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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1901
Page
8
A jumble of Topeka area items notes forthcoming performances and lectures, legal notices, and public happenings. Christened figures, school activities, church events, and civic movements surface alongside municipal concerns and local business ownership changes.
April wedding at All Saints church unites Tendon Isayare Cutting secretary of the US embassy with Lady Sybil Curr daughter of the Earl of Desart The bride in ivory satin trains and Brussels lace train bearers and embassy guests present A reception followed at the bride’s parents home. Columbia Buys American Yacht Her purchase signals diplomatic relations and a planned Panamanian voyage under General Jeffries heading a four 42 millimeter Hotchkiss guns armament aboard the Namenara cruiser.
Philadelphia April report states the National Congress of Mothers will meet in Colma from May 1 to 4. The opening address will be given by the mayor, with remarks from city and telegraph officials and the trade board president. Sessions include talks on Moral Education, Mothers Clubs and slum elimination, and Detective Stories for teaching.
Frisco outlines a full program for President McKinley with decorated streets and public receptions. The itinerary includes a parade on Varennes avenue, a Perry building reception, UC Berkeley address, Oakland parade, Marin county school event, and a final Donahue labor monument unveiling before departure to Oregon and Washington.
A London dispatch reports that shipping and mining leaders urge a temporary export duty exemption on coal. They warn the tax plan could harm mines and ships, while some foresee foreign navies like France paying the duty. The chancellor’s stance challenges Gladstonian principles and faces Liberal protests over sugar duties.
The U S state department received a translation of Russian laws from Ambassador Tower outlining limits on foreigners. It notes natives of ores and China cannot settle near frontiers and foreign Jews are barred from Russia or naturalization, except Central Asia Jews. The Riverside Indian School reports Sherman Institute plans for Riverside California with a July ground breaking and an invited dedication speech by Representative Sherman of New York.
Public letter from Pastor PF X Chagnon of St. Mary's Champlain extols Dr. Greene's Nervara nerve and blood remedy. He cites personal benefit for nervous dyspepsia and insomnia and urges others to publish the letter for their own good. He asserts chronic troubles yield to the medicine and advertises free consults at 35 W 14th St New York City.
London April 30 A circular from Leyland Inc chairman Ellerman states provisional sale of 71,000 ordinary Leyland shares at 14 pounds 10 shillings each to J P Morgan with similar terms for all ordinary shares offered before May 26. Shareholders expect Morgan to acquire most ordinary shares at over 1.75 million pounds. Meeting set for May 7.
Philadelphia capitalist J. H. Widener shows improvement after a Saturday carriage accident. Doctors at Hahnemann Hospital report a severe concussion and possible meningitis risk, but say he has a favorable chance for recovery if condition remains stable.
About 1500 delegates are expected for the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress with Cripple Greet listed as a speaker. Indications point to the June meeting being the largest in the organization’s history, as local committee announcements arrive.
The auditorium, capable of holding 5 000, will be ready for a national convention with 1 500 delegates expected. Ex Senators Thurston and William J Levan of Nebraska Governor Rages of Texas and John Henry Smith of Utah are among those who plan to attend.
The New York Tribune reports a private envoy summoned by the pope may appoint Thy Tribune figure L. Barrett as rector of the American college at Rome to succeed Monsignor William A. O Connell, who recently became bishop of Portland Maine. Bishop MeMinwell declined to comment on the rumor.
Caracas dispatch reports Venezuela says the arrest of Ignacio Balz, United States consul at Barcelona, was a mistaken identity incident. The government conveyed regret to the United States and explained the action was misinterpreted amid tense relations. Consul Goldsmith in La Guaira was notified of the correction and release.
Legal battle over ownership of a wall hole in a restaurant beneath the Larned Opera House. Jasid, owner of the Hole in the Wall Amusements, sues Jordan, who briefly held the site, seeking resolution of title and possession as the case advances to state high court.
A garbled report from a lower court case in Wyoming and scattered notices describe legal actions, community events, and advertisements. The piece references Borden's Milk Co, rail timetables, and travel times to New York and Boston, interspersed with personal diary-like lines about spring clothes and a doctor visit.
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