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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1898
Page
8
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The concluding session of the American Bar Association discussed the amended report of the committee on federal courts. Edmun Wetmore of New York led the discussion. Choate was chosen president John Hinkley secretary Francis Howitt treasurer. The Grand Union hotel was the meeting site. Too Many Immunes. Galveston Texas May 20 The first men volunteers arrived from New Orleans and camped on a government reservation. Col. Rich has no orders and Lt 14 cannot say whether the regiment will serve or disband.
The G A R train for Cincinnati will depart Rock Island depot Sunday September 4 at 4 PM with chairs and two sleepers to Indianapolis and return via Santa Fe. Accompanying parties include Ladies and WRC, totaling 24, for a social trip. Reservations and tickets available at Rock Island depot or agent.
In a New York interview Captain Emilio Diez Morey of the Cristobal Colon discusses the recent weeks, declaring they fought two hours with no civilian losses and promising to explain why he did not escape. He criticizes Sigsbee and Maine blame, asserts heavy guns and woodwork affected outcomes, and says a court of inquiry will address events regardless of victory or defeat.
At Santiago de Cuba on August 9 a portion of the First Infantry went aboard the steamship J. H. Miller while 500 District of Columbia troops sailed on the transport Hudson and 500 of the Seventy Infantry on the Yaratan. Six companies of the Thirty-fourth Michigan traveled on the transport Santiago as troops move out rapidly. Escalating sickness creates hospital strain with insufficient accommodations for the departing forces and Spanish troops remain at Guantanamo awaiting transport.
The coroner jury implicates Andrew Hokkina on Stockville farm where Thomas Jansen, a wealthy money lender long time resident of Topeka, was found dead. Hokkina is arrested and bound over as other locals noted in the Nebraska dispatch from August.
Board finds Lieut. W A Green financially responsible for losses valued near 103 in a case tied to the Twentieth Kansas Commissary. The investigation covers thefts during Green’s command at a French hospital with Quartermaster Sergeant James A Young already tried for stealing.
Mrs E B Meredith in charge of the Floral Parade reports about half the needed flowers for the Floral Queen float. A plan offers to pay street car fares for those who meet at the Commercial club rooms to make flowers, with about a dozen young ladies already joining. Children and youths are urged to gather Monday at 10 AM at Marshall's band rooms corner Third and Kansas Avenue to rehearse Little Bo Peep.
At a Hutchinson Republican meeting Dr. W A Minick of Wichita resigned from the Seventh District Committee via a lengthy letter. He argues Chester J Long cannot be elected to Congress and cites post office patronage as a cause of factionalism in Sterling Harper Anthony Mulvane Cheney and other Republican strongholds. Minick cites nearly 200 local letters as supporting his conclusion.
Buffalo reports of a theft at Fort Erie race track pool box where a $1,200 bundle of Canadian money was taken. A cashier glimpsed a boy grab the cash and pass it to another youth before fleeing. Police arrested three newsboys suspected in the theft. no money was found on them.
The Karnival Knights met at the Commercial club and adopted a 200 red white and blue button with a Topeka third annual carnival theme. The center features a masked Topeka girl in a sailor uniform, with a white parlor cap bearing U. S. Topeka. The design was approved unanimously. A secret committee will remove the face if needed. The group also awarded a contract for 200 umbrellas and 20 white caps. The carnival banner by Frank Shepherd is ready to hang, and rehearsals for K. K. minstrels proceed at the Masonic building under Harry Robinson and Paul Torrington.
In the final week of Chief Steele’s term a gravely ill man sought aid at the police station. James Stafford, about 24, born a grass blower, ended his days at the Salvation Army hospital amid disease and dignity. Dr Agnes McKee Wallace notes every organ was diseased yet he remained cheerful. He had left home 15 years earlier, last known to have relatives in Lyons, N Y, who denied any such family.
The Wichita street committee urged the council to declare the car system a nuisance and order tracks and cars off the streets at the next meeting. The failed Church company of Boston franchise led to a forfeited bond after six weeks to complete the project. A city bond election petition has begun to fund a municipal system.
Washington reports the navy department will decommission the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius. Investigations show its guns are immovable and accuracy poor, with remarks that it never hit more than Cuba. Officials doubt it will return to active naval service after Santiago operation doubts.
General Wite Hugh Lee stopped in Richmond en route from Washington to Jacksonville. He will command the Seventh Army Corps plus additions for Cuba, targeting October. If unrest arises, troops will be moved immediately. Lee plans resigning next spring to return to Virginia and campaign for the United States Senate, aiming to challenge Thomas S. Martin. He intends to visit counties and cities delivering speeches and challenging opponents to joint meetings.
The president promoted Commodore John A. Howell to rear admiral replacing retired Chas Bhorten. Lieutenant Cameron M. Winslow advances five ranks on the lieutenant list for extraordinary heroism. Lieutenant Edwin A. Anderson is advanced to the collars second cuff, with launch details tied to Peerless Steam Laundry.
In the southern Yucatan Peninsula rebels tighten efforts to block information about their leadership and forces. Suspected traitors are condemned. several engineers, Chinese traders, and Turkish merchants are reported among those aiding outsiders. The tribe's chief Fellp Ake, with his family, recently faced danger, while authorities plan a vigorous campaign to bring the rebels under central control.
Groceries and baking powder mix described in a fragmentary note. The phrasing mentions Gina and Queen Baking Powder with an odd emphasis on supremacy, but the text is unclear and lacks a coherent event or names. No clear news item or action is present.
Fall River Massachusetts August 20 manufacturers concede demand contraction has failed to sustain output Notices posted at Chase mills announce a two week shutdown starting tomorrow afternoon The plants produce about 7000 pieces weekly employ 700 workers and pay roughly 4000 weekly The move foreshadows closures of up to 14 mills in two months Meanwhile New York August 20 John H Haverty a former theatrical manager filed for bankruptcy with liabilities near 227749 and minimal assets
Hugo Zellner and his Chicago wife, both around seventy, were found dead in their room by chloroform. Despondency over financial reverses led to the double suicide. A Woman's Relief group plans a Cincinnati trip on September 5 via Banta Fe special, round trip fare $19.10. Also an ad for Peerless Steam Laundry offering shirt and waist finishing and color custanim.
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