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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1897
Page
3
In Kansas, temperance advocates launch a fundraising drive to support anti alcohol campaigns. Community leaders and local organizations rally residents to donate as discussions on prohibition intensify across towns.
Wichita dispatch reports tension rising in Harper over a recently opened saloon dispute. Anti temperance groups organize, targeting Mayor Muir and County Attorney Jones. An executive committee acts to raid saloons and press legal action in what is described as a community driven effort. Protests and church meetings are planned amid expected clashes with officials.
Wyandotte County Congressman M S Peters returns to his stock commission office at the stock yards after the Washington term. He predicts higher prices and continued business growth next year, noting state of cattle and hog markets under past administrations. He cites tariff talks and post office distribution as factors affecting prosperity, signaling renewed confidence in industry and a broad economic upturn.
Wichita Aug 14 Next Sunday the First Methodist Sunday school at Wichita is to be conducted by Superintendent W E Stanley by telephone from his bed after a fall left him unable to leave his room. Trustees wired the church to allow readings prayers and class work by tapping a bell while Mr Stanley listens to the sermon from his bedside.
Ottawa August 16 The board of pension applicants opened its session on Saturday. A daughter of the late George A. Hare received a pension while she was a minor but it ceased when she became of age. Harris, now 19, is ill and seeks inclusion on pension rolls as an independent claimant.
Emporia reports only two days of work in the cannery due to dry weather. The factory employs about girls and 1% men. Buck receives orders from Nave & McCard for various tomatoes. Pierson of Lehman-Higgins Grocery Co. contributes to the distribution efforts in town.
Aug 16 reports describe unrest across Leavenworth area as Wysndotte County villages come under armed guard by day and night. Local authorities say patrols remain active to restore order amid crowd gatherings and sporadic disturbances.
Aug 16 reports from the Northwestern district describe fierce clashes between villagers and Tepabanis era fighters near Piper and Wag, with fires attempted on farms and warnings of further expeditions. Local authorities and farmers organize watch lines and signal systems as tensions rise amid regional political activity.
In Olathe on Aug 16 the district Democratic judicial convention for this and Miami counties renominated Judge Burris without opposition and gained Populist endorsement. Jackson County Republicans met at Holton Aug 16 to name Arch Abel as treasurer George Tegister as deeds registrar Harmon Clark W Atwater and M Z Sale named for city offices. Coffeyville Journal sold to William Waverling with transfer Sept 1 as Colonel Elliott opens a Coffeyville law office.
Wichita police commissioners, at the request of Police Judge Hatton, raised his salary from 750 to 1000 dollars per month. He has collected more fines in his department and forwarded the money to the proper authorities than has been done before, boosting departmental efficiency.
In Tacoma Aug 1 report details J B Mitchell and wife Bes Jeane McFarlane of Summer and Sergeant William A Itoelt of Puyallup trapped atop Mount Tacoma last week. A hurricane like storm, high winds and sulphur steam forced them into a cave where they ate prunes and hard tack softened by steam. They narrowly escaped freezing and starvation after four days before dawn broke and they escaped down the mountain amid carved names by climbers worldwide.
The Committee of Seventeen passes thanks to Gov Leedy for restricting intoxicating liquor sales. The Law and Order Committee notes improved conditions and reduced illegal plates amid Governor's actions. President and secretary authorized to sign and send copies to the governor.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions an ostrich feather and vague phrases, with no clear event, persons, or organizations readable to summarize as a news item.
New York Aug 16 Associate Justice Stephen J Field of the United States Supreme Court will today break the record for continuous service on the bench having served 4 years 5 months and days one day longer than former Chief Justice John Marshall whose record has been the longest since the establishment of the national tribunal. It is believed Field will retire once his length of service exceeds Marshall and Attorney General McKenna would be his successor. The vacancy would then be filled by Judge Goff of West Virginia.
Chicago plans a citywide event from October 4 to 9 with parades on each side of town featuring floats representing planets constellations and mythic figures. North Side kickoffs include an illuminated parade while ads are barred and processions stay to floats.
In New York a long hungry queue forms nightly at Pletschman’s bakery near Grace Church on Broadway. The proprietor gives yesterday’s bread to those in need at midnight, with lines sometimes two blocks long. Authorities estimate food waste by the metropolis’ wealthier classes feeds thousands daily.
William Felts disappeared after planning a flight from Pike's Peak to Colorado Springs using his flying machine. The craft remains atop the peak while searchers probe the wilderness west of the summit. Friends fear he may be lost or injured as skeptical locals question the professor's claims and instrument readiness.
New York report from Douglas Lass of ELG Dun Mercantile Agency asserts the revival of business is broad and lasting. He says prices will rise and not just spike, with prosperity spreading weekly and strong demand from New York and merchants associations driving sustained gains.
An old health advertisement claims Foretees Bearce relieves ravaging Clare and Limerick counties with a product called Herhine. It asserts widespread shortages and urges readers to fix nervous, despondent, irritable, bilious, constipated health by taking Herhine, listing Geo. W. Stansfield and Miller's Pharmacy as sources.
Local rumor says the group known as Comrades plans to transport Fike Rock Island to Buffate. The note hints at a coordinated action involving movement of the island site. No official confirmation yet from authorities.
Freight agent R Hudson of the Santa Fe forecasts a 51 million bushel Kansas wheat harvest this year. He disputes Nebraska estimates of 60 million and urges farmers to sell now, citing strong foreign demand and potential price drops. He cites a past 74 million bushel peak in 1892 and predicts ample corn for this winter.
The Kansas City Journal reports 5000 people visited the city yesterday on a warm ideal excursion day. About seventy trains brought crowds from nearby cities to Union Depot while streetcars and rail lines carried visitors to Chelsea Park and around town. Rail lines including Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific ran many coaches to service the large turnout.
Robert D Rogers, a telegraph operator living in Belleville, filed a $25,000 damages suit in St Louis against the Mobile and Ohio and Illinois Central railroads. He alleges he is blacklisted on records of nearly every railroad and has been unable to obtain steady work since resigning from the Mobile and Ohio in 1394 after fearing for his life. He cites repeated dismissals, name changes, and evasive work history as proof of systemic debarment. He says he recently worked briefly for the Illinois Central before being discharged again once his blacklisting was discovered. He plans to produce authentic blacklist copies and a railroad official statement as part of the case.
The Santa Fe railway freight department reports record rush business with California fruit and Kansas grain moving at unprecedented levels. Every available car and service is pressed into action as shipments surge beyond prior records.
A report on the Bee Hive mortgagee sale notes the end of a potato rush and a normalization in live stock. It highlights Santa Fe fruit shipments from northern California, mainly plums grapes and peaches, going to Chicago and eastern cities. Argentine yard crews icers iced cars rapidly, with sixty five fruit cars received in twenty four hours as a new record.
A full grown quail wedged in the cowcatcher of the Union Pacific engine near Kansas City while pulling westbound trains. Engineers report coveys of quail on the line between Lawrence and Kansas City. rarely do birds remain on the pilot. Also notes injuries to Bridge Carpenter Hart Charles Blumgren in Betane Colorado and a new Western Union telegraph wire to connect San Francisco and Chicago. Also mentions a missing Rock Island agent and Gibson taking a new engineering post at Santa Fe Pueblo.
Chicago market report outlines September wheat advance to 8 1 2 cents with heavy buying and nervous activity amid large world shipments. Corn trades strong on bullish crop reports while oats and hogs show mixed but firm tendencies as receipts rise and prices edge higher. Provisions and livestock prices move with regional demand patterns and demand from commission houses.
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