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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1897
Page
8
Consul Beth in Sydney reports Australia faces a severe drought likely to surpass 1851 losses of 9 million sheep. Estimates predict up to 25,000,000 sheep lost with vegetation wiped out. Lambs die and pelts sold as wool prices may rise, prompting American sheep farming interest.
Ladies of the Ald Society at Mount Olive Congregational Church invited attendees to wear bloomers at a lawn party provoking anger among husbands and fathers. Pastor Levig declined to denounce the plan, leaving men to return home in wrath. The spectacle drew mixed reactions and ticket demand fell after the reveal of bloomers.
A Paris dispatch reports the Stewart Gallery collection of modern school paintings will be sold in New York after the death of William Hood Stewart. The inventory lists 97 oil paintings and 48 watercolors by artists such as Fortuny Dex Carol Toldini Troyon Dubleay Bonnat Theodore Touseau and Alma Tadema plus Menzel and others. The sale follows decades of curated acquisitions and aims to realize the artist estate value.
Indianapolis July 16 The executor of John A Craiz confectioner reported debts against customers, including Mrs Benjamin Harrison owed 219 for candy and soda water. The filing suggests the account may affect Mrs Harrison memory while inventory lists it as an unpaid claim. Albany shipment through Jackson Hole Wyoming headed to Secretary Whitney Lenoxdale Massachusetts with buffalo deer and antelope. A large Sterling Silver Bell stock at 32 Kansas Avenue.
Philip Collins, Santa Fe section boss at Turner, faces a preliminary hearing after witnesses testified he padded payrolls and accepted kickback money. Section hands Lengel and Bryant said they turned in time for days not worked and paid Collins back, citing blacksmithing expenses. Judge Fisher bound Collins over to September district court. case linked to broader padded payroll investigations.
Officials report satisfaction with the Katy gate system in Texas lines after tours of inspection from Galveston to St Louis. They cite fewer injuries from passengers boarding wrong trains and a decrease in damage suits, while noting some dissatisfction from traveling men. The aim remains safety and convenience for the public despite concerns.
McKenna rolling steel mill completes a successful test run in Joliet Illinois marking the first time worn rails were repurposed as new. The plant, world unique, will soon begin steady operation, employing about 20 men, signaling a new era in steel production at this facility.
Local notes from Topeka include Cochran pitching at Athletic Park, county officers shifting posts, and new arrivals in town. A festival and library work update sit alongside robberies, a fire, and police updates as Topeka’s daily scene unfolds with politics, street life, and culture.
Colorado peach growers warn of a poor east crop while establishing shipments to meet a potential glut. LH Moore of the Grand Junction Peach Growers Association arrives in Denver with shipper reps to plan systematic delivery to eastern markets as ripening oil dust and fruit from the western slope swells the supply.
Rev Samuel Pearson denounced Maine prohibition enforcement as ineffective and warned of a slide back to liquor. He claimed Portland hosts about 200 saloons and objected to prayers for rum sellers, arguing local clergy should not bless illegal trade.
The Society of Colonial Dames of New York welcomes a six acre Colonial Garden around the Van Cortlandt mansion in New York. Public parks department plans include a 360000 budget and start of work soon, preserving the site dating to Adrien Van Der Donck era with the mansion built by Frederick Van Cortlandt in 1745.
Grace Davide, longtime dog pound manager in Lexington Kentucky, faces police court on a charge of dumping refuse on the street after she carried a dozen chloroformed dog carcasses to the police station doorstep. The incident follows a dispute with the potter’s field keeper over hauling away the bodies. Separately, an advertisement announces Santa Fe Route cheap excursions to Arkansas, Arizona, Oklahoma and Texas with round trip fares and stopovers.
Julius Gunderson from Vermilion South Dakota visited Chicago to see the city’s shady side. He followed a guide to Lincoln Park where a smooth talker led him to a secluded area and stole his money. Detectives were dispatched to locate the culprit.
Seventeen people were overcome by fumes from a 3,000 gallon nitric acid tank car leaking in Burlington yards on West Seventeenth street. Wind carried the fumes, forcing residents to flee. Fire crews used water and cinders to neutralize the spill before the car was finally emptied at Hoyne avenue and Seventeenth street.
In Chicago on July 46 the closing arguments in ex Bank President Charles W. Spalding’s embezzlement trial were heard. The defense contends the prosecution is politically motivated to condemn former Governor Altgeld, whom Spalding allegedly owed his university treasurer appointment.
Joan Scott Ow yer, California deputy sheriff indicted for abduction, attempted suicide in the Tombs prison by forcing a lead pen down his throat. Not seriously hurt. this is his second such act since arrest, the prior with a scarfpin. Father Bill Curtis, 60, renowned athlete and Spirit of the Times owner, collapsed in his New York office yesterday.
H M Flagler has contracted with Cramps for a 240 foot steel passenger steamer with triple expansion engines to run from Palm Beach to the Bahamas Jamaica and other West Indian islands. The vessel will work with the Florida East Coast railroad to expand passenger and perishable cargo trade on the Florida coast.
In New York on July 16 Joseph Klucke a 13 year old from Brooklyn fell from a pier into Canarsie Bay. His 20 year old brother William stood on the pier and did not attempt rescue. Frederick Micke in a rowboat reached Joseph and helped sustain him with one hand while swimming. Otto Michaels arrived to assist, and Joseph was revived after landing. The surgeon said he was out of danger and Micke challenged William asking if he could swim. William replied yes and added he did not rescue to avoid ruining his Sunday clothes.
London July 16 A joint bimetallic proposal for the United States and France was presented at a foreign office conference. Delegates included Baron De Courcel and Ambassador Hay with other notable figures from Britain India and Ireland. A future conference will decide responses with possible wider summits in the United States. The ratio favored by the US is 16 to 1 with France at 15 1. England would gain India's participation and possible concessions on Bank of England reserves and silver certificates.
A group of 56 Russian steerage passengers on the Hamburg American steamer Pa ter ia arrived from Hamburg in New York. They plan to settle in Missouri to start cattle and horse raising, bringing at least $125,000 in gold, including a family with $40,000 earned in South American cattle ranching.
Auburn July 16 A strange pestilence is killing fish in Lake Auburn. The waters once held many small fish near shore but thousands now lie dead at the lake edge. The cause is unknown and the inland fish and game commissioners have been alerted.
Miss Frances Hayes daughter of the late President Hayes will marry Ris Eston at the Hayes mansion in Splecer Grove on September 1 with President and Mrs. McKinney attending. Also notes the quality of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and its availability through druggists.
Chicago July 16 The Woman's Christian Temperance Union seeks to raise 250000 by January to avert loss of the Woman's Temple debt. A special day of prayer is set for Monday with two meetings, one in the forenoon and one at 7 pm, each lasting about five hours. Marshall Field promised 350000 if payment is made before year end.
In Prospect Park Brooklyn an open air concert drew 19000 people as Bandmaster Mygrant of the Thirteenth Regiment band conducted a cornet note lasting 195 seconds. The note on the second space of the azure sharp impressed with remarkable length and sweetness.
The Rock Island Route operated day and night trains with sleeping and chair cars to Colorado Springs and Denver. Details mention Tees Dem arriving next morning and Dupcka departing at 1:40 p.m, with Colorado Springs arrival at 2:40 p.m. Also notes a sewing service and free button sewing at Prerless Steam Laundry on Second Kansas Avenue.
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