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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1897
Page
5
Fragments and short lengths from all departments to be sold Friday at any price to clear stock. Dyess Goods Lilies Laces Do mestics Linings Ribbons Ladies Muslin Underwear and related items included. Details will be displayed at the counters.
The record recounts aTopeka meeting with state officials, city postings, and court actions. It notes W.J. Blase of Denver handling disputes, public notices, and references to the Topeka Waterworks project and local trials. The piece blends civic announcements with descriptions of social events and upcoming entertainments in the area.
The Auburn recorder records several property transfers including Jote 2 and 2 in section 20 for 700, T 5 West, plus deeds for 107 West Eighth Avenue and other parcels. Transfers involve Mises Sua Ltinger to EW Poindexter for 7200 and Mary tte to Alien W Padgite for 87 Inclusive, with details of associated properties and local transaction notes.
Sheriff Rh. B. Ward of Republic county secured a requisition at Topeka to return seven Hanover gang members to state custody. Twenty four men linked to robberies and crimes across Kansas and Nebraska have been captured or jailed, with four more cases pending. The article details past raids, the gang’s modus operandi, and Ward’s pursuit and prosecutions.
The State Board officers including the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Secretary of Agriculture, and Secretary of State order sale of withdrawn unoccupied school lands along the Kansas boundary. Lands abanoned under various acts are offered at fixed prices, with provisions to reopen to home seekers in the western part of the state.
The board stands by its decision as Eddie Walden of Kansas City Kansas remains under a year sentence for a second degree crime in Wyandotte County. Walden, a former Populist nominee, faced a 12 year sentence previously recommended by the board but later approved by Governor Morrill. no commutation resulted. In a ditch excavation project with Tutt, a quarrel escalated and threats were made, prompting Walden to prepare for potential danger.
Kansas freight rate dispute returns to the fore as the state board orders the 15 cent robbers rate to operate from Missouri into Kansas. Hymns Grocery Company of Atchison challenged the move. courts found the rate non discriminatory, but enforcement faltered as railroads and commissioners argued over hearings and presence of full board.
In Bellaire April report states Dust the Hajtimere and Ghion Freight Railroad company found long running grain pilferage from west shipments bound for export. Investigators traced theft to longtime employees and saw secreted grain at multiple sites, including over 300 bushels in one location, totaling hundreds of dollars.
The Kansas insurance superintendent disputes a Weekly Underwriter claim that three life insurers barred from Kansas by the state are still operating in the state under federal court protection. McNair says they are not conducting Kansas business under any federal protection and will not engage without a state license. He notes no injunction exists and vows to oversee insurers personally, warning of future issues.
A Kansas farmer mails a lengthy letter to Senator Petter on the recent shifts at the state agricultural college. He argues the movement’s motive reflects deep partisan tensions, noting the president and professors were intensely partisan as political heat rose.
A student recounts an episode where a professor urged him to vote Republican. He and his Populist roommate tried to avoid election entanglement, but the professor pressed. The roommate’s angered reaction highlighted perceived political bias at the college, influencing the narrator’s views on treatment of differing politics.
The executive council did not finalize action on diagonal walks on the state house grounds. A.M. Imine works on plans and specifications for curved paths crossing the grounds with a central intersect, a rest area to be planted with trees. George T. McGrath, the state mine inspector, has approved the layout and bills were approved before adjournment.
To the Editor of The State Journal this letter praises a previous editorial on aiding India and urges broader acts of help for local colored communities in Topeka Kansas. The writer recounts meeting Judge N C McFarland and a Pittsburgh benefactor, noting a judge's self description as a crank and reflecting on Rousseau’s views about Christian missions and social change.
A drowned man found near Argentine matches Otto Arton, a Topeka laborer who recently vanished after stealing $15 and two suits from 261 Market Street. Police and marshals searched nearby towns as mistaken identity and river tragedy unfold amid missing funds and clothing.
Los Angeles reports bids from Pacific Improvement Co and Catalina Willand firms to build the deep water harbor at San Petro. Officials dispute feasibility and cost of the breakwater designed by the board of engineers, with projected price around 1 million dollars and an appropriation of 2200.00 referenced.
Trademark medical salve ad offers Buckien's Arnica Salve claimed to cure cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions with a money refund if not satisfied. Price is cents per box. For sale by J. K. Jones Fifin and Kansas Ave.
In Evanston during a balloon ascent with a circus, aeronaut M Monseur Hayes was jerked from the car and caught by rope. His body tore a tendon, yet he clung to the car and leaped away using a parachute after reaching the edge.
New York April 2 closing exercises ended with a grand reception at Waldorf Hotel for naval officers from foreign fleets and the United States. About 1,500 invitations, lavish rooms, and a crowd of men and women in fine dress attended. Mayor Strong and Mrs Strong presided with Elihu Root and others assisting. noted guests included Mrs Hayrace Porter Mrs Henry E Erden Mr Parke Benjamin Mrs Wm Whitney and Mrs George J Gould.
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