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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1899
Page
4
Fragmented text from the Topeka State Journal discusses army beef interests, Dr Briefs, Mr Yerkes, Senator Mason investigations, Dewey in New York, Navy plans, and Bryan delivering a commencement address at Kansas Agricultural College. The piece reads as a garbled inventory of opinions and events with political tones.
Kansas towns prepare Memorial Day ceremonies honoring soldiers lost in the Philippines and from the Civil War era. Families recall loved ones as Topeka and other cities gather at cemeteries to lay silent mementos on new and old graves, with communities from Lawrence to Independence paying tribute.
The New York World reprints editorials showing how New York and nearby states have decided presidential outcomes since 1840. It argues that without New York, Connecticut New Jersey Indiana and others could not form a majority and that Hancock Cleveland Harrison and others would have lost or won by small margins. The piece underscores New York’s decisive role in electoral votes and party outcomes.
Analysis shows TJ Harrison carried New York and the four Democratic states New York Connecticut New Jersey and Indiana for a plurality of 1s16 McKining won three reruns hypothetical shifts of New York could flip the result. Bryan carrying New York and the old Democratic quartet could have produced a 28 vote majority.
A collection of local sayings and anecdotes from Atchison on honesty, gossip, courtship, and social signaling. A man repays kindness by pressing a benefactor to join a lodge while a serenading rule sparks social rumor. A teacher finds happiness, and two women on the street draw attention through dress and age.
In Manhattan Kansas on May 12 a student petition urged the Kansas State Agricultural College board of regents to reopen the dining hall and retain Mrs Hanson as dining hall supervisor. The document alleges disruptions from governance disputes have harmed student housing and dining, with violence cited as a factor and calls for investigation of Hoffman and Lindocker for alleged decapitation acts.
A collection of aphoristic lines from a Chicago News Terr page reflects on human nature, deception, gender, and social restraint. It contrasts the ease of thievery with ceremony, notes that order is heavenly yet practical, and suggests fortune favors bold experimentation and facing fears rather than hiding in shadows.
Hugh Greenwood, arrested Wednesday for attempted assault on a girl, is starving himself in jail. He has taken no food or drink since confinement, growing weaker as officers seek a solution. He claims innocence and says he will be freed to return to Fort Worth. Galena notes report Boston buyers Colley and Ua purchase Bloomington tract and other properties from Minow Leal and Zinc Company for 209000 dollars. Adial E. Stevenson, ex vice president, was a noted holder in the Illinois Lead and Zinc Company.
Observations on marriage and gender roles note how men may be unfaithful while a jealous wife lacks trust. The piece suggests women value spending, lessening jealousy when they can spend more. It implies women would struggle to love husbands if they must constantly scrutinize themselves in the mirror.
This year numbers twenty and is the largest in the nine of the school. The young ladies secure both the class graduating honors, Miss Bula Doty the salutatory and Miss Mayme Baldwin the valedictory. The graduating exercises will be held at the Larned opera house Friday evening, May 19. The alumni banquet will be given at Masnal temple hall Saturday night, 20th, with covers laid for 0.
The dispatch records Henderson's post office salary rise from 1300 to 1900 amid a revenue jump from 5036.43 to 7072.98. It also lists Kansan pension awards, including Green and Snavely, plus several local increases and renewals. An artesian well near Atchison pumps ninety gallons per minute, while a 15-year-old dies wolf hunting near Council Grove and a man dies from a lightning strike in Larned. A Morris county high school bond proposal failed, and Rabbi Hiréch will speak at the Emporia normal school. Palmer Felt moves from Greenleaf Sentinel to Concordia Daylight.
The Berwind White Coal Mining Company announces a wage increase effecting June 1. Miners will receive 16 cents per ton for pick mining and 25 cents per ton for loading after the punching machine. The raise applies to about 10,000 workers.
Farland near this city reports a tragedy as Frank McFarland accidentally discharged a gun, killing his sister Miss McFarland aged 11, when they were alone on the Niite farm. The youth, 21, was seized with a tit and believed himself going mad as he dropped the gun while aiming to shoot a dog. He is frantic with grief.
Protesters in St Louis vow to urge Congress to oppose Secretary Algar's push to open the drainage canal. The channel reportedly cannot be protected this year and would carry 300000 cubic feet of water per minute, delaying opening possibly another year if Governor Tanner withholds permission to the sanitary board.
Abilene May 15. A lawsuit filed by J B S h k e r t Machine Company of Enterprise against ex-plunger George Grant Gillett seeks $1 000 for machinery sold to the plunger. The suit cites a failed business dream and a stone bank building and an elevator never completed. An order of sale is asked as the plant stands pledged in lieu of the machinery.
The forty first Baker University commencement runs May 16 through June 1 with Calareaut Day on May 28. Rev J F Berry will preach the sermon in Chicago and Congressmen Dolliver will address the junior class. Larned high school also reports its graduation plans for the year.
Berlin faculty of philosophy unanimously refuse minister of education’s demand to subject physics professor Aronk to disciplinary action. They argue teachers may hold private political views and not teach them in class. Aronk cannot instruct political advocates in his role. General Leiper Dead in Philadelphia after long service with G A R.
The Cunarder Campania outpaced the American liner St. Paul on the westward Atlantic crossing. Campania arrived eleven hours before St. Paul after leaving Liverpool and Southampton last Saturday. Both ships called at Queenstown and Daunt’s Rock before reaching Sandy Hook.
The Knights of Pythias grand lodge convenes Tuesday in Representative Hall and continues for three days. The reception for grand officers is tonight at the Throop hotel. Rathbone sisters HQ at Throop, sessions in K P Hall. Grand lodge members’ HQ at the National, Uniformed Rank at Cope ni.
London reports Putnam & Sons publisher G. G. Putnam stating surprise at Rudyard Kipling suing him. He cites illness and motives as unclear while noting they published Kipling works in a bound set from Kipling's authorized publishers. The row centers on cover art and edition branding.
Gold hoarding grows as small bills dry up with the U S Treasury refusing more small notes and banks stockpiling coins. Chicago bankers report rising gold in vaults and shift to paper money for ease of carry. In federal court, Baron and Baroness de Bara plead not guilty to eleven counts of fraud involving U S mints. Bond amounts set at 35 000 per charge for the baroness and 11 000 for the baron. Sculptor Ploutz dies in the Donting asylum after mental decline and studio destruction amid World’s fall hardships.
San Antonio May 15 Alligators attacked Paul Nagle and his family while they camped on the bank of a bayou near Bapontaso lake in Dewitt county. Nagle beat one with an ax, his wife suffered a severe thigh wound, a four year old girl was seized in the jaws, and an infant was taken by another alligator. Settlers plan to rid the lake of the reptiles after this deadly night attack.
New York on May 1 the final 5 million treasury warrant for Spain's Philippine indemnity was presented at National City Bank by a French embassy representative. The check will move through the floaring house in tomorrow's exchanges. No dollars of the 15 million previously paid have left the country. the entire deal used foreign exchange and balances.
After State Journal highlighted a mother's hardship, Topeka residents near SanCock Street provided extensive support. The Coleman home now shows comfort with groceries, clothing, bedding, and fuel arriving daily, while neighbors assist with care and nourishment for the ill daughter. The Peerless Steam Laundry has added a collar edge-smoothing device.
A historic sale advertisement touts Indigo Blue, Silver Grey, Black and White Calicoes at 10 yards per customer, plus Fancy Lawn and Charlies styles at low prices. It promotes Brownie Overalls for boys, 25c sweaters, and large quantities of Cheviot and Muslin at reduced sale prices with bold italics and period tone.
The fragment lists various remnants including 10 and 12 percent Pereases and 18 cent quality items. It mentions shore length denim and short length gating planners with qualities 13 and 10, plus remnants of prints and ginghams.
The store displays a broad range of carpets and shades including felt shades spring rollers 7 ft, opaque shades 7 ft, hand made options with brass extension rods, curtain poles with fixtures, and the newest ingrain carpets. It also highlights moquettes axminsters and velvets in patterns and colors, with extra heavy upholstery and wool blends.
This notice lists sales for This Evening and Tomorrow only including Sweet Orr Co medicines and unmudddried white shirts of strong muslin with reinforced fronts, Favorite brand overcoats for boys aged 10 to 18, 200 pairs of blue denim overalls, 6 76 and 1.00 hats from last season, and 256 Harvester hats Malaga.
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