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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1899
Page
6
The Topeka market report notes wheat prices eased as trading opened amid concerns over the Russian crop and weather. Heavy receipts and government support expectations influence sentiment, with cattle and provisions stably traded and futures mixed as traders digest crop prospects and market signals from Joyous and international markets.
In Kansas City a planned Writers Union for newspaper reporters collapsed after managers rejected it. Fourteen reporters, part of papers including the World Journal Times Star and Journal, lost their jobs as others left or switched desks. The move sparked vacancies and rapid recruitment by competing outlets.
Topeka reader notes Walter Johnson’s move to the Kansas City Journal as disruptions ripple through the press. Some displaced workers find new trades while a temporary occupation gap arises as talks about a national writers union unfold and typographers in Kansas City split from reporters’ strike plans.
News from San Francisco reports Guatemalan revolution fears as passengers from Guatemala arrive aboard the San Juan. An influential planter cites runaway coffee production and currency collapse, with subsidies demanded and silver coinage rejected. Cabinet vacancies and widespread hardship accompany the crisis.
New York clubs weigh offers from San Francisco for the Jefferies Sharkey world heavyweight title bout. Coney Island and Lenox Athletic Club pledge big purses while Jeffries’ camp leans California. Brady, in England, arranges a separate London bout as plans for two 25 round events unfold at Coney Island tonight.
The Topeka Fanciers Association schedules a public poultry meet tomorrow evening at Col J. W. F. Hughes coal office at Firth and Adams streets. A programme is set and all interested in poultry raising are invited. The group plans monthly meetings through January when the Kansas State Poultry show occurs locally.
In Heileville a massive explosion in a public square caused multiple injuries amid flying debris. Bystanders and police scrambled as a wagon and several stalls were damaged. Affected areas suffered broken windows and confusion as emergency crews responded, with officials investigating the incident and outlining compensation plans.
Mr Herbert D Pierce first secretary at the U S embassy in Russia returns to Washington and predicts cordial U S Russian relations and a vast opening for American capital machinery and methods in Russia He notes a commercial and industrial awakening and opportunities in steel and iron mills cotton mills and machinery As Trans Siberian railway nears completion it could become a Pacific to Europe trade highway linking Moscow and Vladivostok with the Americas and Europe
Obituary note states Grand Duke George, brother of Czaws, died in Ul health after a long illness. Born April 27, 1711, he lived in Ul. Career details and exact location unclear due to damaged text.
July 10 Chicago division railroad workers nearly 200 men stopped work demanding wages up to 120 dollars daily. The stoppage halted stockyard car movements causing three track blockages and widespread disruption across the 500 miles of line. An unknown man named Moor, with racehorses at the fair grounds, is also mentioned in the same story slice.
Fragmentary report mentions Garnett Wabaunsee county horses and a missing person. References to a man in a habit of adoption craps and gambling, a bowler hat and Mack coat, and an unnamed trainer. Details are unreadable, with several garbled words and no clear event or outcome.
Brigadier General J W F Hughes of the Kansas National Guard will travel to Harlinton Yates Center and Fredonia to muster in companies and organize ten companies. next week he will complete the regiment at Port Scott and Ottawa. He aims to strengthen the guard and keep it nonpolitical.
Magguene stevener aged wits of dW Brewster die Bund evening at her home corner of Rewari avenue and Ash street Funeral held Tuesday morning at 19 from the taxidence Isaac Botts aged 45 died this morning at hie here 24 Fawthet street Funeral held Tune day afternoon at a'clock from the residence Sir Betta was a member of A U W lodge No 155 and a brother of Councilman J M Betts and hergeast G W Betts For forty years Dr Fowler's Extra of Wild Strawberry had cured summer complaint dysentery diarrhea bloody flux pain in the stomach and it has never yet failed to do every thing claimed for it.
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