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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1896
Page
4
The Topeka State Journal announces temporary quarters at U1 and 214 Best Seventh Street and a permanent home at Topeka State Journal Building, with contact numbers for Topeka and national offices in Washington New York and other locations.
The Topeka State Journal reports it has distanced competitors with a superior circulation. For the first six months ending June 20, 1898, the daily average circulation is outlined but exact figures are not clearly readable. The notice emphasizes the journal's dominant regional reach.
A fragmentary notice from the Topeka Daily State Journal outlines circulation data for a six month period in 1998 starting January and ending June. It mentions Muliter and Proprietor in Kansas and references growth since 1885 in a brief retrospective tone.
A long critique questions the 1873 demonetization of silver, arguing the reasons offered are unsatisfactory. It asserts price stability, minting volumes, and bullion values did not justify ending free silver coinage, and warns the motive was to restrict money supply for financial interests. Weather notes follow with scattered local commentary and quips about politics and society.
An unprejudiced view ridicules the Populists for delaying their convention behind rivals and misreading Chicago's outcome. The piece argues their bet on Seward’s withdrawal failed, condemning Taubeneck and the party’s leadership as poor guides. The public facets a comic clash as the Populists must face diminished influence and internal dissent.
W A Peffer, long allied with the Populists, announces in the Advocate that he is a candidate for re election if the people return him to the Senate. He had previously told a reporter he was not a candidate but says he would accept the people s verdict and serve a renewed term with greater qualifications for public duty.
Washington August. The Dawes Indian commission works in Indian Territory and hopes to finish by December. General Frank Armstrong, ex-assistant commissioner of Indian affairs and commission member, traveled to Washington for a few days and says prospects for early progress in reorganization through land division and other reforms are favorable. Indians show growing willingness to accept reform measures, though some officials doubt the optimism.
A Topeka poultry meeting announced a fall festival poultry and pigeon show to attract visitors from Kansas and nearby states. Entries are invited. potential venues include the fair grounds or uptown. A Wichita event closing week will bring shipments of birds to the area.
The Daily Journal reports 29 new bona fide paid subscriptions from Ponca City Oklahoma area and surrounding towns as the State Journal expands, with Topeka remaining the main pool of available subscribers. The total list exceeds 5,000 readers in Topeka, while local gains are modest.
In Horton the Capital fabricates a larger subscriber count to overtake the Journal. Frantic efforts to gain names surface with 22 temporary additions, while the paper admits its prior two-to-one claim was exaggerated and notes the Capital is distributing free copies in many areas until September.
Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt and Harry Payne Whitney eldest son of ex Secretary of the Navy William C Whitney plan to wed at The Breakers Newport. The date August 15 depends on Mr Vanderbilt’s health with Bishop Potter likely to officiate and Dr Greer assisting as needed.
About 100 men gathered in Saxon's Grove to form the Second Ward McKinley club. W F Schoch spoke on free silver while Frank Stevens presided and James Morgan was nominated for president. Officers named include A K Rodgers as vice president and E Lair as secretary, with enrollment lists showing many Santa Fe shop workers supporting McKinley.
Topeka Republicans plan a central McKinley club to unite ward clubs. Meeting set for Lincoln Post hall with speakers General J. C. Caldwell Major 3 K Hudson and James H. Guy. Organizers claim 200 members on file and aim to energize next week rally without disturbing ward groups.
Ex-prisoners of the War of the Repertisn plan a Fall Festival and Reunion on September 22 in regionine. Meeting details note Dr. ident. J. Squires as secretary and John A. Dalley as treasurer, with arrangements by Br. A. M. Callaram and the updated office at 211 East Eighth Street.
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