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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1897
Page
5
In Chicago on July 12 stock and butcher B Veerhusen was locked in an ice chest at his Columbia Avenue store for nearly an hour to escape heat. He emerged severely weakened, unable to walk, and was cared for at home under a physician. Rescue arrived as employees sought help.
Rocke feller is sued by vessel owner Corrigan in Cleveland for failure to account. Corrigan claimed 2500 shares of Standard Oil stock used as collateral, saying the court credited the stock at 138 a share though it last sold for about 136. Corrigan demanded an accounting to recover his share of value.
A Cherokee Strip boomtown era incident ends in murder. Paul Emote, angered by rebuffs to his guitarades, shoots two men dead and mortally wounds Lillian Surwarta dusky innamorata. John Condor and Will Nave die. Miss Stewart is mortally wounded. Elihutt escapes. Funeral held for A W Tired in Wichita. notes on age 70 and choleric feverish heat. The Rock Island Route offered through sleepers to Colorado Springs and Denver.
Supreme Court decision in Bayha Barber Listos Morrison Mumford et al. vs The Kansas City Times on property in Kansas traced from Barton County. Testimony of Alexander Delta challenged times and impeachment actions suspended. lower court ruled for the Times.
The Supreme Court affirmed a district court ruling granting William Carey damages against Santa Fe. Carey, a fireman, was injured when machinery on the engine broke. The railroad company argued contributory negligence and questionable jury questions, but the court rejected these and upheld the lower court decision. Commissioner Campbell remains ill and plans travel soon.
J. Litlie of Cherokee county was appointed clerk at the Hutchicon reformatory and departed Topeka last night with director T. J. ONeil. Bones of soldiers long buried near Malvern Hill are reportedly surfacing through the ground in disturbed fields, with one field showing bones like growing plants. Hobart Bennett traveled from Malvern Hill to recount the strange discovery and its possible scale, while Washington’s headquarters reportedly secured a bag of bones for exhibit as war relics.
Governor Dan W. Jones in Little Rock announces a plan to build a state railway using convict labor under Bush bill provisions. He says a competent railway engineer has been consulted and the proposal will be presented to state officers before public release. The governor believes the scheme will work, lead to state ownership of railways, and resolve questions of roads, public arteries, and convict systems.
Complaints to Parkdale police about a family abandoning children were found unfounded after Mrs. Thorpe investigated. The parents were working in berry patches away from the city with six children, planning to relocate for winter, showing resourcefulness amid neighbor tensions.
The Canadian government has collected duties on salmon brought from the United States. Ballard's Horehound Syrup is promoted as a remedy for consumption, coughs, colds, and throat and chest troubles. It is guaranteed for horses and children. Contact Geo W. Stansfield at 632? avenue or Jensler's Pharmacy at Sixth and Topeka avenues.
Kansas judge William J. Doster explains socialism as collective ownership of public utilities and natural monopolies. He argues social reform will spread via municipalization and warns of rising socialist votes, urging acceptance of the coming shift.
The steamer San Juan from San Jose de Guatemala arrived in port and entered quarantine after a Chinese boy who died onboard Saturday morning. Dr. Blue federal quarantine officer confirmed yellow fever. The vessel to remain under quarantine five days and the body cremated on Angel Island. No other illnesses aboard.
Topeka notes a busy stretch of local life with reports that dirt roads are dusty during Blackberry week, a Topeka baseball park pitch, a Topeka post office elevator stoppage, a choked state capital scene, and a parade of small civic items from milk to mills.
The passage describes a funeral procession where cars and carriages cut corners near Eleventh and Kansas avenues, creating an almost grotesque display as the hearse moves toward the cemetery. Police Matron Thorpe notes a deserted young married woman with a baby in precarious circumstances and seeks adoption prospects for the infant. The father is urged to be held to account by taxpayers for his neglectful actions.
Youngstown Ohio July 12 A discharged Pennsylvan ia railway brakeman Thomas Edmunds was arrested for the murder of Conductor John Haley. Haley was shot in a passenger coach as the train moved from Pennsylvania toward his home in Niles Ohio. An empty cartridge shell was found on Edmunds who had been discharged from the crew and was said to be intoxicated at the time.
North Topeka column lists town visitors and household notices. J H Preygrove of Silver Lake and Dr Pilcher of Winfield in town, Miss Edith Baines improving, Miss Adelie Brown back from country visit, Mrs Charles Steinberger visiting Hoyt, and several others moving or traveling. Kansas Avenue church to have shingling, local names and addresses reflect community chatter.
The page records residents planning moves and trades. Samuel Dolman and daughter plan to travel to Manito for the summer. A five room house near Kan Avenue is offered for exchange with cash difference. Betts family prepares Colorado trip, with Mrs Betts and daughters Myrtie and Freda. Several residents announce departures to Colorado and Toronto while others stay with relatives. The Ladies Sewing Society meets at Kansas Avenue church. Pulpit duties and Epworth League activities scheduled at local churches. Also includes advertising notices for health products and remedies with local distributors listed.
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