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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1897
Page
3
Unclear OCR notes recount a Hutchinson girl allegedly abducted after walking alone on Poplar Street. A vehicle halted her path and she recalls being drugged later, with details suggesting a farm or capters involved and a late night incident. Police and guardians pursue leads as investigators assess the case.
The long tale recounts P T Barnum visiting Atchison and efforts to place a monument on the grave of Powers, with earlier anecdotes about John A. Martin and other local figures. Barnum visits, arranges a marble marker, and delivers a famed eulogy, while local shop and city figures feature in the narrative.
A long, garbled report covers a municipal dispute over street railway paving and contracts in Wichita. It describes city vs private company tensions, taxation of contracts, and legal arguments before judges, with multiple attorneys and parties named, though many details are unclear.
Leavenworth jury divided six to six on conviction and six to acquittal in the assault case against Salvation Army officer Enwtkn Dowtas. He faced charges for inviting O. Ro Anthony last August and was fined in the police court before appealing the ruling.
Winfield man N. Carisco, manager of a lumber company, vanished with funds. Jas. C. N. W. cartoon, another local lumber firm manager, is also missing. He left his office shortly after noon yesterday and was seen at his South Mansion Street home gate looking at papers in his pocket before disappearing.
Chron, a man from Dwyerket Kansas, vanished in Winfield after two Chicago offices arrived unannounced to audit his books. He had a year of loose business methods and a large shortage was found. He asked to go home a moment and then disappeared, leaving a wife and two children.
Willows are to be planted along the riverbank after the Smoke Hill river encroached on the road by the Eaker bridge. The county commissioners bought land from a neighboring farmer to create a buffer and stop further erosion.
Twenty Baptist members at the colored Ebenezer Church in Atchison claim they were wronged and a meeting of fifteen Baptist pastors from other towns is scheduled for January 19 to hear evidence. Fort Scott reports forty fires in 1896 with the heaviest loss about $1,500 on a building and $800 on contents plus money and tickets stolen. Garrison office burglary yields $50 in money and tickets. Herings Poultry Show slated January 11 and 12 with M. S. Fite as judge and premiums offered. Kansas City describes a South Missouri free look at sixty or more landscape views offered by the Kansas City Fort Scott & Memphis Railway. free look titled Snap Shots in South Missouri, address B Leckwoop, Kansas City, Mo.
An Indian reader shares relief from nervous dyspepsia after four years of failure with patent remedies. The letter praises Stuart Dyspepsia Tablets for improving digestion, increasing vigor, and curing stomach weakness, with claims of benefits across symptoms like palpitations and headaches. The notice promotes a small booklet and urges readers to buy full sized packs via Stuart Co. Indianapolis and Marshall Michigan druggists.
New York report shows a flood of nominations for the 99 Futurity and Suburban meets. Notable entries include Ben Brush Sir Walter Clifford Ben Eder and Gordon stakes contenders from Hastings and nearby tracks. The lists outline age classes and purses for the Suburban Handicap and related events as organizers anticipate a strong field at the spring meets.
Belmont will send part of his racing stable abroad to a meet in the near future. The string includes horses such as St. Kidget Sauverine Invergold Kidnepper and others with a mix of sires and unnamed fillies. The roster features notable names across several stables and preparations for international competition.
The note lists numerous baseball figures and rumors with players and managers across teams. It mentions Amos Fusie and a winter weight plan, Spooner and Kiobedanz, Kid Gleason, Silver King, Muff Houston, Lindy Griffith, Dowd of St. Louis planning twenty players for spring, Jack Gisbcock and Damon, and managerial debates in Louisville. It also references Washington preseason plans, umpire positions, and various club movements with uncertain outcomes.
A campaign card asserts support for colored voters under Gov Leedy, urging patience until his term begins and promising fair representation. The text mentions John W Jones and J W Phillips of Mineral Water at 612 W Mighth and references the Leedy administration.
Washington hearing opened on Thomas F. Watson's Populist bid against James Black for Georgia's Tenth district seat. Watson did not attend. Black appeared with a large counsel list. Arguments covered alleged registration irregularities, ballot-box issues, and broader South political change.
Silver Democrats in New Haven honor Andrew Jackson with a forest wreath and display a ceremonial exhibit. Portraits of Bryan and Jackson adorn a head table, as comments recount political graft and campaign habits amid a crowd of observers and mockery of office seekers.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a New York Laundry advert and a satirical line about monopolies. Mentions “Peerless Steam Laundry” with address “sth st” and phone 232. Poking through garbled rhetoric about wealth and lands, it reads as a misread ad and political aside.
Edward Wilder, Santa Fe secretary, testified on February 24 leadership changes and the stockholders’ meeting minutes as the government contests the interstate commerce rebate law violation case against J. A. Franley. The defense objected to evidence and arguments proceeded with court interruptions over objections. Major market notes accompany the testimony, with grain and livestock sections reflecting a subdued trading day across futures and commodity prices.
A bill to curb judicial contempt powers was favorably acted on by the House Judiciary Committee. Voting for the bill were Republicans Henderson Iowa Ray New York Archprink Kansas Ur dearatt Iowa Gillett Massachusetts Connelly Minnesota Berton Missouri and Democrats Ofaryland. Voting against were Republicans Belkar New Hampshire Derrimorect Cullwreun Texas Derry Arkansas Ty Armond Missouri. Provisions and substitutes were published.
Secretary of the treasury received a telegram from the collector at Jacksonville Florida stating the Dauntless has returned to port after a reported expedition to Neuvitoay Cuba with arms and other minivans if war. The collector was asked for instructions and the secretary ordered a full report before clearance papers are issued.
The Market Report from the Associated Press to the Stats Journal is incomplete and garbled. It references wheat trading, early session activity, and price directions but contains fragmented phrases, unclear dates, and disrupted names.
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