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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1900
Page
1
Hudson refuses to let Popenoe override the current contract running until July, asserting that capital operations will proceed as usual. The stance is framed as preserving normal church daily conduct and resisting external control.
Gen Hudson asserts editorial control for the Capital office and vows no change in policy while denying shifts in staff. He states coverage will continue as before, with J. P. Jarreill to cover political events and a one year editor contract for Clem Eisitaon.
Fragmentary notes indicate disputes over control of the Thorn company with references to Mr Vianize purchasing stock and possible transfers among stockholders. The text suggests a lack of clear ownership changes since incorporation and hints at further movements by other shareholders.
A.T. Popenoe, owner, announced that Charles Sheldon will leave the editorial chair and A C Habke, a Chicago journalist, will become managing editor of the Capital. The move follows plans to transform the paper into a Christian daily with broader circulation. Meetings among stockholders Monday will decide the scope and timing of changes.
The Saturday evening edition aimed to replace the Sunday paper but ran late past midnight. Despite this, Mr. Sheldon’s orders were followed, and the 4 Wheel activity began at one minute past twelve. The employer claims all rights were exhausted and everyone left by then. The delay was caused by the 101 workers finishing the run. The machine has been Custivved at 8 South Pasay.
Greater Topeka notes show personal property taxes funded local and state government. The article highlights rising prosperity with new auditorium federal building plans and a wave of private construction. It lists firms paying taxes on high assessed values and names numerous taxpayers alphabetically, illustrating widespread wealth and tax contributions.
Berlin reports a government offer to the agrarian party: drop opposition to imported pickled meat in exchange for adjusting the US grain tariff at treaty end. Wheat duty would rise from 3.5 to 6 marks per double omhimer, while meat imports face US countermeasures and possible prohibition.
Washington March 19 Supreme Court hands down an opinion in Waters-Pierce Oil Co. Texas business rights. Justices sustain state court findings that Texas anti trust statutes of 1859 and 1895 applied to contracts forcing merchants to buy exclusively from Waters-Pierce. The court ties rulings to the oil company accepting Texas restrictions and limits review to local commerce.
Adjutant General Corbin reports General Davis says Porto Rico inhabitants face widespread distress and will require at least 60 tons of food weekly. Provisions include 4 7 rice beans and 2 14 bacon cod fish per person. Subistence and quartermaster departments prepare shipments from New York to San Juan with weekly relief。
In Topeka reporter notes, B Chittenden of Celebrated Minyou Homeopathic Remedy Co stays in the city amid contract talks with the State Journal. the company telegram directs no further advertising with the Capital. A horse theft case ends with arrest and seizure of the horse and cart. harness missing. Misc entries mention militia orders to deploy troops to Halifax and Kannas region, with unclear dates and details.
Reports from Washington indicate Navy Secretary Long and Admiral Watson clash over repairs to the protected cruiser New Orleans now bound for Asiatic waters. Projections show future battleships exceeding 15,000 tons, 430 feet long, and over 19 knots, with 2000 tons coal, to carry enormous armament.
London dispatch notes uncertainty over Mafeking relief and possible strategic aims. Lord Methuen appears in Warwicktown with Vaal crossing at Fourteen Streams as observers expect Roberts to pursue a Pretoria advance via Runtenburs and Klerksdorp. Commandant Olivier completes retreat toward Kronstadt amid broader Cape controversy. German officer Schiel’s quarrel leads to removal from prison camp to transport.
In a Newark New Jersey MES conference sermon Bishop Hurst mentions President McKinley may leave public office to join America University in Washington as a professor of International Law after his term ends. Governor Stanley to attend a banquet in Joplin tomorrow and deliver a noon address in Hey City before returning to the executive office.
David A. Harvey alias George Chamberlain, once a Topeka socialite, is arrested in Baltimore on an Atlantic Trust check fraud case tied to a Topeka past. He faces arraignment and vows to plead guilty, recalling a career of escapes and financial deceptions across multiple states.
Washington March 19 The House considered the conference report on the appropriation bill for Porto Rico and debated senate changes. The measure, restricting funds to duties collected before January 1 and leaving others to presidential discretion, faced a nonconcurrence vote that failed by default. Also reported was a fatal street quarrel in Ion City where two young men died after a dispute over a girl named Causey, with the fight sparked by Decry and Kat Toy.
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