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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1897
Page
5
Mary Elizabeth Lease discusses a future federation from the North Pole to Central America, praising democracy and national ownership of utilities. She criticizes trusts, envisions federation including Hawaii and Central America, and supports Bryan’s platform expansion beyond free silver.
An garbled account describes a chaotic blaze in Topeka with firemen battling flames, hoses, and collapsing structures. Neighbors and bystanders react with alarm as the inferno spreads through a cluttered area, with fragmented scenes of evacuation and rescue efforts. The narrative weaves in erratic dialogue and miscellaneous people amid the smoke and debris.
A Washington dispatch notes steps by the administration to keep a grip on Hawaii. It describes potential use of Marines and raising the American flag without Senate ratification, and details Rear Admiral Beardslee’s authority if aggression arises. The Oregon is en route to join Philadelphia and Marion for Pacific deployment.
Gov Glick steps down effective after August pension payments eyeing his Atchison farm. Cy Leland expected as successor after adjournment. Glick cites private business needs and plans to run the stock farm, saying the pension office pays $4,000 yearly. He notes civil service rules will bound Leland. He also discusses stock quality and western breeders.
A July 13, 1897 record from Bangkok reports a large gathering at Dr. T. Heyward Hayes residence where Americans drafted a petition to President McKinley urging retention of Hon. John Barrett as United States minister resident and consul general. The draft urged Barrett’s proven attentiveness to American interests, trade, prestige, and compatriots. The petition was dispatched with unanimous support.
Report on Christian Endeavor convention attendance shows 23 913 total delegates from California and other regions. Outside California the largest delegation came from Iron Mines followed by Iowa, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, Missouri and Massachusetts. women from outside California were nearly twice as numerous as men in attendance.
The Battle of the Blue survivors, including Capt Burns’s battery, craft impressions now kept with the State Historical Society. Harvey B. Rice recently submitted his account, to be bound with others. A monument at Topeka honors the fallen, while Mrs Burns’s oil painting of the battle rests in Shawnee county. Old Workmen Must Now Tramp. Cleveland July 13. Skilled-strikebreakers from Philadelphia arrive to resume work.
Santa Fe General Manager Frey heads to Chicago and various Topeka figures attend meetings and events. Officials including Judge Whitelaw and Bank Commissioner Breidenthal are noted, with preliminary reports on park improvements, base ball series at Athletic Park, and a new drug store opening. Also covered are transit and railway staff movements, festival preparations, and social notices from Topeka and neighboring cities.
A meeting at Justice Chesney's office to form a state federation of stonecutters stonemasons and bricklayers was postponed due to low attendance. Geo H Evans C J Drew and Schuyler Harris lead the effort to promote using Kansas material in local building projects.
New York University will establish a permanent biological station in the Bermudas. Prof Charles I Bristol led the alumni expedition for six weeks and collected valuable invertebrate material including new mollusk varieties and stone boring bivalves. The find shows fish can be acclimated north of the Gulf Stream.
The king of Siam, currently touring the world, had been expected to visit the United States this summer after attending the queen's jubilee in London. The Siamese foreign minister advised the state department that the king will return to Siam by another route, meaning no American visit will occur.
The ruler of the land of the white elephant likely postponed plans to visit the United States after reportedly failing to receive a formal invitation from the U.S. government. The hesitation suggests scheduling remains flexible for a future state visit.
In McPherson County a coalition forms among Populists, Free Silver Republicans, and Democrats as county offices are allocated. Democrats pick county clerk, Free Silver Republicans select county treasurer, Populists hold remaining balance and control. Canada imposes alien labor law to protect Canadian workers. Two hundred attend Tippecanoe Club trip to Detroit for National League of Republican Clubs meeting. Tariff bill outcome will shape glass workers’ wage demands and conference talks.
Customs inspectors seized two consignments of smuggled tobacco in New York on July 13. The first lot, Sumatra tobacco, was found in a hotel at the corner of Dy and West streets. A second discovery revealed 100 small packages of choice leaf tobacco hidden aboard the Hed Star Liner Southwark.
The tuneful train bearing Isham G. Harris’s body arrives in Memphis Tennessee on July 13 for funeral rites. Gov Taylor and state officials accompany the party at Nashville while Confederate veterans honor the procession in full uniform. The casket rests in a draped hearse, the line of march proceeds to First M church, and interment follows at Wood Cemetery. Donations and duties prompt memorials as streets fill with mourners and friends.
An old tobacco habit cure ad claims cessation without harm to the nervous system and promises a scientific remedy. It asserts thousands cured where other remedies failed, offering a mail order solution via Fort Wayne firm Beal & Co. with a 50 cent to one dollar price range and a money back guarantee.
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