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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1901
Page
3
Gates embarks on two expeditions from Topeka with departure dates set for February 7 1901 and February 21 1901 detailing journeys to Mexico California and the Grand Canyon region. The notices outline sequential tours by the explorer from the Kansas city base.
Rail news notes Vice-President Barr may appoint a successor to the Santa Fe system chief. A.W. Towsley of Chicago is named as likely heir, with possible move to Albuquerque region. The case links to the Baglin shooting and potential headquarters shift to Mr. Kouns.
A fragmentary history on Roche Island outlines progress of a road from inception and its connection to the Rock Island Pacific railway system. The text lists officials, agents, and staff such as Jeneph Du breulft, ALM Fuller, George, and Olaf, with mentions of office roles, superintendent duties, and railroad operations. It also notes a board meeting in St Paul with Roswell Miller and references to workers traveling to Argentina for service.
Alexander Fion and Ben in the pee genet department of Memphis and Kansas City have been made general Dassenger poet of that tem effective March 1. height and weight ranges noted. W W A Eisen assists with trac wanes of the aS Pe, Sitwell of Kansas Cf Mexico & Orient travels to Mexico for railroad interests. Eldorado Fireman Vaught laid off while boilerworker takes 2 in ge. Pearl Ripley is hospitalized with injuries. Cotte Rus returned from Gan avid Robinge haw returned to work in the camchute. Engine U6l to tm of the 854 om the Scutt local. The BM goes to the house for war. A H Mable went to Comerville. Pan my ice at Chaar Water. Engineer Peter Lahey is
Volcanic revelations mix with railroad dispatches from Emporia and Denver. Three of seven class engines are assigned east, with others in Topeka shops and Emporia for repairs. A plan to curb interline ticket manipulation is discussed by railroad officers at a forthcoming association meeting. A contract for Simere at San Luis valley station is awarded to Chapman & Wharton for the Crestane operation.
From Newton comes word of multiple personnel changes including switches in engineering and maintenance, layoffs announced for Switcham Al Repetto and Jonheon, and resignations and new posts across departments. Conductor J F Short plans a brief vacation. Conductor W A Hyde visits from Great Bend. Harry Winten returns. Teratl Richarieos resigns from Newton Fire and joins Santa Fe.
The column lists various personal notices and health updates. References include Dr Miles Nervine and mentions of recoveries and ongoing ailments. Names such as McKinnett McKinsey Flannery and others appear alongside brief health and home remarks.
A January 24 blaze in Montreal, one of the city’s worst, burned from 4 PM until 1 AM, destroying property estimated between 950,000 and 3,060,000. The Menes property, including the 400,000 Merchants Bank building, suffered heavy damage, with many tenants and businesses lost. Harsh weather hampered firefighters and the blaze overwhelmed even with full department efforts.
A wide spread blaze on St Peter and St Paul streets engulfs the Ss CPt stoma and several major buildings. Firefighters concentrate on Laporte Martin Co and the Board of Trade as flames leap between wholesale dry goods firms and tin smiths.
A scattered telegraphic digest reports a wreck near Walden, Missouri with one injured and passengers shaken, James Keene's stock market illness rumor, Reichstag debate on state versus empire matters, American Window Glass Co rumors denied, a railway schedule note to July 1, influenza concerns in Barot Hammerstein-Losten, Kent will to Yale for 350000, Philippine exile notices, Addison Cammack stock exchange figure, Lacey bill on a New Mexico national park favorably reported, and a New York judgment referenced.
A fifty cent bottle of Scott Emulsion lasts fifty days for a baby, thirty days for a six or seven year old, and twenty days for a ten or twelve year old. It is presented as a nourishing, appetite-bridging remedy usable even for delicate children without real disease and claimed to yield splendid results.
An elderly veteran, Ez Denton, aged 101, died today in Madison Indiana after years of service in the Have war. The report notes his long life and distant from good health yet he spent a few tours at the war department before his death.
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