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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1899
Page
3
In Anderson Indiana a new fund raising scheme targets 35000 dollars for churches. A self styled organizer falsely claims annual titles and charges 2 dollars to join, then 12 months later each member pays one dollar and recruits four more people at fifty cents each. Each week members tally hours and minutes for 24 entries to justify the payments. The plan relies on canvassing and promises a steady income with complex timekeeping.
Mr T W Robinson, general superintendent, said Colorado Fuel & Iron Co plans to produce 79 000 tons of steel rails this year with the Santa Fe as a major contract, though output to Santa Fe may be under 200 tons for 1913. Remaining rails will go to Colorado Midland, Denver & Rio Grande, and other western lines.
Santa Fe engineers survey a Scranton to Osage City route with Burlingame bypass. A cut off would shorten distance five to six miles and speed through trains, though initial costs are high. Officials expect the project may be economical long term if pursued.
J A Goodhaim won damages for injuries after a collision on the Miscowr Pacife. The trial at StePherson awarded $5.2 in heavy damages. Crews moved ballast cars in Sitwag Cry and repaired the depot as work continues on the line. Transfers, roundhouse plans, and yard improvements reshape operations as Kansas Oklahoma Central and Southwestern railway changes unfold.
Dr. Gilman Thompson of the University of New York endorses cod liver oil as the best fat to prevent marasmus scrofula and rickets in children. Scott's Emulsion, a partially digested cod liver oil with hypophosphites, supplies material for rich blood solid flesh bones and teeth.
An Old Point dispatch reports Brigadier General Maghr chief of ordnance U S A died at the Hyreeia hotel at five oclock yesterday afternoon. Born in New York he entered the military academy in 1861 and served through the Civil War rising to colonel in ordnance. He aided at Bull Run and McDowell’s campaigns and fought at Manassas, Antietam, Gettysburg and more. He had prominent posts in ordnance development and commanded Watertown Arsenal before becoming chief of ordnance in 1890.
Kansas City March 20 Here is the Playing list of the Kansas City ball team Gear Pardee Hastings Eagan Meredeth Friend and Stricklett It is the Strongest lot of pitchers that Mann ing has To the sur Strickiett is an unknown quantity but unknown quantities sometimes turn out to be crackerjacks The catching department is well represented We can't have Parke Wilson but there is Jack Moyle Tilly Merritt Fil Wilson Charlie Hansen and Marinnes latest find Berkeley and from all accounts Berkeley is going to be a favorite He has had a good chance in fast company but he may prove to be faster if the Dane is Set up a notch or two John Ganzel on first base gives the Rites a stronger first baseman than OHagen not only in Melding but in batting and you know hits win games Vicx Will hold dow second bag and you need not be told where Rony Stands Hoffmeister will cover third It may take a few games to get onto the fact that Huff does not resemble Williams in looks but just watch his playing Shortstop is as yet unfilled but there is a choice of three men for the place Krueger Raymer both youngsters who are highly spoken of and Hilly Shindle of the Brooklyn team The outfeld is not by any means weak Matte McVicker will emirch the spots around the sun field while Tuck Turker will do his callivantine in left garden There will be a new man found in center but as yet his name is un known However Manager Manning has several deals on foot and he may draw 2 big fish
A new body was found in the Windsor hotel ruins identified as Body No. 27. It is described as the most complete skeleton of a woman, with head arms and legs attached. The hotel safe was opened revealing contents valued near 207000 in unburied packages belonging to guests.
A writer argues wives influence husbands through affection and beauty. Ad promotes Dr. Gouraud's Oriental Dream beauty product and depilatory powder, claiming fifty years of public approval and domestic benefits. Also notes a March 30 report from San Francisco about British steamer Ettrick Dale arriving without passengers and trade demand rising in the Orient.
Joseph J. Little accuses Charles and Henry Holt & Co and Nicholas Murray Butler of criminal libel. The February Educational Review article titled Tammany in the Saddle allegedly libeled Little as New York city board of education president. Defendants held in bail and to plead Friday.
A gold vein near Victoria British Columbia on the water front shows grades up to fifty tons per cent as it is traced inland and believed to extend beneath the water.
Testimony from Navy officials described canned roast beef as a long used staple aboard ships. Rejections arose from failure to meet standards, while officers noted the product kept well at sea and in heat. Refrigerated beef only recently adopted during the war, with positive reception among sailors.
A delegation led by William T. Stead and including London and Rochester bishops and MPs met A J Balfour in London on March 30 to urge government backing for disarmament and arbitration at the czar's peace conference. Balfour expressed hearty sympathy and a hopeful view that war decline and future general arbitration between Britain and the United States could still occur despite delays.
The city launches the most complete telephone network in the world under government control. Ten story central offices connect nearly every residence and business in Stockholm and nearby towns. A small annual tax funds the service, with charges about five dollars per year per telephone for subscribers in the region.
Trenton New Jersey March 20 The American Woolen Company with capital of 65 000 000 was incorporated this afternoon The incorporators include S B Lawrence John Summerfield Henry C Everdell Armitage Matthews Jenny M Haylland Geo B Spencer Leavitt J Hunt Charles B Hit and Robert H Barry Jr of New York and James Woodhull of Newark SEWER PIPE TRUST COMPLETED New York March 30 It is announced that the combination of manufacturers of clay sewer pipe Anebrick chimney tops and linings and similar products is now definitely completed The new concern will be called the Federal Sewer Pipe Company and will have a capital of 25 000 000 half of which to be 7 per cent preferred stock and half common stock Of each class BE stock 10 750 000 is to be presently issued Over 0 per cent of the underwriting has already been taken by those signed in the industry.
A Chicago report notes Goss Printing Press company in this city secured five straight line perfecting printing presses for shipment to England. The firm also landed a foreign order for a press to be sent to Africa for Paul Krueger to use in printing the South African Republic.
The latest U S weather report notes wheat conditions at 89 4 percent overall with six Rocky Mountain region states averaging 63 5 percent and discouraging gains. California Oregon Washington total US percent against prior months.
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