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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1895
Page
4
Fragmented OCR notes reference the Prairie state era with mentions of Kansas courts Shawnees County and county officials. The text cites weather, tariff impacts on mutton prices, and political commentary on Cleveland sound money stances, Gresham, and potential 1890s era alignments with Carnegie Depew political views.
A Kansas governor used a naturalization scam to fill a role, urged abolition then revival of the public works board, and fought over state house funds. Opinions from the attorney general favored council control, while the state press criticized reform rhetoric and political double standards amid local items on baseball, manners, and public displays.
A municipal league meeting plans to solicit vacant land for unemployed city residents to farm. The water works report is deferred to the next session, with W C Campbell presenting a review of Albert Shaw’s Municipal Reform in Great Britain. Donations of lots from residents and property owners are listed, and a committee may be appointed to secure more land.
In district court this forenoon Judge Hagen named A. D. Hubbard as receiver for the state printing plant after al lurants J. D. McFareland Glead Ware Gleed and David Overmyer failed to agree. Hubbard, a deputy clerk under Gardenfire and Sterne, was favored by Bo Hamilton and his attorney J. D. McFarland. Sam Radges was a second name considered. No salary fixed. the post is valued at about $2,000.
A string of brief notes from Kansas towns covers local topics from a Paola aim for an intelligent justice of the peace to Lawrence social reform and prairie life. Reports mention Dickinson county exam pass rates, open air concerts in Independence, day visits in Ellinwood, debates at Emporia State Normal, and changes in theater and civic life amid evolving norms.
Montgomery Wells, known as road house man, gained freedom after his wife paid the fines and costs totaling 279.70 at the county jail. Wells, held nearly three months, had pleaded poverty and a suffering family while seeking release.
Rev Dr Charles Aue, D D, former Brooklyn Navy Yard chaplain, reportedly dying of pneumonia in England. Rev Mr Kane, famed for Civil War sea service and a stunning purported death escape in Jamaica, allegedly revived after eight hours in a coffin. Later at Norfolk Navy Yard he again appeared to die, remaining cataleptic for 48 hours.
In Wasurgatox on April 3 officials report tax returns far above expectations. Up to 10,000 returns have been received and are being verified. Pre March 10 filings total at least 1.5 million dollars in tax with April 1 filings likely reaching 15 million. By June 1 projected tax collection could reach 20 million. Supreme Court support for the law is anticipated.
Aboard the Vigilancia from Havana Captain McIntosh reports Manzanillo buzzing with insurgent sympathy as rumors spread of a large force ready to invest the town. Skirmishes occur between Spanish troops and insurgents but no decisive engagement has yet occurred, with excitement gripping locals.
On April 3 in Washington Hon William L Wilson was sworn in as postmaster general by Chief Justice Paller at 11 00 in the post office department. Ric Bissell ends his official labors today after overseeing the transition and taking over the employer of the department in the afternoon.
Dr Mary Walker, noted for wearing male attire, appeared in Northampton Massachusetts court to contest her son's will. The judge ruled against her and the will was admitted to probate, with withdrawal noted from Western Trunk committee influence in later reports.
A French journal recounts a haughty chamber of deputies member who mistakes a familiar man in the lobby for an intrusive journalist. The man is revealed as the official reporter of the character No Practical Verde. The piece includes comic exchanges on maxims and a Chicago Record quip about college men.
In Brooklyn Life a guest regrets dropping in unannounced, noting more for dinner would have been prepared. Castleton replies to the remark with a casual alert to inform next time. A New York World snippet shows Mrs Hicks tired from shopping, while Hicks teases about shop worn attire. Chicago Luther Ocean teases spring via a quip about tears.
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