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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1897
Page
5
A dramatic claim reports a government experimental airship with two lanterns seen near Topeka on a Saturday night. Witnesses described a craft lifting and moving east of the city, with locals and professors discussing its power and purpose amid ongoing kite experiments.
Frank Jarreliin is named managing editor of the paper at Topeka Morning Capital. A longtime Kansas correspondent for the Kansas City Times, his move is praised as keen and newsy by the Journal. David Mulvane remains in direct supervision, Del Keizer stays business manager, and Harold T. Chase continues as editor-in-chief.
The Internations Association of Ma chiniite holds a convention in AUHRAS LES where the committee on law reports a near unanimous adoption of an initiative and referendum rule after a contentious vote. The report details the financial aspects and the close division among members.
In Topeka today council matters, real estate notes, and local society items mix with street work plans. The Topeka Huse Ball club played at Hamilton hall while William Warner began his career in Hite and several residents prepared summer travel to Colorado. Community meetings include a state house base ball practice, the Woman's Free Silver club discussion, and a Topeka auditorim meeting to plan athletic events. Local officials and workers, from sidewalk inspectors to telegraph chiefs, are noted along with a juvenile court session and a minor arrest in the city. The Washburn Owls and Ottawa University clash at Weadbury grounds tomorrow.
Col Buck the minister to Japan accepts a reception from African Americans in Atlanta, a radical social departure provoking statewide shock. Republicans praise Buck’s appeal to Black voters, while authorities fear upheaval as leaders push for delegates to the GOP convention. The scene includes a planned reception and public reactions amid political tensions.
The Topeka Taxpayers League meeting proposes curbing city county waste and lowering taxes. Members discuss creating a municipal league with limited political ties, funding, and potential cooperation with the Commercial club while seeking businesslike budget cuts and reduced bond interest.
A meeting discusses reducing city costs with a proposed organized reform league to monitor expenditures. Participants advocate a public information campaign and appoint a subcommittee to push for legislation, education board oversight, and vigilant governance to deter wasteful spending.
Senator Hessin accuses Senator John E Tessin of promoting interests of the American Hook Company through state school book contracts. He cites removals at State Agricultural College tied to faculty discord, including Mason and Gilkey, with broader claims of personal antagonism and silenced oversight. Also notes new corporate charters for Hall Brothers Altman patents and local bank syndicate leadership in Emporia and Chicago.
T J O Neil treasurer of the Hutchinson reformatory board drew from the state treasury in April a total of 2170 21. Of this amount 1049 90 covered maintenance and 1153 97 paid salaries, leaving the balance for other expenses.
In New York on May 5 thousands of socialist labor party members rallied near Tafton Square and spoke against oppression but scattered after a drenching shower. Emma Goldman was intercepted as she attempted to mount the platform. organizers report no major trouble and say outsiders caused the commotion. Special meetings and travel deals are announced for upcoming events in several Kansas towns.
The sixteenth annual meeting of the State Federation of Clubs gathered delegates from Topeka and Leavenworth with messages from Hutchinson and Emporia. A lively program featured speeches, music, and welcome remarks by Hutchinson leaders and local sponsors, celebrating club culture and intellectual community.
The Shakespeare club extends a playful welcome drawing from the bard, delivering a merry speech about learning and society. Ten women host the event, mix humor and insight, and pledge to nourish intellects with books while celebrating female camaraderie.
The text voices sharp views on women's value and honesty, loaded with critique and admonitions about brevity and dignity. It invokes epigraphs on time, memory, and epitaphs, ceding space to reflective if tangled observations on speech and worth.
New York reports Jersey City police recovered a pin stolen from Gen. Neilson Miles during a Lincoln banquet night. Miles valued the First division of the Second army badge as a gift from friends and filed a police report. The pin was located in a pawn shop.
Denver officials announce an international gold mining convention for July 7 with Governor Adams as temporary president. Governors and lieutenant governors from states and territories will participate, with a representation basis of thirty delegates per state or territory, plus five delegates per county and per city, and additional delegates for population. Various mining and commercial organizations will appoint delegates.
Professor William Lyon Phelps discusses the state of fiction noting the novel overshadows other forms and praising prose while criticizing Mrs. Ward for lacking craft. He contrasts born novelists with industrious writers and laments the dominant role of the novel in modern literature. The piece questions the lasting value of popular works like Robert Elsmere and highlights the distinction between genius and effort in authors.
Police kept old soldiers away from trouble as Topeka officers patrolled streets to deter loitering and theft. Veterans were moved to depots or escorted home, while several women were arrested and fined for suspected vagrancy amid a citywide effort to maintain order among aging veterans.
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