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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1901
Page
14
An aphorism urges that strength wins access and results. It contrasts the actions of the strong who press forward with the weak who plead for entry, asserting that success follows fortitude and force. The message emphasizes personal resilience and perseverance.
Washington May 4 Wind Cave reopened under an order from the general land office forbidding trespass and specimen removal. Visitors may not take anything or pay fees, with access limited to the cave premises and guided by official permission only. The feature exposes vast chambers with stalactites and carved walls, drawing on a dramatic underground geography.
New York May 4 The Tribune received a telegram response from T Estrada Palma at his Central Valley New York home saying it is too early to consider candidacy for the presidency of the new Cuban republic. The terse message notes the inquiry and confirms Palma’s current stance without committing to any political ambitions.
Tacoma May 4 The Fakima Indian tribe mourns Chief Tenewashi oldest medicine man shot in the back at his home on the Yakima reservation. Police and agents believe he murdered after failing to cure smallpox outbreaks. Two bullets marks confirm the killing as a rifle homicide.
Indian Inspector Nesaler advances the allotment schedule in Oklahoma reserves. About 1 200 allotments planned with 900 mailed and 200 more next week, leaving 2 000 in Kiowa and Comanche and over 1 000 in Wichita reservations. Meanwhile a hurricane frees the Virginia Duke near St Johns after weeks ice entrapment.
Loot from Ching, including imperial bronze tons, returned from France to Pekin after seizure by the French government. The dispersal through streets stirred reactions in China as restitution steps begin. In Lima, a bright comet has lit the sky for about forty eight hours, seemingly approaching the western horizon.
In Santiago de Cuba on May 4 the final day for municipal election registration drew protests as Governor General Wood ordered an American officer at each office to receive complaints. Officials say the ruling allows enrollment of justified applications while nationalists cry discrimination. Republicans claim strict adherence to the election order.
Speculation ran high in New York as the week opened with broad mobilization of capital into Wall Street. The Burlington railroad consolidation rumor sparked a spring of buying while other cont int consolidations drew attention. The money market hardened and loan calls tempered the rush as profits were weighed and activity cooled.
London reports rising wavering among coal owners and merchants on urging miners to close pits. Derbyshire Miners Association, with 20,000 members, narrowly passes a resolution against the export tax on coal but votes not to halt work.
In Berlin on May 4 Von Busiow’s Quist Birthday is noted as he turns fifty two. In New Orleans on May 4 an incident is reported with a basement gusher at Beaumont Texas where a derrick is affected by a leak.
A collage of brief items lists council meetings, performances, and club events. Mentions Beggar Prince at the Grand, D H Hite in Kansas City, Gates Nichols Equity attorney, Albini’s weekly engagement at Cramford, Mail and Breeze membership push, Saturday Link club postponement, Eugene Ware address at Condte lant, Supt. Davidson speaking, life We Choose to Make, no Marshall band concert, Topeka Park event at Field, May 32 notices to private asylums, Gentry dog and pony show ending, Curtis to Washington subcommittee, First Regiment concert, Clara Crum program at Forward club, Y M C A gathering, amateur Crawford night prizes awarded.
Yellow fever has appeared in Havana prompting revocation of the Treasury Secretary's order suspending quarantine until the 15th instant. Dr Glennan, Cuba quarantine chief, reports two Havana cases and no outbreaks elsewhere. The prior rules required immunity from Cuba arrivals at southern ports and five days’ absence for those traveling via northern ports.
London May 4 Tate census returns report county borough populations totaling 9 156 715, up 1 069 084 since 1891. Liverpool Leeds Manchester Birmingham gains cited, with London suburbs like Croydon rising 31 190. Also reports large regional shifts amid urban growth and factory fire in Ashland Maine.
A minister's wife from Spring Hill Tennessee recounts a dramatic improvement in her starving baby after feeding Grape-Nuts Food. She describes severe emaciation and failure to thrive, then notes the child began to recover after a few days as the food softened in water and was given with sugar.
London reports Russia pressing three demands as compensation for China not signing the Manchurian convention. They seek frontier rectification with Russian territory, a strip of Western Tibet, and rights to mine gold south of the Amur, per Shanghai sources. Admiral Remey’s Brooklyn arrives in Melbourne for the opening ceremonies of the first federal parliament. Ten thousand spectators expected. A Barcelona riot involving anarchists erupts at a Catalan meeting, with gunfire and wounds. St Paul mourns the death of W J Footner, Great Northern Express official. Leadville endures heavy snow while Vienna notes letters from Franz Josef and Austro Hungarian delegates ahead of May 20 meetings.
Pittsburg Va May 4 President W T Gray of the National Window Glass Jobbers association has sent word to members that a price advance on window glass will take effect May 11 The small increases are 85 and 20 on load lots about a fraction over a per cent of the current price It is hinted that further price rises are likely before factories resume glass production after the summer shutdown
A Wheeling based syndicate of wealthy investors plans to unite several local cigar factories into a trust. The Intel-Hirencer reports undisputed authority supports that at least one major Wheeling stogie producer has been approached, with more firms likely to join.
A fragmentary notice describes a live syndicate for the American Cigar Company, including lanes factory near Fatstnine and Wheeling. It notes Pittsburg concerts and the representativer of the Combination, outlining lack of unity with others.
Russian officials in St Petersburg conducted searches affecting numerous students and workers including women, liberals, lawyers, and literateurs. Reports mention arrests and seizures as authorities focus on a broad crackdown amid student unrest and political activity at institutions like the Women’s College and Barrister Seenptasn.
The new challenger began its first trial in excellent weather with sun, a steady northeasterly breeze, and calm seas. Crews completed preps as Shamrock II showed near readiness with Thomas Layton and Charis Russell aboard, while support teams worked to finalize touches before the test voyage.
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