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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1898
Page
4
A garbled early 20th century page recalls political maneuvers across Kansas Arkansas and Hawaii with notes on tariffs civil service reform suffrage and postal policy. It mentions Governor actions in Arkansas the Hawaii commission and Postmaster Heath signaling debates over checks and money orders while alluding to party campaign tactics and voter outreach. The text reads like scattered editorial clippings and policy forecasts.
The Commercial club pushes securing park space for the city, arguing it is timely and needed though costly. Cites California towns, Topeka, and West Lake Park as models with waterworks, rustic bridges, and a free public band pavilion, noting streetcar finance and rapid growth.
A garbled Atchison page offers a mosaic of quips on neighbors, women, and social life. It includes proverbs, jokes about stepmothers, wives, and servants, plus notes on Chicago proverbs and pieces about Mrs. Whitney and Jerry Simpson. The items mix humor, home life, and local figures in a jaunty, period-voiced montage.
Witnesses describe guests still unaccounted for after the Baldwin hotel fire. Reports name several identified victims and list missing men including Peay and Carter, with towns and affiliations from Nashville to Tennessee. Officials promise investigation while noting earlier threats and two fires discovered prior to the blaze.
Burlington Iowa November 21 A passenger train No. 6 running four hours late derailed six miles north of Burlington. A day coach rolled onto its side in a ditch. Several passengers feared dead or injured with numerous names listed among the wounded and a relief train dispatched with surgeons and supplies to St Francis hospital.
London reports show exports for the year ending October fell by 2.6 million pounds due to shifts in United States trade. Mr Ritchie notes gradual improvement as U S demand rises while Britain sees a five percent export drop overall. Dreyfus propaganda society in Baltimore plans celebrations upon alleged exoneration, with Senator Morgan invited to speak.
In San Francisco on November 5, a partisan crowd shows contempt for the Chinese consul general Pidding them dead in their proclamation. The bulletin’s posting is disrupted as mob action removes the proclamation, with police and attaches attempting to restore order.
Thanksgiving brought freedom to Clarence N. Lee, life prisoner at Lansing for the 1894 murder of William Chapman in Pittsburg Crawford county. He proved an alibi placing him in Fort Scott at the crime time, while Oregon penitentiary detectives had pressed the case for a reward. A board of pardons review exposed alleged pressured work by detectives seeking $200 reward.
Georgia and Birdie Paddock aged 10 and 12 were picked up on a Wichita street after reportedly being taken from the French hotel. Their father J. D. Paddock of Anthony said they were brought in the previous night and vanished while playing. Suspicions point to an associate of Mrs Paddock, recently divorced, amid local uproar.
Leavenworth nov 25 soldiers of the Twenty first Kansas to muster out December 10. Menu at camp included chicken with dressing, baked sweet potatoes tomatoes bread pudding and coffee. Pensions granted to Kansans and a jail break in Sedalia with Henderson and Edmundson captured. Paola officers set to arrive.
Atchison on November 25 A Newman formerly of Topeka entered the shoe trade here and assigned the business to FE C Hillis of Kansas City as trustee for thirty five creditors totaling 5508 dollars.
Washington reports Consul Gowdy in Paris says France imposes no prohibition on importing five hogs from the United States while live cattle from the U S is banned. Upon arrival the animals undergo a veterinary examination and those healthy may enter. any contagious disease leads to immediate slaughter and quarantine. France’s live stock production and consumption this year are nearly balanced, with higher demand for the animals than for others.
Washington reports Comptroller of the Currency Dawes says the confession of the Emporia bank president gives him no pleasure beyond vindicating his department. He notes editorials in Funporia newspapers influenced public bias and hints a receiver’s term may last longer due to current muddled conditions.
A fire destroyed the Allen B. Winsiey company soap factory at 479-55 Fifth Avenue last evening. Loss is estimated at 105,000 dollars and is partially insured. The Roy brand makers suffered the blaze closing operations temporarily.
A Brooklyn style health ad touts Warner’s Safe Cure as the remedy for kidney trouble and cold related illness. The testimonial by A. D. Mahon, treasurer, claims rapid recovery and urges readers to guard against chills this season. The piece cites an August 149k date and the Guarantee Development Company address at 25 Broadway, New York.
Washington November 25. In his annual report George BY Roberts, director of the mint, notes gold standard reforms and specie resumption by Russia and Japan. He cites Russia’s vast gold reserves and India’s silver policy as drivers of international monetary shifts and argues for a universal gold standard to stabilize trade and prices worldwide.
The Wolcott commission notes that international bimetallic theory gains support from France Germany Britain and seeks a concerted action. Experts warn a single nation cannot maintain both gold and silver without losing gold in monetary use and advocate a broad agreement to stabilize value amid rising gold supply.
A joint venture of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company and Compania Bud Americana plans to extend their line northward to Central America. The steamship Arequipa will inaugurate the service, departing Valparaiso in late November and arriving in New York in early December, with weekly sailings to Central American ports and onward cargoes to Europe via the Straits of Magellan until a Panama Isthmus arrangement is made.
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