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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1898
Page
7
An advertisement warns that rough mixtures and opiate-tainted prescriptions devastate the lungs. It claims Brazilian Balm contains no opiate, but stimulates nerves, destroys the bacillus, and restores damaged lungs to a solid, healthy state unseen before.
The dowager empress rejected a request to appoint a conduit with the viceroy to act against the Yellow River flood risk. Li Hung Chang had a private audience, then the empress thanked him and urged diplomats to proceed to the river. The piece cites enmity with Li Hung Wu and Kang Yi as possible causes of Li Hung Chang’s recall. The birthday event for the dowager empress is noted with plans to host foreign ladies per a promise to Prince Henry of Prussia.
Reported election results show nineteen women elected to county superintendent posts across nineteen Kansas counties. Republicans hold thirteen seats with names including Minnie White and Kate H Saunders. independents win six positions with Ella Michael and Julia King noted among others in Clark Cowley and more counties. Nine counties lie in the abort eraas district amid ongoing vote tallies.
Washington based annual report to the state department cites Consul General Bittinger in Montreal predicting a major change in Canadian and British postage. Three rates are noted starting mid month with low rates for Canada and the United States potentially reduced to two and a half or a quarter of a cent per pound by year end, followed by a possible half cent per pound after July 1.
After a two month delay W Ti Mclaughlin, manager of Barber Asphalt, will arrive this week with a crew to repair and restore Topeka’s neglected pavement. Mayor Fellows and city officials have pressed Barber to rename and proceed, though material delays stalled work. repairs will cover all sections the city engineer deems in need.
Reports claim a consolidation plan between Pullman Palace Car and Wagner Palace Car interests. Willem K Vannerbar allegedly reached an understanding with Robert T Lincoln amid opposition from personal-benefit groups. Also noted is Lt Cmdr Cornwall joining Dewey's fleet to command the Petrel in the China Sea.
Mrs. Felton at Tybee speaks to Georgia Agricultural Society audience asserting crime against women compels vigilante action. She claims lynching is necessary to protect women from assault as white residents fear crime in the South and call for law and order to curb Negro influence at polls.
Nov 1 Sioux Falls reports official counts show Republicans winning the state ticket with Governor contested. Fusion candidate Lee concedes defeat of the fusion ticket while women’s suffrage loses. Dispensary amendment likely fails and initiative and referendum may pass by a two to one margin.
Novi reports Major J. V. Stuur issued an edict yesterday fining violators of the Sunday law to the full extent of the law. The defeat of Tuesday Broor as a Democratic senatorial candidate is seen as a rebuke to the saloon element for insufficient support.
Susan B Anthony will address the Illinois Woman Suffrage Association annual convention in Springfield with Reverend Coleman Parker Woortz of Chicago also slated to speak. About 100 delegates attend as the session aims to discuss methods to advance suffrage. In other news Washburn College defeated Pierce Wheel 8 to 6 in Denver yesterday afternoon.
A Detroit judge faces a flashy gambler with loud checks and a three carat diamond, but the judge remains unmoved as the offender is fined ten dollars and led away. The scene contrasts gaudy attire with courtroom restraint and ends with order restored. Also a Chicago Post note hints at a mother fearing her daughter’s college education and the subversive idea of a woman’s growing independence.
A garbled round of mock dialogues and jokes from various papers and columns about current events, patriotism, and social quirks. It preserves names and comic snippets with no clear central news item, reflecting a fragmented page fragment from a 19th or early 20th century issue.
A Liverpool bound vessel carries convict Mark Mold and passengers including Mrs. Howland and her daughter Grace. Grace befriends Mold as a storm erupts and she falls overboard. Mold dives after her. Grace is saved, while Mold vanishes. Mrs. Howland mourns, then Hope returns as a rescuers’ boat retrieves them. Mold earns clemency and work after Fort Jackson. In a separate note, Debebel Natbo remarks on the sinking mountain near Ferrars Lake and an ancient city.
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