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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1897
Page
5
A large gathering of Ledits discussed the Floral Fiesta project during Festival Week. A committee will be enlarged, duties outlined, and fundraising arrangements for parade decor and festooning assignments organized for the upcoming community celebration.
A list of names appears in the article prefix with numerous ladies and Dr. Eve Harding. The committee is expected to fund about 100, perhaps ten hundreds, and divide the effort into sections while working harmoniously toward a common goal.
Washington June 3 by a 42 to 19 senate vote an amendment to the tariff bill places raw cotton on the dutiable list at 20 percent ad valorem The step marks the first time a duty on cotton has been proposed in a tariff bill Bentley Bacon of Georgia led the amendment with finance committee backing The debate drew sharp partisan exchanges with several Democrats siding with Republicans on the final tally and other portions of the tariff discussion continuing through the day including agricultural and sugar schedules
London dispatch reports from Tiraspol on Hasokolnik sect self immolations. Crowded interment spaces forced victims to lie like sardines with heads and shoulders exposed as others prostrated themselves in silent ritual. An investigation was ordered into decades of such acts at Ploteko village nearby.
At a night session the silver Republican conference adopted resolutions calling for a national executive committee of seven to conduct party affairs and pursue immediate bimetallism through free coinage of silver and gold at a 1 1/2 to 1 ratio. The report, led by Charles A Towne, approved officers and procedures, with Towne named permanent national committee chairman.
An engineer investigates compressed air motors in New York for possible replacement of steam on Winnes Central suburban service between Randolph Street and Sixty third Street. If not air, electricity likely. tests show potential for greater economy and capacity. The state railway commission supports compressed air as superior power.
May shipments on the Santa Fe route averaged about 6,000 head daily from Clay ton De Vegas and Deming as leading points. Of 259,000 shipped from New Mexico about 35,000 went to Kansas Colorado Missouri Nebraska and Wyoming, averaging $17 per load. Territorial cattle sanitary chief W H Jack places beef cattle on Kuhsas fondling ranches around 75,100 head, noting steers are hard to buy. Range stock is down but calves improve, while overall stock on New Mexico ranges remains lower than since 1831.
Olathe September 9. Wallace an employee of the Santa Fe injured while loading ballast at Turner brought suit for 15000 damages. This week the district court decided in favor of the Santa Fe Company, dismissing the claim and awarding no damages.
The Missouri Pacific announces a one fare round trip within 200 miles on its line for the coming fourth of July. Excursions to the west may be available at cheaper rates than in recent years. Other western roads are likely to follow with similar fare reductions.
Washington June 1 probable that a new man will be sprung for the judgeship in the Indian Territory created by the Indian appropriation bid. SE Bradford ex attorney general for Kansas and now president of South McAlester is an aide attorney and may lead the Indian Territory bar. His name will be presented to the president and attorney general tomorrow.
Kaukauna Wis June 9 Beginning thin work the print paper taile of the Fox river valley will shut down two days each week Friday and Saturday In orer to curtail the output and better the market of their product if possible This movement it is re ported will be general throughout the country.
In a bustling store, crowds thronged the Muslin Underwear department as Saturday sales doubled previous June figures. Extra lines arrived late for the week, with the Shoe Department highlighted for men women and children, offering low prices on oxblood Oxford ties and fine kid Oxford shoes. Also advertised are paper goods, envelopes, and a selection of Nottingham Lace Curtains and tapestry curtains at marked-down prices.
Chicago reports beef price increases blamed on supply shortages and strong farmer prices. J Ogden Armour notes scarcer cattle and high yard stocks, with Mexico exporting more cattle this year. A looming import duty is cited as a factor in the market dynamics.
Mayor Stark of Superior Wisconsin backs traveling show acts with Gust Anderson claimed as the largest man in the United States. Anderson, 22, says he is not yet fully developed and began life at age 10 in a remarkable biographical note about the city’s endorsement of a circus style spectacle.
The report follows a man who moved to Omaha Nebraska to work at the stock yards. At age 20 he stood seven feet tall and weighed 250 pounds. He has since grown to seven feet five inches and 325 pounds, so large that ordinary tools are useless to him. On the coal docks he has lifted a barrow of coal and tossed it into place.
In Raleigh on June 2, a federal court awarded former Senator Donald J. Cameron of Pennsylvania a judgment of 128,710 dollars including principal and interest against Roanoke Water Power and Navigation Co. of Weldon, with payment ordered in gold. The item reflects a politically notable postwar case involving a northern senator.
The City of Everett reports government plans to ship corn from Iowa Kansas and Nebraska to Calcutta for immediate distribution by American missionaries to famine stricken Hindus. The effort follows a Tin nets led by the Herald of New York.
London June friends of Oscar Wilde after release from Holloway prison subscribe 22 000 to aid Mim in rebuilding life his wife will grant him a small allowance from her private income Mr Widehaw plans to write in her name General Miles departs for London Rome June 4 US Army Major writes to war front officials and a medical note mentions Berchar's pile cure.
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