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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1895
Page
8
An OCR fragment notes Boston Shoe House promotion with a fine line of Bion ees goods from Brockton, suggesting available footwear and related merchandise in a regional shop.
A late night police raid on a colored disorderly house on Hant Third Street near Kansas Avenues and Quincy Street led to four people, two men and two women, being detained. The four named Hol Wright, Charles Gibson, Sadie Johnson, and Katie Hanks were all colored and each was ordered to pay $5 in police court. Separately the Supreme Court ruled a bounty law in western counties for killing pests unconstitutional in a Union Pacific challenge over gopher pelts.
J W Ady of Newton voiced strong alarm about proposed bonds and a gold standard. He warned of a fifty year gold bondage, argued for bi metallism and blasted the idea of shipping gold to Europe as treachery to the nation. He cited Republican pledges and claimed danger to public credit and liberty if bonds are issued in gold.
In police court Judge Ferry handled several minor matters. Arthur Lockwood, a white boy, admitted stealing a receiver from a North Topeka colored man and was fined 15 dollars. Miss Piera Douglass, accused of street walking, was arrested but not tried until tomorrow with ex police judge Ensminger as her attorney. Guy Delano and Sadie Wallace, both white, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and fined 35 dollars each. Finis Killibrae, a colored man charged with cruelty to a sick horse, had the case continued to tomorrow at the city’s request.
Oscar Long, serving fifty days for liquor sale, was head waiter when Thomas Kelly and James Barnes seized the feast, sparking a fight. They pleaded guilty before Judge Ferry and were fined 15 dollars each despite claiming marriage, children, prayers, and a plan to move to St Joe for work and water.
Henrietta Powell, a Black girl, assaulted Ada Birch with a rock after a previous stabbing case involving a white woman with a bearded face. Ada stabbed Henrietta in return. the knife cut near the eye and nose. City physician Hibben treated the wound. The case proceeds in police court. The Kansas Mutual Life reports 1994 figures with large gains and renewals noted. Hear Hon. C. Baker at Unity church on Feb 13 and arrange wagon calls for bands.
The Topeka civic group plans its second meeting at T E Bowman's Sixth Street office. A preliminary program includes reporting a constitution for adoption, aiming to separate municipal governance from politics and to influence the upcoming city campaign with cautious, careful steps.
United States Geological Survey data show Alabama produced 4,779,977 tons of coal in 1894 valued at $3,992,007, down from 5,135,935 tons in 1893. The decline, lower average price, and fewer employed workers reflect a muted coal trade, while Georgia and North Carolina also record drops though with varying magnitudes. Georgia output fell to 40111 short tons from 372,740, and earnings dropped from $305,972 to $209,200. North Carolina produced 13,150 whart tons worth $20,300.
E G Snyder, formerly of Topeka and longtime Lance employee under Harry Frost, has been named private secretary to United States Senator John M Thurston of Nebraska. Snyder helped organize the Topeka Press Club and has since been writing for Omaha newspapers.
In Dennert Michigan on February 11 Mayor Pingree unveils a scheme using municipal bulletin boards to disclose smallpox figures. Black boards hang around City Hall with a notice listing pest-house cases recoveries deaths and quarantined houses amid a fight with newspapers over health board reorganization.
The Liberty Down Association of Cabmen debated hours and conditions as a potential strike looms. Some 900 cabs could be tied up if action proceeds, with final decisions due to be announced today. Bridgeman, Brooklyn artist famed for landscapes and portraits, is dead. his body found in his studio. Eugene Ware promises a poem for the Flambeau club benefit at Hamilton's ball on February 14, with Joe Waters assisting Thursday night.
New York report traces Fay Templeton and Howell Osborn through a gaudy personal saga. Osborn’s fortune, debts, and alleged Paris lifestyle color the dispute over his estate. Templeton’s diamonds, hotel impressiveness, and rumored marriage claims frame a tale of public spectacle and legal scrutiny.
Republican veterans plan a postwar reunion at the Douglass House next Friday night with invited members of the senate and house, state officers, congress, and judges. Toasts will be given by a list of named speakers including George S. Douglass and others. Also notes a World Medical Institute offer of one month free treatment ending March 1 and local entertainment events at Hamilton’s Hall by Parkhurst and Miss Marie Norton with Flambean club performances.
Three delegates from the Trades and Labor Union will travel to Jefferson City to urge Missouri lawmakers to penalize hotels that force waiters to share tips. The union adopted a resolution at its semi monthly meeting asking the legislature to make it a felony for an employer or agents to require such sharing of tips from employees or job seekers.
Miss Anna Campbell returns from Horton visit Ray Johnson of Horton visits MT Campbell in town Farmers near Menoken boast 500 to 5000 bushels of corn each Frank Russell of Inter Ocean mills relieved of overcoat in cold snap Mid-Continent mills taxed to meet demand for product Rail blockade complicates wheat supply Osage City shaftcoat offered A Ewart 1012 Kansas ave Camden coal P Cross jewelry moved from North Topeka 427 Kansas Ave Robt Mason of Holden ranch reports 150 cattle sold avg $50 head feeding 600 head for April market Flambeau club plans Our Valentine at Hamiltons hall tickets at UP and CS Elliots no comics
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