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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1898
Page
4
The clipped items discuss Hobson and Manila in a shifting political mood. They note potential shifts in policy, possible extensions of tariffs, and the Kansas Republicans facing a year with no clear whiskered candidate, while General Roy Stone pursues road-building plans in Cuba and Am erican interests in the Philippines are debated.
Letter to the State Journal discusses Governor Leedy's colored officers policy and the rejection of B. W. Turner for a lieutenant colonel post. It claims Turner had not bought a uniform and recounts a Topeka visit where the governor invited him to command two battalions of colored troops, but Turner preferred not to be the reason colored soldiers in the state were disadvantaged.
The report describes a plan to kill a car with a bag and a sack planted in it. The attacker waited for a target vehicle and chose the one carrying Magistrate Crane, causing a tense scene in the street before intervention by officers and Schoenfeld.
John Graff a 36 year old German resident of Wichita was adjudged insane by a six man jury for being violently in love with a woman at a German boarding house on Water street. He threatened men who courted the girl and showed moody, troubled behavior leading to his commitment to the insane asylum for treatment. The girl denies his chances of marriage, while Graff admits his strong feelings but not insanity. The case adds to the debates about love and insanity.
The San Francisco Call reports Colonel Frederick K. Funston of the Twentieth Kansas arrives to assume command, relieving Lt. Col. Little. Funston, 23, born in Ohio and long-time Kansan, served in the Cuban army, fought 24 battles, and survived severe wounds including a breast wound and a shattered arm. He comes to US service with Shafter and Biles in the bureau of information, bringing experience in guerrilla style warfare.
Hays City June 14 list recruits made by Captain Stackhouse of Osage City for Company 1 Twenty first regiment Kansas volunteers to fill deficiency. Names include Chariss Solomon Hays City John W Roach McVittey Frederick W Costen Junction Fulb Wilson Tamen Wakeeney Adenabbine Alecandeing John G Ingenthron and others.
John M. Warner of WaKeeney Clarance B G Thomas of Ellsworth Clarence St Dix of Eagle Grove Andrew F Hel gig of Elsworth Karl W Burns Eli ot Dove McCune of Washington Fred McDonald of Liverpool Martin Arnold of Ellsworth Charles Walton Howard of Hays City Lyie K Thomas of Blis Justus R wallis of Samonguk Ts Trving G Tidball of Clerands Iowa George A Loreditsch of Misys City Walter O'Donnell of Stockton and others left Tuesday night for Lytle.
In June news from Kansas City Governor Leedy opens a second call for black volunteers. Ex-consul Juin L Waller plans a meeting at the armory to form a regiment with himself as colonel or captain. Paul Jones and Governor's Guards also aspire to organize. Local officers and drilling troops show readiness amid sparring for commands.
Kansas City summer scene finds Bert Kennedy last year’s captain and Arthur Mosse captain of the ’95 team, overseeing restaurant and water activities at Washington Park. Coach Woodruff has army duties, making Mosse likely to coach the squad. Seven returnees are planned for next fall including Mosse Kennedy Poorman Speak Hees Avery and Blockbenger. Ecler, a substitute, has joined a volunteer company and headed to the front.
At the preliminary examination in Leavenworth on June 24, Wm Karns in the murder of Thou Breese at Six Corners June 12 was held without bail. William Zimmerman testified he heard three shots and saw Karns with a bottle end in his pocket. Karns admitted saying I did it as he was held for district court. Other witnesses described Breese as quarrelsome. defense offered no testimony.
Franklin county holds more than 8000 acres of wheat with an expected yield of about 15 bushels per acre if weather stays favorable. Heavy rains could reduce output while harvesting hinges on the weather. Operations likely start by July 1 and local farmers are prepared to harvest quickly without outside help.
Attica June 24 The Fourth of July committee says farmers prefer no general Fourth of July celebration this year and favor a big plnk ball in September or similar event. The provisional announcement last week is cancelled. The committee notes the “good time” would be September 15.
Salina June 24. Richard Holmes, a farmer four miles northwest of Salina, reported his wagon and two horses stolen Wednesday evening by tramps. His hired man, after delivering a load of cabbages to a neighbor, was halted between 6 and 7 pm and the team forcibly taken. Despite searching the countryside by Holmes and neighbors, the thieves were not found.
Law rence reports Mary Snow daughter of Chancellor F H Snow of Kansas University wed to Prof C Case of the Wisconsin State Normal School in Milwaukee. The ceremony was quiet due to Mrs Snow's eastern absence. Rev Dr Cordiey of Plymouth Congregational Church officiated. Case, a KU graduate and Kansas City native, has held various regional posts and the couple will spend time in the east and Massachusetts where Mrs Snow is visiting.
Mrs Collins C Manning daughter of Chief Justice Fuller was granted a divorce from Consul Collin C Manning at Fayal Azores. Desertion cited. drunkenness dropped after default. They wed in Washington after meeting in Europe seven years ago.
In Decatur Alabama on June 24 JT W Williams displays a monstrous Berkshire cross hog weighing 1534 pounds. The beast stands 4 feet 6 inches tall and 7 feet wide with a length of 100 feet 2 inches. Chicago stockmen deem it the largest hog seen, though under three years old. Williams refuses a $500 offer and plans to tour the United States with the monster.
Fourth of July rates list a single fare for round trips via Santa Fe to Kansas and Nebraska locations within 200 miles, plus to Des Moines City and St Joseph Missouri. Tickets on sale June 30 and July 7 1898 with return limit July 2 or 4. Agent W C Garvey promotes the service and laundry.
In New York on June 24 surgeons Dr G Childs McDonald with Dra McMonagie Frasier and Kingewell removed the stomach of John Partitti a 60 year old Italian Isborer. The operation aimed to treat cancer at the pyloric end and connected the esophagus to the duodenum using a Murphy button sewn into a silver device.
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