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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1898
Page
6
This week offer on bedroom furniture from 23.00 to 90.00 with various sets. The ad claims the store has the best selection and highlights mattress and spring making with a note about average hours of use per year.
Official statement by Thompson Bros at 626 Kansas Ave Topeka showing closing business Oct 6 1898 and listing various checks and ledgers with unclear figures. Names appear garbled but reflect financial balances and instruments on hand.
Terenty Ontario reports the Chicago Yacht Club challenges for the Canada cup to energize Canadian sailing. The race is planned for August and September with trials and the main event to be sailed on the lakes. Several syndicates have formed to build a defender while the North American Yacht Racing Union seeks Royal Canada Yacht Club participation.
Washington reports President McKinney considering a trip to Lexington after reviewing the twelve redmenth at Camp Hamilton on the way to Canton. A delegation of Lexington civic leaders including Mayor Simral Ex Lieutenant Governor Alford Leonard G Cox and W S Lonsbrides met him and invited him to visit. The president said he would be glad to accept if possible and would reply this evening.
A charter was filed today for the Tarkin-Howdish Freduce company. The capital stock details and the directors named include William Lai Larkin, Joke E. Powdish, and Catherine Be.
President Mekin o is asked to consent to the appointment of a miner as arbitrator between the United States and Chile. The council contemplates sending a representative to consult the Argentine and plan a joint commission. Officials expect a Canadian envoy and Herschel head the commission while visiting dignitaries attend a formal call at the White House.
Simeon Matiot, a French mule driver, was seriously stabbed yesterday afternoon by Fred Boutwell as Boutwell hauled corn from a herd owner's land. Matiot closed the gate and warned him, Boutwell allegedly stuck with an iron, causing a facial wound about a quarter inch long. Boutwell faces charges and Matiot may recover with medical care. $35 has been posted in relation to the incident.
A semi official note from London states the Fashoda issue remains unchanged since prior reports. It notes no new settlement anticipated until Major Marchand arrives in Cairo and explanations for leaving Pashoda are expected.
The regular session of the women's board of foreign missions opened at First Congregational church in Springfield with devotional exercises. Nearly 250 delegates participated from districts spanning Obie to Washington. Mrs Judson Smith of Boston presided. Report highlights include treasurer Miss Saran Louie Day noting year receipts of 108864 and legacies 30561, totaling 148350 with expenditures 145208 and a small treasury balance. Lucy M Fay reported on Zulu Mission and other work in west Central Africa Ceylon and Micronesia.
Lampert Wilt, the Bohemian embezzler held in Chicago after transfer from St Louis, departs today with his wife and son. In charge of Police Sergeant Hudding, he will be returned to Bunga upon arrival. Attorney Joseph Hmesial travels with Wilt’s bondsmen to pursue a bank settlement. Wilt expects to plead before directors and seek mercy.
Mrs Ada Wallace Unruh a national lecturer for the WCTU from Portland Oregon will lecture tomorrow afternoon at o o clock at Dr Wallace's office on Kansas avenue between Seventh and Eighth streets The talk will address suffrage supporters noting that suffrage is spreading across the United States and that joint representation by both sexes improves outcomes while acknowledging potential limits on immediate universal rights.
London November 2 and whom the former bicycle promoter Martin D Rucker was fined 200 pounds plus costs for contempt of court He allegedly offered Humber Company directors 325 900 to change evidence in bankruptcy proceedings and was ordered to pay immediately or face prison.
A fragment from Jerusalem dated November 2 quotes Emperor William of Germany expressing praise for the Turkish alliance and promising protection for German subjects. He notes longstanding friendly relations with Turkey and offers to aid anyone seeking protection, asserting the empire can provide broad coverage for its people.
Chicago reports the Dewey arch fell during the peace jubilee causing attorney John W. Smith to sue the city and Jubilee commission for $50,000. He alleges injuries including a compound fracture of the left leg. Other dispatches note Gen Bates in Knoxville inspecting regiments and Camp Polk reorganization, a Cincinnati item on R B F Pierce’s recovery, and various regional briefs.
Half paid notice shows Karnival Knights raised 220 dollars and reduced the deficit to 401 dollars. C.KB Holliday Jr urges a strong effort to collect the remaining funds before next week. Subscriptions listed include Coke and Pas Co totaling .56.
Memphis readers report communities planning a quarantine convention to be held in the city on the eleventh instant seeking President McKinleys guidance and a systematic plan to prevent yellow fever distress. A resolution authorizing the meeting is included and representatives plus medical experts nationwide are invited.
Pittsburg, November 1. John Wanamaker, on a Beaver county tour, spoke at Rochester New Brighton and Beaver Falls when a summons for trespass in windows was served as he stepped from the train at Rochester. The plaintiff is Thomas M. Roninson, formerly state printer at Harrisburg.
Washington reports a cable from Santiago stating Transport Pan sailed with the remains of multiple fallen service members. The list includes Capt. W. M. Dickinson Lieut. Dennis Mitchie Lieut. Thomas A Wansborn Sergeant M J Russell and others from various regiments and volunteer infantry units.
Novosti notes that great powers may protest a proposed cession as several have direct interest in maintaining the status quo and may seek arbitration in an extreme scenario. Also reports a kitchen stove explosion at Dr C S Hapgood’s home on Van Buren causing carpet damage.
The letter defends Ralph Botkin against Ralph Burton who calls him a civilian and camp follower. It recounts Botkin's attempts to enlist, medical rejection, later muster orders, pay rules, and duties at Camp Meade. Botkin is described as a willing recruit who guarded property and stood guard on the line.
A special dispatch says the Sixth Virginia Regiment mutinied near Camp Poland Tenn when white officers replaced black officers who had resigned under pressure. The Thirty-fifth Michigan was ordered to quell the disturbance, but halted and returned to camp as orders arrived. The negro troops parley with white officers amid the incident. The Marblehead arrived in Boston from Philadelphia after public exercises.
Chicago based market today shows mixed Liverpool wheat activity with early gains, later losses as export demand shifts. Corn and hogs show soft to steady trends amid fluctuating futures while provisions and livestock receipts indicate cautious trading and modest demand.
The Kansas City Livestock Market reports receipts and steady trade for stockers, natives, and lambs with prices noted for various categories. The New York Money Market shows on call rates nominal and prime rates at low levels, with general stability in government bonds and silver prices amid overall market uncertainty.
A garbled historic classified page lists items and wants including a lost red notebook, a request for a good general house worker, a middle-aged man seeking small facility work, four rental notices, and employment ads for a nurse or house help. Scattered names and addresses appear with several misspellings and partial lines.
A brief advertisement offer notes a 25 cent ad can generate ten times its cost in trade value. Daily line charges are five cents.
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