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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1903
Page
5
A fragmented Washington dispatch style piece discusses Topeka news and market trends. It references Mr Tartstow, a St. Louis fair, water supply, and the Continental company. The text critiques advertising practices and warns merchants about misleading promises and customer relations.
Topeka and Kansas honor Marines with a hopeful, large gathering. The piece celebrates cheerful Topekans aiding the injured and praising Marines amid recovery efforts, noting communal support and resilience.
An editorial discusses the Roosevelt nomination prospects and Democratic divisions. It notes Populists and Republicans shifting back to Roosevelt, praising his leadership and trust-busting stance while contrasting past votes for Bryan and Cleveland. It highlights a cautious path for Democrats and portrays Roosevelt as a unifying, decisive figure amid party realignments.
Topeka relief fund totals rise beyond 32.00 amid broad contributions. Grand Lodge of Els ak dade and Elks members, Adaxae Brothers, and others increase pledges from 200 to 500 dollars. Public committee notes many captions unreadable. list reflects varied donors including named leaders and civic figures.
Two dozen rescue crews from Western Avenue station evacuate North Topeka residents as flood waters rise. Prominent local figures, including Prof. B. C. Imamian, are saved. Dozens sheltered in homes along North Western Avenue area and Garfield Park as Black residents aid in feeding stranded families. Authorities estimate hundreds displaced with many in two story houses and streets flooded north of Kansas Avenue.
Fragmented OCR reveals a Wisconsin suffragists group pledging to refuse taxes as a protest against taxation without representation. They form a league and will publish names of women taxpayers whose protest may lead to court action and legislative pressure.
Chicago June 3 dealers report higher cherry prices per thousand pounds amid rising demand for bonded diate and supply constraints. Jean Kenses Cry Anduitee referenced in market chatter as factors influence pricing in the commodity circle.
Readable segments describe a small private wedding at the Buckmaster residence with only relatives present. The note implies a romance or engagement tied to a local couple, with music arranged by Steutere's Arahestrs and Farkley involved in plans for a future home.
In Hannibal Missouri a steamer and a towing barge collided with the Hannibal Diidpe, sinking in forty feet of water near the bridge. The Hannibal Methodist Sunday school excursion carried about 850 people, including many children. Three youngsters, LONNIR CURTS, LAURA COOPER, and HARRY EICHENBERGER, aged 15, were drowned. Many passengers were rescued up the pier or by skiffs and boats as survivors watched the barge drift away.
A disturbance at Linesin involved a dynamite laden satchel found near the Chicago and Alton tracks. A plot was suspected as President Heocoveit leaves the train for a nine. A thorough investigation is now underway.
Weather forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday with light showers and rising temperatures. An accidental shooting occurred when Howell Jones Jr was hit by a revolver misfire in a Santa Fe battalion drill. the injury is not serious and Jones was treated at Starment hospital.
Mrs Pell Smal and Ade of North Topeka visit Dr and Mrs G Z Ashton. Miss Tessie Heaton and Elmer Cline of Okahuma City attend a wedding on Martisan street. Special meeting of the Lelub for important business at 10 oclock at Mrs Arthur Mills home. Reports from Wastbun college cancel a musical recital previously planned. Examinations and special arrangements for helpers at the river rescue continue.
Indepertent Telephones announces plans to restore service to Topeka and surrounding areas by Thursday night. Manager Bayles, in Missouri, says lines north and west are down but some toll lines may be repaired. Pankey expects all phones at his premises to be working after a large order for new telephones is filled. A wedding for T Barktey and another local event are noted amid service restoration efforts.
An advertisement outlines a travel offer by Grand Trunk Railway featuring a $200 fare to Boston and Quebec via a transcontinental route with stopovers in New York City and along the St Lawrence River and Saguenay. Full details are requested from the Advertise Department at 13 Adam Street, Winnipeg.
At a Commercial club meeting chaired by A A Gogard funds reported total about £15,000 in telecriptions. The Masons and Woodmen contributed thousands toward the relief effort while distribution was coordinated with North Topeka. Volunteers and supplies including shoes potatoes and bedding were discussed, along with feeding and caring for animals and housing directives.
June 2 report from St Louis and East St Louis warns of rising Mississippi River levels. The river is cresting near 24 feet with forecasts of over 25 feet by afternoon, prompting preparations along the riverfront and at rail yards to move rolling stock. Officials caution water may lap levees and tracks as river traffic and flood controls are activated.
Workers toiled in difficult conditions laying an electric cable from the Molan briter north on Kansas avenue. Vendors and crowds faced strong currents and swept debris as crews advanced inch by inch over Monday and Tuesday. A party of men led the effort yesterday.
Workers climbed the north end cave and laid about 80 feet of cable taking nearly two hours. Twice rope ran out and they restarted. The Wilson Burns Gregg GM and Mehl crew aboard the next boat assisted bravely as others followed to rescue people stranded along the river. Many saved from grave danger as the ice and currents remained treacherous.
The governor indicates no immediate call for a special session of the legislature. He says a broader crisis or extreme emergency would justify such action after careful consideration, but at present none exists.
Ania Kan reports a cloudy day in Minneapolis yesterday with smoke rising and no rain. The Ll river event continued today with calm weather and no precipitation expected.
The Continental Tobacco Company wired Governor Hailey two thousand five hundred dollars for the Mood Sufferers relief fund. The message, sent via Major William Sims, thanked the state for the effort and recognized Red Cross aid as essential. Clara Karten and Samuel M. Jarvis, of the American Red Cross, noted appreciation and pledged further assistance.
Henry from Silver Lake reports a rescue effort near Reform School to retrieve a person who escaped toward Haas ville. He says the captured area remains wet between Topeka and Silver Lake with little known detail about the outcome. Local church members contribute to relief funds, and the pastor is connected to the Capital Maundy Co.
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