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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1900
Page
8
Reports describe the only mountain sheep in captivity being captured by Buffalo Jones. The docile, agile lambs are to be placed at the Smithsonian in Washington. The creatures show little fear of humans and are expected to be wheeled to facilities for study while remaining under careful supervision.
An adventurer under government contract pursues Rocky Mountain sheep near Glenwood and Crystal River. He braves high altitudes, makes makeshift snowshoes from willows, and endures mountain fever while partners and locals witness a perilous chase and capture.
A Kans City Leavenworth line coach collided with a work train near Marshall Creek ten miles from Leavenworth. Five railroad workers were injured including Moon Tutitty, with other names and duties listed among injured crew members. The work train crew escaped unharmed.
In North Topeka a local social column lists residents and visits. Mise Mary Brown rests on Tracksot street while ST Cromwell stays at a hotel in Menoken. Alice Quinn plans a trip to St Joseph. Benson, daughter of Rev. T J Pearson, leaves for Colorado. Stelia Mitchell on Van Buren visits Dr. Reed’s family. The Arnold Drug Co will supply Vivestrege to the State Insane Asylum for six months. Mr Joby Stilette and Alma Shielde visit St Joseph. Morton Koendyke and family travel to St Joseph for a Santa Fe excursion. Diney family will move from Gi St John street to Hoches adjoins. Addie and Anna Elder and Atle Mutiny Dowdell plan to go to St Joseph for a social. Mrs Ed Brott hosts church friends at home after a park visit. Grand Lodge events and members from Ellis attend. A concert by Marshall’s band is announced for tonight at 1 o’clock in the park.
Miss Daisy Lakin hosts a lawn reception for Miss Louise Beebe of Baltimore at the Lakin home on Western Avenue with local society guests and a mandolin club. Grace Weiss escorts Miss Lillian Whitelock at a Thursday afternoon thimble party decorated with hearts and carnations, featuring a luncheon and music by Mrs Waldemge von bmbéen, with a long list of attending society names.
A long list of names from the Vakeme club circle appears with social events from a tally bo party at Taylor farm to an informal Garfield Park picnic. Several observations include chaperones, young ladies and escorts, and a children's party for Ermtole Lupe Platt's fifth birthday. Also reported are travels, hospitalities, graduations, and an engagement notice for Pearl Sheldon Hull and Gus W Ludington of Oakland.
The national council devoted the morning to proposed constitutional changes. Officers’ compensation stays. representation basis shifts to one delegate per 500 members. delegation mileage set at four cents, and per diem of one dollar. Most changes are minor, with officers likely to be re-elected after today’s session.
The Mills Dry Goods Co won the contract for linoleum and furnishing the livery rooms, with Crosby Bros and Thompson Bros submitting bids. Thompson Bros offered the lowest bid after adjustments to specifications, with Crosby Bros and Mills Dry Goods also submitting competitive figures.
John H. Donlin, a leading Chicago contractor, died suddenly while dining on a Chicago & Northwestern train between Waukegan and Kenosha. Born in Rochester in 1830, he helped rebuild Chicago with major structures and supervised projects including courthouses in Quincy and Lincoln, the Port Snelling armory, and the Wigwam. He served as a captain in Ellsworth's Goyayes.
The weather map shows focal showers statewide with a low barometer near Vicksburg and another in Wyoming. A high hovers near Port Arthur as mild temperatures persist nationwide. Forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms to light up with warmer conditions in the west, with partly cloudy Saturday. The maximum today reaches 11 and the minimum not specified as wind shifts southeast at six miles per hour. Prohibition convention in Mexico Me. nominates Charles H. Stokes for governor and Simpson Ely for lieutenant governor amid condemnations of the oath and state administrations.
Washington reports indicate the United States may augment its force in China by sending troops from the Philippines to aid the relief column to Tianjin. Cabinet discussions consider deploying General MacArthur’s troops and arranging transports, with navy shortages prompting army reliance. Navy vessels at Cavite and Manila continue patrolling as tensions rise amid Boxer and foreign intervention concerns. Special Excursions to Colorado and Utah noted for travel.
A damaged report describes a premature infant displayed in a street fair incubator. The child, about a year old with teeth, was allegedly doped with whisky and paregoric during the fair. The incubator pipes were blocked, air supplied from the top, and the child was taken to an orphanage with unclear custody details.
The disbarment proceedings against Attorney E E Chesney were dismissed Thursday afternoon by Judge Hazen upon committee recommendation. The committee report said witnesses are widely scattered and some unwilling, deeming insufficient competent evidence to support disbarment.
Charles Baldwin was taken to Tabor today to stand trial for robbing the United States mail. J. P. Farnsworth, son of Food Inspector Parnarweorth, has been appointed in the Department of Agriculture and must report in Washington on June 22. Will Trapp also received a department appointment and will depart for Washington. both are to receive about $900 per year.
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