of John Price of Atchison.
The weekly statement shows loans at 878,740,200 with a drop of 2,151,800 and deposits at 848,284,000 up 35,478,300. Circulation stands at 48,056,100 with a decrease of 81,200, legal tenders 68,209,500 rising 1,731,200, specie 157,887,000 up 5,653,400, reserve 226,096,500 up 8,304,600, reserve required 212,071,000 up 1,357,075, surplus 14,025,500 up 35,947,695, and United States deposits 3,233, increased by 5,952,800.
The Ingleside Home for Aged Women, aided by Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Thomas of Topeka, outlines a new plan and expanded facilities. The pamphlet recounts the charity's history from its founding by Topeka women to care for homeless young women, debt reduction, and eventual shift to sheltering aged, impoverished women with a larger building and more rooms.
Vienna reports the plan to preserve Beethoven's dream chamber and adjacent rooms inside his home was dropped due to insurmountable structural issues. The Beethoven committee and aristocratic supporters intended a museum on site, with the rooms to be opened to the public as part of the preservation effort.
McCollum promotes a new approach to curb joint tenancy by targeting property owners and agents who rent to "jointists" under a state backed city ordinance designed to remove such tenants. An interview with F. Stahl argues the plan rests on a mistaken view of the law and its implementation. John S. Dawson, assistant attorney general, challenges the constitutionality of the school land lease law affecting settlers and bids. Lewiston car barns burned, destroying most rolling stock. loss estimated at 5,000 dollars. Fine cutlery at Forbes.
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