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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1897
Page
5
A garbled OCR list shows The Star Grocery offering a broad selection of canned goods, baked items, snacks, and dried fruits. The readable items include peaches, raisins, crackers, cookies, cereals, and evaporated fruits with numerous brands and price cues scattered throughout.
A local ad touts a wide range of fresh meats at low prices with mail orders shipped promptly. Orders are packed and delivered to the depot free of charge.
Kansas legislature advances an eight district plan shifting boundaries across most regions. Counties and populations are listed for each proposed district, with key figures for Nemaha, Leavenworth, Neosho, Montgomery, and others. The plan reallocates incumbents and party prospects, naming Jerry Simpson and H. S. Martin among potential candidates and noting changes to Fourth and Eighth districts.
In a Reform school bill discussion the Ways and Means Committee proposed a 1500 dollar appropriation to wire five buildings for electric lighting supplied by unity with future plans for a state plant. The committee favored the current timing but noted a future state plant could fully supply the asylum reform school and state house.
Representative Giessler failed to recall and amend a bill passed by the house to curb extortionate fees charged by local officers. He argued the proposal would prevent western Kansas sheriffs from recovering fees, while Barkley planned further explanation if time allowed. The recall and amendment motions were defeated.
Kansas house committees back a bill requiring foreign insurers to invest 50 percent of annual funds in Kansas bonds and unencumbered real estate with a 5 percent margin. Bonds and mortgages would be deposited with the state treasurer, with taxation on loans. Noncompliant companies would lose their business license and be revoked by the state insurance superintendent.
Members across parties pledged to push legislation but committees stall many bills. Of about 1000 bills introduced, only a dozen clear favorables exist, with dozens more pending. A busy effort to pass measures continues despite slow progress in the house.
The house committee on insurance recommended passage of Rep Wetlip's fraternal insurance bill. It places all fraternal insurers under state control to root out fraud and ease of organization. The bill requires at least 500 founders with funds to cover two potential death losses before soliciting members.
Senator Farresey's bill on garnishment would exempt a debtor's earnings up to 50 dollars per month for three months after process issuance. The bill requires the debtor to swear earnings support a family. It originally exempted all earnings but was amended by the judiciary committee to three months.
Representative John Seaton of Atchison county reintroduces a bill to vacate Sumner townsite, with the old Sumner cemetery as the remaining parcel. The measure has repeatedly passed legislatures for the past decade despite legal challenges and ambiguous provisions.
The janitors and messengers plan to purchase their uniforms themselves with their first month's wages as no appropriation exists. This move relieves the executive council of further responsibility and follows Auditor Morris's suggestion regarding Lee Iden.
Railroad employees from Santa Fe Mock Island and Missouri Pacific testified before Senate committees on railroads in a late night session. They argued that lines in Kansas were trimmed to the limit amid high herd line constraints and freight costs.
Conductor ES Ives warned that if railroad rates fall, wages must follow. He cited current average daily pay and argued companies have trimmed costs at every turn, leaving wage cuts as the only remaining option. Ex-Governor Lewell Ung queried whether the senate heard any action on maximum freight rates, and the group suggested significant reductions were needed to avoid wage declines. The hearing closed the Talold measures discussion before the senate committee.
Warden H S Landis of the state penitentiary filed his first January settlement with the state. Earnings totaled 100BRS while expenditures reached 7,263.98 more than receipts, with a voucher securing the difference. Sources include prisoners boarding, repair shops, rent, and incidentals at the prison. The executive council action and subsequent labor concerns followed.
Several appointments and bills dominate the legislative notes. Miss Etta Hitner becomes clerk for private corporations. Rep. Finner proposes impeaching the state labor commissioner. a bill for prisoner transport costs seeks 16 000 for 1298 and 1899 split between years. county inspectors and a revised inspection fee structure appear. Other items include county defender offices, election commissioners, a state grain inspector, and Moody's 60th birthday observances.
North Topeka residents and visitors are listed with brief notes on church gatherings, school changes, and community affairs. J. Berenson and others traveled for business, while Mrs Vans denur and families are noted for illnesses and events. A local clerk change and hotel gathering are described amid community chatter.
The sick lecturer Murat Balstead spoke at the Grand on February 5, urging that the “Gheen of the Antilles” should join the American republic. The audience applauded despite his frail condition as he struggled with illness and spoke about Spain.
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