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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1899
Page
6
Old time ad lists cheap gasoline stoves washers irons wringers screens and shelves. Includes prices on hammers, hammocks, croquet sets, baseball bats, pots pans and gravity of stock at cut rates with store touting lowest prices.
A fragment notes dissatisfaction with a furniture department and implies readers would learn three points if they read the papers, hinting at a broader message about attention to advertisements and product offerings. No specific names, dates, or places are provided.
Colorado faces a sweeping strike as thirty thousand workers may be out of work within days. Smelters in Denver Pueblo Leadville and Durango have closed or limited operations under guard amid new eight hour law disputes. Mines report curtailment with 900 laid off at Leadville and wage clashes affecting Canon City Pitkin county and Pitkin mills.
The modesty of Rev. Charles M Sheldon keeps him from accepting lucrative offers to lecture. He refused a telegram and letter offering 35 000 for fifty lectures in Europe to preserve the influence of In His Steps and his church in Topeka. He has accepted two unpaid July lectures at Chautauqua in Buffalo and Detroit, and may visit Europe next year. Washburn trustees offered a Doctor of Divinity, but he asked them not to confer it.
Secretary W H Barnes issues a record of the thirty second annual meeting conducted in Topeka last December. The restricted 100 page report omits much material the president and secretary want included, contrasting with neighboring states where reports run 400 to 600 pages. Barnes notes prior Kansas Apple report and is preparing a new Kansas Peach study.
Glen Miller of Salt Lake City writes to a Topeka friend about a banquet hosted by Utah Governor Wolla for Rear Admiral Schley. Miller quotes Schley reciting Toonquill's Dewey poem with expressiveness, noting the admiral credited a Kansas poet and the recitation drew cheers.
The Wichita Masonic Home board met to report $8,000 spent on improvements and to approve a four room hospital on the grounds due to illness among inmates. The current year saw $5,000 in expenses as the institution seeks to better separate and care for the sick.
The institution reports good financial condition and careful operations. Board officers have been reelected and governance continues to oversee compliance and safety measures.
Havana June 15 Lieut Col W H Bisbee paid 360 men at Guanajay with 00 unpaid. Arms handed to the alcalde. Some denounced, others armed themselves. a guard kept the building all night while a delay extension was sought. At Cardenas policemen were attacked by outlaws, escaping after shooting. Remedios reports brisk payments with many surrendering arms to receive pay.
Decatur county Populist Rep Frank Reeder sent a protest to the governor against a committee action on the new asylum. The missive, on Clay Center blanks, includes about 100 signatures from all parties, business leaders, and citizens. A Western Kansas editor in the Fifth district wrote to the governor decrying the asylum inquiry as futile and noting the committee benefited from the deal.
Madison track at Madison, TH, begun in 1892, has been sold to a wrecking company for 400. The ground will be cleared and likely used by the Terminal association as a switching yard. The project includes the grand stand and betting enclosure, but the track's operation ended after several years.
Chicago report shows wheat firm early but gains fade with mixed demand. September futures move narrow with corn and oats steadier, port receipts lower than last year while harvest rains hit the southern region. Provisions hold in light trade as packers meet steady demand. Cash markets show scattered activity across grains and futures early in the session.
Daily market rundown shows hog receipts about 6 500 with mixed hogs heavy and feeder cattle noted. cattle and sheep receipts listed along with shipments totaling 1 714 hogs and 1 634 sheep. Grain prices include cash wheat No 3 red and mixed lots, No 2 white corn and dairy prices. eggs and separators cited.
Market steady to strong for cattle with heavy steer activity noted. Texans and cows described as mixed performance amid steady packer demand, with feeders and muttons referenced in fragmented OCR text.
Sugar market notes from New York June 1 discuss Sugar Refining interests, federal rate impacts, and crop conditions. Wheat, corn, and oats pricing move amid rainfall and export appetite with market watchers noting speculation and potential damage to crops if weather worsens.
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