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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1898
Page
3
Scrambled report items describe Topeka events and people with scattered notes on civic matters, tributes, and incidents. References include local officials, hospitalizations, a charity banquet, a declamation contest, and a church service, all set within a busy Kansas context.
President McKinley contemplates waiving civil service rules to fill vacancies by appointing a clerk's family member temporarily. The move aims to support families dependent on clerks who have gone to the front, with safeguards that only eligible civil service personnel may be hired if not a family member.
Washington May 2 Keishiro Matsul free secretary of the Japanese legation has been transferred to London and T Muckvwabes arrives from Japan to succeed Mr Matsul. He called on the Secretary of State today to present the new first secretary and is hailed as a promotion amid wartime diplomacy. The report notes Matsul’s popularity and diplomatic footing sharpened by service during the Chinese Japanese war.
A Washington dispatch states President McKinley favors retaining the Philippines and possibly occupying Hawaii long term. It suggests sending about 14 000 Hawaii based volunteers to Manila to speed reinforcement, noting Hawaii’s climate suits rapid training and organization of new troops before deployment.
Washington May 20 Regular cabinet day drew a lighter crowd at the White House as senators and representatives sought conferences with President McKinley. Secretary Alger had a long talk, but details were not disclosed. Various lawmakers urged appointments and patronage, with several discussing army commissions and adjutant general posts as the war news looms and a potential adjournment date nears.
Washington reports need for eighteen additional paymasters and a six month pay increase for regular and volunteer army. General Stanton proposes classifying officers, adding ten major generals and more deputy commanders, with legislation required before authorization. The Six months begins July first and ends December.
May 20 report from St. Louis notes Captain Duval of the US S.A. commissary secured a 7500 pound Dacon contract won by a local firm, shipments of soap and other provisions sent south for Army use, with large quantities of flour bacon Deans and groceries divided between Mobile and Tampa. Also reports a court action seeking a receiver for Fort Scott sugar works.
Evangelina Cisneros the Young Cuban girl will wed Bir Carlos Carbonel a former Cuban banker and McKinley nominee for lieutenant on Major General Fitzhugh Lees staff. Carbonel aided in the Havana prison rescue and accompanied Cisneros to New York. The wedding is expected soon possibly before Carbonel is ordered into the field. no date fixed.
Refugees arriving from Santiago De Cuba report insurgent district commanders advancing toward the city. Brigadier Generals Mindez and Castilla shift forces near Caimanero and within six miles of Santiago. Night raids by small bands threaten the garrison, while supplies in Santiago grow scarce and prices for provisions fall after earlier panic.
Washington May 20 The House adjourns until Monday delaying any action on Hawaiian resolutions after passage of labor arbitration bill. Tongue accuses a Democratic committee backed circular of attacking his record, reads from it, and faces aSpeaker’s rebuke amid calls to publish the full document.
General Domingo Capote, vice president of the Cuban republic, has just landed in Kingston en route to the United States. He will not supplant Senor Estrada Palma, who retains full confidence of the Cuban government, but Capote is believed to better present certain views of the Cuban chiefs.
Australian advices report a hurricane sweeping coastal Australia wrecking small craft. The Wakatipa collided with the Letra in Dunedin harbor causing the Letra to founder between masts. St Hilda’s store at Warragul was ripped free. Scottish Minister lay at Adelaide harbor where mutinous fighting left many stabbed.
C L Baker, president of the Baker Carriage Works in Des Moines, reportedly shot himself twice in the mouth today and died almost instantly. Finances trea ties had recently rebounded him. The deed occurred at the entrance of the trimming department. Weather notes forecast showers and possible thunderstorms in Kansas and eastern regions with partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday.
Adelina Santoni performed Le Favorite in New York on May 2 during La Pagorita. Major Graham of the Gulf department left Falls Church, Va, today to command the Second Corps of Volunteers. The note also mentions a rail line to Denver via Santa Fe sleepers and related details.
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