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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1897
Page
8
A petition from Boston physicians asks the police board to prevent Fourth of July explosions and pre-dawn use of firecrackers. They warn explosive street use could cause runaway accidents and injuries to handlers, urging stricter controls and safer celebrations.
In Bismarck North Dakota June 12 a wealthy foreigner named Wornau who tends cattle and land seeks marriage with Bright Eyes a Sioux girl from the Standing Rock Agency. After much talk the Sioux father consents? The Sioux maiden will become the bride of the foreign rancher amid village talk and excitement.
In Asbury Park New Jersey on June 1 a city guard unit faced a scuffle over a request to lower the American flag at West Park boarding house. Commander John A. Borden led the response as frightened residents tied and raised the banner away from the main flagpole.
A Harrisburg man visiting Washington, Chas Hardesty, asked for a permit to kill Indians causing trouble in Montana. With the president away, he performed a violent war dance on the White House grounds before being escorted to police. Funeral notices follow for Minne Mocfinire, Emma White, and Olpha Taylor with large crowds and a long procession.
In Parkersburg West Virginia on June 18 a discovered cache near a coal mine contained about 100 quarts of pitroglycerin abandoned by a man identified as J H Jones. A friend alerted him and it was removed before endangering the city. The unknown man who left it will be prosecuted.
The Chicago crowd gathered at Lincoln Park near Grant Monument to view the new Yorkes Fountain. A green water column rose to about 50 feet, followed by a golden rain effect. Paul Just engineered patent shafts and improved ventilation for a dramatic show. A canvas water painting was tested from a nearby house while spectators watched the spray forms the water canva.
Vice President McKinley and his cabinet will visit Chicago for the unveiling of the John A. Logan statue in the Lake Front park. A veteran procession is planned as one of the largest in recent years, with the president to attend if the federal session adjourns in time. The State Journal notes the event and urges readers to subscribe.
The Santa Fe plans a new roundhouse with 23 stalls and a rebuilt turntable. Work advances from trenches for foundation. material from Nickerson roundhouse staged to feed the project. Nine stalls now, plus eight more in the new building, to house engines from Nickerson. Oklahoma railroad boom promises hundreds of miles of lines, with projects across Muskogee Western Tahlequah Fort Smith and others, including Sapulpa Henrietta El Reno and Guthrie expansions.
Three special trains will carry about 2,500 attendees to the Santa Fe picnic at Washington Park in Kansas City tomorrow. The organizing committee led by Reed Cateen, with James White and D. Alexander, oversees all arrangements, with a broad general committee representing each shop department. Trains depart from Kansas City and Topeka at 6, 6:30, and 6:45 am, with a pavilion event planned in the afternoon and a prize cash gift of eight dollars for the best gentleman waltzer.
A Washington dispatch reports a new fast mall train west from Kansas City will depart at 6 a m over the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad reaching Newton Kansas at 5 2 0 a m where it will meet the night westbound. At Newton the coal cars will be transferred to the westbound California Galveston trains. Return service leaves Newton at 4 p m arriving in Kansas City by 9 p m with connections to eastbound and Galveston trains. The order was issued by the Postmaster General today.
Conductor Bryan has served since 1860 on the St Joliet to Troy route. He joined cavalry at the outbreak of the war, served in the west, and later returned to railroading on the Grand Island line where he remains active.
While clearing the Delevan house ruins from the December 31 fire, workers uncovered three human remains identified as Mary Carsy Bridget Piteibbors and Thomas Cannon. The servants occupied rooms in a corner. fourteen people died total with Nogente Butweau listed as a servant still unaccounted for.
Topeka items report on civic events and people including Judge Culver’s return, the state L A W meet in Lawrence, bicycle races at the fairgrounds, and local politics with references to Republican meetings. Notable names include Dr HG Welch, W Morgan, Frank Raynor, and Jeff Davis.
The western shop advertises a large boys clothing stock with Sailor suits, knee pants, and knickerbockers in Galatea cloth and mixed fabrics. It highlights price points from 2.98 to 5.95, large hat selections, and new dress goods for summer wear, with a focus on hot weather outfits and sale day tomorrow.
Westminster Presbyterian will hold a children’s day service at 11 am led by Sunday school students with music and recitations. Superintendent W A Nelawanger will oversee the service. The First Methodist pastorate situation is unsettled with Embree absent and candidates named for Spring transition. A three month old baby boy, in the care of Police Matron Thorpe, seeks a home after his mother’s death and the father’s desertion. a woman named Mrs Wilson, traveling from Gunnison to Colorado, seeks aid but is stranded in Topeka planning to return.
Atlanta June 15 authorities announce a forthcoming monumental office structure led by Mr. Jake Haas. The tower will rise on the Mitchel and Pryor streets lot one block from the Chamber of Commerce and courthouse, replacing the former Atlanta Paper company building.
Advertisement text claims Sapolio delivers great savings as dirt gathers waste. It references agriment structures in the country costing upward of half a million dollars as plans and specifications are not yet formed. The building is expected to be 12 stories high and fireproof.
The Sisters of Notre Dame buy Mund near northeast Washington and plan Trinity College, a women’s institution on America’s first Catholic calle for women. It will be under Catholic University of America and staffed by many Catholic professors. Cardinal Gibbons approves and aids the project.
Society women of Marion Indiana plan a bicycle cake walk at Gethsemane Episcopal church with leading city figures and former judges in attendance. The event features races and a city parade by various orders as part of a June 19 program.
Benjamin P resident of the National Statepeal Savings and Trust company died here last night at 62. He served as press censor and custodian of the war department telegraphic service during the Civil War era and was closely allied with Secretary Stanton.
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