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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1898
Page
2
A Michigan report from the Superintendent of Education shows the school year’s total net expenditure at about 1.05 million dollars for teacher salaries. It itemizes payments to male and female teachers, building and other costs, interest on loans, and general purposes. The summary notes overall teacher wages in graded schools totaled around 2.70 million dollars.
Data shows average monthly wages for male teachers in graded schools $71.10 and in all cachools $2561. Female teachers in graded and ungraded schools earn $42.99 and $24.38 respectively with overall $34.95. Male teachers averaged 7 months teaching, females 7.13 months. State has 723 certificated teachers and 11,804 legally qualified teachers. Total school houses 7,917 with property valued at $17.27T447. Construction: 1,435 frame, 77 brick, and 0 stone houses noted.
Work on the Sixteenth Street track elevation advances faster than planned. Substantial completion expected for traffic and pedestrians by mid November, with 400 workers on site. Nearby streetcar routes and railroads face delays due to urban construction and depot depressions. Maintenance and temporary detours affect residents in the southwest city area.
Workington Sept 1 navy bids opened for supplying one million pounds of smokeless powder for warships. Six bids. bidders include Dupont Powder Co, Giant Powder Co, Dillon, Nixon, Phipps Rand, California Powder Works. Deliveries begin Oct 1 to Dec 1 depending on bidder. Prices range from about 0.50 to 0.79 cents per pound with total estimates from $96,000 to $796,000. Aimed to replace black powder within a year or two for ships and saluting uses.
Paris September 5 French reaction to the czar’s disarmament proposal is sharp and wary. Europe notes a new offensive in Africa with England, Germany, and Italy eyeing the implications while Franco Russian alliance credibility suffers. Public fear grows over Alsace Lorraine and military burdens rising in Europe.
A vintage warning urges avoiding internal medicines before delivery and promotes MOTHER'S FRIEND as the superior external aid for early distress during pregnancy, labor relief, and postnatal recovery. It claims the product reduces pain, shortens labor, and lowers subsequent dangers for mother and baby.
A wave of unease sweeps Europe as reports surface on the Anglo German agreement and its potential to curb Russia’s influence. The piece traces diplomatic maneuvering involving England Germany and the United States and cites Queen Victoria and Lord Salisbury amid talks of peace and a broader balance of power in Europe and Asia.
Lawrence reports Moss, captain of this year’s Kansas University football team, has arrived in the city and taken quarters in the training apartments arranged by Manager Leland. He has worked diligently with Coach Woodruff all summer, aiming to assemble a strong squad for the electric election. Several prospective players will arrive early next week to enter school, with many more reporting to Leland to try for positions on the team.
Cincinnati defeated Washington 4 to 2 and Boston beat New York 6 to 5. Brooklyn hammered Chicago and Pittsboro 16 to 1 and 3, while Louisville crushed St Louis 13 to 1. Detroit and Milwaukee combined for 7, Minneapolis topped Kansas City 12. Sunday results show Cincinnati 2 Cleveland 0 and Louisville 14 to 2. St Louis 1 Kansas City 1, Milwaukee 0 Detroit 2 to 1. A weekly bank statement note appears at article end.
Washington reports President McKinley shows strain from the war yet remains healthy and buoyant. He faces heavy office-seeker meddling and an unprecedented flood of correspondence, often 1200 letters daily, with clerks meeting the demand and every letter answered within 24 hours. The president weighs public opinion while maintaining courteous, respectful replies to all, cranks included.
Congressman Wadsworth of New York asserts Porto Rico cannot be colonized and will fail like English West Indian possessions due to English climate and enervating atmosphere. He just returned from the West Indies and speaks on imperial aims.
The author argues the Island will not be populated by Americans, noting Anglo Saxon energy wanes there. He predicts inland birth will dilute traits, with Latins emerging from northerners born there. He foresees reduced business vigor due to climate and time, and a slower West Indies development after initial migration.
Mrs. Henry Schenkenberger was arrested in Frankfort Indiana on a murder charge for poisoning her daughter in law, Mrs. E. E. Schenkenberger. The case cites arsenic found in food and a state chemist report confirming poison in the stomach. The victim died three days after illness resembling typhoid fever.
Frank Peckham, a noted wire tipper, was arrested in Chicago on a confidence game charge. Police say he grossed about $9,000 in four months from tapping wires linking poolrooms, tracks, and works, with earlier schemes netting around $50,000 over years. Campbell, who invited Peckham to repay cash, supplied details of the scam.
Minnie Hoffman, a house servant, tried to kill her infant and herself after claiming unrequited love for her employer, a widower. Both she and the baby were taken to a city hospital. the man denies knowledge of her feelings or intent. The item notes tension over the child and possible job repercussions.
A New York company announces a permanent exhibition of United States products in London and Paris. Directors include Governors David R. Francia and F. Rockefeller with other named executives from St Louis Cleveland Chicago Hoboken Philadelphia Newark and Indianapolis. M. Gallia to join France as board member with French and English directors.
In Chicago on September 6, Judge Fayns upheld Commissioner James McAndrews's order to clear the west side bleachers at the Duseball ground for crowd safety. An injunction to stop blocking crowds with ropes was denied by the Superior Court after Attorney Honey argued the rope seating amplified grounds access. The judge found no fault with the commissioner’s action and denied the injunction.
A canvas at Hartfeld & Co. on Wall Street disclosed about three pints of Spanish gold, a quart of uncoined coin, two thick bundles of paper currency, and several handfuls of Spanish gold. The hoard, found on an Infanta Maria thread, was partly concealed and valued at about ten to the dollar in American currency.
A city resident describes severe kidney pain and illness relieved by Morrow’s Kidney Colds from Bein & Holiday Drug Co. After using the product as directed, she reports complete recovery and credits the remedy with removing all traces of the former kidney disease. She notes her father died of kidney disease and believes he would have been cured too.
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