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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1899
Page
6
Governor Faney returns home after a trip in support of the Republican campaign. He says Nash is likely to win, though the race is unsettled by the presence of Cullen rule Jones. Jones remains an unknown, and support from Nash and McLean could shift the outcome.
Washington reports a cablegram from Gen Olis stating Young's advance to Tilavera and likely Aliaga today, aiming for San Jose and Corran Bilan. Roads are difficult due to the wet season affecting wagon transport progress. A message from Gen Miller notes Messenger Win P. Chamberlain and the death of Capt. Guy Howard, with news that the messenger is doing well.
John F. E. Searles, president of the American Cotton Company, obtains three idle Duluth iron plants including Iron Structural Tech Mill, West Duluth Car Works, and West Superior Steel Mills. He plans to reopen them with arborite upgrades and new workers to produce steel and railroad cars. The five-year idle plants will be modernized and operated to meet demand.
Fragmentary clipping from Chicago News coverage in Clay County. Readable pieces suggest a man saved by a bullet strike and mention of pockets and flasks. Details are obscured. context and identities remain uncertain.
Reports detail a costly engagement near Ladysmith with Boer forces pressing positions while British casualties rise. Dispatches note heavy losses, including officers and celebrated regiments, and indicate Boer forces advancing toward Kimberley with Lyans and artillery supporting.
A cablegram from General Os announces the death today of Captain Charles French of the Thirty-sixth Infantry. He was wounded in yesterday's fighting near Florida Blanca. General Ouls cites shock from an amputation of a limb as the cause of death following the wound.
In New York on October 31 Vice President Hobart was reported alive and not likely to die today. His physicians said he might survive several days as he rested in a natural slumber. Dr Newton and attendants remained with him as his heart and nerves showed signs of strain after a general collapse.
City grocers and butchers gather at Weber's Hall to finalize banquet plans. Final committee reports and unfinished business will be reviewed. attendees should bring lists of ladies who supplied pies and desserts and discuss collection and delivery of pies and cakes the day before the event.
Mary and Burton Pugh obtained a no contest divorce in Oakland court with decree entered by default. The case arose amid rumors that Mary had a past relationship with an Oakland minister and involved the husband investigating circulating reports. He recently recovered letters from his wife that prompted the separation, and both sides sought to keep the proceedings secret.
Fragmentary text touts a professor named Harding from Stan hope and Weitiner Bchonls at Basy Healing claiming superior treatment and magical cures. Mentions drugs and sea light power supposedly restoring sight and curing “hell pees OUND” with unspecified remedies and agents.
The article describes preparations for a large parade with crowds on Second Street and Kansas Avenue, street closures, and measures to control crowd movement. Guards, police, and barriers will restrict access, while business districts will close and stores remain shut all day. Banks will also close, amid plans for a smooth public event with many visitors traveling from distant areas.
An executive meeting discussed decorative kites to be flown in a planned display. The plan envisions candy colored kites with attached fags or bunting, set to rise several hundred feet above the ground for a visually striking sight. A model box is displayed at the Commercial club for interested residents to view.
The carriage for General and Mrs Frederick Funston is finished and festooned in red white and blue with silk fringe. Four horses will pull it with two Filipinos guiding the leaders and two Spaniards tending the wheel horses. Only Funston and his wife will ride in the carriage.
A camload of fireworks has arrived and will be escorted to the state house. They will be stored in the dome with doors locked and access barred until the illumination. Set pieces go in position Thursday morning and the display begins at T: sharp Thursday evening, lasting about an hour.
A city wide decoration effort is underway today with a force of workers raising red, white and blue pennants and bunting along lower Kansas Avenue. The work begins at First Avenue and proceeds south to Tenth, with the Post Office already bright with stars and stripes as larger buildings are decorated.
City council on Monday evening confirmed C. A. Magaw as police judge with no opposition. Debate centered on grounds of Mr Maser’s youth, but the appointment proceeded without challenge.
Workmen rush through the Kansas capitol as electric globes, bunting, and banners transform the building for a grand reception honoring the Fighting 20th Kansas regiment. Decorations span domes to rotundas with state colors and bandstands ready for performances.
A London Globe summary explains Chinese telegraphy using numeric codes for characters, a 49 page colic with 10 columns of 20 characters, and the process of converting figures to Chinese characters at sending and receiving ends. It notes widespread use, scarcity of skilled workers, pole annexation, and the harsh penal code. The Shanghai area anecdote describes post destruction and executions for each post pulled down, leading to quieted postings afterward.
Washington notes appoint fourteenth district fourth class postmasters for Kanaas Eskridge Wig anusee Blarke Palmer and J Mitchell resignations in Cherokee County Grand Opera Kaness City and Return mention. Santa Fe Route sale October 1 through November 1 with round trip fare of $2.67.
A social gathering between Democratic and Republican Hembeau clubs occurred on neutral ground near Second and Kansas avenues. The Bourbons hosted followers of the GOGPs with wood tables and beer, adjourned near morning, no policies discussed.
In a Ladysmith dispatch dated October 31 from Uimbanbane and nearby fronts, artillery shells have fallen into the town as fighting continues at the foot of Uimbanbane, with Cape Town’s South Africa News distributing the report.
A Cleveland special reports that opposition to trusts helps John R. McLean in his bid for governor. Ohio counties show Republican ticket harmed by trust hostility and uncertain Jones vote may tilt the state into doubt.
A morning blaze in Fairview destroyed six buildings, the town's main business district, with estimated losses of $25,000, largely uninsured. The fire started around 4 o'clock and caused extensive damage before containment.
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