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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1895
Page
3
Sherih Spafferd of Springfield investigates the grave robbery of Joseph Murdoch at Dartmouth College. J. P. Gifard, a Dartmouth Medical student from East Hendolps, WI, is under arrest and in custody.
Hathaway of Denison Texas, agent for Waters Pierce Oil, convicted of violating Texas anti trust statute. Jury set penalty at fifty dollars. Four defendants remain to be tried as the case challenges the constitutionality of the anti trust law.
Local report notes Governor Morrill toured the Hutchinson reformatory during the week. Emmett Horley of Bowler Bros has vanished since Thursday after being last seen at work in the drag ors, now in the hands of Hecely ornissane. Friends doubt the seriousness of his disappearance.
Lawrence and nearby towns report a string of Kansas items including Eldorado military ball plans Salina electric plant prospects and a controversial Lawrence University dean reshuffle rumor tied to Judge Humphrey’s appointment. Also noted are mine disaster settlements at Frontenac and a range of regional notices from Leavenworth to Salina reflecting civic and industrial activity across the state.
A report highlights the armor captain and lists other players expected to join the team next year. Names and positions are noted as potential contributors to the squad’s future prospects.
Lawrence Dec 12 The football captain for next season at the state university is Iris C. W. L. Armor elected after an ankle injury. Armor was captain last year and remains a key leader. Back next fall are Walker Stone lands Foster Hamill Armor Pope Piston Griffiths with reserves Crooks Kaul Pletcher Smith Phillip Burney Gump Kennedy. Improvements at the Tapaka Athletic association include brighter billiard rooms better bowling alleys and a expanded reading room with new periodicals and newspapers.
The Chicago Retail Clerks association plans to support barbers in a Sunday closing crusade started by the Barbers Protective association. Barbers report a plucky fight and vow not to yield, while clerks claim about 20,000 Chicago stores employ them and seek a halt to Sunday work, even by a general strike if needed.
A dispatch from Constantinople says the British gunboat Dryad and Italian gun boat Archimedes passed the Dardanelles today after a brawl at Siamboul. Panic is reported at Ijalata and Pera. The Sultan’s suspicions of the Triple Alliance offend the powers, but Count Goluschowitsch says reform efforts will endure. The situation remains serious under the current sultan.
Fragmented European and U S dispatches report Cleveland and Olney awaiting publication of a cableed reply. Other items include Chicago mining exchange progress with 135 subscribers, a French match contract worth 100000 for Mateo Co, and union organizing efforts in New York and Chicago. A fire alarm at Ninth and Kansas showed no blaze.
The Rochester Cemetery association faces depleted funds after poor management and contemplates a staged rise for the sexton’s house and a rogue security plan involving guard dogs. Concerns rise over potential danger to nearby residents as reports suggest dogs might roam free and threaten the community.
The Rockwood Hall residence of Mr and Mrs Wa Rockefeller hosted the wedding of Emma Rockefeller to Dr Dunter Mo Alpin of New York City on December 14. The ceremony featured a twelve by eight foot canopy of roses lilies and ferns with Gothic arches and an onyx mantel. About 600 guests attended after two special trains brought attendees from New York.
Dixon Bailey was found dead at the Chesterfield hotel and coroner's report cites morphine poisoning as the cause. A pill box with seventeen quarter grain morphine pills from Winnie & Co. was found. Dixon purchased forty pills earlier that Tuesday morning, suggesting a possible accidental overdose amid prior heart trouble and symptoms of tinnitus.
The state board of charities finished setting six month contracts for furnishings to state charitable institutions. Topeka bidders secured many items including meat, ground spices, canned goods, hardware, and dress buttons. Judge S W Vandivert departs Topeka with trotting horses for Mexico market.
The December market report covers Wheat at 6125 last night, prices slipping to 813g, and Australian shipments through San Francisco. It notes corn and oats supplies, hog and cattle receipts, and offshore export movements, with figures for stocks, shipments, and local prices. Officials also report weather affecting wheat, and a Senate executive action confirming judges in Indian Territory.
Auction notice lists various goods and repairs with a Saturday sale at the west corner of 6th and Gaines. Names including Jack Muzsee as auctioneer and mentions of a house in wood repairs with water access and two Taylor Street addresses.
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