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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1900
Page
5
Washington June 1 The annual readjustment and reclassification of post office salaries completed. President lists total increases over last year and includes step raises, grade changes, and new pay structures across all classes. Adjustments reflect modernization of pay scales and standardization of clerical and support staff earnings.
Senator Baker receives fifty personal applications for military postings as Washington debates funding for West Point and other service schools. The shift reflects growing interest from candidates hoping for early slots and pardons amid a summer push to fill posts at West Point, Kansas, and related sites.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions James Bain and continental travel with unclear events. The readable portions reference an itinerary or plan involving places and labels like Pomiter, Deuces, and Australia, but no coherent story, date, or outcome emerges. Entities are sparse and unreliable.
Philadelphia Tyme describes preparations and political activity around a Republican gathering in Wimberley, detailing hospitality, seating, and organizational roles. The piece mentions key figures including Senators and congress members, and notes expected votes and excursions tied to the event.
A long list from Nashville dated June 1 details missionaries traveling to various overseas postings in Asia and beyond, naming many Rev. and Mrs. pairs, including destinations such as Shanghai and Canton, with multiple states represented by the senders and spouses. The roster covers Southern Presbyterians and Southern Baptists sending missionaries across the region, with numerous individuals named alongside their home states and cities.
A garbled collage of local items from an Independence Kansas paper notes visiting dignitaries and residents, business trips, community events, court actions, and infrastructure plans. Mentions include Skelton Wilson visiting Independence, a Republican convention in Philadelphia, a new bank in Topeka, paving and grading work, and a 40x80 foot city greenhouse project.
A June report describes fifteen women and children burned to death in a kerosene accident sparked by a match near Seaton. The fire involved kerosene and gas, fatally injuring the victims and prompting a cautionary inquiry. A separate note from New York on June 4 cites a delay in immigrant processing and related security measures, with officials awaiting updated guidance.
ChicagoJune 15 A move toward an end to sympathetic strikes aims to settle labor disputes by 28s Trades Union and allied bodies at a joint conference with contractors. Delegates plan a resolution endorsing abolition of sympathetic strikes while preserving labor unity. An arbitration board and appeals board would swiftly resolve differences, keeping building work uninterrupted.
Mount Carmel Coal company president J Devlin dedicates 40 acre tract between Pittsburg and Frontenac for a miners hospital in southeast Kansas. A $12,000 facility will be built with most funds from Devlin, under Sisters of St Joseph of Wichita guidance. Bishop John J Hennessey backs the project as plans for a model hospital unfold.
Real estate transfer notices show T. K. Tomson to John Rend for Norris Street lots and other transfers including Alice Coaterck to John Chadwick and Herbert Humphrey parcels, plus multiple small deeds in Mulvane and surrounding areas. Names are partially garbled but indicate transfers and nominal sums.
The Supreme Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen announced the election of officers on June 18 in Sioux Falls. Officers appointed include Supreme Judge R Maybon of Chicago and Supreme Watchman A Jotes of Wilmington Delaware.
Oregon Governor Wads and staff attend the wedding at the Presbyterian church as Gregor state officials look on. The couple, daughter of J Trullisser, depart in a special car for Puget Leonard Britted Cannabis for a weeklong honeymoon.
The Daily Express describes Ashanti actions around Kumassi with 1000 Ashantis surrounding Kumassi and relief forces facing the siege. Leaders named include a queen of Ufesu amid a rebellion context, with details unclear from fragmented text.
In Louisville Kansas on June 1 a dispute over an adopted daughter Moble Bach who secretly married News Thorne led Thomas Bach to shoot her multiple times in the back and kill himself at the Bach farm near Louisville. Moble Bach was adopted 12 years ago by the Bach family. Police note the couple’s secret marriage occurred four weeks prior. The incident also mentions a San Francisco resident J L Lynch and a separate note about aging illness.
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