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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1899
Page
8
News from New York reports a tentative truce amid wage and rule negotiations with Lackawanna railroad workers. General Superintendent Hansell cites justified discharges for operational reasons while union leaders warn a strike hinges on the August 3 company response.
Report notes various brotherhoods tied to Rozd held semi monthly meetings. Members discussed shelfes tation but no definite action emerged. No basis for rumor that the men have planted strike.
Aug 4 Madrid reports the Duke of Tetuan former foreign minister will visit the queen regent then Zarauz near San Sebastian to meet Marshal Martine de Campos. He says he will continue backing the government essential to reform and will oppose declarations threatening a state of defence or loss of troops.
A Washington dispatch states the president ordered a census of Cuba to be conducted rapidly. The War Department leads the effort with five superintending enumerators en route to Washington for instructions. The Cuban census will be separate from the U.S. federal census and aims to measure population, resources, and industry, with completion anticipated before next year’s U.S. count.
A jumble of Topeka items covers travel, court actions, social events, and municipal plans. Mentions include Gov Stanley, Deputy Stewart ill, Topeka Tennis Meet plans, a public paving project on Tenth Avenue, and rail travel continuing despite heat. Local notices note new offices, band concerts, and a state race meet readiness, with minor crime and traffic incidents peppered through the week.
U S Consul William W Canada, stationed in Vera Cruz, reports the fever declining with 78 deaths in the last week of June and 17 in the last week of July. Precautions remain strict. only one patient escaped from Santa Cruz quarantine, sailing to New Orleans aboard a schooner.
Authorities shift the Dreyfus court martial to the Lycee amid active press opposition. Non garison officers must depart by tomorrow while garrison officers return. First session expected short. Major Carstere reports to the court before adjourning for the defense to review the secret dossier. Trial anticipated to conclude Wednesday or Thursday.
New York reports Lucius L Sloan who arrived from Havana and was arrested at quarantine on a theft charge was discharged from custody as no extradition treaty exists between the United States and Cuba. Sloan’s counsel says he cannot be sent back for trial. In Susquehanna County Pennsylvania a man Yeager aged 41 murdered his three children then killed himself. Also Wichita records the hottest day of the season with Harper county aggrieved by heat.
Dr A L Hart of Kansas City after fourteen years in medicine abandons drugs to become a Christian Science healer. A University of Michigan Medical College graduate with five post graduate courses, he cites witnessing Christian Science care as the catalyst for his conversion, saying he found relief for patients previously treated in vain.
The state reunion committee of the GAR held a meeting at department headquarters and adjourned until next Monday evening without selecting a site. Titus Buck and Heck named to investigate site and obtain preliminaries from fair grounds Gar field park management. The fair grounds favored. Colonel H C added to represent Twenty second Kansas. Twenty first Kansas already arranging a reunion at Kingman. Twenty third has not yet responded. Committee authorized 250 dollars for advertising mainly posters.
In Indianaotls Indiana Aug 4 police report the chloroform addiction of Mrs Lille Volpp and her family. She inhaled the drug from handkerchiefs, consuming about 2 dollars worth daily, while her three children made 79 daily trips to drugstores for substitutes. Physicians deem her insane and authorities restrain her as the destitute family pawned possessions to sustain the habit.
The secretary of the Interior grants the order permission to bury a Gent on the Kuverainset reservation and erect a tablet over the site atop Pikes Peak. The organization will carry symbols of the order to the summit to be interred in an arse chest and marked with a tablet.
Square and compasses and history of the Cryptic rite with a history of pilgrimage. Includes proceedings of the general grand council, photographs of G Fradford Nichols of Tennessee, Grand Master T B Jennings of Kansas, Grand Master John Humphreys of Colorado. A complete record of Cryptic Muse degrees, daily papers, cornwine, and The American Mag.
Skowhoernn Maine August 4 The sale of the Manufacturing Investment Company property in Madison was recorded at 450 000 dollars The sale included all properties of the Investment Company in Madison and 12 050 acres of timber land in Million Acres The plant formerly owned by Grover Cleveland and Willan Whitney had not paid venture costs and has been in receivership for months The sale appears to be a preliminary step to a trust takeover.
Aug 4 Somerville New Jersey a freight train carrying lumber caught fire between here and Raritan. The blaze spread rapidly as the crew fought the flames. Fire department crews reached the scene with water spouts, extinguishing the blaze. A telegram was sent to Sprmerville to summon help. The article notes a separate Rome item about acetylene gas safety by Captain Pastorie.
Fragmentary OCR reads about inviting a guest from New York to town events and Spainish ties. details are garbled and unclear. no distinct person, place, date, or outcome can be confirmed.
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