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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1894
Page
2
Thompson Bries Amore promotes a refined furniture line in the Quincy street store. The ad touts new arrivals and high design quality with leather, silk, and oak pieces, aiming to attract buyers seeking durable, tasteful home furnishings amid Christmas suggestions.
In a stormy session Breckinridge led the charge to strike the income tax appropriation as contentious and harmful. Bartlett of New York attacked the tax while praising William Waldorf Astor, whose wealth and political influence were denounced as obstacles to American institutions. The debate touched on pension exams and alleged fraud, with opponents urging repeal of the income levy and defense of government finances amid partisan clash. The session ended with a vote to strike out the income tax appropriation, defeated 54 to 127. Separately, a brutal triple murder of David Spragg, his wife, and two children in Missouri was noted, with details of the graves and injured relatives. Nebraska authorities discussed funding for a maximum revenue case as a state budget issue.
President Crane of the Shop and Leather National Bank of New York met in the marshal’s office with his defaulting bookkeeper Samuel G Seeley. After a brief, tense discussion, Crane urged Seeley to sit as they talked, noting rewards would be paid only after conviction. A mix of local crime notes follows, including train robbery talk, Sioux chief standing, and a low treasury gold reserve report.
Immense cattle interests allied with Armour Morris and Swift prepare to battle the sugar trust. The fight centers on duty on sugar to aid meat exports to Europe, with Germany and Denmark weighing in. The plan aims to force an extraordinary session, defend meat traders, and extend civil service rules to the internal revenue service.
At St Louis on December 13 the second day featured papers by William Laws on training children for Christ, Mrs E P Johnson on compulsory education, and Mrs G H English on an agricultural farm for children. The resolutions committee urged compulsory education and truancy laws, plus state schools in agricultural, manual and industrial training for dependent children apart from criminal institutions.
A Pie 5 dispatch details a sudden three foot rise in the Missouri River that swept away a pontoon bridge. Merry Reesh and Arthur Brown were killed and Henry Harris fatally wounded in a clash with tramps near Auburs. Other items include the Cleveland visit to the White House, a Roanoke assault on the town marshal, a Georgia school commissioner decline, and various political and crime notes from across the country.
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