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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1900
Page
8
A visitor asks Cheops about the purpose of a vast pyramid. Cheops answers with a cryptic line about the moment the top stone is laid revealing the point. The piece then pivots to a playful aside praising Ivory Soap and its value, urging belief through a soap endorsement.
A rough spoken review notes a crowded audience for a recent theater night featuring Merry Temps and Silent Arne. The act included a street scene with vaudeville stunts, jokes, and a quick gallery appearance. H C Latever performed a trick act with several novelties.
A faction of clerks formed a protest on Kansas Avenue waving banners and threatening fines against merchants who would not close. They claimed union support and warned that shops opening would face boycott and public hostility.
The article notes a second covern greet extending special tax for Red Cross relief, imposing a travel license tax based on duration and a ticket tax for railway fares two rubles or more. It claims the reform will yield substantial yearly revenue and credits the czarist regime with initiating the plan.
Fragmentary report mentions Cuban Central dividend and commercial outlook amid Cuban American interactions. Details are obscured by damaged OCR text, with subsequent lines referencing balm sales and unrelated medical notes.
New York reports a strong syndicate led by James Stillman Charles Harrion and Geo Gould purchased control of the Kansas City Southern route, linking Chicago to the Gulf. The deal, valued at about 11 million in bonds and stocks, shifts railroad power toward a concerted financial center and a direct Chicago Gulf line. A German ship wreck off the Elbe is also reported with several crew missing.
Snippets from Topeka items note Halloween eve upheaval and upcoming election, with council meetings and municipal concerns. Mentions of Washburn Colorado College game, local officials, and civic notices. references to diphtheria case, library exhibit, and urban happenings.
Robbers entered Mortz and May store in Round Head Ohio on October 30 and blew open a safe containing about $400. Shots were exchanged with the robbers but no one was injured. The incident disturbed the town as police investigated the blast and escape points.
An old column explains deafness arising from various causes including inherited factors and acute diseases, but the dominant link is catarrh of the head and throat. It notes the Eustachian tube can be clogged, leading to hearing loss, and promotes Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a cure, with claims of relief and affordability.
In New York on October 30 Justice Freedman denied Frank Juarbe a Porto Rican who sought enrollment as a voter by claiming U S citizenship through Puerto Rico. He ruled Porto Rico residents are not U S citizens by conquest and that Congress must decide their civil and political status. The motion to compel enrollment was denied.
The Princess of Anhalt, daughter of Prince Christian of Schleswig Holstein, was in New York attempting to secure a divorce from her husband Prince Aribert of Anhalt. She had traveled under the alias Countess Munsterberg, visiting Canada and England after arriving in May.
In an annual report to the governor Adjutant General Byrd recommends disbanding the state negro militia units. He says they cannot be of military service to Georgia and should be mustered out of state service.
The Heywood report outlines the taking of bullion from Tiensien ruins after looting at Tien Tien. Major Waller and a board counted the treasure valued at 578200 dollars in US currency and arranged safe-keeping with banks. The balance covers Marine corps activities and post conditions in the year.
Washington reports the official 1900 population at 76,295,220 with 74,627,907 in 45 states for apportionment. There are 124,158 untaxed Indians. The 1890 total was 63,069,756, and the decade shows a gain of 45,225,454 since 1800, about a 21 percent rise.
Paris reports foreign office officials expect President Kruger to travel incognito during his European tour. He may relinquish audacity briefly for exchanges with leaders, with private welcome planes allowed but no official government participation. Talks point to visits with President Loubet and Kruger at each capital.
Ex president Grover Cleveland replies to Don Dickinson acknowledging a Reform Club dinner speech from April 1897. He will not suppress or alter the remarks advocating trust democracy and condemning sensational distrust. The letter notes his support for free coinage of silver and a depreciated currency as remedies.
Reports from Canton say a Sunday morning explosion destroyed four houses near the governor’s yard. Six persons were killed and two wounded. Officials say the blast was aimed at reform sympathizers and may lead to charges against those implicated. In St Petersburg, the Russian case involving disease infection is noted.
Vancouver reports that in October 37 the steamship Amur carried workers who had been on the government telegraph line to Dawnon and they quit until spring. They located traces of a long inactive line intended to connect North America with Europe, near Telegraph Creek a survey stake marked the old ent rite and the old wire remains are still in place. The Amur also notes exceptionally heavy snow along the Alaskan and northern British Columbia coast, with snow extending from Wrangel northward to the water.
Paris dispatch says most papers deem Waldeck Rousseau's Talonie address too radical and socialistic. Moderate voices like Le Temps and Le Figaro show opposition grows, foreseeing government fall within days as chambers reopen on November 6 amid political unrest.
A Chicago police raid uncovered a repository for stolen property in quantities, arresting ten thieves, both men and women. Two wagon loads of valuables valued in the thousands were seized, and the raid is described as the headquarters for a nationwide theft network.
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