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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1900
Page
1
Atlanta readers view the contest as Jim Wiltn toy and Hearst of New York in a second place debate on the presidential ticket to be named at Runs ity. The Journal supports Hearst for New York state. Pension bills pass with notable votes and a House session adjourns after a vote of 10 to 0.
Washington May 2 President McKinley will attend the dedication of a Maryland monument at Antietam honoring both Union and Confederate dead with cabinet officers and generals in attendance. The Maryland monument cost 12000 dollars and features the Temple of Liberty with eight regiments represented. Memorial Day observed in Manila St Louis Pittsburgh and Washington with ceremonies at cemeteries and Arlington National Cemetery and decorations of graves.
The Topeka Memorial Day program featured a parade led by Marshall's band with Civil War veterans marching alongside Spanish American War veterans and local groups. Dr. D. M. Fisk delivered the keynote at First Presbyterian church, praising sacrifices and urging action against economic and political injustices as the crowd reflected on national unity and liberty.
The Republican state committee will not open the speaking campaign until September 1. This has been decided by the chairman of the committee and the candidates. At that time the administration and other public workers will be set to work. Senator Faker and the Kansas congressmen will be invited to participate. The committee plans to thoroughly organize every county by September and then rush the campaign until election day.
The Atchison Grove reports on K Geza Dome a Hungarian violinist once at Lawrence and Fort Riley now back in Hungary to recover a vast estate. He lived at Bethany college and Kansas university clubs, fell in love in Lawrence, entered a monastery, and left for Hungary to claim his father’s portion. He befriended James M. Challies, promising to send $50,000 if funds arrive. His memoirs titled A Modern Don Joan are in Hungarian German and Taun, to be published or disposed by Challies. Weather indications foretell tonight and Thursday. easterly winds likely.
Reports from Pekin describe a massacre of three Christian families at Bahn La, with only two survivors, as violence by boxing athletes spreads. Rioters harm others. troops guard the city as foreign missions report American presence and Chinese troop movements toward Fanerwia.
Washington May 30 Senator Hanna denies a story that he has determined not to be chairman of the new national Republican committee. He confirms McKinley desires him to continue leading the committee and says no decision has been made about the future.
In a San Francisco dispatch from Heard Smiths, Egyptology researchers Grenfell and Hunt cite a discovery of papyrus fragments from early Egyptian history. They discuss decipherment efforts and reference a new Ptolemaic inscriptions, noting a substantial find that could alter understanding of antiquity.
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