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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1900
Page
4
In Topeka city notices and editorial chatter the paper reports a heated political clash over Dewey and his allies. Citizens fear public unrest as Dewey supporters clash with opponents amid rumors of ballot intrigues and a contested convention.
A garbled early 20th century account discusses Deweys candidacy and a push to present a reform platform to the people nationwide. It outlines tensions within the party, the aim to bar outsiders, and the potential impact on Congress and the White House, noting efforts to ensure credibility and public appeal amid turbulent campaign previews.
A legislative draft outlines a system for postal banks with government custody of deposits. It details deposit protection, reserve levels for redemption, and the role of municipal treasuries in funding. The plan aims to attract deposits, regulate bank operations, and ensure security. it notes cautious public response and potential private competition dynamics.
The article argues private savings banks threaten public credit via panics and suggests government measures. It contemplates paying 2 percent interest on postal savings deposits, issuing new bonds, and routing funds to national banks to stabilize finance while compensating the public and reducing post office deficits. It also includes local random anecdotes about social behavior and family discipline.
An advertisement extols Moon's Sarsaparilla as a universal spring remedy curing eruptions boils pimples scrofula and eczema. It purports to purify blood relieve dyspepsia nervous debility and general weakness claiming strong evidence and calling it the best spring medicine.
A fragmentary Chicago News item reflects on passion, adversity, and social conduct with pithy maxims. It notes common behaviors in courtship, gender roles, and public temperament, touching on happiness, fame, and loyalty in terse aphorisms.
Brief humor column sketches on social norms and manners, with quips about love, marriage, and character. Snippets about penitentiaries, clerical types, fake medicines, and a mock exchange on domestic plans reveal satirical social commentary in a light, old fashioned tone.
New York April reports detail Rear Admiral Walker Colonel Ernint and Professor Johnson joining Florida Senator Paxeo as the Isthmian Commission surveys Central America for a canal route between the Atlantic and Pacific. They compare Nicaragua and Panama paths, noting local reception and public sentiment favoring US canal construction while cautioning about logistics, costs, and strategic access.
Savannah authorities press for action by McKinley and Congress on alleged fraud against the United States tied to river and harbor improvements. Judge Speer notes writs in the case as ex-claim Emma Carter and others face charges. special prosecutor seeks amended federal law to curb crossing state lines for illegal fundraising and related acts.
A notice from New York describes delays in arriving at a decision on a matter. The grand jury requests conveyance of the presentment to the President, the attorney general, and the Senate and House in Congress. It calls for steps in the premises deemed appropriate by the body.
Milwaukee man STRONG CIRCUS ATHLETES visited a boarding house on Halstead Street to loot belongings. Performers including jugglers and contortionists forced entry, subduing the intruder Lerman who fled down stairs. Police from Despininas Street station detained him. charged with burglary.
A $20,000,000 mortgage filed in New York secures a loan from Farmers Loan and Trust Company to Western Union Telegraph Company. Security includes Western Union building at Broadway and Dey Street, leasehold on Fifth Avenue, and property in Chicago. Interest set at 4 percent. Bonds of $20,000,000 to be loaned to redeem maturing bonds and meet other obligations. nine tenths will fund telegraph business development.
The Crawford theater schedules two dramatic nights with The Nominee by Nat Goodwin and Walter Walker’s company Monday, followed by a version of Gto Vladdie by the W. M. Wilpon company Tuesday. The Nominee is praised as a witty wholesome farce. Vladdie adapts a novel about early Christians and Pacinism with intense incidents and religious fervor.
Catholic and Protestant church members join at First Methodist church to launch a million bushels corn drive for famine relief in India. Rev Mr Sheldon and the Topeka Capital outline a permanent state organization with FD Coburn as secretary treasurer. Mrs Thompson for president expected to head the city federation, return from Philadelphia soon. Also reported is a suicide at the Palmer Chicago, involving J C Calderwood, agent for Sprague Warner.
Questioning if children show headaches, fatigue, paleness, or indifference as spring approaches and lessons become hard. The reader is urged to consider possible causes and seek guidance for affected children.
A remark on the tonic benefits of Scott's Bowne claiming it improves vitality, enriches the blood, and strengthens mind and body, with youth regaining buoyancy and activity.
Rev B F Foster president of Topeka Industrial Institute denies that he and his followers are mounting a general assault on city school teachers. He says they are cooling off and will address other issues later. He notes some signers acted under a misunderstanding and did not intend a charge against any individual.
In Minneapolis on April 6 the Kansas City auditorium project faced delays as Carnegie Steel of Pittsburg weighs a no forfeiture policy while Gillette Harrison Minneapolis seeks timely steel delivery by June 15. Officials warned July 4 completion is unlikely and advised temporary roof after permanent framing to reduce delays.
J D M Hamilton, Santa Fe claim attorney, returns from Winfield with scant clues in the D A Coats murder. Coats, a night operator, was found dead in his office after midnight Tuesday. Motive unclear. possible robbery or personal dispute. General Manager Mudge may offer a reward. company to assist widow amid suspected defense of company interests. Coats had been married less than a year.
In the senate to day Berator Jones of Arkansas presented the credentials of J S Blackburn as senator from Kentucky for six years beginning March 4 1901. Jones said the credentials were large and asked they be printed in the Record as a document. After morning business Mr Gallinger spoke against Mr Quay and at the conclusion of his argument the senate recessed into executive session at 1:30.
Fragmentary dispatches from Brandfort and surrounding towns outline elaborate invasion schemes of the Orange Free State and Transvaal. Maps and points outline routes from Mafeking to Johannesburg via Dr Jameson’s path, amended to avoid past errors. Kenhardt rebels march toward Calvin, while a dispatch box at Somas Pont holds oaths signed by pre state leaders.
In Atlantic City New Jersey April weather disrupted play as the Northfield links hosted a major golf tournament with a 36 hole qualifying round. The first pairs included L Ferris of Lakewood and A F Haughton of Emira, with subsequent pairs starting every four minutes amid a strong field of national players. Newsboys To Attend Funeral In Topeka Topeka Newsboys Union will attend Earl Hendersons funeral Friday at 2 pm, meeting at the Kansas Creamery building an hour earlier.
In Brussels the government and opposition debated reactions to yesterday's shooting and the Boer War. Officials condemned the violence and stressed Belgium's neutrality while socialists denounced collective violence in South Africa and criticized European inaction. They extended a fraternal greeting to the Boers amid tense exchanges over Britain and the Prince of Wales.
In St Louis a suit has been filed by Richard A Canfield against James T Drummond and Harrison J Drummond heirs seeking 550000 alleged as a loan to James F Drummond in New York in September 1929. The case stems from a Saturday conference in St Louis with attorney Delahunty and Lee, aiming at settlement, and Canfield’s testimony will detail Canfield’s New York gambling suite linked to the Tammany era elite and the four hundred.
New York reports H. De Bates of St. Thomas Ontario won the trophy in the Grand American handicap event. The piece mentions latest improved rubber tires by E G Kinley, successor to Kinkey isman, at 1456 Jucinom.
In Pittsburg on April 5 two additional claimants arise over Charles L. Davis estate. A New York attorney leads an investigation and asserts a prior marriage to Drevin, with a daughter born later. Debts total about $125, pending settlement.
Admiral Dewey and Mrs Tinney visited Philadelphia on April 5 to attend a benefit concert for soldiers and sailors’ families. They were guided to the Hotel Stratford and then to the Academy of Music for the event. The article notes it was Dewey’s first Philadelphia visit since returning from the Philippines.
Report lists prisoners from Col. Plumer's Rhodesian force including Crewe Dulest Robertsen Motarrti and others with several wounded, and notes forty-one British subjects escorted across the charter. The text shifts to railway promotions for routes from Kansas City to the Northwest and a Messiah festival in Lindabers Kansas with Rock Island special trains and ticket details.
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