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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1899
Page
2
A new anti wine fall combination forms in Akoma and Philadelphia to start all of its plants. The con ferns rotate in cities including Philadelphia Ashland Ky Castor Iggals Ne nurs New York Baltimore Puebla Cal and Oakland. The plant at Ashland is new and claimed to be among the largest and best in the world.
A government notice from Secretary John D. Long prohibits the sale of beer or other strong liquor to enlisted men aboard ships or within naval stations. Commanding officers are ordered to forbid any sale or serving of alcohol to sailors on ships, at naval bases, or within naval barracks except in the medical department. The move aims to benefit the service and discipline.
Report from Ambassador Clayton in the City of Mexico states that the United States and Mexico have agreed on a new extradition treaty to replace the lapsed form. The treaty is retroactive to cover crimes committed since the previous treaty expired, ensuring fugitives are not granted asylum.
San Francisco reports fear that heavy firing during a later battle has impacted the Menna observatory near Matare, a key center for seismology and typhoon forecasting. Scientists note continued instrument care and restoration as mariners and researchers monitor aftershocks and seek protection for vital equipment.
The infant Harry Aaron Cook born January 27 at 121 Oliver Street Newark weighs about eight ounces at birth and now shows remarkable growth. He is thirteen inches long, with tiny nails and diminutive hands, yet reports say he is perfectly healthy and developing normally for a future full-grown man.
An old promotional testimonial touts Swift's Specific as a cure for chronic wounds and ulcers. It asserts the tonic clears impurity from the blood and heals severe sores, claiming success after prior doctor visits and various remedies.
Miss Chaudean from North Ninth Street reports a man named John Mooney followed her after a Columbia theater matinee and repeatedly groped and pressed for attention. She defended herself with a hat pin, wounding him, and police were called. Mooney paid costs in pollen court the day after.
The Arion society event at Madison Square Garden drew a vast crowd, with lavish costumes, gleaming jewelry, and elaborate tableaux. Pittsburgh guests and many from Pennsylvania joined the gala as police maintained control during the carnival’s lively revelry from evening into the early hours.
Antwerp dispatch reports the defeat of the Mulla tribesmen by Consu troops and the pacification of Mongalla territory in northeast Congo. Baron Dhanis is said to have advanced and chased Kabathare eastward. The development boosts business and securities, with Congo company capital stock oversubscribed and shares rising.
In Niles Michigan a man long believed dead after a separation of seventeen years returns with wealth from California. His wife, widowed ex-soldier, and family thought him dead as four prior pension applications filled by a widow and others. the couple resume life as the husband’s fortune is revealed and hopes for a pension are discussed.
Report from Havana states Major General We has received dispatches about a countermand of a recent order issued by General Brooker. Cuban officials view the reversal as justice while noting Havana salaries run higher than elsewhere. General Wood recommends acting civil authorities be appointed pending clarification.
Peru agrees to settle the MacCord indemnity with the United States on February 24 by paying 409 dollars. Victor H. MacCord, an American, was implicated in the 1851 revolution and was condemned as aiding insurgents. His life was spared after intervention, with an indemnity previously demanded by the U.S. government.
California couple Frank Puthbert and his wife, both called by the Lord to Jerusalem, journeyed to New York where they endured privations for years. They left Albion Michigan after marriage and say their calls have brought hardship but fortitude, with no fear of poverty.
William Allen White ridicules civilizing efforts and advocates brutal solutions for Filipinos and Indians. The essay attacks American policy, mocks missions, and suggests slaughter or sterilizing acts as humane ends. The harsh piece critiques conquest and heredity as justifications for violence.
Washington reports that Mrs Phoebe A Hearst widow of Senator Hearst spent about 2000000 in charity over five years. The funds mainly aided University of California chairs and education, plus extensive endowments in California and Oregon for kindergartens, teachers’ training, mothers’ congress, and charities benefiting girls. She is mother of the New York Journal editor.
In Wabash Indiana on February 1 the last Indiana Democratic newspaper that opposed Bryan on money issues shifts to the free silver stance. The Wabash Times, six weeks earlier, converted to free silver, and the Deru county paper, The Liberty, is sold by editor Frank Walihaugh to Frank McElheny who will publish a straight free silver sheet.
In St Paul on February 15 Colonel W. J. Bryan of Nebraska spoke at a Minnesota Democratic and Populist banquet. He argued ratification of the peace treaty clears the way for a Philippine republic, urging U.S. democracy over imperial policy and linking Liberties of France and the United States to a future Manila statue of Liberty Enlightening the Orient.
North Taunton farmer Lewell Marston, a descendant of Puritans, sits in county jail for twenty days after refusing to pay an extra twenty cents added to a overdue tax. He offered the base tax but rejected the collection cost, calling himself a martyr and refusing friends' efforts to release him. Constable Ramuel Cook had him jailed to serve the penalty.
Mrs Harriette A Keyser secretary of the Church Association for the Advancement of Labor backs the proposed Squirrel Inn to be run by the Church Temperance Society at No WH Bowery New York. She calls it a noble enterprise and says workingmen need a space to spend their leisure with temperance drinks and meals. The inn would resemble a saloon but offer tea coffee soups warm dishes and temperance beverages to aid the cause.
New York theaters run a busy week with Empire presenting a new play by RK C Carton and featuringEngus Prana entitioned, and Lendty Algy. Academy hosts Anson Ponds war play Her Atonement. Astor Battery returns from Manila. Madison Square features She Loved Him, The Great Baby or the Rise of Ricod at Lane, and White Tavern at Allacles. Garrick shows Zaxa with strong run heading toward warm weather.
Report from Harper's Magazine details a sixty pound armor piercing shell that pierced two steel plates, cracked a deck beam, tore skylight plates, bent a shield, and traveled across the Baltimore from starboard to port without striking a man. It wounded two officers and six sailors, while two three pounder shells on deck exploded harmlessly nearby.
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