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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1898
Page
3
Rail developments and rates dominate the item with mention of a 14 cent share indicator from Chicago and a six cent cut. A Santa Fe conductor loses a foot at Nickerson amid broad coverage of Kansas rails and convention travel pricing. The dense dispatch outlines policy shifts, accidents, and route changes affecting passengers and freight.
The Missouri Poetic saga centers on moving headquarters from South Topeka to the corner of Pith street Adams street. Debates focus on consolidating freight and passenger services at a joint depot on Firth and Adams, with officials noting rising expenses and the need to act within a year or two. Local leaders weigh the impact on existing depots and traffic, while Topeka officials urge a prompt decision.
Santa Fe plans improvements on the Topeka to Wilder route. Track is being laid with new ties and ballast to standard gauge. Telegraph lines, drainage, culverts, and dykes along the river banks are being repaired or rebuilt. Additional sidings and grading will enhance efficiency. crews report favorable weather for work completion.
A Santa Fe wreck on the Huanewell branch near Rome Tuesday evening injured seven people and damaged two cars. The southbound mixed train from Augusta to Huangewell broke a coupling before Remé, causing a rear coach to crash into the front portion at an incline. Conductor BK Summers and crew endured injuries. one brakeman and several passengers were hurt.
The report notes injuries to Mrs Newland of Hunne well and Popplewell of Hote, with others treated or taken to Wellington. Superintendent Dol ear oversaw the scene as Wrenknant charged Canducter Kimball and wreckage was cleared from the track. The injured were transported to care facilities and the homebound were accounted for.
A five year old boy bound for New Mexico rode the Atchison line with a woman companion. The conductor found the child alone in a seat after a delay, with no family or guardian identified. The boy remained unidentified as authorities in Haron sought his next of kin.
A hospital surgeon recounts an incident with Dan, a young employee, who brought hot coffee to a busy physician for a patient. The physician drinks the beverage in one gulp, then asks for another cup. Dan never returns to the hospital.
A Topeka era note reports Shawnee County ships carloads of walnut logs bound for Liverpool England. Logs, some 12 feet long and thick, are cut locally and will be cured after arrival. The article notes walnut scarcity despite plentiful past veneer use.
Fitwen of the back shop force shows 0 percent with sickness. Water reservoir delay until grumyr JS is put up. The teen steel flue Father will be erected in a few days. Four engines to be raised out of the showy this week: 983, 240, 55 and 587. General Superintendent Mudze on No. 6 on special 215, returning from La Junta. Trainmen sold tickets for the dance on the 37th with good success. Switch Tender Schirrmacher absent for his sick mother, Anderson covering. Engineer Walthauer reports for 608, Engineer Treadway for 42, Fireman Kissick for 635. Sup. Parker visited Dodge City, revived his car 183 for the first time since repaint. Many former Nickerson men threaten to move to Newton over high rents.
From Wellington Richard Meade foreman of the Santa Fe yard Gack crew buys Judee Jackson property Gen Moeser at Hines Glamant pac freight depot Hinney Glamant back as trainmaster's clerk Mike Welch takes daughter Mars to Catholic Mehaol Neubert division master mechanic arrives from Arkansas City with Superintendent F T Dolar Brakeman Ortman reports going out on 455 replacing Smoky Harding after a wreck An AT box car from Atchison mislabels the road name this morning
President Bradford of Hutchinson and Southern road arrives from Clarkwell reporting early arrangements for another extension from Blackwell to cross the Santa Fe line. Trains will begin regular through runs to Blackwell next Sunday with the new time card taking effect. Passenger trains will make Sunday runs in the future. The issue leaving here in the evening is noted.
A chaotic summary of Santa Fe operations and personnel changes in Ottawa includes new timetable notes, a Phoenix bound wreck handling claim, and a big excursion from here to Blackwell in two weeks. Foreman A Boynstone touted as strongest in Atchison. Edward A. Miller resigns Santa Fe store dept Ottawa post. Callender bonded for speeding. Wr Dunn notes Missouri Pacific traffic up. plans to reroute No passenger train through Salina. old Houston depot to be replaced. various trick dispatchers and crew shuffles listed. freight No 133 to run west from Neodesha. White shifts to Ottawa ticket agency. Gert Sutton ill, J H Bason added as extra.
Burlington announces effective March 6 reduced passenger rates from Missouri river points to Portland Tacoma and Seattle for groups of three or more traveling on one ticket. First class fare $26 second class $20. special rebates applied upon destination and trip completion.
John Stevens a Santa Fe freight conductor suffered a grave accident at Nickerson while boarding a moving train. His left foot was caught in a wheel, severing a portion, and he was then placed in emergency transport to Topeka hospital after private treatment at his Great Bend home.
Five young men from Independence, about 18 years old, were arrested for stealing chickens. They admitted a months long spree, pilfering fowls and creating a townwide panic in Independence Market.
Santa Fe notes report Engineer Webb ill and Engine 14 trial run to Spencer. Freight flows east and west hindered as refuse output fails to meet demand. Fireman Brown injured, Charles Icher reports stolen money, Albert Olson finger amputated. Worn auditorium button by J W Gilhorm. California boycott hits railroads. San Diego fruit shipped by steamship due to rail pooling tensions. No.6 delayed. winds high and train heavy. Peerless Steam Laundry advertises services.
In Spring 1898, hats priced from 50 cents to 95 cents are advertised with options in soft or stiff felt and new colors. The ad contrasts with competitors asking $1.50 and highlights $1.25 hats, claiming unmatched styles available for $2.50 elsewhere.
A seller touts hats in varied colors and materials, highlighting Astoria fur hats with silk bands and Russia leather sweatbands at $2, plus a genuine hand made option at $3 with money back satisfaction. Emphasizes superior quality over name brands and undercuts $4 to $5 market prices.
Reports from New York indicate Cuban relief shipments to Havana Matanzas and Lake La Grands totaling hundreds of tons with quinine and provisions. Committees in Oregon Minnesota and other states pledge carload shipments while volunteers oppose arming proposals and await the Spanish court inquiry results.
The United States torpedo boat Talbot achieved 22 knots during her trial run off Bristol. The test was declared a success with a record speed. meanwhile, Carpenter Steel Works in Reading Pa starts extra shifts for government projectiles, expanding from 225 to 480 workers starting next Monday.
One thousand colored militiamen from South Carolina tendered their services to Governor Ellerbee for wartime duty. The offer was transmitted through Col. Robertson of Charleston.
Immense artillery wagons, twelve breech touching flites from the Waterview Arsenal, were hauled by fifty horses through San Francisco streets toward the Presidio reservation. Army officials anticipated a public display, but details remained unclear as the procession moved slowly.
A Havana letter reveals Pat Ford, an escaped convict from Omaha, served aboard the Maine during the disaster in Havana harbor. Ford had fled Omaha in January 1806 after receiving an eight year term for highway robbery.
The War Department ordered immediate transfer of ammunition from the Benicia Arsenal to San Francisco to supply the batteries and heavy ordnance at Presidio and Black Point, the city’s key harbor defense sites.
Havana report notes a naval officer disputing the idea that the BMale explosion verdict should rely only on divers of average intelligence. He hints that Commander Wainwright’s testimony is highly significant to the submarine existence question, then backtracks.
General Wesley Merritt has returned from inspecting southern fortifications in the department of the east. He will likely depart for Key West within a week. He praised troops’ condition, noted arsenals shipping projectiles to Fort Preble, Maine, and discussed posts visited including Fort McPherson and Pensacola. He avoided comment on Maine disaster details and on Atlanta as West Point’s seat. Lt. Strother will accompany him south. In Portsmouth orders were issued to outfit the steamship Lancaster for rapid service with the Fasex and Archias ready.
Senator Proctor reports extreme suffering seen in Matanzas during a Havana visit, with four deaths in a single ward. Guided by US Consul Brice and British vice consul Glyas, the party observed a Gomez dominated east island. Proctor hints at sending correspondence to Gen. Gomez for replies. He plans to address Washington on return.
A Maine flag once displayed on a ship’s mainmast was salvaged by a seaman in Toul Moriniere and delivered to George Nages of Chicago who presented it to the Chicago Historical Society yesterday. The relic arrived by express and was formally gifted to the Society for preservation.
Washington March In the naval resources inquiry an order was issued to test machinery of old war monitors at League Island navy yard. The single turreted guns and smooth bore arms may yield usable parts or insights for current needs.
The government holds eight monitors at League Island and has other ships loaned to state naval militia. Vessels like Canonicus Mahopac Manhattan Catskill Jason Lehigh Montauk Nahant range 1800 to 2100 tons and draw little water to occupy shoal channels. Efforts aim to adapt engines to turn turrets if possible and raise protective positions. During the day inquiries from German and Swedish locations followed similar questions to the Japanese legation about the Maine crew.
An unidentified Maine sailor from the wreck was brought to Key West aboard the Radio One gun division of the Marblehead. The coffin was carried through a formal procession to the city cemetery where a chaplain read a service and survivors from the Maine attended the interment. Other wounded sailors from the Tortugas recovery progress were reported.
Washington March 4 Secretary Long's talks with Representative Boutelle of the House naval committee concerned only the regular naval bill and not emergency measures. They reviewed docks and equipment in the regular bill while Captain Crownh shield discussed extra men and apprentices. No emergency questions were raised and Congress would act quickly if needs beyond regular appropriations arose.
Bristol March 4 The two government torpedo boats Gwyn and Talbot built by Herrshoffs completed speed trials in Narragansett Bay under favorable conditions. Gwyn averaged 10.9 knots per hour and Talbot 21.1. The Gwyn had been in water about ten days, Talbot two, and roughness on Gwyn may explain the small discrepancy, leaving them practically equal.
W. W. Howard recounts from Cuba aboard the Vizilancia detailing extreme famine and suffering among pacificos and reconcentrado camps. He describes emaciation with ribs and bones showing, contrasting with prior Armenia hardships. (Continued on Sixth Page)
A new feather-weight Fedora weighs 2 12 ounces and can serve as a Crash Hat Fedora College Hat or any old shape. It fits in a pocket and promises a $2.50 refund if not satisfactory, reflecting the purchase price.
The steamship Maria Richmers, on its maiden eastbound voyage from Bremen to Baltimore, broke a main shaft after a heavy wave. Towed by the steamer Alpha, she reached Halifax for repairs where an extra shaft is on board. crew and cargo proceed toward Baltimore once repairs are complete.
Washington March 4. The senate commerce committee today discussed creating a new department of the government to be called the Department of Industry. Proponents argued the nation needs a central agency to coordinate industry, commerce, and related matters, with a distinct secretary and independent supervision. Opponents warned against duplicating existing offices and urged caution before restructuring federal oversight.
A federal grand jury indicted about 600 coal dealers for forming a trust that restrained interstate commerce to fix coal prices in Washington and other states. The case ties to the dissolved “coal cure” ring and follows investigation by U S Judge Morrow. Also reported is a collision incident injuring a freight train engineer near Effingham.
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