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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1899
Page
7
An advertisement from The H. L. Booth Co touts Hyomel as a universal remedy for colds bronchitis and even consumption. It prescribes hoarded inhalations with drops on a funnel and heated Hyomei to the throat and claims rapid relief within hours and prevention with repeated use. It promotes mail order and drugstore availability from Chicago.
Local rail line introduces colored porters who will act as head brakemen and keep cars clean on many Santa Fe trains from Chicago to La Junta. Effective March 1, porters will join several trains, with some routes retaining two brakemen. Porters chosen, uniforms ready, duties include new tasks and standard brakeman functions.
The Phoenix Bridge Company wins a contract to construct a 1800 foot viaduct across the narrow part of Thambra Valley in Centra Custady. It will rise about 75 feet above the valley bottom with heavy masonry and tall iron towers supporting the final structure, expected to become a California landmark. Across the Middle and Old Rivers near Stockton Street, a wall will be erected. William A. Biscell, formerly assistant freight agent for the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe with Chicago HQ, has been promoted.
Fragmented OCR text reports a political dispute within a chamber over a proposed departure from the Elyse palace. Protests from factions and a high voting margin lead to a unanimous decision to pursue the president’s removal, with conflicting accounts of timing and responsibility. The passage remains garbled and characters are uncertain.
The first railroad load reached the summit between Shaenay and Wimmatt, 2000 foot peaks, after a perilous canyon climb. Officials from Canada and the railway exchanged courteous greetings as the shipment traveled from summit toward Lake Bennett, marking a significant milestone on this difficult route.
In London on February 21 the House of Commons debated a French purchase of a strategic position near Canada and alleged evictions. A government reply stated no official information on evictions and a full report was requested. The discussion touched on the gateway island to Canada and rights over Anti costs with no definitive details provided.
John E. Stewart of Carmel Indiana notes his daughter falls ill with a cough at every weather change. He mentions trying many remedies with no effect and advertises Beges Cherry Cough Syrup for sale. Tickets good returning February 22 on the Rock Inland Flyer.
A Kansas senate inquiry proposal emerges over Quantrell raid certificates issued under Governor John A. Martin. Investigators seek audit dates, beneficiaries, signatures, and authorization while noting Taylor's 4 percent certificates and possible misallocation of funds and forged or misused documents.
Senators debate a bill to require all convict made goods from the state penitentiary to bear a stamp, amid plans for a furniture factory and binding twine plant. Senator Anderson introduces the measure as one of the last in the senate, reflecting anxiety over extending prison industry and its branding.
The fails entry bill sponsored by Senator Anderson was defeated in the house last week. In a later house committee session the enacting clause was struck out by a vote of Ato. Some members realized they voted incorrectly and the measure was reconsidered and placed back on the calendar. Capt Seaton previously opposed the bill but now expressed support, despite objections from several chamber members.
A lively discussion centered on a keeper who makes a false event entry, risking felony charges and possible penitentiary time. Grosser, Babb, Fairchild and others debated whether the provision and its enacting clause, struck out again, affected the case.
Senator Ryaur backs a bill to regulate how laborers are paid aiming to aid miners paid in scrip. The house committee supports passage but linked to miners across districts in the southeast asking for its passage. The measure would prohibit miners from using checks or orders to trade scrip at non company stores.
Haskell county commissioners seek a special act to allow a tax levy to fund building a road in Finney county. The plan targets a route from southern Finney sand hills to Garden City through Garden City, Finney county, with Finney officials unwilling to fund the road. Local farmers in Haskell county press for the project to boost trade and access.
Representative Welch of Harvey County introduces a bill to create the office of matron of the state house with a salary of 30 per month. Unclear duties described. bill seeks Mrs F B Bigler's backing from Topeka. House also pushes several appropriations including Osawatomie asylum hospital and laundry, and gas company condemnation rights for pipelines.
The house held a night session and in committee of the whole recommended 24 local bills including Senator Angerson's park property bill. The bill will pass without opposition. Also an ad for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure appears with claims it digests food and aids digestion. Geo. W. Stansfeld and A. Kane & Co. listed as druggists.
Mee Rice area at Chicagos Bar theater presents Sousa band and soloists raising the curtain for a grand program at Crawford Sunday. Max Chensix violinist and Allan Jeanie at Ladies Music Club event with the Milwaukees Sentinel praising the concert room.
A North Topeka woman writes that despite a brutal cold snap she kept her flock alive using a homemade incubator and warm water, noting that 25 to 30 below zero temperatures last week killed many chicks elsewhere but her birds survived. She praises the homebuilt device and invites others to view it.
El Paso representatives announced Ciudad Juarez that the Mexican government will offer a large subsidy for a railroad across the Sierra Madre from Chulohupa Chihuahua on the Sonora line. The line would cut four to five weeks from mountain travel time and aid American prospectors with mineral finds. Rio Grande Sierra Madre and Pacific to extend Casan Grande to Chuichupa in summer.
Washington Post recounts a playful incident as Rep Jerry Simpson of Kansas compliments Rep Tim Campbell of New York while quizzing Col Pete Hepburn on Nicargua canal phrasing. The exchange features Sulzer questioning Hepburn about the constitution and a light Irish accent moment near the speaker’s desk.
Chattanooga, Feb 21. A week of revival meetings drew large crowds in the city hall auditorium. Attendance surged from curious worshippers to devout participants, while local saloon advocates faced opposition. Alderman Thomas McMahon, after talks with ministers, pressed for restrictions on saloons amid the public religious fervor.
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