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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1902
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text from the Topeka State Journal shows garbled header lines and partial references to a U S congress announcement. Readable bits mention areas, avenues, and a corner. several proper nouns are misrendered, limiting concrete facts.
The State Journal transmits a four member Associated Press telegraph report received in Topeka. A copy of the night bulletin is circulated through the city, with the morning post sent via wire throughout the day.
A jumble of 19th century political notes references Kansas, General Funston, and Colorado lending. Missouri boycott rights. Powderly political intrigue. Des Moines sentiment on the subsidy bill. Oxnard and Cuban reciprocity. Roosevelt vs Santa Fe resignations. Carnegie library profits. Portland Civic Federation praise for easing labor strife with Easley Crane and Collins cooperation in Boston.
The piece recounts debate over Pension Commissioner Evans with attacks and defenses by campaigns and Grand Army leaders. It notes no proven injustice by Evans, and cites supportive letters from 1890s figures while detailing ongoing political contention and calls for his dismissal or retention.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a constitutional remedy against catarrh affecting nose throat stomach and digestion. It cites testimonials including a Milwaukee resident cured after four bottles and implies public trust in the remedy. It also awkwardly injects political critique about a Senator Burton and office placement.
Chicago March 20 petitions for injunctions against all railroads entering the city were prepared for filing in the United States circuit court. W A Day of the Interstate Commerce Commission and State District Attorney Bethea coordinated the effort to stop secret rate cutting. The petitions aim to restrain roads centering in Change from discriminatory practices, echoing Kansas City proceedings. A hearing date remains uncertain and depends on the Kansas City cases.
The Kansas City Star Times reports Leavenworth electric line may run over Metropolitan Street Railway tracks from Slath street and State avenue in Kansas City Kansas to Eighth Street and Grand Avenue in Kansas City Missouri. The plan followed earlier talk the Kaw Point bridge would not be built and elevated structures would extend the line. At a Kansas City franchise committee meeting Dr C M Stemen cited H W Walcott inspecting Metropolitan's elevated structure while Walton Hi Holmes noted Metropolitan traffic plans only with the Topeka electric line via Grandview.
Arthur Simpson, a livestock commission broker at Union stock yards, was arrested in Indianapolis on forgery charges. An affidavit cites fraud of 4688 dollars, with investigators believing Simpson’s shortage could reach between 39,000 and 70,000 dollars. Simpson, well connected, reportedly used dummy checks.
March 2 news out of Denver reports Denver & Northwestern Railroad chief Samuel M. Perry has returned from New York confirming a route into Middle Park with a tunnel through mountains. Details remain scarce but the line is reported to require roughly 10 000 feet of tunnel and at least a year before completion. The new railroad is expected to unlock a rich region. In separate notes, a New York book sale yielded high prices for rare Voltaire and other works from the Paulesca library.
C H Myers, a Chicago expert, arrives in Granite to oversee drilling for Granite Lubricating and Fuel Co. He notes machinery on site and plans to bore multiple wells. Rock Island chief chemist reports oil rich in fuel properties at about 14.04 percent versus Beaumont fields. prospects seen as very favorable.
Arthur F. Francis secretary of the Transmiss sippi congress reports railroads west of the Mississippi River will provide a one fare round trip to the St Paul meeting this August. Mrs Barrett national superintendent of the Crittenden homes visits Topeka and will meet with home officials this afternoon.
Fragmentary OCR shows an advertised claim for a new tonic or remedy by Dr King offering healing for coughs bronchitis and pneumonia with a free offer at Arnold Drug on Avenue. The text is garbled and lacks verifiable details or full names and dates.
An advertisement touts a medicine claimed to ease the change of life for women during the period of menopause. It asserts relief from physical and nerve symptoms, offering free advice and a paper or cloth bound book in exchange for a small mailing fee. Address Dr. R V Pierce Buffalo N Y.
Denver delegates at the Burlington railroad superintendents convention debate operating questions. F A Delano of Chicago and other officials outline concerns and reject a proposed franchise that would require 700000 cash, 1400 per mile rent, and a 3500 per mile tax for parks and mileage in early years.
Washington, March 20. The Washington Post confirms Secretary Hitchcock is likely to depart the Interior Department. Western Republicans pressure the president for a change while considering names like ex Senator Carter of Montana and Assistant Attorney General Vandeventer. Vandeventer, former Wyoming chief justice, is highly regarded by the president as a potential successor. Hitchcock resides in St. Louis.
Word from Salina indicates Rev Nathaniel Seymour Thomas is a candidate for the bishopric of the missionary district of Kansan. If elected, he would become bishop at Cincinnati on April 15 and currently serves as rector of the Church of the Holy Apostles in Philadelphia. He is the son of the late Rev F S Thomas, former second bishop of Kansas, and recently served in North Topeka at the Church of the Good Shepherd.
Bids opened today for the college astronomical observatory project. Trustees will award the contract next Thursday. Estimated cost is $20,000 and the building will be two stories with a slate roof, Deer Creek stone, Warrensburg sandstone trim, and a three story observatory tower.
C. G. Titus of Lawrence was elected chairman of the Kansas secretaries conference for the coming year to succeed T. E. Prout. P. Fuller of Vietuta was named vice chairman and G. EB. Ingalls of Argentina was chosen secretary and treasurer.
A fragmented ad-style piece touts Electric Bitters as a cure for nervous headaches sleeplessness constipation and other female health complaints. It claims thousands of sufferers have found relief and mentions Arnold Drug Co and California Santa Fe trains with travel details in March and April.
Chicago receives another large order to supply the United States army in the Philippines. Major C. R. Krauthoff, chief purchasing commissary officer of the department of the lakes, says the provisions will be shipped to San Francisco by two special refrigerator car trains and then reloaded.
Specifications require subsistence stores delivered in Manila before May 20 including 45,016 cans of corned beef 00 19 cans of roast beef 4 008 cans of corned beef hash 040 cans of chipped beef 5016 cans Vienna sausage 250 000 pounds bacon crates and 110 00 pounds bacon in vans. City Railways Consolidated Springfield TL March 20 secretary notified of consolidation of Bellevue & Suburban railway with Belleville electric railway and name change to Hast Louis Suburban Tollway with capital stock raised from 290 000 to 2 975 000.
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