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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1904
Page
7
A large public turnout gathers as exhibits attract attention from many visitors. Organizers report strong interest from locals and visitors, with diverse displays drawing curious crowds and positive reviews across the viewing halls.
Marshall presents the Fampus Band on tonight’s programme with glimpses of special features. The United States dairy industry exhibit highlights a capital value of over $1,200,000 and a total exhibit value of around $1,100,500,000, drawing visitors to the United States booth and its daily interests and hand separators.
The Empire Separator by Exapiee Creamwry and Mr O Stiler of Oris, Kes, attracts attention at a hall exhibit. The device promises efficient milk separation with a central feed tube and a series of inverted gears creating multiple, simultaneous separations.
The article describes a major exposition display of Empire separators and competing makes by John Deere Mus Company and Sharples. It highlights design features, construction stages, and the strong sales and performance figures, including large orders and creamery demonstrations.
Block Light Company presents a booth opposite the claim separator showing a hook turner and new burner design claimed to produce a white light far surpassing standard candles. The display touts a 1000 candle power steady light and claims one light equals the power of ten incandescent balls. Charles Wolff Packing Co showcases dressed masts and introductions, with strong local support noted for Wolff’s Ham and other products.
The Topeka fair features the Wolff establishment dairy bread and meat products including Banquet ham and bacon. Fernald company displays hand finished mantles and furniture in oak birch and myhorage finishes with a prominent display in the Manune Hall.
Pittsburg area reports 19 charred corpses surfaced at the Hartwick mine Cheswick scene from Monday’s terrible blast with two more at the shaft bottom. Coffins depart for the mines as rescuers and officials assess the devastation, identify victims, and prepare for burials amid a grieving town.
Washington Jan 27 Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow confined to his home by an attack of grip. In Harrisburg a tale of endurance features a hog carried through a rural route at Mount Carmel. Four weeks later the owner, hearing a noise, discovered the hog exhausted and unable to escape after climbing a log to reach safety.
Post mortem indicates Whitaker Wright died by taking cyanide while before Justice Brajan. He wiped his face with a handkerchief, then swallowed the poison, possibly to escape a harsh verdict. Court testimony notes a premonition of sentence and a protective, final gesture to conceal disclosures. A six chamber revolver was found in his pocket.
Historic monitors from the Civil War era will be sold as junk after the Navy Dept concluded preservation costs exceed value. The sale, at Seattleland, will dispose of ships including the Lehigh and the Cinmonius, noted for their iron hulls and wartime fame against Merrimac.
Colompia Missouri January 76 reports Mrs. Smith also known as Altheiser-Smith-Kerry-Berry has seven marriages within Ellwood Caldwell County all in the same locale. Despite two separations and three other husbands her record is noted as remarkable with no hard feeling among former spouses. Mrs. Smith remains young and handsome at ten years old according to the text.
Wealthy foreign donor Consul Oscar Thann, retired iron manufacturer in Stockholm, gifts 13000 dollars to Augustana College in Moline Illinois for the establishment of a chair of Swedish. The gift represents half the amount Sweden will contribute to the endowment, with President Andreen having spent time in Sweden last fall to foster the fund.
Ada Rehan to join Sir Henry Irving in a revival of old comedies in London. The New York report notes an arrangement and mentions St. Journal readers.
Port Arthur reports mobilization as 150 wagons with stores depart Ling Yang toward Pree Son dasa for Port Arthur and Mulsten forces. Officials blame Japanese hostility for preparations on the Yule and Tussie rivers. In Seoul authorities say peddlers collect blackmail on wealthy houses to fund a crackdown, while Korea hopes neutrality will deter foreign landings.
San Francisco dated report recounts H Roth and A E Montmorency two Nye county miners finding a gold and silver ledge after a dog directed them to a rock outcrop. The 42 by 220 foot vein yielded ore assays from 5 to 136 dollars per ton. The claim lies 75 miles from Tonopah and 25 miles east of Downieville with a mongrel dog as key detector.
The district court discharged Hanley after ruling arrest on view was improper. He had been found in a barber shop with seven dollars, but no visible means of support and no warrant issued. The decision followed Chief of Police approval of changes to vagrancy enforcement. Market gossip line notes grain shifts and wheat prices.
Markets report bullish corn and wheat activity with steady to higher quotes. Cattle and hogs show varied demand. Kansas City and St Louis areas report receipts and steady to firm prices. New York stocks bounce with mixed rail gains and losses. grain and livestock markets reflect a volatile early year trading day.
In a district court trial Tuesday afternoon G W Jamison was convicted for leaving his team unhitched while under supervision. Jamison stood in a doorway within 15 feet of the horses. Dusenberry was acquitted on related charges.
Miss Daisy Lester arrives from Europe on January 22 at New York. She steps ashore in a brick sailor made gown, met by brother Joseph and her mother. She recently visited Durban to see her sister Lady Curzon, wife of the viceroy of India, and is stopping at the Holland House.
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