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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1901
Page
3
A garbled kitchen column lists dessert preparations and sauces with references to puddings, creams, and fruit dishes. It mentions eggs, cream, and sugar, plus steps for chilling and serving. The text weaves in stray phrases about vanilla, strawberry flavors, and kitchen tasks, creating a chaotic mosaic of culinary fragments.
Friends of BD Gresham urge Mayer Hughes to reinstate Graham after his dismissal. They claim Graham was unjustly treated by officials and believe he is an able officer. The restaurant incident is cited as smearing him, with supporters arguing for his return to favor.
San Francisco reports show the machinists strike entering a poorer phase with employers refusing to listen and rejecting arbitration. Bosses argue they must await the Metal Trades Association meeting in New York to decide terms, fearing premature concessions on the Pacific coast.
Major TJ Anderson reports a remarkable rise in Topeka factory production for the year ending March 1, 1961, with output up over 60 percent to 7,454,120 dollars from the previous year. He urges all local manufacturers to attend the Commercial Club meeting June 17 to discuss boosting further growth and investing at home.
The Times of London prints Rudyard Kipling’s new poem Bridge Guard in the Korrome detailing dreary troop guard duty along a communications line. The verse builds to a concluding image of distance and longing as trains arrive and papers pass, highlighting a weary guard’s life and the quiet endurance of sentries.
The Kansas City Southern is seen as having a bright future, with earnings for the nine months ending March 31 up over the prior year. Beaumont oil activity boosts the line, while Gulf terminal issues were resolved with major canal investment. The road’s recovery follows its past receivership and signals growing usefulness and regional prosperity.
Rock Island issues advisory on cheap round trip fares for the Army Encampment season. Travel from multiple regions allowed with a one dollar per tile fare, limited to September 8 to 12, plus a special June train to Beatrice with schedule details. In addition, Rev Thomas Dion Jr delivers a June 30 lecture at Frank W Gunsaulus.
San Francisco hosts the thirteenth annual tri national Association of Railway Commissioners with delegates from Interstate Commerce Commission and about ninety other rail groups and wives. Sessions today and tomorrow cover business as officials from nine states regulate railroads across major commonwealths amid a dozen named figures and appointments in Kansas City and Colorado assignments.
President 4 E Stilwell of the Orient returns to Kansas City from Brex with Senator J Burton of Abilene David Mulvane and Howard Dunlap. Restraining orders against Orient contractors at Emporia do not stop construction work as reports say erecting continues without interruption. A telegraph plan is in the dispatchers office to improve safety and inform Himmel regarding incoming Ceres Glenfort and Igbo.
The Carrollton blacksmith shop shows staff transfers and absences as workers return to duty after illness and injury. Andrew Smith recovers from an explosion incident tied to the local plant, while Camelia Van Lacys suffers machine shop injuries. Several workers report sickness, layoffs, or reassignment as upgrades and repairs proceed, with long-time staff reshuffled and new supervision anticipated.
Robert Bidwell a 20 year old New Yorker who had arrived from Jacksonville leaped to death from the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday afternoon. He wore a life preserver and his body was swathed with towels to lessen impact. A large crowd witnessed the scene and several newspapers were stuffed between his body and the preserver. His father was a leading nursery man in Florida. The young man appeared unsettled and not well balanced.
Bunny Robinson, colored, was shot Tuesday afternoon near the race stables at the fair grounds after a dispute with Dee Williams, colored. Williams drew a revolver and fired twice, striking Robinson on the left side. Williams was detained by a Special Policeman and later released.
Dennis Jackson alias Jack Spelar, an Indian man accused of murdering his wife and mother in law on the Potawatomi reservation, faces a jurisdiction dispute. United States Marshal Sterne reports Topeka will decide whether the case goes to state or federal court, with Topeka and Leavenworth involved.
A Havana dispatch reports U S policy shifts on the Platt Amendment amid constitutional convention talks. Conservatives argue the committee on relations altered the amendment before presentation to Secretary Root. Officials note the administration’s stance follows Supreme Court decisions influencing naval and territorial cases.
The Burlington Route announces low rate excursions all summer with round trip prices advertised for trips to major destinations including California and Michigan Lakes. Details and reservations are promoted by agents, with dates and routes to popular resorts and seaside towns, emphasizing frequent departures and extensive itinerary options.
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