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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1903
Page
13
Market report notes subdued activity in wheat with limited trading and a generally steady to firm demand in corn. Live stock markets show cattle prices from 4.50 to 3.25 and hogs weaker on the day, while wheat futures and related trade display cautious moves amid modest demand and ongoing price adjustments.
Esnass City market notes cattle receipts and prices at Chicago and Kansas City exchanges. Cattle and hogs described with terms like steer, heifer, cow, calf, and stockyard bids. references to wheat, corn, oats, hay, eggs, poultry, and produce markets across multiple regional exchanges.
Continued from Page for this evening are FLR Fenn George Hipple Carles Berg JT.Rubi George Rules 5 J Mut Len Simmons dumm Mitchell Ralph Potter Charles Lymon TL. Benjamin Wm. Sterrett Howard McAdams N. T MrTDowell W. O. Willey Ed. Hony C. L. Taylor and 1 Ed. Lota.
A Topeka audience attended a Friday ballroom event at BALL Auditorium. Parquet floors impressed, amid large turnout and out‑of‑town visitors, with Steinberg orchestra providing music and hotels hosting attendees. Tickets sold out. evening stretched into late hours as dancers and spectators enjoyed the affair.
In Topeka a historic auction unfolds as Mailloux and Fenn drive a pony wagon past the State Journal office with two Salina band drummers. The crowd bids wildly, each offer rising from 14 to 26 dollars, while a vendor extols the horseman’s charms. The wagon departs with the drivers and driverless auction ends in comic ruckus.
In nine committee rooms at Security hall yesterday afternoon mixed items were piled inclining tune robes and boxing gloves while at the hotel fourteen initiates of the Commercial Travelers were dazed and described to their passwords by the Strenuout ring. The initiation was supervised by the Toreke council with members listed including Steinson, Harry 0. Psterac, Salina, Charles H Stacey, ALT. Cw hart, T. A. Amba, Fred Levis, Vitam Hf. Keiser, William W. Hikks, Homer W. Bumgardner, Grant Howell, Willam C. Musselman, WH lint EB Davis, Fred HH. Moeller, James J. Wilson, Tt. Coughiln.
Notes describe 1400 delegates and guests in Topeka for the U C T grand council. Emporia, Fort Riley, Concordia and other delegations lodge at local hotels, with receptions, band performances, and a large interior display. Tickets sold out for the auditorium though balcony attendance was limited. A Sunday event by Gideons and religious travelers is planned.
In a Topeka gathering the traveling men and a group of cheerful G T U members are described with references to a poem by the late John B Gibbs. The piece notes lively toast and later verses praising traveling salesmen, toasting the group and the wayfarer, in a nostalgic, musical mood.
The second print of Walter Coffin’s suit for 540000 damages for a 18 year old from New Rochelle against New York Central was decided at trial before Justice Ammond. The verdict awarded 12300 after injuries including broken ribs and pneumonia. Separate dispatch reports casualties at Monastir with 13 Christians killed and 19 wounded and fighting near Zagerl.
A notice states a $20,000 reward is offered for information relating to a hurtful incident in York County. The brief item notes engagement in engineering work in the south and references the search for leads to resolve the matter.
The piece outlines Kansas Republican power plays over state chairman post and national committee aims, noting Mulvane's possible reelection and fund expectations. It cites a fake Roosevelt interview propagated by a Kansas City paper, then reports Leavenworth merchant Peter Beery's death in Ottawa Street district after illness.
Treasury department delays Dr W S Crum personal account the Charleston port collector withholds compensation and Senate confirmation remains. A jumbled summary notes a maid dismissed for refusing to service Booker T. Washington. A Kansas-Arkansas note mentions a cow on Alexander Livingston's farm with three calves. two injured.
A missing person case centers on George Walls son of Martin Walls of East Pittsbure who disappeared near Spring Cove York County in late 1601. A letter claimed the boy had been seen far away and hinted at foul play while a relative and local residents pursued corrections to a school related item amid scattered details.
A 14 year old boy named Cole was struck and killed by a Santa Fe train near his home in the southwest county area. His parents reside near Silkville. A separate item notes Marshall's Band giving a concert Sunday afternoon at Garfield Park.
A Kansas City reporter sent to cover President Roosevelt at Sharon Springs intruded on church services and claimed quotes from the president. The incident prompted denials and a push to prevent a repeat of the fake interview, with officials stepping in after the reporter’s misrepresentation.
Charles Beebe of the Ballo Evening Journal tours Kansas commenting on Roosevelts appeal. He notes Democrats in Saline County shifting toward Roosevelt, praising his hold on party voters and suggesting cross party support amid allegations of staged interviews and press influence.
Gourock Scotland scene as two Shamrocks race a 40 mile course starting Gourock Market Pier Hunt's Quay and Set Mobile. Wind around eight knots strengthens. Start informal at Wit. Shamrock Mf 142.45 and Shamrock 1 30.62.58 battle to windward as challenger gains.
New York on May 3 reports a gruesome incident where Annie Will dies of extreme illness and her body must be removed from a house. Undertakers attempt to fit the coffin through a window using planks and a makeshift ice box proves inadequate, requiring many men to lift the body from the bed.
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