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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1900
Page
1
Reports from Washington note Imperial forces firing on legations with defenders suffering 60 killed and 100 wounded. Chaffee’s Yang Tsun losses reach fifty dead as geopolitics escalate with British and American cover.
Index page item previews weather predictions for the next 28 hours with brief forecast notes. The text mentions tonight and evolving conditions but is cut off in the excerpt.
The London and Washington fronts report Russian aims in Manchuria and defense plans as foreign envoys seek U.S. mediation. Dispatches from St. Petersburg to Che Foo and Shangtual outline troop deployments, with Nashville sent to New Chwang to monitor unrest.
Washington August 11 The gravity of the Chinese situation remains unchanged as the state department relays a bulletin from United States Minister Congar via Canton. The dispatch notes a steadfast minister and offers few new military details from Adm Remey, with Acting Secretary Adee consulting officials on next steps.
Historical account details Governor Stanley facing pardon mercy amid a long case involving Art Kates of Paola and murder in the second degree. The text discusses prior understandings with county and city officials, a plea, and possible executive clemency guided by Stanley's own legal opinions.
Governor Stanley has set August 20 for hearing pardons in pending applications, old refusals, and rehearing requests including George Mack of Cowley county, serving 12 years for murder in the second degree. Mack’s quick consumption ailment is reported. his widowed mother pleads for clemency. Annie Service and Anna Waldron sign letters urging pardon.
London Aug 11 The War Office received a message from Lord Roberts detailing the Pretoria dispatch. Johannesburg reports a waterworks patrol attacked Aug 7 Buller occupied Ameerspoort Aug 7 evening enemy retired about six miles prior to Amperspoort casualties twenty wounded Buller moved along Revnsprutt Augusta toward Ermelo. Arrests include Harriemith Commandant Marals three field coronets and thirty armed burghers and a British Natal subject Marais a Boer spy Erasmus and a former Free State Agence bureau member. Hunter notes 120 berchers with over a million rounds surrendered Aug 5 Aug 9 Cleet Volksraad member imprisoned with Hunter. Kitchener fought Dewet rear guard near Lindeque six miles northwest of their position. A Boer bulletin says a big battle between Lydenburg and Middisburg left British with 200 killed and wounded. rumors claim burghers captured Heilbron de Villieretorp and Frankfort. A dispatch yesterday suggests Mr Steyn’s suicide is rumored in Lourense.
Perry Heath, secretary of the national Republican Committee, resumes duties at headquarters after a week tour of the east and south. He met Governor Roosevelt at New York HQ where plans for the campaign route were outlined. Roosevelt aims to visit Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and West Virginia with final New York speeches, traveling mostly in daylight and sticking to the scheduled route.
Topeka plans a large demonstration August 23 as Populist national committee notifies William J. Bryan of his nomination. John W. Breidenthal secured approval in Chicago and will lead arrangements with 40,000 expected in the Kansas capital. A one fare rate on railroads was secured for the event.
L B Price, once mangled in machinery and missing a hand and arm, now delivers water from Carbondale. He struggles to support his wife and two children after authorities seized his household goods, leaving the family homeless under a large tree in Carbondale.
The first list of state banks shows a rapid rise with one or two new charters weekly. Applications for charters this week include Stiletuk of An fale and Barton County in Holsington, with capital details noted. Weather forecast from Chicago predicts rain tonight and sun by Sunday with southerly winds.
London dispatch notes heat in U S contrasts with cold in England as Parliament nears dissolution. Baron Russell of Killowen dies after operation, leaving debts cleared by friends and a systematized income. Public money funds campaign efforts to influence the election and resist church changes. Chih Leng Lo attends Humbert requiem mass but with minimal ceremony, while the American yacht display boosts Cowes festivities. Sir Thomas Lipton’s yacht club prospects and Mrs Potter’s theatrical gifts cap a season of transatlantic social energy.
Aug 11 report notes General Bell markowicch and others linked to the minority of King Alexander face arrest for insulting the new queen of Servia. The fragmentary item suggests political tension and potential charges as authorities act against dissent.
The postoffice department orders the office open from 6:00 A M to 7:20 P M for stamps money orders and registration. Current hours are 8:00 A M to 6:30 P M. The change eases patrons but requires clerks to work longer with no extra help. The order takes effect September 21.
King Victor Emmanuel III swore to loyally respect the statutes before parliament in the Quirinal ceremony. Senators deputies and royal escorts observed mourning drapery as crowds roared and chanted Viva Italia amid a lengthy oath and address promising unity and peace.
A Globe-Democrat field report from Cleburne Texas describes six white boys who visited a farmer’s watermelon patch near Bluffdale. They ate melons laced with strychnine. Two died in the patch two perished on the way home and two died after arriving home. The incident has the local community greatly agitated.
In the Seventh District a conference led by George T. Pitts and local Democratic committees discussed fusion prospects with Claude Duval as the Democratic candidate. Pitts warned that if Ayers does not convene his committee by August 21 to address Duval, Duval will start campaigning next Monday. An explosion at the Portland Gas works at 11 AM killed three men.
Between Milford Center and Columbus on the Panhandle a bold murder and robbery occurred on Pennsylvania express No. 4% from St Louis. Messenger Charles Lane, 28, was found shot in his car after the train reached Columbus. The safe had been rifled and money taken. Lane’s body lay face down between the stove and car wall. Authorities comb the line from Milford Center to Marble City, seeking two or more robbers who fled before dawn. Lane leaves a wife and child. investigation continues.
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