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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1899
Page
4
Fragmented excerpts recount calls for witness testimony on chemical injections in beet crops, scrutiny of Aguinaldo, Miles, and Cripple Creek, and debates on pensions, beef contracts, and canal bonds. Other items note whiskey trusts, philanthropy, and reflections on bachelor life and women’s behavior.
A fragment from the Atchison Globe hints at social topics and personal musings. It mentions an aging woman seeking companionship, a widow courting new comforts, and reflections on winter comfort, marriage, and medical figures. The piece reads like a gossip column with rumor and light commentary.
A collage of humorous snippets and quotations from various periodicals. It features short exchanges about watches, portraits, editor jail terms for contempt, and jokes about diamonds and Methuselah, reflecting a cross-section of early 20th century wit.
The Congressional Record prints a memorandum by Agoneilo, Aguinaldo’s representative, introduced by Rep Johnson of Indiana. It details rights of the Philippine republic and is printed as part of Johnson’s remarks with a note that the statement was not read in debate.
The piece traces Candlemas Day as the Virgin Mary purification feast, noting candles blessed in Catholic churches and used for the year. It links the rite to ancient customs of lighting candles for Februa and Lupercalia, cites Justinian as origin, and explains February’s naming after Febran and March for Mars.
A satirical travelogue mocks tourists visiting Mexico, noting rivers of informally advised behavior. It jokes about embassies and consulates, curio vendors, and safe streets with cautions on local customs, hospitality, and urbanity, including Marmalade style criticisms of Americans and Spaniards.
Madrid Feb 2 dispatch from General Hips reports troops imprisoned on Negros have been released by insurgents and reached Sambownea at the southwest tip of Mindanao in the Philippine group.
Vienna reports the reichsrath prorogued with no autumn meeting planned. An agreement on Austria Hungary administration costs and proportional shares will be decreed under constitutional paragraph 14. London says Lord Hallam Tennyson has become governor of South Australia. Fire in Nagyverobrods village in Liptau district destroyed many homes and caused numerous fatalities.
Fire last night destroyed two old two story business blocks in Independence. J. M. Anderson and Abe Gottlieb lost stock valued at 25,000 and 12,000 respectively. Building losses around 5,000 each with total losses near 59,000. About half insured. Prisoner Mrs. Krebs sentenced in Lansing.
Lawrence Feb 2. Chancellor F H Snow of Kansas University issued his January weather report. The month had a mean temperature above average with wide variation. first half warmer by ten degrees. Eleven days below freezing, four days below zero. warmest day 70 on the 21st, coldest 7 below zero on the 28th and 29th. Snow four inches, total precipitation 4.2 inches, 87 below January average. Clearer than usual with above average wind, humidity above average, barometer normal, three fogs and no thunder.
Parsons February 2 a Bundy time regulating device was installed in the post office by the department. The clock automates recording when carriers report for duty, start and end rounds, and times of clerk arrivals and departures, replacing the postmaster's manual reports sent to Washington.
Parsons Peb2 reports towns around Eufaula shaken by a disease resembling meningitis. In Webbers Falls 14 coffins sold in a day, one doctor cites 170 deaths in his district. Large numbers dying near Texanna Bend Brockens South Canadian Standing Rock and along the North Canadian River. doctors unable to curb the outbreak.
report from Wichita dated February recalls a hunting trip with Col. Cody when a bear kept as a general pet by soldiers at Ft. Reno and Ft. Sil turned friendly and approached General Miles who fired his rifle killing the animal. The party had earlier successes and the skin was taken as a trophy.
A Kansas hail insurance company named the Kansas State Mutual Halil association was organized in McPherson to insure growing crops against hail. Officers include J. W. Yourell as president and O. A. Smith as vice president.
Reports from Burl Ottawa warn of smallpox in the county jail as a Coffeyville arrestee nears diagnosis while Madison Bank announces reopening with $72,000 ready and new directors after First National Bank failure. Pensions granted in Washington include names from Leavenworth, Carbondale, and Parsons, with several restorations and increases. Mrs Krebs sentenced to ten years hard labor for murdering Mrs Craig in Junction City.
A poem in old dialect expresses a bachelor’s dream of a loving home. The speaker longs for a fond wife to share evening comfort, companionship, and gentle care, contrasting loneliness with imagined domestic warmth. The author notes readers may overlook orthography for the warmth of feeling.
Washington February 2 The monthly statement of the public debt shows total debt near 1 427 204 425 with cash in treasury offset by certificates and notes. The rise is mainly due to redemption of government bonds aiding the Central Western and Union Pacific railways dated January 1 1899.
New York report says District Attorney Gardiner expects to present inquest evidence linking multiple deaths to a single motive. He hints at arrests of two or three suspects, mentions exhumation of Barnet’s body, and compares the case to the Cleveland Street scandal in London.
A special house committee reported the State House building is in poor sanitary condition due to crude methods and lack of help under past administrations. It recommends hiring engineers firemen watchmen and overhaul of the heating plant and basement debris removal. The panel asks Ways and Means to prepare an appropriation bill to fund the improvements.
The Kansas Senate dismissed Judge McKay's contest against Preston B. Gillette for the Seventh District seat covering Kingman Pratt Barber and Harper counties. Lewelling moved to end the contest, a rebuke to McKay amid bitter party fights and personal enmities. The body postponed the Falloon versus Stuart judicial contest to February 14.
A U S express car attached to a new Transcontinental fast mail train on the Milwaukee Road caught fire near Brookfield and was completely destroyed. The car carried express matter to Sir Paid and points west. only money and bonds in the safe survived. Fire could not be quenched despite moving the burning car to a water tank. The loss amount is unknown.
Den Moines Ta eco paint Towa Wholesale Butter and Eee ern as sociation met in anntual convention here today. No programme is outlined, but the oleomargarineg Inwa will be taken posts denied. 'cr oficers Cn a are prepared to meet any price of competition that way be uffured combination.
A garbled OCR fragment discusses Senator Spooner and US policy toward the Philippines. It references opposition to certain measures, potential changes in government payments, and concerns about trade and assimilation. The readable bits imply debate over forming an agreement or ordinance affecting the Philippines and foreign policy.
Havana reports reveal Mr Porter’s mission to return Cuban officers to peace with a 2 million dollar fund as an ultimatum. The agreement sketches distribution by Cuban officers, housing and timing of settlements, and aims to ease army needs while preserving order. General Gomez’s stance and Porter’s authority frame the meeting at Cuban headquarters.
A fast mail train on the Mudhgoeld Northwestward route wrecked eight miles east of Leffersig. Eight people are reported killed and the incident is being investigated by local authorities.
Chicago reports the dismissal of a professor of physicalology by the faculty following complaints from women students including freshmen. The controversy centers on alleged unnecessary examinations and lecture demonstrations. A mob of class members denied the allegations and demanded a formal retraction and statement from the department.
A damaged Louisville notice describes a man in February who died by self inflicted act. The fragment mentions a note left by the deceased and references individuals and a proprietor. Details are unclear, but the event concerns a suicide with a suicide note in the Louisville area.
Rev Walter Oakley died at his home 1885 Tyler street after illness with the grip. He leaves his wife and a son Frank Culley. Oakley came to Topeka with First Friends. Viewing tomorrow morning from 11 to 12. Funeral tomorrow at 2 o’clock private.
Local notice reports the Primary Sunday School meeting Friday evening at Congregational Church with Mes Prevener delivering the lesson amid La Grippe concerns. An advertisement by A J Shepherd of the Agricultural Journal and Advertiser promotes One Minute Cough Cure as effective for La Grippe, with Chicago news hints and promotional chatter from multiple druggists and advertisers.
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