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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1898
Page
6
The Dining Room advertises comfort and beauty for the room with an elaborately carved sideboard similar to the pictured piece. It markets a swelled serpentine front model at 35.00 and other boards at 18.00 with a large stock and exquisite designs available.
A display of baby carriages shows altogether new styles with patented features and four coat finishes. They feature new upholstery and attachments and are offered on our floors from five dollars and up, with rubber tires emphasized.
Citizens report the Konsis avenue bridge walks cracking in several spots with cement failing. Councillor Podgett notes weakness in the wall construction while weather caused contraction, claiming repairs will be paid under the contract and the walks will be repaired when conditions allow.
London dispatch reports the New Orteana sailing toward Halhoren and a British weather bulletin notes the cold wave ending with a slight rise in temperatures in Topeka. A health cure claims pneumonia relief for Mrs. A. J. Lawrence of Bearer Pa and promotes a salve for burns and skin ailments sold by A. J. Arn & Co. in Topeka Kan.
Social notes from Topeka and vicinity describe a lively series of dances at Hudsons hall with many local couples listed. Mentions of millinery openings, club meetings, visits from Kansas City, and upcoming events including a Band concert at the Grand Opera House.
Lieutenant Lundin reports orders to report for promotion exams in Washington on Thursday. General Pitahieh Lee appears to be actively engaged in Havana, seen aboard the Washington after the explosion. Lieutenant Brindin declines to assess war probabilities but expects the navy to carry out much of any fighting.
Details of the naval appropriation bill authorize money for armor plate torpedo boat destroyers and battleships with cost limits and construction sites. It covers enlistment of additional sailors, training limits for cadets, powder procurement, public works spending and age and medical examination rules for assistant surgeons.
Washington March 23 A naval recruiting drive targets the Great Lakes region to enlist volunteers for distant postings. A board led by Lieut Sle sgom Cook Surgeon A McClurg and an engineer officer will tour St Louis Milwaukee and Chicago seeking willing men, including Scandinavians with sea experience. The effort follows successes in New Orleans where fifty men enlisted and were sent to New York. Galveston will host the board to continue recruitment amid evolving sailor classifications.
In Havana the floating dock of the cruiser Alfonso Nil rose with a mishap. Machinery is functioning and crew work to refit the vessel but acceptance hinges on heavier tests. Minor construction issues remain but no vital damage reported. Divers must access the magazine through tight passages amid explosive handling concerns.
Washington March 23 It is believed the administration views the Cuban question as tied to the Maine disaster and the war issue. The recent Proctor speech reportedly cleared minds to treat Cuba as incidental to the larger problem. Whether this invites war with Spain depends on Spain itself.
Senator John M. Thurston of Nebraska, en route to Washington, praised Senator Proctor’s Senate speech as a clear, truthful outline of conditions in Cuba. He said the Republican platform commits to intervention for oppressed peoples and endorsed the general thrust of Proctor’s remarks.
The text urges immediate U.S. action amid rising hostilities. It argues the government should not delay, claiming delay costs lives, with strong sentiment that Cuba must be freed and its people allowed to form their own government. The speaker advocates intervention and predicts Cuba would manage inland affairs once free.
Washington says the president will not propose immediate legislation on Cuba. A Monday message will cover the Maine question, with a later address on the Cuba situation. Congress will refer the zinc report to foreign affairs and await the president's next recommendation.
New York March 23 The Evening World reports English shipowners have ordered charters to include a war clause. The clause states ships must stay in neutral trade, avoid contraband cargo, and be void if Britain declares war. Reads as a sign of strained US Spain relations possibly leading to war.
Washington March 23 Secretary Long telegraphed Captain Ludiow aboard the monitor Terror at New York to proceed at once to Key West and report to Admiral Sicard. The Terror will be permanently attached to the Key West squadron replacing the Massachusetts and Texas which have gone to Hampton Roads.
Nine troopers of light battery A Second artillery will depart Fort Sheridan for Port Blocum Nevada to join the Sixth and Seventh artillery in drill and recruitment work. They will receive non commissioned offices in the new regiment. This is the second detachment within two weeks, following a similar shipment about a fortnight ago.
About 105 blue jackets from the Brooklyn Navy Yard embarked today for Philadelphia under petty officers. The men are slated for the Columbia and Minneapolis, now at League Island Navy Yard.
A mortuary report from Chaplain Chi¢wick details that 57 victims died in the catastrophe with two officers missing. Of 371 bodies recovered, six have been identified and 18 were buried. The report notes injuries and hospital deaths at San Ambroso hospital and a Spanish transport.
Washington March 2 The Navy Department reports no new ships purchased and regulations hinder progress. It was determined that the Chilean battleship General O Eins would not be secured while two other ships are unfinished or barely started. The department seeks ships that can be completed promptly.
Secretary Letirer orders the reuse of four Civil War era monitors at League Island Navy Yard Philadelphia. Cutekill and Lehigh head to Boston while Nabast and Jason go to New York. The remaining ships Manhattan Hopac Montauk and Canonelus stay in Philadelphia for immediate preparation.
Waahipeton March 1 Secretary Long directed the double turreted Monitor Puritan to Key West to join the squadron under Admiral Siward. The vessel is the largest monitor in service at 6,000 tons displacement and carries ten guns in her battery.
Up to her neck floods sweep the region as railroad tracks washed away near Cleveland and Canton South. The Monongahela and Allegheny rivers are forecast to rise to critical levels threatening Pittsburg, with many families displaced. Scioto flood in Columbus leaves thirteen railroads unable to move trains and hundreds of homes flooded.
A list of subscriptions and contributors appears to detail payments to a local auditorium fund. Names like Mer Co, Pteremicet Post, Kansas Tent and Awning, Thomas Fear, Charles Nuttedn, George Moicwtl, W. A. Millen, Woolverton, White Miller, and Hines are mentioned among other unclear entities. The total subscriptions section is indeterminable due to garbled OCR.
A blizzard sweeps St Louis and surrounding regions extending into Arkansas and Mingis, with a 48 degree fall from yesterday’s peak and rain turning to snow. Rivers rise across Missouri, trains delayed at Union Station, and floods threaten bridges and bottomland areas near Covington, as crews work to recover stalled freight cars and wait for waters to subside.
Union Pacific and Rock Island rail rivals clashed last night as the Union Pacific train uncoupled all but the mail car near Jolla, finishing the run into Denver an hour and 35 minutes ahead. Rock Island plans schedule cuts to match, aiming to reach Denver earlier from Kansas City, with new time cards issued tomorrow.
Mrs Captain H Hubbard of Milford Del says Brazilian Balm saved her boy's life. She reports the boy began weak, then improved after using the balm, and was well by morning. Sold by druggists with A J Arnold & Son as wholesale agents in Topeka Kan.
Hubeck D Butts former cashier of the Delaware bank of Valley Falls faced a preliminary hearing on twelve embezzlement charges. Bound over to district court on nine counts with a $10,000 bond. He sought a writ of habeas corpus with his lawyers in Holton. Witness D F Piazsek testified to large unsecured loans including 2000 dollars to J K Chapman, then editor of the Topeka Press.
Chicago and Topeka notes report weak to firm openings in wheat with short covering and slow trading as cold weather and temperature shifts affect demand. May and July deliveries show varied moves with protracted declines in corn and oats amid slow receipts and mixed hogs, cattle, and dairy signals. Representative sales include Texas steers, native cows, and mixed feeders amid a cautious market tone.
The market shows austerity fears and a tightening tone as wheat and corn prices falter while hogs and other futures hold modest moves. Dealers note large volume activity from brokers in calls and puts as sentiment shifts amid recent frost damage and cooling demand. Wheat futures face pressure from harvest and supply concerns, with limited daily movement expected.
A reader describes a chaotic set of seven pages labeled as general homework tasks. The note reveals confusion over a misfiled packet and mentions mornings in a certain area, with an emphasis on completing assignments despite the disorganized sources.
Fragmentary notice appears to announce a forthcoming public action by a municipal office. The readable lines reference a commission and a location at 190 Best Sixth, with dates and names badly garbled. The readable portion implies a formal procedure or hearing.
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