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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1897
Page
3
Atchison August 2 colored people win school meeting in district No. SAM electing on the board and a spirited teacher to be hired. White patrons may withdraw children to another school if arrangements can be made until district reorganization.
Sun Sunday brought record heat and strong southerly winds across multiple counties. Temperatures reached near 100 f and winds damaged corn and other crops, cutting water supplies and delaying harvest. Reports from Great Bend and surrounding areas describe extensive crop stress in Lyon, Morris, Greenwood, and Chautauqua counties with no rain observed last night.
F C Gayys estimate suggests Kansas corn crop may reach two thirds of normal. Agent cites cautious wind patterns and past experiences to predict potential yields around 175,000 to 208,000 bushels, noting farmers nationwide prosper while Kansas faces debt pressures.
Citizens in Larned publish a critical response to a sermon titled De Hound from the Plwits a Larned curser and His Attianord Made the Subeet of a Sermon. The letter condemns perceived personal insults and records names such as Woodward, the probate judge, and others. Also noted are details of the Sterling Club Birds race from Arkansas City with bids, distances, and participants, plus a summary of recent church and community activities and upcoming events.
Leavenworth investors Henry Ettenson and Martin Donovan completed purchase of The Elms hotel at Excelsior Springs for 370 000 with 120 acres, in a plan to overhaul the property and invest 5 000 in improvements. W. J. Woolsey expected as manager.
Misa Nellie Tigde of Leavenworth will depart in August for a tour of the West and Honolulu Hawaii after which she will assume an instructor post at the Oahu College founded by Bishop Dole. Muss Hyde of Leavenworth will go as vocal and instrumental instructor.
Thomas P. Fenlon will test the Sunday shaving case before the Supreme Court. John Nesbitt, a barber from Leavenworth, was arrested four years ago for shaving on Sunday and fined 95 dollars. Nesbitt appeals through Fenlon, as the court reviews statutes similar to Kansas law.
The El Dorado Republican reports Mrs T A Miler and Mrs chamnecher with children camping at Green Mountain Falls Colorado. Harry Miller received a letter requesting two dazed spring chickens, a box of exes and a jar of butter. They also ask for ham, baked goods, canned corned beef, olives and chow chow.
Hutchinson reformatory management approved contracts for the central building including guard room hospital and chapel with about $33,000 from the Hallding operation allocated. Awards include WH Davieson iron gratings. Jake Seaton Atchison for iron volumes. Wart Tren works Cincinnati steel bars. B J White Lumber Company for lumber valued at $2,390.
Abilene ne o w names Barnes a farmer of Willowsale township is jailed here for cruel and inhuman treatment. Barnet, mid ee man and father of several children, professes to be a Christian and belongs to the River Brethren church. The offense occurred July 28 when he beat and choked his wife and whipped the children.
A garbled report describes a dispute over a horse traded for corn between two Pine area brothers. One held two thirds of a Cary field. the other owned a horse swapped for corn. The horse was stolen, then after a few days the corn was eaten. The horse owner was struck while transporting the horse and killed.
Aue 2 Ed Leenam, a farmer living about ten miles east of Caney, hanged himself yesterday near Sam after a severe scolding from his wife just before the act. The incident follows the wife’s admonition as the probable cause.
In Newton, tramps were gathered and settled at Newson waterworks. Work crews read yards and adjusted payments for vagrants, with marshals directing labor and wages at a fixed rate per feet while guarding rates and duties. Confusion in the report suggests slow progress and ongoing crowding as crews continue to work.
Geary Da Aug 2 reports hog cholera epidemic affecting local herds. Officials note rising losses as Brown Ziegler and Boone suffer heavy hits. Sightings of disease prompt authorities to monitor and advise biosecurity measures amid unsettled rural outlook.
In Abilene on Aug 2 Walnut Grove district northeast of Lawn voted not to adopt the state Schon Books and to remain under local rules. The decision, seen as compelled by courts, keeps current conditions intact amid heat and a rising census. Winfield reports a 25 increase in school population to 1785 from 1760, with 1500 girls and 250 boys, including 40 colored girls and 44 colored boys. A farmer in Oberlin on Aug 2 was held up for his hat as he rode home on a bicycle when a man drew a revolver.
Brief items from towns across the state note the sudden death of teacher Rope-Hirda J. Peck from appendicitis after a teaching career in south Dickinson county. Also reported are missing persons from Atchison county after a camp meeting outing, a political fusion slate in a county, cattle thefts in south Dickinson, the death of Saline merchant Mr. Gets in St Louis, a phaeton mishap near Wellington, and the Brown county silver convention nominating county officers.
A bright Aug morning at Hotel Champa in N Y featured President in good health after ten hours sleep in mountain air. He joined a hotel party for a grounds walk, greeted guests, and acknowledged a musical tribute by a zero Inver ditty titled Louisiana Log with a graceful bow.
In a furniture plant office Mr Hall endures heat as the thermometer near 29 sparked a prank. To cope he unbuttons, removes coat and neckwear while Finn complains of the heat. A lighter under a thermometer tubek warms ink and triggers a joking scene.
Henry Steinber of Allen town Pennsylvania shares a testimonial about overcoming chronic diarrhea after trying numerous medicines. A friend advised Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy, which finally relieved his symptoms following years of ill health.
Kansas City reports a Missouri Pacific wreck at Yates Center at 1 am. Engineer Jasper Clover died at the hospital after the collision with a eastbound passenger train. Fireman C Rowan severely injured, likely to die. Baggageman Myers Conductor Anderson and Porter Smith also hurt. four freight cars and the baggage car burned. The passenger train remained upright. no other passengers were seriously harmed.
Kansas railroads shift to moving the state’s huge 1882 wheat crop. Demand for grain cars surges statewide, with officials warning a car famine is likely. West of the Missouri river supply would be insufficient to move the crop, prompting increased shop work and hire of train crews to handle the volume.
Rousteygne ANE 2 A report notes the Gould family linked trip through Missouri with Frank Gould aboard the private car Aliant. Party members include Munn, Warner, Smith, Adaline Schuyler, and others aboard for a gun inspection and to ready Frank Gould for his upcoming role as president.
Leavenworth August 2 A large number of railroad men admired the Union Pacific engine pulled in with a special train. The monster has six foot driving wheels and a 200 pound steam pressure. It can run 60 miles an hour and is used on mail fast trains from Omaha to Denver. The engine and tender weigh 226858 pounds with coal and water capacity listed and significant boiler capacity.
The Santa Fe shops in this city turned out the fourth of twelve heavy consolidated locomotives, numbered 75, to be tested before shipment to Raton New Mexico. A photo of engine 75 will be reproduced on souvenir badges for the Santa Fe anniversary, with W E Carri e overseeing the shoot for Newark firm Whitehead Hoag & Co.
Frederick N Blanc, first husband of "Baroness" Blanc, seeks an injunction in Supreme Court to stop Elizabeth G Blanc from using the title Baroness Blanc as her stage name. Lawyer David May argues the baroness originated the title and may lose her livelihood if enjoined. Judge Russell reserved his decision.
The Topeka Athletic Association Wheelmen hold two meetings at the execution rooms this evening to discuss nominees for three offices to be filled at Lawrence. They aim to endorse a slate rather than field a full state ticket, with possible endorsement of A. By Filckerson for secretary-treasurer of the Kansas division and support from Hickerson likely for John L. Bishop as chief consul.
City council to vote on annual Gee levy with expected reductions in taxes if current plans are overturned. Projected cuts include $80,000 in general taxes and $67,000 in paying and sewer taxes, totaling over $11,000 in relief with the largest drop from street paving tax and electric light plant payments.
Union Pacific sells tickets to Seago for 10.10 and to St. Louis for 40 July plus multiple dates in July and August with pro rata rates to all eastern destinations. Information from City Ticket Agent Lewis at 62% Kansas Avenue or J. Fulton, Repot Agent. Also contains ad-like notices about digestion remedies and mineral water promotions with local addresses and product names.
The temperance committee of seventeen won a preliminary bout in Shawnee county district court this morning. The suits, Injunctions against the Jointists by A. H. Vance for the committee, sought to have them thrown out over 17 bond costs. Judge Hazen refused to set aside the summons saying private citizens cannot be forced to post bond when the state is a party. The injunction suits must be tried.
In Trenton New Jersey on August 2 Police Sergeant Dettmar halted a parade of Slavs and Hungarians en route to a picnic. The marshal initially kept the American flag behind the blue silk flag but relented after a police warning. The flag was moved to the front and the procession resumed without further incident.
The Northern Transportation and Trading company contracts Moran Bros of Seattle to build three river schooners for the Yukon run from St Michael to Dawson City and a tug near St Michael. The firm will also bring three steamships around the Horn this winter to Seattle for use on the St Michael run. The steamships may be built or purchased existing vessels.
Alfred Alf, vice consul in Canton, reports the water course known as the West River is opened to trade as far west as Woo Chan Fu, Ng Chan, now a treaty port. Several other river towns are opened. the open tug occurred June 4. A Dragon Boat Festival holiday is noted as an American schooner enters for traffic on the river.
Shawnee county leads Kansas with the largest assessed valuation and will remit the state tax levy for 1397 totaling $1,046. Wyandotte follows at $48,637. Shawnee paid $62,000 in 1596 and Wyandotte $45,883 that year. Haskell pays the smallest tax at 1942. State tax totals by year show 1896 at $160,170 and 1895 at $1,402,240.
Police say 24 arrests were made between Saturday evening and Monday morning with many for drunkenness. Joss Lytle son of ex policeman J S Lytle was jailed on a major charge. Abe William son arrested for nuisance as Greek fruit man Allendirt held for throwing decayed fruit. Coppens recovering in New York and Paris dispatch notes Sagan nearing convalescence.
Todays market report notes opening in wheat markets with gains in London and Chicago prices. Midwest futures mixed with early buying damped after September gains. hot weather and meat shipment prospects influence activity. Provisions show limited receipt and mixed tone across commodities.
Receipts of 2.00 lots and declining salts aid a cautious opening. Lower prices noted for cattle and sheep with natives steady and Westerns down. Hogs and hog receipts appear mixed as traders forecast tomorrow’s shipments around 50 000.
Wheat and corn quotes show uneven demand with No 2 hard wheat weaker and higher futures on some contracts. Chicago and Kansas City receipts vary, with export bids and September positions noted. markets reflect fluctuating demand and tentative gains amid broader grain movement.
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