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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1900
Page
6
An old trade notice from Charles Adams & Co. promotes The Woman's Store products including Golden Medical Discovery and related tonics. The fragment references health benefits and claims of vitality, with mentions of No whisky or intoxicants and assorted testimonials.
Plans for a weekly Democratic paper in Topeka were abandoned as EB Stutts and L Ruggles dropped the project. They proposed buying The Advocate and News and T W Harrisons Paper to back a new Democrat, receiving some encouragement from party backers, but sponsors failed to materialize and key backers refused to join.
The Farmers Advocate was sold to a syndicate of young men led by Carl Vrooman of Parsons and J G Curran of Parana with Frank Peltret of Wichita and George H Harrison of Topeka. The Wichita Bayonet notes the Topeka paper will continue as a farmer oriented publication with reform aims, price set at 7000 dollars.
A special report from Dallas describes the Dallas Street Railway union employees walking out. The company hires new men, and there is no trouble reported yet. Mayor Ben Cabell has been asked to mediate between the company and its employees.
Mrs Alice A Taupton was arrested in St Louis on July 18 on charges by Creighton Iowa authorities. She allegedly stole 2.90 dollars from the hatchet of Emmett B Willard, a horse trader, prompting police action and custody.
A reader recalls years of coffee use causing dizziness and stomach upset followed by tea, then reports quitting coffee and adopting a substitute tea routine to regain steady sleep and improved health. The account highlights personal relief and better rest after removing coffee from daily life.
The report records a rise in temperatures to 76 by 1 PM with southerly winds at 12 mph. Forecast calls for fair night and Thursday as a clearing westward. Rain amounts from yesterday include Baker 0.46, Osage City 0.18, Sedan 0.35, Toronto 1.25, Wichita 0.19.
A New London dispatch to the Post-Dispatch details testimony on the Alexander Jester case. Witnesses describe a body seen moving in Reece creek and place Jester with a wagon near a farm in January. Testimony places him traveling with a two-team wagon and asserts presence near the Giddines farm.
Georgetown July 18 Caleb Powers trial resumes as John A Tack testifies Powers planned an armed mob to intimidate the Kentucky legislature to influence Frankfort actions. He allegedly claimed Governor Taylor and Charles Finley approved the effort and a $21,000 L N Railway check spurred transport. Witnesses describe general threats, while defense notes Culhane’s indictment.
Shipping circles stir as fifteen German steamers in the Atlantic shift to war transport duties for Germany. Reports say the United States government seeks chartered Pacific transports and supply ships from all nations to aid in the Chinese outbreak. British lines see no losses but note troop needs may push recruitment from India and other dependencies. Twenty two steamers totaling 108000 tons have been taken from commercial channels, signaling a larger movement ahead.
Roosevelt to launch campaign in Illinois with first week in September in Chicago under Hamilton Club auspices. Republican vice presidential candidate to visit St Paul and Illinois, then tour the state per plan by the state committee and national committee.
Report from Alma on the district covering Wabaunsee, Riley, and Geary counties. McKnight wins the Geary county edge with Burton support. Hessin is defeated amid campaign management ties to Secretary George A. Clark. Sudweeks named for the legislature while Burton delegates secure senatorial convention control.
Malta reports the British steamer La Gremor bound for London has arrived and been quarantined after cholera deaths occurred on board during the voyage.
Reports detail Chinese forts near Shanghai remaining intact while eight warships sit off the city and nine between Shanghai and Woo Sung. Rebellion in Hunan continues with the viceroy doubting arrest prospects and a caravan of engineers and missionaries attacked near Binnsvieng. Consuls press governors to repress disorders. missions attacked in Tiche Kiang and Manchuria.
Li Hung Chang says his mission to Pekin is twofold to save foreign ministers and secure best possible terms of peace for the allied powers. He claims to have sent verbatim cables from Lord Salisbury and M Delcasse and urges international cooperation to protect ministers and preserve peace in southern and central China. He notes personal danger and travels to Pekin nearly unarmed save for his bodyguard while insisting he seeks peace and safety for diplomats.
Letters from Mrs J W Ragadale and Mrs Lucy Drummond report June 14 updates on Tien Tien and Shang, noting critical conditions and hurried evacuations on June 16 aboard the last armored train. Consul family whereabouts are uncertain. mission churches near Tien Tein burned and Chinese protection seals placed on doors signaling troubled times.
The State Journal reports a Republican judicial convention in Concordia deadlocked for a day with 240 ballots, no change from the first ballot. Support splits show Say F Close and BL P Roney winning in Washington county as factions push for renomination amid Sturges forces.
Fifty nine thousand attendees heard messages from churches at the World Convention of the Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor. Rev Hugh Price Hughes urged unity with Methodists. Bishop Mandel Creighton welcomed delegates. Dr Parker urged Clarke and Sheldon for top U S offices. Ambassador Choate and the Archdeacon sent greetings.
July 18 Hanna national committee chairman arrived in Chicago and was escorted to the Auditorium by Green Stewart. He spoke only on official business before committee members presented preferred locations for the party headquarters. Stewart said Hanna would likely decide tonight. Offices once used by Peck for American exhibitors in Paris are under consideration on the Auditorium building’s second floor.
A princess seeks aid from a man named Jong Thirty who grants a phial with a remedy. After using it she is transformed from a respectable forty to a sixteen year old soubrette, causing upheaval as she confronts her altered status and the associated curse.
Johnstown July 19 a fast freigt train struck a crowd waiting for the A U W excursion to Lakemont Park injuring Sam Begley who is reported near death. The accident happened as about 2400 people gathered at the Pennsylvania station for the outing. A fatal explosion later in Naylor Georgia destroyed Depews store with fragments of a man’s body believed to be the safe blower killed at work.
Wheat was moderately active and firm with Liverpool strength aiding shorts. Corn weakened on a break in corn and sparse demand while oats were dull. Hogs and cattle showed mixed moves with receipts around 12 000 cattle and 28 000 hogs. futures reflected slight gains and losses amid weather notes and export activity.
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