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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1898
Page
6
A Filipino envoy in London says Aguinaldo's circle expects the Spanish peace commissioners to finish negotiations by Friday. He notes Aguinaldo’s delegates in Paris and asserts Agoncillo has seen cable dispatches denying a rupture with the Philippine leadership.
Topeka reports rapid growth of the Leedy cadets, with 100 members and nearly 190 girls already joined. Job Veney says more companies will form as interest spreads among the city’s colored families. Members train at the state house for two hours nightly and plan street demonstrations to showcase their marching skills.
Herbert Armstrong, stenographer, found a large south wall plate glass window broken at the Supreme Court as the November term opened. The cold room forced postponement while authorities suspected a bullet caused the break, possibly by a Halloween party, with no clues yet identifying suspects.
A probate judge’s authority is described as near autocratic in a custody case over BT Edersickwick’s child. Grandmother Mrs Laurent of Clay Street resisted giving up the girl four years in the care of her home. The New York father, M Klein, initiated proceedings. Judge Dolveat ruled in the grandmother’s favor after a two day trial, with $2,000 bond posted to return the child to Mt Hetsanetesi, pending Supreme Court ruling. The court then refused to hear the case further if the higher court decides against them.
Ui, Nov 1 The threatened strike by calvanizers at American Steel and Wire employing 1,000 workers is avoided after Governor Tanner deploys state troops to deter imported labor. The action sets a precedent against rail and importations, with politics in play as Col Gates Col Lam Bert and Col Fiwood noted on Tanner’s staff. Larry Sheehan seeks 300 dollars in a local matter.
The Topeka Daily Capital urges correction of a nationwide denial involving Everett Eiler of Oberlin and a clergyman who advised Recan's Rheumatism Remedy. The letter from Sisters of Saint Francis Clinton Iowa dated January 21, 1885 recounts a sister cured after using the remedy and promotes its sale at $1 per bottle by local drug firms.
The American and Spanish delegations met in an ante-room and conference chamber to discuss the Philippines transfer. Secretary Moore read United States demands on Pacific expenditures, with Spain seeking repayment for expenditures and assets like lighthouses, ships, and schools. The two sides signaled cautious positions on how to value Spain’s expenditures and future reimbursements.
Adjournment followed negotiations as Spanish commissioners push for peace terms while opposing American demands. The press argues the United States must offer financial incentives, with Spaniards deeming a full debt take over as pointless and dismissing any Pacific expenditure schedules amid the Philippines merger talks.
Paris papers gauge the peace commission mood from Spanish sources. They note Spain’s rejection of US debt assumptions, the Cuban issue linked to Philippine terms, and a likely formal French response. The Matin predicts Spain will refuse and warn that negotiations could fail without compensating the Americans for wartime sacrifices.
A message to Governor Leeds requests appointing five delegates to a Good Roads and Public Improvement convention in St Louis on November 21 and 22. The plan aims to standardize road and quarantine measures, with further delegates to Memphis for a yellow fever quarantine agreement and broader national participation.
The Tupeks weather bureau notes record October warmth with a high of 92 degrees and a low of 2 degrees. The mean temperature for October matched 1887 and 1983 at times, marking the warmest October yet. Rainfall last month reached inches, with October totals varying from nearly a quarter inch to over 5 inches in historic records.
Liquor sales at Topeka drug stores dropped about 45 percent in October as social clubs where alcohol may be procured by members opened. Probate reports filed by 2 PM list numerous names and values, including Pierce, S. Woolverton, Gish, Merril, Wilwent, Kohl, B. F. Sim, A. O. These, and others with varied sums, appear in the report.
Mrs. Dr. L. C. Watson was severely injured last night after tripping on a wire stretched across a brick sidewalk near Clay Street on Tenth. She fell and cut her lower lip, aided home by two passersby. her condition was not deemed serious.
Geo Bonebrake, a wealthy financier and former president of the Los Angeles National Bank, died Sunday after visiting his cousin Major Georges H. Bonebrake in Tepeac, Kansas. Born near Eaton Ohio, he rose from farm roots to prominence in Los Angeles, served in the Civil War rising to lieutenant colonel, and later helped establish the Soldiers Home in Santa Monica.
The Karniyat Knights have received the following deposits or subscriptions as of today, with members urged to finish payments and confirm their dues. The note records activity on club funding and member commitments.
City law requires waterworks question to be a special election. A week from next Saturday the water works issue will be voted on, with the general election Tuesday and a special election the following Saturday. City Attorney Bird notes possible validity issues if held with the general election. The Commercial club will discuss the question Wednesday. A circular letter tracing the water dispute with Kansas City and local rate cuts will be issued to voters.
John F Phillips dies in Shieszo at 74 after thirty years with the Rock Island railroad. Burglary at Major T. J. Anderson's 215 Clay Street yielded a toy bank and pocketbooks, with the thief likely known to the household. An overlapping testimonial promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, noted by H. P. Ritter of St. Louis as effective for coughs, croup, and whooping cough in children.
The market report notes a sharp wheat rally at Liverpool and a steadier opening in Chicago with war scare fears influencing traders. It reports Duluth and Sea Lake receipts, December trading patterns, and heavy buying for long positions while shorts cover. Oats demand rises with higher prices and improved grain activity acrossmarkets.
Kansas City Livestock Market reports cattle receipts at 1590 with mix of Texas steers and heifers, stockers, and bulls. Live market tone shows steady to weak pricing on various livestock. produce and grain sections note steady hay eggs and wheat prices with mixed futures and export estimates.
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