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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1900
Page
7
Five persons were injured when a double two story frame building collapsed at 7th and State streets in Chicago. Occupants escaped, with police and fire units responding to the scene.
New York April 28 report claims James J. Helden, ex Rouse committee member on appropriations, challenged Moody over bonds tied to a pneumatic tube company serving Brooklyn bridges. Helden asserts he did not influence any measure as congressman and calls for proof if Moody or others pressed a vote for their company’s bill.
In Greensburg on April 2 a wager between George Stonewich and John Mickolick about a tenement blast goes wrong as a dynamite powder failed to ignite. The blast injures or kills victims and Stonewich loses the bet amid chaotic aftermath.
A Washington dispatch reports Senator Edward Wolcott of Colorado will be temporary chairman of the Republican national convention in Philadelphia with a committee to select a permanent chair. The move follows customary practice for committee leadership and coordination with convention candidates.
Chicago strikers appeal to the State Board of Arbitration over their dispute as labor groups press for a resolution. A meeting is sought between union leaders and Chicago officials to address the demand for an impartial review of the case. In related notes, reforms and local matters touch on ecclesiastical decisions and industry closures.
May 7 opens criminal cases in district court as Dewey era items and local notices mention various legal actions. Names like Burton and Doane appear alongside community events, church openings, and labor discussions in this scattered clipping from The Independent.
Elliot Danforth, Democratic chairman, claims New York will swing Democratic again this fall. He predicts Bryan could win nationally if the party unites and endorses the Chicago platform. He notes some Republicans may switch and expects renewed confidence that eastern Democrats will conciliate with trust and imperialism issues shaping the race.
A U S consul general reports wage surveys comparing the two nations. He notes German wages for cooks, footmen, and seamen and related living costs, with housing and food expenses in Germany outlined. He remarks U S workers face higher domestic costs in some categories, while per pound costs for imports favor the United States.
A New York notice reports a lawyer named Wes arrested that night on a complaint by Geunty Dank at Waterville Wr. The article notes Wes was practicing as an attorney in San Francisco and faces unspecified charges connected to a “mart” matter.
Classified snippets request help with domestic work sales positions and rentals. Items include a white girl for housework and child care, a competent saleswoman, and multiple rental listings of furnished and unfurnished rooms and houses in Topeka and nearby areas. Listings urge call after 7 pm and provide street addresses and contact signals.
A jumble of lost items including a white dog, a black jacket, a bill book, and contact notes, plus numerous classified sale notices. Items and ads mention addresses on Topeka avenues and streets, listings for household goods, farm equipment, a cow, a mare, a wagon, and office furniture. Addresses include 506 Topeka Ave and 1718 West 1st St among others, with prices or rewards noted where visible.
A public notice from Topeka officials outlines proposed street and boundary realignments along Kansas Avenue and Central Avenue. The plan covers intersecting lanes from 300 feet north to the boundary of the Union Pacific tract, with details referencing property lines and subdivision limits. Officials set an April 17 deadline for related actions.
A jumble of small ads and notices lists services and goods. Items include a barn for rent on Quincy street, educational notices, a jeweler, boiler repairs, physicians, stamps and stencils, attorneys, Spanish classes, and various sales and garbled phrases. The page also advertises a mattress factory, a flower shop, and bicycle ads among other items.
Reverend Thomas Barclay warns that Japan faces greater difficulty subduing Parmæa than America did in the Philippines. He describes Parmæa as a long, narrow island chain with coast Japans and interior aborigines, noting freed Chinese mandarins and a resilient native population skilled in bow and arrow and mounted raids. The piece alleges Japan exploits camphor as a key industry and details camphor extraction methods, while accusing natives of resisting outside control and the Chinese of past raids.
Classified fragment advertises a gold investment chance at three spots with immediate sale. Mentions many references from TM To eka merchants and an address for information at the Journal office. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR but imply a quick sale prospect.
April 24 dispatch notes Wu Ting Fang the Chinese minister in Boston for a meeting of the national association of time trade interswa. He says China focuses on America and remarks on business styles of Germans and old metricia houses in Chile. He explains local terms Toters as boxing lore, noting limited awareness of missions and kililes. A fire at The Truckes hotel in Igndmsark destroys the building, with estimated losses around 26,000.
For sale listings show multiple properties including acre farms, cottages, and houses near streetcar lines. Listings mention front lots, three and four bedroom homes, and an exchange for town houses. Real estate dealer Scott and Scott at 45 Kansas Ave advertise varied parcels and a bank stock sale.
The notice announces a city election to be held April 1 in Topeka Kansas. It mentions city council seats and a mayoral race and cites the authority of local officials. The document is a public notice published in the local paper.
Fragmented text discusses a property dispute sketching street boundaries and damages. Mentions Popes fine, Me operR, and a mid day opening. Officials are named with references to reports and public notices from a 19th century Tangier or Toledo page.
An ordinance titled 2140 refines the five Tinbts in Topeka and reposts Ge Nases. It ordains rerouting along Van Burot street to the center of Duckeam G center line, extending west to storet-if, then redefines the center lines of alleys and Gordon street to Quincy street, noting intersections and the effective date.
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