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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1897
Page
5
A nurse-like scene unfolds as Police Matron Thorpe on Seventeenth and Kansas Ave. stops a man from feeding a recipient of charity. The man, riding a horse, is calmed and detained in city jail while authorities promise to ensure the person receives proper aid and fuel.
A long jumble of notes reports upcoming social events and local happenings. Mentions the April ball at Abon Ball, state figures H C Mudge and Avery Turner retirement, Topeka club golf course plans, and a Sons of Veterans encampment. Also notes concerts, marriages, police court actions, and civic duties with various local names and places.
Delegates from Europe and the Americas gather for a Madison Square Garden gathering starting Sunday. Prominent figures include Herbert Crooke Archibald Kelznyley Dusit Ceunns June Campbell Jerplanck Kelxhiley and Miss Constance Hargrate. A medical session is planned with Dr J D Buck and Dr Jerome A Anderson among speakers. The event runs Sunday to Monday afternoon.
Report outlines friction over board members paying own travel to Lansing hotel rooms near the penitentiary. Warder Landis refuses to fund accommodations, asserting the board should cover its own expenses. Discussion alleges past improprieties and debates the board’s necessity versus governor and legislature actions.
The state Insurance department reports the apportionment of money under the reciprocal tax law for the firemen relief fund in various cities. It lists total funds collected and amounts due, with vouchers issued and cities addressed.
An old Iowa man, claimed as James Beausherer, faces false pension affidavits charges as federal officers probe whether he is the missing Tom Beausherer impersonating a brother. Widows Williams Vanderpool and Miller Roberts testify to identities while a Topeka court weighs the confusing tales and marriages.
Mrs. McKinley, mother of the president, receives a handsome extension top cabriolet carriage from a Fostoria Ohio company. The body features rich brewster green and deen green with yellow stripes, American green broadcloth, hand bun leather, and silver plated lamps. The design emphasizes comfort with high upholstered backs and springs for support.
Peary will attempt another expedition to reach the pole during the coming summer with funds raised and navy department endorsement secured. Friends say the plans cover a broad scope and expect the journey to take up to ten years if the objective is achieved.
Private advices from Manzanillo report insurgent activity in Havana area has waned while planters prepare to resume plantation work. American consular figures and arrestees are noted as transferred or detained, with updates on a major insurgent meeting and a capture of insurgent commanders despite unknown surrender status. Also referenced are local product ads and public notices.
General Horace Porter arrives in France to advance U S. trade relations through reciprocity with France, arguing a fair trial under stable conditions will boost commerce. He urges urgent participation in the 1900 Paris Exposition, noting prior failed appropriation and the strong interest of American manufacturers. President McKinley and Secretary Sherman reportedly favor a robust U S. show.
Carrie Odell accuses John Odell of abandonment on their Oct 12 1803 marriage day and Kin Wits contends Levi Bennett remained a year after marriage. both seek divorce. Ida Asbury cites extreme cruelty by David Asbury including choking at Christ Hospital in 1887 and seeks separation. Mrs Bennett asks to restore maiden name Aman da M Cook.
Archdiocese events begin in Philadelphia to celebrate Archbishop Patrick J. Ryan's 25 years since his consecration as bishop. The jubilee week includes varied exercises and a postponed arbitration, with Rock Island offering rail service and ticketing for travel to distant and intermediate points from their passenger station.
Advertises low rates and quick service to health and pleasure resorts in the Southwest via the Santa Fe Route. Calls for information from W. Black, a focal agent in Topeka Kansas, and notes tickets for an event at Snow's drug store.
Senator Butler national chairman of the Populist party says he will not attend a Nashville convention in July if the party adopts a ticket plan. He reports mixed support within the society committee with a majority favoring preservation of the party’s unity and several members opposing a convention. He notes a faction seeking a separate electoral ticket last campaign and says he is acting only on the majority wishes of party founders.
New York April 20 Rev Dr D J Sottwarts at Lakewood Church received a gift from George Gould following morning collection. The church faces a heavy mortgage on the rectory and Lent appeals for funds, with Gould and family long supporters of church entertainments.
Carriages bicycles and pedestrians thronged Riverside drive as an estimated 100000 or more people visited Grant's tomb. The crowd formed early and lingered, with the plaza still crowded until the mausoleum doors closed. Weather was favorable and orderly. A number of prominent people held interior tickets to the monument.
A fragmentary notice describes Gage's Country House in Washington not being occupied. It notes tenants renting from Congressman Newlands of Nevada for the summer, with vague references to nearby Virginia and Shrubbery. The garbled text mentions Mary Band Tree and a feature about gray ermith, suggesting a vivid but unclear scene.
John L. Melcher acting for the Jew & Melcher and Mary F. Paget filed plans for an 18 story brick and stone hotel at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Thirty seventh Street New York. The lot fronts 132.8 feet on the avenue and 132.8 feet on the street with a projected cost of 2,000,000. The structure will have brick and granite fronts with bluestone terra cotta details and a steel skeleton frame. The roof height will be several stories over the curb line.
Dicycle races drew about 2,000 spectators on the southern circuit. The open professional event featured O. L. Stevens of Ottumwa Iowa winning first with Fil Winsett of Memphis second and C B Jack of Philadelphia third. Bert Rapine from Nashville placed fourth with Gastayeon of Chicago also noted.
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