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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1902
Page
7
Turbulent session in Chicago with mixed gains and losses across wheat futures. May wheat showed tentative strength amid export chatter, while pressure from competing supplies weighed on prices. traders awaited U.S. and international market cues as weather and demand factors influenced trade.
About 200 students from Omana Medical on Dental college fought in a lecture room, the battle lasting three hours without interruption. Faculty failed to stop it as freshmen and others joined, furniture overturned, desks broken, and a medical student required stitches after a head injury.
Belfast dealers accept the American offer while London tobacconists oppose the Imperial Tobacco Company plan. Edinburgh retailers debate a no signature stance but back a 20 percent retailer profit minimum, warning the move may drive independents toward American firms.
A fragmented excerpt describes livestock receipts and prices for cattle and hogs, with references to Timothy hay and market conditions. It mentions Chicago Livestock Market activity, varying cattle grades, and price ranges, along with New York money market notes and stock movements in a dated market report.
In New York today the separation case of Alma C Lawton against FH Lawton proceeded with testimony and a displayed diary. The husband, once a Bridgeport musician and teacher, described his failed harmony at home and his belief that household chores hindered his artistic brilliance. The diary entries condemn his wife and reveal tensions over finances and domestic life.
Washington reports on General Miles and Army officials after a senate military committee session. Questions arise about privilege in testimony and potential disciplinary action, with General Hughes and Secretary Root weighing in on legality and disclosure. Probing remarks focus on Army rules, section 7 powers, and risks to policy amid ongoing committee proceedings.
A.J. Hite announced Moore syndicate control of the Chicago and Northwestern but denied a full consolidation. He said Rock Island and Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific would operate in harmony with independent organizations. The report emphasized separate management and noted the claim would not force a merged entity.
London March 31 Lord Francis Hope was granted a divorce on grounds of his wife May Yohe’s misconduct with Putnam Bradlee Strong of New York. The case details her departure to Japan with the co respondent under assumed names and the decline in their marriage amid alleged intimacy and separation.
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