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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1897
Page
3
Abilene Kansas reports Anderson Minter, mentally troubled, left home Saturday to fetch money from a bank and disappeared amid a blizzard. Fear he perished in the storm grows as searches continue and little of his trail is recovered.
Almost Proven to Death tells of J A dobison returning to the Lindell hotel Sunday night near Siminson Sons elevator stumbling and being overcome by exposure. He lay unable to walk until 4 Monday morning, found barely conscious and carried to the Lindell hotel. Medics attended as frostbite and other effects were noted from the severe cold.
The Prohibition leader John P. St. John sends Champe a birthday gift a three blade pocket knife with portraits of St. John and a Prohibition hero. A card signs a message to Champe urging trust and goodwill on his 19th or 20th birthday. Colonel Harris reception planned in Leavenworth County with a simple gathering late February for honoring him before Washington travel.
In Pittsburg on January 27, W O U district members launched a temperance crusade after touring sixteen saloons. President Aime Jetinie M Kemp led the effort, noting alarming scenes and a teen boy remark about a parent discovering him in a saloon, while visitors urged authorities to act.
Four thousand rabbits were bought by Stockton merchants for four cents each and left to spoil after a railway carrier refused to transport them in a poultry car. Poultry sealer Wane J Wisite had planned to ship the stock but a freight constraint kept them stranded, with price comparisons to New York at about fifteen cents each.
Rooks County lacks a probate judge after the resignation of Judge Moore and the pending governor appointment. A Higgins of Ash Rock township, elected on the Populini ticket, sent his resignation after qualifying, leaving the office vacant until a new appointee is named.
Leavenworth reports indicate no immediate reopening of the Great Western Stove company after a recent closing. Many employees were notified of the layoff with no work at the old site, and some seek other jobs. The shutdown affects workers in various departments as the plant transitions.
Ashland Journal ceases publication after last issue, passing into Clark County archives. Syracuse notes antelope plentiful in Hamilton County with Bart Overton delivering three loads and returning with four antelope, tallying shots and kills. Anthony Bank opens under new management with a capital of five thousand dollars. Ellsworth reports 1200 dollars in relief funds and a growing volunteer band. Epiphany and Danish church dedications planned, with six church sites serving a town of six hundred. Minneapolis reports a hunter catching a three foot two inch lynx, needing a gun to finish it off. Atchison appoints Indian agents for Kickapoo reserve. LebaNon discusses creamery venture and skating station. Atchison policemen seek a raise from 50 to 65 dollars monthly amid city poverty. Leavenworth fines a man for license nonpayment. Atchison taxes and civil remedies noted. Additional items cover bingo of prices, postal routes, and bank deposits across several counties, reflecting a broad array of local concerns and business interests.
Anthony L A Bigger of Hutchinson appeared with a compromise plan on the city’s bonded indebtedness. After presenting details, the council voted three to three on whether to consider the proposition. Mayor Brown cast the deciding vote against any prolongation of Bigger’s proposal.
President elect McKinley writes to the inaugural committee rejecting a $50,000 ball, urging instead that $25,000 aid distressed cities and $10,000 help Armenian refugees, with $15,000 to alleviate plague and famine in India. He asks the committee to redirect funds to humanitarian causes for greater national credit.
Lincoln Nebraska January 27 senator can atay introduces a concurrent resolution urging Nebraskan citizens to donate surplus salable corn to the care of The Patriot and the Friend of the People John P Aligedd for Chicago relief. The measure asks railroads to transport the gifts as distress is blamed on fraudulent financial policy and treachery. Several rail lines are expected to participate as farmers have corn to spare.
Two perpetrators operate with limited success amid a rising thermometer. City Comptroller Sturgeon reports relief may reach the poor after a Provident Association visit. The association plans actions to ease suffering while fundraising efforts intensify. Community groups consider additional measures to secure funds.
A Jefferson City dispatch reports the Missouri state senate introduced and quickly adopted a concurrent resolution to appropriate 250000 for relief of tornado victims in St Louis. The action occurred in the current legislative session without delay.
In a Knox Avenue incident, Jax Fintes Mahab and two men tried to steal an overcoat from Glove Clothing. The witness saw them drop the coat and flee before police arrived. Chief Gardiner notified. Finney and McMahan denied theft and were not arrested. Both Finney and McMahan appeared intoxicated.
Utah legislators report one ballot for senator with three Populists voting for Warren Foster, while Washington notes treasury cash balance at 229 000 209 and the OKI reserve at 14 580 550 as of Jan 27 1896. An Indiana ad touts Chamberlins Cough Remedy and Aver's Cherry Pectoral for colds and bronchitis.
Arkansas City January 27. Me Pranda Eaton of Boston returned from St Louis to arrange operation of the Anthony branch. General manager of the St Louis Kansas City and Southwestern road will run the line using the Arkansas river bridge and Frisco depot facilities. A. N. Brown of the Santa Fe named auditor and traveling traffic manager. General offices to be in Arkansas City with Brown and General Manager Eaton moving in. Mixed train to Anthony to start, increasing as business grows. Crews to be secured locally if needed.
Walter Shillineford returns to Santa Fe veliet office duties as firemen rotate shifts. Fireman Sam Rose sick. rescued by Fireman Bower and Fireman Rutter visits parents. Engine crews and conductors shift roles, with several on sick leave or reassigned. A future extra Pullman sleeper will lay over in Newton, and two Pullman staff arrive from Kansas City for daily cleaning duties.
The 54 hours to California service departs Chicago at 6 30 p m on Wednesdays and Saturdays with connections at Kansas City Topeka and Denver and reaches Los Angeles in 58 hours from Topeka. Through sleeping cars, dining and buffet cars on a luxurious Pullman train, and an additional daily express to California from Chicago Topeka and Kansas City. For details contact the passenger depot foot of Fifth street or Cromwell and Jef fers in North Topeka.
St Louis January 27 railway men from across the country attended a banquet honoring George T Nicholson at the Mercantile club. Regrets from top executives included Aldgate Walker and EB Ripley while Nicholson and D B Robinson were among those present. Nicholson will assume general passenger agent duties for the St Louis and San Francisco railway on February 1.
Harvard students in Cambridge celebrate term end with window gunfire and cannon fire at 10 o clock causing alarm across the university and shaking the city for about thirty minutes. The noisy spree ends as suddenly as it began, while unrelated mock anecdotes are interspersed in the clipping.
A new public park is proposed on Ft. Hava historic land totaling 1100 acres upon deed to the state of Kansas. The plan follows congressional bill pending approval and includes appropriations to place years for buildings to a suitable condition for occupancy.
A tall muscular man suspected of pickpocketing aboard a Pacific train was pursued by patrolmen and held in the depot waiting room. Police, aided by two colored bystanders, restrained him as Chief Gardiner secured the suspect, who refused to give his name at first. He later claimed to be Kin sulla, a marble polisher, while further questioning ensued. A railroad lobby seeks favorable changes for employees with a committee from several lines. Also noted are staffing changes in government offices and railroad-related posts.
The national board of trade adopted a banking reform plan proposing gold as the standard money and steps to retire United States notes without disrupting business. It calls for currency issued by national banks based on bonds and assets, a $20 million capital threshold for new banks in smaller towns, and a new eleven member currency commission to report by January 2, 1896.
Des Moines January 27 National Woman Suffrage convention shows 19 states represented by 57 delegates. Annie Diggs Kan faction report denouncing all parties rejected as favoring dropping Kansas work toward populist nomination. Treasurer Harriet Tasler Upton reports debt reduction and rising receipts. Committee on plan of work proposed smaller committees with chairs on business panel. Report discussed amid opposition.
A Union Pacific Flyer collided with two Pullman cars on a siding 32 miles west of Cheyenne shortly after 1 o clock. The westbound train reportedly passed Cheyenne thirty minutes late and derailed several cars, with one engine and multiple passenger cars left on the rails. No casualties are confirmed in the readable text.
Tocelyn Furnish and Spencer join Wichita police commissioners with Campbell named chief. Governor Lewelling cautions limited change in enforcing the prohibitory law while the board takes control. The appointees include Joseph Furnish a truck fardching business member and George Spencer a real estate man. Jocelyn serves as president.
In Milwaukee report a czar’s sudden temperature change and fainting are linked to a prior wound from Japan. Doctors say he shows no current nervous disorder or malady while an interview notes no medical advice given. Also, Spooner elected U.S. senator by joint convention, with Silverthorn and Bragg receiving votes.
Furnished by Godwin & Chamberlin brokers note anticipated market shifts with likely cotton price impact and railroad stock movements. They warn of potential bond reductions and a policy to reduce time of issuance, while urging selling on anticipated bonus effects and to watch committee actions on future offerings.
A garbled Louisville style classified section mentions Peoples Employment, agents sought in Benton County Missouri for wholesale groceries, a Benton Co farm trade, and a North Topeka address. Indicates rental offers, a missing watch and bracelet, and assorted notices with partial details.
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