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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1898
Page
3
A fragmentary catalog lists canned fruits including Cal Green Gage Tit Pears and Minckberries, buckwheat flour, maple products, smoked and dried fish, and assorted soaps. Other lines mention lard, ham, dried meats, buckwheat, prunes, citron, evaporated apples, and pantry staples with prices and quantities, all in a dense, ad-like 19th century style.
Judge WLP Dillard to chair a district court suit by Magsie E. Tilack of Puebla Colo against her mother Phoebe A. Black of Miami County and James G. Black deceased. Eight children each received 1000 in 1880, while the mother's accounting of the estate is challenged. Black owns 4700 acres land, 25000 loaned, 10000 in bank, and large personal property as court action aims to secure proper shares for the children.
Reports from Puerto Principe and Nuevitas Cuba state about 7,000 regular soldiers mutinying for overdue pay before heading to Spain. Around 4,000 armed troops gathered before the palace to challenge Gen. March who ordered disbandment. He drew his sword. the mutineers demanded pay and threatened his life. The cabinet sent ships to compel embarkation. a steamer delivered 190,000 to Havana for repayment.
At the New York 70th convention Mrs. Ella N Thacher reported on soldiers work and teen work across counties. A resolution urged abolition of army navy canteens and urged influence to end inhumane treatment, letters to officials, and action to pass Elis Dill. Cheops Council Osage feast follows with free supper on Nov 16.
A dense list of grocery goods and prices including sugar, raisins, currants, lemon peel, orange peel, figs, mincemeat, cod fish, salmon, jams, apple butter, nuts, sausages, and cheeses. Mentions bulk mincemeat and specific brands, with scattered quantities and unit prices. The fragment reads as a marketplace catalog style notice from a general store.
Weather and conflicting forecasts dampen hopes for the meteor shower with New York observers unable to view the display. Some scientists doubt the event occurs this year while Harvard and others insist a meteor outburst is likely, prompting planned watch parties that faced disappointment last night.
Mrs H C Schneering dies at home 619 West Third Street. Funeral set for 2 p.m. Aaron Cox of Dover to be laid to rest tomorrow morning at 1. George Hart noted as Nance M Cox’s husband and Lawrences father-in-law. O C Inein obituary referenced. Irwin praised as Santa Fe veteran with 26 years at Lawrence station. Miss Téxeia Dolley’s funeral held at 9 a.m. today.
Delaware witnesses are summoned for the People of California v Botkin murder case in San Francisco. Chief of Po Hee Lees states the witnesses will travel West under subpoenas, with the city and county bearing over 20000 dollars in expenses for their return and maintenance.
In Marivoro Mass November 14 the joint executive council of the Boot and Shoe Workers union ordered 2 500 employers out in seven factories including F Howe company Hick Hutchins and J A Frye Co as the dispute widens over labor conditions and wages.
A Tolbert family group seeks federal help after South Carolina riots. J M Collins postmaster Ninety Six James W Tolbert postmaster McCormick and B R T L Henderson report mob actions and family mistreatment. They met President McKinley and then Postmaster General Smith to press their case.
Mrs. Alice Fry of Topeka petitions the Kansas Supreme Court for a writ of habeas corpus to recover her ten year old son Harry Whitehead, alleged kidnapped and held in Blamcourts since November 1887. The petition states the boy was taken from a Topeka school by Wm Whitehead and I D Hicks and later kept. Fry followed with a bogey to take him home when Whitehead refused. The father is deceased. The court sets December term for hearing.
Mr. Blakesley night editor of the Kansas City Times and Miss Augusta Denison of Kansas City Kans were secretly married in Leavenworth on October 12. He serves as Topeka correspondent and will likely stay in that role through the legislature session. The couple plan to reside in Kansas City after the wedding.
Reports from San Jose California describe a meteor shower visible through the morning hours. The brightest meteor occurred yesterday, with renewed brightness this morning, a display noted as rare though expected annually in November. Observatories continued observations, while unrelated local notices advertise services and sales.
A garbled dispatch from Washington notes Edward Moss death mentions typhoid fever. A Kansas election telegram from Orville Brown praises Judge Franklin Adams and Osawatomie founder misattribution discussed. Vancouver reports Chinese laborers driven from Silverton camps with Mongolians set to sail home.
The report notes wheat activity and price advances, with May and November futures rising from weekend levels. It covers grain and provisions markets, Chicago and Kansas City livestock receipts, and general market sentiment including statements on stock movements and trading behavior in New York and Wall Street.
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