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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1899
Page
8
Fragmented report notes price declines in several iron lines, while mills operate at half capacity. Mentions unions, production efficiency, and lingering concerns over materials costs. References to company activity, market pressures, and regional operations shape a tense, evolving sector outlook.
Elgin National Watch Co. boosts wages by 7.5 percent for rest of year startling employees who had faced pay cuts. The note mentions unsolicited advances and unclear references to medical claims and treatments. The fragmentary text hints at Dyspepsia cures being advertised.
Topeka druggists report higher liquor sales in November after October totals of 2854, with November sales reaching 3018. The rise may reflect increased demand, possibly influenced by heightened drink categories such as T and Js, among other factors.
Holton Recorder reports Judge Broderick's remarks on district convention maneuvering. He criticizes Curtin and Leland for seeking conferences and warns against compromising delegates. Separate brief notes note a livery stable fire in Boone destroying 40 horses valued at about 320,000 with 7,000 insurance.
United States Senator W. A. Harris, now in Washington, contends the Democratic party must do more than oppose. He argues for a pro work‑centered platform including income law alignment with Supreme Court opinions and emphasis on social and economic issues to win back public confidence and electoral votes.
The commissioner of internal revenue issued a circular amending penalties for the use and cancellation of documentary stamps. It requires stamps of ten cents or more to bear inked signatures and date, with perforations marking cancellation. The new rules take effect December 1.
Assistant Secretary Webster Davis of the Interior department will sail from New York for Cape Town, South Africa, later this week to study the Boer War and plan lectures. He will visit Colonel J. G. Stowe, Kansas City consul general, and intends to travel into the Transvaal as a guest of the president Kroger, returning to the United States before the conflict ends. Meanwhile, notices highlight De King’s New Discovery for throat and lung troubles and One Minute Cough Cure, with local availability and price details. Also reported is the death of Mrs Alpheusz Stickney, wife of the Chidigh Great Western railway president, at St Paul home after two years’ invalidity.
A faction of bolting Democrats and Republicans backed Congressman Settle’s successor while the major parties named Goebel. The meeting, held under tense party dynamics, produced a ticket that could influence the upcoming race.
The Topeka lodge No. 24 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks plans memorial services tomorrow at Library hall at 2:30 pm. Names on the lodge marble tablet include F. G. Stiles J. M. Curtiss W. P. Popence J. F. H. McKibben Eugene Woll Lewis G. Hastings and George Roberts. The program features orchestra music responsive service and closing ceremonies with officers listed such as Jno F. McManus and others.
Charles Potter Jr, noted printing press inventor, dies at his Plainford New Jersey home after illness. Born in Madison County New York in 1834 he later worked in Westerly Rhode Island and with the Babcnck Printing Press company and Walter Scott Press company. He made several improvements in presses and is credited with inventing a press bearing his name. He later pursued business on his own and amassed a fortune.
A Laflin-Rand powder plant building four miles north of the place exploded Friday afternoon. William Cushman, a worker, was killed. another worker nearby was injured by debris. The blast caused $25,000 in damage to the barrel house and other structures. Shock was felt for miles and debris covered hundreds of acres as a fire broke out and local citizens extinguished it.
Last night’s performance features the Romalo brothers as skilled artists whose routine remains superior in quality. The show, including the Hewitts and others, offers moments of beauty but overall the act seems to have outlived its novelty with limited standout features.
The document reports bank activity in New York with references to prime mercantile rates and bankers’ titles. It notes posted rates around 4.52 and discusses silver certificates, Mexican dollars, and bond-related mentions, with garbled terms and figures indicating a financial statement fragment.
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