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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1898
Page
2
A restless survey of 1890s politics touches Kansas Populists and bankers, notes the possible return to lawyers as governors, and comments on McKinley era fiscal aims. It ponders currency reform, the Nicaraguan canal, and the national election outcomes with cautious optimism and skepticism.
An elderly pair, Benjamin aged 90 and his wife 85, traveled on foot from Hisil Green County to reach this city with little money after selling their home to cover prior foreclosures. They intended to reach a brother in Wheeling, West Virginia, after learning he had moved. They hope for aid to continue their travel.
Victorian era interview describes a planned 75 foot yacht and a long voyage to Alaska for mining prospects. Captain A Taedon shares wealth of gold, claims, and warnings to stay away from Pawson. Dawson life, river camps, and remote supply routes are sketched with clashes of wealth, risk, and adventure.
The bulk of the estate of the late Arthur von Glelegen, who died about six weeks ago, is pipes. The collection, valued in parts at thousands, includes hundreds of pipes from many countries and eras, plus twenty shares of Pacific States Savings Loan and Building Co and jewelry. Executors Georgiana von Glelegen and Ernest Extimrick anticipate probate proceedings. fate of the collection remains speculative.
Jedith al Van Buren, a striking young New Yorker and Van Buren descendant, arrived in the city from Dawson City at night and checked into the Brown hotel. She had traveled through the northwest last spring when Dawson opened, visiting the mining camp with a companion after riding the Yukon steamer. Her warning to inquirers about the Klondike is to stay away unless properly prepared.
A New York corporation plans to invest 25 million dollars in stock to form a major subway and electric company merger. Rumors swirl that Westinghouse Electric and Metropolitan traction firms may consolidate under a single control, reshaping Manhattan’s power and transit web.
A clipped ad item lists jackets at ten dollars down to seven fifty, capes ten, jackets three thousand five hundred two dollars, skirts three fifty and one ninety six, shoes one ninety nine, with stray words samples and unclear quantities.
In New York on September 20 the Dop Sung Kong Lawaims to control city laundries sparked a clash between Chinese Six Companies and Hebrew laundries. Prices fell, pullers-in faced off, and violence erupted until both sides agreed to a conference at Joss House to fix a standard price scale. A Chinese agent helped broker a truce as Hebrew delegates planned to attend tonight’s meeting.
New York November 14 The ninth annual New York Water Color Club exhibition opened at the American Fine Arts Society building on West Fifty seventh street. About 450 water colors pastels and miniatures are displayed with a good share of merit. The central gallery features studies in Holland by Sir Charles H Pepper and scenes of the Massachusetts coast from summers 1895 and 1899 by Mr Shirlaw alongside decorative studies.
A distressed report describes a white woman with mental illness who marries a Black man from Fowler's Mills. They flee home and are pursued by a private detective and a constable. An assassination attempt occurs near One Hundred Thirty fifth Street, leaving the man wounded as authorities pursue further action.
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