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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1900
Page
1
Dispatches describe ongoing Boers actions near Cape Town and at Wepewer, with daytime clashes and soldiers returning to camps at night. Reports note movements of units toward Wepenyr, weather hindering operations, and intelligence suggesting impending developments as ships and leaders depart for the front, including updates on captives and artillery drills.
A jury convicts Etock Tetiosun amid a chaotic Leavenworth courthouse scene. Federal charges loom as judges prepare sentences and possible separate trials. The chaotic trial ends after brief deliberation in a city clatters with security and officials.
Explosions ripped through the Riverside plant of a National Tube company in West Virginia today, blowing boilers and destroying sheet works and waterworks. Several workers injured, two seriously, with ten days’ layoff for three men. losses estimated around $30,000.
Calderhead of Kansas votes against a constitutional amendment for direct election of U S senators by the people. The house adopts the resolution 40 to 15 after partisan wrangling over an alternative plan. Burial of remarks and procedural volleys mark the session as pension bills move forward.
Chicago April 13 rioting near the Marshall Field building at Clark and Adams street drew heavy police presence. Officers with tight orders kept crowds moving as labor tensions flare. Reports say workers slept in bolted areas last night while contractors and police reported many more on site.
Washington April 1 George B Cartelyou of New York named secretary to the president succeeding Porter who resigns due to heart disease. Porter's term ends May 1. Cartelyou, already assistant secretary, has long served in varied federal posts and is expected to assume duties shortly. Porter's health has been failing for years and authorities approved a rapid recovery plan.
Exposition authors push to prepare the grounds for the inauguration amid scattered work. Officials plan a river procession on the Seine aboard the Alexander II and a formal opening ceremony in the evening.
In Porto Rico many districts lack resident physicians and the death rate reaches about 20 percent. Towns, a day from Ponce, struggle as doctors refuse to stay due to lack of funds. An average $16 for medicine and aid could save thousands. a plan to assign one physician per town was floated at $80,000 yearly but funds were unavailable.
Lieutenant Colonel Webb C Hayes, son of former President Hayes, of the List Infantry, has been honorably discharged at his own request and is bound for San Francisco. No reason is given at the war department for his retirement. an extract from a...
An open letter from contractors hints at finishing the Mary Hall Field building with non union labor amid a looming risk of rioting as union men are escorted by a special force. The report also covers political maneuvers in Kansas City with Bryan Dewey ties and the Dewey campaign’s potential second place.
A rumor of a planned strike on the Queen & Crescent route reached General Manager Murphy who denied any notice from employees. He called the staff a "happy family" and said no threat existed, dismissing the claim as unfounded amid chaotic misreporting and garbled recollections.
A mass meeting of Topeka's colored community condemned Edward Stevens for his remarks about local African Americans at a school board session. Rev. B F Foster tried to defend him but was jeered. Resolutions called Stevens unfit to lead the Topeka Industrial Institute and urged his removal.
New York dispatch reports Nicaragua denies collusion with filibuster plans against Costa Rica and Colombia. Nicaraguan minister Cores says any expedition landing at Boca or Boca Brava would be hostile and not approved by his government. Officials expect it easier to keep neutral America peaceful.
Massachusetts Democrats and Populists honor George Fred Williams at a Quincy House banquet. Gro. F. Washburn supports Williams as Populist view. Populists aim to press four names to Democratic conventions for potential second place nomination.
Willam J. Bryan arrived in Phoenix escorted by two brass bands and hosted at the hotel amid a Democratic reception. He spoke to about 1,000 people on free silver, trusts, and imperialism after visiting schoolchildren. schools had been closed for the occasion. He then departed for Prescott by special train.
Mrs. Annie L. Diggs denounces claims that her son Fred L. Diggs, Perry’s recently reelected mayor, ran on a wet ticket. She emphasizes he owns a Perry drug store, never handled liquor, never held a liquor license, and has never consumed alcohol. She says Perry’s race was about personal issues and that the ticket consisted of Perry’s best business-minded citizens.
A Herald special from Washington reports orders by Secretary Root to dissolve the Budith army corps and relegate its duties to a division of the Philippines. The change includes four departments led by general officers. Brigadier General Theodore Sehwan will return from Manila for health reasons. The transport ban on wives of officers to the Philippines remains. if wives accompany troops they will not burden the government.
The president signs a proclamation opening the northern half of the Cy ville Indian reservation in Washington to settlement. October 10 sets the effect date. About 1.5 million acres not yet allotted will be opened under homestead laws at $1.50 per acre, with mining rights previously granted now allowed for agricultural use. Nome, Alaska post office adds a new direct money order system, permitting Nome to issue and receive postal money orders to and from the United States.
All exchanges in the financial district are closed today with six more set to close tomorrow. The produce exchange will operate for half a day. No quotations are being received from abroad and brokerages’ offices have shut down until Monday morning.
In Constantinople a state councillor and noted writer Bhusein Tewfik has been arrested and exiled to Koviat in Asia Minor for an article displeasing to the sultan. Mansfield Cancels Engagement reported from Busia Avenue Opera House with actor Richard Mans Maid ending a planned performance amid unclear circumstances.
Washington seeks transfer of Danish West Indies and Chatham Island while pressing Colombia for a naval base at Almerante bay near Chiriqui lagoon. Colombia flags insuperable objections to a site near Buen Del Toro and guard ships. Colombia would consider Old Providence and St Andrews as alternatives, but those are still deemed unsuitable for naval use.
An exciting ward meeting for B D McKeeve in Brown's chapel degenerated into near violence as Wilson supporters clashed with McKeeve backers. Speakers, songs, and tense interruptions followed, culminating in a brief restore of order and continued debate over Curtin and colored men’s offices.
Washington April 12 It is understood no selection of a successor to Secretary of the Navy Alien will be made Secretary Lane returns from Colorado and has had time to express preferences The tide of place seekers has turned to Alien s office and some applicants press claims for government posts in Porto Rico before the president signs the organic act None of these appointments likely before Mr attendan reaches Sen Jann and investigates conditions there.
Weather forecast shifts as frost grips Kaw valley last night threatening crops in a harsh start to May elections. Santa Fe killings reported, frost spreads through Texas and Oklahoma. Mr Cox hedges on election day. warmer and possible showers by Saturday. Icy barometer moves east while warmer air follows. Kansas towns feel the cold.<?xml version="1.0"?>
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