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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1897
Page
2
Corbett and Fitz concluded the final training session in Carson Nevada. Both men reported perfect condition for the championship fight with Fitz prepared to wear a red white and blue belt featuring an eagle symbol and asserting confidence to win.
New York reports Francis Wilson has declared war on the theatrical trust led by Hayman Frolan Rich Harris Nixon Huimermar and partners. After booking disputes and refusals to play under syndicate terms in Baltimore and Washington the comedian refused to perform under the commission. His manager notes the struggle over bookings at Academy of Music and Van Group venues. Wilson’s stand follows prior cancellations and a broader conflict with the control of engagements.
New York March 15 The third annual exposition of the Sportsmen's Association opened at Madison Square Garden and runs through the 20th The livestock displays will be striking with curiosities like an antique Wilt bird and a Topan tiling play of trophies of this era The tournament features a revolver contest and a national shooting event Prizes and individual matches will be offered for contests among military organizations
Montgomery Democrats announce rules for the upcoming municipal primary aiming to unify factions and restore party cohesion. The action mirrors Mobile Democrats and is expected to influence statewide election practices.
Ithaca March 15. Two Western men receive new chairs at Cornell University. The chair of analytical chemistry goes to Louis St Dennis, a Michigan graduate, and the chair of machine design to Henry Bakr, another Michigan graduate.
Joel Diaz Rubin of Puebls Mext receives government concession for an irrigation enterprise. A vast dam will be built above the Matamoras river to use its waters. In New York, Frederick Dent Grant’s sign To tet fuels talk of a diplomatic appointment or reversal among Col Grant’s friends. Subscribe for The State Journal.
Twelve naval ships of Asiee types will be completed in the next three months and assigned to the home station for a period. Four will later join the Asia tiemed South Atlantic fleets. Annapolis, under construction at Elizabethport, is to go out for a trial this week and be ready by May 1. Newport is being converted into a cadet practice ship, with three classes to sea. Three Baltimore torpedo boats await trial and will sail for Chesapeake Bay. Steamer Blake aids the work. Cruisers Wilmution, Nashville, and Helens at Newport News near readiness. two to have official trials in Long Island Sound this month. all three to be in commission by mid-May. Town, largest battleship, to be docked in New York for overhaul after an April 10 trial, then proceed to the naval course for a four-hour trial off Cape Cod and the Maine coast. by June join the home fleet under Captain Sampson.
Relatives report Lewis Forbes of 179 North Scott Street vanished from home in Springie Ohio. Police opened an investigation after Forbes, a known local resident, was last seen around 3 pm yesterday. Forbes is a cousin of President McKinley and recently received a letter from the president before the election.
Antonio Govin a noted lawyer and secretary of the autonomous party sails for the United States from Havana. Friends crowd the wharf as he declares he will not meet the ruined Spain and plans to leave. The report notes political turmoil and a postponed trial amid smallpox declines.
London reports Mrs Langtry's daughter Jean will debut this season. She resembles her mother but taller and is described as a noted academician having a portrait by a well known artist to be shown at the forthcoming academy exhibition.
Rumors circulate in theatrical circles that Beerbohm Tree Charles Wyndham George Alexander and J T Toole may be named knights in the jubilee. It is also whispered that Clement Scott could receive the honor.
In London on March 15, Nansen confers with the Marquis of Dufferin on using aerial devices to surmount polar ice peaks. He plans to inspect flying machines in the United States as potential tools for this expedition.
London reports the Marquis of Bute marks silver wedding by giving 1000 pounds to the Carditt town council. The money funds aid for poor girls to marry, with the mayor required to recite the first eleven verses of John 2.1-11.
The legislature ended the state irrigation board after two years of work costing about fifty thousand dollars. The board, though expensive, provided practical insights into western irrigation, showing growing plant numbers but leaving questions about future use of the stations. Wind powered pumps and Jumbo windmills aided water relief for western settlers, while large Colorado ditches crowded out smaller projects. The piece notes rainfall variability and ongoing efforts to conserve and scale water delivery to prairie farms.
Irrigation trials show varied yields, with some farms reporting 300 bushels of potatoes and large onions from irrigated plots, while others abandon efforts due to cost and uncertain returns. The state survey notes limited overall water, making widespread irrigation impractical. future gains rely on smaller, patient projects and local initiative rather than state action.
Thirty five Sux Indians survivors of the Custer massacre have applied for homestead lands in this county. They have been confined since the massacre on the Standing Rock reservation. This is the first such action by Indians on record.
London reports the Norwegian Storthing will grant 4,000 kroner to each of Dr. Nansen's companions and 4,000 kroner yearly for five years to Capt. Sverdrup as commander of the next Fram expedition to the north, planned to sail in 1808. Peerless Steam Laundry advertises at 112 and 11th West Street.
March 15 report from New York shows a rush of importers withdrawing woolen goods sugar tobacco from bond ahead of Congress extra session. Entries surpassed 4,000 by noon with heavy afternoon movement. Wool led the list with tobacco next, marking one of the era’s largest Customs receipts.
New York papers report that the Mirgest Insurance company received a London circular noting English insurers have lost about 2,000,000 pounds on shipwrecks from January 1 to February 2. Officials estimate the total may rise to 2,600,000 pounds for the first 64 days of the year.
Members of a West Indian Islands excursion aboard the steamer Kieamer Ohio arrived in City of Mexico and were presented to President Diaz this evening. The party includes ex-Claver bor Flower of New are contacted, Crome by Neves editor of the Washington Star, and H OG Armour of New York.
Wina Goes Up Five Cents. Califor nia Winemakers Corp raises price to 20 cents a gallon an increase of five cents The memorial from tariff conference in San Francisco was endorsed as best for California wine men Mineral Water The finest in the west Country tt a W PHILLIPS 612 W Bighis Ave
The Ashland Manufacturing Company started a new mill at Ashland, Maine, one of the largest in the world. Bangor Boston investors attended a luncheon at the opening. The mill will supply the Barker and Aroostook railway and move millions of feet of timber from the St John valley toward Maine ports, competing with Canadian mills and American lumber.
The greatest danger from La Grippe is pneumonia but with reasonable care and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy this danger can be avoided. Thousands have used the remedy with no pneumonia cases, suggesting it as a preventive and faster cure. Available in 25 and 50 cent sizes from druggists. Beecham's Pills noted for constipation relief.
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