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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1899
Page
6
A fragmented advertisement lists grocery items and bulk goods with prices, including sugar cured hams bacon lard crackers ginger snaps corn tomatoes sugar syrup baking powder and dried fruits. Mentions successors to Davis and incomplete item formatting.
A Chicago special reports Bishop Warren III is recovering from an appendectomy in Buenos Ayres Argentina while in South America for church conferences. The operation was performed as he traveled with React Tiers and Dr Drees has advised his American papers of his condition. Reportedly two conference sessions were set for February 16 in Santiano Chile and March 5 in Buenos Ayres.
In Savannah Georgia the Southern Women chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy adopts a resolu tion opposing President Me Bioless suggestion on federal care at Confederate graves. The petition stresses reverence for the dead and condemns assaults on constitutional liberty, urging women to preserve the sacred duty for future generations.
A Kansas egg rush sent New York market prices soaring as shipments from southeast Kansas flooded the market. Ordinary freight cars held 30 cases each, but demand prompted managers to hold eggs at 40 cents a dozen or $72 per train, then prices collapsed by about $9,000. The surge centered on 290,000 cases moved east, reflecting extraordinary scarcity and rapid price swings.
New York March 7 Cornelius Van derbilt has been confined to his house for four days with a muscular rheumatism attack. The illness delays his travel plans and may postpone a possible European or Washington trip this spring, with a return in time for the Newport season.
The Bagular Commercial Club meets Wednesday evening in the cite building auditorium to discuss laws and recommendations for the city council. The group aims to push a spring election proposition on April 4 and seeks active attendance from all members. WB Roby will present details on locating an agricultural implement manufactory in Topeka.
A flood of small town items describes visits, funerals, and social events. Names include Mrs. Bralound Mrs. Hamilton Mrs. Greenwood and families from Madison and Manhattan. Benj S Kershnen funeral set at Rochester cemetery. Klondike talk to be given at Kansas Ave M E church. Birthday party for Mike Truth Adams at Jackson Street grandparents home.
Niagara Falls N Y suffered serious damage from a morning hurricane. High winds blew down trees and plate glass, with several people injured. The Niagara River ice bridge flooded as ice and water rose, washing away shanties and damaging homes and property.
Death notices include Hingiard sister of Meaney and others. funeral arrangements incomplete. Also notes of Wiscian Tomson gris funeral from late home in Power Sinaay. Mis e Tomson. Topeka figures show increases in wages across Bethlehem and Ohio Iron company, with 10 percent rise planned. Santa Fe Route tickets limited to March 1 and trains depart Topeka at 12:05 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.
The Kansas Senate and House remain at an impasse over the Stuart-Fallon contest and state funding as midnight nears. Leaders delay adjournment amid arguments of constitutional duty and fear of voters, with extensions sought and politicians vying to appear proactive.
In a lively session the house delayed for a report from its ways and means committee as spectators urged speeches and songs. Tom McNeal jokingly faced arrest to plead his case, delivering a quip about the assembly and remarking on a deadlocked legislature while noting Jefferson and other members.
The speaker reflects on legislators’ ambitions and failures in Topeka. He notes bills overwhelm lawmakers, leading to random voting and disillusionment. He urges voters to seek governance over constant reform and for leaders to temper grand rhetoric with practical action. The piece urges restraint and honest service.
Grimes argues the Senate should have allowed payment of Quantrell raid bonds. He says many claimants demand payment and accuse repudiation, but the legislature refused an appropriation. He plans to stamp “Not paid for want of appropriation” on presented claims. He defends auditors as having vetted bonds, noting some claims may be fraudulent but many are just.
The city council hired H V Hinckley to assist City Engineer Barnes in drafting plans for a new waterworks system. With no response from the old water company to buy the plant, the council orders progress on the new system, authorizing Hinckley to handle a one percent fee of the improvement cost while awaiting proposals or a sale.
Adah Richmond Stetson, former contestant to John Stetson’s will, filed in Boston Superior Court for $300,000 against John Stetson. She seeks dower rights to John Gretapa Jr estate claiming marriage in Rhode Island and cohabitation until alleged cruelty, which the court did not establish.
J Ralph Burton, a standing candidate for U S senator, spoke to the house last night. He claimed a Missouri congressman asked about the Republican platform and said the principal plank would be to take up the White Man's Burden and carry civilization to millions of barbarians, echoing Kipling as divinely inspired.
The Republican City Convention nominated Zina H Carter for mayor of Chicago. Carter has served one term as president of the board of state. Other nominations included H M Gannon for city attorney and B L Pier ton for city clerk.
A large German American mass meeting is planned in Chicago to protest any alliance with England or other powers. Delegates from over 100 German societies, library, Turner, and religious groups with 50 000 members met at Jung's hall to form the committee for the event. Speakers claimed Germany is not hostile to the United States and urged avoidance of foreign entanglements, with Irish-American figures like John F Finerty and Judges Dunne and Gibbons addressing the gathering.
Ambassador Choate and Mrs Choate arrived at Windsor with Henry White and Lord Salisbury. They were hosted by Queen Victoria at a late dinner in the oak room, where Mr Choate entertained with anecdotes about America as the royal family and guests listened keenly.
Berlin March 7 Emperor William sends a note of sympathy to Mrs Rudyard Kipling after her husband Rudyard Kipling’s illness. The press notes contrast with German tariff war fears, praising peace and reciprocity while highlighting Kipling’s American ties and Bombay birth.
An emergency message from a Cheyenne & Northern train blocked by snow in the Tron mountains reports forty-two aboard with scarce food. Six days snowbound, provisions exhausted, relief train with 100 shovelers dispatched but delayed until tomorrow night. Blockade on the Union Pacific eased and trains slowly resume.
Wheat futures opened steady then weakened as demand stayed light while Chicago and Duluth prices varied. Corn receipts declined. oats and hay held steady. Provisions rallied on higher meat prices. Livestock demand remained soft with steady to mixed quotes across hogs cattle and sheep amid sparse cash interest.
The itemized market summary reports wheat around 4 dollars at New York with receipts of cattle and grains from Chicago and Minneapolis. It notes bond activity, sugar market mentions, and livestock figures, alongside general market sentiment and speculative notes from officials and traders.
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