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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1898
Page
4
A collage of late 19th century urban concerns touches politics, transportation, and urban planning. Mentions General Wood, corporate charters in New Jersey, and discussions on municipal reform. References include Hoboken, New York, Missouri women, Senator Hanna, and university instrument collections. Mentions Utica park systems, Milwaukee freight links, and Rochester city growth.
The Boston Traveler reports editor Torrey EB Wardtter of The Traveler is held in Dedham jail for contempt by Judge Sinema after publishing a critical article on the Sharon accident involving the New York New Haven and Hartford line. The piece targets corporate accountability and questions initiative in Getchell's handling of the case and the railroad's responsibility.
A historic editorial section cautions about courts with power to arrest and imprison citizens without jury trial. It defends Judge Bierman’s shown conduct, argues any law must be reformulated to allow free opinion without fear of government censure, and endorses Editor Ward’s principled stand against personal audits by the judiciary.
A jumble of terse maxims and brief society notes reflects urban wit and a string of notable names. It cites J Pierpont Morgan’s wealth, Ex-Governor Flower’s Salvation Army gift, Herbert Spencer’s work pace, the Prince of Wales golf banter, and Andrew Carnegie warning New York about coal smoke. Also mentions Lord Kitchener’s dinner, Andrew Carnegie, Cecil Rhodes, Willem Ketines, Senator Frye, and Lodge events in a period tone.
The American Newspaper Publishers' Association urged the Anglo American Joint High Commission to remove tariffs on print paper and mechanically ground wood pulp. The argument details the 184% consolidation into International Paper, higher costs for newspapers, and calls for free paper to protect readers and prevent monopoly profits. The brief cites 137 newspapers and warns tariffs hinder knowledge dissemination.
Chicago plans a new Coliseum on the Libby prison site on Wabash avenue between Fourteenth and Sixteenth streets. A Gunther-led company with $300,000 backing will erect a steel and glass exposition hall, fireproof with heating and lighting plants, seating 10 000 with potential expansion to 15 000 or 25 000 for special events. Outside walls will reuse Libby prison stones, towers rise over Grace Church to St Charles Air Line tracks, with a 150000 dollar construction cost and plans for national convention use in 1900.
Rosalind Coghlan, 13, daughter of actress Rose Coghlan, was bitten by her grandmother's St Bernard at New Rochelle. The dog pounced during play, tearing her cheek and breaking the jaw. Seven stitches and a plaster cast were applied. She is unlikely to speak normally and may need feeding through a tube. The dog will be sent for examination. no rabies symptoms reported.
Frank Burton, an Oregon farmer, traded four acres of oats and his wife for the wife of neighbor Frank Hall a year ago. Burton and Mrs Hall went to Alaska where she worked hard and earned over $5,000 this spring. Mrs Hall later disappeared with $500 leaving Burton alone near Sylvan Oregon. Mrs Burton and Hall appear happy.
Seven prisoners escaped from the Michigan state house of corrections on Monday night. Those named include Frank Huson five years robbery Frank Fisher one year house breaking Lewis Ferguson four years burglary William Smith three years burglary James Miller four years burglary John Hubbard larceny. They were convalescents confined in the hospital. They cut through a partition wall to the knitting shop adjoining and scaled the wall. Winds and drifting snow left no trace.
Telegraphic dispatches from Lima indicate Bolivia is sliding into civil war as factions recruit young men from leading social circles. Banks reportedly offer little resistance while tensions mount, signaling an inevitable clash amid volatile conditions.
Holiday rates via the Santa Fe on December 24 25 26 32 and January 1 2 offer round trips to all points within 200 miles at a single fare. Final limit January 4. See T Z Eine agent or Cromwell Jeffers North Topeka.
Hood's Sarsaparilla is promoted as the leading blood medicine and the best value for money. The ad emphasizes purity and effectiveness as the top choice for health.
A. Winn, station agent at Aliceville Coffey county, went insane Monday morning, locked the depot, walked to Burlington, then vanished. A party sought a stranger staying at the Central House, but found him insane. Winn was later found in a demented state near Strawn.
Hutchinson hosts the Knights of Pythias Fifth district second annual convention with twenty lodges invited from Wichita Newton McPherson H ar ford Anthony Wellington Stafford and Sinian. Prominent K P leaders including Supreme Representatives Tully Scott A P Riddle N L Harlow and Grand Chancellor W H Swartzell attend along with other grand lodge officers.
Parsons, Dec. 28. The disappearance of J. D. Turkington, a Monmouth area farmer and stock dealer, may be explained by a forged note. He is said to have borrowed a large sum with his father’s signature, which the father now denies signing and will contest in court. The case links a late night Kansas City shipment payoff to the suspicious loan.
At Leavenworth on February 7 a civil service examination will be held for guard positions at the fort penitentiary. Salary is 60 dollars monthly. Applicants must be 22 to 50 years old, 6 feet 9 inches tall, and weigh at least 150 pounds. The test will include spelling arithmetic letter writing and penmanship.
Burlington December 24 Judge Randolph issued a writ of mandamus ordering the Coffey County board of commissioners to meet and canvass the vote. The board had adjourned to January 7 due to military voters absent from the county. J D Frazier fusion candidate for county attorney led by three votes, Horace White fusion clerk of the court by three, and J H Hannen fusion superintendent by 41. Republicans won other offices.
Osawatomie report notes the death yesterday afternoon of Father Adair near the city, a veteran Kansas pioneer and longtime pastor who organized its First Congregational church and was related to John Brown by marriage. In a separate item from Junction City a Fort Riley soldier was reportedly crushed by an incoming Union Pacific freight train.
A garbled advert promises cures and offers money for proof while a dramatic Civil War era incident describes a trooper injured in a track incident. The text interleaves medical claims, alleged conspiracies, and a trial note involving a consul, all showing chaotic, unverified details from a damaged page.
Forty four wagons carried turkeys from Cloud Lincoln and southern county areas in the largest shipment yet, totaling about twenty seven thousand pounds. The note also records shifts in Linn County residents and a Newton wedding of Wil M. Raymond and Dora Bowman.
In New York on December 28 a Greek suspect, Michael Ferran dou, was identified as the brigand Strantos de Sarantos, alleged head of a band that seized and ransomed travellers near Artolia. The Greek government has offered 5,000 francs dead or alive. Identification came from George Zegouras and others amid ongoing Greco Turkish war tensions.
Kirkpatrick aims to obtain garden seed shipments from Washington before the April deadline. The plan involves selecting seeds matching the same shape, with preparations to be complete by mid April.
Josephus Osbourn of 151 Jackson Street, Columbia, recounts three years of kidney and nervous illness. He details heavy expenses on doctors and remedies, then notes relief from Morrow's Kid-ne-cids after a sample and wife’s urging. He has since spent dollars on the treatment and endorses the remedy, inviting readers to write for more information.
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