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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1898
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR reads Bell Phone at the second porter station with unclear context or names. No full event or outcome discernible from the readable text. Potential telephony reference suggests an incident or note about equipment, but details are missing.
A purported letter from a Kansas Indian leader pleads against altering rivers and land loss to white settlers. It condemns flood control projects and town-building that displaced natives, warns rivers like the Kansas mouth will dry, and laments renamed territories. The piece ends noting Governor Pingree’s plan to hire stenographers to record legislative speeches for wider distribution.
The article discusses large US trade surpluses and a surprising flow of gold to Europe. It notes payments of overseas obligations and estimates about 30,000,000 dollars held by European institutions as long-term assets, implying a shift in financial positioning.
Mr Fleury Clews explains the recent gold movement from Europe to the United States. He notes a large floating balance overdue for settlement and says imports of gold may be very large if withdrawals accelerate in London and London banks adjust credits. He compares European political strain to rising foreign exchange pressure and warns of possible future credit extensions. He adds a quip about the German emperor resembling an Irish Donnybrook tail taunter.
The piece laments Topeka lacking a genuine auditorium and urges action over talk. It praises the city while urging energy and effort, noting past spend on events and joking about “ash cloth” and repentance. It mentions a Boston girls regiment rumor to sway climate, and calls for constructive steps.
A collation of satirical and provocative quips on social behavior, gender norms, and politics from the Atchison Globe. The text mocks public talk, late nights, fashion trends, and suffrage era political tensions, including references to voices, manners, and a struggle over Black voting rights.
Reported wealth Engtitnman offers his count house to Mr. Zola amid exile talk. Mr. Grau signs next year’s agreement paying Alfred Nobel’s estate. Nobel is honored by a Hamburg monument by Max Philipp. Hepburn of Iowa marks Washington's birthday with four visits, first arriving February 8.
Port's president Tinenin arrived as treasurer and again for the Harrison inauguration, while EH Conger, back from China to Brazil, reports rapid progress and a bright future for the nation. The Abyssinian emperor stands six feet tall in shoes, dark with a curly beard, wearing a Quaker hat and embroidered cloak.
General Clarkson of Omaha visited Tubeka to press for Kansas representation at the Transmissisnippi Exposition opening in Omaha next June. He urged Governor Leedy to appoint a commission to secure arrangements and promote Kansas resources in mining agriculture and industry. He warned Kansas cannot be left out as thousands will attend from the East and West to see the state’s prospects.
A report details a scam by con artists posing as Life and casualty insurance agents. They solicit weekly payments from elderly and vulnerable residents, forge signatures, and use a real estate office as a supposed stop. Witnesses describe a colored woman and a light-haired man promoting the scheme. Authorities were alerted and investigations continue.
Seattle reports interest in Lapland reindeer for Yukon transport. A contract with Barweron & Chiteatt will deliver 27 deer and 40 tons of supplies to Pyramid harbor. Seminole ship will carry deer from Everett to Prince William Sound, then overland to Yukon gold fields. Seventeen women, twenty-six children, and twenty-three men are to be housed at Port Thewsend.
Wyandotte residents report J K Cubbison will not contest the results of the Wyandotte Republican primary as defeated for the constitutional designation by W J Farhan. Cubbison, speaking with friends at a caucus, refused to enter any contest and said he would select his own delegation and attend the Ottawa convention for the first district.
Firemen and residents battled a severe prairie blaze near Cimarron on March 1. A 10 year old, Ernest Makin, displayed presence of mind guiding his father's horses to safety as flames scorched a duck pond and threatened the town. Citizens fought the fire to keep it from Cimarron proper.
Wellington March 17 A postmaster at Caldwell W A Storm was found $200 short by a post office inspector and removed December 3, 1807 The sureties paid the money but he was indicted by the US grand jury and jailed at Wichita He was released A bond was given by S H Morner of Caldwell Strum has refused to explain the missing funds The case now appears that Strum did not steal the money and did not benefit The two officials Cochran and Lambert agreed he should plead guilty be fined 10 and costs totaling about 60 9 with ninety days to pay the penalties
Senator Baker pressed for a 61000 increase for Leavenworth Soldiers' Home in the sundry civil appropriation bill. The committee proposed 45000 for barracks and furniture, 410 for a women turner cottage, 10000 for a second commissary building, and raised the household expenses from 50000 to 70000. An extra 5000 was directed to William A. Grogin for settlement improvements. Senator Harrhy backed 361,000 for barracks and stationing for a light artillery battery at Fort Leavenworth.
United Brethren pastor Rev. Frank Tease was arrested and jailed on a charge of violent insanity after an argument with Rev. Rogers over religious questions at Rogers' home. Tease, once considered sensible, reportedly raged for hours after attending Rogers' sermon.
Rev J E Brant longtime pastor and former district president will retire from the pulpit due to ill health after serving in Fort Scott and Burlington Kansas He and his wife plan to visit their children and later settle in Bloomington Indiana for the remainder of their lives
Emporia March 37 The district court heard a suit against County Commissioners Jacobs Miller and Mapes over money spent to visit Topeka and rail line protests. Geo Plumb for Lyon county live stock men said the move saved farmers at least 60 000 and livestock shippers statewide at least 500 000, with costs to be covered.
An advertisement extols Pyramid Pile Cure for piles claiming immediate relief and complete cure with no pain or blood loss. It cites testimonials from Mrs. Hinckly of Indianapolis and Major Dean of Columbus, notes price at 4500 pts for full-sized package, and states Pyramid Drug Co. in Marshall, Michigan sells it through druggists.
Judge Randolph ruled the county commissioners were technically required to find against the defendants but exonerated them from taxes in the decision. The ruling absolves the officials of related financial duties amid the legal case.
K J H Timbach of Ford county killed a very large black eagle on B Z Tatum’s ranch five miles up the river. Umbach, driving solo by the irrigating ditch, surprised the bird as it perched in the grass. After a tough struggle a blow felled the eagle, which measured seven feet wingtip to wingtip and bore a two and seven eighth inch claw. The bird had plagued Mr Taum’s ranch for nearly a year, killing several calves.
Winfield man F S Phillipps loses horse to the Walnut river whirlpool below Tunnel mills after driving too near the eddy. The horse and buggy remained submerged over an hour before surfacing. Phillipps escapes with heroic effort. Other brief items note odd juristctions, a Keeley cure case, a church salary suit, a boy killed by a runaway pony near Leavenworth, a large cattle deal, a Newton carriage factory reopening, an unknown dead man near Paola, a court reporter's resignation, and Junction City's new opera house and city hall project.
An advert note proclaims PISO S CURE superior for coughing and colds with Mrs C Reynolds endorsing it as indispensable.
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