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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1898
Page
8
In Coffeyville the jointists have contributed 140 to cover court costs in the case against the mayor accused of permitting illicit joint operation. The total assessed costs amount to 190, and will be paid by the jointists to prevent further trials. The county attorney threatens to proceed unless these payments are completed, and the mayor faces trial first.
El Dorado news recounts a Pacific coast woman seeking 150000 dollars from the government, alleging former Kansas senator James H. Lane courted her and deserted her. The Interior Department official notes a 30 page letter and dismisses the claim as untenable.
Mars March 17 report from the official version of Monday's incident at Nancy says a German customs captain and an official crossed the frontier. A French workman stoned the German guard chief after a dispute on German soil. French workers then surged into German territory shouting and throwing stones. The frontier inspector arrived and, fearing the crowd, leveled his weapon. The French crowd retreated and the original assailant was arrested by French police.
In Washington on March 17 Senator Allen items an amendment to the Postoffices appropriation bill proposing a $100,000 allocation to continue necessary and special facilities on trunk lines from Chicago to Omaha and Lincoln Nebraska and to Denver Cole and points west. The funds would not be spent unless the postmaster general deems them necessary for postal service. Any contracts must require all through mail arriving at Chicago and bound west to be carried in the car it reaches Chicago or transferred on track without being hauled by cars wagons or otherwise from one station to another.
Laredo Texas March 17 anonymous letters warn of a plot by Spanish residents in Laredo and Nuevo Laredo to blow up the city with dynamite if hostilities with Spain occur. After previous detentions and warnings, the mayor ordered the arrest of all suspicious characters following a new violent letter.
Atchison March 17 the Ingalls residence was entered Monday night and robbed of much of its content. The family was away in Washington. Drawers were emptied and every nook pried into as the thief took his time. A witness saw a man in trousers fitting like a bologna sausage at 10 o clock Monday night and alerted Prof Meixell though it was believed the family had not yet returned.
Clarence Mackay and his party including his fiancée Miss Katherine Duer will embark on a deferred prenuptial Canadian trip this Saturday. The voyage promises luxurious arrangements with Mrs. Richard Irving as chaperon. Also listed are Miss Daisy Leffer, Miss May Gvelet, Miss Virginia Fair, Mr. Hoataala Ronalds, and Mr. Philip Lyra.
March 17 report from Chunk King Fu province on the Yangtze describes a mob attack on a foreign medical mission. Native assistants were maltreated and one person killed amid unrest. Separately, Lazard Frères and Mueller Schall & Co. traded gold totaling 1.2 million for import. Weather outlook shows rain likely in Chicago and Kansas with colder southeast tonight.
Mrs Ales Neave of 6014 Cabanne Place West St Louis reports that medicines she received for asthma cured her promptly despite her age. She says her recovery is remarkable given her advanced years and offers to share her name for free samples. The Amick Chemical Co. Cincinnati invites readers to describe their symptoms for a free sample.
In London crowds gathered outside Drury Lane for the Nellie Farren benefit with hundreds sleeping on doorstep lines. The event at Drury Lane drew subscriptions from figures like Geo. Edwards and Lord Rosebery as tickets were sold for a show that began around noon after doors opened earlier.
A World dispatch from Washington reports tempers flared between Austria Hungary's minister and Assistant Secretary Day. After talks on indemnity for Hungarians killed at Lattimer, the minister urged an international board of inquiry into the Maine incident. Day reportedly rejected that route, sparking heated language before a later apology calmed the dispute.
Maher defeated Steve O'Donnell in two rounds at the arena in Philadelphia on March 17. O'Donnell wore wrist bandages at the start but removed them. In round one Maher knocked O'Donnell down twice with jabs and power, finishing with strong combinations. In round two Maher continued the barrage, sending O'Donnell to the canvas again before the referee stopped the fight as O'Donnell remained groggy on the mat.
The Windward, a British steamer used by the Jackson-Harmsworth expedition, was presented in December to Lieut. R. E. Peary by Alfred Harmsworth. It will sail to New York tomorrow after overhaul. Harmsworth says the voyage continues the international courtesies linked with the Resolute and the Alert gifts.
The United States transport Kennett sailed from New York for Matanzas Cuba with a cargo of provisions for destitute Cubans. The consignment was largely contributed through the Red Cross Society.
A large audience of Progressive men, women and students visited Dr. Slocum at his New York laboratory to hear his claims of miraculous cures. He described his microscope aided methods, new remedies for consumption and wasting diseases, and offered three free bottles to readers of the Topeka Journal.
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