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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1897
Page
6
Quincy reports the team disbanded Saturday night after a closely contested match. Manager Coe said it would cost about 50 dollars per person to settle affairs, ending professional play for the season. Some players may continue in missionary work, but the venture is ended for now.
The Topeka club drew the best attendance in weeks with receipts of 557 but manager Lin Coe lamented local interest and said the experiment likely won t be tried again soon. He blamed waning support for baseball in Topeka despite a solid game and praised Shanley as a standout for Topeka. Meanwhile Brooklyn Eagle reporters visited the city to meet Kansas riders who have traveled about 2 260 miles from Topeka to Brooklyn, continuing by steamer to Galveston and back to Kansas Cy.
Protest filed by Claude's party alleges T A A W rules were violated in third day of state circuit meet. Claudy accuses official Crosby of bias and questions referee selection by W W Webb. district and national racing board permission cited. Motion to suspend sparked by dispute as local notices report related civic events and community updates.
The report notes L. C. Bronson winning election as president of the state association. It mentions the state railroad rate hearing set at Lyons and other local items including reform school bands, a Kansan City College of Medicine and Surgery, and community notices from Topeka to Washburn College.
In Kansas City on August 11 Rev Dr Quayle pastor of Independence Avenue Methodist Church may receive a call to Byvanston First Methodist Church, as Bristol departs for Washington DC. Quayle, vacationing, previously declined Calvary Church New York due to strong local support. He had led Baker University as president before his Kansas City tenure.
The iKaneas advocate of currency reform visits New York to study trades for lectures in New Jersey. Mrs Leuse tours strikers’ headquarters and tenement homes, finds harsher conditions on the East Side than farms. She remarks on fashion purchases and displays a silk gown and plume hat amid this report of urban life.
General orders issued from Garnett establish Camp Leedy at Topeka Kansas for the Kansas National Guard encampment from September 27 to October 2 1897. Commanding officers must ensure proper uniforms equipment and ration discipline with strict accountability. Major Frank Miller and Captain Nips detailed for staff roles and camp operations with daily reports and officer training sessions.
A Topeka youth, Fred Gordon, plans a bright Floral Parade idea with two decorated chariots drawn by four horses abreast. Drivers will be two Topeka young ladies, one brunette and one named Linde, in Grecian costumes. Chariots to be secured from Butler ranch at Silver Lake with matching fours.
The State Journal urges El Dorado to organize a large group for a Topeka Fall Festival feature. Free transport should move about 1,000 El Dorado residents in a colorful oxen drawn display with bows and white covers. Local names are invoked to recall Pioneer era wagon culture and a vivid rural spectacle.
El Dorado Republicans announce the entire guard and regimental units will travel to Topeka for the September 21 to October 2 Fall Festival. The El Dorado band, hospital contingent, and surrounding detachments plan to join the national gathering, with drills and inspections highlighted.
The Abilene Fire Department plans new outfits and to attend the firemen's tournament in Topeka during the Fall Festivities. A committee will purchase pants coat and cap replacing the old pants shirt and caps. Regular uniforms worn by elite firemen will be adopted and practice runs set to win prizes.
The Committee of Twenty Eight urges 1000 girls aged 12 and under to form a living flag on the north steps of the state house. They will sing patriotic songs as veterans march by. Parents are asked to ensure attendance, with MC Holman to train participants. Relief Corps and Circle members assist, Dr Hamilton has offered his services for rehearsals. Call to enroll will be made soon.
In Topeka many residents are noted visiting relatives and friends in distant cities. Mentions include Mrs J Doyle of Kansas City visiting North Side friends, Hattie Staples returning from Colorado, Viola Troutman studying in Chicago, and Rev T KE Chandler speaking at the Kansas Avenue church on the Epworth League convention in Toronto. Other items report property transfers, repairs, and community gatherings at 630 Kan Ave and 830 Kan Ave Postoffice rooms, plus a BYP reception for Rev and Mrs Hutchinson at 19 Van Buren Street.
Chicago reports the Christopher Columbus whaleback steamer will be cut in two and moved to West Superior for overhaul before East transportation. Built 362 feet on the water line and 428 feet overall, it will return for the Alaska gold rush season then rejoin U S service. Also notes rail and dining car services on routes, and a local social event at Assumption.
Topeka notices list Miss Bessie Elder hosting a camping party on Monroe Street with Mary Chase Josephine Joerger and others dancing and playing games. Numerous locals and visitors travel, visit relatives, and plan trips to Atchison Leavenworth Colorado Springs Davenport St Louis and Denver.
A jumble of names notes residents and relatives visiting in Kansas City and neighboring towns. Frances McCartney returns from Kansas City while Eva Harding and cousin Stier Lowder enjoy time there. Various others head to or from Kansas City for visits, with several staying through the last weeks of September.
The Pan American conferees discuss post vacation negotiations on new commercial relations. President McKinley favors Pan American trade talks via Joseph Bennett’s direction with plans for early international discussions. Also noted are travel ads and a 1900 Buffalo A R event and reduced railway fares.
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