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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1897
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR reads like an old medical advertisement praising a universal remedy. It mentions a doctor Pierseca and a book with lengthy claims, offering free paper and stamps to cover a fee, with scattered phrases about perfection and strength.
President McKinley led parade through Buffalo with 45 000 marchers and a half million spectators. One hundred girls in blue and white scattered flowers along the route as veterans, including Secretary Alger and General Lew Wallace, were saluted. McKinley rode at the head, acknowledged crowds, and praised veterans during six hours of reviewing and receptions.
A Nanaimo cable reports Prince Luigi of Savoy and party summited Mount St. Elias on July 21 at noon, altitude 18 100 feet. The expedition, five days on snow and ice, confirms the peak’s height and shows no volcanic activity. A new glacier named Colombe was found between Augusta mountains and Great Loran.
An ascent to a high peak saw the prince plant Italian and American flags at the summit. Explorers noted calm conditions with the thermometer 20 degrees below freezing. The party reached the top after a difficult final ascent up a solid ice mass.
In Zasington Kentucky August reports tell of Mrs. John Clay arranging burial for her husband’s dog Doc near his grave in Lexington cemetery. The dog was killed by a son in law to spare it suffering. A granite marker and a square hole were prepared affording a final rest beside other pets. The cemetery board reportedly waived rules allowing canine interments in this instance.
Pittsburg dispatch reports Unity near Plum Creek camp of Black railroad laborers seen as most lawless area in state. Recent murders and shootouts followed by arrival of 100 colored women. Plan is to drive out women and gamblers with armed guards, restore order, and prevent return. Local terror noted. farmers wary, armed when traveling roads.
Prominent St Louis businessman George W. Dudley testifies to ten years of asthma relief from Dr Charcot's Kola Nervine Tablets. He notes patent dynamite inventors and advocates the product, priced fifty cents to one dollar, with Eureka Chemical & Mfg Co of La Crosse, Wisconsin listed.
Chicago Aug 2 One of the year’s major railroad deals closes Union Stock yards & Transit gains possession of the Chicago Hammond & Western railway formerly owned by the H Hammond company of Baremond Indiana The consideration is about 4 000 000 The company incorporated at Springfield IL last year with 1 000 000 capital The stock of the line was bonded for 250 000 The double track line operates Whit ing Indiana to La Grange Tennessee and a line to Lake Michigan will complete a belt around Chicago linking trunk lines The company headquarters yards and shop are at Hammond Jesse P Lyman president of the Chicago Hammond & Western is in New York City for a transfer meeting scheduled tomorrow.
Holland Michigan marks the fiftieth anniversary of Dutch immigration to Ottawa county. About 20 000 visitors attend a two day celebration with a ceremonial parade led by Benjamin Van Rualten, founder’s son, featuring Indigenous riders, Dutch costumes and historic fonts. Notables including Gov. Pingres Senator Burrows Congressman Smith Hesing are expected.
In late July a German farmer sustained a compound fracture of the third cervical vertebra, usually fatal, and on August 2 at the French hospital surgeons removed the arch of the vertebra and a portion of the adjacent bone. The patient rests inclined, suspended by a neck exension apparatus, slowly recovering.
Colorado Midland Railroad will resume its mountain line and abandon the Busk Ivanhoe tunnel in a few days due to a dispute with the Tunnel company, which recently secured a heavy judgment against the Midland for interest and tolls.
I M Pickler of Smith county was today nominated for district judge by the Republicans of the Fifteenth District. Other candidates listed were Levi Cooper T J Kirkpatrick and J J Miller. An advertisement promotes Electric Bitters as a remedy for nervousness sleeplessness and melancholy.
Prof Edward C Pickering of Harvard College Observatory reports results of a lengthy search for double stars conducted at the Arequipa Peru branch. W W Pickering Solon J Bailey studied sixth magnitude stars and brighter with southern declination above 30 degrees. M2 doubles identified, with details to be confirmed whether distinct systems or line-of-sight alignments. Harvard Observatory Circular No 1% issued.
Chicago reports a seven percent rise in window glass prices to consumers amid a manufacturers trust move. Robbers' association informed of the change, with a three percent cut to them, jobbers adding two percent. The new discounts range up to twenty percent across all glass grades. A further meeting is planned after the trust’s formation to organize jobbers.
Federal officers raided the Chinese colony in St Louis, bringing 23 suspects to the U S district court for examination on their tele th stay. The group dwindled to 14 in custody, two released on bond, and 13 sent to San Francisco for deportation under the Geary act. one riot nearly broke out as prisoners arrived.
Discovery of mica beds in Montana's upper Bitter Root valley suggests a new industry. Previous finds across the state were uneconomical due to freight costs and poor quality, with most commercial mica coming from South Carolina and rough ore found in the Black Hills.
Aug. 3 report from desert railroad builders notes many wells sunk, surprising Arabs who link it to an underground Nile passage. Water may spur village growth across the arid region as mirages appear, with vivid visions of lakes and a glass-like shimmer intensifying them.
There is a time for everything and now is the time to prevent a cold with One Minute Cough Cure addressing coughs colds croup bronchitis and throat troubles. G W Stansfield 632 Kansas Avenue advertises laundry and sewing on buttons at no charge peers steam laundry offer.
Long dispatch from Lenox Mass and New York recounts Spanish minister's letter to Mrs. Jefferson Davis regarding Evangelina Cossole Cisneros. It denies arrests and calls Cuban press campaigns sensationalist while urging a speedy trial and fair handling under law.
A New York Journal list shows Topeka women among hundreds of signatures backing Senorita Evangelina Cisneros. Wives of senators, governors and other officials from many states join the effort calling on Queen Christina of Spain to spare the Cuban prisoner.
An advertisement notes a Sunday round trip to Kansas City on special trains operated by the Union Pacific. It mentions travel details and promotes DeWitt’s Early Risers Pills by G W Stansfield of Bassas Avenue, highlighting a cure for liver and sick headaches.
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