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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1898
Page
4
A garbled console of late 19th century dispatches touches on political moves in Georgia and Russia, U S interests in the Philippines, and a Phillipsburg map study. It cites debates on peace, gun control, and the balance of power as it mentions Earl Milen and Secretary Alger.
In Atchison Globe reading, a couple’s honeymoon era shows strain as suspicion lingers around a man’s aloneness and talk of a girl’s swept appearance. A timeline of domestic chores, engagement, and a worker’s resignation amid marriage hints at social gossip and gender roles.
A jumbled report mentions ex president Casimie Perlerof Frante and his wife touring midland English counties. It notes figures like Gom Pau! Krueger adopting ceremonial pomp, Nassau’s Old Barracks sale for 12500 dollars, Charles Beresford signing fees for naval charities, Mark Twain in debt and opera plans by Giuseppe Verdi, with Nero as a theme and public annoyance at Montecatini.
A humorous column notes how women dislike killing chickens after baby care lessons and jokes that husbands buy wives new underwear as a sign of bachelor caution. It argues fear of missteps keeps marriages intact and suggests men must stay on good terms to avoid divorce.
St Louis September 2 Eddie Bald the bicycle champion stars in a four act stage piece titled A Tale of Luxury and Loss a tale of a college bred youth misled by fortune and a race to win back honor and love The production blends bicycle stunt effects and original music with a plot centered on redemption and romance Bald appears as duck Meredith a famed rider turning actor and the show opens around October 1 with the hope of broad appeal among cycling fans and theatergoers alike
Readings describe a theatrical bicycle race titled A Twig of Laurel. Plans include a rolling stage, a high speed wheel system, and a demanding course on a forty foot stage. Jack Meredith is favored to win, with racers aiming to beat a mile in two minutes.
Washington Sept 2 The monthly statement of the public debt shows August 2 debt at fifty one million five hundred and one thousand one hundred ten dollars a decrease of sixty four million seven hundred eighty seven thousand six hundred seventy dollars for the month. The decrease is offset by a rise in cash on hand from War loan receipts leaving the total debt figures noted with 3832 entering the treasury.
Savannah Ga reports Lieutenant Marean of the United States Engineer Corps drowned at Tybee Pebble Beach during a storm while attempting a rescue of regulars from a damaged barque. The yacht captain Morgen and his men perished. Lieutenant Morgan, a Georgia native, also died.
Kansas visitors filled the auditorium as President Clarkson and Governor Holcomb led ceremonies. Bishop Frank H. Mlle Dalen spoke in prayer while ex-Governor George W. Glick and others addressed Nebraska’s welcome and Kansas progress. Lectures by Thomas E. Wl and C. B. Hoffman highlighted agricultural college aid. The gathering ended with a luncheon and remarks on state development.
Pittsburg notices Basshore alias Harry Baker, a painter traveling with a wagon, committed to fall county by Magistrate McKenna for further examination. Wanted in Labron, he stopped in Lebanon at John Hellman’s, took wheels from Hellman’s wagon, and fled. Hellman reports authorities have pursued him since Tebanes.
Washington Sept. X The monthly statement of receipts and expenditures of the Government for August shows the balances from various sources including internal revenue and war-related items. It notes increases in expenditures due to the war and related revenue measures as well as broad total figures.
The Pick of the Kansas League will travel to Albuquerque for a baseball tournament. Manager McCloskey leads the group from Wichita with players including Seacer, Higler, Stucklert, Chaney, Raymer, Kruger, Jett Held, Mayer, and Cole. The roster aims to compete for prizes amid a somber tone from the late Kansas league.
In Galena Kansas area near Standley diggings two alleged enslaved men abducted a 12 year old orphan boy gathering corn. They bound gagged and stripped him then dragged him off in a wagon. A posse formed to pursue the criminals and cartridges were bought for pursuit. The boy returned home at dusk without clothing as locals vow swift action.
August 11 letter from Henry W. Teed, formerly a New York World telegraph editor, describes Arroyo Porto Rico with vivid scenes of camp artillery, tropical climate, fruit, and daily life. He notes the local people vary from vibrant to dirty, smoke cigars, lack glass windows, and practice informal living arrangements with no formal marriage law. He compares the land to Colorado, mentions sugar cane next to mountains, and briefly touches on prices, beverages, and local commerce.
Warden French reports samples from clay inside the new penitentiary site show promising quality. Eastern experts praise the material though tests note drawbacks for stiff mud wire cutting. 1500 pounds were shipped to Bucyrus for testing and to Chicago for further analysis.
Warden French will provide analyses and plans for a pressed brick plant to the justice department in Washington. If approved, a plant will be built at the new prison enclosure to employ convicts in brickmaking, with an estimated need of 25,000,000 bricks and a daily output of 25,000 bricks, funded mainly by coal costs. The project aims to speed construction and reduce government expenses.
Pittsburg reports the Western Coal and Mining company is building a 125 horsepower electric plant to power mine machines. Superintendent Craig predicts within eighteen months most district mining will be done by machinery. The company adheres to the court's demands and notes past trial with machines proved impractical then improved since.
A smooth talking man posing as a government agent offered pension services to elderly soldiers in Lola and Neosho counties. He conducted questions and had signers issue notes for sums owed, confusing statements with pension records and leaving veterans with payment demands they did not authorize.
Sept 2 Wichita reports under home rule the police department has given City Treasurer Kernan nearly as much as in seventeen months under the metropolitan system. July collections totaled 2.49 and 20 cents, with an estimated August saved by not hiring extra officers. City expects about 1600 in net gain for the month, indicating improved efficiency and revenue under the current administration.
Atenison September 2 Prince Lanter is jailed on bond after allegedly beating his one year old daughter Mabel. Sheriff Hartman arrested him following a report from the child's mother Laura Lanter who has left him. Prosecutor Crowell's office took the complaint after the child, in poor condition with extensive welts, described the beating.
The account describes multiple torn skin injuries and a severed flesh condition on the girl. Doctress Howe treated and dressed the bruises after Lanier turned the child over. Lanier admits using only a switch and claims the punishment was deserved. He insists the beating was unprovoked but brutal and unjustified.
Lawrence Sept 2 Manager Leland of Kansas University football outlines a schedule including Bt. Joe and St Marys, with minor games against western colleges. Arrangements include Nebraska Missouri Iowa State Medics Haskell Indians and a Colorado game. Prospects look up with many candidates for the first eleven.
Leavenworth reports a clandestine wedding in Wich Prairie township between Edward N. Chargher 25 and Idella Bell 23 on August 25 by Justice J.T. Sehleter. Bell's widow mother objects, says the couple wed in her orchard seeking legal separation, claims Idella is weak minded.
Leavenworth Sept 2 proposals opened by the post commissary for furnishing meats for Kansas volunteers during September. Meals to be served three times daily and include meat or fish vegetables bread sugar coffee or tea and the usual rations. Troops to be mustered out must provide camping and cooking utensils and will need meals afterward as they cannot cook for themselves. Major Augurban instructions from the war department detail the muster out.
Young theology students gather in Salina as Sumner school of theology opens at the Kanaan Wesleyan University. The ten day session draws about thirty attendees, potentially rising to forty, with instructors led by President Rev L O Housel and a roster including Revs J N Clark J C Clark T Smith and others from Norton Stockton Solomon Colby Covert and Clyde.
John Tt. Smith becomes the first negro to finish a course at the Kansas Normal School. He studied years ago, returned this summer to complete the work, and is noted as a popular young man in Kansas City, Kansas schools. Friends urged President McKinity to appoint him consul to Martin.
The second annual Zweiter Saengectest dex Kan eas Saengerkreipen will be held in Junction City from September 20 to 28. Cities including Tupeka Wamego Abilene Alma Wrprike Chapman Ealing will send large delegations. Tickets limited for preferred parties, with skating rink in use and a rear parking area. The event is organized by local clubs with community support and anticipated big crowds.
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