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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1895
Page
4
The State Journal Daily edition promotes home delivery in Topeka and suburbs at a weekly rate and similar pricing in Kansas towns served by the paper. It also mentions a mail option of three months.
The Topeka Daily State prints a sworn statement detailing half year circulation. It shows Bates circulation figures for the first six months of 1895, highlighting a record performance and notable totals for Gret and surrounding areas.
Sworn records and a June 1971 American Newspaper Directory claim the Topeka State Journal outpaced rivals in average daily circulation for the first half of 1893 to 1896. They note the Star Journal leads city and nearby areas, with extensive mailing to Topeka and Shawnee County and strong AP and state-news coverage.
Dispatches report 150 tramps driven out at a location while Kansas and Nebraska politics stir. Nebraska Democrats mob a delegate over a reading, Kansas fundraising for advertising campaigns and political influence cited. St Louis Post Dispatch backs Judge Caldwell for Supreme Court vacancy. New York liquor dealers side with Roosevelt to enforce the excise law, Illinois Democrats comment on Ohio politics and Belce influence.
Olathe Mirror attacks Superintendent Stewart of the Olathe school for the deaf and dumb, listing ten alleged reasons for removal. Charges include alleged bias toward Republican views, accepting Populist speeches, inviting relatives to eat at the institution, publishing non Republican news, and being a Populist. The piece mocks Republican double standards and hints at broader party conflicts in Kansas education.
Senator Ingalis warned in a Senate address about an approaching revolution between entrenched capital and struggling labor. He portrayed capital as privileged and rich while labor suffers, seeking employment and domestic industry growth, and condemned the system that makes the rich richer and the poor poorer. He cited Vanderbilt as emblematic of wealth and urged justice for laborers facing neglect.
The passage reflects on a bygone era when a candidate could be nominated and elected president without regard to state, wealth, or business influence. It argues mass support sufficed and contrasts with modern practices, praising Judge Henry C Caldwell as a potential choice if voters had unrestrained power.
A Topeka man recalls Major Henry Inman thirty years ago as Portland Maine's handsomest figure. Then provost marshal, Inman rode the streets in uniform on a fine black horse, a striking sight that earned him lasting fame.
Rev Mr Holcomb pastor of Winchester Methodist church and Mrs Holcomb visit Topeka friends and relatives. He will preach at the Rele Avenue M Church Bandsy morning.
Mr and Mrs F O Popenoe return from Europe. They report English farmers facing crop failures and devalued land, with capital in the Bank of England, but no good local investment options. English investors show renewed interest in American opportunities and even offered funds for U S investments while abroad.
Porriasp Ore Aug 24. The Altmore of the Portland China line arrived with details of a typhoon on July 23 and 24 that wrecked nearly 100 trading junks and dragged ships from moorings. Many vessels were lost, and great damage occurred along the coast. Captain Watson described the storm as one of the worst ever in the China seas.
The bond syndicate deposits 500000 dollars in gold at the San Francisco United States sub-treasury to Morgana & Co New York bankers. The transfer follows an agreement with Secretary Carlisle to maintain a stated gold reserve on hand in the treasury.
While drilling for water two miles north of Warston Ohio a gas vein exploded into a 75 foot high column of flame and dense fumes. Attempts to extinguish or shut off the flow failed as hundreds gathered near the scene. J B Haydon is reported moving to a new store at 727 Kesaya.
Col ZS Spalding has a Hawaiian government franchise to lay a transpacific cable to San Francisco. He sails to Washington to secure cabinet support and hopes Congress acts by December. Project cost about 4 million with 400 thousand yearly income. Hawaiian subsidy 40 thousand yearly for twenty years and US subsidy 260 thousand for twenty years. A stock company of 1 million will form with 25 percent Hawaiian residents, 25 percent San Francisco chamber of commerce, and rest from the East and Europe. Construction aimed within eighteen months.
Topeka actor Will Wadsworth will join the Alabama company in October, cast as Lathrop in the Kanaae City rehearsals. He previously acted with Otis Skinner in Shakespeare, and his friends welcome the news as Miss Lottie Bowes is set to rise to a leading role once he joins.
Letters to the State Journal propose multiple Topeka flag concepts. Suggestions include a purple and pale yellow coat of arms with sunflowers, a white flag with a blue field and the motto Ad Astra per Aspera, a corn field on blue silk, and a pink silk flag with a golden-red twig accent.
Ex congressman Dr Thomas Dunn English of Newark creator of Ben Bolt has written a new patriotic song Old Glory set to music. The piece praises courage and resilience and the chorus lines celebrate victory and liberty while promising a universal call to guard truth and freedom. The work has not been published but a first verse and chorus are shared. Also appears an advertisement for Beggs German Salve noting a sample box offer.
A grateful passerby stops a policeman on Michigan Avenue at night to ask about the next holiday. The officer confirms Thanksgiving on November 25, then the man notes he will watch for the date and thanks the officer for the information. He vows lifelong gratitude and bids a long good night.
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