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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1900
Page
7
The article outlines a survey by the Boston navy and figures the sea level canal route with a possible cut through Gides to ColoneGe and a link from the Nenese river. It notes elevations around 500 feet at one point and discusses depth targets, water supply, and the potential advantages of a sea level waterway.
In a tumult at the state house grounds police arrested several men including Ray Haymend and Heyery Symon amid claims of shooting and unrest. Security was tightened as witnesses described a tense scene with officers detaining those involved. All faced preliminary cases as hearings were awaited.
Fragmented OCR reads like a chaotic local brief with names such as Alisken Gold Victoria and Hertha Soday plus references to Dawson Givert and Mrs Norton. It hints at financial figures, escapes, and a May date but the garbled text limits clear facts or outcomes.
News records two young boys drowned in Irvillia with救 reports indicating they were pulled from the water and later recovered. Authorities and families awaited word on the circumstances as rescue efforts continued.
Judge Toktus granted a temporary injunction restraining Thomas county officials from taxing nonresident property owners and blocking Wyandotte county clerk from altering names of taxed properties. The petition alleges siege and fraudulent schemes by ancestors of Thomas county heirs to evade taxation. Evidence presented included named corporations and property owners, with hearings set for late June. case heard in Leavenworth on August 4.
News from New York reports Governor Roosevelt denying a claim of loyalty during a visit to a provisional audience. He states he favored continuing talks with Henry Ayre, head of the Republican National Committee. Vice Governor Roosevelt outlines plans for opening the campaign for the candidate.
The governor travels to Chicago for private business and plans a brief rest from duties. He will resume public duties after a Lunacy test and morning briefing, with reports noting reactions and a controversial reception during a parallel event.
Philadelphia June 25 Directors Wil assemble to discuss plans at the twenty seventh annual Sapventen meeting. Delegates attended a cathedral service then proceeded to Gad Fellown Temple for the convention with about 6 000 attending the parade as part of the event.
A garbled OCR style note outlines summer tour plans linking a Grand Drunk Railway route with pier Lake, Wisconsin, Mountain and shore resorts. Mentions passenger gear and Corner Indian Boulevard Chicago but details are incomplete and unclear.
Boston June 25 Senator Cabot Lodge a foreign relations committee member spoke at the Feex club meeting calling for McKinley and Roosevelt ticket. He praised past four years, cited war with Spain, Hawaii and Alaska grants, and argued China and the vast eastern trade require American leadership. He warned that China’s future effects on world powers demand firm US policy.
State treasurer Grimes praises Roosevelt after the Republican convention in Philadelphia. He says New York delegates tried to block Roosevelt while Kansans guarded his rooms, and reports the scene at Roosevelt’s headquarters. Also notes bank officials and ongoing state bank openings in Hawiiland and other places.
Fragmented OCR hints at remedies for summer complaints including dysentery diarrhea and cholera morbus. Mentions internal and external applications for fever headache and toothache with unclear product names and phrases.
Frank P. Lindsay and Shawnee county central committee push to have Governor Roosevelt address in Topeka instead of a public speech at the state house. The Republican league of aL plans postpone its annual Prycefete meeting to Tuesday to align with the third presidential candidate’s Oklahoma City trip and Rough Riders reunion. Officers coordinate with Chairman Albange J H Burton and Paul Morton in Chishes to arrange the speech.
Governor Moseven will travel through Kansas on his rear platform speaking tour next Tuesday. He will be joined by Morton Albaugh, Dave Mulvane, Jo Burton, Congressman Chetter I Long, Curtis May, and National Committeeman Morgan from Chicago. Roosevelt travels in Paul Morton’s private car.
Yale Class Day events opened in the campus amphitheater with an attentive audience of about 1400, including many from distant states. The program featured college songs, humorous class histories read by students, and a ceremonial ivy planting at Chittenden Hall. Historians named: Charlton B. Thoms, Maurice P. Gould, Astley Leavitt, EB Hit, and Ht Draper.
Adam Ortseifen, a Chicago candidate, arrives in Springfield with about twenty supporters to rally country delegates at the St Nicholas hotel. He says Germany roots matter and notes that the last Democratic governor was German. Delegates in town exceed two hundred with more arriving by afternoon trains as the convention schedule shifts. the ticket nomination is postponed to Wednesday.
General J. K. Hudson, recently editor of the Topeka Capital, plans a two year shift into mineral land business in central and southern Missouri. He will leave Topeka next week and base his operations at Vermines, the county seat of Murgin county, while maintaining Topeka ties. Ex Governor John St John also enters mineral land work in the same region.
Decatur county Republicans approved the nomination of McKinny and Roosevelt at Obersin Saturday. Afternoon and evening programs featured speeches by John S. Dinson from the state treasurer’s office and J. R. Hamilton of Norton. Large crowds attended with a waterside platform and a glee club performing campaign songs.
North Topeka column details visits from Beatrice Neb to Topeka residents including Miss Lizzie Shelnbarger and Mrs Stewart of Hoyt. Reports on a minor fire at Biláré’s mill, lodge activities, marriages, travel to Kansas City, and various local real estate transfers and family updates through Tyler Street, Maple Hill, and nearby areas.
Georgians urged President McKinley to visit Atlanta on July 20, the Peach Tree Creek anniversary. The gathering would mark a reunion of ex Union and ex Confederate soldiers who fought there, though the president was due to be in Canton that day.
Charleston offers a round trip via Santa Fe route at 33.25 with multiple routing options and restrictions north of the Ohio River. Also reported is a carpet mill fire in Philadelphia causing substantial losses.
Classified brief listing of secondhand wagons horses and carriages in Topeka with prices and contact details. Includes references to Cheap cash sale and various local addresses such as Sixth Street Quincy Lee North Harrison Street and Kansas Avenue for potential buyers.
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