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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1898
Page
7
The state committee intends to aid G C Clemens in organizing Social Democrats as attempts to rally Populists and Socialist supporters move forward. He urges committee backing, funding for travel, primers, and literature sales while planning to act as a dealer in periodicals and endalist material.
Five thousand spectators in City of Mexico witness a brutal arena accident as a bull whale muzzles two African lions in a fight. One lion fatally injures its trainer. the other is mortally wounded and carried from the ring as the governor halts the event. Separate travel notes promote a Union Pacific morning train to Kansas City and a limited service onward to Denver.
In Topeka, a rapid housing boom on the avenue south of Fourteenth Street is slated with eight to ten homes planned soon. D. O. McCray leads by building a handsome residence, followed by N. J. Dalton, C. D. Purdon, A. A. Hurd, L. M. Jones, Judge L. J. Ferry, and W. J. Kinney. Santa Fe figures prominently among buyers and builders.
San Francisco April 11 G F Tuton third mate of the whaler Bel Vilere reached the city reporting the Orce sank September 23 and the Jessie H Freeman burned to the water’s edge six weeks later. He said crews have provisions to last until July next, and the Whalers are safe.
Walker Manufacturing of Cleveland reports a New York Court of Appeals decision that grants public property status to electric street railway trolley patents. General Electric has long held exclusive rights to trolley manufacture under Van De Poel patents, prompting multiple lawsuits against Walker after its aggressive trolley sales. GE president Coffin lists one million dollars for the Van De Poel trolley patents in company assets.
Washington reports suggest General Lees withdrawal was a shrewd move to signal U S resolve. Telegrams indicate the queen regent agreed through Australian intervention to accept 250000000 for Cubs, end the war, and withdraw Spain's flag.
An agent of the Cuban government reached Kingston and headed to New York via Port Arthur on the Brookline. Reports from Santiago de Cuba say daily small engagements occur along the Cauto river as Gun, Pando and 1500 Spaniards push near Bayamo, with insurgents practically surrounding them. Americans arriving on the Brookline note ongoing active operations as wagons carry wounded into the city for two weeks. The royal junta met Senor Estrada Palma to discuss suspending the expedition to Porto Rico and proposed to the American consul that in event of war they would provide pilots into safe or undefended harbors.
London dispatch reports Madrid says the ambassadors support an armistice to sustain influence with President McKinley and the Cuban conflict. They claim Spain’s consent would help keep the powers united and avoid widening hostility.
The 36th United States infantry formerly stationed in Montana for ten years moves toward Helena to join a rendezvous. Troops at Fort Warren and Aasinabotn travel via the Great Northern line, while the regiment consolidates at St. Paul before heading south.
A March edition page lists RENT storefronts on Third Street near Kansas Avenue, storage and feed services, jewelry trade for old gold or silver, loans on pianos typewriters and personal property, farm loans and general medical practice by Dr Ryder in Topeka. Deals include coal and seeds orders, and multiple lenders like Campbell Kansas Ave, Bowman, Forbes, and L Biscoe offering various credit terms.
Topeka Kansas April 8 1898 the city council met in council chamber with mayor presiding. Minutes from April 4 1898 approved. John Ritchie bid 590 per square foot for vitrified brick sidewalks under six feet wide adopted with bond for $15000. Plans for auditorium approved. Ordinance amending public building ordinance passed. Board of canvassers report confirms April 5 1898 election results naming elected council members and school board members for wards one through five and constable positions. clerk instructed to issue certificates.
The council reviewed a tabular statement of votes cast in April 1898 and referred payrolls totaling 242.00 for judges and clerks and a 43.20 meal claim for a North Topeka Baptist church to the claims committee. The committee recommended payment of 2250 for judges and clerks and 43.20 for meals. An ordinance to appropriate money, No. 1 1 957, passed first reading with suspensions and sections adopted. Hydrant rental discussed with a 14 500.00 payment proposed to the water company, referred to Ways and Means after a motion to pay was defeated.
Wide array of small ads seeking workers, boarders, and services. Includes requests for bakers clerks carpenters housemaids farm hands and sales agents plus notices about goods for sale and rental offers in Parsons and nearby areas. Prominent names include Journal care listings and local addresses.
Real estate listings scarce but varied. Nine room house on Green in Potwin with gas bathroom fur Inside closet cistern city water Marg attte and cellar barn. Douthitt Place lots of 1 to 50. many property notes near Santa Fe show lots Twenty first and Madison. Choice vacant lots Law near electric cars church school prices from 50 to 35 dollars. W M Forbes advertises West Sixth Ave. Dressmaking and midwife services listed. Gasoline stoves and screens advertised. Topeka merchants offer mortgage and property services. Public notice about probate petition for intoxicating liquor permit in Shawnee county with hearing details scheduled.
First published in the ka Btat g PHournat Aprah, the notice appears in the local gazette indicating an official action or filing. Details remain unreadable, but the entry signals a formal legal publication within the jurisdiction.
Ordinance 1957 appropriates two hundred sixty eight dollars to the general revenue fund for meals for election judges and clerks. Passed by the city council on April 5 1908 and published in the Topeka State Journal April 11 1908.
Sealed proposals from firms to construct a sewer linking Jackson and Van Buren streets in Topeka Kansas are invited by April 16 1888 at 6 pm. Bid must include a fifty dollar certified check. City reserves right to reject all bids.
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