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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1897
Page
2
A fragmented report outlines a Nebraska style referendum ordinance in a city, detailing adoption, voting thresholds, and authority limits. It describes referendum procedures, signatures, clerk duties, penalties, and mayor council powers related to ordinances and voter approval.
May 10 report details ex Congress member Will Exetich proposing a large new hotel in Indianapolis near Meridian Street. Project includes a modern theater and image of Governor Allgood painting. total cost near 500000, with state appropriations debated for supporting artwork and construction expenses.
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Mt B Latham of Atlanta leads a government coast survey party to ascend Mount St Elias with two former climbers and Lieutenant Intieal who aided Peary. The 18,024 foot peak lies near U S territory boundary and is famed for danger. The party plans to rely on compact rations to sustain two days per man.
The Pennt ama Fruit company starts potato drying at its Willowe plant in San Jose County California with twenty workers. Potatoes are peeled with apple peelers, water content reduced by about one percent, and starch recovered. Dried potatoes will be shipped to a San Francisco commission house and output should reach 10 000 pounds by May 20.
May 16 Columbia South Carolina reports the study board of control adjourned without action while the attorney general’s office reviews a dispensary security scandal. Witnesses say chief clerk Scruges accessed a contraband room with a key and oversaw shipments of canned peaches from Beckrode tropic, with keeper Lynch and Colonel Gaston mentioned in its handling.
The Topeka Rescue Mission, led by Superintendent Wm. S. Curtis, appeals for help to shelter and reform fallen women, noting several have found new purpose at revival meetings at ige North Kansas Avenue. City support has begun, but continued aid is needed for outreach and aftercare. May 6, 1887. The report also praises Chamberlain's Pain Balm as an effective rheumatism remedy, citing a local testimonial.
The Albany committee on school histories reports that current state histories omit clear causes of the Civil War and advocate rewriting to reflect loyalty to the South. They urge that school histories be controlled by proper state authority to ensure accurate portrayal.
Pryessor Edouard Von Holst, just back from Europe and now at Chiesti University, will soon reveal details of a crystal discovery by Professor Von Sehroen of Naples. Von Sehroen, Bavarian, used high magnifying glasses to study tiny crystal forms. He has safeguarded the finding with thousands of views from chosen samples. Von Holst regards the discovery as centuries in importance, and Spencer and Athett have affirmed its genuineness and significance.
Lew B Harris resignation clears path for Jesse Grant and associates to secure exclusive guano rights from the Gulf of California to the twenty-ninth parallel. A schooner will sail from San Diego to locate guano deposits, with ships to Honolulu for sale and initial cargo brought to San Diego as prices rise.
Mary E B Wilcox, born in the White House in Jackson’s era and widow of Mississippi Representative Wilcox, resigns after 11 years in the Treasury. Aged over 80, she has drawn 40 dollars monthly and tenders her voluntary departure effective August 3 with leave granted.
New York May 10 The Rainy Day Club discussed whether members should wear short skirts at meetings despite weather. The motion failed by a large margin. about half a dozen members wore garments, while others abstained. The executive committee had asked for four short skirts.
Nicola Tesla details safer X ray practices in a long statement to be published in tomorrow's Scientific Review. He urges banning platinum containing belts, using a Tenard tube with pure aluminum, adding a protective aluminum screen or fluid layer, and increasing the exposure distance to at least fourteen inches.
A commission created by the general assembly plans a stone monument in memory of General John A. Logan. Sculptor Augustus St. Gaulden will craft an equestrian statue depicting Logan at the Atlanta campaign. Unveiling date tied to Logan command anniversary. statue to stand opposite Kidbridge Court in Chicago.
New York May 10 Cornelius Vanderbilt, still frail after a paralytic stroke, visited the New Albany cemetery and left two boxes of roses and flowers on his mother's resting place. He appeared thinner and more careworn, with a tense gaze revealing strain from his illness. He is the family’s only member who regularly visits the tomb and had done so frequently before his illness.
The War Department orders disbandment of the Indian scouts on May 1 after years of attempts to create blue-coated soldiers. Most of the Fort Sino unit, about % men, will become government scouts with lighter duties and continued uniforms. They will, in peacetime, perform duties similar to Indian police.
In Washington on May 1 Mgr Martinelli apostolic delegate and Liliuokalani former Queen of Hawaii were guests of Holy Cross convent students. The queen sang two of her own songs in her native language and Marinelli expressed pleasure with her accomplishments.
A New York plan seeks to build model housing for the poor under a syndicate of wealthy citizens. The project will select desirable sites, provide affordable payments, and include life insurance with rents. Initial sites in Manhattan and Brooklyn are developed with several tracts acquired for future expansion.
Four American artists Edwin H. Pluehfield Will H. Low Y Turner and Edward Simmons receive commissions for Astoria Hotel frescoes and murals. Blaehfield to paint ballroom ceiling titled Music with idealized orchestra and dancers. Law and Turner to handle allegorical themes in dining and banqueting rooms including the calendar motif of months and seasons.
Gen. James H. Longstreet, 79, returns to Gainesville Ga from Washington with assurance of a McKinley appointment as railroad commissioner to succeed Wade Hampton within the month. A lifelong Republican and former Confederate commander, he is poor and unable to support himself, but health is good aside from slight deafness and his age is a noted factor. The post pays a good salary and requires little attention beyond basic duties.
Deputy Sheriff Butler conducted an auction at Tabernacle Baptist Church on Second Avenue and Tenth Street, former pastor D C Potter presiding. Furniture carpets chairs organ pulpit books and other items were sold under 88 751 execution for the New York City Baptist Mission Society. Every item reportedly sold for the society. Parson Potter praised. Also note laundry advertisement for Peerless Steam Laundry.
A Topeka notice highlights Prof. Munyon’s offer of free 6000 vials of Rheumatian Cure to show real test results. It touts rapid relief for rheumatism, claims extensive nationwide use, and urges readers to consult local druggists for a free health guide and trial doses.
New York May 1 The will of Mrs Elizabeth H Pitton will be filed this week, with reports that Theodore Tito and his wife separated after the Beecher trial and she received substantial income plus a large bulk of savings. The estate, valued around 110000, includes Brooklyn and New York real estate and will largely go to a daughter and to the religious sect led by Rev Malachi Taylor. Mrs Tilton trusted Brooklyn real estate for investments and disposed of much of her money accordingly.
In New York city a costly hotel once tied to the Metropolitan Opera House faces possible shutdown despite a license remaining. Officials report more than 300000 dollars spent to fit the property last year, excluding the license fees. Proprietor Max Hirsch sought an all night license to boost revenue from social functions, but misadventures with guests revealed tensions and a mounting fragility of operations.
Fragments describe a sudden disruption at a stage entrance with ten bedsteads packed and taken away by a wigot driving up, matching a closing for the season at a local motel. The text is garbled but implies a chaotic incident affecting an entertainment venue and lodging establishment.
The Chile government offers a $100,000 yearly premium to anyone who discovers a new use for nitrate. Chile produces large quantities of nitrate and warns a much larger market could be found. Military maneuvers are postponed due to poor roads from recent rains.
Reports from New York May 10 describe preliminary steps toward creating a Hebrew state in Palestine. Meetings at Liberty Hall East Houston Street discussed refuge and leadership with figures like Max Nordau Theodore Herzl C Montefiore and Dr Howie. Lectures on religious subjects announced at Washburn College with free admission led by Charles M Sheldon Bratessur BM Scott and Chicago Theological professors. Also news notes Miss Rage Coghman undergoes surgery at St Elizabeth’s Hospital and plans summer with her brother on Prince Edward Island.
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