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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1900
Page
12
The Carpet Department details matching and sewing at no extra charge for carpets priced 29 cents per yard or less and under 50 cents, while carpets 58 cents and up will be made and laid free of charge. It boasts unmatched state status, broad variety, and exclusive patterns upon request.
A committee at the last general assembly of Congregational churches of Rapaas plans a fraternal beneficiary organization to aid members with benefits similar to a sickness fund. The design limits membership to Congregational church members and seeks to operate within the state with support for deceased and ill members, though no portable telegraph service is planned.
A discovery shows Councilman Mergan may have voted against an ordinance but was recorded as in favor. He disputes the clerk’s minutes, and demands accurate readings of future minutes. The ordinance had been debated weeks earlier, with Mergan opposing it vigorously.
The discussion focused on ensuring members recognize they are in the right, with the chair explaining his rationale tied to poll tax ordinances. The result was that the minutes were ordered read to confirm accuracy and compliance.
Chicago March 14 Dr F A Noble longtime Union Park Congregational Church pastor announces retirement from active ministry due to ill health. Born in Maine with Revolutionary ancestry he attended Yale and studied theology at Anlover and Lane seminary. His career included posts in St Paul Pittsburg and New Haven before joining Chicago church.
W B Strable, long associated with the Pacific Coast Free Thinker, will address a Ya C A event at Frcat Congregational Church on the topic Is Christ Divine. He speaks from a personal journey from infidelity to faith, inviting men to a session under church auspices next Sunday.
Havana March 14 Secretary of War addresses planter association members. He said Congress intends to fulfill every obligation implied by the thirty June resolution and that the American government will honour all duties arising from recent decree on sponging.
London dispatch relays graphic account of General Buller’s February assault on Spion Kop and surrounding ridges at Potgieter’s drift. It describes arduous ascent with artillery, mule transport, and infantry advance, detailing shelling, skirmishes, and the heavy casualties amid hasty advances and tactical maneuvers.
Rio Janeiro dispatch reports Brazil’s government notifying state governors of a monarchy conspiracy. Officers named include Major Francis and figures Viscount Ourdette General Cantusria Pinsgibe Admiral Metro and Wan senkole, with aims to form provisional governments and seek plebiscite.
Temperance meetings are held at Shiloh Baptist church while Harrison school youths organize an anti cigarette league. In Tennesseetown about 40 pledged, A C Rankin features at First Christian test night, Topeks visitor Purviance of Andrews, Indiana, visits uncle C E Purviance. Police Matros Thorpe seeks scholars for First Methodist Sunday school. Dr Wallace Struble to lecture at First Methodist on Burning His Brain. Miss Madeline Southard from Winfield runs temperance pledge camp in Tennesseetown. A K Wilson announces Republican bid for state legislature in city district. E D McKeever expected no opposition. Curtis Republican club of First ward meets hosting county candidate speeches. J T Charney endorsed for state senator. Rev Charles M Sheldon's In His Step book to be illustrated by stereopticon at Rand Opens House Saturday under Railroad MCA. Copy of book to be given to attendees. matinee Saturday afternoon. 2800 copies to distribute.
Police confiscated fifty kegs of liquor this morning and emptied the stock into street gutters. The polish department was active, promptly clearing heads of suspected contraband in a broad daylight operation.
A period advertisement extols Munyon's Inhaler as a positive cure for catarrh asthma colds and throat and lung diseases. It quotes testimonials praising restored voice and health and lists prices and multiple Kansas city drugstores and distributors.
Report describes a backroom liquor storage area in a cellar labeled The staré toon being cleaned out after months of raids. City board of health orders fumigation due to filth and contamination, closing the site to prevent further health hazards.
New York reports that agricultural values rose sharply from lows, with total farm produce worth over 1.6 billion more than the depressed year. Livestock values led gains, up about 38 percent, while staple crops and other crops also increased. Dairy meats and pelts show large rebounds as the sector recovers from the low point.
New York dispatch from St. Petersburg reports Mrs Frederick D Grant arriving with a trained nurse to aid in nursing her daughter Princess Cantacuzene Sperancky who has typhoid fever on arrival at Southampton. Mrs Grant says the princess is not able to sit up, steadily convalescing. The princess had been presented to the empress informally and invited to court functions by the American ambassador and Mrs Tower. Mrs Grant will stay in St. Petersburg for two or three weeks.
A London dispatch to the Tribune reports Dr Jameson ill with enteric fever but rallying after Ladysmith relief. He was excluded from service for politics, aided fever wards during the siege, and sought a military role later. Envoys Lorenzo Marques describe South African leaders and their loyalty to Kruger, while European powers face pressure over mediation.
Commissioner Hale and Police Matron Thorpe warn of rising destitution in the city and county. Since December, 286 families with smallpox quarantines required help from the office. Many destitute seek aid without revealing illness or hunger, including two utterly destitute widows struggling to survive.
A Topeka charity note recounts aiding an elderly man known as Old Daddy Woods who moved to the poor farm after years of squalor. It also details ongoing distributions of food and clothing, a widow Serena Smith's hardship with seven children, and local residents seeking steady work. Community figures criticize India relief drives while urging Britain to divert funds home. Community notices from North Topeka list events, visits, and upcoming entertainments at local churches and schools.
Post Golden Route lodge No. 90 A F M will celebrate their jubie verary Saturday evening in their hall. An interest ration has been py mente will be served. W that will be muster of ceremonies Tha soc ae er a posed of AW M Clime Chas Kistier H L Sher burne end H C Bowen.
New York March 14 Representatives of the various companies to be included in the Standard Chain company are present in this city. It is expected the deal will be completed today. The company capitalized at 000,000 and authorized bond issue of 71,000, of which about 600,000 will be issued at present. Properties to be taken over include Garland Chase company Rankin Station Nest Chain Manufacturing York J C Schmidt Co Pall City Chain works Jeffersonville Frans Krein Chain company Marys Wason Iron Manufacturing Allegheny Hayden Saddlery Hardware company including rollin mill Carilule.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is advertised as curing uterine disorders in women and improving overall health. The copy asserts it eases nerve strain backaches and regulates menstruation, with many testimonials appearing in the paper.
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