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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1900
Page
4
Dispatches forecast a Kentucky gubernatorial tilt favoring Goebel and a presidential race shaping up around Smith Quay and Donnelly. Taxation, vehicle fees, and street paving plans stir public debate as parties seek to influence Congress and voters.
The Philadelphia Times surveys that stock speculators faced losses without triggering a nationwide collapse. It notes no merchant failures, no factory shutdowns, and ongoing industrial activity as cash and working capital remained in circulation, despite restricted funding for margins. The piece argues weakness was limited to Wall Street while real economy stayed steady.
A garbled 19th century style passage presents scattered observations on politics, morality, and manners from Atchison Missouri era life. It mentions breakfast, rustling, hunting, a nurse, and a woman laughed at for wearing a lodge parade apron, ending with a strange judge’s emblem.
Fragmentary excerpts discuss life, childhood vitality, and maternity as central to society. A note on poverty and labor hints at gender roles and honesty. The text also mentions a figure named Astor and a scheme of wealth sharing with former countrymen.
A cropped, garbled paragraph shows stray lines of social maxims and quirks from a city page. It mentions nurses training, barber work, self perception, tax collectors, and a blurred scene with a servant taunting fate as ironquirle duties sell for ten cents.
An old advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the ill wind that purifies blood and benefits all ages and both sexes. It quotes a testimonial from FB Emerton of Auburn claiming relief from dyspepsia and related pains after taking the remedy.
Kansas City Kansas Leavenworth Electric line delays new service awaiting standard wheels. Rolling stock from St Louis returned for proper tread. Aims to open farm access northwest of Kansas City and explore a mid route park or summer resort between Leavenworth and this city.
Large work force of 100 to 200 men on the Iolacement plant project south of town. Offices and store structures rise while a massive 150 horsepower pebble crusher runs at 40 tons per hour. Water reservoir excavation nears completion, with a 50 foot diameter tank to supply the works. Furnace activity increases, two blocks fired, promising steady work for weeks.
Port Scott Kansas Jan 1 Attorneys Keene and Gates filed involuntary bankruptcy against Walter Sharitt in federal court. Sharitt once ran a general mercantile business with assets around 12 000 and debts near 4 000. He vanished after allegedly defrauding creditors by selling a Neosho store for four dollars and eloping with his wife and children. The court ordered asset seizure and division of proceeds among creditors, with about 50 percent of claims expected to be paid.
Citizens in the southern city area express open rebellion against city officials plan to build a hospital for contagious diseases near the big river north of Wichita. The unrest includes threats to burn down the facility as protests intensify.
Judge Walter Simons discusses liquor violations in a Kansas case, criticizing leniency for small towns before imposing a $100 minimum fine. The report notes Fort Scott’s local customs toward liquor punishment and records military recruitment efforts at Fort Key with Sergeant Kuehn seeking nine recruits and scheduling oaths at Fort Riley.
Reform forces at Erie Mest and Lis ten to speeches as the organization grows. Paulioniat members enrolled. A banquet and old-fashioned love feast followed. Speakers included Carl Vrooman Parsons J N Allen Chanute William Kline Erie and Secretary Curran with more to come as Pittsburg groups organize in January.
Wise, receiver for the water and electric company, has filed suit in federal court at McPherson seeking $1,663 for water and light services billed in the first three quarters of 1599. The council disputes the amount and whether proper service was rendered, and has taken no action yet on the suit.
Fort Scott Kansas January 3 There will probably be more broom corn planted in Kansas next season than in the entire state previously. The crop is popular for its very high price. W H Love longtime broom corn manufacturer in Fort Scott bought about one and a half bales for $162 per bale when sold recently.
A Salina bound Senta Fe passenger train struck near Humboldt injuring a young couple, tossing them about thirty feet into a hedge fence. Both escaped serious harm despite thorny scratches, witnesses stating the horses were startled and the pair traveled home afterward. The incident occurred as they were returning home last night.
The Galena court house project progresses with a $4,600,000 budget for the courthouse and $100,000 for a city hall and fire department headquarters. A 57,000 church is noted and broader legislative items are mentioned amid a fragmented report.
A New York based expose depicts a powerful banking trust led by John D. Rockefeller and associates wielding control over a nationwide network of banks and financial institutions. The piece details immense fortunes, investments across industries, and the reach of the Standard Oil syndicate into U S and international banking, with names like Rockefeller, Ward, Archbold, and Dodd shaping the vast enterprise.
Fragmentary report from Valparaiso via Galveston notes a plan to reallocate revenue to public works. A stray testimonial claims Doane Otate ment cured leg itch and burning. The text also includes garbled local chatter about sugar barrels and Christmas prep, reflecting a confused OCR snippet.
In Chicago on January 3 the dispute between city officials and the Northwestern Elevated Railway over track completion sparked clashes at Lincoln Avenue station. Police stopped workers after a formal notice blocked train runs until inspectors approve the structure as safe. At Fifth Avenue and Lake Street, officers faced off with officers and company staff before easing tensions as officials insist the span remains incomplete and dangerous. railway leaders deny the claim.
Real estate transfers listed include W. Ohio Zabneon and wife to Huegins at 3925 and 677 Fillmore Street in Martin and Dennis subdivision. Vermont Savings Investment Co. to Fred G. Paeestejan at 330 lots of WW, Wabash Avenas. Thos. Te King to H. Jotans at 464, Mary land Avenue in Highland Park. Julia Robinson and band to Joseph B. Michael for $100 at 186 Ada Street. John S. White and wife to Joseph G. White for $1 at Be My B12 38 Lou Towns to Anne L. Geiss. Forbes and wife to LeRoy Powell for $260 at 259 and 81 Jefferson Street. A. Mulvane to John S. White at 31850 WW Y-38-12. Throop Street Throop's third addition property selling for $1,700 at 88 and 100 Throop Street.
President McKinley and Mrs. McKinley viewed a newly purchased sorrel team described as well matched and stylish with good action and long flaxen tails. He ordered the White House stables to avoid docking tails and observed the horses from the stable window as they moved.
A Sullivan County pastor uses a phonograph to deliver wedding sermons, recording brief, eloquent messages for couples. The device plays on cylinders at ceremonies, drawing couples from Dutchess Ulster and Rockland counties, as innovation boosts nuptial attendance.
A Topeka testimonial asserts Kid-ne-olds relieved lumbago and sciatica after following directions. The statement by HL Shick claims complete relief with no recurrence, praising the remedy as effective against rheumatism. Manufactured by John Morrow & Co., mailed on receipt of price.
Colonel Pettit and Lieutenant Colonel Hayes filed official reports detailing hardships aboard the transport Manauense, which arrived November 23. The crews of the Thirty-first Infantry faced a seaworthy issue, manning shortages, and limited provisions, with accounts outlining the exclusive narrative of the voyage and its challenges.
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