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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1898
Page
4
A garbled 19th century dispatch discusses Spanish bushwhackers, troop movement, and naval events amid a broader riff on figures like Leiter and Alger. It touches Alaska, Cuba expeditions, and Kansas politics with scattered names and speculative claims in a rushed, partial recap.
Fragmented OCR text describes a military figure named Daleel asserting will power with hints of rank ambitions. Mentions General Wheel and an officer named W. J. Arkell of Judges, linked to a failed consideration of ancestry. Partial, unclear content limits concrete facts.
A garbled compilation of era notes discusses naval feats at Santiago, political figures like Faure, and a jumble of social scraps. It mentions Captain Dillon and Cuban affairs, a Cuban bride, and scattered editorial quips from multiple papers, all in a rapid, collage style.
In Dilsbors Indiana a man married his granddaughter from a prior marriage revealing a cascade of tangled kinship. The tale outlines how marriages created overlapping roles such as father and son in law, grandfather and grandson, and other generational ties within one family.
Sioux City welcomes veterans from Iowa South Dakota Minnesota and Nebraska for the twenty fourth annual G A R encampment. Train traffic swells with visitors expected to number twenty to thirty thousand. The city in gala dress offers hearty reception as cool fair weather aids the event.
N E A SPECIAL to Washington offers a Santa Fe route journey July 4 with Kansas City depots and Chicago arrival the next morning. The trip features Allegheny Mountain scenery and a Gettysburg battlefield ride, with Pennsylvania lines east from Chicago. Apply to W C Garvey for itineraries and low rate excursions. Rogers' triple plate knives and forks on sale this June.
Chicago police arrested a man proclaiming a Spanish mission during a street scene on Leon Street. He claimed to be a Spanish officer and yelled war cries before detention and a possible transfer to a hospital.
Thomas Arbuckle of Johnson Township, Stomachs closed by disease after typhoid took his family. A three week tubed feeding through the upper stomach has kept him alive. He has gained ten pounds and walks several miles daily, though doctors say months may pass before normal eating resumes.
Holy Moses, a valued camel of the Streets of All Nations, died after a brief illness. Attendants wept over the body as crowds recalled its years of service and the old interlude with a midweek camel event at the Old Munitions grounds.
A letter from A J Masterson of Fort Worth Texas says partner Mane died February 2 in the Yukon river while returning to civilian life. Mann willed all property worth about 40.08 to his brother TT A Mann, who had recently moved to Indian Territory, leaving many questions about the estate.
American Medical association issues cheap travel for its annual meeting in Denver from June 7 to 12. Missouri Pacific offers round trip tickets from Kansas points at one fare plus $2 with sales June 7 onward and validity through July 6. Inquiries directed to local agents including H C Townsend in St. Louis and E Nipps in Topeka for Colorado side trips. Also includes a medicinal ad for Cascarets and candy cathartic products with price notes.
Lincoln June 15 At the state prohibition convention resolutions were adopted condemning the trans Mississippi and international exposition for retail liquor on an educational exhibit site They urge cooperation of moral and religious groups and condemn the liquor selling managers for using school children in the exhibit and threaten a stay away pledge unless liquor is withdrawn from the grounds
Washington June 15 The last doubt about Cervera’s fleet in harbour was removed when Admiral Sampson’s dispatch reached the navy department. Lieutenant Blue has seen and counted the ships from high ground and is praised for his reconnaissance. The grim risk to Blue as a shore observer is noted, and speculation on marine operations at Guantanamo Bay is discussed in cautious terms. The report suggests Marines may defend a small point rather than act as a debarkation force, with plans tied to securing Cape Haitian instruments to reopen the cable.
The Ice Plant Auxiliary of the American Red Cross reports near completion of funds for an ice plant to serve hospital ambulance ships and plans a second plant. Funds will back a second plant to serve encampments ashore, with possible dispatch to Chickamauga or Tampa and movement if Cuba or Manila advances. Subscriptions go to Miss Helen Van de Peyster at 7 East Forty second Street.
A large timber car loaded with cypress for the Transmississippi exposition leaves New Orleans en route to Omaha. The display includes finished work and raw samples across the cypress trade, with Captain Wm. L. Burton chairing and Charles McDowall representing the association. The Illinois Central furnished free freight for the load as part of its support for Gulf industry.
Key West reports Blanco again attempted to draw American blockaders toward Havana batteries. Spanish gunboats approached from the harbor mouth and fired as American ships held 3000 yards offshore, then pulled back without reply. Spanish batteries at Santa Clara No 1 and No 2 also fired at an auxiliary steamer with no hits.
Chicago June 1 veteran wagon maker Bahre aged 42 died from injuries after a surrey was frightened near Garfield boulevard and Winchester avenue decorations day. The horse bolted sending Bahre his wife and two children to the pavement. Bahre died at county hospital. wife hospitalized with internal injuries. No arrests. wife blames bicyclists who allegedly frightened the horse waving a flag near the head.
In Mexico City on June 19 a woman burned to death at Chim Qlistac near San Angel after a box of wax matches in her gown caught fire. She woke but failed to remove the blaze, her clothing igniting and causing fatal burns within hours.
Samuel Pentland, noted Columbus hotelier and former American House proprietor in Cleveland, died today at his Grenville summer home after a sudden illness. He was a close associate of President McKinley and linked to local civic life.
Western Kansas farmers seek to curb rank growth by cutting upside mown wheat fields. An overnight Topeka departures train promises fast service to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo via Santa Fe with Pullman sleepers. Rail lines tout through-service routes to Washington and other points.
An advertisement announces a sale of Rogers silverware by C. H. Morrison at 605 Kansas Avenue. The listing highlights Rogers triple plate items and promotes the ware as superior, urging buyers to acquire more silverware during the event.
In Leavenworth Kansas on June 14 Captain Clark of the Twentieth Kansas volunteers arrived from San Francisco and recruited 25 men for Company C. Nearly 200 men crowded the recruiting room. about half from the countryside. Parents urged sons to enlist while politicians worked. One candidate from McKinley’s circle had a San Francisco leave, with no preferred National Guard status. A local ad notes singles or doubles and speedy horses at Watsons livery barn on Seventh Bur en.
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