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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1895
Page
15
Regent Rogers case moves to the investigation phase with hearings scheduled to begin Monday afternoon. Prosecutors plan to outline charges and call witnesses as the inquiry proceeds in regional court.
The piece details an upcoming legislative inquiry into Senator William Rogers led by Cyrus Leland with Attorney General Dawes prosecuting and State Senator Salon Thacher defending. It also notes small items: salaries, state finances, bank liquidations, new clerks, and a grain inspector’s critique of saloon locations in Kansas.
To the editor of the Stars Journal Topeka April 12 95 members of the Frances Willard WCTU protest the removal of Mrs Thorpe as police matron and urge reinstatement. They state those best acquainted with her work know how nobly she served. A N Zann president M El Kiet secretary. Dodge City receiver named Was the note of appointment in Wasm To the Treasury April 12 the comptroller named John Perry of Kansas City as receiver of the National Bank of Kansas City Mo.
Fragmentary notices show rooms for rent at 1011 Topeka Farene and 835 Pittmore seeking domestic help, plus ads for office rooms, stalls and a buggy, all asking for details and prices inquiries directed to the Journal.
Easter scenes fill Topeka with bonnets and public notices as the town hosts Good Friday services, repairs, and civic chatter. Shaker Medicine plans Topeka visit. tax, fire marshal salaries, and city engineer topics mingle with Easter egg bets, poems, and charity events.
The Associated Press reports Kansas City market results with receipts totaling about 4 000 cattle and 7 39 shipments. Steers ranged around 5.40 to 5.60 with cows 2.50 to 3.60 and beef steers near 4.00 to 4.25. Stockers and feeders at 2.55 to 4.45, bulls 2.49 to 4.25. Hog receipts at 7 39. market weak 5 cents lower, bulk sales 4.00 to 4.90, heavies 4.75 to 5.00, packers 4.00 to 4.95. Pigs 4.00 to 4.75. other markets note Good Friday.
The man attempted to evict undesirable tenants by force bypassing due process, disturbing public peace. The judge continued the case to a later date.
Hon. W. W. Thomas, minister to Stedden, will lecture at Hamilton Hall next Friday night the 18th on Sweden and the Swedes the Home of the Vikings and the Land of the Midnight Sun. Thomas, a Portland, Maine native and longtime U.S. official in Sweden, is described as a key link between the two nations. The event is organized by the Scandinavian Republican club with notable speakers including Mayor Pellowa Morrill and Congressman Cur.
Kansas Avenue bridge in Topeka may be funded by bonds up to 160000. County commissioners appoint a bridge engineer to draft plans and cost estimates, with election on bonds possible within two years. The Shaker Concert Co offers a free Crawford Opera House show Monday.
Topeka public library officers, with Prof H R Hilton, experiment on a lawn beside the library and state house square on Eighth Street. They plan underfoot perforated tiling to pull moistures to blue grass roots and sow blue grass seed to grow a better sod for the season as part of free public instruction.
Ex Senator Wiende Miller says the western prairie shows strong support for free coinage as sentiment sweeps many western states. He notes widespread belief that the West favors policy ending the silver standard.
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