23 Aug 1897
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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1897
Page
1
Grand Army week in Bufalo opens amid crowded trains and marching veterans. The Women’s Relief Corps unit at 266 Delaware Ave hosts visiting GA officers and guests from Pennsylvania, New York, and New England, as organizers push for unity and support for female relatives of veterans.
Buffalo N Y Aug 22 The decoration of the city for the G A R veterans parade is elaborate Nearly every business block along Main Street opposite St Pauls church displays arches and symbols The main arch is a monogram CGA with a white A legs forming the span Shields bear a golden torch and an electric device reading Welcome Night lamps light 24 Lafayette park designs honor war badges Enticing viewing stands seat thousands President McKinney and other guests will review the parade Camp Jewett and Fort Porter overlook the scene A rare vine shield will be formed by 4000 school children Wednesday as the parade day The shield will land on Chippewa Street below Delaware Avenue blocking traffic and a sweeping platform across Chippewa Street will rise to display the shield The event features extensive public display and anticipated crowds.
The text outlines a flag like shield motif in red white and blue. It mentions a black border, black garments forming a cross, and red white blue bays and iris. The description aims to evoke a national theme with striped fields and white stars. It references "The golden of the shield" and a national anthem context.
In Chicago Aug city Republican managers convene to map fall campaigns across states with nationwide totals. Key figures include Henry C Payne Charles G Dawes W A Rand R V Smalley George E Roberts A Perkins and Secretary Dowling. Discussions cover Teague work league ties and Ohio campaign focus amid efforts to renew national committee relations.
President McKinley tells a Journal reporter the country enjoys renewed prosperity due to large crops and protective tariffs. He credits Republican policy for the boom and predicts continued growth beyond a brief surge, benefiting manufacturers and the general public.
Thomas Rooney, a Nelson Maris & Co. worker, fell into a boiling grease vat in the tankroom. Fellow workmen O’Hara and Flanney struggled to rescue him as his body suffered severe scalding. Doctors at Mercy Hospital say recovery is unlikely. Rooney, married with two children, lived at Fortythird and Wood.
Robin Dulston, a young man, was admitted Saturday night to the Salvation Army hospital with a severe knee abscess. Dr Agnes McKee Wallace treated the wound, noting it could have been serious if neglected. Dulston, a devout Catholic, said the abscess formed while laying bricks and kneeling often. He rode to Topeka after, and is expected to recover in a few days.
Chicago wheat slumped after a volatile session with September at 90 to 99 cents, down as much as 7 1 2 cents from the day’s high. Corn followed, with September trading around 32 to 33 cents as traders and banks dumped large holdings amid weak early crops and strong Liverpool prices.
Chicago reports a broad rain campaign could involve up to 10 million bushels of wheat and 5 million of oats. Traders from Joseph Lester to Geo B H French push estimates as a wave of wealth rumors swirls around grain giants and clerks connected to the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad circle.
Chicago reports that J P Morgan credited with a million dollar windfall and P D Armour's prophecy that wheat would reach 1 before Thanksgiving and 100 by Christmas has partial truth. Armour is in Europe and Ogden Armour notes prosperity has come for good, expressing no stance on the forecast.
Reports from Paris show a sharp wheat-driven price surge with bread costs rising for the poor. Quotation levels reach 28 to 29 francs, while the four-pound loaf in baking tests climbs to 1.8 francs. Public frustration grows as bread becomes a politicized issue tied to government criticism.
London dispatch reports Paris will not reduce the tax on imported wheat and flour. The government blames poor harvest for temporary scarcity and says the situation will improve when American and Australian wheat arrives. The Pall Mall Gazette notes the government fears offending small peasant wheat growers as elections near.
Philadelphia reports Russia considers a decree banning wheat exports due to poor southern crops. The move would boost Black Sea tonnage as buyers rush grain before the prohibition. A shipping expert says Europe will turn to the United States to fill cereal orders.
The Mark Lane Express notes wheat harvests about half complete with generally favorable progress despite heavy showers and delays. In contrast, France Austria Hungary and Romania are reported as unfavorably affected by the conditions, signaling weaker foreign harvests.
Paris August 23 wheat rose 50 centimes per sack in markets as grain duties become a political issue. Tarbes Rodez and Cette report excitement over rising bread costs though no scarcity is seen. The Figaro says the rise will not last long and socialists will not derail the market with alarms. The Justice states bread price is not tied to current wheat price.
Buenos Ayres officials announce a very large grain crop anticipated in the Argentine Republic with cultivation covering larger areas than before. In Shelbyville Indiana a man recovers a lost fortune of about 100000 and wins 64000 from a water margins investment after years of toil.
Salvation Army faces Chief Steele after blocking Kansas avenue with open air meetings. Captain Hawk defends rights citing court precedents and crowd reach, while the police warn arrests for blocking streets. Officials stress streets are for passage, not gatherings, and promise action if orders are disobeyed.
Spencer family two miles south of Osborne barely escaped a lightning strike that demolished their chimney and bed, burned the four year old child around the torso, and left the three daughters with burns while the parents and baby were unharmed. the house suffered heavy plaster damage and collapse.
Shortly after the City of Cleveland departed Cleveland for Detroit a woman believed to be Mrs Flora Anderson of Detroit leaped from the promenade deck into the lake. Boats were lowered and a search light used, but no trace was found. She had just quarreled with a man on the deck in Cleveland.
The state board of health aims to hold a Topeka meeting September 23 with medical society presidents to curb quack doctors. December’s session will be in Leavenworth. Complaints allege physicians in multiple cities practice without proper certificates or meeting state law. Proposals also seek disbarring doctors after sufficient patient deaths to curb harmful practitioners and negligence.
Taylor Riddle, Mack Love and Webb McNeal, leaders of Populist, Democratic, and Free Silver Republican parties, urged fusion in Kansas. They split over fighting federal courts versus preserving silver issue, with Riddle seeking a forward campaign based on prior Populist demands and McNeal backing court battles. Antifederal court stance unlikely to dominate soon.
In Jackson Tennessee on August 22 a circus riot pitted citizens against Cooper and Co show employees. Clarence Billington, white, was attacked by several black workers after a quarrel, sustaining fractures. Police arrested two black showmen Henry Washington and Walter Watking, while a mob hunted others. The show moved on to Memphis after the incident.
The department of agriculture at Washington announced after testing six Kansas creamery butter samples that Kansas product surpasses butter from Minnesota and from England or Ireland. Tests found Kansas butter contains higher premium content with 834 percent water and 9.15 percent butter, with Minnesota second in the analysis and a table of results provided.
Chicago August news reports Adolph Luetgert, accused of murdering his wife three months earlier and disposing of her body in a caustic potash vat, facing trial. A thousand jurors to be examined, with expected start after a week, defense maintains Mrs Luetgert alive while prosecutors detail the arsenic, vat, and furnace disposal theory. Court packed, many women present, Luetgert pale and nervous as jury selection begins under new rules.
New York reports a sea lion swallowed a small pug smuggled into Glen Island by a woman, as a raft of men watched. The dog was tossed into the water and vanished briefly, then resurfaced with the animal missing.
President McKinley left Hotel Champlain in N Y after a quiet final day of his Lake Champlain outing. He met Secretary of War Alger early, reviewed the 1st United States regiment, and prepared for the journey to Buffalo. Alger noted no new actions and said the matter would await his return to Washington.
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