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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1900
Page
1
Reports from East Asia note Wu's force in Tien Tsin with about 200 sick and wounded soldiers. Admiral Remey travels from Hong Kong toward Taka to assess the situation.
The report details Li Hung Chang directing a harsh regime as executions rise under his orders. Dispatches note Admiral Seymour's squadron near Hong Kong and movements toward Pekin with allied forces in Tein Tsin and Tiend Tsin areas. Officials recount massive troop landings, foreign warships reinforcing Shanghai, and concern over Chinese resistance to foreign influence amid a tense, mobile frontline.
The Prohibition historical convention adjourned after nominating Jake G. Wooley of Utah Holsant for president and Money Bartea f of Rhode Island for vice president. Rev Sine Awadlow of Pennsylvania was withdrawn to boost Wooley. Speaker Homer Castle of Wisconsin influenced many delegates as Dr Swallow accepted the vice presidential nomination after a brief conference. Wooley, born in Collinsville Ohio, later lived in Chicago and has headed a bank in Rhode Island.
New York June 23 Governor Roosevelt denounces a group of photographers who secretly captured images of his children bathing on the grounds. He vows to punish violators if necessary and warns the press to refrain from interfering with his family.
A sudden house warming at 108 Pryter Street drew the fire department at 10:80 o clock after residents burned waste paper and rubbish in a grate. The blaze caused smoke damage before crews arrived and the ladder truck from station No. 2 assisted, while a faulty grate heated the scene.
Weather indications show cloudy conditions through Friday and Saturday with possible thunderstorms in some portions. Winds mostly from the east. Mentions a Cork Thust Slobbe remark about keeping one's head above water.
Kansas City is filling with Democrats as decorations appear for a three day convention session. Bryan is slated for nomination Wednesday and platform adoption Thursday. Bryan will speak from Coates House balcony and at Auditorium if possible, with plans to adjourn by Friday and visitors returning that night.
The convention debate centers on a second ticket holder with Mr Hegan. The likely contenders include William Sulzer of New York and B F Shively of Indiana. Pattison remains a favorite for balancing the ticket, with strong pull in Pennsylvania and New York. Shively praised by Lemon Abbott as a progressive Democrat and able campaigner.
The Terre Haute district lies in the focus as advance guard of major newspaper correspondents, from New York World to Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia North American, and Boston Globe, gather at the Midland hotel with artists and editors. Prominent names include Porter Coates, Louis Seibold, J J Pughe, W H Loomis, M E Hennessy, Charis Powers, Herbert Al Trask, and Moyer. The event signals extensive press presence and coordinated coverage plans.
Washington delegation led by Thomas Maloney and Alaska's Dr D Rogers weighs support for James Hamilton Lewin of Washington. Maloney confirms Oregon Washington Idaho votes for Lewis with Alaska expected to deliver six more. Rogers and Williams from Juneau push platform plank opposing carpetbaggers in territories while seeking federal posts.
Judge August Van Wyck of New York traveled through St. Louis to attend the Democratic national convention in Kansas City. Richard Croker will pass through St Louis Saturday night on a Burlington route or may reroute via Lincoln. The Tammany delegation will travel on special trains with one via St Louis Monday morning and another crossing the river at Hennitol, Mo. The train party will proceed to Kansas City with the Albany delegation.
San Francisco sources report the transport Grant will sail Sunday for Nagasaki with four Sixth Cavalry men and a hospital car in addition to officers and Marines. The force includes 34 Tec-rite, 20 marines, and a signal corps team for Ebina. Three surgeons accompany the hospital corps. Assistant Surgeon John Halvert is listed in the transport personnel.
In Topeka next Monday silver Republicans from across Kansas meet at representative hall at 10 to elect 200 delegates for the national bimetallic convention in Kansas City on July 4. Charles A. Towne will speak in the evening and the public is invited.
Topeka directors unanimously authorized a 100000 pledge for the state’s big Kansas Exposition celebration marking 50 years since Kansas Territory. Dr Coburn headed the board with Collins of Salina preparing product samples and a drive to secure stock subscriptions, press outreach, and a dedicated organizer for statewide interest.
The article reports a contested printing bill unpaid by the Republican State League. Officers faced pressure to levy assessments to settle the debt as leaders debated the proper course of action and blamed past administrations for financial shortfalls.
In Topeka the Woman's club activities and charity work pass under Mrs Thorpe's direction. Meetings continue weekly Thursdays at the old courthouse corner of Fourth Street and Kansas. Members discuss clothing projects for children and manage finished items.
John W. Breidenthal, Kansas bank commissioner, issues a report denouncing loan associations and warning that local and national schemes misappropriate investors’ savings. He notes fraternal and bogus outfits mimic legitimate ventures, urges reforms, and calls for capital safeguards to protect small investors from robbery.
Washington reports say Iowa Catholics sent a petition to the pope through Archbishop Martinelli to secure Fort Dodge as a bishopric instead of Sioux City. The petition, delayed by Archbishop Mantinelli’s Oregon absence, awaits transmission before the pope for final decision after Rome propaganda review.
Franklin county Populists and Democrats in convention at Ottawa divided offices and named a ticket with R W rats as Probate judge F H Gamble county attorney T T Gentry superintendent Wm Martin commissioner P P Rider district clerk John Andrew and Dona Needhama. They condemned both state and national administrations. A resolution censuring bolting Populists in Caffey county and supporting W Toei for senator was adopted.
A blaze at the Meet Mangu manufacturing plant on Twenty-fifth Street in Pittsburg, June 22, destroys the large four-story shop. Fireman Walk Williams is killed when walls collapse. eleven others injured. Property loss estimated at 400000, with many patterns and machines destroyed and irreplaceable. Fire crews prevent total spread as walls topple and debris traps firefighters.
Correspondence recounts the June inauguration of Governor Dole as the first territorial leader of the newly annexed Marailan isle territory. The ceremony featured prayers, a presidential message, and oaths on the steps of the building. The event included a military review and the appointment of cabinet members and officials for the new government.
Lincoln June 1 ex-Sen Murphy and Rietar of New York plan to visit. Winsop Bryan says he has no private knowledge of their coming or that of Congresnman Bulwer. He declines to comment on possible missions or actions at Kansas City.
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