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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1898
Page
3
An advertisement touts Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a specific for serofula in its worst forms. It claims blood purification, notes mineral medicines only hide symptoms, and presents anecdotal cures attributed to Dr J C AYER. The text includes testimonial fragments from Lehigh, Pennsylvania.
Community notices detail religious services, concerts, and meetings across towns. Kansas State University events mingle with local church activities, with concerts, dedications, and teachers’ association plans mentioned along with visits by clergy and educators.
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Fire destroyed the Fifteenth Street depot of the Metropolitan Street Railway in Kansas City on February 22, injuring about 40 people as the blaze spread rapidly. The several fire companies fought the flames as power lines and cars were jeopardized, with extensive damage to the station and vicinity near Fifteenth and Askewaleete.
A railroad news item reports a claim that L. T. and 8. W. bonds totaling 256000 are held. The disputed value centers on ownership and repayment rights amid ongoing financial reviews.
New York court action seeks to bring suit against Union Pacific receivers in New York Supreme Court over Leavenworth Topeka and Southwestern Railroad bonds totaling 266000. Complainants allege securities held by Let the securities bought at 5 MMe & Co trustees to Larus Elizmerald secure payment. Also recounted is a long romance tale of a Santa Fe conductor and a woman from Emporia spanning decades with letters and unrequited love.
An elderly engineer recalls a decades old incident after a road through Burlingame opened. He describes a coal car derailing from a fast freight near Topeka, a pursuit toward Pauline, and a suggested collision that never occurred. The vanished coal car sparked doubt and rumors among witnesses.
A traveler recalls the Topeka Express known as The Pug and notes old jokes about it. The narrator, while riding a Kansas City to Topeka train, asks what a station announcer says and comments on translating unfamiliar station names.
Denver officials announce bids for a 40 mile extension of the Santa Fe Prescott Phoenix line through Arizona to reach the Big Onyx district. The plan would connect Prescott to the center of the Electrum mining area, noted for vast onyx beds and rich mineral resources.
Chicago reports freight prices sharply cut with Lester wheat shipped to seaboard at one third less than tariff, 1,000,000 bushels last contract at 12 cents to New port News via Minnesota Central Chesapeake and Ohio. Provision rates to New York down to 20 cents, 1b cents below tariff. Missouri river route prices cut, exporters in Baltimore and Philadelphia buying along western lines, anticipating heavy corn and oats shipments next week at lower miles and tariffs.
At a Baptist church meeting in Olathe Kansas February 28 Governor St John denied rumors he was under fire for seeking a liquor permit. The heated session drew crowd as supporters and opponents clashed over permit policy and legal changes. St John pressed for speech but was ruled out of order. many attendees departed before adjournment.
Cleveland Feb 25 Champtor Bob Fitzsimmons declares willingness to fight KM McCoy at once if the promoter posts sufficient money. He denounces Ruhlin and McCoy as unworthy challengers and vows to prove his superiority in the ring once backing is secured.
State insurance firms face scrutiny as a public discussion on executive salaries unfolds under a dome of secrecy. Officials demand transparency, citing rising costs and stakeholder interests amid ongoing regulatory reviews.
Kansas Insurance Commissioner McNall demands disclosure of officers salaries from Eastern insurers doing business in Kansas. Company presidents threaten to ignore requests and seek polite replies. If firms refuse, licenses may be revoked. McNall returns from Gaylord to enforce laws on disbursements.
Gov. Leedy declares no removals of Hutchinson reformatory officers involved in the Wate Thomas incident. He says the negro prisoner posed threats and the irons were used to subdue him, emphasizing officers were enforcing obedience. The state library move is postponed pending funding and shelving plans.
Frank Filjott, executive clerk to Governor Keay, editor of the Troy Times, advocates a special legislative session to take over the Kansas City stockyards. He argues the Kansas firm moved offices to Missouri to dodge stockyards law and urges condemning those properties and running the yards by the state through a commission. Other proposed measures include railroad, insurance, coal mining interests, initiative and referendum, and utility regulation.
The state house debates which Democrats will stay on the ticket as divisions grow over stepping down for a Bourbon. Uncle Dave Heflebower's smoking ban effort falters as officers weigh who must bow out to clear room for Democratic nominees.
The report notes the Populists will keep the matter unsettled, while Democrats in Kansas appear divided. It says there are no genuine Tank and Field Democrats left, and only a dozen or so Democrats aligned for office purposes, plus those on the state central committee.
B D Van Ostrand long time Marion County teacher and city schools superintendent announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for state superintendent of public instruction. He says he will use honorable means to win the nomination and is well known among public school teachers and educators in the state. He has long resided in Marlow and has been a Republican throughout his life.
W C Edwards, Republican governor hopeful, outlines his platform stance for the coming campaign. He favors enforcing all laws equally, opposes adding prohibition to the platform this year, and says the convention should choose its own platform. He would endorse straight Republican principles if adopted and notes the party may or may not include prohibition.
Assistant Attorney Snelling argues that the Leedy railroad bill section forcing roads to fix rates while an appeal to the supreme court is pending is unconstitutional He suggests changing the section to allow standard appeals and require bonds to indemnify shippers for potential overcharges if the supreme court sustains the board His view follows the rule that lower court judgments are suspended on appeal and cannot be barred from suspension by the higher court
The state Democratic committee adopts a plan to fund the convention in Atchison by charging $5 per delegate. With 472 delegates entitled to seats, counties must forward $36 for each delegate, totaling about $2,200, after representation is set.
A fire at Hall chemical works in Kalamazoo Michigan late at night caused the building to collapse after two blasts. Ten men were rescued or recovered from the debris while several were killed and many injured. Loss to the company is estimated at twenty thousand dollars.
EF B Johnson of Topeka, a zinc mining official in Riverside township, says a large smelter near Weir mines will begin within 30 days. The plant and machinery cost about 318,000 or $20,000 with capacity to dispose of 120 tons of ore per day.
A bus full of pleasure seekers was struck by a westbound train near Western Avenue and Blue Island, killing seven and injuring others. Names of the dead include Mary Riets, 17, and Dennis Willette among victims. the locomotive bound for West Chicago collided at high speed as the vehicle slipped on ice and snow. The party, heading to a Surprise gathering from West Harvey to Blu..
Serious bread riots erupt at Gallipoli with six police arrests as unrest flares in Constantinople. Gov Budd to seek US Senate seat as White retires. Leedy commutes a boy’s sentence to March 1. New court house under construction in Ellis County Hays City reports progress. Marquis of Salisbury recovering from influenza after a night attack.
Chicago Feb 2 Albert Fuchs a North Side florist grew an unusual Calla specimen whose leaf color shifts toward the flower. The leaf edge remains green while flecks of the same shade appear, promising full color match as the plant matures. The transformation results from special feeding and chemical treatment developed by Fuchs.
Oakland and Altamont scenes unfold around the death of Henry Odinkerchen a former New Haven financier tied to Winchester Arms who kept his wife’s burial place despite offers of cash He served as postmaster and express agent at Altamont and left his fortune behind in a lifetime of ventures that failed in California.
The article reports on the death of George W. G. Ferris and the fate of his estate connected to the construction of the famous Ferris wheel in Chicago. It notes an outstanding debt from the project and Ferris’s insurance coverage of $25,000, with claims consuming much of the estate.
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