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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1904
Page
9
A chaotic police note recounts a craps raid and chaotic enforcement involving race and class bias. Officers pursued players near a packinghouse area as bans and odd Kow Tow proposals surface. May Bragunia, a streetwalker, was arrested while others faced fines for disturbing the peace.
Major Andersen announced plans for Santos Semi Centenary week in Topeka starting Memorial Day. May 10 features a veterans parade and war address by Fort Riley and Fort Leavenworth Regulars, a Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert, and Eugene Ware poem Quivera sung for first time. A $1200 prize awaits best musical composition.
Dispatch from St. Tous Missouri dated March 2 notes William A w. Siee Indian routes and a cross country plan involving Chicago and St. Louis for contract bidding. Commissioner Jones states Chicago business will not bar St. Louis from bidding, and that secured business is tied to the Chicago to St. Louis route and related shipments.
W H Scouton, famed cornetist and pianist, tours Topeka for a few days. He now represents Lyon & Healy of Chicago and showcases an extensive band instrument collection at the W F Thew Music Car show rooms, inviting enthusiasts to inspect the lineup.
Major T. J. Anderson, secretary of the Commercial club, denounces a Santa Fe official while urging lower freight rates for trains running through Topeka. A manufacturer from the city was advised to shift production to Kansas City to secure better rates, as Anderson states the club committee aims to press the Santa Fe and other lines for reduced rates.
A testimonial from a woman who recovered health using Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription states she feels better than ever. She notes many others share similar suffering from female ailments and that the remedy strengthens and normalizes menstrual and general health. The account mentions unsolicited claims of substitutes in the market.
A Topeka report notes a rumor that the Parkhurst-Wis company may not move to Kansas City. Mr Morton informs the committee inducements were offered to relocate to Missouri, but the firm has no plan to move. Morton will return to Topeka April 12 to survey freight-rate conditions with the Commercial Club's special committee.
Extremely low rate travel package advertised by the General Conference of the Methodist Church at Los Angeles and the National Association of Retail Grocers convention in San Francisco. Book by April 24 to May 1 with return by June. stopovers allowed. highlights include Santa Fe Las Vegas Albuquerque Laguna Isleta Grand Canyon Los Angeles San Francisco Salt Lake City Denver and more. Fred Harvey dining cars and California Limited option shown. literature available from T L King Topeka KS.
Tokio March 2 A legislative scandal threatens the government plan to create a monopoly profit scheme. Allegations claim some members conspired to secure extra compensation for manufacturers, shifting from a three year payment to a four year stream. Police investigate while the House considers potential changes.
A Valparaiso Herald dispatch reports in Iquique that two Democratic deputies, visiting independently to study labor conditions in the nitrate fields, received a warm welcome. The same message notes a contrasting reception for Erragurie Urminek, the interior minister and a millionaire, who was greeted by workers as ignorant of poorer classes and prejudiced.
Paris March report from Baron de Rosen aboard a Marseilles bound ship summarizes his talks with Japanese leaders. He says war talk grew since October, with public opinion pushed by Chauvinist forces while the mikado and elder statesmen opposed war. Cabinet choices and press pressure pushed the nation toward conflict, with naval and military leaders fully prepared and censorship tightening before the rupture. A separate note reports inventor John Enos dying of pneumonia in New York City.
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