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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1898
Page
4
A chaotic collage of quotations and opinions touches on Armenia, Cuba, Spain, Venezuela, yellow fever, and U S politics. It critiques Britain’s humanity, mentions Monroe Doctrine, warns of intervention, and mocks press habits and public sentiment amid war talk. Several named figures and places, including Topeka, Kansas City, and discussions of Cuba, Spain, and Cuba.
A jumble of quips and observations from the Atchison Globe includes reflections on gossip, finance, and social norms. The column pokes at themes of money lending, marriage, politeness, and daily life with humor and contrarian takes.
Sagua la Grande papers attack United States charity toward the recon centrados. They cite remitted clothing from C Van Berken as dirty rotten items covered in microbes. Shoes are likened to damaged barges Texas and Iowa.
Sporting notes report all National League games delayed with Boston defeating New York after an early pitcher substitution. Nichols starred for Boston while Deheny exited the box, creating a walkover outcome for the home team amid the scattered play-by-play details and battery pairings of Nichols Bergeon and Doneny for New York.
Lieber Karl takes the Tennessee Derby at a mile and an eighth in Memphis. Isabey finishes second with Goodrich third as a large attendance witnesses the race. Sturter Chinn set a brisk early pace but Lieber Karl surged to the front and held off Isabey to win by three lengths.
The state historical society received a letter from Thaddeus Hyatt, once a leading Anti slavery figure and organizer for Free State emigration to Kansas. Now over eighty and between Brooklyn and London, he laments obscurity, recalling Greeley and Sumner and his role in shaping Kansas history. He laments aging, isolation, and the fading memory of his work.
Washington reports in the war department that only the national guard will be offered volunteer service now. The president will appoint air staff and field officers while governors designate regimental officers as in 1801. Enlistments are for three years unless sooner terminated, with officer appointments by the president on governors’ recommendations. The militia bodies enlisted join the volunteer army. officers may be appointed from militia services. The armed forces will form divisions of three brigades, with corps formed from three or more divisions. The president will appoint one major general for each corps, one brigadier general for each brigade, from regular or militia. Background notices on medicines and local deaths are also shown.
Sagasta denounces U S aggression as an infamous insult and calls for rapid parliamentary unity to defend Spain's territory. Spain insists war is not desired but will be faced with honor and territorial integrity as Conservative leaders back government defense. President McKinley urged to seek free votes while a war mood grips Madrid and Paris. Mr RG Martin reports son Harry improved after Ft Madison visit.
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