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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1898
Page
6
Topeka social page highlights numerous gatherings and visits. Local clubs, parties, weddings, and travel plans feature many residents and visitors including Topeka families and friends. events span Monday gatherings, birthdays, and trips to cities like Chicago and New Orleans with extensive guest lists and decor details.
An aging dispatcher recounts a 1900s night of snow drifted rails, a late No 4 meeting No 7, a delayed Dwightville point, and a catastrophic crash that killed two engineers and a postal clerk. He blames himself for the accident, though exonerated at the inquest, and says the memory haunts him yearly.
The Globe describes a North American academy test on a guillotined body, claiming the head and feet act as opposing electric terminals. The experiment reportedly showed the body orienting toward magnetic north as the head end moved, supporting a claim about sleep direction and bodily electricity.
The article describes Hal Reid in a Crawford Theater performance of Human Hearts, with an Arkansas style stride and a bold stage moment. He leads a blonde companion from behind the curtain and promises a notable announcement to the audience, hinting at a future public reaction.
A performer who plays a child part in a stage piece is trained to recite every line. When visitors test him he resists but yields after coercion. Parents recount the child’s earlier wandering through hotel corridors rehearsing the script, prompting concern about a Gerry society in Topeka as in New York.
A L N Spangberg, employed in Auditor C B Sutton’s Santa Fe office, was struck by a team at Eighth and Kansas Avenue while crossing. The wagon tongue struck his back, leaving him on the pavement with severe injuries including partial paralysis. He was taken to Santa Fe hospital by ambulance.
The Topeka audience witnessed three year old Master Albert Melville play the role of Tiny Grice Logan in Human Hearts. Parents Wilbe Melisene and Constance Davenport defend their child’s busy stage schedule while physicians warn against child labor, urging rest and quiet for his developing brain after an accident left Spannberg unable to work.
The Hillman case was postponed to May by Judge Williams who also granted the Connecticut Mutual and New York Mutual 20 days to file supplemental answers. Attorneys argued about when the jury would be discharged. The judge warned the insurance firms not to know who the judge will call into the courtroom.
Washington February 15 The president today sent to the senate nominations for postmasters Kansas Seymour L Billings Marton W C Perdue Beloit N B Needham Clifton Ernest Karr Valley Fale H Detiveller Wamego
At 11 17 am a telephone alert sent firefighters to the rear of Manspeaker Mercantile Co at 746 Kaonwas avenue. An oil house shed in the yard housed three range tanks with gasoline, motor oil, and kerosene. flames spread to the shed walls and oil house before being extinguished. Six chickens in a coop nearby were nearly overcome by smoke as the fire burned out. Suspected arson noted. no employees were present.
Judge Williams approved decrees in the Central Branch receivership showing three mortgage divisions. The first mortgage totals 2,758,187.70 on the line from Atchison to Waterville, the second covers the Jewell County & Western line at 71,200.09, and the third covers the Atchison Colorado & Pacific system totaling 35,375,953.65 across 255 miles. The overall mortgage total nears 9 million dollars. Hiram P. Dillon, special master, will set the sale date.
Ernest May, a colored man charged with vagrancy, admitted to shooting craps and playing cards, telling Judge Atchison he does nothing except those games like all the other niggers. He pled not guilty but the confession and police testimony led to a 10 fine. He wore a neat suit and gaudy shirt in court.
Frank Hilison received $200 today as payment from the state treasurer in the Topeka grave robbery cases. Ellison served as police sergeant at the time of the incident and the sum represents the award offered.
Rev. G B Morrison wanted for poisoning his wife in Panhandle Texas was captured in Topeka after eluding arrest. Sheriff A A Holland will meet Topeka Chief Steule as Morrison travels under the alias Ed Conley toward Georgia for extradition. He was seen with a young woman in Topeka and had threatened a widow to keep his whereabouts secret.
Governor Leady ends Fort Scott police row by naming a new police board. Appointed commissioners are Thos Cochran as president Keolet Osborn as secretary and F. B. Cottrell as treasurer.
Thomas Roddy, a Black River Falls native with Irish-born parents, has been chosen as chief of the Winnebago Indians in central Wisconsin. He rose as peacemaker and counselor, uniting factions after Black Hawk’s era and the murder of his son, with leadership likely to emphasize law, peace, and tribal governance rather than war.
Market activity in wheat and corn energized by bullish news, with May wheat opening higher and short covering pushing prices up before retrac tions. Provisions firm with heavy buying of pork, lamb, and related futures, while oats and barley show mixed strength and receipts remain sizable.
Livestock market notes show hog receipts around 1300 with shipments about 6470 and sheep receipts near 14,889 with shipments around 577. Cattle receipts are steady, steer and stocker activity mentioned, with hogs and sheep prices partly listed in odd OCR form. Estimated hog receipts for tomorrow referenced as well.
Market notes show cattle receipts and varying prices for Texas steers and cows. Western and native cattle mixed. hogs and sheep broadly steady. wheat corn oats hay futures and grain movements noted alongside New York cotton and sugar coffee markets.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions prices furnished to WW and names like Michael Cass i on and Praveen. Lacks coherent events or dates. Contains scattered terms such as Bee ere a Shale and Open Tieh Gor Ds WHATS, not forming complete facts.
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