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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1898
Page
4
A garbled 19th century column mixes notes on disappearing ships Cape Verde fleets and a proposed fleet for each U S state with references to Roosevelt's Rough Riders, Cervera, Chin races, and a photographer claiming long distance fleet photography. It also touches on tariffs, taxes on medicines, and Anglo American alliance remarks.
Fragmented account centers on Johnson of Cleveland vowing not to write a fortune tale for charity and instead to teach the masses to reform wealth accumulation. It mentions attitudes toward charity, private ownership, and the desire to expose economic systems, with scattered notes about a doctor, a druggist, and social observations. Also notes Mary Ellen Sigsbea winning a Washington Art Students Scholarship.
Indications from Chicago firms and export reports show the 1898 wheat crop could exceed 650 million bushels, with Kansas growing 28 percent more acreage. Estimates for yields range from 70 to 100 million bushels for Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma totaling about 170 million, while Texas and Illinois show strong gains and early harvests.
In a jocular Dooley spoof from Chicago’s papers, McKinley and Wille Dooley debate military readiness and recruitment. The mock exchange lampoons generals and dress uniforms, imagining Willie as an officer candidate while satirizing calling for preparedness and a future parade.
In a clipped homefront voice the narrator imagines a brigand plan to sew panic and mockery into clothing. The piece features playful phrasing about uniforms and a plea for brave soldiers and pattern reporters from Harper's Bazaar and Buttrick's Patterns.
List of captured Spanish vessels by American warships. Names include Buens Ventura Pedro Catalina Panama Panama and many others with capture dates from April 2 to May 9 off Key West Havana Cuba and near Ship Island showcasing broad prizes and cargo notes. Rich with ship types such as steamers schooners fishing sloops and bark and mentions Dewey era actions.
A collage of brief notices cites diverse figures and views. Danish queen’s fondness for altar pieces at Gjentofte, Mark Twain’s literary prominence in Vienna, and J M Schaeberle resigning from Lick Observatory with UC Berkeley’s approval. Innovations by Dr Carl Auer Von Welsbach, sales from Paul Dresser’s song On the Banks of the Wabash and Dresser’s heft. Harvard’s Norton questions patriotism while praising Americans’ optimism and humor.
In St Louis on May 25 Fred Riche and Fred Schmidt were instantly killed by a southbound express on the Louisville and Nashville line at Rentsch ler station beyond Belleville. They were seated on the track talking when struck and their bodies were horribly mangled. In the city two laborers Herman Schmitz and August Wissman died in a sewer cave accident.
The Committee of Fifteen and the G A R Council of Administration held a Topeka meeting to set dates for the state G A R reunion. They agreed the event would run four days from September 26 with festival features scheduled for Thursday night and the following two days, while keeping the grounds free of gambling and liquor.
Hamilton Ont May 26 Thomas W Keene the actor test here yesterday for New York. He is suffering with appendicitis and has cancelled his theatrical engagements.
A reader from Freed Calhoun Ca Va reports recovery from rheumatism after using one and a half bottles of Chamberlains Pain Balm. The testimony notes the son could walk again and endorses the remedy for rheumatism. Sold by druggists.
Travel notice advertises Union Pacific service to Denver for the American Medical Association Meeting June Fth to 12th 1893 with low round trip excursion rates. Special Denver Montaia Resorts Salt Lake City and western connections. Sleeper and chair car options, Pullman palace and free reclining chair cars. Santa Fe offers an accommodation train from Topeka at 7:30 am surpassing other trains in speed and equipment.
Reports from Camp Richmond San Francisco describe Lt Col E C Little organizing duties amid heavy rain. Kansas troops, still unarmed and uniformed, receive visitors and practice drills. one Ottawa man seriously sick. a Red Cross fund raises. Musings note camp life, morale, and hopes for orders to the Philippines.
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