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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1897
Page
8
An copy of a health advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for workers, promising vigor and wellbeing. The notice mentions a 9 thousand page book with illustrations, a former price of $1.50, and a 15 cent edition surcharge.
Public notices invite sealed bids for eight festival privileges within Topeka fairgrounds during the Buffalo Encampment week. Details cover grand stand and gate admissions, stand placement, and fire protection. bids open August 26 at city offices. Special trains, travel info, and ticketing available through local agents.
John E. Hessin of Manhattan, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, is described as a deacon and attorney for the American Book Company. The piece details his opposition to a textbook bill, calls for a constitutional convention to resubmit the prohibition amendment, and outlines his stances on licensing, state ownership of a liquor plant, and electoral reform amid a contest with George A. Clark for secretary of state and local machine politics in Wyandotte.
Annie Diggs Tales records Mrs Annole L. Piges voicing mixed views on Governor Leedy’s reelection. She cites Williams affair, liquor enforcement, and party dynamics as pivotal, urging strict law enforcement to win temperance and Republican support, warning of political peril if lax.
The Populist state chair Taylor Iadle in Kansas City stated fusion across Populists Democrats and Silver Republicans is likely to yield a large victory in Kansas 1898. He praised Governor Leedy’s administration and urged collaboration on reform lines amid federal court encroachments. Delegates for national irrigation congress were named: Munger Emery Moses Edwards Webb.
One hundred twenty five members of the Arion Society with wives and families will start for Yellowstone Park on a special West Shore railroad train August 20. The train will stop at Niagara Falls and Milwaukee and reach the park on August 5. The society will return via St. Paul and Minneapolis, arriving in New York September 6.
Milan dispatch says three anarchists were seized, documents and bombs taken, including letters from Queesar Sentos, the would be assassin of President Carport, and Pietro Acciartto who tried to kill King Humbertis Apeli. Police claim conclusive evidence of an international anarchist plot. more arrests expected.
In Topeka the Abilene clash ended after seven innings due to threatening weather. McFadden and Brockway delivered timely hits while Dunn Wakefield and Rebsman misplayed, letting Topeka score in crucial moments. Brockway and McFadden led Abilene with strong hitting.
In Parkersburg West Virginia August 14 Governor Atkinson filed an order with Clerk Clemens remitting a $100 fine and all costs against W H Kimes for shooting Ben Hart last year. The governor condemns Hall as a villain and calls for his apprehension and lifelong punishment, stating Kimes did what any man would. He expresses pleasure in remitting the penalties and freeing Kimes from further responsibility.
Judge John J. Jackson of the U S court and Jasper Y. Moore were fishing near Webster Springs when a boat hand fell overboard and pulled the judge under. He reached shore, disappeared briefly, then survived. a gasoline explosion at a hotel caused about $500 in damage including the judge’s property.
Denver reports Italian consul Dr. Joseph Cuneo asked Governor Adams to define whether Italians may work in the Cripple Creek district. Cuneo also prepares reports for the Italian ambassador in Washington and for King Humbert in Rome on the forcible expulsion of some 50 Italian laborers by a band of armed men.
Governor Dan W. Jones and H. J. Remmel spoke at the state emancipation event. Remmel praised black progress but denounced pension plans for ex slaves as visionary and foolish, urging supporters to avoid the Thureton bill. Attendees included prominent colored citizens from Arkansas and Memphis figures Josiah H. Set Files and others.
A warning against government beneficiaries urges shoppers to protect their money and avoid delusions. The speaker claims those seeking aid carry a heritage more valuable than gold and recalls the Union’s liberation costing two and a half billion in debt at war’s end, with Basel needing 145 million annually.
Aug 14 Thomasville Georgia reporters describe a possible volcano near the city. A crater 25 feet wide emits blue smoke from an ash bed while the ground shows a sunken area. Officials doubt burning mines are the source. The piece also promotes various patent medicines and local druggists advertising tonics, cold cures, and salves.
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