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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1899
Page
4
A fragmented Topeka State Journal column surveys political chatter in Kansas and national circles. It references Governor Eaton or Pingree era politics, editorials on trusts and farmers, and a New York financier’s tax status while touching on maritime and telecommunication developments and court actions affecting workers.
A clipped essay notes Seymore Davis praising Kansas men abroad while their wives keep farms at home. It mocks spelling, widowhood, fashion, and social quirks, then dismisses elephants and proposes a supposed anonymous doctor who shames patients. The piece blends quirky anecdotes with satirical social commentary.
A fragmentary humorous column notes love and marriage themes. It suggests men fall in love after repetition and women fear inadequacy in partners. The piece contrasts religion, romance, and prudence with a sharp social voice.
Jayhawker jots relay scattered items on local life and politics. The column mentions voters, a wedding, a laundry dispute, and various unnamed figures in a bustling midwestern town with humor and jittery commentary.
Wichita reports Sheriff Simmons arrested Alexander Jester at Shawnee Oklahoma last week for the murder of Gilbert Gates in Audrain county Missouri twenty eight years ago. A habeas corpus hearing in Tecumseh will test his case as Missouri seeks his surrender. Mrs Cornelia Street says Jester was vicious from childhood and describes several violent incidents including an attempted murder and threats toward witnesses. The case hinges on testimony from witnesses in Indiana and Kansas with Jos Ter thought to be the same man as W A Hil.
Major Robert Wilenn McClaughry arrived as federal prison warden at Fort Leavenworth receiving by outgoing Warden J. W. French. Rumors of further changes circulated but officials said premature. J. F. Tomlinson to take state penitentiary helm as Warden Harry Landis steps aside. Business Men's Association hosted a lunch for both wards.
An informal event organized to connect businessmen with new veterans and bid farewell to the old ones. John H. Atwood served as toastmaster as several gentlemen drafted specifications for the occasion.
Pittsburg reports seventy five Alabama Negro miners were unloaded at Beammon stockades by Western Coal and Mining company. The importation defies a county injunction against undesirable laborers and relies on a federal counter injunction. Cherokee county health officials may issue a quarantine to curb further importations, with railroads expected to honor it.
A social event in Rotrbaugh hall hosted by A Gilfer of Lawrence as traveling rep for Theo Poehler family company. Friends gathered for a bachelor farewell party with a humorous, formal invitation expressing his intent to leave bachelorhood and marry in July.
In Galena on June 10 Peter Maygard, charged in the murder of State Senator H W Wall, was photographed yesterday and declared innocent. A Wall son, after reception of a wire, told officials that Maygard is not involved, and Maygard was released with plans to sue the city.
Union Pacific is delivering forty ten wheel locomotives of the 700 series to the Nebraska division for freight traffic. Nos 1703 and 1704 are at the shops in Omaha being prepared for service. Eight more locomotives are on the road and the remaining thirty will arrive at about one per day.
Gillett appears to plan permanent relocation to Mexico as a large cargo sails from Woodbine carrying Mrs Gillett’s four horses several cows and a Hereford bull to Chihuahua with an estimated freight around 3300. Concordia Electric Light Plant power dam collapses after dam breach threatening the mill and lights. the dam had stood 17 years and supplied power.
Two Enterprise painters Samuel Beaver and Edward Punke fell thirty-five feet from a church steeple as scaffolding collapsed. Beaver is badly hurt, perhaps fatally, while Punke sustains serious injuries in the accident at the German M. E. church yesterday.
Round trip fares listed include 19.00 to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo 31.00 to Glenwood Springs 22.00 to Salt Lake and Ogden Full details available from Rock Island agents for information
Philadelphia June 2 indications show activists pushing to prove the report that the alliance of Cotorel Guiry and W F Jarnty represents Pennsylvania at the Democratic national convention. They oppose Bryan and free silver, hoping to unite Illinois and New York factions against Bryan and secure a GOP alternative. wheat reports from Oklahoma reserves and Osage lands reflect large harvests amid a growing sense of Oklahoma's value as a wheat-producing region.
In Pawnee Oklahoma Territory a new wheat harvest is reported as the largest in the history of the territory. The crop covers about 1250 acres with yields estimated at 200 bushels per acre in places and as high as 40 bushels per acre in some counties, signaling a substantial overall harvest across the region.
Salt Lake City June 20 The most important Mormon church leaders conference yet convenes next Sunday in the temple building with officials from Mexico Canada Utah and surrounding states attending The purpose is stated as church policy but it is widely believed Snow will direct stricter enforcement of tithing amid reports the church faces financial distress with debts over 1 000 000 and tithing income falling off
A conference calls for urgent measures to collect tithes and ease the church’s financial embarrassment. It notes expenses and the need to pay obligations soon, with talks of regional excursions like the Santa Fe trip and ticket sales dates. Heinz's Ice Cream advertises local availability on East Eighth Street.
A local reader recounts kidney pain relief after using Duan's Kidney Pills from Rowley & Snow at 6th Street and Kangas. He praises the remedy as the most effective yet and notes availability through Foster-Milburn Co. as sole agent. The account emphasizes home credibility over distant reports.
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