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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1898
Page
8
Topeka items report disparate notes on local business and public life. Mentions include police and city officials with unconfirmed cases, building plans and a race meet slated for the fairgrounds. A variety of names, places, and activities appear in a stream of city life updates and witness accounts.
A circulating report on the London stock exchange claimed President Kruger of the Transvaal Republic had been shot and killed. The general agent in London denies the rumor, calling it likely a stock exchange cantrol spread to influence markets.
Dr A Embree elected pastor of North Topeka Methodist Episcopal Church and will preach Sunday after Rev T E Chandier leaves for Boston. Bishop Vincent had assigned Embree and officials endorsed the appointment amid rumors it could propel him to the First church, though church members deny any plan. The climate condemns personal scandal and damage to reputation as a civilizational issue.
Tacoma reports 173 Chinese workers bound for Blaine and Semiahmoo to pack 4 to 5 million cans for the Alaska Packers Association. Chinese contractor Ching Sen guarantees 4.29 million cans by July 1, with possible expansion to 6 million. The move reflects recurring hiring patterns through Portland and the Sound canneries.
In Cleveland a mass meeting by the Western Side Americas club urged President McKinley to recognize Cuba's freedom and halt Cuban slaughter. The call said war might follow, and actions to compel immediate action were requested from the National and West Side patriotic organizations.
The South voices strong dislike of the administration over Cuba policy. Atlanta editors say war is unwanted, but peace in Cuba is demanded to ease national strain. Cotton markets rise amid pro peace sentiment and fear of a laughing stock abroad. Durango crowd erupts with heated speeches and raises funds to aid Spain reaction.
More than a thousand citizens met at the county courthouse in El Paso Texas last night. After patriotic speeches and readings, resolutions were adopted urging Congress to intervene in Cuba to halt starvation and bloodshed.
New York report quotes Carolus Duran praising numerous beauties. He cites Comtesse de Pourtalès, Countess of Warwick, and Miss Navil Lester as typical of France England and America. Duran notes American women are classically beautiful and unique vivacity distinguishes French beauty.
A remarkably large Swiss man, Harry Morice Canon, 48, 5 feet 10 inches, about 60 pounds over 60, his waist 100 inches, chest 77, and calf 40, arrives in New York aboard the French steamer Boutroygne. He says travel in ordinary passenger cars is impossible and notes he previously worked in breweries and was a soldier, now traveling with European physicians overseeing his condition.
At a Nautilus club meeting held at Mrs. Thomas Lyon’s residence the group introduced and unanimously adopted a resolution to back a chemical engine near Wirteonth and Lane Avenues for protection of College Hill Lowman Hill Martin and Dennis addition. The matter will go to the city council Monday night with Chief Wilmarth and Mayor Fellows supporting passage. Residents near the city edge pledged to subscribe their share for fire protection if the city provides and maintains the chemical engine.
The group declares it will not pursue deportation actions and will not join in injunction cases. It previously sought to present deportation questions to the supreme court but has abandoned that plan. The committee now aims to support officers and shift focus to electing those who will enforce the prohibitory law.
Chancellor F H Snow of the state university discussed rebuilding the power house destroyed by fire with state officers and friends. He aims to decide next steps and will ask the senate for support to use private funds if a new building is approved. Communications are addressed to senators due to their two year terms.
John Marshall and Marshall's band members examine Garfield park to grade walks and clear dead timber. The casino will open by June 1 with 7500 square feet, work to begin in April, and admission will be 10 cents at the gate.
A claim that a new kidney remedy Morrow's Kidnevids can cure kidney diseases including Bright's disease and diabetes. Discoverer John Morrow of Springfield Ohio is praised for original research and the product marketed nationwide with postpaid box options.
In Topeka a social column notes a Tuesday evening subscription party at Hudson's hall hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Sutton and Mr. and Mrs. Davis in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis. The Chaminade and Nautilus clubs held meetings with music, art, and literary programs.
Walter Sanger Pullman and his bride travel incognito, arriving on the Northwestern Overland Limited tomorrow evening after paying their own fare from San Francisco. The son of the late car maker expresses a desire for privacy despite the public interest in the newlyweds.
In a Pullman car a man held a personal pass for himself but no ticket for his wife. He needed to secure a wife’s ticket while the man, likely a railway passenger, traveled to receive his mother’s blessing on his marriage, though the mother’s view of the match remains unknown.
February 1898 net earnings reach 745 722 dollars, up 190 565 from February last year. After taxes and rentals, operating income for February equals 507 082 dollars, up 222 008. For eight months ending February 28, net earnings total 7 407 445 dollars, up 1 167 012, with operating income 6 332 108 dollars, up 1 505 02, about 44 percent higher.
Swansea reports a carrier pigeon from the British steamer Challerton, 250 miles south of the Selfly islands, carried a note dated March 27 stating an English vessel was helped by La Bretagne with delay. Another appended message claims Bethnia crew saved. La Bretagne carried 100 carrier pigeons for test of shore communication and potential use by steamers if successful.
North Topeka column items list local ads and social notes including shop specials at Gem Bakery Courtney's and Cromwell Jeffers, event invites for N T L club, and travels. Mentions Red Cross relief effort in New York, a horse named Needie Ten, and family visits to Chicago Indiana and Los Angeles. White's Cream Vermicide and Bayard's Liniment advertised with local druggists providing purchase points.
A read through a scrambled real estate transfer snippet lists several names and places with scattered figures. The legible items include transfers involving Lat ty metho di to 1 ice te LArmury A and Hanna Ruehle to Cactiy Weuetsa, alongside small monetary figures such as $3.00 and $9, with mention of locations like STS Hanae avenue and Welt tie oe Teena cats Wit.
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