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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1903
Page
7
Market notes show corn steadiness while live stock trading features cattle prices from 3.25 to 4.25 per hundredweight. The page blends market gossip with scattered reports on grain, livestock, and local trading activity, noting city sales and wholesale trends amid expansive product coverage.
A joint note urged by major powers seeks wide reforms in Turkey. Germany and Russia endorsed the move, with France supporting restraint while Austrian and British allies weighed action. The plan aims to ease Christian oppression and stabilize regional conditions amid Turkish governance concerns.
Fragmentary report shows discussion among central committee members, citing proposals and positions. The text references names like Hagallinin and Be gectind along with mentions of republicans and meetings. The readable portions suggest civic action and party debates without clear outcomes.
Washington contends the rise in poultry counts stems from misaccounting in the census of 1880 and 1890. The director notes that enumerator rules changed and that many fowls were not broken out by species. Despite this, egg and poultry production shows a marked increase and value shifts toward eggs and other poultry products.
Report states Rock Island has entered alliances to run Houston based lines into Shreveport and control 220 miles of track with Houston East and West Texas Railways. President Leeds of Houston East & West Texas leads new arrangements uniting with Harriman line interests to move traffic via Galveston and new routes into Texas except San Antonio.
Marshall Field plans to fund a new Chicago museum as part of a South Park commission dispute. The article notes a projected cost around 3 million dollars, with discussions tied to agricultural school funding and local civic figures weighing in on the proposal.
Fragmented notes indicate Paris reports famine risk due to poor harvest projections. Weather gales and blight threaten winter wheat yields across France with minimal reserves anticipated. French authorities forecast low output and elevated prices amid ongoing agricultural struggles.
Destructive blaze in Springfield Ohio gutted the new M A Fountain Square theater and adjacent structures, causing an estimated 3200000 loss. Firefighters faced water scarcity and delayed access as a wall collapse trapped Mulholland’s jewelry store. one man was badly hurt and several others escaped with rescue efforts hampered by cold and debris.
In Feb Chiesse Judge Grosscup outlines the ruling that the beef trust constitutes an unlawful combination restraining trade. He defines commerce as the full chain from initiation to final sale, including recruitment and shipment across states, and explains interstate commerce extends to transactions where multiple states are involved. The decision analyzes two groups of petition facts and distinguishes purchases, shipments, and agency sales as parts of the commerce entity under Sherman Act scrutiny.
A federal judge overruled a demurrer in a Sherman act case charging defendants with unlawful combination and conspiracy to restrain trade in livestock. The order details agreements to refrain from bidding among competitors, fix prices for shipments, enforce uniform delivery charges, and secure rebates with transport firms, constituting restraint of trade under the Sherman act. Defendants include Swift & Co, Armour, Cudahy, Ham ite packing interests, Nelson Murr & Co, J Ogden Armour, and others.
In St Paul a state attorney general argues a pardon promise to Coke Younger was not violated by his eligibility to appear at a show. Dowsing says the pardon did not bar public appearance but prohibited certain actions. The dispute hinges on whether Younger breached the pledged restraint while continuing with show business. Two vigilantes shot in Raton New Mexico after a brakeman was stabbed in a tavern dispute.
A proposed budget reform would stop state bank deposits and keep funds in county treasuries to share interest. The plan splits monthly state needs among counties, audits drafts, and requires county treasurers to remit sums to the state. noncompliance risks fines, removal, and legal action.
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