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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1898
Page
4
A dense, fragmented English column from Manila era pages mixes politics and international dissent, noting American involvement in Caribbean and Pacific affairs, trade, and taxes. It parrots assertions about Carlow, Sen. Quay, Gillett, and Hawaii white supremacy while skimming discussions of postal savings banks and Philippines payments.
Fragmentary clipping describes a hunting incident and a questionable gun drawn through a fence. It mentions Belcher women, a shovel, and a “Scean't iin Set” phrase, suggesting a puzzling local note or misread OCR without clear names or dates.
An Atchison woman hides a prized one item for twenty years as her husband searches in vain. A man contemplates prize fighting and warns his wife to dye her hair to stay in pace. Another Atchison man criticizes lawyers, saying justice is farther than hell when tangled with them.
A collage of brief items notes Samuel R. Callaway as Nickel F Plate president with a strange salary detail, Professor C. E. Tindeman and his clothing in a desert region, and General Wheeler uniquely spared satire for wartime service. It mentions a Yankee Doni origin, Buckingham Smith’s Spain connection, funds for Colonel War ing’s widow, a late empress relic gifted posthumously, and Harriet Hyde Turse guiding a boy in Noonelle, Kentucky, with a Newark teacher background.
The bill to reform and expand the U S army has been prepared by the army's commanding general and forwarded to Secretary Alger for transmission to Congress. It covers troop levels, modernization, and logistics with a proposed strength around 704000, detailing artillery, cavalry, and infantry needs for national defense amid ongoing military planning.
Lansing December 7 The Michigan Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the American Express Company in Michigan in the case Taust Steel had the War revenue tax of one cent exacted on all packages transmitted. The ruling was handed down at six oclock last evening.
A Nebraska woman recounts two years of serious illness including weak stomach heart trouble and female complaints. After taking Hood's Sarsaparilla she improved quickly gained sleep and energy and now endorses the medicine to friends. The ad warns to buy only Hood's and not alternatives.
Wellington residents hear a plan to issue 100000 dollars in four percent bonds to finance a waterworks system and electric light plant. A steering committee will push the measure, with petitions requiring two fifths of taxpayers to place it on the ballot. Separate action notes Winfield's YMCA initiative for baths, gymnasium, reading room, library, and future civic facilities.
Representative Baker and his wife plan an extended visit through Texas and New Mexico to renew acquaintances from his congressional days. The former congressman, now retired, manages a large farm operation and plans the trip for rest and relaxation after recent farm activity and the completion of farm tasks.
Winfield military band to present a February home product and pure food exhibition. The event, part of a mid-winter sale, will include several band acts prior to the main exhibition, showcasing pure food products and related demonstrations.
Willam Overby formerly led the Pawnee City band and now lives in Atchison. He is employed at the H and M freight house. The Pawnee City band, famed in the west, counts 40 members. Overby had previously visited Atchison with the Humboldt Nebraska band and notes meetings with John Marshall of Topeka.
Ball 7-S. Nelson left for Kansas City on business and will stop at Lawrence to deliver a carload of alfalfa seed containing seven bushels and worth over 2000 dollars. The seed was primarily raised by four farmers near Bo Cine. One farmer cites profits from 1897 and 1899 noting annual clearances of 35 dollars to 0 per acre on alfalfa crops.
A suspect named F. Fich mood from Kansas City was quarantined early today west of Hutchinson after traveling from Kinsley the previous night. Health officers will keep the case under close watch to prevent contagion from spreading.
M G Price, post office taomedar in Chicago, says the recent theft involved a former Grand Tower Illinois postmaster Cette Jenkine who disappeared on November 26 leaving a deficit. The report notes Price’s explanation at Pittsburg on December 7 with details still unclear.
The article notes Jenkins admitting a crime after pursuit through St Louis to Pittsburgh, blaming whisky and women for his downfall. It also details Havens City Kansas City gate system at Taton depot, new depot uniforms, and a pension list for Kansans with multiple names and amounts.
Washington reports a naval court of inquiry found the Infanta Maria Teresa was abandoned in October due to no officer’s fault or neglect. It held the vessel seaworthy enough for voyage in fair weather and that Commander Ira Harris assumed command after Captain Chittenden of the Merritt Wrecking company decided to abandon the cruiser. The decision ends calls for further proceedings and rejects claims Harris acted beyond authority.
Forsyth park in Savannah, Georgia, hosted a farewell review for the Seventh Army Corps before its voyage to Cuba. Sixty thousand spectators watched as units including the Third Georgia, Second U S artillery, and multiple Vecht batteries joined Gen. Lee’s escort led by Troop A of the First Georgia cavalry, a Civil War designation. Daughters of Gen. Lee and Mrs. Nellie Grant Sarforis attended, along with the reviewing party. The Seventh Corps begins moving to Cuba immediately, with detachments joining ships and transports, and the full corps expected to be in Cuba within days.
Victoria reports the steamer Rosalie witnessed thousand men from Dawson heading to the coast. Northwest mounted police planned to launch from Skagway on December 1 to Tugish to establish a headquarters. Forty Labrador dogs died after ingesting strychnine in Vancouver, leaving nine alive from a Quebec shipment. Carter’s body found in San Francisco as debris removal at the Baldwin hotel uncovers the late judge’s remains.
Chicago reports the arrival of Gulida Benson, the Comtesse de Chavanne, an American with a French title. She recounts her life from Brooklyn to Paris, her marriage to De Chavanne, and his financial downfall. She plans a book condemning arrangements where American women marry foreign nobility for wealth.
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