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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1899
Page
7
A compact advertisement touts low prices on fresh country butter flour sugar navy beans tomatoes and potatoes. It touts quality and value with specials on canned beans blackberries and table oils while inviting Saturday shoppers to visit the store.
An OCR fragment lists various salt and feed products with prices per cwt, per pound, and per case, including rock salt, meal, poultry stock, oil, and flour brands, plus seeds for late planting. The text resembles a generic 19th or early 20th century catalog page with disparate items.
Mr Hathaway announces expansion plans for rural free delivery from Ohio westward with headquarters possibly in Topeka. Current annual appropriation of 300,000 funds salaries and routes, aiming to save by closing small post offices. About 660 carriers nationally, with Kansas near limit. Promotions include A P Roundtree and C A Lewis as carriers on specific routes, and a conference in Washington on July 1 to discuss route establishment.
New York reports the Russian ambassador at the Waldorf-Astoria predicting major U S commercial advantages from the Transsiberian railway as telegraph lines expand and trade with Russia and Eastern Siberia grows. He notes American presence in eastern China and Siberia, and expects rapid U S influence once the line opens, while commenting on Philippine occupancy and General Otis needing more troops.
Denver and surrounding area report strike action at the American Smelting and Refining Company smelters. Jose M Grant, chair of the operating committee, refused a conference with the State Federation of Labor. He stated operation would continue with wages similar to Hanauer Utah and Argo Denver facilities. The executive board intends to seek talks between trust representatives and workers. No prosecution under the eight hour law yet, as most miners are out at Grant and Globe smelters and Argo is forewarned. Over 600 Colorado Fuel and Iron miners in Trinidad district strike for ten hours pay. Railroads begin layoffs due to falling ore shipments.
In Atchison on June 16 the tax dispute between the city and the Atchison and Eastern Bridge Company over the Missouri River bridge was settled. The company lowers assessments to 6700 and reduces highway charges for pace and two-horse vehicles. Rail and train rates are cut and round-trip tickets drop from 4 to 1 cent. Pending further action, about improvements on the bridge are planned within months.
In Chicago the one-armed Wesley Shimmel known as the king of gamblers astonishes peers by marrying schoolteacher June 1 in Hammond Indiana. Present were Miss Catherine Gugein and Miss Conklin among Federation friends, with Mr Shimmel long famed in Chicago gambling circles.
A Daily News dispatch reports serious anti foreign troubles at Kieng Ning Fu in Nean province. News indicates tensions escalate as sentogaries move toward Nin Wha en route to Foe.
San Francisco June 16 Mrs Jane Stanford prepared two deeds recording 1860 acres of land in Las Sen county and Tehema county to Stanford University. The transfer, aimed to secure water rights grazing land for the university farms, follows her 11 million dollar endowment. She plans a three month Europe tour and may fund a million dollars in rare bric a brac for the university museum.
On the sixth day of street railway operations a large crowd attacked non union workers on several Lake View car runs near Burnd avenue. Conductor Anthony Wuerst and motorman Fox, both Milwaukee, were injured and hospitalized after bricks and stones shattered windows. Police dispersed the mob as more cars were halted and workers Newman and Kink from Buffalo were beaten during a brutal street confrontation.
The June 16 Harrisburg convention nominated Judge S. L. Mestregut of Fayette County for supreme court on the 28th ballot. Chas. J. Relley of Williamsport was named permanent chairman for the Superior court, and Rep. William P. Greasy of Columbia was chosen unanimously for state treasurer. The convention adjourned after the nominations.
Officer McMillan stopped nine riders on a cinder sidewalk in North Topeta after alleged improper riding. Each suspect claimed the officer had no business, citing sidewalk rules and minor inches as excuses. Names taken in custody included Flok Whitmer King Harry Wolff Ray Myers Miss Lucy Nerly Miss Irene Bonhamian M C Holman and J W Bonham.
Lexington dispatch reports Col Wil Wares of the First Kentucky State Forces ordering Middlesboro Bourville Williamsburg Winchester and Somerset counties to requisition camp and field equipment. Also a St Louis note says Currell M Rice, a wife murderer, was hanged at Alton Missouri County after attempting to escape as the noose tightened and he told the crowd he hoped to meet them in a better land.
Topeka glimpses depict political visits Governor Stanley and Representative L Scott in town, several Fourth of July plans including addresses by Stanley and Curtis, church and school events, market notes on cantaloupes peaches and potatoes, local business moves such as new patents and bank charter requests, weather praised, and ongoing preparations at fair grounds with races and tennis matches.
The Inter-State Sheriffs' association adjourned to meet at Minneapolis in 1900. Elected officers include President J. W. McPherson Marshalltown. vice president W. S. Seavey Denver. secretary treasurer P. J. Megaarden Minneapolis. State vice presidents list John P. Shaver Cheyenne. James Collins Grand Forks. J. T. Young. J. W. Sevier Harrison County. H. F. Bell Dodge City.
A man named Morris Cummings arrested for horse stealing drank oxalic acid while intoxicated. He survived after two hours of medical care, aided by City Physician Peers, and jailer Hopkins who tested the bottle. Sheriff Cook witnessed the misadventure as officers faced a fiery tongue and crowd reactions. In Lansing, the Sayers anti trust bill passed the house and awaited senate approval.
Lansing June 16 Governor Pingree vetoed the beet sugar bounty bill and the measure appropriating 40000 dollars for a state building and exhibit at the Pan American exposition at Buffalo.
A Kansas City item reviews a claimed Jesse James biography titled Jesse Jamon My Father, noting it blends romance and outlaw lore with chapters from Major Edwards and Quoternel tales. The piece critiques the author’s motive for profit and cites depictions of battles with Jayhawkers Redlegs and Home Guards, warning of sensationalized history.
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