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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1900
Page
5
A small number of finests witnessed the ceremony as members of the Topeka society gathered. The event marked a quiet social milestone with attendees noting the intimate nature and significance within the circle.
Miss Mabel Cafferty and Miss Mary Moon became united in marriage at the bride’s parents’ home in Topeka in a ceremony conducted by Father McFarland. The event drew about seventy-five guests, with a reception, gifts, and a later trip planned through Colorado and Wyoming. The couple will reside at 154 Tyler Street after a short wedding breakfast and depart for their western honeymoon.
A June 6 war department release from General MacArthur lists numerous casualties in the Philippines. Entries include several soldiers from the Thirty-ninth, Thirtieth, and Eighteenth Infantry, plus units such as the Sixth Artillery, Third Cavalry, and Forty-fifth Infantry, with names like Charles M. Peters, Frank E. Spears, Frank Kessler, Joseph W. Sleahors, and others, noting May dates of action or death and ranks from corporals to sergeants. The report names a wide array of units and individuals, reflecting a large tally of losses reported by the general.
Tickets on sale June 1st offer Denver to Colorado Springs round trip at 24 dollars. Stopovers allowed at Colorado common pointe.
San Francisco reports no new plague cases in the past 24 hours. Judge Morrow granted a temporary restraining order against the city health board and police chief, allowing Chinese care workers to enter quarantine lines. Health officials must appear in court to explain why temporary relief should not be made permanent and address sustenance for imprisoned individuals.
After adjournment of the Santa Fe directors meeting, Chairman Aldace F. Walker and President B. Ripley spoke on Atchison earnings and Kansas wheat prospects. They said Kansas will raise a splendid crop, possibly the largest since 1842, with estimates ranging up to 5 million bushels. They noted potential impact on merchandise staff and earnings, and discussed bond issuance for improvements. Also, a St. Louis Fair delegation met with the president regarding foreign invitations to participate in the St. Louis exposition in celebration of the Louisiana Purchase.
Official notice announces Rev Henry Moeller chancellor and secretary of the Cincinnati archdiocese appointed bishop of Columbus Ohio. The brief from Rome to Cardinal Martinelli was received May 21 at Portiuncula Greece and forwarded to him immediately.
Promotion notices offer summer travel brochures and descriptive literature from H Burels city passenger and ticket agent in Chicago. Advertisement lists Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo return fare at 24 dollars with Santa Fe tickets on sale June 1 allowing stopovers at common points.
Dr Pred W Aukin sot, newly appointed superintendent of public instruction in the Philippines, discusses education goals in Chicago. He notes eagerness to learn among Filipinos but urges a special course of study and policy shifts to align with American governance aims before departing for San Francisco.
Local notes from North Topeka list visitors and family trips. Mrs Henry Grout of Las Vegas visits Topeka friends. Numerous residents and guests are mentioned including Miss Timche Lytle, Miss Lucretia Kemp, Mrs Vogel, Miss Hertha Hellfinger, Mrs Charles Conikle, and Mrs Ada Sells planning trips to Abilene and Wyoming. Community groups meet with notices of church service changes, elections, and social events at AO T W hall and Fraternal Aid hall.
New York June 6 Bradley Martin and William Waldorf Astor, once top New York residents, seek relief from taxes on their personal property here. Astor renounced U.S. citizenship and claims no property here since 1895, while Martin says he has not resided in the city for about two years. Assessments listed Astor at 2,090,000 and Martin at 200,000, with related cases for Martin’s wife and Mrs. Cornelis S. Martin. Judge Andrews heard certiorari actions. next hearing set for Tuesday.
Senator Hawkley reported favorably on a resolution directing the Secretary of the Treasury to inform the Senate whether volunteer officers and soldiers in the late Spanish American War have been paid more than once. The War Department auditor notes many officers and men were paid by the United States and by their states for the same period, with sums reimbursed to the states.
A circulating report in Pittsburg claimed a price cut for steel billets from 20.00 to 25.09 per ton and No 1 foundry iron from 10 to 1.00 per ton. Verification was not possible and officials expressed doubt about any actual change. The metal markets’ action appeared unsettled and no global trend was confirmed.
Quebec fire last night levelled the Etienne de Saguenay lumber plant owned by Prince Brothers & Co. The loss may reach 400000 and left forty families homeless while authorities assess the broader impact on local industry and jobs.
St Louis June 6 The passage of the Louisiana Purchase measure by com press has rekindled strong focal interest in the enterprise. Numerous offers to increase subscriptions and make new ones have already been made. The epit it manifested is of the martenoot ing character, and Tidhestes that completion of the last million of the r eal fund will be a great deal ea llier than at one time thought.
Train service details announce the Vandalia Pennsylvania route with a new evening train from St. Louis daily at 1:32 p.m arriving Pittsburg 6 p.m and Philadelphia 4:40 a.m New York times and westbound departures from New York Twenty third Street station with connections to Philadelphia and inbound schedules for a stopover allowed at Colorado common points Information directed to JM Cies rough assistant G P A St Louis Missouri for folder
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