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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1899
Page
4
A collage of political ruminations, party tactics, and news clippings covers McKinley, Alger, and Watson. Mentions civil service reform in Omaha and Mississippi primaries shaping the senate, plus stray notes on education statistics, stock prices, and a Buffalo News reference.
A jumble of satirical snippets and aphorisms about marriage politics and society. Notes from The New York Press and Chicago sources mix wry views on matrimony power and human folly with playful lines about fortune and behavior.
In Olathe on July 2 A H Moll twenty four year old son of former mayor A B Atoll died from drinking embalming fluid after a bottle was found in a laprobe sent from the undertaker Tryan. Primax Smith and another man drank by mistake and were treated with hot water and lard but Moll died and Smith’s condition worsened though doctors tried to counteract the poison. Moll leaves a wife in deep grief and popular respect in the town.
In July 22 reports the rush for tuna leases around the ore beds near Florence Colorado drives land buying and option agreements. James Fullens and Pred Fisher, both Union Pacific conductors, hire mining expert Prof Wheaton to manage operations and secure options on land. Ore shows in blanket formation from surface to 500 feet depth with gold values, zinc and silver. fossil sedimentary sections yield strong returns, while reports of petroleum traces and methane odor circulate amid heavy transport and hiring to meet demand.
St Louis investors with experts plan a series of experimental gas wells in Abilene’s sand hills west of town. Past small gas finds and formerly shallow wells led to renewed drilling hopes. A syndicate secured prospecting rights across hundreds of acres, aiming to extend old wells to roughly 1400 feet, testing for gas and coal beneath the county.
Receipts of the internal revenue office for July are projected near 150000, nearly matching July 1898 figures of 515,000 due to repayment of war taxes. With three days left, July may reach the prior year's level, while recent days show light special tax receipts.
Mrs Charles W Wood of Burlingame travels to England after a distant relative left 5000 pounds and a possible 160000 estate. An attorney seeking fees is not involved. the heiress suspects distant uncles manipulated affairs while siblings in America could not contest.
Seventy five negro miners from the south were placed in the Central Coal and Coke mine at Scammon Kansas today. More imports are expected to fill Scammon and Nelson mines with hundreds of workers as fast as possible. The Kansas and Texas Coal company aims to stock all idle mines with imported workers, while the Southwestern Mining and Improvement company has ordered additional miners.
The MePherson Republican reports broom corn sells for 75 dollars a unit near Marquette as two loads await Charley Stromquist. In McPherson July 28 the Star Mall Route will be discontinued from the ery to Wakeman and Sharp Creek as no suitable postmaster is found, ending local postal service in that area.
Trego County Clerk George M Ufford sent to the state department an abstract of statistics painted in red white and blue to showcase local patriotism and Kansas pride. He notes prosperity and growth in assessed property, wealth and homes with marked increases in cows beef steers alfalfa acreage and hen production due to state board of agriculture promoted industry venues.
W V Church head of the Kansas insurance department warned that the Atchison Underwriters Association, an alliance of local insurers, operates as an unlawful trust under Kansas anti trust law. The group requires sworn rate reporting and secret proceedings, aiming to fix or uniformize insurance charges, potentially restraining competition and harming the public. Assistant attorney general Tracy notes individual members may be bound by association rules, but the overall effect appears to suppress competition and raise prices.
Frank Glass, a black man, died at Salvation Army Hospital at 12:35 after falling from the third story of Crawford's opera house last Saturday night. He never regained consciousness and declined for two days until death.
Enrights and the Ladies of Security announce plans to add a third story over the city department headquarters they recently purchased. The proposed addition will cover 60 feet square, enlarging the city building block.
City Attorney Bird works this afternoon on a formal proclamation for a special election to approve a city bond proposition. The date set is Saturday, August 26. Officials review every sign and detail to ensure flawless legal procedure. proclamation likely completed tonight and published tomorrow.
Tickets on sale July 1 to Aug 1 via the Santa Fe Route. See T King, agent for details. An unrelated ad promises relief for itching piles with Dean's Ointment and notes new books and stationery at 720 Kansas Avenue by Chas Bennett.
The annual school district meetings across the state set levy amounts for the year and elected district treasurers for three-year terms. Many districts also resolved next winter’s teacher arrangements and certifying levies to the county clerk. Also notes on Mormon Elders escaping captivity near Jackson Georgia and an 1889 Rock Island Route excursion to WatHena with special round trips.
Early today tourist reports describe Madame Morel and her daughter found at the bottom of a ravine near Sermatt Switzerland after rolling about 1000 feet. Madame Morel died from a fractured skull and her daughter was badly injured and not yet sane enough to provide full details.
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