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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1898
Page
8
In a wartime interview, Engineer F C Bowers reflects on women’s service history and potential future duties. He praises women’s past sacrifices for soldiers and cautions about the impact of war on families, noting the need for swift postwar guidance and broader female contributions.
A regional alliance on Staten Island plans large scale kerosene spraying on ponds and marshes to halt mosquito breeding. The campaign, aided by the agricultural department, will cover all ponds and pools with repeated applications through the summer to reduce larvae before maturity. The effort includes a request for expert assistance from Washington and funding secured for a full test.
Chicago Record surveys Elizabeth Cady Stanton near 85 as she considers who will carry on her life’s work. She laments today’s women lack initiative, resists younger leaders, and cites tensions with the W CTU and suffragists over her Woman’s Bible and methods.
New York April 22 The Interoceanic railway project to connect Brazil with Peru Chile Bolivia and Herador via Andean tunnels is being revived with plans for a rapid massive line. If built, Bolivia to Rio de Janeiro shipments would cut 2600 to 2700 kilometers with an expected four day travel time at 30 kmh, while construction might take about nine years.
Ex United States Senator Peffer argues against recognizing a Cuban paper government and supports U S intervention to end Spanish rule. He contends the president should seek possession, enable a Cuban republic aligned with the United States, and shield a new government from foreign interference until its stability and duties are assured.
Washington April 22 conferees from both houses settled on changes to the volunteer army bill before today’s session. The senate drops its first amendment on militia service terms reducing enlistment to two years and preserves the Warren plan for Independent troops limited to three thousand. Senate concessions also remove several staff officer rank amendments and leave others as in the house version.
A royal decree published in Madrid calls 20,000 men from the reserves for service in 1898. The decree was gazetted this morning at 9 A. M. local time.
Dick Blue claims Cy Leland seeks the Nemaha Magn post as congressman at large while Blue shifts to a First district bid. Fort Scott reports Mr Rive stating Bailey of Nemaha is the intended target and forces are shaping for nomination.
Report of troop movements through Topeka as Company H of the First Regiment, 57 men and five officers, and the Seventh Infantry unit arrive by rail. The men stop for supper at the Chesterfield, feed and water horses, and trade brass buttons for trinkets during layovers in North Topeka, Rock Island depot, and Kansas City.
Major Fred Fenston, son of ex-Congressman Funston of Kansas, passed through Kansas City en route to Washington on orders from the War Department to report for duty at once.
Washington reports Senator Davis met with Mc Kinley as the foreign relations committee chair. He said no material change in the crisis and a volunteer call would likely be issued by day’s end, with formal war declaration possibly tomorrow. Babcock pressed for a popular bond issue at 3 percent interest. A cabinet member noted decision not yet settled on a formal declaration.
Las Palmas on April 22 reports the Spanish steamer Montserrat departed for Havana on April 12 with a valuable cargo. A United States cruiser was expected to seize it as a rich prize, a potential prize of war in the Atlantic trade route.
A call to raise flagstaffs on all hotels city hall court house public hall and sizable business buildings saying the neglect has lasted too long and urging widespread display of flags.
Havana reports a government manifesto urging inhabitants to repel invaders. A Kansas livestock market bulletin lists cattle sales with Texas steers around 1.90 to 2.40 per unit, stockers and feeders noted, and representative sales sections detailing native and stocker cattle alongside general market activity and prices.
Mrs Lucy Frost Murdock of Kansas City writes of losing 31 pounds in six weeks using Dr Edisons Obesity Pills and Reducing Tablets and credits Loring's Germ Killer Dyspepsia Tablets for overcoming years of indigestion. She endorses Lorings Germ Killer Heart Tablets for fatty heart degeneration and promotes Abbott Loring Germ-Killer remedies as the exclusive effective formula. The advertisement lists product names, prices, and where to buy, promising safety and palatable ease of use.
Washington April 22 President McKinley welcomed new Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith of Philadelphia to the cabinet as regular duties began. Oath administered by Associate Justice Shiras at the White House before the cabinet meeting. Senators Davis and Cannon attended. Cannon predicted a war declaration by Congress forthcoming.
Washington reports Captain Sampson will be nominated rear admiral after the war ends. Upon victory he will revert to his former rank, while steps are under way to ensure his command remains the ranking one.
An early 20th century health ad touts Cascarets to “clean your blood and keep it clean.” It promises benefits such as relief from pimples boils blotches blackheads and a bilious complexion by taking Cascarets beauty for ten cents. Druggists offer 10c 2c and 50c with guaranteed satisfaction.
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