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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1898
Page
8
An old advertisement extols Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for nervous exhaustion and overwork. It claims to restore appetite, improve digestion and blood quality, build new flesh and nerves, and promote restful sleep. Also touts Pierce's Pellets as a gentle laxative and criticizes inferior substitutes.
A Mobile mortgage case tied to M P Ince and Richmond Hobson prompts foreclosure on a Greensboro born hero’s family homestead. The article laments the debt burden on Mrs Hobson, noting her son’s naval service and hopes Congress will intervene to pay the mortgage and restore the Old Homestead in Hobson’s name.
The prelim hearing for former Antitrust official Bethel of the Pacific Express company ended with Bethel ordered for trial. Testimony showed up to 200000 dollars spent in ten years to influence Nebraska legislature by reform forces and corporate interests. Union Pacific auditor Young helped spark an investigation, while Pacific Express officials denied embezzlement. Berkel and associates were arrested. Chief Clerk Hunt also implicated.
President McKinley greets Joaquin Francisco d Assiz, new Brazilian minister, in Washington. The Brazilian envoy lauds shared ideals of liberty and progress, stressing friendship and mutual growth. McKinley responds with warmth, affirming longstanding ties and mutual welfare between the United States and Brazil.
Washington reports M Guffey has been chosen to represent Pennsylvania on the Democratic national committee, succeeding William F Harrity. Senator Jones of Arkansas chairing the committee conducted a mall poll leading to the substitution. Correspondence and notices were sent to committee members, with ballots tallied in April and notifications sent ten days earlier about the result.
Indignant citizens in Sharon Pennsylvania and Lima Ohio stage extreme actions over disloyal statements. In Par doe Mercer county masked fights erupted after accusations of monk disloyalty. two men George Davis and John Danks are at large. Deputies were sent to quell further trouble. In Kossuth Ohio a man stripped, greased with axle oil, hanged by the heels until he cheered for Uncle Sam and ships. He had said he would fight for Germany if war came.
President Mc Frey signs the bill removing political disabilities tied to the war era. The act restores rights to those formerly blocked under Section 2 of the constitution, author Wisconsin is cited, and the disability constraints are repealed.
An altercation between William Chumley and George E Watts of Company M Seton Arkansas escalated over a biscuit. Both struck with firewood. Watts suffered a fatal skull fracture and is hospitalized, while Chumley is under guard. Burlington report notes war excitement and weather as factors in a separate incident.
Warm weather hinders drills at Chickamauga Park but steady breeze improves conditions. Regiments recruit to full strength of 106 men per company, with majors and four aides deployed to open offices in all represented counties. Park army expected to reach 73,000 men. First Regiment South Carolina Infantry arrives. Gov. Bradley plans multi-day visit. Artillery and infantry fully equipped. three Army hospitals complete. medical and supply details outline.
Washington reports Sen Hawtey introduced a bill to punish willful damage to submarine lines torpedo and harbor defenses owned by the United States. The offense carries up to ten years imprisonment or a fine or both. another bill by Mr Fawley targets photographic theft of fortifications with similar penalties.
Madrid political debate reveals no confirmation of the Baltimore being blown up in Manila. Senor Giron says only Lloyds Gazette listing omission is known. Deputy Comas presses for a note to powers on American violations. Giron does not confirm. Finance Minister Pureciver defends wartime needs amid senate criticisms.
London reports Senor Giron the colonies minister says Spain will seek means to meet the Cuban debt renewal of railway concessions pending. Admiral Dewey short of ammunition. many volunteers offered to Cuba, and prospects of negotiation hinge on French funds and logistics.
Franciscan dispatch reports General Wesley Merritt stating his main constraint is the delay in furnishing transports. He notes the War Department has been informed and that three vessels have carried troops to the Philippines while a fourth remains. He emphasizes transport shortages as the expedition’s critical issue and clarifies he is not complaining about the War Department.
Chicago dispatch reports Miss Rae Roe abandoned her voyage to Alaska after a day with her brother Charles in Detroit. He retrieved nearly all of the $1,200 raised on a trust deed as authorities sought to detain her for inquiry into her vanity but she relinquished the expedition plans and returned home.
At Camp Alger Virginia the Tennessee unit faces shortages as trousers were not issued though stock exists. Soldiers traded socks for tobacco and writing paper, prompting Col Anderson to lock up offenders and seek those who bought government property. Men complain of no pay yet and penniless condition.
In New York on June 7 reports describe a vast steel combination formed by the Rockefeller interests Andrew Carnegie J Pierpont Morgan and the Drexel group. Morgan Co and Drexel Co are moving to secure control of major iron and steel firms including the Columbia Bethlehem Ohio Carnegie Scranton Lackawanna and Minnesota Iron companies.
William Koseck a 78 year old Polish musician known as a former Viol performer was found dead from hanging by a G string of his bass viol on East Third Street Poverty was given as the motive. He once played with Theodore Thomas and other orchestras. An unrelated advertise ment offers a salve and a one day sale by Groves at 1173 Clay Street.
San Francisco June 7 Private Lawrence Reynolds of Company B South Dakota volunteers was arrested for churchery but discharged from custody. He was intoxicated and entered the house of Charles Hackmier under the impression he had returned to Camp Mer.
A semi official Ottawa report says last winter’s Klondike and Yukon mining was vigorous with ample food, no starvation deaths, and frequent new finds. It claims Americans in Alaska foresee a twenty five year boom as the first washout season may unleash the greatest gold beam in North America after the Pacific war.
A westbound cow-puncher says lve Belen train robbers and murderers are in hiding in Apache county Arizona after killing three Valencia county posse members. He names two bandits Brondie Bil and Hill Johnson, estimated 210 years old, wounded in the clash. They allegedly carried over 710,000 in gold from the Wells Fargo safe on a Santa Fe line robbery two weeks earlier.
In June at Greenport the Missionary Association of the Presbyterian of Long Island heard Mrs. D M Miller describe Mormon activity in Brooklyn. She said Latter Day Saints have moved from East Street to major avenues and canvass homes, leaving pamphlets and seeking converts from Brooklyn to Utah, prompting concern among Protestant societies. The report notes aggressive canvassing and expansion into Long Island.
Boston reports Mr and Mrs Henry Schwaar of Newtown were married in Wook when telegraphic summons arrived. They found their elegant house vandalized with slashed carpets draperies and rugs. A costly piano was smashed with an axe and many dresses and pictures of Mrs Schwaar were damaged beyond repair with nails hacked. Loss estimated at least 500. The home had earlier suffered an incendiary fire.
A mob formed during an eviction attempt of James Dye’s family by a landlord. Mrs. Dye could not pay as her husband was at Chickamauga. residents seized the stove to cover rent and aided the family by securing a new house.
In Warsity Indiana on June 7 a household mishap left Mrs J W Bests with $117 missing from an empty stove area as Mr Hente returned home and attempted to warm the house by a fire. The incident follows a wave of local burglaries in Goshen that have alarmed residents.
Missouri Pacific offers one fare round trip from Kansas points to Denver for the American Medical association meeting June 7 to 12. Tickets on sale June 4 and 6, valid for return to July 6. Side trips to Colorado points available. inquire via H C Townsend, GPL & T A, St Louis.
Pittsburg June 7 Colonel J P Farley commandant of Allegheny arsenal and cousin of Lieutenant Hobson hero of the Merrimac affair praises Hobson’s bravery. Farley recounts Hobson’s steadfast conduct as a cadet at Annapolis reporting a breach of discipline and earning respect from peers despite ostracism. Hobson declines late class group advances but remains open to meeting classmates individually.
New York June 7 the boards of Arkel Publishing and Judge Publishing in New York have decided to go into voluntary liquidation and have applied for temporary receivers. Proceedings will not interfere with regular issues of Arkel publications and existing complications will be speedily adjusted.
Governor Leedy granted pardons to convicts in the penitentiary. Names and offenses include Tee Bowman Elk county burglary eleven years. Weyne Cherokee county grand larceny two years. James S Crawford Phillips county grand larceny one and two thirds years. Wm H Miller Shawnee false pretenses three years. Charles McKensie Leavenworth burglary five years. Frank Mitchell Shawnee grand larceny three years. John Currie Dickinson county grand larceny two years. Dele Dotson Ottawa burglary five years. Arch Linderman Ellsworth grand larceny. Wm A Allison Labette county false pretenses two years. Wm Johnson Wyandotte grand larceny five years. Jesse Poe Johnson grand larceny five years. John McClurg Shawnee grand larceny one and a half years. George Brown Shawnee breaking jail one and a half years. P Wininger Montgomery county forgery one and a half years. Cert Irvine Geary grand larceny three years. Everett Wright Shawnee burglary.
New York June 7 The Press says Bob Fitzsimmons has promised to meet Kid McCoy in a title bout. Mutual friends arranged the meeting at the Hotel Bartholdi last night where the former champion agreed to give the challenger a chance to prove his worth for heavyweight honors. Whitmore Bros., Barbers, 835 Kas av.
Syracuse June 7 Bishop Ladden bans round and night dancing at Catholic events and prohibits wine or alcohol sales at church outings, festivals, and picnics with strict permission required for any excursion. The diocesan rules also prohibit social gatherings with gatherings promoting improper behavior and bar Catholic societies from hosting dances.
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