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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1900
Page
11
Forrest vents in the shop over a failing scheme. A co worker jokes that if he could imitate his speech he would not work for five dollars a week. Ivory Soap is praised for purity yet priced reasonably, implying value without excess.
An OCR filled with church notices lists morning and evening services at Belview churches including First Christian, Presbyterian, and Episcopal congregations. It notes ministers and locations on Quincy Street and nearby avenues with references to Sunday worship, secretary duties, and varied denominations.
London dispatch reports Colonel Hore, who faced a siege at Elands River, has been relieved by Lord Kitchener. The relief follows heavy casualties including Lieutenant Colonel DeLisle and twelve others reported killed or wounded. details remain fragmented from the urgent war coverage.
Samuel Webber was arrested on embezzlement accusations linked to $1,000 allegedly diverted by the Burtingson, Kansas area salesman. Webber admits owing funds but denies criminal acts. Weather outlook warns of warm air and continued trend across Sunday.
War Department closes a contract with a local house form quarter mil pounds for immediate shipment to American soldiers under Major General Chuffet. A note on a lazy liver remedy accompanies the item, seen on page 5 with a price of 26 cents per ton.
Henry Allen, private secretary to the governor, faced a disruptive drunk who demanded to see the governor. The incident occurred in the governor’s private office amid efforts to recruit representation for the state’s Fan African exposition. Allen managed the disturbance, restraining the visitor until security intervened and the man left, muttering threats and drunken boasts.
North Topeka items report social visits births deaths and local notices. Mentions Miss Watts Iles Hamrick and other residents visiting Eudora Kansas City Meriden and Topeka. Also notes Captain Dowdall death and Blue Post 200 funeral arrangements plus theft incident and recovered horses.
Pullman offers comfortable touring cars for large parties traveling from Kansas to California and Oregon. Uniformed porters maintain order and comfort, providing beds, blankets, pillows, and furnishings with no passenger needs. Information available from A. Lewis City Ticket Agent and C Fulton Depot Agent.
Santa Fe runs special train to Atchison tomorrow for John D. Ingalls funeral. Train leaves Topeka at 7:00 PM, returns from Atchison at 6:01 PM. Round trip fare one fare. special service for mourners. agent L. King directs depot notices. Coal price per ton listed.
Bryan arrives in Topeka after a Falls City stop and via Atchison or Kansas City. A large 30 000 attendee notification meeting is planned on statehouse grounds with music and speeches by Justice Ceater and P M Patterson before Bryan's address. Decorations and town support praised as business leaders back a nonpartisan effort to boost Topeka.
A Delagua Bay dispatch reports General Dewet turning on the British forces. Hover data indicate a decisive defeat with about 4,000 British soldiers captured. The action reflects a significant setback for British operations in the theater.
The Powers murder case jury returned a life imprisonment verdict after about forty five minutes. Powers sat near the doorway as the verdict was read and nearly fainted. The eight Goebel Democrats, three anti Goebel Democrats and one Republican made up the panel. Also reported are boys stealing and using teams and buggies after a show, later found with two still missing a flag pole erected at the city auditorium credited to Bout Croker Swayze, though the city says it was planned and built, the pole rises eighty feet with a globe and an eagle the wingspan twenty inches
Chicago reports two cars of mail from the Lady Shore and Michigan wreck at Sandusky arrived water soaked and largely indecipherable. A dispatch notes letters damaged by flood and weather, obscuring sender names and addresses.
A local grocer advertises a wide assortment beyond regular groceries including condiments delicacies fancy soaps and imported cheeses. The note highlights Christainty items such as ground spices sardines olives clam bouillon and various jams and preserves plus fresh fruits and produce to serve a large country trade from the North Side Store.
Aug 18 Portageville authorities report a mysterious disappearance tied to Thomas Cook a famed gambler and killer. Local citizens form vigilante action arresting Cook and two companions and reportedly drowning them in the Mississippi after going to Portageville. Authorities say details are just emerging.
At the Paris exposition awards ceremony in the Suale dex Fetes President Loubet presided with the cabinet ministers and foreign representatives present. About fifteen thousand people attended as each delegation entered with its national flag while an immense orchestra played the Marseillaise and Taubet voiced thanks and regret at the event.
The closing hours of the exposition were near as speakers reflected on its aims. The belief persisted that ephemeral labor would endure and that the expo had forged durable ties between government and people. Awards were handed by the presidents of the juries, with music interludes marking the ceremony at 5 pm.
Fragmentary notice describes a portion of an event featuring Vin and the band Marshall's, with references to entertainment and an afternoon programme. Instances of medical remedies and household accident phrases appear, though details are incomplete.
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