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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1903
Page
6
Market notes reveal weak corn trading amid good growing weather and steady to lower cattle and hog bids. Kansas City and Chicago streams show mixed livestock activity with price shifts, while grain prices edge lower on harvest weather signals and demand patterns.
Fragmentary OCR reads of a local court row alleging Tom Davis Lennie Willlime charged with breaking into Max Cettona store amid flood chaos. Mentions March events on a Union Pacific train and other names including Attorney Joseph Waters. Details are unclear and partially garbled.
Prairie region listing shows a market area named Prairie Batt and a Topeka Hide Market nearby. The readable fragments mention streets and places such as Prairie TLATRIEL BAY and NEW ALi Paces with scattered references to dates and counts not fully clear. No complete names or definitive events are present.
A Santa Fe special train will depart Topeka carrying about 300 passengers to the Annual convention of the National Educational Association. The five tourist cars diner and other coaches will be used. The train will add passengers at Lawrence and Jane City, with a possible extension to Niagara Falls Montreal Taranto Quebec and Thousand Islands. After the convention teachers may return at their convenience.
A July notice from NEW i. D. ROUTES, Syashington, details the addition of rural free delivery routes and clerical promotions. An event at Highland Park hosted by the Y M C A promises refreshments and a street railway trip, with participants meeting at 1 p.m. and returns planned for the evening.
City Engineer McCabe plans sprinkling near the new bridge approach to ease workers and travelers. The effort, questioned by some, aims to prevent choking dust while ongoing bridge work proceeds. A council meeting and pay for department heads are on the near-term agenda. Presbyterians file a liberty complaint in Congo Free State under Bertin treaty provisions.
In New York on July 1 the Amalgamated Copper Company directors appointed Henry Rogers as treasurer and William Stocker as treasurer, following the prior reelection arrangements. The report notes changes in executive roles and mentions the newly directed financial leadership.
Judge Mook grants final order dismissing the famous Hillman insurance litigation. Costs are divided among defendants Connecticut Mutual and others, ending a saga that spanned decades and involved multiple appeals and trials. Mrs. Hillman, now Mrs. Smith, remains the central figure in a case long tied to New York Life Mutual Life and Connecticut Mutual Life.
Negotiations in Newport yield a tight finish as Reliance beats Constitution and Columbia in a swift coastal race. Time margins show Reliance finishing minutes ahead with Columbia close for second, amid windy conditions and heavy seas. The report notes water conditions and craft performance comparing the vessels.
The piece argues for reciprocity in trade while preserving protection for American labor and industry. It attacks Democratic opposition to treaties and outlines how monopoly and corporate power must be curbed. Senator Allison’s tariff plank reinforces protection as essential to national prosperity and worker welfare.
A fragmentary report quotes a political platform praising reciprocity and tariffs, urging equal treatment for industries, and supporting Cuba treaty steps. It defends trustee regulation over monopoly, endorses competition, and lauds the president’s interstate commerce reforms.
Long of Kansas Hunt of Porto Rico and ex postmaster general Bis sell visited Oyster Bay for a luncheon with Roosevelt.議 The discussions focused on a candidate to succeed Judge Hook, with Burton favoring Charles B. Smith. Curtis stance drew comment as he distances himself from Burton. Other potential candidates included Pollock or Johnson if Burton allies unite.
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