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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1897
Page
7
Local ads include granite monuments at low rates, jewelers offering watches silverware and repairs, and shops in Topeka Kansas. Also listed are coal dealers, loan services on real estate and personal property, and a money loan/real estate loan advert with rates and contact details.
Scribner's Magazine outlines its 1897 program with London scenes by Charles Dana Gibson and a major series on great enterprises. It features works by Richard Harding Davis, Howells, Cable, and Moody, plus travel pieces by Lewis Morris, and a four‑story set by George W. Cable. An illustrated booklet offer accompanies the annual issue.
Fitzsimmons discusses training and strategy as he eyes a possible Mexico bout with Jim Corbett. He defends his temper, praises a new punching bag machine, notes improved boxer attendance, and comments on Corbett’s stage assault and the evolving intelligence of fighters.
A column recalls boxing rumors around Corbett and Sullivan with training and sobriety notes, plus Des Moines reports on Palmer taking control of the Scharp Hess Ball club, signing players for the season. It mentions potential Mexico fights and a renewed push for a match near the Filo Grande region.
A tumble of racing market chatter reports Precimas trading Ruse for Win Mercer in a region near Baltimore. Joe Corbett proposes terms as Gr ay Gravesend hosts the Brooklyn handicap. Pappsiow of Sears Learesee Bovine moves with Cleveland for the coming season. Brightes Beach Racing sets stakes to close for the Brighton Cup amid a flurry of racing news and ownership shifts.
Ex Secretary of the Navy Tracy questions the arbitration treaty as it relates to the Monroe Doctrine and U S sovereignty. He doubts whether the treaty allows enforcement of territorial claims without breaching U S policy or provoking conflict with England.
A letter from the wife of a Bogie man describes a November action near Cavite where rebel fortifications were attacked by a joint force of land and two cruisers. The assault aimed to break the siege and push back enemy lines as Spanish defenders resisted fiercely.
Montreat tobacco dealer Mortimer Davis, president of the Americas tobacco trust, vows to fight the combine after a seizure of directors for conspiring to fix prices. J E Fortier, a major dealer, has agents arrested and plans to seek relief in American courts to break the trust. Fortier believes Canadian law can compel a rating and resists the trust’s influence.
Train schedule fragment describes the Kansas City Topeka and California route with westbound and eastbound timings. It mentions sleeping car reservations and transit through Topeka with departures on Thursdays and Sundays and arrivals in Los Angeles and San Diego. Details reference Pullman cars and foot of Fifth Street ticket locations.
Chicago will celebrate the arbitration treaty with a February 22 demonstration. Dr. Goudie heads the organizing committee assisted by prominent Canadians and British Americans. The event may be at the Auditorium or Central Music Hall with medals for peace advocates and performances by notable musicians from England Scotland and America.
The county central committee and successful candidates clash over campaign assessments. Several hundred dollars remain unpaid with Sterne, Brooke, Larimer, and Stout contributing. Hazen, Cockrell, Delman, Jetmore, and McKeever face lower or zero amounts. A special meeting is set for tomorrow to resolve who pays and who loses.
Gov Alva Adams arrived in Leadville with Gen Brooks to assess the seven month strike at the mining camp. The state has spent about a quarter million on a militia guard while talks continue. Adjutant General Moses ordered uniforms for locally enlisted militiamen, signaling a possible drawdown of non resident troops.
A Madrid dispatch says a cabinet meeting under the queen regent approved reforms for Cuba and radical decrees to be issued on the king’s fete. It mentions the possible pardon for Jose Senguilly, an American citizen recently sentenced in Havana to imprisonment.
Denver January 15 The Colorado Legislature will vote for a United States senator to succeed Henry Teller at noon Tuesday January 14 The re election of Senator Teller was a cardinal principle in the platform on which nearly every member of the coalition was elected and there will be practically no opposition to his re election In the jumne session it is certain that seven of the votes may oppose Teller but there is hope for a unanimous result
Fragmented OCR notes show a will for J Finan with odd burial instructions. It mentions refilling a Hoosier grave twice yearly and financial provisions tied to interest, with dubious character and scattered misread terms. The text references the Southwestern Fuel Co in Topeka and a senator’s introduction discussing furnace and heating classifications.
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