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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1900
Page
6
A flood of discounted items from fabrics to furniture dominates the sale list. Imported suit patterns half price, satin for fancy work, plaid dress goods, all wool shawls, various carpets, tapestries, drapery, and furniture deeply reduced for tomorrow. Names of fabrics and prices appear for many lines including silk waists, Velour couches, book cases, and heavy blankets.
A Washington dispatch quotes Senator Jonah Morgan of Alabama saying a large senate majority will back the canal treaty and ratification. He notes fortification questions remain for Nicaragua and Costa Rica, while U S interests focus on the canal. He describes wages, a coastal rail link, and the Guayaquil to Quito railroad project under consideration by American syndicates.
General Archi of Phoenix will sail to Ecuador on the Advance this week after arriving in New York in September. The new gold standard law passed last August accelerates development as Eloy Alfaro gains broad support and promises pro US policy and capital incentives. The January presidential election nears with Alfaro seen as a strong favorite.
New York police detain William A Ferguson a 39 year old claimed physician living at the Capital hotel Bowery. He told sad Galveston flood tales to Drs Polk and Jarman who recognized him and turned him in. Officers found marked bank checks and a September 14 Galveston contributor list among his papers.
In Platteburg New Jersey on November 27 two Chinese men were seen in a covered wagon heading toward Keenville. They were traced to Hemmingford and arrested after a trade in Avenue sales. They were brought to Blackair for a hearing before United States Commissioner Woodward.
Four more Chinese men were captured at Malone by officers raiding a new Chinese restaurant run by Frank Parks from St Albans. Parks, seized with possible connections to New York, is held as the driver who ferried men from Athelstan to Malone. The Malone jail is full with Chinese detainees awaiting transfer to Plattsburg.
Nogales Sonora Nov 27 engineers along the Sonora division refuse to throttle trains in protest of Mexican authorities arresting trainmen after accidents regardless of fault. South bound express halted at Guaymas and ran with a substitute engineer while several American and Mexican crew members are jailed in Nogales Ming gone and Guaymas. Rail company says they will seek trial for the imprisoned men as crew claim repeated arbitrary detentions without trial.
Chicago dispatch reports Evansville sources say Colonel Charles Denby, late United States minister to China, is expected to be sent back to Pekin. Denby is currently in the east and the move is believed to be imminent.
A Hoboken police letter claims an anarchist plot against President McKinley with a named suspected leader, a fugitive with prior convictions, though the name is not released. The writer, illegibly signed, suggests verification from Paris authorities and notes recent events in Scranton. Also reports the accidental death of John E Kennedy, a trooper and later lieutenant with service in the Philippines.
The advertisement extolls Scott's Emulsion of cod-liver oil as a delicate, restorative food. It claims food alone can burden the stomach and promises a sample to try, urging trust in Scott & Bowne.
Missouri Pacific Lines No 2 leaves Kansas City at 9 50 a m as a solid vestibuled train to St Louis. It includes a smoking car day coaches reclining chair car Seals Free and Pullman parlor car. Connections at St Louis union depot with eastern lines for New York and Atlantic coast. Arrival at 1 50 am.
Fragmentary timetable mentions F E MPPS Ticket Agent Topeka Kansas and times 2 25 am 8 10 am with references to Hanses City Hot Springs and Az Bt Jom 10 29 am. No clear event or outcome. key entities include Topeka Kansas and Hot Springs with ambiguous train times.
Bethlehem Steel Co reports a new order from Anaconda for a hollow filled compressed steel grate 17 inches long. The project advances under emergency conditions. the shaft is completed in fourteen days, enabling a 2000-ton wheat shipment. The freighter will serve Pacific ports and ports of call include Yokohama Kobe and Shanghai, with laden cargoes for the Orient and return voyage plans.
Rome dispatch says Signor Sanguinetti was fined 14 000 lire for selling a Bust of Benvenuto Cellini to London without government consent under Italian law barring sales of art to foreigners. The case highlights strict controls on cultural property and penalties for illicit export.
The Glenturret, chartered by Dodscell & Co, will load on Puget Sound for Europe via the Orient and Suez Canal. This marks the first voyage of a ship from Puget Sound bound for Europe through the Orient route, signaling a new export venture for wheat.
The Church Alliance at Asperiea released a letter from Rev Francis J Clay Motran of the law committee. It was sent to Deputy Chief Courtwright last Friday and concerns actions and arrests. The text mentions achievements and a cure for a sore, with references to Hawerville and other unclear details.
Fragmentary telegraph notes report a big cattle shipment with uncertain figures and prices, along with remarks on New York financials and a note on the death of President Derr. The text also mentions attendance figures, future expectations, and generic health claims tied to a patent remedy.
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