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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1897
Page
8
The Union Pacific will sell tickets to Chicago for 710.50 and to St Louis for 87.40 from July 16th to 1st inclusive and on July 2nd, 2nd, and 8th. Proportionately cheaper to all eastern points. Tickets available at Fort Wall on F A Lewis, 6 Kansas Avenue, or 2 Depot Agent.
The Committee of Fifteen adopted a resolution inviting fraternal organizations city and state to lead Fraternal Day on Monday September 5 and join the Fall Festival efforts. Leaders from LO 0 Knights of Pythias 4.0 W and Royal Arcanum discussed participation and funding. An evening meeting was set to organize and notify lodges, with tickets available at uptown stores.
Crowds flocked to the auditorium for Cinderella with 300 turned away for lack of seating. An upgraded stage faced a dilemma on sightlines, yet the show drew heavy floral fund receipts and strong audience applause including fire dance and serpentine finale performances by Fay Shreve and Bibel Nichola.
Hutchinson Daily News notes the Pall Festival will be vast with bigger crowds than last year. It cites Billy Morgan praising Topeka events and a strong Topeka delegation to the Federation of Women’s Clubs. Santa Fe rail line ties boost Hutchinson’s fall festival and regional trade.
The committee plans to have Jobe S Marshall submit a formal report on available bands for music. The home band should be employed first, with outside bands funded if money remains. The effort aims to secure collaboration with the fire department and other groups, with no contest this year.
In a derelict shanty near the Tilted States Jail Fort Smith a German widow Mrs John Hauver and her malnourished family faced death from fever exposure and starvation. The scene uncovered two slain children and three surviving youngsters with the mother taken to a hospital where she is not expected to recover.
San Antonio observers record 720 participants in military maneuvers by 060 troops at Camp Culberson. Companies D and Belknap Filtes drill under new tactics. Neely sudaves show strong effort. Captain Bishop of K Troop Fifth Cavalry injured in a skirmish drill. A night attack ends abruptly when fixed ammunition misuse is found. investigation underway.
From Chicago Dora Manhart and Minchie Sanger were swept twenty miles from shore in a lake rescue by the steam barge Joseph T. Hurd near Port Washington after an eight hour fight with waves. They were nearly exhausted but saved. London dispatch notes Li Ching Hi’s move to raise duties, boosting yearly revenue by 300,000 real. U W Funeral Notice invites Topeka lodge members to join HR. T. Chaney’s funeral Friday at 792 Kansas avenue. Peerless Steam Laundry advertises affordable quality work.
Late sport item profiles Bobby Matthews famed as the curve ball pioneer in baseball history. He revolutionized pitching with an underhand throw that curved through the air, boosting speed and strikeouts. Baltimore headlines note his illness and his earlier rise with the Baltimore club and later stardom with New York Mutuals and Philadelphia Athletics.
Emporia won a high scoring afternoon game at home, defeating Topeka 6 to 4 after tied innings in the sixth. Batters for Emporia included Faulkner and Ingram with several hits and errors by Topeka, while Cochran and Conlin pitched and handled fielding duties.
A July meeting of the American Turf congress in Cincinnati orders that after August 1 no foreign books may be used on any track. Violators will have jockeys riders owners trainers and officials declared outlawed. Cities with populations over 500000 must offer five daily purses of at least 400 dollars each. Smaller cities must provide five purses of at least 100 dollars. Judge M Lewis Clarke of Harlem track gains time to dissolve injunctions against his track.
New York built leads in both games against St Louis, taking the opener as Donohue replaced Hart in the ninth and the Giants sealed the win. In the second game McDermott was knocked out in the sixth as Coleman pitched well and New York won 4 2. Attendance 3,000. Other notes mention Philadelphia beating Chicago 10 8, Boston defeating Cincinnati 10 3, and Louisville winning two from Washington with key pitching changes and releases.
Galena defeats Winfield 10 to 7 ending Winfield’s 19 game win streak. London hosts a complimentary dinner for American Diamond Scull winner Ten Eyal. Ball clubs from Emporia, Topeka, Atchison plan games at park and Downs celebration with a $50 purse.
A court gazette in Vancouver notes that the Empress Dowager confined Prince Tsai for life for not congratulating her on her birthday and for resisting ancestral shrine worship. His title is rescinded and he faces public whipping, then confinement and a spare diet to repent.
On July 22 Salt Lake City witnessed a crowded pioneer celebration parade with Main Street lined for blocks. Telegraph poles and building tops held spectators as floats depicted early settlement, notably the James Bridger float and the first Union Pacific engine running with stock cars and a labeled coach. Military units and visiting bands provided music.
London July 22 indignant reaction to Germany sending 2000 carrier pigeons to Dover to test their reach to Dukeesdorf near Cologne. Dover official learned of arrival six hours later. House of Commons debate followed. German tolerance for such trials questioned. press fumes at incident. One hundred liberated birds owned by the Kaiser.
A telegraph from Simla reports Sheranni and Maizar as targets of a punitive expedition against the Waziris for their treacherous attack on British officials. The garrison at Daltakhel mobilized at 3 20 a m yesterday while Mullah Pawindan gathers 6000 tribesmen twelve miles away. The expected assault did not occur, but the Mullah remains intent on fighting.
London July 22 Mrs Frances Samuelson of Breckenbrough Ball York shire died at her father in law Sir Bernhard Samuelson’s home Prince's Gate London from injuries after a petroleum hair wash leaked while her hair was being dressed. The new French smoother proved fatal after lingering three weeks in agony. Earlier Mrs Reginald Fitzwilliam suffered a similar loss.
Twelve document cases toppled in the Kings County Clerk's Office in Brooklyn causing chaos and an estimated 3100,000 in repairs. The fallen cases held indexed court records dating back to 1842 and will require months of expert effort to restore. No serious injuries were reported as staff were absent at the time.
Omaha July 22 trains run through Tekamah without stopping after an embargo by hostile groups. A meeting with federal authorities yielded no intervention beyond a deputy marshal to Tekamah to monitor activities.
A historical ad touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy as the best cure for bowel complaints. It claims instant relief, safety, reliability, and life saves, with 25 and 50 cent sizes sold by Conren Bros who note a move to 121 W Seventh.
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