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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1895
Page
5
A historical brief notes strict enforcement actions aimed at prohibiting drinking on the Sants Fe line. Officials reported suspensions and warnings for violations as conduct regulations were reinforced along the route and stations.
Railroadmen report widespread firings at Arkansas City and elsewhere over alleged 614 rule enforcement. General Superintendent Mudge says no new rule exists beyond a long standing ban on drinking while on duty. Workers recall No 200 rule forbidding drinking on duty or frequenting saloons, with promotions favoring abstainers.
General railroad notes report Santa Fe foreman Fred Marshall at Cimarron improving eyesight. Santa Fe pulls six Chanute division train crews due to low business. machinery staff John Player and master mechanic W E Symons reassigned to Springs. Las Vegas Optic April 4 notes telegraphers plan a grand ball in Raton. track work near Wakarusa to straighten a curve. G L Brooks of Fanta Fo in Albuqueque discusses heavier shipments of New Mexico cattle moved by rail from Mexico.
The Las Vegas Optic reports a new depot in Iola with a proposed Santa Fe station building at about 5500 dollars. Superintendents Mudge and Barnes visited on a special train with Commercial Club leaders to inspect the site. Also, bridge foreman Charles Ayler, 35, died after a fall from Wyandotte and Northwestern bridge No 16 near Piper Station en route to Kansas City hospital.
Kansas politics stir as talks surface about Fourth district delegates to the national Republican convention. David Mulvane and Col. J. W. F. Hughes are named as potential representatives while Charles Curtis rejects any candidacy, saying the convention should be drawn from outside current lawmakers.
Local notices report stormont hospital construction starting midweek and a total cost near $11,000 with a bid just under $9,000. Theatre stages busy all week. religious events mark Holy Week. Several sermons and lectures planned including W. W. Thomas on the Land of the Midnight Sun and Bishop Vincent’s talk May 23.
A Topeka rumor centers on Grace Morrill using influence to push her fiancé, Kansas City merchant Dixon, and friend John England Challenor into the state accountant post. Details describe Challenor as a known city horseman and political insider amid Kansas politics. DEK Menninger deemed ineligible for the state board of health under 1858 medical requirement, prompting governor’s potential replacement. Senator Householder seeks court mandamus to reverse his suspension from the state board of charities, with the writ returnable April 34 and executive powers debated.
The Topeka police board voted to abolish the office of police matron, despite Mrs L B Thorpe having served over two years. Her salary was 40 dollars monthly, making her the lowest paid on the force. Thorpe plans no contest, arguing the post is constitutional under metropolitan police law, while praising her work with the city’s destitute.
City Attorney Mr. Bird names S H Greenwood as assistant prosecutor, succeeding Otis Hungate. Greenwood, a Washburn College graduate, has practiced law in Topeka three years, chosen amid Republican support. The post pays 50 dollars a month. Also noted are campaign costs of several candidates and a Topeka Women’s Persian Missions meeting at Kansas Avenue M E church. A fire destroyed the Robinson hotel near Emporia depot, owned by A Houster.
A London private letter to a celebrated actress in New York details Anna Gould’s devotion to husband Count Castellane. It reports that George Gould offered 25,000 personal funds for wedding preparations, contrary to rumors of a 2 million dollar settlement, and records Anna’s refusal to marry for money. Castellane agreed, deeming it impractical to back out.
Report of a severe wind and sand storm sweeping through Kansas and nearby Colorado and Wyoming causing trains to run up to 60 hours late. Union Pacific crews clear tracks near Cheyenne Wells while Rock Island and Santa Fe lines suffer heavy disruption. Stock losses in eastern Colorado blamed on the storm with cattle driven hundreds of miles and significant mortality reported in Hugo and surrounding ranges.
Judge Hazen denied attorney E D McKeever’s bid to discharge the Walker building receiver for the property next to the National Hotel. The motion failed because owners are non residents of the state and not subject to Shawnee county service, with a $15,000 second mortgage and a $25,000 first mortgage noted in the receiver record.
Report denies Wilde death attempt rumors but promises further revelations in the Wilde case. It claims Fred Taylor will expose others if prosecuted, implicating a prominent English figure whose name circulates in connection with the scandal.
The article lists multiple geographic areas and their sizes in square miles, comparing nations and territories such as Egypt Sardinia Borneo Great Britain the Sahara and Alaska to U S states and regions. It notes vast quantities including 2 570 000 square miles for Britain in Africa and nearly 1 000 000 square miles for the Egyptian Sudan, with various other comparisons to New England New York Massachusetts and more.
A long fragment recounts Sophonisba's engagement amid her father’s opposition to her masculine attire and a plan devised by Charlie Tomkinson. The tale shifts between medical debate on a cure and a farcical masquerade as Sophonisba imagines her future, ending with a mock scene of marriage preparations and a Brooklyn Life quip about emancipation.
Public notice extols Yale's Excelsior Hair Tonic as the only chemistry proven to reverse gray hair without dye. Mme Yale endorses the remedy and guarantees tested results, claiming immediate effect on hair loss and growth with no greasy feel. Suitable for men and women with gray or bald heads. sold by druggists for $1. Substitutes discouraged.
Waldman’s Concert band and Townley’s entertainers perform daily at the Crawford all week with a large company offering a concert and specialty show. Matinees offer merchants’ tickets. evening admissions are 10c, 20c, and 30c. The crew played Leavenworth last week and comes with praise. Prof Connett the mesmerist stays another week at the Bijou. he prefers lecturing over showmanship. State railroad inspectors begin a tour from Strong City toward the Nebraska line, with the Tax Commissioner and assessors on a special train. Beggs’ Little Giant Pills advertised. soft-water washing at Torska Steam Laundry.
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