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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1898
Page
2
Chautauqua assembly at Winfield Kansas continues through June 23 with ticket sales June 15 to 19. Return limit June 24 1898 at one fare 657H for round trip. Inquiries to W C Garvey A T & S FP Ry agent.
The International Typographical Union selects officers for the ensuing year by mail poll. Samuel R. Connolly of the focal union Boston Chicago Philadelphia Pittsburgh and other chapters wins with about 34,000 votes while W H Presrutt trails. Delegates and officers named include Morris as organizer and C Dertiinger as second vice president. The process marks a shift to mail balloting and a long convention wait.
A chaotic court report from New York details a husband and wife dispute over custody, finances, and alleged infidelity. The wife claims years of marriage ended by a fevered feud, while she seeks support and separation remedies as authorities scrutinize the pair’s troubled union.
Four act comedy Ambassdor succeeds Prisoner of Zenda in London. Private previews at the St James Theater draw a cosmopolitan Parisian society crowd. Diplomatic guests and embassy members attend as the production garners praise for wit and lively stage presence.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Erma Jeps Wars and a hospital home, a missing person or movement, and a travel notice urging union Pacific to Denver for the American Medical Association meeting on June 7th with special excursion options. It lists FE. A. Lewis and Fulton Depot agent for sleeping car reservations and rates.
A detailed 1898 dispatch recounts Lieutenant Richmond Hobson and seven crew members on the Merrimac as they sink the collier to block the harbor at Santiago de Cuba. All are captured by Spanish forces but exchange talks begin. Names, ages, and home towns of Hobson and crew are listed, with brief biographical notes and wartime roles.
Reports detail Lieutenant Hobson's plans to ram the harbor shoals with the Merrimac, the explosive torpedoes, and the crew's role. The mission aims to block the Spanish fleet at Morro Battery, with Hobson dead set on a perilous dash up to the Estrella battery and back, risking all to sink the collier and obstruct the harbor.
In Parsons on June 6 a scheme to rob farmers unfolded as two men produced fake papers claiming authority under the pure food law to inspect wells and cisterns. They used a microscope to show microbes and typhoid germs, selling costly remedies to frightened farmers and their wives before departing.
Omaha June 6 officials of Pacific Express Company face embezzlement charges as W 9 Bechel chief auditor and T K Sudborough assistant are taken into custody. Morseman and Hunt linked to the case while W Nason testifies that since 1884 about 10 000 a year funded lobbying with Adams United States and American Express aiding Lincolns legislature. Stockholders consider suits to recover bribes alleged by testimony and press reports.
Omaha report says Cassidy of Chicago has hired every carriage in town for the expo guests. Bid rounds stalled until Cassidy secured options on all rigs, prompting officials to seek local liverymen offering a $15 per vehicle supply. The scene ends with Cassidy confidently claiming he will provide the conveyances, while townsfolk expect ransacking or last minute deals.
Miss Mauer and Miss McCormick Salvation Army lieutenants were freed for want of prosecution after being accused of mutilating nude statues at the Omaha exposition. Protests against displays of nude art influenced the decision, with officers aiding the defendants and stating they acted under conscience and perceived corruption.
Chicago June 4 Wisconsin supreme court upheld the packing houses challenge to a credit restriction alleged to bar butchers not in the Retail Butchers' association or with poor Packers affiliation. Bratt claimed forty dollars in damages after a lower court victory, but the high court ruled for the defense. McKinney of Cadahy Packing led the appeal.
Train schedule notes that Missouri Pacific lines stop at Forest Park, with Topeka departures at 8 a.m. One round trip fare applies from June 1 to 24. Promotional lines tout Santa FeThrough service to Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo with Pullman sleepers and free reclining chair cars, via Pueblo and Colorado Springs.
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