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Newspaper

Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1899

Page

5

Sunday Church Services and Notices Across City

A fragmented church page lists service times and pastors from First Christian to Presbyterian and Baptist churches. It notes sermons by Rev. Barisan and Rev. Walker, Sunday schools, evening lectures, missionary reports from Korea, and a joint Protestant observance schedule with multiple venues and slightly garbled details.

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Fragmentary OCR Notice on Local Event

The readable parts mention a public event tying to a local place and people, but text is unreadable. Key names, dates, or locations cannot be confirmed.

Church Services and Sermons Across Local Chapels

Morning and evening worships noted at Calvary chapel and St Simon's. Rev Canon Bywater preached. Rev Joseph Waxne led at St Simon's. Sunday school times listed. services at Western Avenue Seventh street corner and other local corners include sermons and evening prayer.

Fourth Hranter St. Simon's. Comer Western Avenue Bne Eywater

Spain Going Out Preparing to Close Up Her Colonial Business

Madrid reports no word yet from the Philippines on prisoners held by insurgents as release talks continue. Deputies plan to seek investigation of surrenders by the chamber after court merites verdicts. A decree to suppress the ministry of colonies will be signed, a board to validate colonial matters and revise pensions will be created, colonial debts moved to finance ministry. The steamer Fulda arrived at Cadiz with repatriated Spanish troops from Havana.

Spain Madrid Philippines Manila Santiago de Cuba

A Struggle in Court Over Mission Rock Relinquishment

San Francisco January 21. The California Dry Dock company seeks to relinquish Mission Rock to the government under a state law. The issue turns on possession and long standing rights as the United States plans to reserve the island for military use. The dispute will involve arguments over title and financial investments.

San Francisco Mission Rock Bay California Dry Dock Company McKinley Dick Company

15000 Coatmakers May Strike in New York

A pending industrial dispute threatens a 10 000 to 15 000 coatmakers strike unless concessions are granted by manufacturers. The Brotherhood of Tailors formed to join the United Garment Workers, aiming to press for shorter hours better pay and an end to the task system. A mass meeting was planned at Apollo Hall Clinton and Broome to discuss actions.

New York Brotherhood of Tailors Defancey Stret United Garment Workers Lafayette Place Apolia Hall Clinton and Broome Streets

Frohman secured the Lyric theater for five years in New York

Charles Frohman obtained the Lyric theater in Longacre Square and planned remodeling and a possible independent entrance on Forty-fourth Street. Work to be finished next May with the house opening soon. Also notes a worker losing a leg after a freight-car incident and a report on upcoming national butte association meetings in Kansas.

New York Charles Frohman Lyric Theater Olympia U Slding Oscar Hammerstein Longacre Square Forty-fourth Street

Santa Fe Catches On

The Santa Fe has been awarded the contents of the Twentech ey for Marit. Sequieed ageeiat gala, which Jett eas

Santa Fe Jett Eas

Infected Houses Report on Tuberculosis Spread

A Albany report by Dr. Guerard details widespread TB in New York City tenements, showing maps of 1894 1896 deaths by dwelling with red marks and noting many buildings permanently infected. The findings prompt calls to condemn or renovate poor housing and suggest a state home for consumptives in the Adirondacks. Charles F Simmons, a former Brooklyn bookkeeper, is identified as the lodging house victim.

Albany Yey Choan K. Arthus Guerard Herman M. Briggs Comely Fureth Jenkins Health Commission Fourth Ward Sixth Ward TSS Senate Commission Adirondacks Bowery Dea Charles F. Simmons Brooklyn Simmons

Senatorial Ballots Across States Report Varied Ballot Counts

Dover Del Jan 1 eighth ballot for US senator shows Gray 15 Addicks 15 Dupont 10 Dupont 2 Hittes 0 Pennington 2 Levesing 2 Absent 6. Harrisburg Pa Jan 21 fourth ballot: Guay 65 Jenks 0 Dalzell 4 Irvin 0 Stewart 4 Hutto 0 Stone 5 Tubbs 3 George 1 Atari 1. Nebraska Lincoln Jan 6 tally lists Hayward Webster 10, Thompson 7, Lambe rman 2, Reed 4, Hinshaw 2, Foss 2, Adams 2, Van Dusen 1, Hubner 1, Cornish 1. 63 needed. Utah Salt Lake Jan 21 four ballots. Miner for judge. Newhouse 0. McCune 25, King 13, Powers 6, Cannon 7, Neteker 1, Sutherland 1, Miner 4, not voting 1. California Sacramento Jan 21 twenty sixth ballot deadlock persists.

Dover Del United States Delaware George Gray St. Bidward Addicks Henry A. Dupont Francis G. Dupont Uap Whe. S. Hittes John B. Pennington Levesing Handle Joint Assembly Pennsylvania Harrisbirg Guay Jenks Dalzelli Irvin & Stewart Hutt v. Stone Tubbs Qeon Atari Chuloe Nebraska Dincoln Neb Jan Ailes St Hayward Webster Thompson Lamberiain Pied Rees Hinshaw Wentup Foss Adame van Dusen Hubner Cornish Necessary Utah Salt Lake Judge Miner Samuel Newhouse

Canal Bill Passes in Senate with Vote Cast

Washington January 2 The senate approved the Nicaragua canal bill by a decisive vote though the exact tally is not stated in the fragment. The action sets the stage for the measure's progress in the legislative process as supporters tout strategic and economic benefits.

Writ of Habeas Corpus Granted for Fayne Moore in New York

Justice Book grants a writ of habeas corpus in Manhattan Supreme Court to bring Fayne Moore to court for a second trial in the Tombs on alleged complicity with her husband in badgering Martin Mahon. The judge considers if J Campbell’s security bond would be accepted as security as District Attorney Gardiner signals possible rejection. Mrs Moore was brought to court but arguments postponed until Monday.

New York Justice Book- Staver Supreme Court Today

Earthquake Strikes Port Antonio Jamaica For Ten Seconds

An earthquake lasting ten seconds and the severest in years hits Port Antonio Jamaica on January 2. Damages are not yet known. A local man writes that Beggs German Salve is used in every house for cuts burns bruises and skin diseases with claims of its healing powers spreading through town.

Jamaica Port Antonia

Topeka Snap Shots Include Local News and Notices

Sol Smith Burseth will not attend Topeka events. Fred Gurdon ill with pneumonia at his home in Petwir. Miss Rebecca Stevenson becomes cashier at Cremerie restaurant. Rev A E Wagner to speak at Washburn College on January 26. Topeka suffrage group urges women to register for spring election. May Harnett withdraws writ of habeas corpus in perjury case. Sunflowers beat Santa Fes in duck pin. high averages. Emma Kelly to lecture at Crawford Theater February 3 on Klondike experiences. Remains of Raymond Dawes to be brought from Honolulu for Leavenworth burial.

Sol Smith Burseth Topeka Fred Gurdon Cneumonia Petwir Armstrong & Kassetaure J. W. Vincent Fairchild North Topeka Masons Masonia Two Horse Street Kansas Avenue CC. Baker Ralints F. Sim A. E. Wagner Washburn College Rebecca Stevenson Cremerie Rentaurant Blanche Artt Paul Torrington Joe Morgan J. 3 S. Collins van Buren Street Topeka Feust Suffrage Association L. Sullivan Crawford Theater May Harnett Collins Shawnes County New York Kansas Medical College Henry Dillard Judge Foster Congress Foster de Forest Jetmore Oug Chicago Barnum M. Shattlinger Third Christian Church F. E. Mallory Sunflowers Santa Fes Ramon Smith Emma Kelly Klondike Lawrence George F.anderson St. Marys Tom Anderson Uhr Water Works Friends of the Water Works Company Frank Brooks Deeis Herrman School United States Nicaragum Canal Cicerenian” Society Beanie Maroney Howard Carruth Ada Campbell Carl Beastie Frohman Raymond Dawes F. B. Dawes Leavenworth County Honolulu Leavenworth War Department Young Dawes Twentieth Kansas Volunteer Regiment

Presidential Appointments and Legal Notices

Washington January 21 The president sent nominations to the senate for military academy mathematics posts and a land office register in Weare Alaska. San Francisco January 2 The holographic will of Adalph Sutre admitted to probate. executors named with bonds set at 9 dollars. Gault references and Beggs German Salve advertising end.

Washington Tofay Senate Miliary Academy Wright P. Edgerton Military Academy Charles Corps of Engineers Edmund D. Wikkl D.C Register of the Land Office Weare Alaska Sutre San Francisco Adalph Sutre D Ear Bulro Des Millionaire Bradmina Suirv-Merritt W. RR Agg Coffey

Chanute Seeks State Institution Among Seventeen Counties

Southeast Kansas counties with 14 percent of state area lack state institutions. Chanute sits at the region’s center and Senator Farrelly promotes a plan to place a state asylum there, printing a map with red dots indicating proposed placements. The notice cites demographic and economic totals for the seventeen counties, including population, land area, valuation, and resources.

Serventson Chanute Farrelly Ile. Coburn Cherokes Labetts Montgomery Ciavatouqua Cowley Butler Greenwood Elk Crittey Woodson Wilson Neosho Allen Anderson Linn Bourbon Crawford Furreily

Banking Bill Allows State Funds to Earn Interest

Senate banks committee backs Senator Johnsons proposal to deposit state funds in local banks at interest. A governor treasurer and attorney general board will select banks by bid, pay interest on daily balances, and require bonds for safekeeping. The measure aims to turn unearning state cash into annual interest, highlighting a Topeka bank example of noninterest funds.

Senate Committee On Banks and Banking Senate Chas. F. Johnson Topeka

Order Out the Toughs at the State House

A 19th century letter complains of a crowd of colored boys at the state capitol, causing disturbances in corridors and near entrances. The writer calls for removal by the executive council or legislature, describing the group as a nuisance and a disgrace to the state.

State House Senate Chamber Hmuise of Representatives Representative Hall Foud Vulear Executive Council

Representative Remington Proposes Funding for Historic Society Rooms

Representative Remington of Miami county has introduced a bill to appropriate $5,009 to furnish shelving book cases and furniture for new rooms for the State Historical Society. It contemplates using the first and second floors of the east wing of the state house, per an 1895 resolution.

Insane asylum bill advances in afternoon House session

Four new bills were introduced with special permission in the afternoon House session. The only notable measure, by Representative Keifer of Neosho, proposes an insane asylum at Chanute. This marks the fourth such bill presented in the House.

Keifer Neosho Chanute

Two Private Pension Bills Raised in House

Washington reports Representative Curtis of Kansas introduced a bill granting a pension to Thomas J. Jones and another increasing a pension for Genree Painter. San Diego notes Rear Admiral Hants says Philadelphia could be coal and equipped for a voyage to Samos by next Thursday, with orders from Washington pending.

Washington Curtis Kansas Thomas J. Jones Hants San Diego Cala Kants Philadelphia Samos

Burial of Mrs Nora Finney and early 20th century police raid

Mrs Nora Finney died at noon Friday and was buried at 2 pm from her family home at 145 Kellam avenue. Earlier, police raided four disorderly houses around 9 pm, detaining inmates and proprietors who were fined 25 cents. Locations included May Chris on Kansas avenue near Fourth street, Mabel Coulter at 518 Kansas Avenue, Dora Rodgers at 410 Kansas Avenue, and Nurse Thompson and May Thompson at 411 Kansas Avenue.

Nora Finney Kellam Avenue May Chris- USA Kansas Avenue Fourth Street Mabel Coulter Dora Rodgers Nurse Thompson May Thompson

New York Brown Book details city officials year 1895

The New York Brown Book from Martin B. Brown Printing compiles a graphical record of City of New York public officials for 1895 next to a review of the first consolidation year. It profiles department heads and notes leaders like Richard Croker Nathan Straus and John F Carroll.

New York Martin B. Brown Printing Company Aidrance Publihers JNM Martin B. Brown Company Tammany Hall Richard Croker Nathan Straus John F. Carroll Croker

Opera star Sofia Scalchi eyes last tours and marriage query

Mme Sofia Scalchi, famed contralto, criticizes her former associate Patti’s wedding at 80, hints she may not return to the country after tonight’s Crawford Theatre appearance in Topeka. Her son aids her business while she weighs future plans with a possible Australia tour or Royal Opera Company move. Also notes a 1898 testimonial for Feeun’s Rheumatism Remedy and De Witt’s Little Early Risers as local drug ads.

Mme Sofia Scalchi Patti Hogleh Seatch Topeka Lawrence Crawford Theater Lol Stalchl Putti Turin Italy Sealchi Abe la Francis Clinton Towa Feeun Uct Switt & Holliday, Drug Co W. Wilson Arnold Drug Co de Witt Geo. W. Stansfield Wilson Ald Arnold & Son A. J. Kane & Cu

Rock Island Flyer Offer Speeds Topeka To Kansas City

Round trip tickets priced at 2.00 available for January travel. Outbound from January 21 to 23 with morning return by January 25. Peer Jess Steam Laundry guarantees colorfast laundering for shirts and waists. TE and Lix West Eighth Street.

Rock Island Tims

Market Report Wave Tests Wheat With Mixed Signals

The market report notes bearish and bullish forces in wheat trading with May futures opening higher before retreat. Receipts total 472 cars at Minneapolis and 88 cars year prior. Argentina wet weather delays harvest but European needs remain covered by imports. London cables report weak home and foreign markets and a likely sharp near term decline. Western markets show strong activity versus last year due to wider trading centers and a near 4 million bushel rise in demand.

Chicago Argentina London

Market Notes From Kansas City Livestock Sale

Kansas City Livestock Market report shows steady to firmer tones across grains and meats. Oats and provisions hold firm while hogs and corn demand push prices, with receipts and shipments listed for Monday and mixed futures for May contracts.

Ereon Kishor Hove Kansas City York

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