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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1898
Page
4
A fragmented account discusses potential leadership for war, the naval trap set by Cervera, and debates over arming the fleet plus calls for duty and sanctions. References to Admiral Cervera, the Merrimac incident, and political figures like Reed appear amid wartime rhetoric and press commentary.
A jumble of brief, fragmented items from the Atchison Globe touching on a doctor paying for a cigar at a drug store a patient operated on by Bloy etc a baseball pitch and Sunday play disputes as well as snippets about a Christian Scientist losing a pet and a divorced couple. It hints at local life with scattered names but contains many garbled phrases and unclear details.
A fragmented line notes a widow appointing a successor after a husband’s death and a remark about someone named Pippa in a poker game. The text suggests passive social satire with unclear context and several garbled phrases.
The Chicago Nova reports Leiter's wheat operation boosted farmer yields by about 10 cents per bushel and added value to oats and corn through sympathy effects. It claims a $40,000 credit and suggests consumers paid more as exports rose, noting Leiter aimed to place actual wheat with buyers and export to Europe.
A collage of brief notices references Senator Tillman relatives, including George Tillman a South Carolina gubernatorial hopeful, and mentions Ben’s wardrobe. It notes a Toledo blade as a gift to a Spanish throne contender, praises Phil among Wanamaker’s kin, and hints at Nebraska politics. The piece also recalls John M. Thurstyn, Maximo Gomez, Alfred de Rothschilds, Theodore Roosevelt, Whistler, and a West Point connection.
Pittsburg Pa June 6 The stepmother of Rev GW Fish a Guptist minister of McKeesport testified in criminal court that she and her husband lack support for years and that the three sons Bryant Fish, Within Fish and Howard M Fish have provided nothing since March. The sons said they would help but feared harming their own families. The case was heard with sympathy but dismissed with no costs.
In Chicago on June 6 a coroner's inquest found Mrs Rebecca Peoctor died from slow paregoric poisoning after fifteen years of use. Dr Springer began the postmortem when the body was found embalmed. An inquest was ordered and the jury censured the physician for the death certificate. Undertaker Clifford testified he prepared the body under a death certificate from Dr Doherty.
Captain Charles Gridley commander of the cruiser Olympia and hero of the Manila Bay victory has died near Kobe on the Coptic while returning home from the war with Spain. He had suffered a rupture possibly from the battle and kept the illness private from his family. Gridley, born in Logansport Indiana in 184% and a Hillsdale alumnus, was noted as one of the navy’s most capable navigators and a trusted adviser to Admiral Dewey. He leaves a wife and three children, with his death announced by the navy department from Kobe.
About three thousand men will sail with the first expedition to the Philippines. The force includes the First Colorado Infantry, the Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, the First Battalion of the Twenty third United States Infantry, and two Utah volunteer batteries. Batteries A and others may join the transport fleet. a Third United States artillery battery is likely to accompany. The Seventh California, First Colorado, and Pennsylvania units prepare to embark next Tuesday, with about two thousand officers and men, engineers, and ample ordnance and ammunition. Muster rolls and pay arrangements are noted as soldiers ready for six months of field service.
Dispatch from General Thurston notes the secretary of war directed General Merrit to advance Nebraska troops in the second expedition, including the tent unit Byenery. A transport boat is ready to carry one interim unit to Mumbila. The regiment numbers 2,535 officers and men and could rise to Linz if orders change.
Sixteen U S warships and 4 000 sailors drift before the Santiago de Cuba harbor under Cuban mountains. Morro Castle overlooks the entrance as mines guard the mouth and the fleet waits, wary of a Spanish trap while awaiting open battle.
Speculation centers on the Republican state convention chair in Hutchinson with Judge A H Horton of Shawnee cited as favored by Seaton forces and opposed by other governors’ candidates. J K Cubbison is also named, while Bristow arrives to influence and Bailey’s congressman nomination gains traction. Horton denies arrangements and Bristow remains reticent about policy or outcome.
The president sent nominations to the senate for chief surgeons of division with major rank and for brigade surgeons, with many named physicians and officers across states including Michigan New York California Virginia Pennsylvania Indiana and Washington. Also named are additional paymaster and subsistence officer nominees with ranks of captain and major roles within the volunteer forces.
Milwaukee mourns Paul von Grottkau a noted socialist agitator born in Berlin in 1846. An aristocratic Prussian family member he embraced labor movement ideas after early masonry work and architecture training. He led Arbeiter Zeitung in Milwaukee 1885 1889 before moving to Chicago and San Francisco, later returning to Milwaukee.
At the spring parade the Emperor introduced Prince Oscar, his fifth son, to the Guards as a sub lieutenant. The 10th birthday rule is bypassed because the Emperor will be abroad on July 27. The Witch Prince received the order of the Black Bags. The Empress and Greek royalty attended the ceremony.
A First Class Train for everybody leaves Topeka at 7 30 a m daily via Santa Fe. A local train runs between Topeka and Kansas Mineral water. The Guest in the west comes and goes with stops at Gis West Eights Se.
A Manteno resident, Mrs. Ernest Peters, was attacked by an insane patient being moved to Chicago on an Illinois Central passenger train. The assailant seized a satchel and scissors, inflicting head wounds as train crew and passengers restrained her. Peters, unconscious and delirious, faced uncertain recovery. the incident spurs debate over transporting prisoners unrestrained.
Chicago reporters note grand jury action indicting Harlem race track bookies and betting booth operators. Names listed include Patrick J. Ryan J Driscoll John Condon Jas O Leary and chin J Miers. Additional indictments cover gambling houses on Mansfield and other streets with Civic Federation witnesses. further charges involve Evanston hawker violations and a manslaughter case at May 13 day nursery related to Mary Peterson. Bond set at 10 000 for Mrs Tilly in the bathtub death case.
Fort Scott June 6 Prolific Judge Shipp works to aid the unemployed by arranging cheap rail fares with the Missouri Pacific to send harvest hands to the wheat belt. About 100 men from the city are expected to depart on June 12 to work three months, with trains met on arrival and transport arranged to farms. Examining surgeons L Grubbs and J C McClintock to be designated official surgeons by order of Governor Leedy, with pay arranged. One fare round trip plus $2 on June 7 via Santa Fe to several western states.
In Bloomingtes Alabama June 6 a circuit court decision resolves a lawsuit by policyholders against Covenant Mutual Life Insurance Company of Galveston over alleged excessive assessments on 18,000 policyholders. The complainant seeks relief from increased assessments and mounting costs as the case proceeds through the McLean circuit court.
Captain Waters, owner of Sig Miguel tee land, reports uncovering a Lind claim mislisted as peded by Spain. He rescues the Diet and hastens to land to pursue the United States seized property while Mexican independence remains a backdrop to the legal action.
A farmer from Town City died after a hat pin swallowed for five months caused a fatal stomach rupture. Local physicians called it unprecedented in medical journals and described the incident as a bizarre freak accident with the pin in the baby’s stomach near the spine. The coroner reported the collapse as a death linked to the swallowed object with extensive medical details.
New York June 4 reports rapid work on the cruiser Columbia damaged in a collision with the Fos thi. Repairs at Norfolk navy yard include replacing sections on the starboard side and completing the box bowl. Officials expect the ship near mid July to be ready for service.
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