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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1898
Page
7
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In a fatal accident near a Missouri Pacific railroad line, Daagke CAY Kes and Jacoa Alice eit were involved as a train struck them while they sat on a car. The skull was crushed severely withbrains exposed, and authorities began investigations as the community mourns. One survivor described frantic moments and the incident drew attention to railway safety near the settlement. The deceased had lived in the area for years and left behind loved ones.
A San Francisco dispatch reports a 125 man light artillery camp under Captain Palmer of Cheyenne arriving, with Wyoming projecting ten percent of its military aged population for the army. The Wyoming volunteers were refused as the transport sailed yesterday due to unspecified reasons.
At BD Waller in this city, Sunday night, Auld Walker, a Crip man, fell from a second story window of his bed room to a four foot ledge, striking his head and sustaining brain concussion. He lay unconscious until yesterday morning when found by Mr Walker. He bled from the nose, and physicians deemed the injury fatal.
A Reading, June 2 report states Corporal White of troop B, Sixth regular cavalry, was killed in the battle near Santiago. His father, a Lyon counts bor, received a telegram asking what disposition should be made of the femalssi.
The report notes the start of a military supply convoy from St Louis to a frontier mine area. Captain Durel, the AIF purchasing commissary, coordinates the shipment and the advance convoy moves toward Tarn with men and carts. The incomplete text suggests further movement of supplies to a distant post.
The 22nd Williers benefit is held at Hermiton Hall Friday night with admission 50 cents. Hamilton Hall donates venue and Steinberg’s Orchestra supplies music while Attorney General Ta Boyin opens. Proceeds go to the Twentysecond Kasses regiment at Pals Church with a diverse program of solos duets and choral pieces performed by local artists and friends.
A large crowd of Black attendees met last night in Flamiston Ball to hear Governor Leedy. Waller of Kansas City and Rev W J Grant spoke praising Leedy for enabling outreach. The speakers urged enlistment and loyalty to the cause, while some questioned motives yet supported supporting Leedy.
In Dewey Square Larned Kansas a 200 foot flag pole with a twenty six by fifteen flag was raised. The event included electric lights and a bend stand rated to hold twenty six nuo nelans and featured the crack military regiment. The dedication named Dewey Square and the pole is visible thirty five miles away. Death of banker Rahn reported in Fox Chase Philadelphia aged ? years.
Heavy rain deluges sweep southern Kansas with four inches falling in hours. Charles Osburn, a high school student, drowns crossing a flooded area in Port Scott. A bridal party and others are stranded or rescued in rising waters. Missouri Pacific shops flood and wheat harvest halted as fields wash away. Trains run late due to washouts and rain disrupts farming across Independence Coffeyville Garnett region.
In Hutchinson on June 28 guards and inmates at the reform school showed nervousness after a sudden illness outbreak. Reports say up to fifteen guards and about thirty inmates fell sick, possibly from poison in food. An investigation is underway to determine if the poison came from supplies or was added by kitchen staff. No fatalities occurred thanks to prompt medical care.
The St James Gazette comments from London on June 28 that public opinion has shifted toward allowing American forces to wage the war as they see fit. It asserts Americans are entitled to fight in their own way and will retaliate against Spain due to Spain's actions, reflecting a change in perspective on the conflict.
General Miles issues orders for accountability of Army volunteer property. Quarterly returns to the ordnance office at Washington. Records required for stores lost or damaged, and proof of carelessness. Abandoned stores and unserviceable items to be certified by officers. inspections follow. Pay stoppages possible for officers failing to comply.
General Miles issued orders directing volunteer regiments to report to adjutants and quartermasters for appointments. Appointments are to be made by commanders and backdated pay applies from the date of assumption. An extra paragraph bans banners beyond specified regimental standards.
The Yale University Law Department held its seventy fourth anniversary exercises with Townsend prize orations by Joseph Moore and Samuel Peterson among speakers from New Haven Los Angeles and Oregon City. Gilbert L. Hedges received the $100 prize for highest graduation mark, with other awardees and debating prizes listed along with summer tourist rates to Colorado.
In the United States circuit court Judge Morrow ruled against Insurance Commissioner Andrew J. Clunk. Three California insurance companies challenged bonds, certificates of authority, and a state tax act. The court sustained each petition, finding the state act unconstitutional and the commissioner's bond declarations arbitrary and illegal.
The United States Civil Service Commission lists examinations on July 7 and 28 at Topeka Wichita Leavenworth Salina Fort Scott and Colby. Open to US citizens with preferred residents for service regions. applications via Washington DC. Positions include clerk with signography and land office bookkeeping skills. topographic draftsman. land surveying knowledge. and clerks with land law expertise.
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