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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1896
Page
3
Reports from Durham and Marion County describe the discovery of a body hanging from a tree near a small Teck Island station. An inquest returned a verdict of suicide. The deceased is unidentified, and binding twine was found on the scene. Local authorities note the man was traveling and believe the escape link to the act.
A girl died after a fire in a yard, four years sentence handed to L. Pionceatiee es sie and a companion after the jury found them responsible. The boy was also burned. The victim died within hours from severe burns.
Aug 6 Leavenworth report that convict Charles Wheeler escaped from the state penitentiary. Wheeler, serving time for larceny, was working at the reservoir on the state farm when he fled. He had about nine months remaining on his sentence and was assigned outside duties during the escape period.
Arkansas City August 5 The county commissioners reported a saving of 22 793 in tax series for the year ending June 3 185, with expenses totaling 55 158 59, down from the previous year by 25K. A meeting is planned to adjust the current year expenses and assess whether revenue will fall about 5 000 short of the prior year.
Mary J. Burton sells the Jamestown Optimist to Mrs Thu Ansdell who will shift the paper to Republican alignment and back the St Louis system. Also mentions the Girard Press sale to J McManima and partners, plus local wheat price rises, Atchison Turner Hall completion, Test Book University vote, a giant tomato, and Lawrence curfew enactment.
Omiha Australia Postmaster Euclid Martin led a Morton banquet amid secrecy and strict access as reporters were kept from corridors. Morton declined to speak, but Martin said Morton was mentioned as a western candidate and party sentiment favored a western ticket with Cleveland as a balance.
Washington August 5 Captain Herges chief of the pomological division of the agricultural department said the department may distribute some fig plant varieties in California this season. The Royal horticultural society of London obtained about 100 Smyrna and Adriatic fig varieties. the department secured 69 varieties. They are growing on the campus of John Rock at Nites California. Gustav Eien of California, an authority on horticulture, knows all about Nysinod and has catalogued the varieties. The 69 varieties are being evaluated to determine how to tame and classify the fruit. Some will be sent to the department for distribution. the official contact expects to hear soon about plants to distribute in California.
Washington reports the Bryan speech in Chicago was halted after Senator Faulkner defended the text as misread and misunderstood. He noted a 60 000 copy print run, with a revised edition soon to appear including changes around quotation marks and punctuation regarding references to crown of thorns and cross of gold.
New York announces at the Bariholdt hotel that Mr. Sewall will be present at the Badiver Swuke Gallen event with J. Brean formally notified of nomination. Admission to Madison Square Garden is free with reserved seating up to 7:45 PM, 2,500 general, 200 press, and platform seating for the ceremony.
Chicago and other cities suffered record heat with the signal service reporting 104 degrees in the afternoon. Twelve people died and outdoor work paused as St Paul and several towns reached near 100 degrees. Omaha Kansas City St Louis and Memphis also endured extreme heat under a nationwide heat wave.
Pawhuska Oklahoma Aug 6 Saucy Chifot winner in a bitter Weare Nation race as half breeds gain control of the council led by John Palmer a progressive ally This marks an epoch with allotment policy and U S citizenship likely to follow. McKinley literature sweep in Washington as tariff talks mix with silver question and Nebraska booster tours praise state culture and prospects.
In Detroit on August 5 the Detroit Jockey Club opened with fair weather and large fields as Damien won the International Derby worth 4,000 for the winner, defeating Nimrod and Argentina. Ramiero led briefly with Lady Inex and Mermaid far behind. Other notes include Pirates beating Louisville in extras and Washington beating New York in a postponed game.
Indepedence defeated Coffeyville 12 to 5 in a Southern Kansas league game at Independence. Drummy pitched effectively for Independence, allowing two runs through nine innings as Dest and Eyville joined Mealy and Omen in the battery.
Sporting editor notes Wade Watts reported a fight at Flwood Indiana Saturday night. Watts won in five rounds over Tommin Green. He recalls Toledo sports treated him well and reflects that boxing is like base intrigue and risk.
A jumble of sport notes from Topeka and beyond covers boxing prospects Wade Watts and Wade Watts facing Dave Dixon era, Yankee manager news, and a mix of baseball and physiology Congress reports. Mentioned are Joe Keily Kansas City, Brooklyn president Byrne, Jackie Jacksons, and Anson.
A benefit concert under the auspices of the Committee of Five features various acts including vocal selections, mandolin performances, and solos. Performers include Miss Ning, Thomas, Miss Hayes, Miss Byraole, Mrs J G Wood, Mrs J W F Hughes, and others with 15 cent admission and two tickets for 25 cents. Citizens urged to buy tickets to support the Floral Parade. Adams The Smith Premier Typewriter Company has moved to 01 Kansas Avenue. Appleton Minnesota Dr ALP Sawyer commends Family Cure for kidney trouble. Sts J Ho Craig Frank Sim Pharmacist 607 Kansas Avenue Fruitcans 3. dez for $1 Tayman Oberley Howe Co 702 Kansas Ave
The Floral Festival queen contest will open soon with a secured polling place and voting hours from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. A married ladies committee will review candidates without revealing identities, judging on beauty, style, and general suitability. Voters send names and addresses to the State Journal, ballots printed or cut from the paper.
Governor Altgeld issued a manifesto to the West Park Board urging action on an eight hour day for park laborers. The board passed resolutions declaring that eight hours should constitute a day’s labor in the parks, following labor congress pressure.
D C McCray, noted To fieka newspaper correspondent, will travel to Mexico with his wife for about three weeks to investigate the silver question for several papers including the Chicago Times-Herald and Washington Post. He also represents a national tecubuisan committee and will supply duplicate material.
Democrats and Populists in Guthrie agree to fusion for the upcoming elections. Democrats endorse the Populist nominee for delegate to Congress and silver forces unite across counties and districts. Populists push silver coinage, tariff reform, and immediate statehood for Oklahoma with Indian Territory to be attached later.
In Butte Montana August 1 1900 the Republican conference adjourns after midnixit. It directs the Republican state convention to nominate candidates for state officers and then the Republicans withdraw to organize a separate convention to nominate electors for Bryan and Sewell. Remaining electors are pledged to McKinley and Robert. The convention is set for September 9 in Helena six days after the Democratic convention.
The Farmers Review reports from Illinois to the Dakotas on spring wheat oats and corn. Kansas and Nebraska show poor wheat conditions and oats lag behind expectations. Harvested oats prove below forecast while corn damage from heat and rust rotting in shocks worsens.
A Little Rock dispatch reports severe water shortages across Arkansas with isolated showers failing to reach some counties since April 12. Residents haul water up to 25 miles daily, and White River runs dry as Fayetteville issues a proclamation banning street sprinkling to reserve drinking water.
New York reports Miss Charles arrived aboard the steamer Washington from Havana after escaping detention by authorities who suspected her sympathy with Cuban insurgents. The writer had traveled to study Cuba’s eastern situation and met General Zayas, later visiting prisons before evading arrest by fleeing a Havana hotel rear and walking miles for food and water.
A heated Chicago Post Angling Think column and fragmentary political chatter attack platforms and bloomers, accusing candidates of neglecting issues and pressing for women’s fashion as a ballot issue. The piece jabs at bickering parties and hints at third party candidacy.
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