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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1898
Page
4
A fragmented 19th century column mixes wartime bravado with civic sniping. It rails at Spain and blends references to Madrid, Manila, Ha vana, Ha- Yana sewers, and President McKinley with calls for lower telegraph poles, more underground wires, and a grander city aesthetic. It mocks rivals, touts boosters, and touches on flags, politics, and public works.
At the Empire Theatre in New York a final performance of the Conquerors marked Viola Allen’s farewell with Charles Frohman’s stock company. After curtain, William Faversham presented Miss Allen a gold purse as a complimentary gift from the company and audience.
A harsh critique of Spanish governance in the Philippines argues that cruelty and extortion dominate colonial rule. It details cedula taxes, prohibitive licenses, and a brutal system exploiting natives, with incidents of fires and plunder highlighting widespread oppression and stalled progress under the facades of peace.
Albuquerque April 28 Deputy Sheriff Ea Newcomer returned from Bland with the tale of Dr. WN Macbeth a city dentist lost in the Cochitl district last week. He was rescued from starvation by a searching party arriving before despair took hold though he was only a few miles from safety.
New York April 23 Nicola Tesla describes a fighting machine and an improved electrical oscillator he says can transmit signals and exert control over distant targets. He hints at naval warfare uses and asserts readiness to offer services to the government as war looms. Edison is expected to respond.
Pawnee county Republicans hold four conventions on April 3 to elect delegates to the state and congressional conventions. Hodgemen county directs two delegates to the state convention for W C Edwards for governor. McCarthy of Jefferson County authorized to name delegates to state convention. no county convention. Anderson county delegates named for E. E Funston for governor and for the congressional delegation to Ottawa on Tuesday. Funston to use delegation to aid his campaign. contract with J P Harris to deliver delegation. Cloud county selects an uninstructed state delegation. Calderhead and Friday named for congress. Calderhead expected to be renominated by acclamation in Pith district. Saline county to elect state delegates. W E Stanley popular in Sumner county, helped select delegates who were instructed for him. W F Stanley rises in fame as governor candidate from the Murdoch rebellion.
An eminent medical teacher extols cod liver oil for nervous diseases and a second physician lauds hypophosphites as valuable nerve tonics. Both remedies are combined in Scott's Emulsion to treat nervousness neuralgia sciatica insomnia and brain exhaustion.
Philadelphia and Boston clash as Boston wins while Philadelphia suffers in a erratic game. Dunkie struggles yet one team lags, attendance listed. Giants rout Washington as darkness ends play. Brooklyn tops Baltimore in windy conditions with subdued crowd. St Louis splits with Pittsburgh in two games, Cleveland edges Louisville in a batting duel. Cincinnati beats Chicago 5-3 in a tight battle with notable batters and pitchers named.
Western League item notes April 8 in Omaha. no players or crowd present, umpires and scorer remained, game declared off as Omaha residents aided the national guard march. Mentions Columbus and Kansas City with scattered names and unclear credits amid sparse OCR.
New York reports describe the first Roentgen X ray application on Mrs William Whitney to determine the precise nature of her spinal injury after a fall from a horse near Aiken South Carolina on February 1. Doctors, led by Dr Charles Ey Dung and assisted by Dr McGahan, prepared a special hospital wagon to keep her comfortable during days and nights of examination. An extended bed rest period and careful handling accompanied her gradual improvement amid paralysis and the need to prevent further spinal irritation.
A bolt from yesterday's thunderstorm struck a barn on Joseph Beckman’s property in West Hampton L I. It glanced from the base to the chimney and hit his right foot or ankle. Beckman and his 12 year old son Felix were in the kitchen. the boy was stunned.
Washington on April 23 reports Spanish mackerel repudiated in hotels and restaurants. Cuban mackerel appears on menus with a dealer displaying a sign showing a star fish and striped bass chasing the Spanish Don. The display carries the caption The stars and stripes will chase the Spanish Don out of American waters.
April 2 to 7 976 Japanese laborers entered Honolulu to work as plantation contract workers. About 674 came on the Bravmur and the Flo Janeiro, equal in number to Hawaii's native laborers with one fifth women. War rumors spark debate on Hawaii independence and defense. The port lacks fortifications and food production, making a sustained war effort precarious.
New York April 23 A Brooklyn Ocean Hill Beecher Memorial branch seeks to expand Plymouth church by purchasing a large plot adjacent to its current site to house a larger building The church organized under Rev Samuel B Holliday and linked to Henry Ward Beecher has grown rapidly with Sunday school enrollment rising and more than doubling in recent years The move aims to match community growth and improve facilities for scholars and congregants
Beautiful Anna Held makes her Usisity debut on Monday at Crawford Center headlining a triple bill. The program includes A Gay Deceiver in three acts with a noted cast and Mrs. Chester Galley Fernald’s Chinese tragedy The Cat and the Cherub. Danish pianist August Hyldested performs next Saturday, praised for technical mastery and poetic phrasing.
Wires to a friend in Wichita on April 23 asking whether to offer services to the government as a private soldier. Col Toler and Mr Bryan are longtime friends. Bryan was a guest here last fall. Toler has not yet replied. Rheumatism cure claim features in local ads and travel promotions highlight Santa Fe and Union Pacific routes to Denver and beyond.
In Chicago on Wells and Indiana streets Thomas Curtis an elderly bagpipe performer angered patrons by parodying a Spanish air. Three men attacked him in the street after he performed and sang viva punta. He lost sight in one eye and was left bleeding before he was released. assailants fled.
Ambassador Hitchcock sent a note from St Peters to Washington about a Manchurian Railway Co contract awarded to American firms. He urged delaying the award to allow American bids. Zeigier replied the company would buy 20,000 pounds of rails and 240,000 pounds of fishplates from Pennsylvania and Maryland firms.
Terre Haute Ind April 28 Professor Pukishima of the Imperial College of Nobles at Tokio says Japan is willing and anxious to aid the United States if Spain receives help from any European nation. He notes gratitude toward the United States for inspiring freedom and civilization and mentions Japan would deploy its forty five battleships thirty five torpedo boats and entire navy in a moment if needed.
Relief in six hours from kidney and bladder pain with a new remedy advertised as prompt for both men and women. Claims quick relief from urinary discomfort and retention, sold by Geo W Stansfield and Sim Dros Company in Topeka. Additional ads mix in travel schedules and shop notices from Warner & Potter, Kansas avenues.
Justice Werner denies Alexandre H. Espencer the injunction to restrain Catharine Tingjev and August Neresheimer from disposing of Theosophical Society of America property records and archives. He criticizes the case as inter affecting and perplexing and notes Blavatsky adherents overlook formalities in their dealings.
New York April 23 gossip claims Edna Wallace may wed De Welt Hopper after tentative divorce news. Rumors of a private marriage swirl as friends note long mutual admiration though no formal engagement has been made.
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