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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1900
Page
8
Promotes Botanic Blood Balm as a universal cure. Claims for rheumatic catarrh, aneurysm risk, and bone pains are denied by doctors' remedies. Provides free trial and sample advice from Rowley & Snow at 157 Alitehedl Street, Atlanta, Ga.
In New York City a seven hour parade for sound money drew crowds despite drizzle and cold winds. Governor Roosevelt rode with salutes as thousands marched past Worth monument, while a tin can from an upper window sparked minor trouble. Police, led by Chief Devery, kept order as Broadway and Fifth Avenue wore Democratic colors and the crowd cheered the political display. Roosevelt sent a dispatch to President Johnson praising the demonstration as even more grand than before.
Baltimore Maryland November 5 Cardinal Gibbons declares no herm can come from the election and urges calm. He warns the public against overreaction to political outcomes and stresses that the forthcoming vote will not endanger the republic. He speaks from the cathedral, expressing confidence in the process and urging prudent consideration by all citizens.
Apparent reshuffling in the Chicago division of the Banta line as Plug Acsin returns while Robbins serves a limited term. L Short, master of the division, regains control and Wilcone resumes duties at Toweks. A conductor connected to the plug departure is mentioned, with unverified plans for Plug to take over Fun sig guin and Robbins moving from the plug to a run in the California Waded over the eastern division.
Republican and Democratic committees at Last Posts wager on the Kansas election result. George P. Locke and Chairman Aleh arranged telegrams daily about Proposition to det oin the election. Initial pledges were $1,000, later trimmed. Early contributions show totals around $400 with a large deficit as the election outcome appears uncertain.
A halftone from Bethlehem Steel shows the 44 foot long gun on its carriage at Redington Pennsylvania’s Lahich Valley site. The weapon weighs 69 tons, fires 2000 pound projectiles, and may reach 2200 feet per second. its design aims to withstand high internal pressures while delivering devastating firepower.
A chaotic scan of town items notes Morte Albaugh travels to Kingman, Jaaree Seah seedtetors and scarlet fever cases, delays in educational and church meetings, and plans for new housing, parades, and a possible municipal vote. Governors and council maneuvers loom as students and teachers report.
Frank McKeon, alias McKim, says he was attacked by three men at night while walking east on Light Street toward Independence Avenue. He describes being struck with a knife and repeatedly kicked, with his clothing cut and injuries to face and neck. He recovered at hospital and was later released to headquarters where he received 395. He claims he could have fought off all three if not for the weapon and crowd. He has decades of experience in Kansas City area.
Carl Browne, a noted Kansas political wit who backed Bryan and Debs at times, claims he was paid to betray others and reveal Republican methods. He says he now supports Bryan after receiving pay and criticizes those who hired him, while expressing regret for the betrayal.
Judge Vail of the state circuit court held the board of trade must publish its quotations to the public without discrimination. The injunction prohibiting withholding market data from the Central Grain and Stock exchanges was made permanent.
Alexander Winton and TC Collimen arrived in New York after driving from Cleveland to Gotham in 38 hours 12 minutes in a gasoline car. They lowered the former record of 47 hours 34 minutes set last May. The trip began Thursday from Cleveland, tracing Lake Erie shore to Buffalo Rochester Syracuse Utica Albany and along the Hudson to New York City. Rainy weather and mud reduced speed to about 20 miles per hour.
A dispatch from Lisbon reports the Queen of Portugal, at Cascais, saved her boatman Callas Croom from a drowning amid a sudden wave. The queen swam to his side using breaststroke, keeping him afloat until shoreboats arrived to assist. Croom was taken to the royal palace for care.
Spalding, sports director at the Paris exhibition, returned home with a statement on sports in Europe. He notes rising enthusiasm, hopes American victories spur Europe to train athletes to compete, and cites French mismanagement claims as due to inexperience, not bias against American teams.
President's official family en route to Washington on election eve. Nee York dispatch notes a cabinet member will vote in the capital. The administration’s sole representative in D C, likely Secretary Guer, remains away in the West to meet the election day schedule.
A testimonial from Mrs. Al M. Roderick details five years of kidney pain and a recovery after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She describes dark urine, facial pain, and swelling easing after treatment sold by Rochey Drugs and Poster-Milburn Co. Buffalo New York, urging readers to ask for the Doan's brand.
Join McQuade a 19 year old former Georgetown student and wartime staffer lies in an emergency hospital with a broken neck after a football fumble. Doctors say there is still a chance of survival if he regains strength for possible operation.
The Crawford presents Chas E Pinney’s A Female Drummer with a 49‑member company at a New York department store setting. The second act moves to the retail floor with sales girls and bargain hunters. Hot reviews claim it’s the best Pinney work, with Nellie, Richards, Ladell, and others in star turns. Big Bill Eevere and Jamie return for a Crawford visit Friday night.
The monthly tonnage report shows a record breaking year with over 4,000,000 pounds of freight moved. Freight agents remain busy and have not formed a local association, hindering efforts to standardize closing hours and mutual benefits.
London dispatch reports Sir Thomas Lipton meeting Gen. J Watson in Glasgow to finalize contracts for a new Cup defender. Hendersons of Meadowside Yard to build the yacht, with March date for handover and plans for Clyde-based safety and secrecy.Shipyard activity accelerates as Nat Herreshoff’s alloy debates and Captain Barr’s sailing mastery loom over crew choices and trial boats.
A letter read at a New York anarchists meeting suggests Bryach the slayer of King Rumburt was prepared for suicide when he left the United States last spring. The note, addressed to A. Buth of Burhold Hall and companions, discusses detaching his wife from their home and keeping her out of sight, implying a motive tied to the tragedy.
New York reports the Kentucky may become the first American battleship to cross the Atlantic through European waters. After leaving New York it may transit the Suez Canal and reach Gibraltar, possibly meeting gunboat Wilmington. The voyage sparks talk of pressuring the Ottoman sultan to pay indemnities owed to the United States.
New York dispatch reports British financiers foresee heavy winter borrowing to cover South African War expenditures. Indemnities for loyalists in Cape Colony and Natal may be funded by colonial loans with support from London. China indemnity also looms, needing international credit and large annual interest outlays. Burdock Blood Bitters.
The Chicago Times-Herald reports on Two Strike the Sioux chieftain dying in a Dakota wigwam. The piece recounts his lifelong enmity with the Pawnee and his role in the last great battles between the tribes, the decades of tension, and a note on his eventual call for peace with the whites.
Fragmentary report recalls a clash where Sioux forces, wielding overwhelming ferocity, defeated Pawnee fighters. Surviving leaders and warriors endured heavy losses as the engagement unfolded with pursuits and sieges, illustrating the brutal nature of the era’s tribal warfare.
An excerpt discusses Italian anarchism and a controversial 19th century criminal theory. It references scholars like Dasoht and Enrice Perrh in a meditation on political crime. The text notes a historic claim that a large share of murders in Europe and the Americas was attributed to Italian extremism and examines the theory through a political lens.
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