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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1900
Page
6
Warren M Crosby and Co present a late catalog featuring price cuts on yard goods and silk ribbons. Includes penny values, colored silks, taffeta ribbons, samples of umbrellas, gloves, and Onyx Black Cotton Hosiery. Offers yards of fabric at discounts, with emphasis on new patterns and value selections.
Catalog item list showing parasols and umbrellas in multiple styles and prices. Includes Ching 2ilk white and colored varieties, patterned borders, taffeta, rows of stitching, and novelty options. Also notes 26-inch Ladies umbrellas with steel rods and special patterns.
Local sale offers passepartouts and matted pictures at reduced prices this weekend. Items labeled S14, Ticid, T2, and 1500 are displayed in the south window with prices listed as Ze, Lie, 300 and 40.
The House adopted the report from Chairman Bay of the judiciary committee calling on the attorney general for information on remanding Crewe Jol F. Gaynor and West Giyant to jurisdiction for trial in the Southern District of Georgia. Debate touched on personal privilege and remarks by Sir Thagerald and Mr Fitzgerald. The session moved to private pension bills with plans for next Friday.
A meeting after the recent convention discussed adding J. J. Sheppard of Fort Scott and R. H. Semple to the Populist state central committee. The plan, led by Curran and Taylor Riddle, failed. Curran and Riddle will run the committee until the Fort Scott convention, where Curran seeks reelection as secretary and Riddle may retire as chairman.
Democrats of the Sixth congressional district led by Charles M. Sawyer of Norton decline to submit to a populist proposed primary. Sawyer cites a $3,000 cost as unaffordable and asserts the party cannot raise funds. Scott remains in the race.
Col E C Little accepted to preside at the Bryan gathering in Clay Center and the Populists voiced approval amid rumors of his Republican sympathies. Clem Fairchild of Kingman stepped aside for Major A M Harshlar for chairman at Clay Center and Fort Scott nominating, with Fairchild a Breidenthal ally likely to preside and push reorganizing plans.
In Centralia a Republican nominating convention dissolves into turmoil as Nemaha pushes for Baker tied backing, while Burton-backed Horton faces opposition. J E Codding was favored by Nemaha but opposed by administration interests. Nemaha delegates abstain. Pottawatomie casts 117 ballots without a nomination, adjourned to resume the vote.
Dr. L. McKinney seeks $150 from Topeka alleging the city failed to fumigate No. 114 Madison St after quarantine. His family of five, including himself, contracted smallpox and were confined for over 30 days. Through attorney J Y Ward, the claim blames the city for unsafe housing conditions.
Gen Charles Dick in Cleveland says he is certain that Senator will guide policy after an interview quoted here. The comments reflect political strategy and expectations for upcoming hearings and legislative action.
General Dick joked about Admiral Dewey's candidacy and said he does not take it seriously. Benator and Dick departed this morning for Pittsburg to attend a banquet, then proceed to Washington.
In New York on April 27 former Georgia governor Wm. J. Nurusers led a program at the church of the Strangers and Central Presbyterian Church. Papers discussed Missionary Boards and Societies, denomi national relations, and industrial and missionary training with speakers from Korea Japan and England. A late afternoon session covered curriculum and its guiding ideas led by Frank Morton Mo Murray and Dr J Fairley Daly.
Chicago reports a direct line of steamers to Liverpool is seen as a major project. Ships would be Welland canal size able to carry 700 bushels of wheat on a 14 foot draft. Proposals include transfers at Montreal to save the long Atlantic voyage and cargo prospect investigations continue.
The jury returned a $35 875 verdict for Paul B Swetlick against Home Life Insurance after a trial begun yesterday afternoon. Judge Hook issued the instructions at four and United States Marshal Sterne supervised supper at the Copeland hotel. Swetlick held three polioes, two for 10000 and one for 5000, with interest accruing since his death on November 2. The insurer contends death by own act, which the jury rejected. A new trial motion will be filed. if denied, appeal to the United States Court of Appeals at St Louis is expected.
San Francisco April 7 The first regular troops two years in the Philippines arrive on the transport Sherman from Manila via Nagasaki. The home battalion of the Fourteenth Infantry and much of the Foximent Ing were recruited from San Francisco and California. The unit helped save Manila for General MacArthur and was sent to Guam and other posts. The voyage included ill passengers and five deaths among the five hundred aboard. Captain jebl commands the Fourteenth and expects further rotations.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference infant illness and dysentery among private troops. Mentions numbers and terms lacking clear context, hindering precise event identification or actions.
The Ottawa fire devastates Hull and surrounding areas with hundreds of structures burned and significant losses. Britain, on the front lines of global duties, is urged to aid Canada promptly amid South African, India famine burdens. Montreal banks pledge funds, Edinburgh insurers show anxiety, Chicago opens subscriptions led by Mrs. Cyrus McCormick to assist Ottawa fire sufferers.
Congressional debate centers on increasing city debt for the St Louis project and funding potential Paris exposition benefits. Governors Shaw Jones and Nebraskas Gilbert voice backing, citing economic reach and expansion of American influence abroad and from Louisiana Purchase territories.
Acting Secretary of War Meikelsohn relays a report that Governor Allen landed at San Juan aboard the Dolphin amid a formal reception with military honors. In Detroit, a job strike spreads as junior union support prompts sympathy actions and shop closures while employers resist wage scale demands.
A fragmented OCR item references Tom Kane and the firm Tila Today’s Market Report with a garbled note about Chicago and Liverpool. The passage hints at wheat market weakness and a July timeframe with unclear details about prices or events.
A mixed market update covers Saturday price notes for California sugar, apricots, tomatoes and other grocery items. It reports Chicago and Topeka market moves, oat and hog trends, cattle receipts, and the broader grain and cotton market activity with several price points and futures terms.
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