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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1901
Page
3
The December net earnings totaled 266000 with a surplus after 1,000,000 in betterments. The annual report shows earnings for the year at 1,004,000 before further changes, noting charges for expenses and the impact of betterments on profits and dividends.
A Union Pacific freight derailed east of Dorrance when two engines and seven cars left the track after a derailment yesterday. The line was blocked for about eleven hours while wrecking crews cleared the mess and service resumed. Numerous crew assignments and local updates followed, including yard workers and engine crews transferred for the aftereffects.
A San Francisco Bound train from San Francisco wrecked at a washout near Neveds. Passengers were shaken. Mies Biseenger, whose parents were in the car, among the injured. Adolph Bisennest, a wool and feather dealer, and Clinton Coulter, superintendent of Pacific Coal Supply, connected to the incident.
In New Orleans on February 2 a Black man named Thomas Jackson was killed by a mob at St Peter station of the Texas Pacific line about twenty miles from the city. Witnesses say Jackson opposed the mob, was dragged to a ditch, and his body mutilated as the gang burned, then fled. authorities pursued and opened fire as they arrived.
The Empire State Express runs 419 miles from New York to Buffalo at an average speed of 43.33 miles per hour, including four stops and twenty eight slow-downs, on every business day. It is lauded as a leading advert for American machinery and methods and seen as a national object lesson.
Fragmentary report notes the station’s command favors stability under a willing administrator. Residents express satisfaction with governance and the steady handling of island affairs.
Official report confirms a February 6 blaze at the Caspian and Back Sea company depot in Baku. The conflagration caused 197 deaths with more expected from burn injuries. The record notes additional lives in jeopardy amid ongoing recovery efforts.
Tickets to Beaumont Dallas Fort Worth Galveston Houston Port Arthur San Antonio Waco Lake Cantr ies at the low rate of 10 for the round trip. Limited to March 12. Return ing. See TL King agent Topeka for particulars.
Gossipy reports in Topeka discuss potential appointments to the Kansas executive council and state offices. Names include George Clark as secretary of state and possible warden of the penitentiary, with George Cole eyed for the penitentiary post and J B Tamilzoon slated for Clark’s auditor role. Rail commissioner talks center on Postlethwaite supporters and Bates Sheridan prospects amid party tensions.
The senate committee reports adversity on bills to vacate townsites streets alleys and blocks across the state. Lawmakers fear the process hides costs while the house favors passage of these measures, estimating state printing and attitutde book expenses at a considerable sum.
Amid tense talks the house hesitates to act on Mills as members fear retaliation from others. Senate committee members show interest, while some fear reprisals if they cross party lines.
The senate debates a parole officer for the reformatory at a $1000 annual salary plus expenses. Sheriffs oppose the plan, fearing it undermines their watch and report duties on paroled prisoners. The Ways and Means Committee says the officer aligns with recommendations.
The governor and parole trade are limited to penitentiary prisoners. Sheriffs fear losing control as reforms push to cut sheriff ties. The superintendent of the reformatory wishes to monitor boys paroled from school, causing sheriff concerns about Power shifts and oversight.
A local bill involving A. S. Malevend and L McCanse stirred the Ninety-sixth district representative to action in the house. The matter, linked to Soldiers and Bornm'st Dodge, was debated amid a seal of silence on strategy. Nathaniel Swift, brother of Gustavus F. Swift, died in Chicago from brain congestion after a four-day illness. he was a Methodist minister born in Sagamore, Massachusetts, and served his first pastorate at Eastham. Jerry Simpson bought the Hutchinson residence in Wichita for 2400 dollars and plans to relocate there, with Kansas City stockyard prospects noted. Return fare to Wichita is 462 dollars via Santa Fe Route.
A brief notice outlines the Grand Canyon of Arizona event linked to the Santa Fe Toute line, noting a forthcoming meet and tentative return schedules within months. The item mentions independent testing of train services and potential restoration timelines.
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