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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1898
Page
4
A garbled consolidation of dispatches mentions Schley’s role in the president’s war report, Cuba policy, a Vermont quarry memorial, civil service debates, and a New York fire proof building controversy. It references Topeka State Journal, Chicago of etc, and London stock notes with scattered assurances about memory and safety.
The opening of a new Congress promises a calmer session than the last but with substantial tasks ahead. Key items include ratification of the peace treaty, reorganization of government for Puerto Rico and the Philippines, Cuba's future, tariff, and currency questions. The president's message nudges Congress to act, while other pressing issues like the Nicaragua canal and Pacific telegraphic cable demand attention.
A fragment from a film era column reflects on love and marriage stating love requires more than warmth and comfort and that a wife should not be merely what a husband wants. The piece suggests skepticism about women manipulating men and hints at social roles.
Various quips and maxims on men and women, success and philosophy. Paradoxes and humorous lines discuss love, suitableness of partners, heating stoves, and court costs in a rambling 19th century style. Included are reflections on fate, happiness, and human folly.
Adjourned Rocky Ford Melon Growers Association meeting led by Senator Swink heard shipments details. Willey of Wortes Poultry and Game Co offered $5,000 settlement for delinquency. Western Game and Poultry Co owed about $45,000. Railroad company denied roughly $10,000. expected loss for the season around $35,400.
Three elk calves arrived at the City park from Routt county studs on the Big Grande. A mule and three-year-old buck cow and calf accompanied them. They were loaded in a padded van after a depot tussle and placed in a separate corral to adjust.
Early returns from most Michigan counties show Governor Pingree ahead of the Republican ticket with a large plurality. Lieutenant Governor Robinson and other state officers also lead, and two counties still uncounted could widen Pingree's margin by several hundred votes. The historic context recalls a presidential year high, though earlier statewide leaders had higher margins.
In Douglas, Wyoming, the Guthrie Brothers’ Live Stock company reports more than 1,000 sheep dead in ten days. Cause unexplained. sheep were dipped about ten days ago and many carcasses show kidney spots. Local shepherds fear a severe disease outbreak.
New York report says Philip Metz known as the heaviest man in Harlem weighing 425 pounds committed suicide at his home by shooting himself in the mouth. He was 53 years old and a member of secret societies. Business troubles were blamed for the act. Also an advertisement touts Beggs Diarrhoea Balsam as a remedy for dysentery and cholera with claims of rapid relief.
McPherson County reports eight well developed smallpox cases in a German settlement east of the county line near Hillsboro on the Santa Fe railroad. Precautions will be taken to prevent spread. Also noted is a Kansas town feature on a charity K P Lodge anecdote and a Cawker City library fundraiser with the Downs Dramatic Company.
Independence Der reports Montgomery county in southern Kansas is rapidly becoming a cotton producing area. A county tale won first prize at a New Orleans exposition. Danni McTacourt, once a cantor from Ki la county, raised the winning bale and yielded high averages. William Atetind, near town, cultivated 16 acres with promising yields as a cotton mill plans to hire 250 workers.
A man named Miller from Sherman township presented 18 wolf scalps to County Clerk Niehaus to claim an $8 bounty. Niehaus delayed payment pending verification that the wolves were killed in the county. He has 27 scalps already and suspects farm men or Mikadoists are sending scalps for bounty. Last year 369 was paid. this year over 500 may be paid.
Postmaster shortage case in Ness County involves Jasper Tingers of Ransom and bondsman Rogers. Inspector J R Harrison returned from Tancoma with authorities applying to recover 1 206.72 misappropriated funds. Meanwhile Jamestown Opera House opens under FE Lane with a new show hall and improvements at the Meloit Gazette office reports.
Iola reports a large mill owned by R. R. Claiborne in the south part of town burned yesterday after gas escaped when a plumber removed a plug while working. Losses run around $6,000 with no insurance. the mill will be rebuilt.
General Kitchener urged bankers and merchants to back a Gordon memorial college in Khartoum. A large crowd gathered at the Mansion House, and after the speech he toured ambulance and stock exchange, promising to raise £100,000. William Waldorf Astor reportedly subscribed £5,000.
Warnimerton figures in Congress push to award Miss Helen Gould a gold medal in recognition of patriotic devotion to soldiers of the United States Army. The House endorses the idea and directs mint officials to prepare the medal for presentation by the president at an appropriate ceremony. General Maximo Gomez orders apartments prepared for his niece as evacuation tasks near completion.
United States Senator Richard R. Kinney of Delaware faces trial in the U S circuit court for conspiracy in the looting of Dover’s First National Bank with cashier William R Beses and others. The bank was short about 107000, and Kinney's dealings with stock and bank funds are alleged. District Attorney Vandegrift promised proof that Kinney drew money improperly to cover stock losses, with testimony from bank president H A Richardson and others.
Testimony shows defalcation of 107000 with the bank sustaining losses via guarantees and stock-reduction from 100000 to 3900. Checks by Senator Kinney to various parties and telegrams to Co. reveal stock dealings and calls for further payments, with Agents advertising excursions and Beggs' Salve advertised as superior.
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