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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1899
Page
5
An assortment of community notices from Topeka describes upcoming events, church activities, sales, and personal updates. Includes plans for a Degree of Honor gathering, church services, musical and theatrical events, and notes on local residents traveling to Cuba and Muncie.
Wise Bessie Stewart entertains a large gathering of young ladies at Hudson Hall for Miss Margaret Bear. Notables include Mrs Horace full Mr and Mrs Luther Burns Miss Mary Harrison Miss Lilian Whilmignie and many others at the festive party with readings and a costumed dance.
A jumble of social mentions notes Miss Nettie Locher visiting Miss Toverington in New York City and Mrs Joan Moon planning extended visits. Several residents travel to Albuquerque Lawrence and Topeka. clubs meet, visits, and party invitations are listed with names and streets amid scattered misprints and misordered phrases.
An interameins bicycle race meet is slated for Madison Square Garden this afternoon. Competitors include Angyvaunt Turnmaselli, Haris Meyers, Wer Banker, Koonard Taylore, Pierre Span Fischer, and Albert Champion of Europe. The event features a two- and multi-stage card with the hour record attempts and the final sprint races.
In Pittsburgh on December 16 union strife pits Tyrographical workers against machinists from Duquesne Lodge No. 1. Printers strike over demand that linotype machinists join the Typotraphical union, threatening a wider labor rift and disputing contract terms with publishers. Separately in Franklin, a dispute over a laundry bill and revolver display ends with the murder of insurance agent L. M. Yeaton by E. Wimwate, proprietor of a steam laundry.
The streets and walks committee held an informal session on proposed city ward redivisions. Councilmen Elliott Benson Betta Chaney Moundtree Hughes attended. Chaney was absent. Warner and Roundtree objected to some shifts while Commissioners Count and Warner explained the plan.
The proposal enlarges the Fourth ward by adding Nickie Plate district, increasing its blocks and votes from 787 to about 1200. The Fifth ward gains territory east of Kansas Avenue, losing blocks from Martin & Dennis and Third, affecting its vote total. The Sixth ward expands from Potwin with 12 blocks from Fourth and 6 from Third, boosting overall registration. Precincts will be set in Lowman Hill and Potwin.
The American Federation of Labor adopted a resolution urging labor union central and local bodies to use ballots and political power independently of major parties. The action, debated amid further measures on crafts, worker oaths, and joint conventions, aims to curb partisan influence and push for labor reforms nationwide.
Durkin and Leahy sue all members of the Mister Plumbers association of State alleging it is a combination to bar nonmembers from jobs and violate business rights. The suit, tried previously without verdict, saw evidence presented two days. Garver and Larimer filed a demurrer, Judge Hazen overruled it, allowing the case to proceed.
Harry Stoops a Chicago contractor was sentenced to three years after abducting and enticing Topeka girl Marjory Wallace with promises of marriage. He was convicted by Shawnee County District Court on June 29 349 and, for good conduct, received a small time reduction. Governor Stanley repeatedly refused pardon.
A Leslie's Weekly piece details the astronomical costs of international yacht racing. It cites estimated building, alterations, and repair bills around 250000 per yacht, plus 25000 per race, with crews, tents, and entertainments driving totals toward nearly a million dollars. Notable figures include salaries for crew and officers, and lavish entertaining by Commodore Morgan, Howard Gould, and John Jacob Astor.
The governor issued citizenship pardons for numerous inmates as their prison terms near completion. Names include John Reney, Mike Hyan, Clint Church, Sam Jones, James Net HOR, Ander Som, Isaac Fenton, W R Rucker, Sam Woodrow, Thomas Burke Cidy, Hayde Weatherby, George Smith, John Pair, Walter Lepier, Adam Bell, Cheater Barnett, John Hlunt, Granville Lewis, Lew Thomas, Tease Felton, Eugene Irwin, Theo Pfeiffer, and others with terms ranging from one to twelve years. Warden Tomlinson seeks permission to deliver paroles a day before expiry. Young from Anderson county has served three years for forgery.
Union meeting after a stormy day over arbitration matters votes to bend four committees to confer with contractors on elevation letters and sympathetic strike rules. They expect an amicable settlement to avert a January first shut out as Forbes' reports fine scissors.
Fragmented clipping describes a movement gaining attention in Kingston with mentions of Dutch origins and overseas influences. Images of political lobbying and consular reps are noted as the piece hints at midline ideologies and controversial demonstrations tied to broader unrest.
Eastern Commissioners Eleazer Jackson and George McQuillain of Portland are named as state commissioners in a broad designation. The Missouri Pacific schedule outlines a special fare pattern with round trips at one fare, plus a fifty cent minimum, valid from December 24 to 31 and January 4 for return travel, amid other notices from 1899.
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