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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1895
Page
3
A rocky Kansas page reports a bank forger’s capture and jail in Wellington, aliases in Eldorado and Arkansas. It notes a new Wichita to Chetopa railroad charter, coal findings at Leon, liquor case costs in Sedgwick County, and assorted crime and local industry items from Galena to Oswego and beyond. The jumble highlights suspects, court actions, and regional developments in late December.
Will Herbert was convicted of attempted criminal assault and sentenced to four years and ten months in the state penitentiary. The report notes additional local incidents including a building demolition in Cottonwood, a crushed hand at a ore crusher, and bar admission milestones for Henry W. Hutman and J. C. Herma. Judge C. W. Shine to begin practice law in January. Fire at Dr Sparas residence in Arkansas City damages home. G W Condon dies after throat cutting in Ottawa.
New York December 80 The formal dedication of the new clearing house building is to occur within a week. Prominent bankers, railway magnates, and wealthy financiers from many cities will attend. Gov Morton ex governors and city officials will be present with Mayor Strong. The exterior sculpture by Rhind depicts foundation of the banking system with figures and symbols of industry. Enormous safes promise capacity for 229 tons of gold or about 104.9 million dollars.
A process has begun in Wisconsin to seize property of the Baltimore and Ohio company, with the Northern Pacific railroad involved to secure settlement of claims in Chicago. Early instruments and garnishment actions are reported, and the move targets property owned by the Baltimore and Ohio company in Wisconsin.
Joseph Cook, famed American lecturer and literateur, arrived from the Orient aboard the China in frail health. Nervous prostration attributed to an illness from Oval Work, with Rev A H Bradford noting the need for rest to restore his faculties. Doctors in Japan reportedly positive about treatment and recovery possibilities.
Frederic Harrison argues Venezuela could be persuaded to accept a bona fide boundary settlement with Spain and Britain. He suggests the United States might urge a formal agreement and backing for a peaceful resolution, framing a path to settle the long disputed frontier.
Publisher Frank A Munacy plans to move memponding departments to New London Conn as the Paris building needs. Seven story steel structure 112 by 92 feet to cost about 100000 dollars. Art advertising and business departments stay in New York. Also a Rock Island excursion offers one and one third fare for 200 mile trips with return by Jan 2. Missouri Public will sell tickets Dec 24 25 26 and Jan 1 2 at same rate. Tickets limited to Jan 2.
Miss Mabel Davidson, a champion ice skater, successfully tested an ice bicycle in New York. The machine combines a long front runner with a skate and is designed for ice or snow travel, claiming speeds faster than a regular wheel.
Dr J B Scot editor of the Socialist lectures at the Institute of Applied Christianity in San Francisco on the claim socialism is cooperative in production and distribution. He argues it promotes justice, democracy in industry, fair value of labor, and a humane economy that elevates capable workers while discouraging theft and malignant competition.
In a special meeting the Chicago Trades and Labor Assembly unanimously backed Delegate W. Pomeroy's report from the American Federation of Labor convention. The vote favors amalgamation with the Chicago Labor Congress or reorganization under the Federation plan, risking loss of some veteran trades unionists but promising support for a general labor movement in the future. Consolidation likely around October.
Zella Gould arrives in St Louis then heads to Kansas City to perform on the vaudeville stage after theatres refuse her act at $300. Managers acknowledge her attractiveness but decline, leading to a Carman’s vaudeville engagement to appear today on the Kaw.
Secretary Gr ney directs Minister Terrell in Constantinople to demand about 109000 dollars indemnity for American missionaries who suffered property losses in the Kharput outbreaks in November. A second indemnity for Morasha losses will follow, with total likely at least 200000 dollars.
A pitched battle between residents of Hultzl and San Juan del Retedo over border disputes in Oaxaca, Mexico, on December 5 resulted in four killed and twenty injured as troops moved in to quell rioting and arrest participants. Separately, an elevator accident at Lanning Mings caused a near-fatal fall, thwarted by a new safety brake patent by Jotun & Chats showcased at 523 East Fourth Street.
Special holiday fares offer one third off round trips to points within 200 miles. Tickets sold December 24 5 31 and January 1 good for return including January 2. F A Lew City Ticket Agent.
An advertising image reproducing Falero's The Meteors showing two nearly unclad women aroused complaints. Anthony Comstock questioned the display and advertising agents reviewed the space, placing black plaster patches over the figure to placate objections while the contract continued.
Deputy Commissioner of Immigration McSweeney estimates about 62,000 more immigrants arrived at Ellis Island last year than in 1894. December arrivals run 13,149 with an expected 14,000 for the month, lifting 1895 totals far above 1894 and 1893. He credits stricter migration controls for a better class of emigrants and notes the larger sums brought by travelers this year.
The Fast Mail scenic production by Bt. Lincoln J. Carter comes to Shepard's Opera House in Burlingame on Saturday night December 28, then to Topeka at the leading opera house. The show features a freight train on stage plus other novelties and a carload of its own scenery. Tickets are at Shuler's drug store.
The Sixth Circuit court delivers a ruling in the McCarmick v University Suchina Co. v Ausman Miller case on the validity of a grain bundle binding machine patent granted to Marquis L. Gorman of Rockford. The ruling recognizes Gorman as the inventor of the first device for self sizing grain bundles, superseding Appleby’s prior claim.
Special holiday fares advertise a round trip for one and one third fare with return validity through January 2. Tickets go on sale December 24 and January 1, via the city ticket agent. Also notes tobacco and cigar promotions from local vendors and Steam Laundry advertisements.
Chicago market notes show wheat bullish with gains as May contracts rose amid thin receipts and storm disruptions. Cattle and hogs were firmer. live cattle trade supported by better demand. Kansas City prices cited strong steer and beef values with higher carry receipts and mixed feeder quotes.
The Chicago market reports show mixed figures across grains with wheat firming, corn and oats slipping, and exports rising. Analysts note bearish forecasts and Argentina crop damage fears, while bulls seek strength and higher prices amid continued demand.
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