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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1899
Page
4
A collage of early 20th century notes covers Cuba, Philippines, and expansion debates. It references McKinley’s stance, census rivalries between New York and Chicago, Dewey and Navy, and economic worries about inflation and Wall Street, with commentary on American expansion and rail growth.
The Post-Dispatch summarizes a strong 1808 year with the United States exporting vast direct products, surpassing all nations since records began. It notes dominant steel outputs, locomotives, nails, machinery, and a flood of manufactured goods to global markets amid foreign war pressures.
A fragmented Chicago piece samples witty lines on politics, photography, and society. It pokes at purifying politics, retouching negatives, and the middle class, using playful comparisons and slang to reflect urban chatter.
A collage of brief, offbeat anecdotes about figures such as Senator Simon of Oregon, Joseph Choate, Calvin Brive, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Rudyard Kipling, Paul Dwight Moody, Mary Mapes Dodge, Andrew Carnegie, Major Russell B Harrison, and Theodore Roosevelt. Entries touch on business views in Alaska, a Boston eating house, a signature quirk, conversations about empire, public speaking, and letters to Roosevelt, reflecting late 19th or early 20th century society.
Railroad engineers would be protected by H S Montgomery Santa Fe invention an order register a clock driven signal device placed near the engineer to alert to upcoming meeting points in trains. It aims to prevent wrecks by ensuring orders are seen and acted upon with minimal effort and cost.
San Diego wharf work begins as carpenters move on the Santa Fe site formerly used by streetcar tracks. Switches near California street nearly finished, corrugated iron covering for warehouse, and a 50 000 pound capacity railroad scale to be installed for freight. Merchants await the Belgian King vessel of the California and Oriental Steamship line, due around January 20, with Santa Fe contributing 250 000 dollars to government projects for rapid freight handling.
A long stalled project to build a railroad between Kinsley in Edwards County on the Santa Fe and Pratt in Pratt County on the Rock Island is being revived after years of dormancy. The aim is to reconnect these points by rail despite the period of national economic downturn.
A past plan resurfaces to build a main road connecting two counties with direct access to southwestern and southeastern lanes. If approved a bond issue of 80 000 dollars is proposed for each county, plus right of way costs, with a 40 mile distance.
The local Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen lodge will hold a ball on January 19 at Argentine. The event will invite all employees along the Santa Fe line, with a special car running from Emporia for attendees. Likely guests include people from Topeka and other points.
The rapid time train left New York Sunday night at 9 and reached Buffalo an hour nine minutes late, then Erie and Cleveland in 104 minutes from Erie for 96 miles, with short stops. The trip’s pace was touted as the fastest long distance regular service in the world. The report also notes water access at Flagstar with a temporary 3 inch pipe feeding an 8 inch main, supplying tanks and locomotives.
Missouri Pacific brags of engines running 310 miles daily while Santa Fe’s Engine 178 travels 320 miles from the city to Amarillo, amid a flurry of railroad improvements. Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe advance printing machinery and electrics in Fort Madison Iowa. Union Pacific remodels refrigerator cars adopting the Wickes refrigeration system after prolonged tests.
A Wisconsin report details pension disbursements for the year and lists veterans and widows across wars. Milwaukee agency records show 2 widows of War of 1812 participants and 215 veterans of the Mexican War with widows and dependents, amid broader veteran tallies. Madrid dispatch notes Britain pressing Spain over a Balearic coaling station, with Segastista illness delaying talks and Spain likely resisting, influenced by France and Russia. Chicago also reports James K. Jones heading a Democratic meeting with senators Teller Allen and Towne expected.
A historical ad-like piece urges lifelong health discipline and warns that neglect leads to illness. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a universal treatment for digestive issues, nervous disorders, and early lung decline, citing a Texas dealer’s testimonial amid wartime discourse.
Kansas news reports revived push for county ownership of tracking dogs. Sheriff Church can procure a pair of year old dogs for under 10 dollars, funded partly by surplus Anti-Horse Thief Association treasury. The plan aims to aid constabulary in tracking criminals and deterring horse theft.
On January 6, 1899 Kansas State Agricultural College will dedicate its Domestic Science Hall in Manhattan. Governor Leedy and Governor-elect Stanley lead a host of state leaders and educators invited to a 2:00 p.m. chapel ceremony and a 6:00 p.m. banquet in the hall with music by the college Musical Department.
Pittsburg January 2 The city hospital, owned by a firm of physicians, has been sold to the Catholic church officers and passed into their control. It will be occupied by the Sisters of Mercy and run as a free hospital. The selling physicians will be retained as attendants.
In Atchison progress on ice harvest has slowed since December 1 as dealers struggle to fill houses. Amos iowell began cutting the star ice yesterday, measuring twelve inches thick and clear as plate glass. The river fell two feet after a cold wave blocked upstream flow.
Raymond Carr aged 13, eldest son of J N Carr of Sedan, drowned yesterday afternoon after skating on the Caney river. He fell through four feet of water and went under the ice.
Residents and business leaders in Santiago protest orders to transmit weekly customs receipts to Havana. They warn withdrawal would harm roads and waterworks funding and force 10,000 Cubans from employment. British consul Mason cites Spain's centralization, while General Wood shows annoyance at halting progress. Local bodies plan protests and will cable Washington.
A January 3 letter received by Senator Hanna in Cleveland contains threats tied to disbarment actions against Judge F E Dellenbaugh and State Senator Burke. The note, written in pencil on society stationery, vows violence if Burke is disbarred and targets Hanna with menacing language.
In a heated scene amid Cleveland politics, Hanna faction leaders push to topple McKisson as Mayoral ambitions loom. Senator Hanna and aides dispute power, with references to court judges and party loyalty as maneuvers unfold in preparation for a key contest.
A brief note from Indianapolis by Dr HB Hettinger describes a claimed cure for chronic rheumatism. The report mentions a tent coat remedy and references healing after an ankle sprain with a personal testimonial.
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