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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1898
Page
4
The State Journal announces subscription terms and carrier delivery topeka and surrounding towns. It notes advertising access, publisher contact, and a discussion on passenger train service to Topeka with calls for improved morning trains and rail access for travelers and merchants. Local readers observe McKinley and Hanna remarks and editorials on state rail policy.
Data from 1897 shows lynching counts by region and race, with 182 victims identified as negroes across the South and North, and 46 whites among 182 fatalities. Crimes cited include murder, assault, and robbery, while legal executions fluctuated year by year, showing pattern shifts and regional disparities. The Chicago Tribune notes opposition to Hanna rests on failures benefiting the people.
The letter discusses Southern lineage and exclusivity sparked by Charleston ladies and an actress who entered a ball uninvited. It argues Charleston etiquette should not dictate Southern heritage, urging pride in southern refinement and ancestral roots amid society debates.
A compact Chicago column presents witty proverbs and reflections on love, marriage, gender, and society. It weaves quotations from varied sources with brief notes on rhythm, romance, and human folly, including observations on law, temperance, and daily life. The piece also includes short notices about products and local services, branding Ely’s Cream Balm and a steam laundry offer.
An editorial from Lawrence criticizes Topeka for never paying for the old bridge, claiming bonds were fraudulent and the city stole the structure. It accuses the press of misrepresenting Topeka while highlighting a costly erroneous project and the editor's inflammatory rhetoric.
Amy Leslie, once a leading prima donna and star of The Mascot era, sues novelist Stephen Crane in New York court to recover 550 dollars. She claims she gave him 500 dollars on November 1, 190, to deposit in her name, he instead deposited in his own account. she recovered 250 before Crane went abroad to London. She seeks attachment on Crane's New York property and assets.
New York January reports Camille D Arville faces wage suits from a group of young women in her company after a Philadelphia failure. The troupe, led by Samus E. Bork as manager and Frederick Piper as treasurer, began a six month tour October 15 in major cities to stage Peg Wallington. Wages of 14 dollars per week are owed to each complainant as the trial postpones to next week.
Denver reports three weeks remain before the National Stock Growers Convention. Barbecue committees plan to use 200 possums sourced from Kansas City early next week, with bear and elk delicacies also prepared and stored cold. The event aims to mark a historic barbecue season across the continent. Weather updates from Chicago indicate partly cloudy conditions with cold northwest winds.
Kansas farmer interests push a high stakes action against Colorado ditch companies over Arkansas River water. Attorney J D Houston returned from Denver after assessing evidence and estimates the suit will cost 10 000 dollars. Ditches tap the river at Canon City and extend west, diverting most water away from Kansas, with Bullt reservoir project and Havemeyer sugar interests cited as backers. The case aims to stop cross state diversions and protect winter wheat supplies for Kansas farmers.
Kansas dairy school opens at the Agricultural College in Manhattan on January 7 for a three month period. The program aims to mirror farm practices and boost dairy revenue, with 20 average cows used for demonstrations. Professors Cottrell and Fischer teach with assistants Burts and Otis. tuition is free for students 18 or older.
The ninth annual meeting of Farmers' Alliances Insurance at McPherson elected directors for three years: Gingrass Har vy county Coslett Diurnal Kiowa Mingenback Rice Beasley Elk McGill McPherson. Afterward the board named officers for the year: Yowell vice president and general agent McGill secretary Mingenback Kiowa treasurer McCarty McPherson. The company reports 1897 policies exceed 5 100 with $4 000 000 in farm property insuranc e.
Emporia reports a successful waterworks effort accessing a large Neosho River body above Searcyfurd. A pump has been moved upriver to draw about seven feet of water, enough to supply Emporia for nearly two months and to feed the Santa Fe line via Cottaxwood. City water costs run about $1,000 monthly.
Emporia, Jan 7. Luther and family return to this city after more than fifteen years away. Mr. Stotler first arrived in Emporia in 1857 and partnered with Senator Plumb at the Emporia News. He later edited and owned the paper, then moved to Wellington, then Fort Scott Monitor, before relocating to Missouri where he has lived since. Also notes pension bills introduced in Congress by Mr. Curtis of Kansas.
Kansas pension bills for James Friend of El Dorado and others are listed alongside various statewide notices. Reports include military pensions for Kansans, Masonic grand bodies meeting in Wichita in February, railroad fare debates in Indian Territory, Beloit poultry show results, tax collections in Wellington, and local items from Leavenworth to Pittsboro. Also noted are tree purchases by ex Governor Morrill, a trolley accident near Crow Creek, Concordia postmaster selection, wolf scalps bounty, and Fort Riley quartermaster transfer to Alaska.
Afton night vandalism left state offices in Cleveland plastered with large prints of Grover Cleveland and portraits praising Hanna’s rival. Officials opposing Hanna, including Gov Bushnell, saw windows decorated while other anti Hanna offices were ignored. Misleading tale from Water Town about a hair product ends the clipping.
Albany Jan 7 Assemblyman Green plans a measure to curb government by injunction by requiring contempt of court to occur in the immediate presence of the court and to allow aerial by jury. A separate bill would modify anti conspiracy law to permit peaceful union gatherings and persuading workers to leave work by request and argument.
New York readers report a Bowery dining room offering meals for five cents and a ten cent banquet, part of a trio of low cost eateries serving workers. The bustling scene includes window gawkers and heavy use of meat, milk, eggs, oats, and other provisions, while other items in the issue promote cough remedies and candy cathartics with broad claims.
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