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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1898
Page
5
A catalog style notice advertises men’s winter gloves and mitts at reduced prices with items like 50c gloves, 39c for 750 gloves, 59c others, plus men’s four in hand ties marked down from 50c. Includes underwear in heavy winter weights priced per garment at 19e 35e and 390.
John Henry Collins sits in Che County jail awaiting trial in district court on a murder charge. Sheriff Cook notes Collins sleeps deeply, studies shorthand, and shows little concern for visitors. Mina Frances Hathcock and Sue Neri of Lawrence prepare to testify as the case proceeds.
Medical officers at Camp Wikoff Montauk Point deny deaths at the camp hospital from yellow fever. They attribute two recent deaths to malarial fever and warn that prevention hinges on drainage and careful medical care. Hundreds of cots have arrived, convalescents are discharged, and a nurse retreat is set near the depot. Mrs. Kathrine Tingley has organized a sleep tent for soldiers and a Chicago woman seeks her son N Bell of the Rough Riders.
Surgeon General Wyman reports encouraging yellow fever outlook with no new cases in four days at Key West and Galveston. No new exotics. emphasis on a reduced fever presence, while other ads note events at Garfield Park and travel promos to Colorado and Cincinnati with special fares and tourist sleepers.
Berlin press reports the proposed disarmament conference discussed by European powers. Emperors Frederick William II and Nicholas consider US and Japanese influence shaping future world affairs. A Paris-based correspondent notes Germany’s caution and Russia’s revival of Alexander II’s scheme amid Alsace Lorraine tensions.
$2,000,000 price quoted for keeping the Four Big American Line ships idle in New York. Transports Yale and Harwich under army guard have been laid up for two weeks and will be restored to owners when feasible. Navy and quartermaster departments struggle to arrange repairs as shipyards glare with backlog. Government to renovate at Newport News. daily layup cost for six months estimated around $2,000,000.
Atchison Kansas August 302 The Corn carnival festivities famous in Atchison are suspended for this year due to lack of business man support. Carnival leaders may revive the event next year as Omaha and Kansas City attractions draw crowds. A mass meeting to boost the carnival drew about a dozen attendees. Local K K Knights planned to attend and offered to bring their minstrel show to Atchison to foster goodwill between Topeka and Atchison.
Miss Anna Crane hosts a Monday evening event for Miss Gille Hayes of Trey Ohio and Miss Neflie Hawkins of Ottawa with flowers lanterns and dancing. Attendees include Mr and Mrs W Jr Rauelift Miss Winifred Wagner Miss Hawkins and many Hayes relatives. Other Topeka residents and guests are noted with visits, entertainments, and forthcoming social plans.
New York August 10 The clever comedy Too Much Johnson with William Gillette in the principal role opened the Empire theater season to a large select audience. Mrs Gillette as Mrs Augustin Billings and Miss da Conquest supported capably. The Garrick London production had run nearly one hundred nights and the play is set to run two weeks before Gillette resumes Secret Service for the rest of the season.
The executive committee fixed October 18 for the Chicago Peace Jubilee celebration. The event will feature a guard of honor with Grand Sena and ex-Confederates invited to participate, marking a joint observance amid provisional arrangements and public interest in this historic reunion.
Boston reports that AUEW Attorney General Knownlton declares a state war assessment by the grand lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen illegal. The opinion states a corporation cannot levy assessments on members to fund benefits for nonmembers or foreign corporations.
SPECIAL TO LAWRENCE Republicans will gather for a campaign opening in Topeka. Delegates will ride the Santa Fe train from Lawrence to Topeka for the event, with a large crowd anticipated. Morning activity includes a park program led by Womp Laniey and J.D. Bawersock, followed by an evening address by J.
A prologue from Washington reports Cuba naming civil authorities in Havana led by Dr Francisco Domingues Roldan as civil governor. He proclaims independence remains the aim, calls for unity and republican institutions, and pledges reconstruction with aid from Despelies and Mari. Cuban troops are ordered to restrain violence and protect sugar plantations as evacuation proceeds under American oversight.
Henry Mason a leading Chicago engineer and head of the West Side waterworks for 12 years died after a long illness. His son Thomas Mason, in charge of the Field Museum, attended the funeral. Mason, who built the Maine engines, fell ill following the ship’s explosion. He believed boilers caused the disaster and raved about the Maine in his final days.
T W Calvin and his brother turned himself in to police around 10 pm after an alleged assault case involving J A Dargitz. He was fined 10 dollars and immediately re-arrested on a state warrant for assault with intent to kill. Nearby, Sterling faces a bumper broom corn crop with labor shortages as 200 to 200 workers are needed for one to two months at 1.25 a day with board. A drunken arrest note recounts a jail incident and a sober release. An Omaha Exposition ad promotes travel rates via the Burlington Route to the fair in June through October.
Governors and Mayor issue proclamations for Labor Day urging civic unity and labor support. Topeka notices call residents to refrain from work, close offices, and join city ceremonies honoring labor and national progress. August proclamations emphasize patriotism, collective welfare, and public celebration.
Pekin correspondent notes negotiations led by Yung Wing to form an Anglo American German railway consortium. Parties include Jurdige Mathiesen Co London Allen NY banking syndicate and a Berlin bank. Estimated expenditure surpasses £5,000,000 with aim of a solely commercial project.
Private Ernest Hudson of the United States cavalry fainted near the corner of Clark and Washington Streets by city hall. A cable car nearly struck him and a heavy wagon stopped by a policeman. He was found exhausted while returning from Montauk Point and taken to county hospital with a bad case of typhoid fever. Hudson enlisted at Chickamauga and served in the Bantlago campaign.
North Topeka residents and visitors appear in a chain of short notices. Names include Dave Nelswender Clarence Haff Mrs Thomas J M Sproul Harry Safford Mr and Mrs W P Hemphill Mrs Z Shaeffer Chas Blanchard Mrs S N Burgenett Mary Ernest Enoch Marple and his son. A horse death follows heat exhaustion. A note warns Palmer lodge No 498 there will be no meeting tonight. Garfield park events include Pinafore comic opera and band concerts with a flower presentation.
Colorado Springs reports Rocky Ford will host Watermelon Day on Thursday September 1. Crowds will gather to enjoy melons and cantaloupes said to be unusually large this year. locals complain they cannot hire enough pickers and urged statewide help to reduce surplus fruit.
Lawrence Kan Aug 69 The schedule arranged by Samuel Townsend manager of the Haskell Institute Indian team lists October 1 Washburn Topeka October 1s at Indianapolis October 2 with Purdue University Lafayette Indiana October 39 with Medics at Kansas November 19 with Washburn Lawrence November 4 with Medics at St Joe
Real estate transfers list several consignments: J W Thurston to John BE Pears for 500 dollars covering parts of Kansas avenue in Ritchie’s addition. C Bowmen Jr and others to Mattie A Vani Cleave for 900 dollars on Kansas avenue Enma Nordquiat and husband transfer to Sophia Wanersten for 1050 dollars on Western avenue. Sophia Wanersten and husband to Rome Nordquist for 1 dollar on Taylor street. Vinton Phenis and wife to C B Merriam for 1 dollar on Mary M Seward Lot 12 and west 5 feet 14.
N H Shetler files for divorce from Kittle Shetler in district court alleging abandonment in April 1897 and that he no longer knows her whereabouts. A probate court wedding this morning united Joseph A Lortie and Mrs Loulee Alexander in To. The bride is 36 and the groom 35. A watermelon thief was shot and wounded near Fort Scott Kansas last night.
A garbled timetable snippet mentions Union Pacific and sleeper cars from Denver to Salt Lake City and San Francisco with Pullman sleepers implied. It references a ticket agency in Fulton and a depot agent, plus a free souvenir with cases of brandy and a mention of cigars.
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