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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1900
Page
7
An advertisement extols Elder's Catarrh Tablets as a safe fast remedy amid rising catarrhal diseases. It claims extensive tests on discarded inhalers prove tablets restore smell throat and breathing, with portable convenient form and a 30 cent price for a complete course.
Secretary Root drafts a broad army bill proposing major promotions and reorganization. It would raise numbers of captains and lieutenants, create a permanent staff corps with defined four year terms, and allow president appointed chiefs from officer ranks to lead staff departments. The plan aims to consolidate power, ease vacancies, and align promotions by seniority while expanding artillery and engineer roles. It anticipates gradual growth to a 18936 man force and changes to adjutant general, inspector general, judge advocate, quartermaster, and medical departments. The proposal also provides for filling vacancies from academy graduates and volunteers from the line to maintain staffing levels.
The text outlines that commissioned officers retain relative ranks, lists logistics for senior second lieutenants, and allows the President to enlist and organize Philippine natives resembling cavalry and infantry units up to 12 900 officers. It details promotions, provisional appointments for natives to second and first lieutenant, and a Portolatie regiment.
Judge Amos Thayer in St Louis appoints Fat Black of Kansas City as receiver for Guardian Frost company, amid a Gates stockholders bid in U S district court. The move blocks a planned directors meeting and follows a petition seeking an injunction. Stillwell proposes a new financing push for the Orient railway project and the Kansas City Mexten line.
The report details an enumeration of domestic animals in enclosures but not on farms or ranges. It cites totals by type including neat cattle 1,464,970, horses 1,335,636, mules 162,115, asses 12,870, sheep 1,470, swine 1,592,561, with variations by region and city size.
A wealthy Chicago woman buys lakefront land in Case County Indiana to build a summer resort for shop girls of Chicago. The facility will house about 140 guests and is intended for relaxation and reform, backed by local philanthropy and industrial support.
Inspector McClusky identifies American crooks tied to the Paris exposition including John McManus alias Kid, John Mellarty alias Brooklyn Tommy, and Gad Bil Brogen alias Ryder. The Elks club bulletin board draws attention to Topeka members with similar names amid broader social concerns and a series of quirky local incidents involving youths, dances, calf joke schemes, and a hired girl dress dispute.
An overheard snippet shows a worker murmuring about language and a clock, while a supervisor or foreman discusses paying a woman named Maggy and adjusting wages. The scene hints at workplace tensions, pay rates, and a rushed conversation about salary changes.
Washington notes detail on organized naval militia across twenty states with 57 officers and enlisted men per site. Naval department hearings discuss funding, cruises on lakes and coast, and push for a national naval reserve under federal control for rapid wartime mobilization.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss naval aviation war charts and wartime planning. References mention panels debating best approaches and potential reforms for naval operations and charting efforts.
Engineer W Pollet submits a conflicting value estimate of the water plant to the mayor in a continuation of the Cole case. Pollet claims appraisers overstate cost, while comparing to prior rulings. The Kansas City matter echoes prior decisions, and Follett asserts his informed position on the valuation dispute.
Washington dispatch reports the administration’s canal plan favors the Nicaragua route but seeks to pass the treaty without the Decis amendment and to secure a Panama route option. The commission’s report has been revised after frequent consultations with officials, with a forthcoming presentation to Secretary Hay and the President.
Washington reports indicate the governor has selected three of the prospective Supreme Court judges from explicit lists, with the contest for the fourth place between A Le Crem of Newton and Houston Whiterea of the congressional district Cuban Revenues Grow. The piece notes Republican majority resistance and ongoing factional disputes.
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