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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1900
Page
4
A collage of editorials and wires from The Indianapolis News and Minneapolis Journal reflects on duty versus expediency in plain duty and Dewey's political fate, Porto Rico tariff, and Caribbean policy. It mentions Mayor Carter Harrison, Danish West Indies, and European alliances with a Louisville framing.
The Chicago Times-Herald quotes Walter Wellman outlining Porto Rico as not part of the United States but a colony under governance similar to Canada or Australia. The piece discusses a transition toward self government with a governor and executive departments, chosen with legislative and judicial involvement, and questions about the island’s ultimate political status and administration.
In Topeka Shawnee county races Burton gains advantage over Baker supporters amid cross endorsements and local shifts. Safford proves pivotal in Topeka and Bunters, McKeever defeats Wilson, Chaney lingers with Burton, while Sims and Brooke split anti Burton votes. Nichols secures county attorney nomination amid Kansas City influence and prior Leland ties. Fagan and Callaham expected reelections. Wright loses in superintendent race as Van Orndale wins.
A scattered Atchison Globe page snippet features satirical takeoffs and short reflections. It cites a correspondent and quips about social mores, a widower seeking a wife, Lent observers, and brief proverbs. It references Quaker reflections and a Chicago News pointed paragraph style.
A quoted fragment discusses marriage and divorce, detailing how a man’s pursuit of a wife can be precarious and noting contrasts between a content quiet partner and a woman seeking a divorce or a spinster unsure of her desires. The text reflects attitudes on gender and partnership.
The Washington correspondence reports how Republican unity and strategic pairing secured a narrow House vote, with Long praised for coordinating absentees and creating paired votes. Editors and editors praised the tactic as a decisive factor in the party’s success against its Democratic opponents.
Vermont maple sugar prospects suffer from forest pest damage and poor weather. Reports note lower sap quality, delayed tapping, and uncertain profits as producers weigh costs of apparatus and market prices amid a weak season. Prices may remain depressed unless sap flow improves.
Judge C E Foote of this city states he has moved to Topeka with business interests there and will not seek political office now or in the future. He will assist friends but focus on his own affairs. He has been invited to ten days in the South Dakota campaign by the Populist state committee.
An improved ship compass aims to be independent of ship magnetism by mounting near the mast with automatic suntervanee to check readings. The device is hoisted aloft during testing to compare compass indications with the magnetic course, promising reduced disturbance from the vessel and weather effects.
An advertising notice touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for spring illnesses and tiredness. It asserts blood purification and eruption relief and includes a testimonial from a Mich. resident at 2535 Clark St. N-City about persistent fatigue and poor blood.
Bargains advertised for sugar flour and coffee with premiums on Premium Stamps. The ad lists Standard Granulated Sugar and Preserver bulk Mince Meat and Vanilla Extract with cash or trade value for stamps. Ends by promising 20 cents per 100 Premium Stamps in cash or trade.
Minneapolis report details a proposed international trust to cut wheat output by 3 percent and set a floor of one dollar per bushel. Promoters Barney and Ruhland press for Paris conference endorsement to curb production, unite farmers, and stabilize prices amid rising global tensions.
Witness Connor Mallet testified before the Coeur d'Alene Investigation about a private Wardner meeting where business leaders urged martial law. Merriam reportedly opposed a permanent policy and opposed criminalizing union membership, with later clarification that the remarks targeted criminal organizations, not labor generally.
The Trunkihe Creight committee adopted two new rules on export rates for western shipments. It is claimed western shippers exploit potential exemptions to obtain lower export charges. The issue has been examined by the Interstate Commerce Commission in special inquiries over time.
A column of real estate transfers shows many buyers and sellers, with prices ranging from 45 to 1600 dollars. Properties include blocks, streets such as Tyler Madison and Kansas avenues, and parcels on Polk Te Alley and Blacison Amelia Holigg. Names include Prank P Bredivy Louisa Rupp Jennie Cantwell and Bank of Topeka.
An early 20th century advertorial extols forming a health habit of vigorous digestion. It praises digestive tonics like Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets to aid meals and ease the stomach, claiming benefits from a habit of always being well and avoiding irritants.
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