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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1897
Page
4
The issue compiles jokes and quips from various sources such as Atchison Champion and Ottawa Republican. Cartoons and light satire touch on politics, manners, and daily life with local flavor. It reflects a lively exchange of wit among regional papers.
The article discusses the 10 percent discriminating duty clause in the tariff bill as explained by Speaker Reed. It notes potential complications over whether the duty applies to foreign vessels landing at U S ports and those from contiguous countries, with changes replacing net of congress language by convention and the president’s power to exempt vessels being questioned. Senator Milking’s opposition is cited and the broader impact on American shipping and trade questioned.
A garbled, opinionated page of quotes and reminiscences about reformers, courage, oysters, Klondike, and family funerals. The text references Frank Andree, the Populist party, and old fashioned values, all in a patchy, uncertain format with many cut phrases.
Superintendent Hart plans to employ boys at the reform school by basket making using 2,000,000 willow sprouts and a brickmaking program. He aims to curb idleness, teach brickwork, and create work for 100 idle boys after gardening season ends, with baskets sold to fund the effort.
Kansas City man John B. Edmunds, former Fraker office boy, has consented to return without requisition papers to Colorado Springs on suspicion of killing H. H. Kay near Pike's Peak summit on August 19. He will accompany Sheriff W. S. Boynton after arrest in Landis Court. Attorneys Batavia and Hicksin, hired by Kay’s relatives, consented to the return to face possible identification as Kay’s murderer. Three young women who saw Kay and the murderer near the body’s location near midnight on the 18th provided identification.
Cripple Creek miner-turned-entertainer claims to have struck it rich and will live easy for the year. He performs at the Midland after quitting the stage, while local promotions push Berrybody and a Texas route to Burlington for a Friday Bryan Day round trip.
Omaha reader W A MacMan reports immediate relief from an aching tired feeling after taking Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills. Eruptions on the limbs vanished after two bottles. Endorses both remedies for general weakness and skin issues.
Former Kansas governor Thomas A Osborn spoke at the Holland House New York noting strong wheat crops and rising grain prices as a sign of broad prosperity. He said Kansas leads in grain quality and export potential and predicted continued Republican gains despite Populist unrest. He warned silver advocates may suffer as prosperity strengthens farmer independence and Kansas voters choose based on conviction.
A Kansas City Journal reprint quotes HG Francia of Texas describing Arkansas City Kan fire whistle as the most discordant sound he has heard. He recalls hearing the high pitched cry at night and fearing a blaze, while hotel guests claimed it did not disturb them.
A newspaper notice reports the engagement of Miss Ellen Dortch to General James J. Longstreet with vows set for next Wednesday at the executive mansion Atlanta. The ceremony plans list Mrs. Atkinson organizing, former Senator H. W. Hain as best man, and notes Longstreet may receive a McKinley administration appointment while Dortch is a state librarian candidate.
Middlesex sheriff receives six sets of leg irons each with 43 pound ball to curb tramp nuisance. Public roads become work sites as hoboes reportedly stay away. A canvas sign near Menlo Park warns outsiders to keep away from New Brunswick amid the crackdown.
Sept. 6 Hot Springs Ark reports three superior quality pearls found in the Guachita River near the city. They were valued at $15 each after examination by a local jeweler causing excitement and a possible rush to locate fishing grounds. Also noted is Prof. George Cherrie preparing for a two year scientific quest in South America backed by a wealthy patron.
Grain O promises as a hot coffee substitute made from pure grains. It touts easy on the stomach for both children and adults and claims a rich mocha like color. The ad encourages grocers to stock the product and notes pricing and packaging details.
The schooner Losten A Gale drove ashore in a fierce northeaster off the coast. A failed attempt to salvage cargo and guns led to the shipege breaking, capsizing, and the captain Farrar with seven men escaping in a boat as the vessel went down, leaving crew and gear submerged.
An excursion train on the Maine Central railroad wrecked 22 miles west of Etna killing one, wounding 33. The dead is Martin, 21, of Plymouth. Seriously hurt include Getschell, baggage master at Newport, and Fillings, Tish, Welch, and others from Newport, Dexter, St. Albans, Plymouth. The train carried Dover and Foxcroft excursionists to a camp meeting. derailment occurred when a manger failed and overturned a car with 65 passengers.
Tragic incident near Al tus Greer county follows a rushed elopement. Cromiy Thaseard and the daughter of Robert Griffin wed in a minister’s presence. Griffin pursued, forgave them, then fatally shot the bride’s husband and killed himself after a confrontation on the road. The bride was struck in the dress but survived, though the wound to the husband may prove fatal.
Chicago details a planned firing squad to shoot at Adelaide Herrmann, widow of Herr Mann the Great, at the close of a Herrmann company performance. Kavanazh of the Seventh Regiment converts six sharpshooters to fire from regulation rifles loaded by the audience with army cartridges. Mme Herrmann aims to catch bullets on a plate, then bullets pass through the crowd.
Washington report notes Willard's hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue and Fourteenth Street is placed in the custody of a deputy U S marshal after the lesee failed to pay rent. Once refitted at a cost near 100000, the hotel served many prominent visitors and lawmakers, with questions and decisions shaped within its halls. Jon Rickey reportedly ran a hotel department that gained fame.
Secretary Coburn notes farmers expect a 10 to 15 percent increase in wheat acreage sown this fall, with one county reporting 2 percent, aiming at about 940,170 acres. Higher prices and favorable haying trends drive the optimism, but continued drought could delay planting and threshing.
A Vanderbilt group of ten, led by Wm. D. Sloane and H. McK. Twombly, rode into Chicago from the Klondike era with gold nuggets and Alaska photos. They checked into $90 per day suites, posed with bearskin garb, and planned to tour opera houses before heading home.
Chicago reports Trooper Shumway of Company G First United States Cavalry at Fort Sheridan was sentenced to two years in prison for perjury after denying witnessing a comrade dump lemon seeds and skin into a post drain. Major General Brooke, on leave, later reviewed the case and restored Shumway to duty, despite ongoing guardhouse detention and claims of perjury.
London based Mining Journal reports a American corporation plans a 19 mile tunnel under Cripple Creek Colorado to run a double track railway with a large capital base of 50 million dollars. Promoters deposit 51 thousand shares as good faith. remaining 249 thousand shares fund working capital. The project, to begin at Pike's Peak east base and exit near Victor, would run 18 by 18 feet and require nine years to complete with revenue expected before completion.
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