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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1900
Page
3
An advertisement extols Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a convenient cure for catarrh in head, throat, or bronchial tubes. It claims quick relief, pleasant taste, and safety, praising the product while warning against secret ingredients and morphine or cocaine habits. Retailers offer full packages for eight cents.
In Barton County a plan to drain and irrigate the salt basin near the Arkansas River advances. A.B. Stillwell and Kansas City financiers push a 200 foot wide canal from the river to form a lake serving irrigation for land east of the basin, with multiple ditches and a future summer resort for western Kansas residents.
Citizens in Le Roy began a project to plant small trees along the public square. Workmen measured plots, marked locations, and trees were planted over Thursday to Saturday under supervision of Superintendent Morton. Owners must care for or replace their tree if it dies, or the space may be reoccupied.
John Earhart died recently at Caney at age 77 after walking from Oregon to Caney and back, a four month trek covering about 4000 miles. He lived in Caney prior to the journey and made the total distance on foot, remarkable for his age. Notes from Baker mention university cats, receptions, and lectures including Prof. J B De Matte, with campus events and student society activity in Baker during 1900 01.
Mound City March 1 United States Marshal Lewin reported the capture of Broadhead alias Bob Joneson by a deputy from Muskogee. Broadhead is wanted in three counties for stealing twenty six head of cattle from N Corbin in September, for cattle theft in Greenwood county, and for passing counterfeit money in Dallas Texas. A total reward of 590 dollars was offered by Corbin and Greenwood county authorities. Broadhead's preliminary will be held next week.
Smith Center plans a June 1 gathering for the North Central Kansans Editorial association and their wives. Local businessmen and editors from Hutchings of the Pioneer and R. Alien of the Democrat are organizing an elaborate program with Commercial Club efforts to fund hospitality. Attendance expected 75 to 100.
Formosa May 1 A charter for the Formosa State bank has been applied for with capital stock of 5.40. Businessmen and farmers take half the stock. J Postlethwaite will be president and W C Postethwaite cashier who left the Inter-State National bank of Kansas City to join as cashier. Directors named include RG Patterson A Hirsch B G Bowles and the president and cashier.
Leavenworth May 1 work on sinking and a new coal mine began yesterday between the city units and Lansing tied to the penitentiary shaft. Edward Carroll opened the project in front of about 200 business leaders with speeches by Col. D. R. Anthony A Caldwell E Jameson George Richardson and W. T. Hewitt. The shaft will reach 720 feet and three shifts will be employed to have coal ready by winter.
Independence May 1 The largest gas gusher in Kansas was reported near Independence as a long sustained flow defied control. The Independence company faced 48 hours of futile efforts and is deploying new machinery to check the roaring flow, heard far from town.
A farmer near the city found forty of his sixty steers dead after eating from a food nut. No disease signs were observed, and suspicion falls on possible malevolent action. An investigation is promised, with local authorities and farmers awaiting results.
Parsons May 1 Mr and Mrs Burns White living near Echo found a newborn baby in a basket at their door after hearing a noise. A note indicated the child’s birth date March 7 and that the Whites, with no children of their own, would adopt him. The infant is unnamed and unnamed adults nearby are not identified. Local authorities report no further clues about who left the baby.
State labor bureau secretary W T A Johnson compiles railway engineer and fireman statistics. Most favor demerit discipline. firemen lean toward time serving. Engineers average nine hours per day in 1899 with pay around 1556, many own homes, and a majority back eight hour day and end-to-end trains.
The document lists average annual costs for tour expenses totaling 105,250 and a yearly living cost of 24,637.81 with an average of 648.28. It notes 39 reporting items and compares savings and expenditures, reporting 14 with an average annual saving of 148.47 and eight with excess expenditure over earnings.
A May 1 meeting in San Francisco gathered about 30 traffic managers from transcontinental railways and Orient steamship lines to curb rate cuts. A report advocates higher freight rates from the Orient to the United States via Pacific ports and a division of tonnage, with small moves in machinery and tea and silk pricing.
Santa Fe inspection train of private cars 99 212 and 15 left Topeka this morning under General Manager Mudge and General Superintendent Resseguine. Mudge and Resseguine will inspect western lines and will be absent about a week.
The Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway shows gains across departments for March. Principal figures indicate freight revenue, gross earnings, operating expenses, and net earnings up from the prior year with substantial year over year increases in receipts and freight activity.
H A Mudge and Santa Fe Chief Engineer James Dun led a party to Ripley last Thursday, marking Mr Mudge's first line crossing into Eastern Oklahoma. They praised future prospects as routes extend toward Pawnees and Kansas City. Separate items report a tragic suicide by Mrs Buena Vista Hunter of Platte City, tying to a Separation from her husband.
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