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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1897
Page
5
Review by the Supreme Court of the state centers on Leavenworth occupation tax efforts against Spees companies. Previous rulings found the tax invalid. now the city contends for reinstatement while educators discuss school system improvements and public meetings. Local figures Lescher and Holland are noted in recent reorganizations and bond arrangements.
The state board of health elected Dr Hoover as president with Dr Gill of Pittsburgh as secretary. Dr Githee resigned from the committee. nominations included Culbertson and A M Blatson. The next meeting is set for 4 September unless a special session occurs.
Superintendent Stryker urges county insurance for school buildings and book purchases. He argues current policies void after 30 days unused and proposes state law to cover schoolhouse seats and equipment. He cites inequities in fire loss costs and advocates fair funding while pledging friendly rather than confrontational action.
Upon arrival in Santa Clara de Cuba Weyler meets municipal officers and Gen. Dibares as port and city are decorated. He asserts a harsh war policy against rebels who reject clemency, vows reforms, and says if peace is desired he will enforce laws with up to 40 battalions ready. Governor Ord benqueled the captain general at Toledo last evening.
Four or five robbers entered a bank in Bellefouche and forced customers to the floor. Cashier Arthur Marble hesitated, drew fire from the bandits weapon, and a shot struck his right leg. Less than $75 was taken before the gang fled toward Three Towns. Walter Gay of Gay & Lone was shot in the cheek. Thomas Day, one robber, was captured near Deadwood and jailed. the rest pursued toward Three Towns.
The stray dogs home in Lexington Kentucky formally opened with a sign over the door today. Mrs Gratell Deride and Miss Edwards, known for the Midnight and Mercy case, oversee the operation and supervise the new shelter.
Washington reports June discussions on committee appointments under consideration. Reed indicates that unless an unforeseen change occurs, he will prepare and submit the first set prior to the Analad tournament. The passage also includes unrelated medical advertisement content.
Snapshot of local buzz including Washington trips by Lambert, Cys Leland, Witt White, a Christian citizenship rally in Emporia, a Teachers Sunday School union gathering, and Evangeline festival plans. Reports on health board changes, bridge work, railroad tax work, and a windy storm damaging cables. Also coverage of police actions, Y M C A athletic meet results, and small-town transportation and racing notes.
Washington June 2 The house met briefly to call the roll on Dingley’s motion to adjourn and then voted down the motion by 86 to 86? one. The session adjourned at 1 45 pm after setting July 10 as a day to honor W J Holmen of Indiana and awaiting committee action on rules.
Constantinople reports orders to provinces urging able bodied men to the capital. At least twenty three thousand sturdy citizens have arrived and are being provided for by the government. Also mentions Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with a testimonial from A. H. Potter. Fusion talks in Nebraska political scene. Democratic state committee considers dates and representation with Populists and Silver Republicans. Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers advertises durable color.
Evangelist Sims at the Christian Church denounces gambling in all forms from marbles to high stake bets. He links it to political corruption, social decay, and economic distress, urging abandonment of cards and vices to live by Christ. He argues luck and superstition undermine faith and laments church and home neglect.
Milwaukee June 2 Victor S Berger editor of a Socialist organ issued a statement after a conference with E V Debts Hears the scheme to plant a Socialist colony in the west has been abandoned and replaced by a small migration of unemployed to Washington state. They will seek homes as other settlers with transport costs funded by a 15 cent per month per member tax on the Sorat Democracy Delanew party. He will stay in the east and continue promoting socialism through the party and ballot.
Chicago June 29 Fifteen hundred garment workers from a local United Garment Workers union signaled intent to join Debs socialistic cooperative clothing colony scheme in seeds A committee led by John Kamke notified Democratic officers of the action at a Western and Milwaukee meet under the Fifteenth Ward economic club Charters will be served to new locals as propaganda is posted Secretary Kamke says thousands are willing to join and hundreds will enlist with pioneers going west Debs expects strong support from the craft and a movement to capture several organizations bodily George Vestable Smith Washington migration commissioner held a secret talk with Debs people encouraging the colony and warning teachers against fanaticism while noting room for colonists in Washington if run on business lines
In Wichita on June 20 Mrs Lease states that her case should become a national issue. Mr Tease tells a reporter he lost his home and mortgage like many others and believes God has a purpose in keeping him before the public as the mortgage company faces scrutiny.
A vintage medical ad touts Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a cure for weak nervous women and threatened general breakdown. It claims to restore feminine organs to vigor, relieve inflammation and pain, and support wifehood and motherhood. Also promotes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a gentle, nongripe laxative remedy.
Representative Shafroth of Colorado proposes a bill to align federal pay with budget results. It would tax months with government deficits, adjusting salaries by percentage of excess outlays, while ensuring net receipts never exceed expenses at year end. current Supreme Court justices would remain exempt.
From New Hedford June 29 reports reach Herschel Island that three stout San Francisco whalers the Mary D Hume the Lar William Haskerty and the Jesse H Treman captains Porter and McKenna were trapped in ice off the Mackenzie river last September. They faced a hard break up in June with crews sparsely provisioned and forced to haul supplies by dog sledges. If rescue fails 120 to 450 men may be endangered by the ice melt leaving the vessels unable to reach harbor.
The Downey community reels as Biles Mains, daughter of a well known family, was abducted in her night attire by an unknown man entering through a window. She later wandered home at dawn in a disheveled state, unable to describe her assailant as investigators scour the area. A separate Downey note recalls an attempted intrusion on Dr Brunson’s residence.
A mob abducted Harry D Millam from Moore County Jail in Aberdeen last night. He was hanged from a tree on the road and found early this morning. Reports say he was accused of robbing a white man near Obvlons on Saturday. Local court and officers of Chuiora reported the lynching and moved the body to the county jail.
A Teheran embassy letter reports mob attacks on Jewish quarters in London on June 20. The Fatty Chronicle notes mob fanaticism and calls for suppression to protect Jews, while the government deploys troops but struggles to stem the violence and enforce order amid rising sectarian tension.
Fragmentary notes from the Atchison Globe discuss Topeka’s Rica Thrower, mentioning a wedding scene and a couple, with cryptic details about a bargain and refusals amid unclear local events. The prose is garbled, rendering specific actions and identities uncertain.
Unclear fragment describes a play by Franca Fratere titled Phe First Born. Mentions Wiret on the Chintar, beer ruinick era, a past two mantis, noon show times, and a tour by Rock Island Spacial. Notes a company Unat ban trade and a potential tour to wartime Rock Island venues.
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