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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1897
Page
5
A Texas meeting in Austin and a conference in Tyler and Kansas discuss plans to secure lower railroad freight rates for grain shipments to Gulf ports. Committees from four states seek to pressure railroads, with leaders from Texas and Oklahoma advocating a united approach to back a convention and push reductions.
Kansas history item reports M J Albright asserting proof of a deal linking State Printer Parke and W J Brown of Kingman to skim profits from the office. He claims witnesses and letters urge Governor Leedy to probe. Letters and testimony described, denials noted, and party roles outlined.
A quarrel erupts in the state auditor’s office over ownership of a worn carpet from the state house. Jobe Hewitt insists he bought it. Charles Taylor challenges the sale while the carpet is moved to a vault. Receipt from Mr. Bush ends the exchange amid negotiations.
The article recounts Judge Frank Doster's ancestor curiosity at Ottawa and a bizarre hotel incident where a stranger accosted him, leaving him shaken. It notes a costly investigation funded by a governor, with O. Ouicalt convening and a $400 payment authorized to proceed the inquiry.
The sate house and state Journal Dateume announce a postponed game next Saturday at Athlete Park. Ed Little is targeted as the hub of a local baseball effort while Topeka’s state home gang forms a team and plans to meet the Journal Charley Merger in the Abilene Reflector.
Tomorrow evening at Hamilton hall the Topeka festival chorus presents its first concert for the new auditorium venture. The combined Ottawa chorus joins Topeka singers in five selections with solos by King Deen. Tickets six cents for admission. auditorium tickets support the project.
E G Lockwood sues Kansas Mutual Life Insurance in district court seeking recovery of 34909 paid as a policyholder. He held the policy ten years, paid premiums, was reinstated after medical exam concerns, then refused reinstatement amid alleged heart trouble. The insurer contends payments were for protection during coverage and that Lockwood received the benefit.
A Topeka report portrays Mary Wakin, 19, Syria native, jailed for selling goods without license, amid critiques of police policy. The piece argues reform toward a nonpartisan civil service police, noting recent assaults and alleged suppression of crime news and calls for a municipal, nonpartisan force independent of party politics.
In Chicago on April 25 two kites towed a buoy at 12 miles per hour, one large and one smaller aerial craft drifting northward near Edgewater. Arthur Harbert, builder of the contraptions, directed the launch and planned a crossing to the Michigan shore but wind shifted. The smaller kite fell into the water while the larger continued, with a note indicating the finders should return it to Chicago.
Passengers arriving from Havana report that De Mellen, held in Cabanas for over a year, will be released soon. The release is expected this Friday, with Fernandez and W Aguirre, Aguirre’s insurgent-general brother, also slated for release within days. Also cited is a druggist Warren’s experience with Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, now widely trusted in Pleasant Brook and beyond.
Rail lines restart services as railroad companies report improving conditions and begin opening branch lines. A Maryville edition notes the first train from Inez Bridey since her arrival, with connections to St Joseph. River fever affects passenger schedules and routes are gradually restored.
Topeka newsroom items report debate plans at Washburn College and civic events. Mentioned are Arnold and J Miller at walks, Rock Island at Clay Center, and Leavenworth union activities. Also noted are births, church confirmations, creamery developments, and police notes including arrests and court actions in the Topeka area.
San Francisco reports from Tepelobampo Mexico that eight years of effort on a socialist colony have produced a thriving community. An irrigation system costing about 200000 pounds, sugar cane wheat vegetables and fruit crops are profitable. Colonists earn around 50 dollars per acre from canes and labor is available locally at 40 cents a day. The colony aims to expand despite earlier socialist friction and limited settlers.
A garbled report references a prior system that briefly functioned before being abandoned. It mentions shared prosperity, collective effort, and a belief in betterment through work, alongside a route via Santa Fe with two hours to California, and glossy rail features like vestibulated Pullman sleepers and dining cars.
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