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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1895
Page
3
An advertises Begg' Cheer cough syrup claims instant relief and two permanent cures, marketing 25 50 and 100 dollar bottles. The note lists BE. Kennady and a Sears Paint Glass and Wall Pipers for doulas at 702 Bangus, with dubious guarantees and misprinted contact details.
The fourth session of Queen Victoria’s parliament opened with aims to curb liquor traffic, abolish plural voting, and reform landlord disputes in Ireland. The queen’s speech outlined actions on Wales church establishment, Scottish county government, light railways, and crofter policy, urging unity and progress.
A toboggan at a hill near Sarcoxie Missouri collided with a bridge sending six riders high into the air and scattered them from thirty to fifty feet. John Osborn suffered internal injuries while others had fractures and cuts. The toboggan was crushed into pieces. Max O Reil performs at Hamilton Hall with a lecture titled Her Royal Highness Woman praised by critics. The National Merchant Tailor's Exchange met in Berra with delegates from about fifty cities to discuss business amid banquets and trips. Washburn College will host George A Gates on Friday February 8 presenting David Livingstone.
A Mount Adams resident, suspected intoxicated, carries a jug of molasses claimed to be peach brandy on a streetcar. A child’s questions expose the ruse, and the man panics, revealing the jug was another person’s. Passengers react with amusement as the citizen departs, leaving Tommy triumphant in noting the red nose mystery.
A brisk exchange unfolds in a courtroom scene as Rankin tells the judge his lack of promotion is not his fault while addressing a superior. The dialogue captures tension between police officers and rank authority in a historical setting.
In Indianapolis on February 5 the higher court affirmed Judge Winters in the Rhea attachment case. M. Bri Leavitt of Denver had sued for $2000 claiming a contract to appear in Denver failed. The court ruled Rhea’s agent lacked authority to bind her.
Waldorf Astor cancelled a plan to place a blanket of lilies and violets on Mrs Wu Astor's grave daily for a year after newspapers reported the arrangement. Florist Joseph Fleischman said Astor was pleased with $2,800 worth of orchids for the funeral and cancelled the lily order following press coverage.
Mrs Charlotte Emerson Brown wife of William R Brown and first president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs died at her home on Chestnut Street East Orange today from pneumonia. She was Ralph Waldo Emerson's niece. Funeral is set for Friday at 2 PM.
RB Welch president of the Topeka board of education led a bid against state uniformity and district ownership bills. The board adopted a resolution urging Shawnee county representatives and a senator to oppose all pending state uniformity measures in the legislature.
DOC MCCASEY FLOPS. He joins the ranks of the Grand Old Republican Party. Dr J H McCasey, late state superintendent of the Topeka insane asylum, has become a Republican and will vote for the redemption of Kansas. He criticizes the Populist party as disunited and under a dictator, and says the Republican party is the constructive path to good government.
Too late to classify items include sale or trade notes for goods and services. Entries list lodging room requests pastry cook housework jobs and an amber hairpin for sale or exchange with scattered contact details.
A living skeleton, Emma Schaller, 27, lies in a rear room at 157 Clark Street Chicago without food or money. Once a famed dime museum attraction known as the Skeleton Pride she earned $75 weekly, now ossified and nearly unable to move, she has been without nourishment for a day while her mother seeks aid.
Mission Township farmers plan next Saturday as relief day to load wagons with grain and provisions and haul them to Shawnee. They will deliver supplies to the state relief committee at 114 East Seventh Street to aid western sufferers.
A state senate bill proposes appointing boards of conciliation by justices of the peace to settle disputes before court action. If settled, the agreement becomes a record signed by both parties and the board. If no decision, cases proceed to the courts. The board members mirror those who decide meat settlements.
The report from Omaha indicates Chief Justice Albert H. Horton is among candidates to replace John M Thurston as general solicitor of Union Pacific. Thurston will resign when he joins the U S Senate. Other names include A L Williams and BP Waggener with Judge Dillon of New York supporting Williams. Senator Manderson is also noted as a candidate.
A stove fire in Geo D. Wasp’s residence at 823 Buchanan Street was fought by Station No. 4 and extinguished with no serious damage. It follows another oil stove fire in the last 48 hours caused by overheating and melted solder. Fire crews warn watching stoves helps prevent accidents.
In Nashville on February, the General Assembly opened proceedings for the November governor race. Senator Butler, a Republican, read a test from Clay Evans, the Republican claimant. Evans argued the election contest law is unconstitutional and urged the joint assembly to publish returns without joint witnessing. Objections to county returns were filed by Evans and Turner, and the body recessed until 2. Price Baking Powder advertised.
The Leavenworth Times brands Governor Morrill’s police commissioners as neither honest nor capable. It criticizes their first meeting selections, claiming several named policemen lack ordinary qualifications of ability and integrity.
The market report shows wheat firm at the start, cables steady, and light offerings absorbing. Cattle hogs and pork futures mixed with modest gains, oil and sugar receipts noted, with Kansas City and Mississippi river data, and no major changes in oats and hay.
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