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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1900
Page
8
A digest of terse telegrams reports cholera deaths in India Native states 1930 British districts 421 and related items. Warnings of disasters include a Dyea wharf blaze with 90 000 feet of timber. California admitted, Norway elections conclude, and a US confession of a 14 year old Brower killer.
Returning passengers report bold robberies as winter sets in. Ruffian elements knock down and rob travelers paying fare, leaving them destitute. Several cases describe victims robbed on the way to vessels, with little money left for home.
W. J. Bryan stays in Chicago until Wednesday night then travels to Fort Wayne Indiana for a talk. He continues to Columbus Ohio Thursday and Friday and headlines a St Louis meeting Saturday. From St Louis he plans to speak in Cincinnati and then Rome and Indianapolis en route to Democretic clubs in Providence in October.
Wire to Alaska notes General Greely in Alaska to set telegraphic links with the territory. A second line is under construction by the United States and appears stalled but likely to be completed. The report mentions efforts to contact Fi Robert and establish better communication with the frontier.
Treston reports the world champion swimmer title in the latest series where James J. McCuster defeats Cavill at the chutes. The decisive race ends in a time of 13:34, highlighting McCuster as the top time keeper of the event despite a stormy spell across the season. The day brings showers across Kansas along Santa Fe and Rock Island lines with cooler, cloudy conditions lingering.
Houston's Galveston disaster effects described by G I Russ a refugee who witnessed bodies loaded on drays and towed to the gulf. Adjutant General says slave militia may be called to restore order as churches schools and prominent buildings collapse under the storm. Dozens rescued many dead, including families in homes on Fortieth Street Avenue and nearby blocks.
A Galveston dispatch details storm wreckage including the Waters-Pierce Oil tank lifted from Fifteenth Street to Thirtieth Street, the Union Depot demolished, and numerous wharffront frame buildings ruined. Telegraph lines and railroad bridges were reported wiped out, with telegraph service cut off. Calves under the channel were swept away and Mexican calve repair efforts hindered by high seas. Telegraph traffic overwhelmed as crews were lost and tugboats proved unable to proceed.
In Lexington Kentucky on September 11, Nelson Hamon aged 40 and Elizabeth Hutton aged 63 were married by Rev. Markin Collis after a betrothal of childhood days. Hamon once taught a country school in Scott County and Hutton was his pupil Miss Sanford. Their engagement began long ago but was interrupted by a lovers quarrel.
Years after her husband died and left no estate, Mrs Hutton, now a superintendent, began a correspondence that led to their wedding today. The event unites her professional standing with a personal new chapter.
Mrs Marshall Pease, a Galveston native now in New York, will sing Elijah on Tuesday evening and perform in a Wednesday concert. Trained in Germany under Wilhelm Baas, she has appeared with Vogl and others, and has sung for Seidl Damrosch Lambert and Krehbiel. Regular Elijah rehearsals tonight at Metropolitan Hall.
Denver September 11 For the first time in history an automobile reached Pike's Peak John Bris ben Walker of New York achieved an ascent of 11 000 feet The road was the worst he ever saw His son Justus accompanied him They met tourists who warned of worse ahead and advised a return The descent was as rapid as a toboggan chute and took a quarter less time
National Committeeman Mulvane of Kansas announced plans to bet $10,000 that Kansas will elect Republicans in the fall. He said Kansas Republicans are well organized while the Democratic Populist fusion is only superficial, and cited good crops and overall prosperity as boosting Republican support.
In Salt Lake Utah on September 11 two unknown men attempted a robbery at the Sheep Ranch gambling house about 2 6 in the morning. George Prousse was wounded during the shooting and both robbers were shot. One robber escaped while the other, severely wounded, was captured and taken to the police station.
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