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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1898
Page
7
A garbled biographical note describes a Kentieman forming a new cabinet at a president’s request and references a 400 figure list of French statesmen, including roles as prime minister after Passy’s fall and twice elected president of a chamber. The passage is incomplete and mixes dates and titles.
A San Francisco dispatch from July 16, 1898 describes chaos as the Twentieth Kansas is moved from a New York camp to a sand lot near the Presidio. Officers address rumored mutiny, urge discipline, and note a rise in sickness and protests over camp conditions and transfer delays to Manila.
In a terse exchange a soldier describes duty and the impact of a chaotic incident on Topeka’s prospects while company one blanks the streets with orderly show. Lieutenant Colonel Little attended the cup for the first time in weeks, as W. ELLIS notes.
London July 2 The Kong correspondent reports General Aguinaldo's cabinet took the oath at Paceor before 200 natives followed by a fireworks display. Aguinaldo is restless amid requests to travel to Canton and confer with General Wildman who is urging dialogue with him.
London July 2. Times correspondent reports that government and civil authorities across many provinces are alarmed by Carlist preparations. Arms and munitions have entered circulation. Carlist leaders act with impunity while authorities fear provoking civil war as they seek to pacify the south and prevent Carlist influence from growing.
July 22 reports from San Francisco describe troop ships Rio de Janeiro and J Puls sailing with 1,000 men to the Philippines and Manila. Arizona and Scandia could carry 1,500 more, while Gen Merritt and Gen Merriam adjust orders. hospital division rail link to Presidio improves care. Camp Merritt facilities expand for 1,000 with New York volunteers in poor health awaiting reassignment.
News tells of a man named Burnett found alive as J W Pierce, adopted by WoWdHerce, and heir to a fortune totaling about 4 000 dollars. The tale traces a Wisconsin property portfolio of 2900 acres near Madison plus land in Racine, Dune, Washington and Grant counties, fruit and stock farms, 1000 sheep, mineral springs, and a summer resort hotel yielding large rents. Burnett’s lineage spans a slain father and a mother who died in infancy, with years of legal search ending in a reunion with the adopted parents’ heirs.
In Melrowe on July 19, a coroner's jury found that the deaths of a sheriff’s deputy and a woman were caused by an explosion from a powder Mars of the Western Pure Company. The verdict cites Usenet of Gun Une Chane, a Chinese individual, with murderous intent.
An early notice touts a grand exposition planned for Omaha from June to October with a world fair scope. It highlights cheap access via the Burlingtes line, stops in Missouri and Mississippi Valleys, and lists agents J W Wakeley Howard Elliott Townsend F B Nipps and local promotions by W Phillips plus a steam laundry advertisement.
Fragmented notices list wanted items and sales including gas stoves baby carriage safe family horse and various horses for sale or trade. Addresses and incomplete phrases indicate a chaotic listing from a local classified page with multiple upcoming sales and farm assets.
Proposals are sought for paving with Shawnee vitrified brick on the land foundation along Madison Street from Fifth to Sixth Avenue in Topeka. The notice appears in a July issue of the state publication.
In Topeka Kansas on July 21 the awarding of a contract for furnishing work is completed. Details indicate the overall project includes seating and related items. The contract, sealed, names McHadden Cherie among involved parties.
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