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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1900
Page
7
The source text is garbled and unreadable, listing fragmented dates and names without a coherent event or context. No verifiable people, organizations, places, or outcomes can be extracted to form a proper headline or factual summary.
Train notice offers a Chicago run via the Santa Fe with stops and return fare of 19 dollars. Tickets go on sale July 7 and August 2 with stopover options on request. Agent Bee P King handles particulars and Colorad rings details.
In North Topeka many items surface from Keystone Bakery ads to Miss Lilly Nicot’s Cheney trip and local graft of daily life. Names include J A Statler at Osankle and Mrs L Courtney at 512 Quincy. A bridge funding measure, corner Latewnt and Quincy, is discussed along with agricultural notes on corn prices and deliveries to town.
A fragmentary local page lists probate and city matters, social calls, a garden party at Aston, and a state room sweepers meeting at the Ghodla River Hotel Fort Seuts, with notes on attendees, venues, and arrangements.
Rural free delivery plans expand across Garnett Chanute and Girard with 23 routes proposed and over 100 applications awaiting investigation. Local congressmen push for petitioning to the Postmaster General to endorse new routes while officials review district needs and route lengths.
Major Predauer is now in charge of the Topeka Advocate after Kinice T. Harrison’s retirement due to a failing heart. Mr Miller, once agriculture professor, previously led a farm at De Soto and returns to newspaper work.
Washington July 12 a plan unfolds to build an international cable linking China’s key points with Shanghai Port Arthur or Yokohama via a neutral route. War and navy departments back the venture, with 50 miles of cable ready to Manila and more to follow, aiming for a faster outside connection despite uncertain terminus and routes.
The term of County Auditor Fagan ends tomorrow and he will retire after nearly eight years of service. Camsin Clad Hamilton was appointed by Judge Hazen to succeed him, while Capt. Harilton is away on vacation and will not return for several days. Pagan will oversee office affairs until the successor returns.
A garbled telegram from London July 13 reports weather conditions in Shan Tung identical to those during the bombardment of the legation. The message mentions survivors and rewards as ships left Attle Rope, with unclear references to the Chinese Imperial maritime customs office and Caneul Gondnow’s resort.
President W. D. Mahon of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees of America resumes leadership in Detroit after arriving in Louis. He met with the local union executive committee to learn progress and coordinate strategy amid the strike.
A chaotic July 1 report from Dubuque notes a severe electrical storm with intense rainfall and lightning. A child named Nelle J. McGuilian, age 6, was killed by lightning. The Fourth Street Incline railway was struck and damaged, causing widespread destruction across the area.
Washington reports a heated dispute over possession of about 360 acres in San Juan Puerto Rico and who owns crown lands. Antonio Romero seeks to purchase or lease land for charcoal, while officials debate who may survey and dispose of public lands under U S authority, noting no existing surveyor general for Porto Rico.
Long list of county agricultural fairs in Kansas for 1900 with organizers and secretaries. Dates range from August to October. Counties include Brown, Hitler, Geone, Cowley, Franklin, Clay, Jefferson, Jackson, Linn, Miami, Montgomery, Morris, Riley, and Wichita districts among others.
Train schedule notes a service from Wew to Chicago via Santa Fe with Beaves Topeka timing and an arrival in Chicago before outbound connections. Includes standard and tourist sleepers, chair cars, dining car, and other trains at 4 30 am and 4 pm. local ads list ladies white kid slippers and boys bicycle shoes at Horn Bros and Hord Bros.
The Topeka city clerk invites sealed bids for grading and paving projects along Tyler and Walnut streets and others, detailing required bid forms, surety, signatures, authority proofs, and payment terms. Proposals must follow specifications, include price per cubic yard for grading, concrete, paving, and other work, and be delivered to the city clerk by set dates.
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