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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1895
Page
4
The State Journal lists delivery by carrier at ten cents per week to all Topeka and surrounding areas with a uniform price in the Kansas towns served. Mail subscriptions are available at three months for 89 cents and annual rates for weekly editions at 60 cents per week, or per year 6.50.
The column mixes weather notes for Kansas with broad financial debates. It cites local snows, cooler forecasts, and northwest winds alongside discussions of irrigation, bond issues, gold reserves, and tax questions. It references Wichita and Brooklyn governance, sheriff salaries, suffrage debates, and bond purchaser patterns under three to five percent interest.
The president used federal patronage to pressure Congress into repealing the Sherman law, then framed a bill to place a $50,000,000 debt on the people. With offices disposed as rewards for votes, he failed to sway Congress and the Springer bill was defeated. The credit for the defeat is shared by both parties and Populists as lawmakers refused to back his bond threat.
A Kansas news roundup notes a loan sale at three and three four percent, possible ties to gold interests, and congress negotiations. It mentions Italian miners sent home from Osage City, Ellinwood muslin sales during a blizzard, and scattered items from Manhattan to Fort Riley.
President Gates of Grinnell College lectures at Washburn chapel on "From Liberty to Unity" arguing history centers on ideas including Monotheism and the call toward unity via business. He forecasts a coming reformation reflected in labor issues and stresses four ideas guiding citizen life. The notice also lists ads for remedies and local businesses with brief addresses and a relocation update for A. M. Cross jeweler.
City council meeting set for Monday. Justice of the Peace candidates increasing. Egg prices rise due to cold. About 200 seek aid from associated charities. Flambeau club meets at Charley Elliott's office. Many young lawyers try story writing. Police risks crowding jail. Farmers report frozen potatoes and apples. Mike Wagener recovering from fire injuries. Jennings in charge of blizzards away from town. Casket factory fire insured for 6000. Mary Dick sues Union Pacific for lost baggage worth 30. Sheldon starts serial in Youth's Companion. Topeka men back James Ramsey for state board of public works. Kanery B resident Van Cleave sick, now pneumonia risk. Santa Fe time card to change February 14 affecting freight. Santa Fe beat Cyelers at Y M C A. PusumMone cases sparse. Kansas counties paying 1804 taxes. Chief Engineer Dann and Santa Fe supervisors inspect Atenisuo branch. U W grand lodge meets Wichita February 20. One fare rail rate for trip. Reubenigers sells 20 acres northeast of Topeka to Martha C Puller for 1000. Fifty dollars an acre cited as good price. W. M. C A directors elected. Elmont farmer pays 250 rent for eight five years. high county rent. Performances draw audiences despite pneumonia. Grand pipe discipline noted. Charities reports unfinished orders. Mrs. Noble Patton of 1133 Kansas Ave took leudanum last night. family denies self-harm intent. Douglas House of 1804 planning first reunion in Topeka. anniversary of doors to Representative Hall broken with sledge hammer.
Gov Morrill signed four commutations for Wyandotte county prisoners yesterday afternoon. Ki Laughry, eight months to five months. Wil Colling, ten years to six years. Charles Jones, six months to three years. Harry Hill, two years to one year. Crimes cited: assault burglary and larceny.
Three petitions for divorce were filed in the district court yesterday. Mary Brown seeks legal separation from Sherman Brown over alleged animal tendencies and habitual drunkenness. Missouri E Green accuses her husband of infidelity. Lyman H Hendricks seeks a divorce from his second wife Louie Hendricke, claiming lack of affection. The notice mentions Marshall's band concert at Hamilton ball on February 20 and a tenth annual concert by Marshall's military band at Hamilton ball.
Special correspondence from Wassnvaton reports diverse views on Grover Cleveland during his second term. It quotes Warner, Clark, Bryan, Simpson, Sayers, and Patterson, noting praise and criticism of his Hawaii policy, the silver issue, the Sherman law repeal, and the push to retire treasury notes, with debate over his place in history and financial strategy.
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