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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1898
Page
5
The notice lists sale items including fine yard wide unbleached muslin at 4c per yard and men ties priced at 23c each while noting a mortgagee sale by I. R. B. The brief ad emphasizes bargain textiles and accessories available this evening.
Acting Secretary Allen orders the Norfolk Navy Yard to dispatch the distilling steamer Iris to Camp Wikott at Droxtark Point after a dispute between Secretaries Alger and Allen. The aim is to supply soldiers at Camp Wikoft with abundant distilled water for drinking and cooking, with fears of typhoid and waterborne illness.
Washington reports the navy plans a model removal hospital at Hare Island California under a congressional appropriation. The project aims for modern facilities, with expansion potential and funding for related officer training. Admiral Dewey sword contract with Tiffany valued at 3000 dollars. remaining funds to cover mint duties.
Washington reports that a private firm seeks permission to ship 1600 goats from Galveston to Hasank and return to New Orleans aboard the steamer Ter through Port Eads quarantine. The request follows standard protocol for vessel fumigation authority via telegraph from the treasury department.
Major Huer of the United States engineer corps reports removing sixty-three torpedo mines at the outbreak of the Spanish American War. He encounters difficulty locating Pennsylvanite mines that dragged anchors for over a mile and detached from their stocks. He aims to recover the missing mines within a day or two and store them with the others on Goat Island for future use.
Damon and Pythina presented a full rehearsal Friday under Lawrence Me fart supervision. The eminent actor praised the talented troupe and pledged to support next Wednesday’s performance with meticulous care and his professional reputation on the line. Me fart emphasized costuming and staging to ensure the alien appears in full splendor.
Karnival Knights are requested to meet Monday September 5 at 3 o'clock at a ticket station corner Eighth and Kansas. Excursion offers tickets to Arizona Indiana Territory New Mexico and Oklahoma valid through September 27 with passables and free chair cars to Cincinnati via Santa Fe Route September 6. Destination options include serious points en routs with modest fares and a 10 cent admission fee.
Governor Leedy received a war department letter showing Kansas tents are tied to federal use and cannot be returned. Reunion planners face hiring tents or even vacant shacks as replacements for housing soldiers during the state reunion.
In an Albany city home at 1227 Monroe Street Mr. WIT. Stuart and Mrs. J. Hi. Fulmer report daily strange rappings in the parlor. Fulmer says a woman dressed in white appeared briefly near the beaded stand, then vanished. Neither is a spiritualist, yet residents hear the noises, while the occupants seek explanations.
Warden Landis files the August report for the state penitentiary. Returns show coal deliveries, convict labor receipts, and a deficit covered by a warrant to Landis. The document lists various institutions and facilities connected to the state system and notes overall financial activity for the month.
Social events at the Lord home feature tennis, dancing and cake walks with prizes won by Miss Sue Bkaritt and Mr Adriana Sherman. Numerous parties, porch gatherings, and hay rides are noted with many attendees, including Misses Jeannette Lord Margaret Jones and Miss Florence Townsley, plus several local couples and out-of-town guests.
A Labor Day event at Garfield Park features a balloon race with two aeronauts ascending simultaneously and racing to descend via parachute. Performers include the Merenpa Sisters and Turkish sword acts. Marshall's band plays, and a three-band parade precedes the procession. Tickets sold in grocer stores. parade begins at 10 o'clock.
State executive council grants use of Representative Hall for the State Firemen's association September 39. Committee of Fifteen arranging Topeka meeting during Festival week. Firemen have come in large numbers to every Fall Festival and seek proper invitation again. Bring the firemen here.
Major Davis of the United States engineer corps confirms Washington approval of the contracts for the San Pedro breakwater. Heidematter and Neu of Chicago will manage the project with a $1,000,000 government payment and $200,000 contractor band. Work to begin early next month. Detroit capitalist John B. Dyar dies at his Grosse Point summer home after financial reverses. Treasury says real estate contracts not taxable unless they transfer title. government bonds inheritance treated like other property. Santa Fe dining cars get electric fans.
Detroit reports Ross Leggett says Flint bottle makers plan a vast combine with 27 facilities from California to Indiana. Details list names of participating firms and projects a Pittsburgh hub with a single board of directors and a central sales agency under a October 1 operation start.
Detroit awaits the Santiago campaign veterans, the Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth regiments, expected tonight. Governor Pingree and a citizens committee arrange depot meet and carriage transport to hotels, with furloughs pending. Citizens have funded festivities and donated carriages to bring soldiers from rail stations. About fifteen hundred men anticipated.
Detroit reports the eleventh annual commencement of the Michigan College of Mines held in Houghton. The largest class in its history included graduates from the United States several from Europe one from Mexico and two from South Africa with degrees in Mining Engineer and Bachelor of Science. Notable names include Frank Blackwell Arthur Blair William Brow Alonzo Clark Jr Rozcos Cornell James Murray Nathan Hass William McCurdy Louis Fay Albert Floetter Mather Burnham Albert Clark Louis Jeffers Harry Mercer James Murray Henry Snell Charles Spaulding William Sutter and others.
Fort Scott on September 3 William Madden a popular barber was arrested on a bigamy charge after a Kansas City woman claimed she was his wife. Madden had married Maggie Hartman a year earlier, fled to Tola, and later evaded officers until a letter revealed his whereabouts. He admits the Kansas City marriage but claims a divorce was obtained.
Cent. Inv. Co. transfers to W. JF. Sader for 405 dollars. Ches. Jones and Sue modify a desociation to save 2 inputs, value 125 pounds, lot 294 A street in Birchall's addition. Clara B. Waterman and husband deed to Chas. Curtis for 1200 dollars, lot 4 North Van Buren street. Bhawin Wilder and wife to Alexander Droley 80, lots 50 2 4 Main street Wa karuse. To W. Reee lots 282 4 Winfield avenue, J. W. Morris addition.
Tickets sold Sunday September. Fast train leaves Topeka at 4 55 PM and arrives Omaha at noon. Woman's Relief Corps plans a trip to the dam on September 5. Round trip from here costs sixteen dollars ten cents. Advertising blurbs mention baking powder brands Queen and Gypsy Queen.
Milwaukee. Sept. 3. The Social Democracy of Wisconsin held its first convention and nominated a ticket: governor Howard Tuttle Milwaukee. lieutenant governor E P Hassinger Broadhead. secretary of state O T P Myers Milwaukee. state treasurer August Mohr Sheboygan. attorney general Richard Elsner Racine. insurance commissioner Charles Richter Racine. superintendent RO Stoll Eau Claire. Platform calls for eight hour day, public meals, education, income and property tax reforms, universal suffrage, direct legislation via initiative and veto, and abolition of the senate.
Berlin observes Sedan Day with quiet ceremonies as Emperor William places a wreath on Emperor Frederick’s tomb at Potsdam and attends maneuvers at Hanover. He delivers a speech on local issues and proposes a canal linking the east and west.
In North Topeka a Galley of short notices lists visitors and travels. Entries include Ireme Intended for this volume leaving at Kimball Pig Co before 1 AM, Holton fair attendance by W. C. Breele, and Walter Pollum taking a position at Red Front grocery. Several families plan visits, moves, or trips to Omaha Chicago and Kansas City. church events and services are announced for the weekend.
A dated letter from B E Butter of pack-train No in Santiago de Cuba, July 23, lauds packers for rushing ammunition and rations amid dysentery, cholera, and fatigue. He credits medicine from Chamberlain Medicine Company of Des Moines, Iowa, with saving lives and enabling supply.
The Twenty third Kansas volunteers are highlighted in an appeal to provide comforts for service members. The notice invites relatives and friends to respond to the call with donations and support, with contact details for Washington and Secretary Watkins listed for further information.
Atchison Police Department Chief Sypes informs Chief Streuse of management notes under a joint license system. July receipts exceed June by about one third, though exact figures and recount details are unclear from the fragment.
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