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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1899
Page
4
The article compiles diverse items from the Topeka State Journal page, including presidential speculation with Belmont Barker Reed and Dewey mentions, labor and standard of living notes, and social quips. It blends political names, a British labor report summary, public notices, and satirical observations on manners, fashion, and gender roles.
A Chicago Journal correspondent outlines a theory that Mayor Carter Harrison plans to back William Jennings Bryan as presidential candidate, aiming to position himself for future leadership and to counter Croker. The sketch suggests Harrison could maneuver to influence the party platform and retain influence in national affairs.
A civic debate favors municipal ownership of utilities over private franchises, citing waterworks and toll roads purchased by cities abroad. The piece notes U S lag behind Britain, Australia, and New Zealand in such moves, arguing that public ownership safeguards public benefit against private wealth accumulation by corporate tied managers.
A Kansas report details a mine or ore face measuring 35 feet uncovered, with construction or exploration context suggesting discovery and potential yields. Officials describe the feature as significant for local industry.
J R Burton, Henry Newsome, Lon Teeters of Newsome Teeters Co secure contract for an 8000 concentrating plant on Cornwall ground near Euet Fourth street. The firm digs on the burp shaft with a foot face of ore in sight. The mill plans a unique setup to recover ore from tallings. B M Stevens of Joplin secured the contract win.
The body of Raymond Dawes, Kansas volunteer and ex Attorney General F B Dawes’s son, starts home from Honolulu aboard Australia 11 after President McKinley directed the move. The ship is due in Leavenworth by April 20, with four comrades to serve as pallbearers and Dawes’s high school cadets to assist at the funeral arrangements this week.
Governor Stanley spent Sunday in Leavenworth attending YMCA field day services and led a large Baptist church meeting. He outlined the association’s drive for a new home, noted a $7,000 bequest from A Eddy, and urged pledges to raise the remaining $3,000 for the building project.
Paola April 21 W Sponable resident of the Miami County National Bank of Paola suffered a stroke at his home Saturday evening and is in serious condition Uncle Jack as familiarly known is about 70 years old He holds a controlling interest in bank stock owns extensive county land and city property with wealth estimated above 510 60
Hiawatha, apriu 2t. A male child’s body was found in a well by CM. Lloyd. The child appears well born and shows signs of murder by drowning. Dr. Moore testified the infant might be two months old. The coroner’s jury returned death at unknown minds. No arrests have been made. case may involve a prominent city family.
Smith Center April 14. Charles Frockman of Kensington was shot by his former wife in this city this evening. They were divorced since the March term of the district court. The woman has since lived with relatives there, which seemed to dis-
Sunday in a dispute Mr Stickman, in an intoxicated state, became quarrelsome. Mrs Stockman seized a revolver, warned him to stay away, then shot him in the face. The ball eluded diagnosis and he remains alive, with a possible recovery. Mrs Stockman surrendered to the sheriff and planned to depart for Hutchinson to stay with her father.
At the Western Salt works near Hutchinson Jacob Schornafield, chief foreman, was shot in the face by J W Dicks a salt raker. The weapon was a shotgun loaded with No 4 shot. motive jealousy of Dicks wife and alcohol. A mob gathered and he was jailed with police protection while Schornafeld, a Hutchinson city council member, held prominence.
In Emporia April 24 L D Gilbreath an employee near Madison traveled with Mrs Stella Carrothers and her child to Wichita after travelers say Gilbreath paid 250 dollars for the wife and the child was included for coercion The man and wife then bound for Oklahoma while Carmuthers took steps to depart Newton April 24 D Winans a young Newton resident was found dead in bed Saturday after attending a prayer meeting A coroner ruled natural causes as the cause of death.
In Jefferson county an effort seeks a county high school at Valley Falls after the city high school building was destroyed by fire. The old facility will likely be repaired for grade use, with a new county high school building hoped within a year. A city high school tax election for 108 barns has been called. Oskaloosa April 4. The Oskaloosa Times, once a Populist paper, sold January 1 to Arthur McDuffer, has shifted to radical Republican politics and shortened its size from 4&7 to a 5 column quarto.
April 4 Atchison report of K W Copeland farmer bitten twice his daughter nine times and his son once by a mad dog. A local salve was applied and the victims fear hydrophobia. Also note Jefferson County Tribune second issue in Valley Falls April 24 with Populist editor C B Harman from Oskaloosa.
Washington reports Arthur Pue Gorman former Maryland senator will seek the Democratic nomination at the national convention in ten months. Prominent backers include Richard Croker and James J. Bel of New Jersey as party unity efforts shift toward Bryan, with debate over the money question and Gorman’s fit for the ticket.
Toledo on April 4 reports Mayor Jonox and associates plan to quit townpaper ventures after a controversial bid. The deal collapsed amid mixed signals and sharp rhetoric about civic aims and business prospects in the city.
Rev J T McFarland preached his first sermon as pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church Topeka drawing a large crowd. Born 1851 in Indiana, he studied at Simpson College and Boston University, held pastorates in Illinois Iowa New York and Brooklyn before his Topeka posting. He has served as a general conference delegate multiple times.
A test run of a new compressed air driven streetcar in New York shows a four cylinder compound engine powering axles from air tanks under seats. The 1600 horsepower unit operates silently with a 16 mile range per charge and a 22 foot flywheel. The car ran smoothly on Twenty-third Street tracks with no jerking at start.
Santa Fe plans a July 1 launch of a through transpacific steamship route from San Francisco. The new line will work with the railroad to handle fast growing trade, easing pressure on existing services.
Springfield April 24 ex governor Fitchard J. Ogiegby died at his Elkhart home after a brief illness. Born in Kentucky in 1820s he moved to Illinois in 1836 and entered law in 1845. He served in Mexican and civil wars, became major general, led two terms as Illinois governor, and one term in the U.S. Senate before retiring to his estate near Elbert.
A committee of 62 citizens filed a circuit court bill by their attorneys seeking immediate and permanent injunctions against Governor Pingree the Detroit street railway commission and the city of Detroit. The suit aims to halt further steps toward purchase and operation of Detroit's street railways under the McLeod act and to have the act and proceedings canceled.
A young boy was captured and charged after a violent hold-up at a station. The suspect, described as a nervous youth, was apprehended after a confrontation at Tuluta. Court hearings are scheduled, with details unclear due to garbled text.
The Supreme Court will hear a writ of habeas corpus and certiorari on the murder charge involving Mrs. J. Adams as details circulate from New York on April 24. A reduced Union Pacific fare advertisement notes tourist sleepers and travel details for Lewis and the city ticket agents.
A heated statement defends newspaper earnings and criticizes a Atchison merchant for buying secondhand stock at deep discounts. The clash contrasts clean staple merchandise with water soaked goods sold at fire sale prices, accusing competing houses of misjudging Topeka buyers and Atchison dealers.
The S Barnum Dry Goods and Carpet Co and related departments push irrigation research. Senator Wilson plans summer studies on irrigable areas, rainfall, water distribution, and hydrographic mapping to aid agricultural needs. Secretary Whisenant supports reservoir-driven storage to mitigate arid growth limits and test three large reservoirs.
Austin report notes the famed lost mine once worked in the early century was located by Boguita merchant Heke using records and state archives. The Bonanza vein has reportedly been struck at the site in Texas near Roumiline C. A refrigerator case in Washington involves a tax ruling on interstate commerce on refrigerator cars.
Cablegram from Vera Cruz states eight yellow fever cases have developed there. Information conveyed by the Marine Hospital Service surgeon general indicates an outbreak with details unclear due to fragmented text. The note references pricing ambiguities and mentions medical firms in the vicinity.
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