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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1894
Page
2
Portraits show Webster statue in a dress coat and choker while Stark statue appears with formal attire. Curatorial note highlights costume details and display context for the two figures in the exhibit.
A New Hampshire gift to the national collection features Daniel Webster and General John Stark statues for Statuary Hall. The ceiling concealments were removed amid public viewing and speeches in both halls. Webster and Stark are depicted in period dress and salute the nation with formal remarks from governors and senators.
Secretary Gresham sent to the House an explanation of the Behring Sea fur seal claims dispute with Great Britain. He notes arbitration found U S protection limited to three miles, and that settlement talks proposed by the President may be rejected by Congress. If approved, $425,000 would end the matter not counting interest. otherwise a slower, costly international commission would be needed with higher expenses.
At a Colorado State Silver League convention, members voted to strike the word non-partican from the constitution and by-laws. The group refused to affiliate with any party that does not favor free silver at 16 to 1, and Ed Holden and others urged endorsement of the People's party, which was rejected.
The lobby opposing the sale of lottery bills grows with fresh staff in Washington. The New York World reports new men are hired to disarm doubt, with one or two ex-members steering efforts to defeat the bill that would curb lottery revenue. The motive centers on protecting from loss of package transmissions.
Dec 21 in Jeersetown New Jersey A deceased woman's eye iris reveals a possible imprint of her killer through a retinal photograph. Photographer Fred D Marsh pioneered the method and will photograph another eye as part of the coroner's investigation. No imprint found on Mrs Davis eye.
In Macon Missouri Judge D W Bullard famed as a Californias Populist figure is jailed on a debt collection dispute. The case concerns a draft drawn on a Chicago house that was dishonored after a period of uncertainty. The episode echoes a semi humorous moniker tied to Bullard in Topeka a year ago.
Frank Bradley once superintendent of Pullman car yards in Chicago was arrested in Toronto on a Detroit sent forgery charge. A county treasurer yacht was targeted at Adel Iowa with a vault drill that failed as the drill broke and the charge emptied. A negro named Licens Turner was shot at West Point Georgia after a decoyed insult. he survived. Acting Governor Lowe of Oklahoma pardoned squire Be Vare after ten months of a long sentence for grand larceny. reform cl aims that sentence was too severe. New York City Budget Board voted 90000 for anti toxin serum to combat diphtheria abroad. Senator Park proposed limiting contempt punishment in courts. Charles Hart in Defiance Ohio pleaded guilty to killing two children, sentenced to be hanged in April. Kilby Manufacture Co of Cleveland won contract for ten disappearing gun carriages for British rifles, with fresh proposals issued for more carriages. Boggs Hair Renew er advertised as restoring color and vitality to thinning hair. Also ads for Ekberg’s suits and neckbands at Torgerson.
In Los Axemins California December 21 insurers say they uncovered fraud after A J Mead died following an accident six months earlier. He held policies totaling about 40 000 with several companies. Most premiums paid except 5 000 with Interstate Casualty of New York. An investigator alleges the Mead family witness lied claiming to have seen the accident, while the witness is said to have never met Mead.
The Missouri Legislature urged to appropriates for Columbia University and School of Mines in Rolla. Curators plan requests including 500 000 for general university operations 500 000 for new assembly costs 50000 for a gym and drill hall 40000 for a dormitory 25000 for a green and grounds 20000 for equipment and 37000 for an auditorium and lab plus 1200000 for other items and new departments such as a School of Journalism.
Wiowtra, Kanveci Harris alias Tulse Jack and Bitter Greek, famed Gook gang members, robbed Biand's general store in Manchester Oklahoma yesterday, taking less than $30 before fleeing on horses to Anthony Harper county. One man then entered a local bank but crowding forced an escape, the duo riding out of town.
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