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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1903
Page
7
Markets Today show corn starting Easterly with some strength ahead. Live stock trade noted cattle steady with price ranges reported, and broad market noise across grains and provisions. Reports include Minnesota and Kansas City grain receipts and price movements, with attention to futures and cross-market shifts amid uncertain weather conditions.
New York reports a 16 year old girl with long standing epilepsy showing improvement after X ray treatment at a city hospital. Doctors caution not to claim a cure but say it is the most successful method tried so far. Treatments three times weekly with the patient seated and a strong ray positioned behind her head. Attacks reduced in frequency and severity.
District Court dismisses the Frizell case after City Attorney Spencer cites Supreme Court precedent. The complaint issued May 93 with arrest July 4, and the case lacked foundation due to post-complaint testimony. Also reports on George Green and Emerson Hammers’ Kansas connections, a bicycle incident with Col. Herndon, and various military and labor items from Manila, Butte, Cheyenne, and Kansas City.
Sam Parks and his New York delegation secured seating amid a bitter battle at the structural iron workers convention in Kansas City. Only three votes opposed Parks, as he declared victory and was escorted to the Coates House by supporters.
Prominent Red Bank lawyer Robert Allen Sr age 70 was found dead Wednesday after a shooting incident. Police report a lawyer named Himesl involved with unclear motives as investigators pursue leads in New Jersey.
The Shawnee County A O U W Pioneer association held a successful first annuament at Vinewood Park with strong speeches and amusements. Winners included Elmore Hutchine and Ree Wick in a baseball game 15 to 3, G A Etzel in the 10 yard dash, Ulamper in the fat man race, J D Brown in second prize, Mrs KC Warren in the peanut race, J M Pasley fastest sad racing, and Ed Coddington in netato. The event featured an exhibition drill by Judge No 260 and Degree of Honor Judge No 61.
Manila reports the government will fund a canal from Lake Taal to the sea with 2,2000 cited relief funds. The project aims to provide Fatenganas Province a trading outlet. Reports note distribution among natives in Batanagen and Negron aes and Cebu, amid rainfall impacts. Rice relief worth 430,000 is declared to be paid in work for affected districts.
Minnie Willams alias Smith and Rice and her sister Mabel Williams alias Wright are in custody as suspicious characters. They admit thefts and claim arrests in many cities. Minnie, out on 2000 dollar bail for robbing a Buffalo man of several hundred dollars, says she lives in Chicago while Mabel claims Kansas City. They are four and two years old respectively.
North Topeka column reports Kimball Printing on Kansas Avenue and visitors from Silver Lake. New Union Pacific waiting room seats, hat displays at 917 Kansas Avenue, and a new Dr. Kunz drug store also at 917 Kansas Avenue. Residents move in at 1226 Van Buren, and Ada Fernstrom is ill at 1884 Logan. Hats displayed by Miss Courtney at 68 Kansas Avenue South. Brown family rooms in Dr. Mitchell home near Van Buren and Gordon. LO QF repairs at 37 Kansas Avenue, frames for large display fronts installed. Central Sash & Door Factory contracted for new furniture for North Topeka post office, four weeks to completion. Pearl Merriman recovering at 193% Quincy Street after appendicitis operation. Dave Roller travels to Denavan Tennessee to meet wife visiting Albany, returning next week. Regina Werner of Shiownes, Oregon, operated on at Stormont hospitalized in serious condition. Laura Houghtelin to Des Moines to keep house for Rev. Max Houghtelin. brother Clarence now in Washington DC. Amity Lodge 230 K of P to move back to Leiter Building at Kansas Avenue. Paperhangers preparing lodge room. Amity Lodge slated to occupy soon. John England and Ethel Begland to Boston next week. surprise party on Monroe Street. Dr. J. L. Haggerty dies at 1430 Jackson Street after long illness. Flood story notes survivors rescued by Valley Falls boatmen. Jemaine to be buried in Richland, Indiana.
In New York on September 4, Hugh McLaughlin, leader of Kings County Democrats, warned against McClelland's nomination citing his ties to Tammany Hall and lack of public recognition. He warned Murphy against a McClelland bid, calling it a risky defeat for the party. Charles Murphy of Tammany Hall dismissed the claim, praising McLaughlin but questioning the nomination. A separate dispute involved Fulton Cutting of the Citizens' Union, who criticized Fulton and urged resignation of Thomas A. Fulton amid tensions over Mayor Low's nomination.
Officials of the Burlington road and Adams Express company announced a $4,000 reward for the held up Portland Express robbery. Police believe the robbers fled toward a fare house north of St Joseph. A stolen boat was found on the Missouri shore and officers suspected the gang crossed the river before retreating.
The AFL executive council considered W. A. Miller, foreman of bookbinders dismissed from the government printing office and later reinstated by Roosevelt. They deferred action, continuing deliberations, and noted jurisdiction shifts among unions while addressing related craft disputes and prospective conventions.
A citizen driven by intoxication allegedly forced his family from their home and fatally shot Marshal Schwake when told to enter the premises. The assailant, Wilkerson, armed with a weapon, fled toward nearby areas as authorities investigated the shocking incident. The suspect has connections to a prior stay at the Indiana Reformatory and faces immediate legal action.
A Filipino battalion of scouts will be organized for duty at the St Louis Exposition. Before arriving in the United States, the units will train in a Canadian province and receive instruction from local authorities. Names of groups and destinations appear in the fragmentary report with limited readable details.
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