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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1899
Page
6
Rest and health to mother and child. Mrs Winelow’s Soothing Syrup has long been trusted for teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, and allays wind colic. Sold by many chemists. ask for Mrs Winelow’s soothing syrup.
The executive committee of the Negro Democratic League of Missouri denied a call for a state convention to be held at St Louis in July. Delegates are expected to assemble for the event, with objections to the convention to be discussed and a brief presentation prepared outlining elective work.
An excursion planned by Rock Island via Kansas City and Topeka is announced for Thursday June 8 1899. The schedule shows a 7 20 am departure and 9 19 am arrival in Kansas City with a Topeka stop at 6 30 pm. Round trip tickets are priced at $20 and valid for return on any day.
The co eoc partnership between By Whitteking S Miller and W F Harker dissolves by mutual consent. J W Whitteking and We F L Marker with S Muller continue the business at 216 Jackson Street Topeka Kansas as of June 6 180%. The notice thanks friends for funeral assistance and mentions medical ailments in disjointed lines.
Readable fragments describe facial skin care products and beauty claims from an old advertisement. Mentions include a fashion mood, cosmetic items, and a Great Jones Street reference amid garbled OCR. Names and precise details are incomplete but suggest a period cosmetics page.
Masger Mockhold Dr. Gabriel and C H Leinbach arrived from Parsons with abstracts for land the state plans to buy and contracts the Parsons committee has entered. The city will supply water for the asylum at a rate per thousand gallons and provide sewerage for the new buildings. The attorney general reviews abstracts and deeds as the committee nears completing its work. Major Anderson, now free of committee duties, reportedly quits after saying he has had enough of legislative work.
Statement by Baron Von Balow on a treaty signed February 12, 1899. Spain cedes the Carolines Pedjay and Ladrones, except Guam, for 25,000,000 pesetas. Germany gains trading rights and colonial protections, Spain to keep naval and trading stations, with rights in wartime.
Baron Von Bulow announced an understanding with Spain on mutual conventional tariffs aligned with German and Spanish interests. He said the sale of the Tylands would be submitted to the Reichstag for thorough practical examination, and urged deterring further discussion in international court.
A Kansas committee session adjourns amid accusations of boodle and crookedness over the Pareers asylum site and funding. Senator Lewelling is said to have been offered money to back Parsons, with others named as having possible deals. Major Andersen notes a mortgage payoff offer tied to the scandal, while questions about court investigations loom.
Relatives receive mixed letters and newspaper notes regarding Lawson Whiteker. One letter claims he died April 29 in Manila from wounds in the Sulpine advance, while a later message says his wounds may be less severe and death uncertain. A May 1 publication adds to the confusion with an in-hand address.
At a schools meeting the board approved a second story addition to Clay Sober and an eight or nine ton addition to Branner. Plans will be made and contracts let. Building work to proceed this year. Salaries for new teachers raised from 80 to 87 per month. Principals overseeing eight room schools to receive stepped increases from ten to one hundred eighty eight per month by year five. Grade teachers up from 55 to 60 after four years.
It is settled that the football game between the Middies and the West Pointers, abandoned during Secretary Lamont’s administration, will be resumed. Secretary Lamont has received a letter from Admiral McNair, superintendent of the naval academy, supporting reestablishment of the contest.
Washington dispatch reports the cabinet meeting on June day yielded no general business and focused on routine departmental matters. The Phoenician situation arose briefly but produced no new developments, with Attorney General Griggs and Secretary Alger absent.
The official thermometer in Washington reached the year's highest reading this afternoon at 4 o'clock, recording 84 degrees.
The Kansas City Pittsburg and Gulf receivers appoint J A Eaton of the St Louis Southwestern system as the new general manager, effective June 5, succeeding the late Robert Gillham. Eaton, based in Tyler Texas, has long served with St Louis Southwestern and now oversees the Cotton Belt system. Gillham’s funeral cortege halted operations for three hours.
Rev A M Reynolds pastor of Westminster church suffers severe injury at his Molvane street home Saturday afternoon after tripping on a foot and falling onto a sharp box end. He was knocked unconscious and the injuries, including torn ligaments supporting the spine, require long bed rest. Neighbor H W Bomgardner carried him indoors.
The ninth manual meeting of the Topeka district Epworth League will be held at the First MB Church tomorrow starting at 7:30 pm with a Marine rally conducted by Fr. Thomas of the First Church. Officers of the Dupree district shown include President George E. Dougherty Topeka and others across North Topeka and Overbrook with Ly E Laybourn as vice president and Ty E. Davis as recording secretary.
All old settlers and descendants are urged to meet at Garfield park on Wednesday June With at 10 a.m. for a day of social reminiscences. A mid day gathering previously noted a long list of society highlights and a naval marriage news item from Washington.
The Endeavor society of the Third Christian church has elected officers for the one term. Grant M. Webster is president, George Brokaw is vice president, Zoe Fink is secretary, and Nina Wilson is treasurer.
Ventura county grows diverse beans with 1a0 acres under cultivation for Hearim seed. Packages shipped from Santa Barbara County. beans varieties include IX Ghatinet. A court appearance grants citizenship rights while a humorous geography exchange unfolds at a lake. National Educational Meeting referenced.
The Union Pacific advertises a greatly reduced one fare plus 200 dollars round trip for the National Educational Association meeting in Los Angeles July 1 to 14, 1899. It touts excellent service via Omaha or Kansas City with Palace Sleeping Cars, Buffet Smoking and Library Cars, Dining Cars, Free Reclining Chair Cars and standard Sleeping Cars.
Former Cuban army commander Maximo Gomez issues a farewell manifesto signaling the end of his mission. He calls for unity, pacific actions, and a political party to guide Cuba after Spain's defeat and foreign occupation. He urges Cubans to eschew internal discord and form a nucleus of government while awaiting a return to the homeland.
A collage of humorous and social snippets from various papers, including lines about couples debating heroism and money, domestic banter, and quips about vanity, authority, and gender roles. Notable bits reference Sylvia calling for her mother, a wife remarking on wealth, and a banker funding Princeton debates, all presented in a light, gossip-like montage.
Manager I M Crawford of Crawford theater plans to relocate to Lincoln Neb for summer entertainment at Lincoln park. The Crawford theater in St Joe has been leased to Twedle theater management, merging operations and ending competition for next season under same ownership.
Sheriff Hazen of Converse County and a posse battled the Union Pacific robbers in a gulch. The posse captured two horses and forced the outlaws to flee. Hazen was shot through the body and taken to Casper as reinforcements ride out. The chase broadens across the Hole in the Wall region.
The president has accepted an invitation from Henry Payne of Wisconsin on behalf of the Merchants and Manufacturers Association of Milwaukee to visit the city in October. The trip aligns with the week of ceremonies in Chicago marking the laying of the new convent? forms in connection with Prileh.
A private letter from New York describes the pope’s pallor and alert mind, noting his reserve of will power and lack of chatter about a next pope. It reports that ten new cardinals may be created by the next consistory following Cardinal Krementz’s death, naming archbishops Mer Richeling of Turin and Mer Francie Sava of Cantania. Cardinal Joseph Vives is identified as 45 and the youngest, with Capuchin Father Catasantius de Lievaneras set to become Cardinal Joseph Vives.
During the queen's birthday celebration in Samoa the official announcement stated that Great Britain would veto any proposal for Mataafa to become king, confirming a royal opposition to his crown.
AP market summary notes quiet wheat trading with general lower prices and favorable receipts. Corn and oats show mixed activity amid calls for rain and weather effects, hogs strong with mixed demand and higher pork. cattle receipts and price ranges listed for native and Texas steers, cows, and calves. Kansas City produce and local market shows produce close figures and characteristic post closes.
Market summaries from New York and Liverpool report on money market rates and grain futures. Mentions government bonds, Mexican dollars, sugar, wheat and corn futures, and Liverpool freight trade, with notes on weather impacts and trading sentiment influencing investments.
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