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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1900
Page
5
Negotiations between the state department and Japanese authorities over California and Colorado discrimination quarantines have cooled as bubonic plague fears wane. The long strained diplomacy has softened with less pressuring rhetoric and expects a more restrained Japanese military tone.
Washington July 12 five enlisted men awarded commissions as second lieutenants for exemplary service in the Philippines. Sergeant Major H Binckbure from Porty-ninth Infantry, Commissary Sergeant George W. Wilson from Thirty-fifth Volunteer Infantry, and Allan T. Crockett from Twenty-seventh Volunteer Infantry become lieutenants. All served in their prior regiments.
Chicago July 12 O P ritinn was arrested early today charged with using stolen express blanks from the American Express company. The burglary, one week old, involved blank orders filed to enable thefts totaling about 200 dollars in fare value. Ditton, a companion, escaped with some of the forged documents. Ditton had been employed as a telegraph operator four days before the capture.
Two men, Springfivid resident W-Lauie Mer cer and William Delterin of Petora, drowned while towing on the Bangamon river near Peternins Merker. Merker went down at once. expert swimmer tried to aid but both perished. Heat death in New York reports architect John Edelman, 55, who died after overheating in a contractor's office. born in Sigvalens, credited with designing the Auditorium Hotel in Chicago.
Odd tale from Topeka recounts how the Pottawatomi Gints halted corn dances when a mock ceremony led by Colonel Williams and Thompson failed to materialize. A comic turn by Thompson as emcee sparked controversy, the crowd refused to perform, and the event collapsed amid cultural mockery.
Herbert Houston claimed 5700 remained unpaid after collecting 3000 in cash. Judge Vandervert acted to secure payment, and Dell Keizer defended the paper’s management saying funds were sufficient when Houston was due. The dispute centers on debts from the Sheldon edition and advertising settlements.
Miss Santa Waters Miss Fe Waters and Mint Virgie Payne hosted a porch party Thursday night at the Waters home on Buchanan Street. Guests enjoyed rugs cushions and hammocks with punch and refreshments as Marie Norton played violin and Artinn Dennissane and Lew Forbes provided piano selections. Between thirty and forty attendees included Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Snyder Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Myers Mrs. C. C. Meher and many others from Vinewood and Helianthus.
A Cronia club gathering of twelve young Indies hosted a Wednesday porch party at Miss Margaret Gilfillan’s home. Guests included Misses Etta Beck Pearl Hardge Agnes Burdige Octavia Greenwood Maud Van Houten and many others with a punch bowl and cakes as late refreshments. Nearby notices mention various local social visits and upcoming events among Topeka society members.
Directors of the state soldiers home at Doege City asked Governor Stanley to consult with national military home managers on possible inmate exchanges. Kansas men with wives seek transfer to state home while single men in Kansas seek entry to the national home, prompting the discussion. The national home bans exchanges but Kansas rules do not. The governors response is awaited.
The attorney general’s office prepares new briefs for a reargument of the stock yards litigation. The Stansus law controversy, initiated under Boyle, was argued in Washington last year with a January decision expected, but an October reargument was ordered. B H Tracy, who argued the first time, now drafts the brief for the second hearing.
James F. Whitney of Pawnee County is in the city on official work linked to county clerical duties. He has served 33 years over eleven consecutive terms, a record for state county officers, with his photograph selected for State Historical Box Society exhibition.
July 1 report from Chicago describes Jacob L L Kester, merchant, accused of bribing ex-Alderman Mangler to secure votes for a General Electric street railway ordinance. Mayor Hartown says Kester testified Mangler discussed backing the measure. Mangler reportedly claimed the company offered boys money per vote for or against the ordinance, while the Railway Company allegedly offered larger sums for opposition.
Professor H Connell of Texas agriculture writes to Secretary Coburn. He notes the importance of experiment stations and praises the reports and tests, urging support for a dedicated agricultural department in Texas.
Ed Wood, a barber, was arrested on disturbing the peace after police found him beating his wife near Burne boarding house on East Fourth Street. He entered a not guilty plea at the police court today as neighbors noted prior separations and a return from Kansas City two weeks earlier.
Mrs Louio F Ackerman wife of a Santa Fe shop employee living at 2 Santa Fe street is slowly starving due to esophageal paralysis. She has suffered for two years and will be moved to Stormont hospital tomorrow though there is no hope for a cure. The piece mentions dramatic decline and references other unrelated items and notices in the same column.
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