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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1898
Page
8
An advertisement extols the Pyramid Pile Cure as a painless radical remedy for piles. It claims no surgical pain or danger, contrasting it with opiate depressants and other treatments. The text urges readers to obtain the Pyramid Drug Co. preparation, sold by druggists for 30 cents.
The First Christian Church plans a welcome for new pastor Rev. M. El Farin Friday evening. A reception committee includes Mr. and Mrs. William Eckert and others. Installation will feature a program with Rich School Orchestra and ministers from Salina Topeka and Kansas City.
A report claims an uprising in Porto Rico with Spanish troops clashing against insurgents and about twenty killed. Two filibuster expeditions reportedly landed a month earlier, giving credence to the rumor of rebellion.
Lansing April 7 The Pingree taxation bill now deadlocked in the Senate faces a last ditch battle. Senators Rich and Avery, leaders from Detroit and Port Huron, marshal opposition to sidetrack Oil and pass bills. A tax commission may negotiate with the Michigan Central to surrender its charter, with state compensation for reduced taxes. If the Senate balks the House may reject the measure and a special session could be called again.
Topeka schools shut at noon for a day and a half to allow teachers to visit neighboring cities. About seventy two teachers leave for Leavenworth and Kansas City with forty more soon to follow. Classes resume Monday at usual time.
A fragment describes a beverage sold in pints and loaves, praised as strengthening for nerves and a stimulant like coffee. It claims broad use for children and adults and includes a travel note about a train to Kansas City reaching Topeka at 3:39.
Topeka hosts the eighth annual meeting of the Kansas Woman's Press Association with 25 to 30 attendees. Activities include morning and afternoon sessions at Royal Arcanum, 723 Kansas Ave, a banquet at Copeland Hotel, committee reports, and officer elections led by President Olive T. Royce. The Euterpe Club dance and several local society events follow, with numerous residents and visitors noted in attendance.
Fogephise Sexton and Mr. W C Carey. Mrs T L Ewan plans a trip to Kansas on the Mist of the week to spend Easter with her mother. Miss Ethelyn Soaerronds heads to Spring Hill to remain until after Easter. The Alobva whist club met with Miss Daley Hayes and will meet again with Mrs W J Radcliffe. Mrs Rice returns to Lawrence after a week with Mrs J G Wood. Miss Olivia Van Tussel travels to Horton for a two week visit. Mrs 4 C Forsman of Hortons shopped in Topeka. Mr J Klein received word that his mother Mrs C B Miller of Boston is dangerously ill and not expected to live. L L Devendorf and Ben Henry Wells of Tasoma visit Mrs Devendorf's parents on Klein Street.
Report from the diplomatic quarter says European powers at the British embassy framed a plan announced yesterday by the Associated Press. Russia joins the five powers Great Britain France Germany Austria and Italy. Officials expect an official, complete disclosure within a few hours. Sir Julian Paunceforte is named as the medium of communication.
The New York Merchants and Manufacturers Board of Trade committee reports Spain responsible for the loss of the Maine and calls for substantial indemnity and Cuban independence. The resolution, adopted unanimously, is telegraphed to President McKinley and others. President Shayne notes US losses from the Spain Cuban conflict totaling about 247 million dollars and highlights Cuban oppression and legal US positions.
Fort Monroe April 7 The battleship Texas steamed into Hampton Roads at 7:00 AM and anchored at 5:00 PM with the Byrire squadron. She is in lead and ready for any emergency as the Massachusetts will come from Newport News tonight or tomorrow. Commodore Schley has not received definite orders from Washington.
Washington April 7 The house foreign affairs committee heard Afr. Quesada speak about the Cuban junta and the push for US recognition of Cuba. He described insurgent control areas Puerto Principe and Santiago, 200000 pro government supporters in one province, and 400000 dollars in taxes. He said the capital had been displaced but was operating. If the United States intervened without recognizing independence it would amount to a virtual war against both insurgents and Spaniards.
Hampton Roads Virginia April 7 Colonel Frank commander of Fort Monroe reports engineers at work mining the entrance to Hampton Roads. Two hundred fifty mines, each about three feet in diameter and five feet long, made of galvanized iron and holding about 400 pounds of gun cotton, are being laid rapidly. Many say the minefield signals immediate naval action upon war declaration and harbor defense.
Judge R M Pickler of Smith Center says John Seaton is most active among gubernatorial candidates in his region while noting other hopefuls have broad support. He cites W Haskell as a strong county candidate and foresees many contenders at the convention with uncertainty about final outcome.
Representative F H Smith of Sherman County said the Democrats may not seek a new congressman in the Sixth district. He criticized McCormick for poor work and said Populists are dissatisfied, while indicating Governor Leedy's renomination and Populist ticket expected, with Democrats likely to back him and no recognition demand anticipated.
Governor John W. Leedy proclaims April 15 as Arbor Day in Kansas urging schools and teachers to observe the holiday. The notice emphasizes planting trees, adornment of school grounds, and public parks, with officials urged to support student participation.
A Chicago meeting at the Sherman house formed a league of business representatives to urge the federal government to establish a parcel post style system for small packages. The group argues current express rates monopolize business and claims a government led service would boost revenue. Officers elected include President Till et Durah, Vice President G F P Englehard, Secretary I Tillotson, Treasurer John A King, with plans to expand nationwide and create auxiliary branches.
A dispatch reports Hastings Berry county near Grand Rapids burning since 11:30 p m with the city being destroyed. Grand Rapids sent an engine after the plea for help as of April 7.
At the annual stockholders meeting in San Francisco California the Southern Pacific railroad company elected its new board of directors. George Crocker E B Green Thomas H Hunberd C P Huntington H B Huntington J Kuttechnite C G Tase throp T Staith TB Stillman J Qi Stunna Teussell Whisun named as directors.
Fragmentary clipping mentions Dr. Davis anti headache remedy and a newspaper distribution instruction. It also notes a city election where Ralphat was defeated for city clerk and references Denver and Colorado Springs routes with Pullman cars.
From Paris a new airship arrives to explore the Arctic regions. Led by Antony Warkte of the Geographical Society, the craft will inspect and map Alaska's Melds and search for Andree while seeking the North Pole. The vessel travels in 12 cases with ballast scoops and a triplet bicycle power system.
Fifty British sailors missing since the Helmslea voyage are reported safe on Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic. The J I Walker carried Captain Wallace to Yokohama after a storm prevented rescue and the Helmslea crew, landing July 1 at Clyde bound for Australia, reached the island with scarce food and water. A violent northeastern storm forced the Walker off course, delaying rescue plans and leaving the crew to endure isolation with forts and native settlements on the remote island.
New York April 7 Representative women met to form an organization to present American women's work at the Paris exposition of 1900. Aims include urging congress to cover exhibitor costs with promised generous treatment for active participation. An executive committee was named with Mrs L Stevens Mrs E Lauterbach Mrs M H Willard Miss Alice Wetmore and Miss B D Bininger. The plan is a broad exhibit of women’s work modeled after the Chicago World’s Fair.
Brownsburg Indiana April 7 Miss Katie Ready the one year old daughter of Michael Ready died here early yesterday of tuberculosis of the stomach and lungs after a three month illness. An unusual growth feature marked her sickness she measured six feet four inches at death having grown four inches in three months. The case has drawn interest from local physicians. Mrs Michael Curtain Plainfield TH testifies she caused the illness by cold and her wife a doctor treated her. Dr. King's New Discovery aided recovery in other cases and is advertised at Swift Molyneuxs drug store. Large bottles 50 cents and 1.00. Relief in six hours from kidney bladder troubles by the New Great South American Kidney Cure. Sold by Geo W Stansfeld and Sim Drug Company Topeka Kans.
Local notes cover shop ads and events in Topeka with mentions of deliveries, sales, and gatherings. Records include births marriages funerals and visits, naming several families and residents, plus reorganizations and civic items amid a busy community snapshot.
Rev Hugh Pentecost told a Carnegie Hall audience that birds possess souls and will become men like us. He urged women to stop wearing feathered birds, arguing cruelty harms all living beings and birds are our brothers and sisters. He cited presidents and ministers implicated in bird killings and stressed the same intelligence and life exist in birds.
Riotous scene at the Atar theater when boxer Bob Fitzsimmons’s absence from the program triggered anger. Manager Julian announced Fitzsimmons would appear later after a telegram said his baby was dying. Police presence quashed the uproar as the show resumed with Fitzsimmons in the lead once the bedside action ended.
Fragmented four year pledge by a veteran named Pangborn in New York following McKinley’s election prompts his decorations, amid a garbled note about war veterans and a Maine message. Supplemented by advertisements for rheumatism cures, travel lines to Denver, and Beggs patent medicines with testimonials from local figures.
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