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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1895
Page
5
A startling scene erupts in Kanssa County offices as officials react to a swarm of bloodsucking leeches. Local authorities cordon off areas while technicians assess the mysterious infestation and advise public caution. No injuries reported.
The Ballinger salaries bill, set as a special order in the house, sparks expected fierce debate. County officers flood representatives with letters opposing the measure while lawmakers brace for amendments and political backlash affecting their futures.
A Kansas seed grain appropriation of 100000 dollars for immediate aid to Western settlers faces slow processing. Red tape delays expect delivery until mid March, with plans requiring railroad board action and county board meetings before grain reaches farmers. Critics urge broader relief including food and clothing.
Late Saturday in the state Senate a bill by Hecator Sterns to create a city court in first class cities was favorably recommended. The court would be elective and handle civil and criminal cases. police would serve civil papers as well. Sterns argued current justice courts invite abuses. Also recommended for passage was the irrigation bill funding a five member board, four state leaders and a governor appointee, with 10,000. a practical agriculture expert needed. The freight rate bill, Senate No 285, was read and recommended for passage with amendments, aiming to cut charges about half and empower a state railroad board to regulate rates and prevent unjust discriminations.
Review decries The Problem of Civilization Solved as fanciful and dangerous, praising a sharp intellect while condemning utopian plots. It notes her advocacy for government railroads and telegraph ownership, federation of the Americas, tropical colonization, and a new American party platform.
A North Topeka couple married recently paid Police Officer Capron to watch their house. Capron moved beats and forgot, later a note thanked him and included a five dollar bill. Capron has not returned the money. The note implied neighbors saw him guarding the house.
Two Topeka men contend for a seat on the board of public works. Michael Heary, a Democratic candidate endorsed by David Overmyer, and James Ramsey, a Republican backer with Senator Sterne aiding his bid. Both ex-councilmen wield ward influence as the fight to finish unfolds.
Forty Elks and their wives attended a program at the Grand on Saturday night. Before the curtain rose, about forty candle bearers lit small candles to read their programmes, producing a humorous yet apt illuminated gag that drew laughter and cheers from the audience. Names of torch bearers include Eugene Ware Les Jones A B Woolverton H Shirer Ed Curry Wm Henderson Casas R O'Donald Bert Lucas Pink Smith and others.
The Jarbeau company announces a stay at the Grand tonight and Tuesday night in Starlight. The troupe, not new, has previously performed at Gillie and Kansas City. After these engagements the Grand will be dark until Cleveland's minstrels arrive next Saturday.
Johnson and police officials voted to exclude all persons under twenty one from police court spectator areas unless they are witnesses. Judge Ferry announced the rule, and Sergeant Doncras began enforcing it by ejecting several youths. The measure aims to curb morbid curiosity at trials. A Passion Play exhibit and stereopticon views are advertised at First Christian Church for February 12.
E D McKeever heads to Gove City on legal business while city primaries loom. The U S district attorney’s office is being renovated and parlor events at Copeland feature a $23 dinner. Delegates discuss church dedications, minstrels pack venues, and statewide bids, with court timing changes and drought relief funding advancing in Topeka headlines.
Last week's blizzard trapped twelve passengers on an M. K. and T. train near Selma Anderson county for thirty hours. Food samples ground in a shovel and cooked in a melted snow can. Passengers shared coal from a stranded caboose as exposure and cold threatened.
A comic tale follows Solomon Boggs who frets over his plain daughter Elizabeth. James Peruke, a clerk and aspiring suitor, climbs social ranks to win Elizabeth with a faked royal inkstand post. Boggs is stunned when Peruke ascends to seventeenth inspector, sparking a chaotic farce about status, marriage plans, and a sensational press account.
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