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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1895
Page
2
Public notice touts Yale's Excelsior Hair Tonic as first and only remedy claiming to restore gray hair to original color without dye. Endorsed by Mae M Yale, tested by physicians and chemists, non greasy, keeps hair youthful and soft, price listed at $1.
Mme M Yale touts health and endowment plans in a social column detailing her partnership, beauty regimen, and a Valse of style. The note highlights social standing and suggested affiliations within a regional circle.
General Superintendent White reports March 1895 mail handled in major cities rose markedly from the prior year. Philadelphia, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, Indianapolis, Nashville, Chattanooga, Memphis and Chicago show double to triple digit gains, indicating business revival and healthy trade activity. A separate Nebraska town, Elkhorn, narrowly escaped total destruction from a fire that consumed ten buildings, with losses around 25,000 and little insurance due to high rates.
In Visista Alabama April 15, Mr Kuntz and his daughter die and a second child ill after they ate meat from a cancerous cow. Physicians tie the deaths to tainted beef. Also noted, Interstate Commerce Commission plans trips to inspect western railroads while Shaker Concert Co offers free entertainment at Crawford opera house and Farmen's advertises new goods and styles.
A Sunday school teacher found murdered in Emanuel Baptist church parlors on Easter decorations day. Minnie Williams identified. Thomas D. Code, Stanford football player, last seen with her. Suspect had church access and was seen entering late. Blanche Lamonte linked to Williams.
In Beaver County a violent clash between homesteaders and cattlemen spills into daily shooting incidents. Special Agent Poe arrives from Washington to investigate widespread complaints, calling a Beaver City meeting for the 20th. Separate notices announce open settlement opportunities for Council Grove and Fort Hays reservations, with potential transfers and bids under new laws. In Texas a Choctaw uprising grows as five killed and twenty five wounded prompt Gov Gardner to seek volunteers and federal aid.
James W. Scott, proprietor of the Chicago Times-Herald and the Chicago Evening Post, died suddenly at the Holland House in New York yesterday afternoon. He suffered left side pains in the morning thought to stem from passage of a stone, was given morphine, and fell unconscious by 1 PM as apoplexy followed.
Mrs William Baldwin wife of a foreman at the Choctaw coal shaft poisoned herself with strychnine and also fed it to her seven year old daughter. She died at 4 PM Saturday while the child remained in grave danger. Letters found blamed family troubles for the tragedy.
Opponents of the Income Tax law move to ask the Supreme Court for a rehearing. The petition will likely be filed by Guthrie as the court may reopen the case for speedy hearing. Justice Jackson’s improved health boosts speculation of an immediate decision on disputed portions. Dr. Salmon to lead nationwide beef price inquiry at major cities under Morton directives.
Sweden has joined others in raising breadstuff tariffs with new rates on bread two cents per kilo and grains including wheat barley Indian corn peas and beans at cents per 100 kilos plus malt and cement rates. A drawback of 1.6 cents per kilo is granted to bread exporters.
Grover warns the public about adopting financial experiments that could risk stability. He cautions voters and citizens to resist drastic currency or policy trials and to favor proven, prudent economic measures.
A Chicago invitation to President Cleveland on monetary questions is recounted with a Washington letter dated April 13 urging sound currency. The missive argues that debased money harms all classes, warns against silver monometalism, and calls for united, prudent financial policy to protect national solvency, honor, and prosperity. It stresses public education on sound money and denounces schemes that favor only a few at the expense of the many.
The Topeka city council discusses ordinance 1773 and ordinance 1774 involving a dam across the Kansas River and a franchise for the Topeka Water and Electric Power Company. They read sections, adopt amendments, and consider a contract offering six hundred horsepower at forty dollars per horsepower per year, with bonds and safeguards for city liability and timely construction. The mayor and clerk are authorized to execute the contract in duplicate.
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