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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1894
Page
5
A Missouri freight spur incident crashes into the McCutcheon home on South Monroe Street waking a family of three rooms and a cat. Aunty Dicey survives the wreck with prayers and humor while the badly shaken house teeters beside the rail yard. The railroad must cover damages as the family sleeps outside.
Jack Haverly accompanies his minstrel company this year ensuring a worthy performance at the Grand Opera House tomorrow night. The Japanese troupe is replaced by better singers Bert Shephard, Harry Budworth, and others among twenty skilled performers. Jamice Goodrich presented last night at the Moses theater in Little Romp. Tonight’s bill features Fun ehon and tomorrow's eight Wasted a Husband. Matinees daily.
Andrew Carnegie argues in September Contem porary that an American worker can live cheaper than in Great Britain if frugal. He contends higher US wages are not necessary for comfort, noting a pound spent in America yields more benefit to a family than the same in Britain, likening the mindset to a Scottish pensioner who could live on half but asks if a need could double.
Report of New York and port receipts shows three day total of 2 107 070 dollars with yesterday at 877 476 dollars. McKinley act impact compared to September and early October shows sharp changes in government revenue. Also notes Che Foo port Arthur news with Japanese attack and Chinese junks near Tatung river.
A collage of short items from a local paper includes court notes, political hints, and social tidbits. Highlights mention District Court convening, Councilman Putton opposing bicycle tags, Joseph G. Waters booked for gambling, and Senator Peffer's campaign in Bourbon county. References cover a rally near Mission Center, orphanage counts, cash totals in city payrolls, and upcoming theater and church events with several names and places in Topeka and surrounding areas.
In Wassincrox on Aug 31 Senator Martin outlined a plan to swap state Democratic ticket support for favorable legislative members to secure a senate balance. He discussed trading congressional candidates in several districts for lawmakers, aiming to elect 15 to 20 legislators and win re election. Eaton questioned the strategy, warning against such exchanges and signaling shifts in coalition dynamics with Harris and Populists.
North Topeka items detail Mary Keplinger visiting Mire Heywood in Topeka and relatives in Indiana. Reports mention repairs on the Adams block, a Republican rally at Walround, and various travel notes from Osage county residents amid local business ads and household notices.
Aug. 31 telegraph reports show forty eight weavers at the Brown & Acky mill striking to reject a wage cut. In Woonsocket, 100 River spinning mill workers struck against a shift to piecework pay, prompting a temporary mill closure.
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