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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1897
Page
3
A concise 1898 list outlines local organizers and key figures guiding community labor efforts. It names civic leaders and volunteers coordinating tasks, with emphasis on union support and workplace reform aims within the year. The document reflects civic engagement and organized labor strategy of the period.
The Larned Enterprise reports reform of the annual musical Jubilee in Council Grove with G W Winans as executive, listing prizes and contest music across mixed chorus, girls choir, male voices, quartets, solos, and instrumental divisions. The Jubilee for 1898 will be held in May with selections by Barnby Mendelssohn and other composers, plus an interstate prize for soprano solo.
Emporia July 21 Mayor Addis denounces Rev W A Walker for slander claims the prohibition law is a farce and vows to prosecute supporters of the pastor. Walker says no apology planned. townspeople support Walker and denounce the mayor's charges.
July 26 report outlines a large scheme by local and New England capitalists to dam the Pawnee river two miles west of Larned to power mills elevators foundry and creamery. Electric experts say Pawnee could supply abundant power making local industries cheaper and spurring Larned toward manufacturing growth. A Boston capitalists lead the project.
Leavenworth reports Colonel D R Anthony travels to Missachusetts for a grand Anthony family reunion on Humphrey Anthony’s farm. The event honors Susan B Anthony with Berkshire County Historical Society ties, expected to host hundreds with a 1800-seat pavilion. Speeches by Dawes and Williams College president are planned, with Plunkett of a major gingham works in attendance.
General Booth Tucker of the Salvation Army tours Colorado on a land survey in the Arkansas Valley between Pueblo and La Junta. He travels in Vice President Morton's Santa Fe car and visits Rocky Ford and La Junta areas. He favors multiple colonies rather than a single large one, within reasonable distance of each other.
United States Post Office Inspector Sullivan spent Friday and Saturday examining the Olathe post office. Postmaster Pettlohm refused to sign the report though it contained no reflections on him. Sullivan said changes would be made by August 1. Mr. Fr. Lanter will be appointed, with support from J. P. Harris and Senator Baker.
Two tramps captured near Sabetha on Saturday forced a freight train to back up and run for them. After the engine sped toward Sabetha they fled into the countryside as officers close in. Similar tramp depredations are reported at Nebraska stations.
Wichita officials consider a wheel tax modeled after Indianapolis where one dollar per wheel per year funds street improvements. About 5,000 wheels exist in the city, and the tax would boost paving projects and public access, with wheelmen as the main beneficiaries.
Heavy rain and a violent storm hit Council Grove on Saturday night. A Missouri Pacific rail line area suffered telegraph poles down and several buildings blown from foundations. Lightning struck the MP storehouse, igniting storage oil and stock, causing a fierce blaze and massive fuel loss estimated at thousands of gallons.
Fenner notes July 1 activity in the Eaw valley with potato shipments via Union Pacific 100 car loads. The Bay Field region shows heightened commerce as produce houses from Kansas City St Louis Cincinnati Cleveland and others appear. Crowds fill streets as merchants report robust sales and town growth.
Fire struck the Ersham Machine Works Saturday night, gutting molding and machine shops and damaging adjacent mills Hoffmann and Son and others. A separate incident reports a man named Jub Dunn, allegedly part Indian, buying a cow then stealing it to a butcher shop before fleeing toward the train. the marshal halted the suspect as events unfolded.
In Bourbon County Fort Scott July 2 the Democrats free silver Republicans and Populists held a mass convention nearly unanimously agreeing to unite on a ticket this fall. Delegates urged a resubmission of the prohibitory law and adjourned until August 14. Also notes include F DP Harkness suffering a sunstroke in Leavenworth and later recovering, and a report on Soldiers Home expenditures totaling 5 703 000.59 over 12 years.
Jackson County Populists held a county convention nominating S J Dousheritt for treasurer Jos Hantm for county clerk Milt Porter Reh for register of deeds Frank Stseo for coroner and Chas Kitameier for surveyor In Smith Center a heavy rain disrupted events with tasseling corn and forming ears Ex City Marshal A Mann shot in Winfield by his brother in law Pete Allen following a marital dispute
A late July report details heavy rains in Goodsend and Goodland, with two strong showers in ten days improving crop moisture. Other notes include wheat yields near 40 bushels per acre in Atchison, political primaries and conventions across several towns, a near fatal accident involving Miss Laura Batticer, and local appointments such as Weis McConnell as dog tax collector.
Denver July 26 A new freight tariff on Colorado coal to Kansas lowers cost by 60 cents per ton and expands markets. The rate rises from 3.60 to a new 4.00 rate, extending north south routes through Wichita. The change results from a Colorado Fuel and Iron Company led agreement with Santa Fe coal properties, boosting mine operation hours and miner employment.
The Rock Island railroad to Chicago and the Nickel Plate from Chicago to Buffalo are named official routes for the Kansas G A R and W R C to the Buffalo encampment next month. The trip begins in Hutchinson with a deputy commander. A special round trip fare exists for travel to Chicago and one cent per mile east. Kansas aims to lead a large delegation. Santa Fe plans to restore its last freight train from Chicago to Denver tonight, promising sixty hour travel.
A.V. Lindell announced Swedish citizens in Topeka may build a Viking ship float for the Fall Festival parade. The plan envisions a Norse style vessel manned by oarsmen to represent Topeka’s diverse nationalities and entertain visitors during the Santa Fe Jubilee.
J P Hafner of AO 1 W lodge 224 announces plans to seek permission from the Committee of Fifteen to place a handsome arch over Kansas Avenue near Fifth or Seventh street for Festival week. He pledges no expense spared to make Creech arch as fine as any ever built. Erection depends on securing one of the two sites.
Robert Tracewell of Indiana has been selected as comptroller of the treasury. The confirmation or official action is anticipated, with the decision noting his Indiana background and qualifications.
Elizabeth L. Waters known as Baroness Blanc files suit in Leeds for divorce from husband Leeds Vaughan Waters, married June 1 1856, claiming cruel treatment during their brief month of life together. In other news, in London the under secretary for foreign affairs states that the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty has no binding force recognized by Britain or the United States regarding Hawaii.
Henry Hamlin Bvane surrendered to Whitechapel police confessing to shooting Arthur Terry at 44 Canal Street New Orleans on February 22, 189?. He was arraigned at Bethnal Green police court and remanded. Ambassador Hay relayed the confession to Washington authorities. Senator Doolittle continues to weaken in Providence.
Albuquerque July 26. Professor Libbey of Princeton University reached the top of the Enchanted Mesa after a four century effort. The ascent used tandem kites a balloon and a life saving cannon aided climb to the summit where no inhabitants were found. The party spent the day collecting flora and plans to forward specimens to Princeton for study.
Port Townsend reports rising interest in the Klondike gold fields with Juneau men heading to Dawson City and freight at Dyea set to swell after Queen and Mexico steamers arrive. A future Dawson route via Takeu to Lake Testin is favored, potentially yielding a new stage line. Alaska’s Governor John G. Brody has been sworn in.
Mrs. F H Stuart and Messrs Richard and George Stuart own Washington relics at Cedar Grove King George county including his camp shaving case with two razors brush bone and strap three miniature Washington portraits a lock of hair and his telescope engraved from Washington to Dr David Stuart Ext. from Washingtons will is near the telescope diameter eight inches with a braine pedestal
Albany July 3 William J Bryan will speak in Albany in the first week of October at Harmanus Brock Hall invited by the Democracy a free silver group. He will discuss bimetallism and local politics alongside other speakers. The Patriots of America have secured Senator Ben Tillman to speak August 16 as Albany Troy patriots unite for the event. The day marks the Bennington battle anniversary in nearby Foungstown Ohio July 26. In labor news Brownell Iron company officials press wage talks with workers independent of Amalgamated union as Jones Laughlin Pittsburgh pattern looms.
Washington July 2 the treasury secretary says the new tariff act became operative after midnight Friday July 22 and covers all customs business of July 2. He directs collectors to await formal circulars and notes the act may raise duties more for internal revenue stamps and tobacco products. Officials estimate beer stamps sales and tobacco measures will affect revenue, with large implications for customs and internal revenue departments.
Weather notes report rain unlikely for several hours with cooler air moving in Topeka. Temperatures recorded on Katie Avenue at 3 30 show mild levels while last night’s low hovered around 00 degrees. A northwest breeze freshened as the vented air cooled the area and government records from the Colombian building list past readings near minus eighty nine at 2 AM and around eighty three at 9 PM with other times showing single digits.
In Madrid near the King’s Head Queen Regent Chris Hann and Bil Alfonso survived a close call as a youth bird shooter discharged a heavy shot that passed near their heads while walking in St Sebastian woods. A dynamite cartridge exploded at the Acade residence in Afni Santander province causing damage. police arrested several suspects amid belief the attack was political.
July 26 Danville Illinois Police Magistrate Thromans sentences Magele Sellers a disorderly woman to the rock pile for thirty days. The woman accepted the sentence nonchalantly as the court struck out gender based distinctions in its proceedings.
Washington dispatch reports arrangements for the president and party by train and palace car Haslemere traveling to Bluff Point Lake Champlain with stops at Jersey City Albany and Buffalo. The president will stay until Aug 28 then attend the Grand Camp at Buffalo before returning for a lakes cruise and upcoming events with McKinley Porter and Alser family.
A Topeka observance of Mother's Day was largely overlooked by newspapers but carried out by Woman's Relief corps No. 9 at Commander Georee Druce's home. The program included prayers, readings, tributes to Civil War loyal women, recitations, and refreshments, ending with a song.
San Francisco July 2 The relatives of the late JJ OBrien and James O'Brien, surviving partner, have summoned creditors to appoint Charles Havens to protect the firm. The action aims to preserve business and shield from eastern creditors. Local claims include Murphy Grant Co 1000000, Levy Steenam Co 20000, and the Bank of California 20000. Total assets reach 410000, liabilities 225000, with half due to eastern creditors.
St Louis officials announce a three cent fare goal for the Podrils street and Arsenal line by August 1 with plans for the North and South railway to follow within two years. Charles Green, president and receiver of the People's Hallway company, backs the initiative and names investors from Trenton and Philadelphia as supporters.
A collage of comic lines and tirades from Washington Star, Tit-Bits, Puck, and other papers. Jests range from playful exchanges about engagements to cheeky remarks on fashion, theatrics, and colonial humor. The clippings mix wordplay, dialect, and satirical sketches, reflecting a period style in humor and social commentary.
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