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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1898
Page
8
Chief Steele ordered colored men to keep off streets after a Sunday incipient riot but aimed only at toughs known to police. Officers cleared streets of those individuals while well behaved colored men remained. The hot night on side streets saw several soldiers injured and the action did not reflect a race war, as respectable colored people opposed the toughs.
Gustav Walter proprietor and director general of the Orpheum circuit died after an appendicitis operation. A native of Osterode Germany born in 1840s he came to San Francisco in 1874 and opened the Orpheum in 1887. He expanded the chain to span major U.S. cities.
Santa Fe limited trains Nos 2 and 4 to be taken off late May. Last westbound train leaves Chicago May 25, last eastbound from Los Angeles May 31. Service resumes in October with new summer timetable likely June 1. Some other through trains may also be cut. Teamsters hired for Mobile duty at $80 monthly plus found, under Wagonmaster Gus m. Line to Denver via Pueblo and Colorado Springs offers through Pullman sleepers and free chair cars.
Edward C. Little, private secretary to Gov Leedy, is named lieutenant colonel of the Twentieth Kansas regiment. Fred Funston remains colonel, Whitman is ranking major, Lafayette C. Smith quartermaster, W A DeFord adjutant. Whitman, a West Point graduate, formerly lived in Lyndon. Smith from Stockton, Franklin county. Little known as Kansas political figure and Free Silver Republican.
British tramp steamer Strathdee, off Key West, tried to run the blockade but was overhauled by the gunboat Machias. Captain Currie claimed sugar cargo and Spanish refugees from Sagua la Grande aboard bound for Matanzas. Machias warned against disembarking refugees there, and the Strathdee veered toward New York.
Washington May 16 Mr F J Babcock, former private secretary to Secretary Sherman, will continue serving Secretary Day in the same capacity. Eddie Savoy becomes secretary of state aide to William Gwyn, joining Day's staff. Pine City blaze in Minnesota harms half the business district, loss about 50 000. Fort Leavenworth receives 400 tents for Kansas volunteers and guns to be shipped as needed. Santa Fe Excursion offers one fare plus 2 for round trip May 17 from Topeka to western states.
Florida lumbermen in Jacksonville petition congress to allow foreign vessels in the coasting trade amid rising freight and rail rates. Affected by Spanish cruiser fears, mills along the St Johns River face ship scarcity and costly transport as embargoes and war measures pressure the industry and workers.
Washington May 10 Postmaster General Emory Smith issued an order forbidding all officers and employes of the post office department to furnish information about war conduct to any person or publication not connected with the department unless authorized by the head. The rule aims to prevent postmasters from divulging information about suspicious letters passing through offices.
Patrolman Frank Summers’s hack ran away outside a North Topeka restaurant near the Adams House after a mover’s war frightened the team. The horse was fatally injured and killed. the carriage suffered heavy damage at the Union Pacific depot gate.
Bethany College Lindsborg subscription committee paid Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance $20,000 and secured a voluntary reduction of a similar amount. The company briefly borrowed $35,000 to cover the move and hopes to settle it by November 6 Gustavus Adolphus Day.
A compact sale item offering colored satin stripe grenadine fabric at 56 cents per yard for a 24 inch width, priced at one dollar per yard scale feel.
Toledo May 10 Brewer prices were to rise by $1 per barrel after a new tax took effect. Saloonkeepers condemned brewers as unpatriotic for profit and proposed a compromise of 5 cents per barrel, while brewers held firm. Closures or curbs on sales were threatened as talks stalled.
In Fostoria Ohio on a May evening a woman in distress drew a large crowd to the Telephone company office. Miss Mary Sheibley, the next operator, held a steel receiver as she screamed and fainted. She was restrained, sent home in a ragged condition, and a doctor summoned for medical aid. Her hands were blistered and her nerves badly shattered.
In Pittsburg Kansas on May 9 a 30 foot flag was raised at the Kansas City Pittsburg and Gulf shops drawing about 5 000 people including 15 000 school children who were conveyed by three trains. General Foreman Durell presided as speeches and patriotic songs followed the ceremony with remarks by P P Campbell Joly Randolph and Robert Robins. A cannon saluted the flag and two cannons captured in earlier wars were fired.
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