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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1897
Page
4
Official city paper details subscription terms. Daily circulation 20 issues weekly to Topeka area. Address: Kansas Avenue at Eighth Street. Business office phone and reporters room listed. New York address provided for publishers association.
Weather notes indicate cooler conditions in the west with increasing chances of rain on Tuesday. The report mentions a fall like pattern and suggests winds may shift as coastal and inland areas experience changes. Overall, unsettled conditions expected with cooler air moving in from the west.
The Topeka festival opens with hopes of a joyful, costless pastime for all, drawing visitors from across the state. The event aims to reflect Kaneas pride, celebrate fraternal ties, and showcase community hospitality through exhibits, music, and shared enjoyment amid praise for organizers and participants. It highlights fraternal societies as key community drivers, uniting people weekly and strengthening mutual benefit.
Fragmented text describes a bizarre scene with advice on manners and meals in Kansas. A woman with a troubled husband and a Madisonlike tavern mood appears, alongside a story of a girl seeking romance while a father faces house seizure. The passage hints at social tension and personal longing amid uncertain debt and digestion issues.
A fragmented local sketch mentions Joudis and a Atchison man linked to carrier pigeons in his head. A man named Noman shown in a robe riding, while a tale about an old-fashioned quiet child circulates. The piece hints at peculiar regional phrases and curious beliefs without clear context.
Police guard Alton white schools as authorities bar black families and children from entry. At Washington and Lincoln schools officers repel attempts by black parents and youths to enter, while some children squeeze through windows and are pursued inside.
A Tennessee resident, once a Kansas land fund holder, writes from Johnson City denouncing a claimed failure to respond to a 90 day notice. He pours praise on the homestead law while lamenting isolation and drought. The missive alarms the Washington land office and draws response.
St Louis business men push a low interest chattel loan bank to curb usurious rates. A Sept meeting at Merchants Exchange aims to authorize a $50 000 capital, rising to $100 000, with loans on personal property including furniture. Experts would appraise collateral, with storage, insurance and recording fees.
The Town Republican campaign kicked off with Lene M. Shave, candidate for governor, as the keynote speaker in Red Oak Iowa on a Saturday crowd. Congressmen Hager and Dolllver, and H. M. Milliman, lieutenant governor candidate, spoke as Shave argued for the old stand ard and warned that free silver would threaten prosperity while protective tariffs historically spurred growth.
New York dispatch reports former President Cleveland purchased Elbow Pond near Cetar Swamp, six miles from Gray Gabies. The pond is stocked with black bass, pickerel and perch and he plans to build a camp on the shore. The rumor has spurred land price rises along nearby ponds.
Four ships sailing from New York plan trips to the Klondike within sixty days. The Nellie G Thurston will sail first toward Cape Horn, then Magellan Straits, to reach the Pacific gold fields. The A Wood Currie also heads north, while the City of Columbia, long associated with Old Domi nes line, is scheduled to leave soon.
Tam Moors of Lisbon Falls describes years of severe knee pain and leg sores ending after using Hood's Sarsaparilla. He reports relief after several bottles and a return to strength, appetite, and health. His wife read his case and urged the remedy, claiming dramatic improvement.
B Roper, engineer at the Reform School, was fired by Superintendent J M Hart amid claims of misconduct and rule violations. Roper says the action followed an incident where corn tassels were placed on Maj Anderson and Mr Gormly, with Hart accusing him of insulting the supervising official. Anderson and Gormly were reportedly not discharged, Hart stating this was untrue.
The Kansas Railroad Commission heard of a new cubic foot rate system for bulky freight. M I & T announced adoption may take effect within thirty days. Santa Fe has used the basis since June, with westbound traffic first. Rail lines like Rock Island and Union Pacific are adopting the plan as others follow.
Baltimore reports an eastern shore horse epidemic with over 100 deaths. Dr A W Clement, state veterinarian, suspects poisoning from vegetable matter after horses roam freely. Ill animals refuse food, weaken rapidly, and die within 48 hours, with post mortem signs indicating stomach inflammation from poisoning. The outbreak appears in Hartford County near pure water areas.
Charles Ohimers refused to furnish wages to Mrs. L A Burndy and her daughter Myrtle. Burndy sought 5 dollars for wages and meals and washing. Ohimers counterclaimed 150 dollars for Myrtle's board and two shirts missing. Case continued to October 8 at two.
New York dispatch notes Blair M P and Lieut Col Dornyille M P among Dominion representatives at the queen s Jubilee aboard the Paris from Southampton. Also aboard were two London financiers from Jones Bidwell Co and Robert Smith linked to a $5 000 000 British Columbia gold mine venture. The party plans to proceed to Canada. St Louis politicians Richard Kerens Jr and Max Judd also travel on the steamer.
The Irénch newspapers note with satisfaction that German authorities fear French military bicyptiata and are training wolf hounds to attack field men. They claim Berlin outskirts train wolves to seize dummies on bicycles. Street Car Tickets: Public may save by buying tickets at 113 East Eighth Avenue office.
Washington reports president will issue under the Morgan act a proclamation exempting Mexican vessels in ballast from discriminating tonnage dues and duties in U S ports. It will grant Mexican ships identical privileges to U S vessels in Mexican ports, aiding coal and other cargo shipments from Gulf ports to Mexico.
Dr Elbert C Fortner and Dr Thomas A Davis performed trephining on Mrs C H Krause wife of Tivola theater manager in San Francisco to treat presumed insanity. Despite prior suicide attempt and self harm the operation was successful and she is said to be recovering well.
In Xenia on September 21 McClellan, manager of the Nenia Opera House, sought to show veriscope pictures of the Corbett Fita demonstration. The church leaders and mayor opposed the screening and petitions urged denial. A different building was rented but license was again refused on moral grounds, yet McClellan plans to proceed with preparations and the exhibition.
In Duite Mont on Sept 2 Mr and Mrs SLB Curtis and six other Sam'l of Posen company members formed a joint stock group to mine in the Klondike. They plan to sail on the spring’s second steamer to Dawson City with Mrs Curtis named manager due to her proven business success. Curtin will fund most capital and cover expenses. Mrs Curtis and Miss Barr join the venture actively.
Major Kingman of the U S engineer corps reports a mountaineer Lawson built a mull dam across the Clinch River obstructing government crews. He defied removal and threatened violence, forcing repairs. The case is sent to the department for instructions as work cannot proceed until settled.
An amused crowd watched a white horse grab a rich woman’s new fall hat at Clark and Washington streets. The horse munched the hat until it was ruined while bystanders shouted. Two or three men restrained the animal and recovered the hat for the owner.
New York accounting of the Austin Corbin estate filed by Surrogate Petty in Riverhead shows 240 000 paid on indebtedness secured by Long Island Railroad stock and remaining personality of 167 874, with unencumbered Fifth Avenue and Broadway city real estate still in state possession. A larger total up to 2 500 000 is anticipated. In San Angelo Texas a herd sale records 1700 steers and 50 heifers to F W Steuwe.
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