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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1899
Page
8
Floor covering selection advertised with carpet linoleum and matting options. Claims wide variety and low prices with emphasis on value and expert help from a carpet manager to measure and estimate for rooms.
S Barnum Dry Goods and Carpet Co urges mail orders with prompt attention and requests customers describe colors and pattern sizes when ordering by mail and promises to do their best to please you.
Fragmentary ad copy promotes various skin care products and beauty remedies. Mentions multiple brand names and claims of harmless ingredients. Text appears as a garbled vintage advertisement with obscure references to Beauties the Skin and related items.
Rome reports Pope Leo XIII arranged a tomb for St John Lateran Basilica. The mausoleum crafted by sculptor Lechetti is complete and can be erected quickly. The inscription, simple and prayerful, awaits the date of the pontiff's death and records his devotion to St Thomas and St Anthony.
St Louis officials report near completion of a 5 million dollar fund to secure a world’s fair. Last night’s mass meeting announced 2,664,670 subscribed with 1,600,000 yet to be formally subscribed, bringing progress to about 4,244,670. Subcommittees expect the remaining pledges to be subscribed soon amid donor announcements.
The Topeka council invites bids from 14 proposed sites for a combined city hall and auditorium. Bids due by 8 PM Friday April 23 and reviewed at the next council meeting. Locations include Seventh and Quincy, Ninth and Quincy, Guthrie homestead parcels, and Giles corner. Owners may present at hearings prior to a vote next month.
Atlanta Ga April 21 the ninth International Sunday School convention will meet in Atlanta tomorrow. One thousand and twenty delegates have registered with 385 more on the way. Delegates come from every principal U S city England and other nations. The first session will be an business meeting at First Methodist tomorrow to discuss lessons for 1902. The first regular open session is at the Grand Opera House tomorrow night.
The death of Lilut Lester F. Sisson of the First Nebraska at Manila and the discovery of his fiancee Anna Taylor's photograph near his heart where the fatal bullet entered unfolds a romantic tale. Miss Taylor, young daughter of John F Taylor, a Columbus wholesale merchant, remains inconsolable at her parents' home.
The article outlines proposed site options for a new city hall and auditorium around Kansas Avenue and Tenth Street, naming properties including the Haymarket site and Ritenie tract near Fourth Street. It notes council bid plans, surrounding landmarks, and expected swift action with calm judgment.
An eight member committee led by Mayor M. Jones of To Latio and Elfweed Pomeroy of Newark, with James H. Ferris of Joliet and Rev. B. H. Fay, meets in Buffalo to plan the national social and political conference starting June 23. The note mentions economical tourist sleepers from Topeka to California via Santa Fe.
Bids for nearly 3.6 million dollars of merchandise and supplies for the coming year maintenance of the Indians were opened at the United States Indian warehouse in Chicago. The surge in bids suggests the process may extend two weeks as award of contracts and delivery are now handled from Chicago rather than New York.
President McKinley commutes Rafael Ortiz of Caguas Porto Rico from death to life imprisonment for the murder of Private Burke of the Porty-seventh New York infantry. Secretary Alger advocated clemency after Ortiz, in love with a local girl, killed Burke following a dispute. The execution was halted when Alger intervened under his Porto Rico tour.
A formal demand was issued today on H. J. Bevelle of Topeka Western Union and on Rossington Smith Histed for full books and records to be used in the injunction suit over telegraph rate law. Plaintiffs seek production or copying rights to examine charter by laws accounts and contracts including Associated Press and railroads, deadhead and service messages, expenses in Kansas, salaries, consolidation contracts, and government contracts. The move aims to determine if current rates in Kansas are too high amid pending additional suits and potential constitutional issues for Postal versus Western Union.
King Humbert and Queen Margherita arrived by royal yacht Savoia at Caprera on April 25 and visited Garibaldi’s tomb and death room. They spoke cordially with Garibaldi’s son Menotti and family members, as Elenora Cangie appealed for clemency to political prisoners. Humbert expressed sympathy and pledged to seize a favorable opportunity to grant clemency.
Public concern over Belleville birthplace Capt. Joseph B Coghlan, the Manila naval officer, persists as locals defend him against claims of German sympathy. Newspaper notes the city’s German residents stand by the captain despite publicity suggesting a cool reception at his homecoming.
Washington reports suggest Capt Coghlan’s case losing urgency as German officials await a possible navy department reprimand. A high official says a sharp letter accusing him of misreporting could satisfy authorities, while the German ambassador has not pressed further.
New York April 21 Former President Grover Cleveland with Rev S J Willetts buys a prime plover field near Seusset harbor Massachusetts. The tract spans acres from Seusset harbor to Cape Cod canal, about half a mile inland, reportedly costing $10 000. He plans a private game preserve to rival New Jersey's swamp near Princeton for quail hunts.
In Champaign Illinois on April 25 students at the University of Illinois staged a dramatic protest by swinging from a tree limb and setting it alight after Governor Tanner vetoed part of a university appropriation approved by the last legislature. The incident reflects broad anger over fiscal curbs on higher education.
London April 5 The Cromwell anniversary inspired civic praise and sermons across the country. Dr Joseph Parker of City Temple delivered a large address denouncing the Prince of Wales as a card playing figure and criticizing the Sultan in Turkey. He urged mourning when the prince falls and condemned calls for imperial friendship with William.
Mr Jennings reports a cool week with varied temperatures across divisions and statewide precipitation averaging 0.6 inches. Eastern division saw 1.47 inches, middle 0.60 inches, western 0.47 inches. Wheat and corn plantings progressed. fruit prospects mixed with peaches lagging. Western division slow growth due to wind and cold. a warm rain is desired. Also: Police Chiefs Meet May 9 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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