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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1900
Page
3
In a distorted report Mir Macferren, chair of the board of education, defends the use of a not paid stamp as necessary amid hard civic conditions. He cites burdens on families and the need to fund schools while acknowledging community unease and broader public costs.
Dr Heltin's Kidney Tablets claim to cure Bright's disease and other kidney or bladder ailments. The advertisement states the remedy is prepared from a physician’s prescription and sold in drug stores across Topeka and other cities, listing numerous dealers and locations.
The Santa Fe lines west of Albuquerque abolish the superintendent telegraph post. Mr Andrew Smith becomes assistant superintendent while Mr G Shores gains direct charge of all telegraph work. Smith remains based in Los Angeles as the changes align with C G Shates supervision expanding westward.
Helen M Francis aged three years and eight months arrived safely in Stroud Oklahoma after a journey from New York City with no escort beyond train personnel. The girl, daughter of a railroad man, was sent to her grandmother following her mother’s death. Officials note rail travel safety while acknowledging the lack of formal guardians for unescorted minors.
The Pennsyl vana railroad company announces a reduction in the savings fund interest paid to depositors from four percent to WM percent, effective the first of next month. The fund balance of $2,716,050 is held in securities yielding about 4 percent, but a steady drain in interest rates has driven the cut. The action mirrors moves by large life insurers adjusting reserves from 4 percent to lower rates as investments fall behind.
Colonel G A Dean of St Louis, general land agent for Missouri Pacific, speaks on the Southwest's prosperity. He notes brisk business and growing activity across the district tied to the railway. He expects the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to be a success and urges proper support from Congress.
Wy Bennert Kingfisher & Guilt proposes a 108 mile southward railroad from Kiowa Kansas to Sabine Pass Texas, touching Dodge City and Chishom City. Okeene to Kingfisher graded, 7 miles. I. E. Woodworth of Plymouth, 0, awarded contract for section. J McLean of New York is president, J Love of Arkansas City chief engineer.
Santa Fe engines 697 and 696, newly built, attract significant interest as a major display item. These compound locomotives highlight ongoing efforts by the Santa Fe railroad to showcase advanced traction and engineering.
Contained here is a sensational appeal claiming a preventive remedy for drunkenness, offering a trial kit mailed free to all. It touts a quarantine of family disgrace and lists testimonials of cured individuals, urging readers to join and reclaim respectability.
Fragmented OCR gives a partial health ad promising methods to quit tobacco. It mentions a package and a doctor or chemical connection but text is garbled. The readable bits imply guidance on stopping smoking with a kit or method, urging readers to engage with a program.
Shifts in Topeka halt at the roundhouse for repair on Marine tubular boiler No. 291 after a trip from Argentina. The Raymond Whitcomb excursion No 1 left Boston March 6 and passed Topeka today, with coaches including Baggage, Composite, Diner, and several sleepers. Chicago stockholders ratified Santa Fe purchase of the local road, consolidating directors and officers for the system.
January earnings for Rock Island indicate solid prosperity, matching or surpassing similar western towns. The report highlights total income and operating figures for the month and ten months ended January, noting growth over prior years despite garbled figures and incomplete OCR.
Pensions granted in Kansas include increases for multiple individuals with specific towns and amounts. Separately Vera Cruz, Mexico reports Porfirio Diaz’s son securing a contract to build the Southwestern railroad in Yucatan, with 2100 workers and a $5,000,000 paid-up capital under government approval.
Veterinarian Sisson reports no definite rabies on Swift's Hoyt ranch after examination at governor's request. Symptoms traced to cotton seed meal. hydrophobia not contagious, investigation funded by state. Foreman and locals feared exposure as three men sought stone treatment to Ki City, but findings exonerate illness.
Advices from across the United States indicate state banks are preparing to convert to national charters once the new law passes. New York banks report heavy inquiry, with one city bank receiving over thirty, and an unofficial estimate suggesting up to two thousand national charters may be applied for nationwide.
An advertisement touts a new blood poison cure from a medical institute in Hot Springs. It promises dramatic improvements in hundreds of cases with mucous patches, sore throat, and skin symptoms, offering a free trial by mail and home use.
Banks aim to establish branches in this city, deterring some institutions from expanding their charters.
The Chicago drainage board plans to travel to Washington next Wednesday afternoon to present a memorial to Congress seeking federal funding for a 14 foot deep commercial waterway from Lockport to St. Louis. The document, in 500 plus pages with diagrams, outlines canal history, construction, measurements, and costs aimed at finishing the sanitary channel project with a $20,000,000 price tag for the Illinois River segment over about 600 miles.
Berlin reports stir in Reichstag talks as radical leaders claim government will yield to agrarians over meat laws. Wedel may push concessions for votes on naval bill while officials deny foreign import threats. Trade chambers protest strict inspection measures amid health fears. Surgeon General Villaret cites rising tuberculosis in German swine and cattle.
Rise in material prices prompts National WagonMakers association to convene at the Auditorium annex in Chicago. Officials say no price declines expected, signaling a potential rise in wagon prices. Attendees from South Bend Moline Racing Kenosha Louisville Chattanooga Florence Atlanta St Louis Troy and Fort Wayne attended. Also includes a brief, unrelated medical blind item about a cough remedy.
A Kansas editor from Pocahontas extols American life in a sweeping, satirical appeal to Emilio Aguinaldo to visit and become a citizen. He lists contrasts of freedoms and faults, praising diverse institutions while condemning vice, poverty, corruption, and inequality, urging a delegation to see the land of opportunity.
Ho You, Chinese consul general, endorses a protest against the health and police quarantine in Chinatown. He says the man who died after an operation had a common ailment and calls the blockade outrageous. The city health board enforces strict quarantine while streetcar service is allowed with disinfection.
Two tourist sleepers carrying recruits for the AVY passed through Topeka Tuesday at 2 o clock over the Santa Fe. These men, all from the east from New Orleans to New York City, were gathered for government service at San Francisco. Lieutenant Robert L. Russell is the commandant in charge of the men.
Reporting from Dublin in March, observers mock the planned royal visit to Ireland next month. The Frenchman's Journal predicts a respectful reception despite prior boycotts, while The Daily Independent notes nationalist restraint. A stray cartoon caption and a fragmentary joke from Puck add local humor to the tumultuous chatter surrounding the event.
Judge Growsiua orders E H Harriman named receiver to succeed Inte Job McNula in the Distilling and Cattle Peeding company. Receiver fixed at 350. Principal claims disposed of. Also notes relief measures, steamship service subsidies debate, and unrelated items on smallpox, five babies born, and Burlington Route schedules.
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