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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1899
Page
6
Pocatomaine stoves and ranges advertised at T J Hardware Co located at 700 Kan Avenue offering a selection of cooking and heating appliances for households and businesses.
Review of a late night stage show titled The Hottest Coon in Dixie with a largely colored audience and cast. It praises the performers especially the colored woman Jen Moore and chorus while noting stereotypes and comic bits.
Destenea ie oe Re Gaeeroa) secured a stay of execution until Friday November 10 5 August A Becker, sentenced to Nan Biday Orastet 14 at CAkaed, awaits Supreme Court decision. Becker killed his wife and disposed of the remains in a vat before marrying the girl involved in the case. Perfect fitting shoes at Furman's.
Miller and Judge won the twenty mile motorcycle race at Athletic Park in St Louis in 37 06. Millers machine led from start to finish amid a large crowd of enthusiasts. Jonnie Lake and Jol Nulman of the Chi Amateurs also competed in a separate mile race. Texas battleship Texas arrived at Hampton Roads after leaving Tompkinsville. The stationary engineers association announces hall rental at 490 Kansas avenue for the first and third Saturdays each month.
Tickets on sale October 3 to 11 for Wichita and return via Sante Po. Good returning October 1. A wholesale house connected with us sends daily samples of top picks. Visit our millinery department for latest offerings and inquire about steel ranges at 25 dollars. Mangiah Shoes offered by Furman’s.
A Washington dispatch lists eight vessels bound for Manila under Admiral Watson. Brooklyn and Soren head to New York for repairs and crew changes, Nashville sails to Manila via Suez with a stop at San Juan for coal, Badger prepares for orders to Santa, Albany and Marietta also heading to Manila with Albany under construction in England. Marietta to mouth of the Ohio River, Machias ready after repairs. official plan remains a blockade but with no formal proclamation. Admiral Watson will command these ships, boosting U.S. naval strength in the Pacific ahead of Russia and Britain.
In Tecumseh Nebraska on October 6 W J Bryan sells two Linealo rats donated during his presidential tenure to WM Hoyt Chicago. The sale raises about 250 dollars for the property and Bryan plans to turn the proceeds into the free silver campaign fund.
Chicago report details a new Kohala and Hilo Railway company chartered by President Dole. Herbert B Gehr drives formation to build Hawaii island railroad with $3,000,000 capital, funds largely from New York and Boston. Gehr to return Oct 24 with an engineer for final route surveying by Bishop.
Social and personal notes detail Topeka federation activity with teachers and the school board at Unity church. A reception for teachers is planned, and art talks by Miss Jean Bay and Superintendent Davidson praise school decorations. The exhibit displays prints and portraits as Elks and clubs plan future engagements.
Short visit highlights include Bs C M Hoss of Bur Oak Kans visiting Topeka on the way home from Kansas City. Mrs D W Cox and Mrs Dick Edwards and baby of Fond du Lac Wis visit their sister Mrs EH 3 Carpenter. Mrs Ben Johnson hosts a dinner for Miss Edne Carpenter and Mel 0 8 Wandin hosts today. Greely McKeever of Lawrence spending a few days in Topeka. F M Kessler of Prescott Arizona to arrive early week to visit mother and sister. Judge and Mrs Henry Keeler travel to Atchison Saturday to see daughter Mrs Ed Small. Mrs Small’s daughter Eugenia will accompany them. Miss Gussie Bush leaves for Overbrook for a street fair. Opening reception of the YWCA to be held this evening at the hall room in the Masonic building. Miss Mary Crane spent Thursday in Wyandotte. Mrs G Hague returns from Iowa visit. Mr Hague met her in Kansas City. Gilbert Hall, visiting cousins Edith and Ethel Patch, leaves for Concord Massachusetts. Mrs Evan Miller of Lowman Hill visiting Kansas City. Miss Mabel Gordon and Mr James Porter married Wednesday evening at 1801 West Sixth Street. relatives present. The couple will reside at 317 Adams Street after October 26.
The Tribune reports in New York that within three days 35 ships used in the transatlantic trade were chartered by the British government for three months or longer. Vessels include passenger and freight lines such as the Cunard, Atlantic Transport, Liner lines, and White Star. Names and exact tonnage vary, with prices paid ranging from 12 to 7 shillings sixpence per ton.
The Iowa W. C. T. U. elected officers for the coming year in a meeting at Des Moines. Prentamas unhebe.irs Lingian was chosen president with Mrs Dubinaia Sheiler, Miss Belle Hix as corresponding secretary, Mrs Garhart as treasurer, and Mrs Gotirey as recording secretary. Three questions were sent to the state for discussion next year on woman suffrage compulsory education and reformatories for reformatories for aes net. The union then voted to push the reform agenda.
In Leavenworth County district court a habeas corpus petition challenges a transfer from reformatory to state penitentiary. Two convicts argue the procedure and charges were misapplied, alleging improper conviction and seeking release while detailing an escape plot by peers. The case tests jurisdiction and the legality of their confinement.
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