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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1894
Page
3
A prominent city lawyer, Herbert Doggett, reportedly died by suicide shortly before noon today. He had been described as despondent for some time, with his family and associates expressing shock and sorrow over the incident and its impact on the Deter Dev Get firm.
Prince Adolutium of Teck wed Lady Margaret Hroweenor in Eaton 640 private chapel in a grand Teck Wentmilaster wedding. The ceremony at Eaton Hall drew high society attention as England’s most resplendent event of the season.
In a Dec 12 session the senate considered taking up the Sara Hil War Test and Tidlandole territory bill from lands of two civilized tribes. Arguments touched on cloutures and neutral debate limits. In the house Rep Baker urged consolidation at Feadutios and discussion over pension examiners’ expenses, with opposition from Dems and Rep. Ellis. Merchant tailor Olof Ekbriz of 710 Kanens Avenue listed.
News from Kansas and surrounding areas reports the State Horticultural Society meeting in Fort Scott with sessions in the court house starting at 10 am. Delegates discuss orchard culture, present conditions and prospects for 1885, with the president’s annual address in the evening.
The market shows wheat activity with mixedPrices as receipts from the northwest remain high. Provisions firm and higher with hogs and cattle steady to higher. mixed results across grains and cash figures, plus steady butter and dairy receipts in today’s Kansas City and Chicago summaries.
Subscriptions to the new Russian loan opened at Rothschilds banking hotel at ten oclock this morning and closed at 1120 am. London reservations are not announced but reported at three million pounds, about one sixth of the total 15,100,000 pounds. Paris applications for the loan are estimated by the Bourse Guverette at about 4 million francs, nearly ten times the required sum.
Mic Mary Sherman, daughter of Senator Sherman, married Jamey Ivere McCallum at Senator Sherman’s new K Street residence in Washington. Rev Rudolph H B McKin of the Church of the Epiphany officiated. Men’s all wool black clay worsted suits priced at $9.50 from Palace Creraixa Co Kansasave.
The Santa Fe receivers led by Aldace Walker and John J. McCook plan a southern tour of the system while J. Wilson arrives from St. Louis and will stay in Topeka this week. Walker and McCook expected back in Topeka late this week as they oversee the Galveston and El Paso line. Dr Emil Holub and wife visit the U S under Smithsonian and National Geographic Society invitation with a portion of their Africa flora fauna collection and travel photographs from a 3000 mile northern central and southern Africa journey.
The fragment cites travel fare details for December with long lists of routes, districts, and terms, mentioning the Pecos Valley Railway and multiple states. It also includes a sensational vignette about a burglary and a luncheon anecdote with police, cook, and a brave wife. The text mixes transport notices with human-interest snippets and ad-like chatter.
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