19 Apr 1899
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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1899
Page
1
April reports describe Dewey era ships Yorktown and forces in Luzon during a dramatic ambuscade. Spanish and insurgent actions, rescue attempts, and uncertain fates drive a tense military narrative with Ullman and Gilmore among those referenced.
May 5 report notes available transport services and continuing embarkation through June and July. Visayan reports are encouraging while customs receipts rise. April 19 a penitentiary board, with Warden Landis and Chief Evander Deastel, left for Stillwater to inspect the twine gilant at the race and review contract awards for minuteed turilis hed at the person.
New York April 1 report that Speaker Thomas B Reed has accepted a partnership offer from Simpson Thatcher Karnum. He plans to resign his seat and move to New York after a brief European vacation, with a three year guaranteed income and a likely summer European stay.
April 18. The seventh ballot for United States senator at the current legislature session produced Quay 38 votes Jenks 5 votes Hepburn 68 votes among total electors. No decisive choice reached, adjournment set for tomorrow.
A group of boys from reform groups were sent to state hotel grounds to rake and clear debris. They organized a dawn work detail, tidying sticks and other elements, with the yard slated for cleanup over the coming days under supervision.
A first class theater with a $40,000 cost is planned for Geary Street near Union Square in San Francisco. It will seat 14 hundred and be a notable addition to the city’s entertainment venues. Cardinal Philip Krementa, archbishop of Calogne, dies after long illness. born in 1819 in Germany and made a cardinal in 1859.
A massive blaze along the Chicago River last night dusked the Kinzie Street and Northwestern bridges. Firefighters from multiple districts fought the flames for hours, with gas fumes and oil from the sewer contributing to the inferno. alarms spread from riverfront areas to the city’s edge as crews protected docks and warehouses and the Yosemite steam fireboat assisted. The cause remains a mystery, with reports noting oily sewers and gas pockets and no explosion detected. Assistant bridge operator Kujawa and semaphore man Stockwell described fleeing moments as the fire surged, while crews cooled the riverfront with decisive action and numerous alarms.
The army court of inquiry in Washington begins framing its report. It is expected to find no evidence that embalmed or chemically treated beef was sent to the army. The focus will be on refrigeration failures and tropical heat as causes of spoilage, with canned beef deemed wholesome and nutritious.
Mrs Jane Montgomery Martin former Kansan governor John A. Martins mother died yesterday afternoon at 618 Wagan avenue Kansas City Kan. after a weeklong illness from heart disease and pneumonia. She had been ill since April 10 and was cared for by Mrs D Mills.
Mrs Martin aged well into her nineties died peacefully at home surrounded by relatives. Her son John A Martin served as Kansas governor from 1800s to 1890s and died soon after retirement. Survived by three living daughters and several grandchildren, with funeral at her Kansas City home and interment in Atchison Mount Vernon Cemetery.
National League action at Baltimore features New York and Philadelphia players in a tense matchup with notable battery pairings. Scattered notes describe innings and pitching changes as teams like Brooklyn and Boston engage in further contests across the league with various batterymen contributing to the outcomes.
April 19 report from Chickamauga Park notes a large sale of government mules and horses to buyers from Georgia Alabama Kentucky Mississippi Arkansas and Tennessee. The event attracted about 38 auctioneers and many nursery farmers, with buyers present and mules and ponies reportedly sold to eager purchasers.
Report from Canton April 19 details the murder trial of Mrs. George for killing George Saxton. Witnesses describe a dark night hindering identification, with testimony about a delayed streetcar, obstructed views by trees, and many observers recalling shadows and blurred features as matches revealed faces.
President McKinley receives a curious note from Empeanne Millen of Germany describing a memorial bequeathed for the consecration of the Church of the Saviour at Jerusalem. The document references engravings, authenticity, and a royal seal, noting a response from Berlin and Victoria.
Governor Stanley is absent while Judge Hook travels to Kansas City for federal court matters. The April Topeka term has ended except for in chambers hearings to be handled by Judge Flogk. Don Philips remains in Colorado for health, and Judge Hook will assume formal duties in Kansas City for the next docket and potential new business.
North Topeka moves toward a long awaited sewer, District 13, designed by City Engineer Barnes. Plans outline a nine by six block drainage area from Union Pacific tracks to Saywell and Tytler to Jefferson, with a river outlet and laterals up to 24 inches. Construction bids may follow council approval within weeks amid possible injunction talks.
Washington reports Consul Ayre at Pointe a Pitre Guadaloupe says a midnight fire swept the area around the American consulate destroying 16 squares. About 400 houses burned, 31 injuries, and 2,000 people homeless with losses near a million dollars. The governor arrived with 60 soldiers as unrest spread.
A blaze at the Berne Orphans Home in Adams County Indiana triggered panic among 67 inmates. Three children died: Katig Dibblebaker, 14, from Cleveland Mamie Braddick, 15, from Chicago and Dalla Taylor, 7, from Linn Grove. Fire started from a stove on the third floor and caused $5,000 damage. Firefighters fought the blaze for hours as German Mennonites ran the home housing youths from many states.
Reports from Skeewa to Seattle describe Canadian officials halting American liquor shipments at the Summit and threatening famine at Atlin. Smugglers profit while tension grows between American authorities and Canadian guardians over boundary encroachment near Porcupine River.
Kansas Society of the Sons of the Revolution holds quarterly session at the state historical society rooms with 4 PM call to order led by president George D. Hale of Topeka. Several out of town visitors attend the meeting. Mrs Schutter seeks divorce from Joseph Schutter alleging marriage in Topeka over a year ago, with neglect and cruelty, seeking support and custody of their child Tank. She claims his drinking and cruelty justify the dissolution.
Weather ind indicates generally fair conditions for Kansas with much cooler nights and frost in west and central areas. East portion cooler. Thursday southerly winds shift to northwest.
Denver, April 8. United States Senator Henry M. Teller and Dr John F. Shafroth assert the Democrat, Populist, and Silver Republican alliance will support the silver movement across the union. Teller criticizes the Republican mandates, warns of standing armies and trusts, and Shafroth hints at the nominating of Maryland Toome.
The Sunny Slope cattle sale in Emporia drew good attendance and spirited bidding. Thirty predicates sold 98 head, averaging 176.08, with Cadella Llc bull calf at 100, Caroline calf 180, Beau Reet 108, Rolle Washington 800, Ashton Bloom 150, and 19 males at peak 290.
On April 1 New York Harbor reports a sharp turn by the French liner La Touraine to avoid a collision with the drifting British wreck Siddartha. Captain Santelli steered away, the Siddartha’s fate unknown, crew unconfirmed, the incident witnessed by onboard passengers.
St Louis April 1. Harbor and Wharf Commissioner Stone received a letter from B B Wilken of Glen Ridge N E regarding deep water navigation on the Mississippi. He promotes a steamer ore service from South America and Mexico to St Louis and asks wharfage tax exemption. He asks for river depth reports from Cincinnati to St Louis and says vessels from New Orleans to Cairo have agreed to seat certain lines without taxation. Stone will investigate and respond to Mr Wiseum.
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