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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1899
Page
6
An old advertisement claims Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root remedies kidney and bladder issues. It warns of back pain, frequent urination, and scalding during urination, and touts a sample bottle offer by mail from Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York.
Local notices record erratic schedules for funerals and services. Mrs Cunnetly departed for Horton after a week with family. Miss Katherine M rest and James Langley funeral details appear amid community announcements. Congregational and Endeavor society events noted, with church meetings and cemetery interments planned at Grantville and To See cemeteries.
Washington April 6 secretary of state has announced the departure of the United States delegation to the disarmament congress to meet at The Hague in late May. The team includes Andrew D. White ambassador to Germany Newell minister to the Netherlands Seth Low president of Cot University Captain Croalen ordnance department US and Captain AT Map Ban retired Jertek Hialis of New York will serve as secretary.
The Figaro prints evidence from Magistrate Bertulus in the cassation court recounting Lieut Henry’s suicide and claims Paty du Clam and Major Esterhazy forged telegraphic messages to incriminate Esterhazy. Henry confessed to the plot but insisted the army’s honor came first. Bertulus and Hortulus connect the Veiled Lady to Paty du Clam.
Porter of Greenwood reports Morter, a Martinsville native, is father to twenty one children. He lists the succession of birth dates from January 10, 18xx, through April 2, 18xx, detailing names and birth months for each child and noting living and deceased offspring.
A report notes fifteen thousand Zionist shares subscribed abroad with calls to organize Jewish solidarity worldwide. The text references support for Palestinian governance and migration concerns, urging actions by Zionist groups and involvement of investors in a broader project, with unclear specifics due to broken OCR.
Abilene April 6 D Matteson and G G Hoffman tickets appear in a local election. Matteson wins 75 dollars and vows to buy a six horse wagon loaded with flour worth 327 percent to distribute to the town's poor.
The Presbyterian Foreign Mission society in New York has raised over 37000 to support active missionary work in the Philippine islands. Rev Dr F Elton-Woid and Rev James B Rogers are noted figures, with Rogers returning from Brazil and likely to reach Hong Kong this week. Rev D S Hibbard and wife, previously of Lyndon Kansas, begin Manila voyage via San Francisco, planning a future departure.
Leavenworth reports arrival of War Department orders to send two hospital corps members from Fort Leavenworth to Manila. They are expected to depart tomorrow, likely via the Pacific route to San Francisco.
The War Department plans to return about 25 000 troops to the United States for muster out by May amid quarantine and disinfection measures. Troops disembark at Savannah and detentions camps like Dafwaski Island are set to detain six regiments at a time. Some soldiers may go directly to northern ports while others stay in detention camps to prevent fever spread.
Army beef court of inquiry showcases Armour & Co proposal using Powell process to preserve beef for Cuba. Letter touts tested results near Tampa and Cuba under Col Westen supervision, claims safety and uniqueness, with testimony from Dr W Clifford Cox on diarrheal epidemic after refrigerator beef consumption.
A Chicago report notes William J Bryan will publish Republic or Empire The Philippine Question, with contributions from Andrew Carnegie George F Hour John W Daniels and Henry M Teller. It argues imperialism burdens taxpayers and harms American ideals, warning of misgovernance and urging restraint while discussing annexation’s purpose and costs.
The Washington Post reports a costly wagon road linking Silverton and Gunny in the San Juan mining district. A seven mile cut along a mountain ledge required four years of blasting and basket drops, yielding a sixteen foot wide bed. The road cost 120000 yet tolls never covered a one percent return. the state offered 45000 but was declined. This is the only route between Silverton and Guray, with no other feasible path available. California $32.50, via Santa Fe Route.
W J Blaine travels to Topeka to lobby Kansas Salt Company led by Joab Mulvane for higher wages at Hutchinson works where 300 men face potential strike. The company previously cut pay from 2.50 to 1.50, with a promised restoration. Market competition and rumors of a New York salt trust loom as talks threaten across the Hutchinson salt industry.
Emporia April 2 Severy prominent citizen attacked W A White editor of the Daily Gazette striking him with a cane on the head and face in a dispute over Tuesday's election Severy once a mayoral candidate now backed by the Populists Morse won the mayoral vote 1872 to 712 White said Democrats stayed away due to no candidate and the defeat was a rebuke to Severy whose cane broke slightly injuring White's face
The Union Pacific Phellic Squad locates its building material headquarters in the city, shifting Kansas division operations from Omaha. A new sidetrack will run west of the Ice house, with the material depot between Eleventh and Twelfth streets near the tracks. A Barber from Omaha is sent to oversee the new department as Junction City becomes more important.
London based Cairo correspondence says the government is considering a scheme for a railway through eastern Soudan from Khartoum on the Nile to Suakin on the Red Sea via Kassala. The plan aims to tap Abyssinian traffic and notes thirty six engines for the Uganda line are under construction.
The governor of King Chou orders two Chinese villages near T Chou to be burned following gunfire on a German patrol near Kiau Chou. The action is seen as arbitrary and unlikely to be approved by German officials, who received a mild remonstrance from the Chinese foreign office yesterday.
A new spring snowblanket covers northwest Missouri delaying farm work and dampening spirits. Rivers Nodaway and Platte have risen along their banks causing fear of potential flood losses for residents downstream.
Dispatches note Mechanics Bank buying Fulton Bank in Brooklyn and their dissolution. A Buenos Aires report says Bishop Henry W of Denver near recovery and plans to attend a Methodist conference. Samuel Hatter, the Midwest snow ticket seller, shot in a Pawtucket saloon, recovering in Roosevelt Hospital. Democratic ticket wins six of eight in St. Louis elections. Battery L N and K of the Sixth U S Artillery pass through en route to Manta under Major Parker. Coach Stage of the University of Chicago plans relay entry on April 28 with Burrows among entrants in the 10 yards event.
The Belgian geographical society received a dispatch reporting the Belgica expedition reached 71 36 south latitude and 92 west longitude. Severe weather hindered work but cold was not extreme except in September. Maps of Hughes Bay and Palmer's Land south of the South Shetland Islands were prepared.
今日市場報告 4月1日 Liverpool 市場動向不振 作物小幅走低 小麥與玉米波動 市場呈現 scalping 貨源有限 供應量偏高 牲畜市場整體疲弱 生豬與牛隻交易活躍不足 農產品收穫季前景不明
Kansas City produce market notes show mixed cash trades with No 2 and No 3 grades referenced and a creamery/commission merchant presence. Wheat prices fluctuated with bullish tones in Barpine and profit taking in late sessions, while traders cite liberal selling and sourcing by professionals amid unsettled short-term demand.
Fragmented market notes describe traders adding corn and pork positions but later retreating as weather patterns diverge. Reports cite cautious buying, price adjustments, and mixed activity across grains and meats with implied demand and speculator influence.
Market gossip from New York shows prime mercantile prices and delivery timelines for grain ships. Trade notes include wheat, corn, hogs, and futures activity across Chicago Minneapolis and Kansas City with weather influences and price movements.
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