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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1895
Page
4
The State Journal lists delivery options by carrier in Topeka and suburbs, with identical pricing in other Kansas towns served by carrier systems. Mail rates shown include three months for 2.60, six months for 3.60, and one year for 7.20, while weekly edition subscriptions run at 50 per year.
Weather indications for Chcaco forecast warmer tonight and Wednesday with southerly winds. A sprawling financial discourse notes silver gains in the East, treasury deficits, and critiques of gold standard supporters. mentions Governor Morton as a possible presidential candidate and tensions between state law and the M K Y railway. An invitation in Chicago praises Cleveland’s monetary stance, questioning labor representation among moneyed elites.
An Ottawa report condemns the health board for moving a contagious patient from a hotel to a pest house where he died within twenty four hours. The wife seeks damages. a strict quarantine was placed on a physician's home. Other notes critique Kansas life, local antics, and a Curtis anecdote about a farmer mistaking him for another speaker.
An attractive book on fruit growing in the Ozarks southern fruit belt highlights the Olden fruit farm in Howell County and offers guidance for fruit growers, farmers, and home seekers. Mailed free by J E Lockwoon of Kansas City Missouri. All woolens wished in soft water at Toresa Sreaw Laundpar.
In Sasta Fre New Mexico on April 2 Jesua Vilpandrom and Feliciano Chavez were found guilty of murder in the first degree. They were caught January 20 by Thomas Martinez while stealing and killing his father’s cattle. They lured Martinez into a corral and shot him then burned his body leaving only bones and a rubber foot. A dog aided the investigation while a witness Angel described the deflated yet clear image of the murdered man’s form among the ashes, a scene that stunned the courtroom.
The April 2 1895 treasury statement reports March 30 public debt at 1 09 730 406 with an $18 317 105 monthly increase. Interest bearing debt up 28 308 100 to 713 851 960. debt bearing no interest down 762 270 to 381 787 306. Total debt 1 664 591 749 with cash in treasury 797 237 599 and demand liabilities 600 320 528 leaving a rash balance 187 917 261 including a 90 643 307 gold reserve.
Boston interest centers on Nodier’s Trilby revived from a Boston Athenaeum copy. Two editions released this week by Estes Lauriat and Lamson Wolff, with swift translations by Nathan Kaskell Dole and Miss Minna Cuaraline Smith, reflecting quick modern production. The work, once Parisian favorite The Fairy of Argyle, inspires Du Maurier’s later novel without direct copying.
Huugh G Wallace, Democratic national committee member from this state and Senate nominee, returns from a two months trip to New York and New England. He says next year’s fight will center on the money question with party realignments likely. He believes Cleveland will be nominated by the Democratic party, though stepping into the presidency would displease him, and that people may force the nomination for the great exponent of sound money.
In Wasase Indiana on April 2 a special train carrying George Gould struck a carriage owned by George Jones near Roann killing Jones and his team. Mia Jones sued for 10,000, the Wabash offered 3,000, she held out for 5,200, negotiations paused. Last night Gould offered 1,600 to Mrs Jones, which was accepted.
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