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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1900
Page
15
Advertisement from Topeka Kansas touts CATAHEH cures for chronic conditions including consumption bronchitis asthma and heart disease. Claims hundreds cured by mail invites free consultation and directions to office 609 Kansas Avenue Over Hub Clothing Store.
In Garden City a district court reheard cases against liquor sellers amid convicts and cattle theft prosecutions. Beat van Gupvicred faces trial in a Texas cattle theft case. An appeal looms as more joints may close. witnesses and evidence procedures are noted.
A Topeka advertisement from January 4 1900 promotes De & Edward Macully British Medical Institute claims to cure chronic catarrh and multiple ailments within two months. It lists Irene Myers of Auburndale and includes testimonials praising cures and warns against fake medicines while providing an address and contact for Edward E. surgeon.
San Francisco March 10 Judge D Haven denied Julius Wolff discharge in bankruptcy. The court ruled a bankrupt loses absolute right to file after one month and within twelve months unless granted up to six more months only if the application is timely. Wolff filed sixteen months after adjudication.
Prof Norton literary executor of John Ruskin declines to disclose particulars in Cambridge Massachusetts on March 10. Norton, who has known Ruskin for fifty years, will travel to England next summer to fulfill duties of his office. He cannot say how extensive Ruskin's literary remains are.
House committee on post offices and post roads holds hearings on extending pneumatic tube service to large U.S. cities. Ex Senator Faulkner proposes routes linking main hubs with sub stations while Postmaster Haumann of St Louis backs broad expansion and outlines transit between cities and sub stations.
The Sixth district Kansas Republicans plan a March 20 convention in Hayes City. W A Reeder expected to be named by acclamation. The article notes hotel feeds, music by a Bilis band, and local hospitality including horse-drawn carriage rides and a large Grand Army Hall gathering.
New York March 10 The Journal of Commerce reports that resolutions by American and Continental tobacco companies create a non consolidation plan for snuff interests. A new $25,000,000 company will take over snuff businesses of Continental and American Tobacco, plus Atlantic and Holmes snuff firms. Transfer of snuff plants proceeds as capital is split equally between preferred and common shares. The venture would place the American and Continental tobacco groups in control of about 1 percent of U S tobacco output. The Atlantic Snuff and Baltimore Snuff firms are involved alongside Holmes, with pricing and formation details under discussion. officials declined further comment.
Judge Taft to issue decree of foreclosure and order of sale for the Columbus Sandusky and Hocking railroad. Metropolitan Trust Co of New York holds the mortgage. Interveners Derek and the Second National Bank of Sandusky and others win claims. Monserrat certificates and some bond exchanges disallowed. Upset price set at 2.56 million with four million suggested by Gen Waser W. Swayne. road valued at about 70 thousand in past six months for receiver Hobbson.
Springfield Missouri reports Governor Tanner will leave early next week possibly Tuesday to recuperate his health in the south. Mrs Tanner and a child will accompany him. Destination not yet announced as he seeks quiet away from business and politics.
Report from South Texas warns wolves are growing bold and attacking ranchers’ homes. Two cases of wolves breaching houses have been fought off after fierce battles with fatalities among the attackers. Wolves kill cattle and threaten large ranches as they roam hungry and pack-like across the region.
A Washington dispatch reports Senator Spearer cast doubt on ratifying the French reciprocity treaty this session. He says the vote count is unclear and that Republicans view the matter as imprudent, arguing it cannot achieve its aims through legislation.
A Vancouver sourced report to the Record states three Alberta Bay tribesmen from Indiana were brought to be tried for cannibalism. The offences occurred during a potlatch where a death dance was performed and participants reportedly tore flesh from captives and ate it. A missionary warned the tribe that further cannibalism could jeopardize their land.
Chicago police keep order as contractors attempt to hire non union men at the Hee Road and Ontario streets amid 200 demonstrators. Snow balls fly and shots are fired in the air to scatter the crowd, with authorities preventing wider violence.
Dr Leslie B Keeley dies leaving all personal property to his wife with a $100 bequest to Milton Keeley in trust under private instructions. The will names Mrs Keeley sole executrix. In Mexico City the archbishop condemns the Passion Play as harmful to religion.
Chicago reports from Port Townsend detail a quarantine scare on the Japanese steamer Mango Mara. One case diagnosed as beriberi with three deaths among crew, including two beriberi and a possible plague link. after 30 days no new cases, ship released with nine convalescent and others detained at the station.
Dr J D Mor eau of the United States Navy, now in New York, urges reducing naval enlistment and officer terms in the Philippines from three years to two. He cites the enervating tropical climate and heavy strain on personnel. He also comments on Filipino scattered forces in Luzon and downplays fears of bubonic plague on the Hancock.
A dispatch from Havana reports William Palmer of the Smithsonian and J A Eiley have started an exploring trip in Pinar Del Rio to collect fauna specimens for the Pan American exposition in Batlle Ward. They aim to live in a moving tent and hire guides and pack animals, continuing until October with potential extension next year.
Nellie Tuttle known as Mrs Frank Land, 47, proprietor of Hotel Ranier on Dearborn and a Cottage Grove avenue residence, led a double life as a South Side society figure. Her death from heart disease exposes a widow with a rich, hidden persona and a Notre Dame student son.
Washington March 1 Colonel John Magtew of Lafayette Tad is named captain of the watch at the capitol by Sergeant at Arms Ransdell. He once led the Soldiers' home at Lafayette and served under General Lew Wallace in the Civil War.
Washington March 1. A board of army officers is ordered to meet in Galveston Texas on March 16 to investigate and report on the acquisition of additional impact at City beach for a new garrison site at Galveston Texas.
A New York Sun report describes a dramatic encounter west of San Rodyata in the Pesos country where a jaguar bests several cattle, fights a two year old Texas bull and a longhorn, and is finally captured by five cowboys led by a Mexican, Juan Hibera, who kills it after measuring eight feet. The event ends with the cowboys skinning the jaguar.
Under date of Dawson City January 14 Vice Consul Morrison reports 19 expeditions have left Dawson for Cape Nome since December 4 and more will start as weather moderates. Population is lower than last year. Nome confirms wealth and new interior finds but winter fur shortages hinder work. Typhoid rises. Dawson revenue from aquor permits about 200 dollars. Saloons yield 32,000 yearly. drug prices up 200 percent. reserves 200 percent. hardware up percent. Gold output may drop due to mine floods. projection for Dawson district 25.9 to 30.0 million dollars.
Scientific claims describe life forces selecting nutrients from wheat and barley to rebuild brain cells daily. The process involves phosphate of potash aiding amalgamation with albumen, absorbed via nerve centers. The ad argues brain fatigue results from inadequate nourishment, promoting Grape Nuts as the solution from Postum Company.
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