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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1899
Page
4
A compilation of political quips, editorial fragments, and local notes from the Topeka State Journal. Includes taunts about McKinley Bryan 1900 and Roosevelt Carter Harrison 1904, plus commentary on Topeka summer papers, weather notes, and civic worries.
An Omaha Bee viewpoint argues municipal ownership of public utilities remains vital despite a Michigan Supreme Court decision deeming a Detroit street railway law unconstitutional. The piece links the ruling to broader calls for city control of gas, electric, water, and transit systems, predicting sharper party clashes over future legislation and constitutional changes.
A jumble of aphorisms and quirky notes covers diverse topics from doctors and patients to travel, fashion, and animal wisdom. The text weaves humor with social commentary, mentioning a Kentucky town, airships, circuses, and a mysterious demand for arrows nearby.
A dated social sketch on gender roles and marriage. It argues secrets create jailers, love intensifies fault viewing, and women’s vanity in private life. The piece notes men feign virtue and women idealize husbands, with a satirical eye on domestic dynamics.
Fragments recount governor, hay, crop reports, and a Jewell county divorce case. Mentions Hat Springs, Emporia, and Solomon with references to Kansas state affairs. Notes on electric plant, water power, and local economic concerns.
Great Bend July 19 Judge Cole left for the east to push a broad irrigation project to store water in a basin near Great Bend. A 290 foot dam and ditch from the Arkansas River would irrigate 24 miles by 14 wide, creating a lake for winter use. The plan relies on new condemnation powers and corporate backing to secure land and finance.
John Long, a Santa Fe track repairer, stabbed his wife Ollie Long and her friend Thomas near Second Street and Metropolitan. A shouting confrontation with a companion child escalated when Long hurled a stone and lunged with a knife. Both victims were treated by doctors Cooper and Lewh. condition not fatally serious.
Yates Center July 10 A case of concealed identity unravels through decades as Leonard B Blocker dies at 73. A wandering farmer aided him to the grave and the tale reveals mistaken deaths and wartime misreporting amid a long suppressed backstory.
A man left his community after discovering his wife’s marriage to another, ensuring his children were cared for. He refused offers of Tor and pension, guarded his secret until near death, and would not disclose his former home or permit contact with his 618 Bamocates. He was educated and the motives behind his long sacrifice remain unclear.
Marie Fleming, daughter of the late W T Fleming of Atchison, is described as heir to a six million dollar estate through her paternal grandfather David Fleming. Her mother, Mrs A S Everest, cared for Marie through a troubled family history including separations, marriages, and relocations across Atchison, Philadelphia, and St Louis. Marie has lived with relatives and never had contact with her father since infancy.
An Atchison man arrived in Kansas City with claims that Balie Waggoner promoted himself from general attorney to editor of the Atchison Dairy Champion. The deal allegedly closed Saturday night making Waggoner owner and editor to promote fusion politics and control news against rivals, using the paper as a campaign mouthpiece.
Charles Oakes, a 21 year old single man, drowned Sunday three miles west of the river while swimming a bayou to set a trammel net. His brother Hayite attempted rescue and saved one man but failed to save Oakes. The body was recovered using grappling hooks. Also among reports Pensane grants list several names with varying sums from Dexter Springs to Walnut Grove and Leavenworth with supplemental and increased amounts.
Beloit July 10. W W Hawley and his year old son Headen were hauling hay when a loaded shotgun slid free and discharged into the boy’s lower body. Dr Daily treated the wound but little hope for recovery is given. The shot penetrated an inch board before entering. Abilene council rejects cemetery association proposal.
Cemetery association to take charge is replaced by a city deed over unsold land and a payment of 500 dollars. The plan suggests continuing city control since its founding, while Chanute reports a major gas strike celebrated with fireworks and cannon. Atchison notes missing Burlington agent J W Trimble as auditor Currie checks the office.
Milwaukee Racine and Kenosha Railway officers hold a six month option on 750000 dollars of Ind interests at Matanzas Cuba to erect an electric lighting plant and a large warehouse. An electric railway line will connect Matanzas with nearby towns. Work expected to start within four weeks under a one thousand dollar option fee.
July 10 Batavia state fishers investigate dead pickerel and pike pulled from Fox River in wagon loads. Officials believe acids discharged from a factory along the river bank caused the die off, with several weighed as high as twelve pounds each.
Columbus July 10 All seven members of the Reinhard family were involved when a westbound Big Four passenger train struck their surrey at the Woodward Avenue crossing. Willa 41 Arthur 9 Karl 7 Edward 6 were killed outright. Clarence 14 suffered a broken collarbone and injuries with recovery hoped. Edward and William died at the hospital. The horse was ground to pieces. crossing cited as dangerous due to a high fence obscuring sight of oncoming trains.
Chicago July 10 A Washington dispatch says General Joseph Wheeler will sail for the Philippines on the ship Tartar July 20. He will not resign his congressional seat and is expected to remain in the Philippines through the winter.
In Newport Illinois on July 1, the Spouting Rock Beach association, a wealthier summer group, seeks exclusive use of Balley beach. The city council debated whether the beach is public property and discussed removing a stone well blocking access. Cottagers have invested heavily in beach improvements and bathhouses amid the dispute.
Couriers report from Red Mountain district that the Live Alee group on Star Mountain near Bromley shows a large tellurium gold strike. Assays to Deadville indicate high gold and silver content, with outcropping values claimed at 75 000 per ton. News drew over 10 prospectors from Twin Lakes and Teatville seeking rapid development.
R T Shannon of Sterling Colorado petitions Judge Hagen for divorce on grounds of desertion after a decade of marriage. He claims his wife drove him from home two years ago, that his family remains in Sterling and he now lives in Topeka, having given up all his property except one team. He says he wrote seeking reconciliation but was refused.
Washington July 10 The secretary of agriculture declined a request for corn aid to Texas flood sufferers due to lack of appropriation. Secretary Wilson will dispatch quick-growing garden seeds from the department in hopes of a productive season. A telegram from the Finnston Relief committee chair estimates 75,000 plasterers affected and in evident distress.
In July the Missouri and Kansas zinc mining district resumed operations after a two week shutdown to work off surplus ore and force a smelter price. Over 10,000 workers were laid off, but the outcome may improve labor conditions if the miners win their price via the cooperative association.
A. B. Snapp, ex member of the Twentieth Kansas, had a dispute with his wife Saturday night. Mrs. Snapp was turning east on Third Street when he stepped up and knocked her down. Officer Carpenter witnessed the incident and arrested Snapp, who was released on $10 bond.
A wedding at 182 Harrison Street ended in a stabbing that left the bride's sister and the bride wounded. John Kercher, a white groom, and Clara May, a Black woman, were arrested after a beer-tapped brawl erupted among guests. The bride’s sister Della May suffered serious, possibly fatal, injuries.
Real estate transfers include Hilda Chrisman to Fred Perneil covering the north 24 feet of lot 224 Kansas Avenue and Lawrence R Wells to Delaney Wilkerson for the southeast quarter of Southwest 3% dated 10 16. Additional transfers list Claressa Ford Marion Keller with $1201 for lots 419 and 451, Cyl Win D Male receiver to Robt Martindale for $1 and lot 414 Quincy Street in Richards Addition, and Samety name with $1 for lots 15 and 7 in block ies Avenue Russell’s Meadow add Hom.
New York on July 10 Charles Graham known as the bollard writer died in Bellevue Hospital. Despite popularity of his work including the song Two Little Girls in Blue he reportedly died penniless. Born in Bester England he inherited his musical gift from a father who was a musician and composer.
Distinguished Passengers, Liverpool July 10. The White Star Id steamer Majestic scheduled to sail for New York July 12 will carry Archbishop Ireland Joseph Pulitzer publisher of the New York World the Hart of Yarmouth and Alexander Geddes of Chicago. The Epicurean restaurant owned by Bertha G Moody closed its doors Saturday evening due to poor business.
Washington July 10. El C McSpadden of Belton rejects reports of a second cotton crop to replace losses from floods in Brazos country. He warns frost and short maturities will prevent a viable replanting this year, noting only fragments from flooded fields and normal yields elsewhere in the state.
Philip T. Colgrove of Hastings formally launched his governor bid as an anti factional Republican candidate. State Senator Potter, managing the campaign, sent letters to reading politicians urging counters to Colgrove. The letters claim the senatorial seat will go east and defend western Michigan’s claim to the governorship.
A Boston Herald tale portrays a hungry tramp who finds a $1000 bill, misreads it as a dollar, and endures a bitter day of cold and hunger while trying to redeem the note. He cannot exchange it, avoids arrest, and eventually tells reporters his honesty story, ending with futility and lingering hunger.
Clarkaville suitors Wot and Conr eloped to wed, but a bogey buggy from Warner overturned before a minister could be obtained. The bride suffered a broken arm and a dislocation. A physician attended her, and the marriage ceremony was eventually completed.
Cleveland July 10. Prat Sen unl Bell Platner head of an IAS department at Western Reserve University has been granted a leave of absence from the school where he was instrumental in founding. He will soon begin further studies.
Daly Richhi Cook, son of Sictines Dee, prominent local citizen, drowned yesterday in a six foot pond at Maple Grove Cemetery. He went swimming, suffered cramps, and could not be rescued.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a plague spreading with discontent and unclear details. The readable bits reference yesterday and a general sense of alarm without precise locations or entities.
July reports from Troppau note floods in eastern Silesia as rivers overflow banks causing light damage. Newton will hold a street fair this fall after missing the July date, with committees formed and plans under way for September or early October. Lodge No 158 members are summoned to attend the funeral of Brother Isaac Betts tomorrow at 1 o'clock.
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