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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1900
Page
4
The Topeka State Journal discusses national politics including Richard Croker comments and President Bryan, shows interest in Manila and Bristow events, and notes San Francisco Chinese rights, health board injunctions, and Philadelphia opposition to administration. It also mentions Owensboro Kentucky dog tail fines and local civic tensions.
The treasury report shows metals export reaching forty million dollars in April, the highest monthly total yet, with metals and metal products leading the growth. Exports of brass, copper, machinery, and rail car components surged, marking a rapid rise from prior years and promising further gains into the next decade.
The article outlines a rapid rise in exports of iron and steel, noting a dramatic expansion from seven tons in 1859 to 2,769 tons in 1884 for iron rails and a remarkable climb in steel shipments from 7,258 tons in 1849 to 229,783 tons in 1888. It highlights value increases from $235,287 in 1849 to $4,615,376 in 2598 and projects a possible $5,000,002 in 1900, with major buyers including Russia, Canada, and Japan.
A diffuse collection of social vignettes and anecdotes. Remarks on honesty flirtation and memory highlight the era’s casual moral humor. The piece notes common scenes at funerals visits and baby crying with sympathetic, cautionary tones.
A collection of whimsical maxims and quips on judgment, industry, and social conduct. The items critique prudence in business, the value of planning, and the vanity of polished manners, with jokes about stage life, windows, and bachelorhood. The tone is light, aphoristic, and occasionally sharp about responsibility and decorum.
A fragmented Philadelphia Record column fragment mentions a range of social characters from a sober lawyer to an ambiguous nun, with satire on widows, bachelor life, and daily routines. It references various figures and opinions in a brisk, humorous tone.
Augusta Georgia May 29 The city’s new ordinance to separate streetcar seating by race is failing. conductors cannot enforce it as whites and negros are shifted to third front and back seats, creating confusion and complaints. Ladies voice discomfort sitting beside the motorman with many vacant seats behind.
Randeburs Cal May 24 There are thirteen ex qutemeont on the Mojave desert about forty eight miles southast of here and six ion miles north of Barstow over the discovery of rid dry placer mines Many miners have gone from here and nearly AQ online have been taken up mostly theQuatter wectlonia elhl men Jomits together in each Ground to yield cents to three shovelfuls of dirt Bed rock is close to surface There are 30 men on the BOW and more are coming if all the time The nearest water is eight miles away Thefts are good Indications of rich quarts
In Newport FR a two month old infant, heir to the bulk of his father’s estate and part of his uncle’s fortune, is ill. The case draws notice as guardians and anxious relatives weigh control before a physician was summoned from New.
Washington report says General Shafter, head of the Pacific Department, will not be promoted to major general this session. The Senate military affairs committee has agreed to defer retirement provisions and the bill's passage to the next session, with little opposition but a clear sentiment to delay to next year.
New York May 2. The Herald reports surprise among New York Republicans at Secretary Root’s nominations. George W. Inyon, former secretary of the Union League club, for a plate in the Philippines and Charles T. Saxton for a high judicial post in Porto Rico are named without senator Pratt consulted. Lyon, ex-surveyor of the port, was corporation attorney under Mayor Strong and is not an organization Republican. Saxton opposed replacing Louis Payn as superintendent of Insurance, and backed Governor Roosevelt’s convention vote.
Gontay Jorna forfeits his share of his father's estate by marrying Gertrude Garme. The will would have left him most of the estate, but a marriage clause triggered loss of interest. The couple wed May 19 in Fyaneville and kept it secret until publicly announced by Jorna to his former guardian. The Garme family opposed the match, hinting at broader tensions and possible personal enmity toward Gertrude. The couple now resides with Germe’s father, Henry Garme, after returning from a secret wedding.
Washington reports a critical China situation with Boxer violence expanding toward Pekin. The state department backs minister Conger, Navy positions Magehip Newark near the Pei Ho to support relief. Rail bridges burned sever communications, forcing possible overland march or river ascent by launches to Pekin.
Detroit hosts the Baptist Missionary Union session as members debate foreign missions. A late vote approves raising gifts to foreign missions by 25 percent over last year, while representation reform is set aside for a year. Readings include Moves of a Decade in Burmah and programs in the Telugu Mission.
Paris May 29 The senate reconvened as Jugem Guerin presented the amnesty bill report. Provisions shield Dreyfus era figures from recriminations and defer a further debate until Friday. The measure would remove charges from criminal courts and clarify the Dreyfus affair without scandal.
May 23 report from Constantinople notes a US manufactured flour milling machinery consignment ordered by an Ismid merchant. Native millers fear competition from a mill run on American principles, possibly stalling import actions amid local resistance.
Winville Ky May 23 The expected crowd for the Confederate Veterans reunion opened tomorrow was increased by about five thousand this morning Estimated attendance by tomorrow will bring at least ten thousand to the city The principal arrivals included Gen John Gordon commander in chief and Gen Walker who led the Stonewall Brigade Gen Gordon was met by reception committee members and escorted to the meeting hotel where the association headquarters are located
A special board in Tacoma chaired by Col Fet ter W A Fairweather rejected fifty of 71 Japanese passengers from the steamship Glencoe. Nineteen of the remaining 21 were nearly rejected. only 1 of 71 passed. The report notes high rejection rates, with many deemed contract laborers or carrying diseases.
Washington May 29 Senate committee on privileges and elections reports against the house joint resolution for direct popular election of U S senators. The committee favors Hoars bill to allow legislative election by plurality to break deadlock when no candidate secures a majority.
A petition asking that J. H. Hunt, who made an assignment in May, be declared an involuntary bankrupt was filed in the United States district court today. E K Spaulding Waldo Spaulding of Hast Pep ell Muss and George C Beach and AL Alexander of this city signed the petition. The aggregate amount represented by the four creditors is 1221 20. Hunt was until his assignment agent of the Columbian building.
Shanghai reports the Boxer uprising spreading to Sudan where railway work nearly stops. About five hundred refugees seek protection in the French cathedral at n.
In Glenwood Springs a hunt for a legendary old bear ended with hunter Steve firing a decisive shot after a long chase. The wounded bear charged through willows as dogs clung to the beast, and Steve’s shot killed the creature after a brutal confrontation that tested both horsemen and hounds.
San Francisco May 2 The board of health adopted stringent measures to quarantine Chinatown. The resolution empowers the city health board to detain or remove persons without proper residence and continue the quarantine until approved conditions are met.
Representatives of 17 commercial clubs from Kansas cities meet at the Commercial club rooms to perfect a state organization. Delegates will tour the street fair attractions as hosts of the Kansas Commercial Club union, hoping to improve state wide prospects through cooperative effort.
Will Visit Wales. Emporia May. There prominent Welchmen John Ovens Evan Jones and their companion have left for the old country for several months. They will attend the Paris exposition and then spend about three months in Wales.
Regent Hientar announced that Secretary of Agriculture James H. Wilson will deliver the commencement address at Kansas State Agricultural College in Manhattan on June 14. The official notification confirms the event and speaker for the graduation ceremony.
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