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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1898
Page
5
A chaotic jail escape unfolds as inmates linked to previous offenses, including Stewie McGinnis and Dek Wallaces, allegedly break through a fort window bar, vanish into the yard, with authorities listing two others as aiding the plan and none yet captured.
Work on the inter-lap bicycle track has not begun because bidders did not meet the required purse. Topeka wheelmen expected a $500 bid but the lowest bid was $46. Contractors have withheld submission pending clearer funds and bids before proceeding.
Mason Peters captured the Democratic nomination at a contested convention in Tola Kansas. The gathering featured speeches, a firm delegation selection led by J W Jenbany, and strong support for Peters as the party's incumbent candidate. Separately, a legal filing in Hope seeks a receiver for Kauses Cement and Plaster Co. due to stock transfers and alleged losses. Weather notes from Chicago report cooler temps tonight and Saturday with fair skies and south to west winds. A four story Jacques Manufacturing building in Chicago burned, injuring workers.
Kansas City and two lawyers clashed in a heated contempt dispute. Judge Bowling adjourned, locked the doors, and offered a fistfight as a settlement. After pleas and an improvised window escape, Burney and Johnson apologized and the case King versus Boyd proceeded on its merits.
The Monadnock sails for the Philippines with coal to Honolulu and has 360 tons in bunkers plus over 10 tons on deck. The Nero will follow to Manila with at least 5,000 tons of coal. Enthusiastic send off as steamships depart with whistles and cheering crowds.
San Francisco reports rapid progress on the Manila expedition preparations. Batteries H and K of the Third Artillery and possibly the Astor mountain battery may join. Infantry units Eighteenth and Twenty-third remain hopeful as camps are cleared and tents struck. Sail date shifts at the Phelan building amid plans to depart Monday, with a large workload before ships are seaworthy.
The stage of preparations leans toward sailing Wednesday rather than Monday. About 100 recruits from Colorado 20 from Washington and 260 from southern California have arrived. Washington June 24. The treasury secretary will use postage stamps for internal revenue under the new act. The first lot of about a million stamps has been delivered for shipment to collectors with an estimated need of 25 million to meet service until regular issue, with 1.5 million proprietary wisps already sent out and daily shipments to follow. The Pacific coast will be supplied first then the east. Stamps will be mainly one and two cent with I I initials. Large quantities of Urise will go to telegraph express freight and palace car firms for internal distribution. Government distribution aims for full nationwide supply by July 1 or earlier. Revenue collectors and deputies will receive stamps promptly, banks to assist in distribution. The bureau of engraving and printing set a record by producing 14 200 000 stamps in one day as Director Claude M. Jensen delivered them.
Washington March reports Portuguese minister Jane Marquis Santo Thurso denies any breach of neutrality. He dismisses claims that certain Paris war dispatches were shared with Madrid authorities as absurd given telegraph routes and established channels. He asserts Portugal remains firmly neutral despite sensational headlines.
In Leavenworth on June 24, Thomas A Galt 70 from Sterling AL wed Mary Ross 63 of this city after a long lapse. The couple had loved each other near Downington PA fifty five years ago, separated for thirty years, and unexpectedly reunited years later. Reading between the lines, a local ad promotes Watsons livery barn at Seventh and Van Buren for speed horse hires by hour or day.
Kansas and Oklahoma railroads prepare for a large wheat transport. Box cars are being collected and overhauled, with 100 new cars completed recently and 60 more in progress. The wheat movement is expected to start around July 13, shipping south to Galveston for export. Santa Fe anticipates the heaviest traffic, with extensive repairs in Wichita and Western lines between Cullison and Pratt. Assistant General Superintendent Avery James notes one quarter of Kansas and Oklahoma wheat will be moved south to Galveston.
A tall youth in white trousers attracts attention aboard a chair car. He jams himself as the car reclines and refuses to move to let an elderly lady sit. The brakeman uses an axe to free the coat tail entangled in the chair mechanism, and the man escapes to the smoker.
Chicago June 2 The Illinois Central railroad loses its bid to fill in lakefront land at Twenty fifth Street for private use. The State Supreme Court upholds a lower ruling preventing filling in the lake against city wishes. Assistant Corporal Browning calls it a great victory for the city and a public trust ruling.
A westbound Santa Fe train No. 491 left Wellington around 2 30 am and derailed at Milan about 5 30 am when the air brakes failed. The engine tender and a boxcar overturned but no injuries occurred as the crew escaped before impact. Engineer Newt Carpenter and contractor Lester were in charge.
Pred Bentley of Wichita for Wichita and Western presents a proposition to Pratt County commissioners proposing to retire the railway between Cullison and Pratt. The plan calls for selling rails and ties and salvaging receipts, with bondholders receiving five sevenths and the commissioners two sevenths of the proceeds. The county commissioners are considering the proposal.
A colored janitor at the Ottawa Santa Fe depot was frightened severely yesterday when a large firecracker with a fuse exploded near his head in the tool house. He spoke a foreign language until able to talk clearly and had to be revived with cold water. Foreclosure decrees threaten branches of the Union Pacific and related lines in the region.
In Chicago on June 4 executive officers of western railroad lines discussed a pool to enforce rate policy amid a 1 cent tariff dispute. A separate action in Kansas concerns two decrees selling Union Pacific branch lines with mortgages totaling over 2.4 million dollars. No harvest hands demand remains as harvest employment outpaces available workers in Kansas.
Washington June 24 Secretary Gage warns against proforma subscriptions to bonds under 500 dollars. Banks and institutions listed many small sums, with some investors using others’ names for illicit gains. The treasury will return questionable subscriptions and require a clear statement that subscribers act bonafide for the named persons.
The Topeka Tennis club at Tenth and Pillmore streets hosts a Saturday afternoon singles tournament starting at 3 30 with drawings and rounds. Following this, nightly matches continue next week, culminating in a doubles tournament the following Saturday. The club will also run the state tournament in Topeka in August, currently holding the state titles in both singles and doubles. The courts are in excellent condition and a club meeting precedes the event.
Ex Confederate Shawnee county members are urged to meet at the Topeka Commercial club rooms Saturday June 28 at 2 30 to discuss matters of importance. A Santa Fe excursion trains from Kansas via Santa Fe route depart July 4 from Kansas City at 7 pm to Chicago and Gettysburg with notable scenery and a New York to Gettys burg leg.
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