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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1898
Page
4
A collage of editorial quips and anecdotes from wartime America. References range from Dewey and the Philippines to bread riots and political jests. Jumping between papers, cartoons, and classroom quips, the piece reflects public mood and media chatter of the era.
In Steubenville Lena Gieritt was treated at Mercy hospital after persistent stomach pain. Doctors used Roentgen rays and found three seven inch spoons inside her stomach. She consented to removal as surgeons prepared to operate.
Wabaunsee Populists set for next Saturday while Decatur and Pawnee counties back Leedy and nominated leaders. Republicans in various counties endorse Coburn for governor and Hood for governor, with district and congress implications. Topeka league head T. J. Crawford to speak at May 28 convention.
The Herald reports Porto Rico revolutionary Junta in New York received word from the West Indies that island uprisings have begun at Junicas and Cajamar and that 700 American troops may land to aid. Letters say hostility to Spain runs through the island beyond San Juan and independence may be welcomed by some sectors, while others fear economic unrest if annexation occurs.
An Austrian baron identified as Unterrichter, traveling as Edward Grusn on the steamer Fulda, confessed to stealing 67,000 florins. He claimed to be the son of a Jewish rabbi and to have studied in Tyrol, then fled to Interlaken, Zurich area. He stole 27,000 florins from his aunt, gambled away 1200 at Monte Carlo, and carried about 25,000 locally until surrender. authorities detain him aboard and plan deportation with funds sent to Austria.
May 1 report from Key West describes the potter's field for the Maine crew buried after the Havana harbor disaster. 34 graves mark the site with faded stones and scattered flowers from a Philadelphia volunteer. The area, exposed limestone and trees, holds lonely, sun-beaten mounds manned by unknown sailors, with only two known names, a Spanish epitaph, and a lone city hearse nearby.
Mansfield Ohio May 10 the board of managers of the Ohio reformatory will prohibit tobacco use by prisoners after July 4. Previously allowed due to some Columbus penitentiary prisoners and small rations, tobacco smuggling prompted the board to end all tobacco supply at the institution.
In Kokomo Indiana on May 10 Grace Methodist Episcopal Church inaugurates a new Epworth League nursery in the basement to care for babies during services. The plan seeks to quiet the crying nuisance by checks for children brought to church and returned as found.
Newton May 10 Mennonites from Kansas Nebraska and Oklahoma will convene in Newton on Tuesday May 17 to decide the church stance in the Spain war. Hundreds expected over several days. The meeting tests old nonresistant principles vs younger members wanting military service. Assistant Attorney General Snelling's ruling on nonresistant exemptions sparks debate.
Hutchinson May 10 The musical jubilee set for May 31 to June 3 is drawing rapid entries with over 100 received. Class A chorus already has three entries from Wichita Lyons and McPherson. Solo events show strong turnout across piano vocal and string categories with dozens of entrants in piano solos and various voice and string contests.
Coffeyville dispatch reports Harry Bird a noted printer from Labette and Montgomery counties arrived in Chanute via a furniture car after leaving St. Louis broke. He sought work in Coffeyville but was arrested by Johnson county sheriff on charges of stealing in Olathe.
Beloit May 10 The Beloit high school commencement program for May 20 includes Invocation by Rev L H Shane a instrumental solo by Mrs Harold Barnes a lecture Fools Errana by Dr W A Quayle a vocal solo by Miss Nellie Ingram and the class motto Not Resting on the Beach but Climbing the Cliffs The graduating class lists Archie Cooper Hew Kendall Bert Home Florence McBride Clara Gabe Alice Simpson Kate Cochran Louise Rouen Anna Pearson Clara Potter Hydyth McMillan Dick Antrobus Jennie Adams and Olie Luts This marks the first eighth grade graduates in Relph public schools Salaries for teachers were raised to their pre cut levels Prop C BE Shute of Lawrence to succeed W H Andrews as high school principal Assistant Principals W R Crane and F Bull resignations tendered Superintendent Harold Barnes to stay for another term The first year in Beloit schools praised as excellent.
May 19 Chanute fair officials introduce a premium idea to reward good roads. County Attorney Callahan and Dr C C Lurber pledge $10 each, with details pending. The plan will consider all road improvements from coast to roadbed and related features.
The fair circuit starts with Parsons from August 9 to 12, followed by Montgomery County Agricultural Society at Petroleum Park from August 30 to September 2, and finally Soneyville from September 13 to 16, signaling a general awakening in fair interests.
Alex McClure of Elk County was swept away and drowned while crossing Otter creek about ten miles northwest of Cedarvale last Sunday evening. He and Henry Roper tried to save his two unseasoned colts. both horse and driver were lost as the buggy overturned. McClure, over 70, disappeared after slipping from a sapling while clinging to it in the current.
Emporia May 10 The W R C department of Kansas will publish this year’s work in pamphlet form and honor Margarent H Griffith for wiping out indebtedness as president. She will remain chair of the Mother Bickerdyke home executive committee to aid its finances.
Newton May 10 A car carrying ten race horses owned by W P McGrath left for St Louis on the Frisco after arriving from San Francisco where they raced on Oakland and Ingle side tracks. Three horses Montgomery Parthemax Mid Glen are stakes runners, the rest seven are selling platers. Jockey A McIntire accompanies the group to ride them this summer.
Detroit May 10 Col A Huffman recalls Lew Wallace who served in the Mexican and Civil Wars. Wallace writes back that no general appointment is possible and age bars his enlistment as a private, though he urges his old friend to go ahead and serve with the country.
Commander D W Eastman and Assistant Quartermaster General O H Coulter of Topeka Kansas selected Palace hotel quarters for the Kansas G A R department head quarters in Cincinnati. They request space in a 900‑seat school building for Kansas veterans and expect at least 6000 visitors, with about 1200 from the Topeka area.
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