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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1898
Page
6
In Topeka and vicinity social life centers on parties, readings, and club meetings. The Herrick home hosted a lively party with costumes and sketches while local clubs held poetry readings and planning sessions.
A fleet of six New York steamers sails toward the Yukon under seals from Senator Perkins and associates. Vessels include Cottage City Curacao Morgan City and City of Columbia, with dozens of passengers aboard some vessels carrying women. Other ships such as Glenester Harbor none are refitted in Erie basin for Alaska trips as crews prepare to navigate Cape Horn.
A party of sixty departs Stamford bound for Alaska aboard the specially chartered Moonlight schooner after gathering at Uberailroad station. They traveled from New York to Seattle by rail and hope to reach Prince William Sound near Copper River by late February, leaving secure positions behind for the venture.
Douts Missouri June 26 Adjutant General MF Bell travels to Washington for a meeting of the Interstate National Guard Association executive committee. The group, formed at a recent St. Louis convention, will press the congressional military affairs committee next Friday afternoon for increased allotments to the National Guard and other additional appropriations.
The city council awarded Furman Baker the contract to drive piles protecting the south approach of the new bridge for 1432 dollars. Six foot piles will line the river bank and extend into the river from the city park. Oak piles 66 feet long, plus four more piles nearby, and 22 pine piles at the alley between Quincy and Monroe. Bids ranged to 1456 and 324? four. Work must start before March and finish before April.
An annual meeting of the Kansas Germs association convenes at the courthouse this afternoon. Sheriffs discuss preparation for legislation and financial concerns. Readers are urged to monitor talks on preventing a fee bill from passing and to consider implications for public offices.
John M. Morgan of Topeka died at Santa Fe Hospital after 23 years in Topeka with the Santa Fe Railway. He leaves three children including John W. Morgan. Funeral at Christin Church on Wednesday at 2 PM. A four month old grandchild of Geo Holmes died Monday. funeral held in North Topeka.
Local notes report Governor Leedy visiting Crawford Bucyrus to be grain weigher at Karsan City. A Monday evening gathering at Mia residence saw Archie Roundtree Edward Sigh Kittle Buford involved. Topeka Scots plan a 219 East Second Arrell street anniversary event for Robert Burne with speeches and songs. Frank Frown, ex deputy city attorney, faces trial for pasting worthless checks. Judge McClintocke to continue case for ten days. efforts for a compromise noted. Klondike lectures are listed briefly.
Gen John B Gordon, twice Georgia governor and Confederate veteran, arrives in Topeka for a Crawford Opera House lecture on the First Days of the Confederacy. He is greeted by Mayor Pellows and local veterans, wearing a scar from a Union minie, and is praised as a patriot and teacher for the era. He is 66 years old.
Dr Daniel Whitmer slipped on the pavement in front of Hindman’s graveyard at 735 Kansas Avenue and fell, tearing ankle ligaments and breaking a small bone in the right leg. The injury, a Potts fracture, was reduced and bound, and he will be laid up for weeks while cared for at Christ Hospital.
John Gardner former police chief and latest applicant for the £900 reward filed at the governor’s office this morning. He engaged Attorney W L Schenck to manage his claim and noted a prior claimant had appeared, naming a woman who gave information against M B Lowe.
A woman testifies about Lowe guiding a group to rob graves using tools including a hammer and grappling hook. She mentions a cousin and notes plans to attend a Feb hearing on reward applications with Gardiner Wilkerson Wittins and Ellison named among seekers.
A Georgia farmer praised Kansas during a tour, noting the absence of sectional feeling in the Kansas Supreme Court and a progressive, intellectual populace. He highlighted climate as Georgia’s relative advantage and called Kansas a magnificent state with bright, cordial Kansans.
The local Social Democracy Club met at G. C. Clemens's office to plan for E. V. Debs arrival. Regular meetings will be held Sundays at Trades Assembly hall with committees formed for finance, reception, and entertainment tasks.
Memorial services were held in Colon at Christchurch and the Wesleyan Mission for United States Consul Venam W. Ashby and German Consul Dr. W. Hafeman, along with KP. G. Ott, master mechanic of the Purams railroad, drowned while at sea a week ago. No recovery is expected.
Washington January 2 Commissioner Wermann of the General Land Office released a report on Representative King’s bill to grant and cede public lands within Utah’s borders to the state. He notes about 200,001 acres have already been allocated to wastes for various purposes and argues the proposed cession serves the public good.
A Logan farmer and banker, WW A Reeder, visits the city on business with the statement commissioner. He has lived in Logan 26 years and has never held office. Reeder claims to have never voted outside the Sixth district and to be heavily invested in farming and stock. He hopes to win the Republican nomination and says friends are working for him while noting voters have not yet decided on a gubernatorial candidate.
Hotel space for the National Creamery convention is filling fast with A H Barber & Co Chicago reserved 3 rooms and 50 plus delegates expected. Hankle Bros and The Throny hue report reservations as the event nears. Also mentions Boston attorney Linkus McAuld collapsing and yellow fever inquiries in Mobile and Meridian amid health alerts.
Severe wind and snow cause widespread travel disruption in Argentine. Railway switchers work to clear blocked lines as crews battle hazardous conditions. Longstanding weather trouble plagues the area, hampering transportation and daily life.
A Detroit Free Press item recounts Mr. Horner’s demand to remove a telephone from the Horner Hotel, amid a comic tale of misused calls and family arguments. His wife and mother-in-law clash with the telephonic chaos, citing miscommunications, foreclosures, and social misunderstandings in a humorous domestic quarrel.
Coffeyville lawyers Dosley and Hall met with National Committeeman Keren in Washington to back Missouri judge Gideon for U S Judge in Indian Territory over Kansas candidate Gill. They argue Gideon is superior for the post, reflecting Leland's influence in the matter. Bruner knocks out Dueane in the ninth round at Wheeling.
A narrator seeks a man who has never told a lie and contracts to obtain one pure, unadulterated witness. After a tense journey of months the plan succeeds. the vendor’s mock affidavit proves the man’s silence is genuine, and the customer departs with both gratitude and payment.
The State Journal presents a daily market recap with bold coverage of wheat corn and livestock futures. Traders react to January trends while May and July contracts shift as bids and offers fluctuate amid storm influenced trading and New York futures.
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