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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1897
Page
2
R G Dan & Co’s weekly trade review reports a broad US upward swing with strong confidence and uniform improvement across regions. Commodity markets rise, with wheat and corn prices up, iron and steel buying brisk, and bank clearings at high levels.
Canada’s wheat crop for the year is projected at about sixty million bushels, roughly ten million more than last year. Ontario reports crop damage from rain while some wheat trades offer several cents below steady prices. overall harvest progress signals potential gains despite possible frost impacts. Local ad copy and patient testimonials appear, with references to Chamberlain’s Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and other medical notices mixed in.
California George Weyman once known as a card sharp and gambler led a wild life from Germany to California and New Orleans. He fought in the Civil War and later ran Bowery saloons in Louisiana. In 1873 he killed Bill Gould in Opps Bowery saloon and was sentenced to Sing Sing. After release he faded, dying in Chicago three years ago. burial by family friends.
Chicago August experts forecast a swift return of gold to the U S from Europe. They predict imports may total over 50 million in days and reach 100 million within six months as European banks seek gold to avoid losses. Strong crops and robust exports could sustain longer gold flows, with money rates likely higher in Europe. Electric Bitters and W itch Salve advertise in the column.
New York August 21. Stakeholders of the New York Central decide to refund 100 million dollars in bonds at 34 percent. The bonds, each 1000, bear coupons for 1 year and feature Vanderbilt and the No. 8 engine. Mr Depew will sign 500 bonds daily, taking 200 days, about eight months, to complete the massive issue. A clerk assists by organizing bonds for signing daily. Depew can sign 50 to 1,500 bonds per day, currently maintaining a steady pace.
Dissent grows among Dunkards who went from Indiana to the Dakotas seeking land bargains. Reports say they face reverses and deception by land boom companies. About 5,000 left last year and another similar number joined this spring, with letters from the Madison county colony noting widespread dissatisfaction and probable depopulation this fall.
A ten year old girl Mamie Owens of fillsdale N Y survived a severe brain injury after a bicycle collision. She spent a week unconscious and later regressed to babyhood, learning to talk and walk again with limited progress recently. In related notices Selma Cotton Mill transitions to round-the-clock operation to boost capacity and stabilize output amid cooperative investment.
Columbus reports Bryan will headline a series of speeches for Ohio Democratic candidates, including support for silver at a Springfield camp meeting. Nevada Senator Jones and Arkansas Jones join, with H F Bartine and Charles Towne lending bolster. labor leaders Severesen and others will stump for Chapman. The campaign opens mid September with a still-hunt phase before an aggressive push.
Ex Governor Crittenden of Missouri, former consul general to Mexico, proposes a silver bloc among the United States, Mexico, and South American silver producers to halt mining until the metal gains value. He just finished a four year term as consul general and will visit Denver and Manitou after meeting old friends.
Frank McCormack of Duluth for General Electric and Grant Foley plans electric power for placer mining near Dawson City. He will place lines to run heavy machinery in the mines, then locate a telegraph and long distance line. He aims to connect Dawson City before snow blocks work, using trees or poles and a light ground cable where needed.
Dr L W Manway, a colored financial agent for J B Campbell college in Jackson Mississippi, tours the north to promote education of colored youths in the south. He says the best friend of the Southern colored man is the white Democrat and that black labor in the south is better paid fed and treated than elsewhere. He believes racial salvation lies in avoiding party lines and winning white Democratic support. He condemns lynching and says lawful order should govern.
The notice states Santa Fe will sell tickets on August 21 and 22 for a Topeka to Buffalo return. Return extension available by depositing with the joint agent in Buffalo. Tickets valid on all trains. W. C. Garvey is the joint agent for details. August events attract visitors to the G A R encampment in Buffalo.
The national executive board of United Mine Workers adjourned after issuing a call for a labor conference in St Louis on August 20 to decide how to proceed in the wage strike. Gompers and Sovereign endorsed the call. arbitration is rejected unless all operators in Ohio Indiana Illinois West Virginia and Pennsylvania join. The board vows to push the West Virginia strike and aims to broaden support across organized labor.
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