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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1897
Page
3
A patient details chronic heart disease symptoms followed by a turn to rest and renewed energy after using Miles' Nervine. The testimonial claims sleepless nights ended and daytime vitality returned, noting the product is sold by druggists with a money back guarantee.
Hermit Cameron, a veteran known as the Hermit of Kane, announced a vow to walk from New York City to Gettysburg for Decoration Day. He left Nashville, Tennessee, and traveled via Washington Monument and Princeton to Philadelphia, then Philadelphia to Baltimore, retracing his route with public appearances and political notoriety along the way. He served four years in the Union Army and later held federal positions before retiring to Kansas, where he adopted his distinctive look and campaign persona.
May 3 notes from Chanute record office show Cpl. Wyn Whitney revising minutes for the G A encampment. Compositors set type as Rite Aldrhey hastens the book toward an early June release, aiming to match last year’s WIC minutes.
P Nash of Glen Elder experiments with 1 000 acres of corn and plans extensive planting of artichokes and hogs. The Stockton Record reports Nash oversees large operations, with 100 acres to earn acid and 800 acres growing. editorial shifts include Gertrude Dewey handling editorials and Mrs A King running the Plunvie department as summer issues expand.
Smith Center reports a Smith County farmer, Dr W. Can Bon, boosted his stock value after rearranging 162 head of cattle into 360 head and 5 hogs, with hogs at 310 a head, totaling about 14,500. Farmers across Smith and adjacent counties are engaged in stock and corn farming amid alfa forage. New Frankfort Church Dedicated. $3,250 Raised in Congregation May 25.
Beloit May 23 The thirteenth annual banquet of the Beloit High School class was the largest yet held in the New York store hall. The hall was decorated with potted plants evergreens lavender and lemon hunting colors of the class. The evening opened with arrangements and memories of the graduates.
A Beloit high school banquet drew sixty five graduates to the 1 Avenue hotel dining hall, richly decorated with portraits and flags. The meal, described as the finest ever, featured abundant entabl er and honored Beloit’s notable alumni.
Ellsworth Hacker, life prisoner for murder in the old Addison Baker case, plans to seek clemency at the July Pardons Board meeting. Robers confessed partially. reports claim Roberts killed Baker, while Hacker witnessed the murder, possibly making him an accomplice. Other brief items note engineer J V Phillips’s death and a hotel death in Midland.
Washington reports that over three weeks three Treasury Bureau experts tested E. C. Brice's claim of producing silver and gold from base metals. The two week tests found no evidence of creation or transmutation and Brice failed to recover the full expected silver and gold from the materials.
In New York May, Schoen Pearl Lester proposes a 59 hour work week constituting a week's work. Workers would be paid by the week rather than by the task and only men would be employed. A wage claim of 150 is noted, and the plan would force manufacturers to pay a 5 percent advance on current rates.
New York May 25 The total shipment amount slated for Byrne today includes 4,400,000 dollars with 1,230,000 dollars raised from private resources and not withdrawn from the subtreasury. The steamship Trave is scheduled to depart with 160,000 ounces of silver.
Lawrence May 21 Kansas University team defeated Baker 15 to 8 by forfeit as Baker could not field a team. The score by innings shows KU leading early and maintaining advantage through the contest. Strong pitching and timely hitting from KU helped secure the victory in front of the home crowd.
Jefferson City May 25 The ex-conhomer Elmer Sattley was quietly released from the penitentiary by order of Gov Stephens and prison officials the day before the public knew of the pardon. Letters from prominent citizens influenced the action as Stephens says he did not believe Sattley guilty. He argues Sattley acted on orders from bank directors and officials. The bank failed in the 1903 panic with deposits totaling about 2.6 million. Indictments against President Darragh, Churchill, and cashier Sittley were pending. The pardoned man had pursued a new trial and was then in Chicago pursuing real estate.
A Topeka resident living on Chandler Street complains of a neighbor who believes he can sing and serenades at night. The writer asks the paper to help restore peace, noting the noise has become intolerable and offering that the singer would not attend for free.
Berlin dispatch reports expert Kruger Nere died in a shooting mishap while attempting the William Tell shot backwards with a filter aid. The bullet struck his sister, assisting him, and she died minutes later. The incident contrasts with his claim of a lifesaving discovery later touted in advertisements.
A joint meeting of Kansas and state Prohibition party central committees is set for June 1 in Topeka to plan unified work. Leaders W. L. Humbert and M. Williams urge large attendance of temperance workers and commit tee members to push proactive prohibition efforts nationwide. The open letter calls for resolutions showing commitment to advancing the cause and uniting voters behind a single party.
Silver Republicans condemn and disapprove of the Republican central committee's rule barring these voters from the primary while some Democrats who supported Bryan are allowed to vote. Sheriff Kentey's followers argue the measure helps their candidate and many claim it benefits the party overall.
Refers to expected trial of Signor Crispi for complicity in the Bank of Naples scandals. Includes a claim of an audience with King Humbert, remarks on the campaign against him, and hints of an exit for two persons involving a rich man.
A vintage medical advertisement promotes Baco-Curo as a vegetable cure for tobacco addiction. It claims to notify cessation, guarantees cure with a Whitten guarantee, and offers one box for $1.00 or three boxes for $2.70 with refunds if not effective. The ad directs readers to Chemical & Difg Co in La Crosse for booklets and testimonials.
Senatorial dispute as Morgan questions house action on the Cuban resolution and British naturalization proposals. Ann Morgan condemns US humiliation over lack of American ships while Cullom seeks a sweeping Interstate Commerce overhaul to curb pooling and set rate controls with ICC approval.
In St Louis a sea turtle weighing 350 pounds and stretching about five feet long and 2.5 feet wide drew crowds at a North Third Street fish and oyster shop. Officials plan to buy the creature for about 75 dollars for turtle soup and turtle steaks, while visitors traded rides on its back. The tale recalls the turtle’s voyage from Chesapeake Bay after being captured and shipped to St Louis.
In St Louis President Von der Ahe says the St Louis base club interest and franchise are not sold and negotiations with Cleveland's Robison and partners are off. Robison claims a $40,000 cash offer was refused and hints at possible future terms, while talks at the Southern hotel discuss various options including selling Burkett and Childs or an ownership stake. Bridge lumber contract insured as Keepers and Thacher agree with county to insure and supply materials for the Kanaus river bridge project.
A one story barn at 4nd West Fifth street was doused after a blaze called out the department at 10:3 last evening. The building suffered minor damage. Frank Quiet, who forged FR Beckstrom’s name on a $5 ticket, was tried for forgery in district court this afternoon and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. Senator Mills’ son in law Dins, of Washington, May 18 85. Maloney of Tennessee, Mills’s son in law and longtime post office clerk, died of heart disease while driving to the office today.
The Jennings report shows variable outcomes with heavy late week rain in western Meade and Husk counties, ground conditions improving in wheat, corn starting to plow, and alfalfa first cut near Kane River. Eastern counties report inch rain, oats, rye, and hay progressing while planting continues in many areas, and prospects for fruit remain uncertain.
William Maddox, a Valencia rancher who vanished from his home ten days ago, was reported late today to be in critical condition. Dr W B Kastor and RB Bikok, visiting Valencia with Mt BF Punkey, examined Maddox and found him thinner and increasingly weak. doctors warn his fate hinges on evolving organic or injury related causes.
An epidemic of measles has developed at the reform home with 50 cases reported. The most serious involve Fannie and Dina Burwell of Lenoxworth, both schooled in the institute. Miss Pannin Burwell is described as serious. Precautions are emphasized to contain the spread while authorities investigate. Meanwhile local business notes report a grocery firm renting space at the Hast Sixth Street building, with occupancy plans by George Sieber and Wells-Perce roof tenants at 14 East Sixth Street.
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