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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1901
Page
15
Week of stock market activity features odd gains and declines as investors weigh April bids, May returns, and crop prospects. Market watchers note notable moves in speculative assets while broader trends remain cautious amid evolving financial signals.
In Chicago on June 1 President Meiltcan nil Business Agent Trederick of the International Association of Machinists will convene with President O’Connell of the international organization to discuss the ongoing machinists strike. The prerogative meeting aims to seek terms to terminate the prolonged industrial action as allied trades show sympathy for the cause.
Blanderd Company experiments with Texas crude oil shipment valued at 30,000 pounds. Oil landed at Port Arthur docks via pipeline from Vista source tank as the company tests to determine value for lumina tag purposes.
Fragmented report notes a Boston man who recently wed a wealthy Tyre woman amid unclear circumstances. Details are incomplete with several garbled terms and misplaced phrases. The item mentions stomach pain and a store, but lacks coherent context or dates.
London dispatch reports General Kitchener describing the Viekfontein engagement as decisive yet inconclusive. Boers offer stubborn resistance after a surprise strike, with British forces sustaining casualties and pursuing scattered pockets. The clash highlights ongoing pressure on Johannesburg refugees and continued wartime uncertainty.
The eighth annual Walt Whitman Fellowship International convention opened in New York on June 1 with Dr. Isaac Hull Platt presenting Walt Whitman and Cosmic Emotion. Participants included Edwin Markham, Mayer S. M. Jones of Toledo, Mrs. Charlotte Giman, Phillip Datmas, and Alma Caulder Johnston. A Garfield Park concert followed, featuring Marshult's basics at 8 o'clock.
New York June 1 A dispatch from London quotes Gen G B Williams denying Russian revolution rumors. He notes Russia is peaceful and businesslike, with foreigners well received. He debunks claims of heightened security around the Emperor, and describes a minor cathedral incident as greatly exaggerated. He cites no imminent danger to the throne.
Seattle, June 1. The Alaska Steamship rate war ends temporarily as managers reach an agreement restoring passenger fares to 25 dollars first base and 18 dollars second class for 60 days with possible extension. The pact allows Pacific Coast line steamers to call at Vancouver amid competition with Canadian lines.
New York Chamber of Commerce delegates arrive under royal invitation but the king delays public audience citing mourning. Some delegates, including Carnegie and Achieven, plan private arrangements. Officials deny formal reception details to the Gazette amid strong political speculation about the visit’s significance.
Des Moines June 1 The Lutheran General Synod marked twenty years since the western supervision of mission work and the appointment of Des Moines secretary Dr Samuel Racnicz. A Savery hotel reception honored the delegates and leaders including W. Preas Hesalts Wirt Hang Hartman. Tonight’s services feature Dr Jacob Cutz Neelanden and others. Funds from the home mission meeting totaled 4500 dollars with past biennial aid at 1 dollar per member.
News from New York states the Vickers Sons and Maxim negotiations to buy the Dethichem Steel company have been dropped and, according to a leading banker, will not be resumed.
Justice Lewis of the Minnesota supreme court rules that several Stearns county settlers lose their homes in a dispute over Russell Sage’s abstent in trust of the Hastings & Dakota railway. The decision centers on a 1916 act granting indemnity lands, affecting the validity of the entire grant and land titles earned by completion of the road.
Chicago police faced a dramatic scene as Aurelius W. Griffing, pursued by officers and a crowd, turned a pistol on himself and died rather than be arrested for horse stealing. Reported witnesses count around five hundred as Griffing, once wealthy, seeks escape from disgrace after Alaska ventures and a career in detective work in San Francisco Ogden Utah.
The Invader, latest Canada's cup challenger, measured at 49 feet 6 inches length and 6 feet 6 inches draft with a 28 feet waterline. Details include beam 9 feet 4 inches, ballast and rig specs, deck description, and balance rudder. Canvas prepared in Toronto. spars manufactured in Montreal. New York sugar price drop noted.
A fragmentary report notes a Patient from Lawrence unable to rise and seek tea due to illness. It describes women suffering a ber porege and the Bemirs of a named place in Pain Spots, urging relief and speedy treatment.
A local report details an anonymous letter aimed at Mayor Hughes. The letter requests investigation of horse and mule stables and health concerns. It notes readers must sign real names to send messages, condemning anonymous communications as ineffective.
New York dispatch reports designer Watson worries over critics of his workmanship on the challenger. He says the yacht was built for Atlantic crossing and sailing conditions, not to sway the race outcome. Lipton disputes the pace of fitting and blames haste for trouble. costs to send Buensace to Sandy Hook are discussed amid the high expense of the venture.
The statement shows a balance of 442100 with various figures including 908 and 2555 surplus, noting a decrease of 5255. A year of inactivity is referenced as Middiesbere Kentucky where the Middiestaro furnaces operated by Virginia Iron and Coke Co in Bristol resume operations today after a year of dryness.
A confused report details a hunt for a hidden chest of gold linked to a supposed Native American land tract in Pike County. Tales of a laborer named Trayler, a cabin, and various digs near Evansville and Wolcott weave through claims of maps and lines to locate the treasure, with mining and dividend notes interspersed.
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