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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1900
Page
8
Whist news item mentions Sinbad a Metiniy Sastry with a performance at the club room and five labels work. Waiting for a tournament week starting midweek with a ceremony planned. Rubber tres and carriage actor listed with address at 20 West Sixth Street.
News notes the incorporation of a New Jersey sheet steel trust in Trenton with a $10,600 fee and $22,000 paid to cover state officers salaries. The American Sheet Steel Company plans affiliation with several steel firms and consolidation into a larger corporation, with Moore properties in Wall Street being discussed as the group prepares final arrangements.
New York March 3 reports mixed signals for exports to Africa. Merchants curtail shipments of hardware and iron as cable orders lag, while provisions and food products flow from many ports. The Belvish transport Hesperides sails with 40,000 bales of hay and 100,000 bushels of oats to support the British role in South Africa. Clan Robertann due to carry 73,000 bales of hay and 150,000 bushels of oats for similar purposes.
Maurice P Gould of Kansas and Washburn College fame writes a Yale letter urging classmates to avoid Savin Rock New Haven asserting it harms undergraduate life. The New York dispatch notes strong campus reaction with Savin Rock supporters arguing its presence attracts students and friends.
A New York item notes a letter sent to Chicago claiming withdrawal from a Presbytery. The writer questions publication of the letter and mentions McCormick Theological Seminary and Drosteers in a Protestant context. The piece reflects confusion and later resignation hints.
New York report states the famed Tinset pictures have been purchased by the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. The death of Senator Rawyer is noted. In Oshkosh Wisconsin Senator Sawyer has died.
A Washington dispatch says the Hay Pauncefote treaty altering the Clayton Bulwer pact to allow a Nicaraguan canal is likely to be taken up and ratified shortly. Senator Davis and Republican committee members favor amendments, while opponents argue the treaty is abrogated and negotiations unnecessary. Supporters expect enough votes for ratification despite potential delays.
A Washington special says Guam will be developed into a major Pacific port with a breakwater at Port San Luis d Apra a coal shed and wharf capacity for 20 000 tons automatic loading and shore batteries. Surveys charts and advisory boards guide construction as Admirals Remey and Rengoft assess the project. Navy aims to accelerate coaling and shorten voyages to Manila with Guam serving regular calls for ships bound across the Pacific.
New York March 22. The annual meeting of the National Salt Company elected F. W. Culver W. W. Hawley W. S. Eddy F K Blount and W O Goulmock to succeed retiring directors. Officers elected include Archibald S White president Geo W Yeans and Jay Orton vice presidents John Alvin Young secretary treasurer Roland W White and Mark Morton assistant treasurer Charles U. Pans assistant secretary.
The Preven steamer Georges Croine bound to Yuba with cattle and eighty passengers sank outside the harbor at San Domingo. The steamer New York, just arrived, rendered assistance. casualty count unknown. Also noted is the death of Prof Pepper, inventor of Pepper's Ghost.
Bishop Potter urges the United States to be just in the Philippines noting that colonial misrule, religious corruption, and land exactions threaten the moral standing of the nation. He warns that failure to right these wrongs would dishonor the United States and hinder the broader Philippine policy.
The Santa Fe announces a comprehensive time card effective Sunday noon. The Eastern Division lists revised arrivals and departures for Kansas City Fort Scott Emporia Lawrence to Ottawa and beyond, including multiple trains such as Texan Express and Hawkers corridor adjustments. The Middle and Southern divisions cover Newton Larned Hutchinson and Chanute branches with updated timetables for local and through trains, while Oklahoma Panhandle and Guthrie runs note adjusted departures.
Washington reports Assistant Secretary Allen approved continued Marine gun crews on ships. The board had earlier tried to bar Marines from serving aboard, while new regulations will require drilled guards at main and secondary batteries and discipline at the batteries. meanwhile a separate Vienna crime note mentions a strangulation and an arrest for murder tied to the victim's independent income.
W A Guthrie of Dorham filed in U S Circuit Court his answer to American Tobacco's suit seeking a receiver to sell Blackwell Tobacco of Durham. Guthrie argues the court lacks jurisdiction over a NC chartered solvent company and asserts the legislature alone can repeal the charter, accusing the New Jersey firm of destroying competition and raising tobacco prices in NC and beyond.
Des Moines reports the house passed a bill to fund a state Shiloh monument with 15000 and 2000 for eleven regimental Shiloh monuments. Lookout Mountain and Chattanooga battles field monuments totaling 53000 were defeated 37 to 52. Alabama Prohibitionists convened in Birmingham naming a gubernatorial slate headed by W B Crumply and other officers.
Orton L Hill of Lacanon Ind reports his wife suffered severe inflammatory rheumatism in muscles and joints for six weeks despite eight doctors no relief until Mystic Cure for Rheumatism supplied immediate relief and she walked in three days sold by Swift Holliday druggists 63 Kansas avenue
Oscar Gardner of Wheeling KO Patsey Haley of Cincinnati in the third round at Shawnee Ohio last night. The card featured medical ads and a note about Arnica Salve and Surest Pills from local drug stores.
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