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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1899
Page
7
London reports a Vienna controversy over childhood medical experiments conducted in hospitals. The Dnitehrs Volkstilatt cites 12 cases, some adults, some children aged from 4 to 15, allegedly to study disease progress or protect surgeons from errors. The critics recount fatal outcomes and alleged malpractice despite denials.
A bill introduced by Representative Rust from Vandalia proposes two state hospitals for the treatment of inebriates. The plan, backed by saloonkeepers and temperance groups, would fund $15,000 for construction and place the facilities under the control of a seven member governing body appointed by the governor and local officials.
John J Sullivan and company perform A Trip Across the Ocean at Crawford Theater tomorrow with the full troupe including the ex champion. Sullivans and Jake ile fain sparring bout. Reach f Bowers minstrels appear Thursday and Friday at Grild Opera House. Dorothy Morton Opera company to grace Crawford Theater next Saturday with Girodi Girona in the afternoon and The Beggar Student in the evening. Topeka theatergoers expect one of the era’s top comic operas at the aera theater next week featuring Alice Nielsen and her company of 35. Mine Erota Kelly recounts her Klondike experiences at Crawford Friday.
Havana reports Morro Castle and Cabanas have been stripped of valuables by souvenir hunters over weeks. Junk and old uniforms were left. officials warn visitors must be escorted by two guards to inspect the sites.
New York society debates Mrs Henry T Sloane marital troubles as Mrs Elbridge T Gerry plans a reception at the Gerry home in East Sixty third Street In attendance will be Mrs Astor Mrs Ogden Mills Cornelius Vanderbilt Sr Mrs Brunk Pendleton Mrs Starr Miller and Mrs T Townsend Burden A Mills dinner follows at the Sloane home with prominent guests The social circle notes no lasting estrangement and anticipates continued friendships despite discord
Levi Sprague sues the Chicago City Railway for five cents after riding a car one block past his stop. He argues the conductor failed to stop at the proper location, reducing the value of his ride. Justice Everett will review the case, noting it as knotty and taking it under advisement.
Magistrate Pool bans Bible in courts to prevent disease spread noting a prisoner with sores kissed the Bible handed by an officer. He argues carrying microbes could transmit illness and calls the practice sacrilegious and unhygienic in Morrisania court.
The Santa Fe Railway will equip all dangerous pedestrian and vehicle crossings with electric bells activated by locomotive wheel pressure. Bells ring from distance, trains whistle remains, and installation proceeds across divisions. Officials expect high costs but reduced accidents and damages.
Tola January 3. Missouri Pacific to provide cheap rapid service between Tola Latinope and nearby towns. Superintendent Webb confirms contract signed with Iola Rapid Transit to run trains as soon as tickets and arrangements are ready. A plan from St Louis officials seeks better service for Iola’s suburbs while preserving Iola’s transit interests. Missouri Pacific agrees to a three daily round trips between Iola and LaHarpy at a fare not exceeding five cents.
In Atwood and Oberlin Rawlins and Decatur counties press for a Missouri Pacific extension toward Lenora and Oberlin to rejoin Kansas markets. Citizens argue three-fourths of Oberlin and Atwood traffic now travels via Dresden and Colby routes, harming local stock and agriculture. They urge Missouri Pacific to study the proposal to connect these counties back to Kansas.
Mrs W A Murdock grand president of the auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers visited Topeka to train the local lodge in exemplification of the work. Meetings were held in Topeka with delegates from Argentine Newton Waiporia Trenton Osawatomie Kansas City Kan. A banquet followed the session and she departed yesterday for Denver.
The fragment lists Topeka lodge officers including McNeal and Daviteon with roles, then describes an owl scaring sparrows at a workshop, a Missouri line mention, and a fire at the Chicago & Northwestern freight house in Boone Iowa. Real estate transfers and various property deeds follow with names and addresses.
John Unimot Holmes, brother of the late Oliver Wendell Holmes, died at his Cambridge home after a bachelor life. A Harvard graduate of 1832, he pursued law briefly but devoted most of his time to study and literature. Renowned for wit, he possessed wide knowledge of classics and shared vivid reminiscences of notable figures and Harvard history. He left a large estate.
Archbishop Treland visited the Vatican today for talks with Cardinal Ramolla and other senior church figures. Officials denied any nomination to represent the United States at the upcoming conference on armament presentation. He declined to discuss US religious issues, saying the Holy See must decide.
George D. Whorter, a Milwaukee justice of the peace for 20 years, killed himself with a gun. The failed reappointment and loss of office, plus his private business of solemnizing marriages from neighboring states, contributed to his despair. He was single and about 65.
In St Louis the Lexaw committee investigates municipal affairs and seeks to examine the City Boiler Inspector Price s books. Price declares he will surrender none but Mayor Zeleb enheln and denies state authority over his office. The committee will seek a writ to compel him to show his records.
Savannah Ga Jan 30 Lieutenant Colonel J Bellinger depot quartermaster has ordered a repair corral to be built here. All surplus animals and vehicles from southern camps will be moved to Savannah quickly. Stockades stables workshops will be erected and equipment prepared before distribution to Cuba and Porto Rico. Work will begin in a few days.
Rev G F Hall, pastor of the Christian Tabernacle, explains he would have financed a Chicago debate with Ingersoll for 1000 per night, sought Clark Braden as his representative, and criticized Ingersoll for misrepresenting Christianity while admiring platform humor.
John Buck a Virginian and ex Confederate cavalry trooper died in Reston Mass after being wounded at Antietam. He will be buried with Grand Army honors, a first for a Confederate soldier in the north, as his wife lies in hospital and comrades assist. Buck had lived in Reston for sixteen years and spoke of preferring the South's outcome. His son is an engineer on the cruiser Brooklyn.
Mary Holly, a Paterson, New Jersey resident, is reported to have cut off the end of her tongue with a knife after deciding she talked too much and caused trouble. The act, described as self-inflicted, leaves her without an inch and a half of tongue but she hopes to regain speech.
Boston orders Hyde to set up twenty headstones over graves in Key West Florida for twenty four Maine Catties victims and four Winelow torpedo boat victims. The graves are among those of soldiers who died in the late war and will be the first to receive government recognition.
In Colon Panama reinforcement troops arrive as Panama rail strike sharpens. A government proclamation bans public assemblies over three people and threatens imprisonment. City stays quiet but tense as striking deck men and railway workers wait for a chance to act.
New Gilvans June 30 The body found near Fort St Philp was identified as Captain Sturtevant pilot of the launch Paul Jones. The position and clothing suggest he was off duty and asleep when death came, and the boat was wrecked by an explosion during the night.
Danbury Cann Derby Hat manufacturers unite to form a price and output regulation pact set to take effect February 1. The alliance covers most major makers of low priced hats and will route all goods through a New York firm, which is expected to control about two million dollars worth of hats annually. The plan does not create a capital combination among the firms. Lincoln Sunday observance urged by the American Missionary Association for Congregational churches on February 2.
Wichita January 30 Carrie Chapman Catt national chairman of the Woman s Suffrage association urges Oklahoma legislature to recognize woman s right to vote. She cites women s hardships in the new country and says the vote should be theirs in government. The measure has been reduced in both houses and will soon be acted upon.
Cleveland reporter recalls the death of 11 year old Mien Nagengest after vaccination at a free clinic on January 4. He developed severe swelling in the arm, then tetanus and died the following morning despite intervention by three physicians. The vaccinating doctor says he used pure lymph and antiseptics, but found the arm filthy when called on Thursday.
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