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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1903
Page
8
Trade prospects rise as Steinhart at Havond cites a treaty with Cuba leading to lower freight rates and stronger ties. The analysts predict a doubling of Cuban purchases within five years, with increased U S exports and renewed mutual interest once the treaty is enacted and period expires.
A mother in distress returns to New York with two children after a vanished husband and months apart. Funds saved aided by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and a return to the West follows a risky, tense pursuit before the family is reunited in California.
The brother of the Marquis of Bute wed Ming Wood, a young actress in a London prov…ed company. Wealthy heir to Welsh estates valued around 60,000, the couple’s ceremony followed by a Preakness-like reception with the brides friends.
In Des Moines on October 20 a district court awarded Moses Ja wobs ten thousand dollars against his own father. The youth, a newsboy for three years, was emancipated as a boy. His earnings were taken by his mother who saved until twenty five thousand dollars, then died. The father dug up the wealth, remarried within six weeks, and a portion of the funds has since helped start the youth in business and buy a home. The elder Ja wobs agreed to let the father have the homestead but the court also ordered a two thousand dollar judgment against the stepmother.
William Muldoon donates property valued above $10,000 to the Homans Catholic church in Belfast Arytegany county opposite its church. The sale deed was signed with Bishop Colton on Delaware Avenue. The transfer requires the property to be used for church, charity, convent, or educational purposes.
Street Commissioner Snyder uncovers a 21 inch sewer sinking into quicksand on Park Street. A large crew uses a tripod from the Water Company to lift sections and plans a concrete bed to stabilize the line as fears grow the entire North Topeka sewer system could be swallowed by the submerged bed.
Pidots faces costly efforts to clear a sinking sewer as quicksand looms. The three foot brick main holds firm while a 24 inch pipe near Jackson and Park may sink. Street Commissioner Snyder notes the brick line should resist sand, though bottom conditions require gradual uncovering and potential added expenses.
Wall Street reports that George W. Perkins, JP Morgan junior partner, has been urged to withdraw from the trust. The alleged reason is a failure to navigate complex financial channels and the collapse of the International Mercantile Trust and related schemes. Perkins is said to earn about $250,000 a year.
Workers report exposing 40 feet of 4 inch pipe and acknowledge a large job ahead. They express uncertainty about how much more must be removed and hope similar future tasks can be avoided.
In Chicago the first court session held in a patrol wagon took place in front of city hall with Justice Caverly presiding. Lucy Miles, 25, charged with theft of 700 dollars in silverware from Colonial Hotel, was held on 100 dollars bond, case continued ten days. She had been treated for appendicitis at county hospital and was moved there after the wagon proceeding.
Tacoma dispatch from Grant's Pass Oregon reports that the mine once worked by Peter F Dunne known as Mr Dooley has yielded rich gold. New owners strike a wide vein of free gold proving the claim valuable after years of exploration and partial development.
New York Oct 20 Patrick Mahaney of Derby Conn says his life of thrift in Ireland yielded 5200 after 32 years as a farm hand with a wage of 128 dollars monthly. He spent 44 dollars yearly on newspapers and plans never to work south again. Nearby retirees discuss sons and borrowings in a brief domestic scene. Postmasters named in Washington include William M Harper at Kansas county replacing C Burdig, resigned, and others in Missouri and Dade counties.
Local column from North Topeka records routine society items, visits and moves of residents from Silver Lake, Lincoln and nearby towns, a threat of typhoid fever hospital stay, church and charity notices, a wagon and train derailment near the Union Pacific crossing with two men trapped and rescued as a freight botched the crossing. The piece also promotes Hawkins wallpaper and papering services at 313 North Kansas Avenue.
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