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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1900
Page
8
A Washington dispatch notes New York remains the only state allowing soldiers abroad to vote. The report says about 36 000 men may be affected as the war department watches federal control of troop voting versus state supervision.
An energetic Republican gathering filled National Headquarters, with hundreds seated and standing as speeches and congratulations flowed. The event celebrated McKinley’s likely re election, with attendees from Indiana and West Virginia dispatching messages and toasts.
Fragmentary text shows a queen acting as regent appealing to Emperor Francis Joseph to stop Carlist Rinlag or related forces. Names and details are garbled but imply a royal appeal against Carlist rising activity and political upheaval in a Central European context.
President Johnson of the Antesican League plans an eastern tour this afternoon to survey the circuit and meet key figures. He is expected to visit Philadelphia, Washington, and Cleveland, with Obalies Comiskey possibly joining and G. W. of Cleveland considering travel. A final vote and discussions on league status are anticipated.
The five month strike by cigarmakers at Kerba Wertheim and Schiffer's factories and 12 others ends. About 1,500 workers at Harburger, Homan & Co., Powell & Smith, Hiwchern & Back return to work unconditionally on old terms. Oscar Howe & Co. and Poater & Co. workers also plan to return to work unconditionally.
A Granada dispatch reports an official probe into the Orinoco wreck with promises of disclosure. Land was unseen until collision. lookout and chief officer testimony raise questions of qualification and judgment.
Actress Olga Nethersole returns from Europe aboard the St Paul and reaches the Hoffman House amid an accident and customs hold on her trunks. She plans to perform Sapho on November 19 in Wallack's and then tour the country west to California, including Carmen Jou-Frou and Mrs Tanqueray, with a New Washington appearance in Magda. Resolutions of Respect from Evergreen Camp No 1 M W of A Rossville honor Samuel Kerr, calling for mourning and public notice in local papers.
A letter criticizes staunch temperance advocates, comparing their coffee habits to drinking wine and arguing consistency in vice. The author credits coffee to nervous strain and chronic illness, then touts Postum as a healthful alternative, signed by someone from Battle Creek Michigan.
Fragmented reports from Potwin and Topeka describe election returns, crowd activity, and civic happenings. Notes mention district trustees, Republicans, smoking rules, church construction near Potwin Place, duck hunting, a dog fight, and school football results. Volunteers, judges, and residents are referenced with names and places such as Dawson, N W T, Lake View, and Bethany College.
In Washington crowds surged along Pennsylvania Avenue in celebratory scenes after President McKinley's re election. Officials at the Treasury and War departments greeted the news, while Democratic and Republican headquarters faced anxious hours as returns shaped the next House majority.
An admonition describes catarrh as an aemic disease that travels through the body attacking the head throat stomach liver bowels lungs and warns that only a thorough cleansing of the whole system can cure it. The comparison uses a boat drift toward destruction to emphasize risk.
An advertisement touts Pe-ru-Na as the sole systemic remedy for catarrh and winter illnesses. It claims the medicine ton es and cleanses the mucous membranes, prevents colds, and includes a free 95 page book on chronic catarrh mailed from The Peruna Medicine Co. in Columbus, Ohio.
Milwaukee report: an elderly man, Herman Betun, aged 58, died after leaping onto tracks to save a mongrel. He was crushed by a St. Paul passenger train near Kinonickinto Avenue. The dog died too. Betun had little chance of rescue at Emergency hospital.
A Cuban team featuring several Allertuan university graduates faced Americans in a victory described as two scores. The Americans included two Peerane members of the National unit, and the game was reportedly played after daily practice.
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