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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1899
Page
8
In Wheeling West Virginia May 2 strikers suspend work on trolley lines. Cars run but carry almost no one except a few officials and deputies. Bystanders face social and business boycott while isolated riders walk or rent bicycles. Strikes affect city commerce and usher in a tense standoff as officials report minimal passenger turnout.
A London Daily Mail correspondent reports on Queensland's planned quicksilver fountain to be installed at Trafalgar Square. The design features two stacked bowls with a 206 foot delivery pipe and a return system, using about two tons of mercury and targeting a seven foot spray, though officials question feasibility and cost.
A London market dispatch notes wavering sentiment as stocks show limited gains and some declines. Bank of England funding and scarce credits loom, while copper and Australian wine shares spark shifts in investor interest.
A stream of short dispatches reports a GTR freight derailment near Lindsay Ontario with 20 cars and two engines off line and two fatalities, a rights purchase for a theatrical play by Charles Protiman, a jockey injured in Park Whiteing Tentore, a fatal crash note, a Sacramento Mountain forest fire 160 miles north of El Paso, 308 settlers bound for northwest Canada aboard a Hamburg American steamer, a skull discovery near Mackinac, a revenue cutters gathering at Seattle, and the U S transport Sherman sailing to Manila with Sixth Infantry under General Fred Grant.
The body of Captain J Jotineon, a former judge, was laid to rest in Topeka Cemetery after a Sunday service at his West Sixth Street home. Lincoln Post and militia fired a Grand Army salute as pallbearers and honorary pallbearers from the Topeka Bar Association attended. The funeral procession stretched along Sixth Street to the cemetery and ended with Chaplain Birwell officiating and a monument planned for the grave.
A New York rumor claims Mexico will adopt gold boats partly or wholly a policy shift. The chatter ties to stock exchange speculation and a rise in Mexican railway securities in the United States. The correspondent investigated the claim and found no official confirmation.
A large Topeka gathering bid farewell to the late Kanes figure, a prominent lawyer and orator. Lincoln Post veterans and local militia attended the services, with brief Scripture readings, a sermon by Dr. Linus Blakesley, and the singing of Abide With Me. Casket inscription, floral tributes, and messages of condolence from relatives marked the ceremony.
Mary Satofetd, a demented woman, was arrested on Noble street and sent to West Chicago avenue police station for examination as to sanity. She attacked Herman Mishkoveski at 635 Noble street when he refused aid, claiming descent from a wealthy St. Louis family. She says her stepfather and mother live in St. Louis and mentions three half brothers including an attorney in New York.
Amid upheaval in Pekin and anti reform government policy there are signs that China’s welfare efforts remain buoyant. The Quiver notes that resistance from officials is not hindering progress toward modernization and education, including Christian influences driving reform.
New stock of dress yokes priced 75c to 5.00 and 1.15 a yard. Swiss ties for ladies two yards long with lace trim at 25c. White Corded Satin for collars. KOC new wash veils and 4 in hand ties with broad ends at 25c each. Babinet ties two yards long with pleated ends at 50c each.
In Shanghai a large mission church hosted about 400 Chinese boy scholars from various missions. They belong to or seek joining the local Young Men's Christian association movement. Addresses were given in English and Chinese with translation by a Chinese Christian. Papers with questions and a Christian engagement form followed, and many responses were returned at the afternoon service. Similar assemblies have occurred in Nanking and other mission centers.
In Chicago on a Sunday, two boys Wille Rennig and Jee Jessup attempted a bullfight with a black Hereford in a Seventy-eighth and Wood streets pasture. A sudden bull charge hurled Rennig onto the horns and over the fence, narrowly escaping serious injury while Jessup fled, leaving the event in chaos.
A chaotic scene unfolds as a boy is tossed over a fence during a fight, others flee to alert witnesses. Henry Savage and George McClellan rush to assist along with the injured youth’s father, while doctors describe serious injuries but not certain fatal outcome.
Tonight at Crawford theater Topeka presents The Bostonians with The Serenade as the current opera in repertoire from Victor Herbert and Harry B. Smith. Cast includes W. F. McDonald Henry Clay Barnatee Feeale Bartlett Davie and others. Seats selling, performance preceded by other shows. Tomorrow Oliver Colby Vaudeville at Garfield park opens season with ten cent admission and free for ladies on reserve seats.
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