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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1897
Page
5
Washington December hearings report the Bimetallic Commission delaying a formal report to the President while negotiations continue. Senators Wolcott and Molineaux spoke on work, delays, and the push for international cooperation on bimetallism as commentators pressed for clarity after the holidays.
The scene centers on a senate discussion about a resolution extending latitude and submitting a copy by the 15th, with Mr Gallinger and Mr Pritchard weighing civil service reforms. A reaction to Mr Cleveland’s civil service plan follows, noting partisan shifts and a sense of political backlash as the body adjourns after an hour’s executive session.
Washington December 17 Secretary Gage explains a plan to refund the government debt in coin into bonds bearing on their face no lower rate of interest payable in gold. He argues this strengthens the country at home and abroad and reduces ambiguity in creditor relations while safeguarding the economy.
The House approved a 278.00 dollar relief measure for Yukon river country settlers and to aid subsistence supply distribution. The bill authorizes purchases transport and sale or donation of supplies at secretary of war rates and permits purchase of reindeer and non citizen drivers for distribution.
Dr H Guiter outlines schemes to launch multiple caravans from this city heading to Colorado and Wyoming. He cites support from a Kansas northwestern contact and a Kane City visitor seeking inclusion. It is stated several caravans could be organized, potentially with a physician in charge, as long as applications keep arriving.
At Nashville on December 17 the American Federation of Labor debated a resolution inviting all labor to join the federation, with President Gompers supporting unity while addressing criticisms of race and color. The motion passed after lengthy discussion, though delegates warned about race tensions and the role of minority workers in organizing efforts.
Miss Florice Shepherd and Thomas Lee Deshong were to wed at Christ Episcopal Church Woodlawn last night but an announcement on the gate stated the ceremony would not take place. Deshong, from Little Rock, Ark., and Shepherd had been long promised but she reportedly declined earlier. guests departed puzzled.
Holiday excursion rates offered by Missouri Pacific for trips within 200 miles. Tickets go on sale December 4 and December 25 and December 31 with January 1 and limited to January 4. One fare round trip, minimum fifty cents. Season tickets for Washburn College lecture series available at $1.25.
The tenth annual national civil service reform meeting began in Cincinnati with Carlschurz presiding. Delegates from major cities and municipal organizations attended a two day session with closed doors, discussing law extension, examinations, and state reform efforts while praising President McKinley and noting mixed progress in New York Pennsylvania and Maryland.
A large Presbyterian union banquet at the Hotel Savoy in New York room 20 attendees heard Bishop Potter along with Rev Samuel McComb Robert C. Gydon and others. Potter contrasted current abstinence with Puritan excess and urged reflection on Christianity amid wasteful strife.
London reports actor William Terris was stabbed to death as he entered the Adelphi stage door. The assailant, said to be a former theatre super, was seized by spectators after the attack near the Covent Garden area. Terris expired in fifteen minutes at Charing Cross hospital. motive unknown.
The Burlington unveils wide observation vestibuled trains for all travel classes linking the Missouri River to St Louis. The Denver Missouri River St Louis limited service features lighted vestibules, standard and compartment sleepers, and mirrors western to St Louis service. Howard Elliott and L W Wakeley endorse the new trains and invite inquiries through ticket agents.
The report critiques the ICC's past year work and endorses fixing reasonable rates in advance as the practical remedy for extortionate charges. It analyzes the Supreme Court's limits on rate setting, notes disparities between state and federal powers, and discusses pooling, uniform freight classifications, and the need for amendments. A majority favors cautious pooling with prearranged limits, urging uniformity and clearer statutes, despite concerns about legal constraints.
In Albuquerque on December 1, deputy U.S. marshals captured W. M. Wardeman T. Kephart Henry Warvtall Walter Mortmin and Ledmard Alverson of the Bre train rotters gang. They are suspected of bolting a Southern Purific train near Brein's Pass and are tied to a Santa Fe robbery totaling 530,000.
In St Louis on December 17 Peter Husch, an associate of Adolphus Busch, was robbed of diamonds worth about 700 dollars by two men in a Market Street cab near Union Station. The assailants restrained him with revolvers, struck him and fled as the driver was forced to continue. Police reported both men had been seen with the cabman before the assault, and one of Busch’s companions might be implicated. The drivers aided by bystanders pursued the suspects along Market and Nineteenth Street.
A New York dispatch reports thirty women, led by Mrs. Manna Gould, sail at 3:30 p.m. aboard the City of Columbia for the Klondike district to support starving prospectors and join male explorers headed for the Northwest. the group travels with food supplies and aims to assist the miners while heading toward Alaska and Yukon territory.
Edward L Foutch of Topeka, manager at Bellavista Mining in Costa Rica for ten months, travels from San Francisco with a large machinery shipment for the mines. He departs for New Orleans next Tuesday and then sails home to Costa Rica. The Bellavista venture, near Miramar seven miles from the Caribbean, is expanding with tunnels tramways and improved housing. Foutch expects to remain until next summer, praising the temperate climate and high altitude.
Globe-Democrat reports a Paris telegraph stating a warrant may have been issued for the Princess Chimay nee Clara Ward in connection with a charge over obscene photographs. The doc cites a May 1897 contract authorizing sale of her photographs for royalty, implicating her in the offense.
The First English Lathern church in Surmon sees Pastor George Smith resign after parishioners deem him not devout enough. The notice lists medicines and potentially unrelated medical claims and a Kansas address at 412 Kansas Avenue, with unclear names and places attached.
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