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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1898
Page
7
The article describes the Rough Riders as a cowboy and society mix chosen for fitness to fight in Cuba. It notes Roosevelt’s leadership role, Col Wood as commander, and Surgeon Wood's exploits in prior campaigns, highlighting hard riding and hard fighting expectations for the unit.
The cavalry unit favors rifle and revolver fighting over sabers. One rider holds three horses while others dismount to engage. They will dispatch as many as three fourths of the regiment at once, relying on mobility and accuracy to offset reduced numbers. The Long Krag Jorgensen carbine and Cuban machete supplement their gear. Col Wood and Lt Col Roosevelt align tactics with mounted riflemen of the revolution, inspired by a historic victory over English forces.
A Lewiston young woman waited for a suitor during an opera performance as a distant reunion unfolded. A well known Lewiston young man arrived to find his seat empty, then returned after a tense moment, and the couple exchanged a shy, hopeful glance. The scene drew amused reactions from nearby patrons as the pair found each other and smiled, ending the moment in gladness. The report adds a note on Cuba’s wartime population and a curious aside about a whale’s breadth.
Kansas City's Union depot will be remodeled by Van Brunt and Howe with J J Frey of Santa Fe present. Plans include a grand stair to the second story, several elevators, a twenty four foot wide viaduct from Ninth Street line, new waiting rooms, a redesigned dining space, and a gate system to control platform access. Total cost not to exceed 20100 dollars.
A May salary shortfall across state offices leaves several officials unpaid through May and June. Rail and banking officials, clerks, and aides including W P Dillard, William Campbell, L D Lewelling, James Senter, James Lewis, Robert Semple, Nettle McIntyre, J Hurrick, Delbert Stryker, J W Amis, Webb McNall, A B E McCoubrie, S W Tatman, W E Bray, Charles M Ross, J E K Paul, H Allen, W G Holt and others face no pay until August 1 when new fiscal year salaries begin.
Pekin reports Prince Ieoung head of the Tsung Li Yamen is dead and mourning orders issued. Earlier May notices claimed Prince Koung died May 2, but he was alive. confusion over a mistaken death announcement followed by a fall in health.
The Dr. King's New Discovery proprietors have given away over ten million bottles to aid the needy. The medicine is claimed to cure consumption coughing bronchitis asthma hoarseness and all throat chest and lung diseases. Swift & M Holliday druggists offer a free bottle with a money back guarantee. Beges Blood Purifier and Blood Maker is sold by druggists to remove facial blemishes.
Morton Hill of Lebanon reports his wife suffered extreme inflammation in muscles and joints and was bedridden after eight doctors with no relief. After using Mystic Cure for Rheumatism she walked in three days, and he credits it with saving her. Sold by Swift & Holiday, druggists, 623 Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas.
The Supreme Court reversed a circuit court ruling in North American Commercial v United States, remanding to enter judgment for the United States. It awards $76,678 with interest and dismisses damages over seals prevented by government limits, affirming seal fisheries as sovereign commerce under government regulation.
Secretary Alger received a tale from Ocean Springs Mississippi about a Spanish weapon used by toreadors in bullfights. A Newcomb Clark sent the item claiming it dates to the sixteenth century and was later found in a St Augustine casement with other relics. The weapon, 14 inches long, has a twisted hide shaft, a metal core, and rings for attaching torture instruments. The object will be shown to the president.
In Key West on June 1 British consul general at Havana transmitted to the British consulate a warning to all British correspondents. The telegram urged publicity and stricter scrutiny of reporters who may travel to Cuba via Key West to reach Havana. Three named correspondents Knight of the London Times Rob Ferguson of the Mall Ganette and Whigham of the Standard were noted as having crossed to Cuba and were captured on arrival.
About a thousand workers at the Singer sewing machine works in South Bend Indiana struck today demanding wages paid in 1892. The firm allegedly owes up to 350000, with losses from cotton wheat and stock trades cited by executives. Local merchants advertise Ballard’s Snow Liniment and Morrison’s Annual Jute Sale.
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