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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1899
Page
5
The Times reports plans to form a glove trust to consolidate capital and production. Chicago and Fulton County firms linked, with aims to cut costs, expand exports, and charge lower prices while eliminating middlemen and drummers.
New Orleans reports claim only three of the five Italians lynched near Tallulah may have naturalized status. Marquis Camillo de Romane, envoy from the Thi embassy in Washington, gathered evidence in Wickshute on citizenship and found oath details for the three Di Fatti brothers. Governor Foster possesses Madison court documents confirming naturalization, potentially contradicting Romane’s findings.
In Topeka Kansas Lincoln Post No 1 of the G A R passes a resolution asking citizens and local clubs to back Boyd's Lady Cadets of Topeka in raising funds to attend the national encampment in Philadelphia. The post votes a $15 donation and asks Topeka papers to publish the call, naming Stewart as post commander and Smyth as adjutant.
President McKinley will probably remain in Plattsburg and Wittsboro, New York until September 1. The ailing leader enjoyed a morning walk and will have another walk this afternoon with Secretary Hoot who returns to Washington tonight. The President continues to improve as his wife has shed tears over the two week stay.
Mrs ME McClellan of Cedar Rap is visiting her sister Mrs A St Fuller at her home on West Sixth Street Mine Anlabelle Troutman will entertain at tea Wednesday evening in honor of Miss Helen Gardenhire of New York who is guest this week Mrs TL Schults of Phoenix Ariz visits Mrs J P Rowley on Monroe Street. Several families plan trips to Topeka and beyond for summer and fall visits with relatives in Kansas City Mexico and Colorado Springs.
The reunion committee chosen to organize the State G A B R meeting decided to locate the event at the fair grounds in this city. The vote was tight six to five favoring Gartend IrapaTanicds. organizers promised rapid progress and ample lighting and water from the Water Company. Lindsey of the Twenty second district spoke.
Governor Stanley grants a conditional pardon to George Irving of Osage County, applying his parole by atatem to more serious crime. The pardon follows Irving’s prior sentence and reflects a gubernatorial use of clemency in a parole context.
An editorial notes a 3500 overcharge in the state printer's bill for school law publications compiled by Superintendent stry ker and argues the assistant secretary of state, a former printer, should push legislative revision. It urges the secretary of state to initiate measurable reforms to prevent rash future changes and ensure fairness to the state and printer.
Aug. report from Chicago describes Julius Matta of 251 West Eighteenth Street who cannot stop laughing after an unexplained bout. Police and family called as he remains inconsolable and unconscious by dawn. Medical staff suspect poisoning though condition persists.
A public incident in Toledo reports the destruction by fire of the bound volumes forming the Library of Marshall Waggoner in front of Memorial United Brethren church. Waggoner, once a renowned figure, recently converted to Christianity and declared his faith before joining the church. The library, valued in the thousands, housed works by leading authors who argued for infidelity and agnosticism, now burned in the blaze.
A cyclone last August morning struck La Pointe a Pitri on Guadalupe island and caused heavy damage. Homes roofs blown off, many buildings flooded, several vessels wrecked or sunk, including fishing boats and schooners. Maritime losses and plantation impact reported with significant disruption to balance of activity in the region.
A Saratoga dispatch reports Joseph J. Willett of Alabama, leader of southern Democrats backing Augustus Van Wyck, delaying arrival until August 14 due to legal business. A Grand Union hotel piazza conference with Harrity, Free Raisin, Dubignon, Walker, Clark, Jackson, Bright, and Shevlin discussed Van Wyck’s growing convention strength and anti Bryan sentiment. The Van Wyck faction plans a regular conference upon Willett’s arrival.
A Quincy dispatch reports that Stillwell will regain control of the Omaha St Louis and Omaha Kansas City & Eastern railroad properties including the northern line from Kansas City to Pattonsboro. It asserts he has funds to restore the Omaha Kansas City & Eastern to first class condition and plans to secure an outlet via Quincy as he conferences with interested parties.
Bar Harbor Aug 3 The coroner’s jury finished hearings on the Mount Desert Ferry accident in which twenty persons were reported to have drowned. The verdict found deaths caused by drowning due to the insufficient construction of the slip.
Attorney General Griggs said a formal exoneration would wait for Wayne MacVeagh to be heard. MacVeagh, Carter’s counsel, is in Europe on medical advice and due back later this month. A Justice review of testimony is well advanced with a conclusion expected before month’s end.
London Aug Joseph H Choate United States ambassador to Great Britain told an Associated Press interview there will be no war in connection with Laurier's arbitration speech. He said Canadian parliament dissolution was near and party leaders must speak, implying Laurier's position mattered though he could not comment on party status.
The steam er Rosalie carrying 150 passengers arrives with about 3 million dollars in gold aboard. Canadian Gold Commissioner Ogilvie estimates Klondike mine output this year near 740 million dollars, signaling a dramatic Yukon wealth influx.
New York August Henry Clay Barnabes manager of the Bostonians Opera company says Misa Marcia Van Dresser, recently of Daly's stock company, will succeed Jeanie Bartiett Davie as contralto. The company opens in Troy New York in September and tours to Seattle and San Francisco. Ten pounds white beans coast listed for groceries.
Ed Howe praised Bishop John Marshall after Marshall's band performed in Atchison on Sunday. About 1,600 attended the concerts at Forest Park, with 400 afternoon and 1,200 evening crowds. Receipts totaled $27. the 50-member band arrived by special train around 11 and left near 11. Atchison hosted a ball after the concert, with band members invited. Bendure arranged transport and praised the reception as a highlight for Atchison and its politeness, while Marshall’s conduct was noted as commendable.
North Topeka column lists residents traveling to Meriden Be Jo it Hoyt and Kansas City visiting relatives and starting new jobs. Notices include Frank Lutes hiring in Kansas City, Evelyn Frasius visiting Clyde, Mrs. Light and sisters in Hoyt, and teachers from Cripple Creek visiting. The Kaiser creates a Prince Amasy Von Munster-Ledenburg detail noted on the peace conference delegation.
The notice advertises the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Philadelphia with train routes on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern line to St Louis leaving 8:20 a m and 4:06 p m via Cincinnati Cumberland Jasper's Ferry Washington and Baltimore. It mentions comfortable, picturesque, historic routes at one cent per mile and return options with suburban rates and provides contact GB Warfel for full information and the Book of the Royal Blue. Also includes unrelated ads for Bald Heads Row and Squires' Pharmacy and Whittelsey Mercantile Co. grocery items.
Mrs King of 18 Time Street, whose husband works at the Santa Fe pumping station, sought treatment for blindness after three months with no relief. She described severe head pain and unsuccessful remedies before meeting a healer who allegedly restored her sight, though doctors reportedly doubted the claim.
The Burlington Route advertised as a good ball road runs east from Missouri to St. Louis with wide-vestibuled trains and free chair cars, and west to Omaha Sioux City and St. Paul. It touts speed from Missouri Tower to Northwest and lists officials and ticket notes amid political updates from McLean.
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