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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1895
Page
3
The Chronicle prints an open letter manifesto from the People's Right Party condemning the czar’s autocratic stance. It claims the czar misled the zemstvos, alienated reform-minded society, and damaged his popularity by rejecting progress in favor of autocracy.
Mrs Laura A Wickes files for divorce from Thomas H Wickes vice president of the Pullman Palace Car Co in Chicago. Default entered after he ignored amended bill and will answer soon. She describes cruelty including kicking water throwing in face and food, and social estrangement. Wickes linked to earlier accusations of brutality to Pullman workers during the recent strike.
The late Illinois treasurer Ramsay allegedly planned a southern Illinois bank chain, with one opening at Columbia that failed on launch after his death. His estate faced claims for unpaid bank fixtures, and Ramsay reportedly suffered $40,000 to $50,000 in wheat and corn option losses from 1882. He held extensive Kansas lands bought at the boom, hoping for higher values that never occurred.
Citizens Geary and Bowers canvass members to sign petitions for two days set aside to consider the Nicaraguan canal bill. They report 131 Democrats and 61 Republicans, totaling 192 signatures, a legislative bloc larger than a majority. Also mentions Dr King’s New Discovery with a pneumonia case, bicycle licensing proposal in Chicago, and Peerless Kimetoscope in Topeka.
Secretary Carlisle sends to the Senate a reply detailing the 1893 95 gold reserve use for current expenses and bond proceeds. The period shows a $172,674,915 decline with $105,002,143 spent on expenses and $67,672,172 redeemed as notes. The report provides treasury cash figures, gold holdings, and redemption totals through January 1, 1895.
Dwyer, a noted New York turf man and stakeholder, says articles of agreement set the bout between September 1 and January 1 in Jacksonville but may be blocked if Florida legislature bans prizefighting. He predicts the fight will occur somewhere despite potential obstacles.
New York February 14 The investigation committee appointed by Governor Flower to study electric execution methods releases its report. The witnesses refute Arsonval's Paris theory that death comes from the surgeon's knife, and urge attempts at resuscitation despite no signs of revival.
Caroline Hamilton, once married to Charles Edward Hamilton, received a divorce decree from Judge Prior in the court of common pleas on statutory grounds. The item notes her engagement with opera singer Caroline Hamilton with the Bostonians and mentions laundry services at Peerless Stack Laundry in New York.
A dispatch from Tien-Tsin reports Li Hung Chang is to be recalled and soon appointed as a high commissioner and plenipotentiary to arrange terms of peace, with Prince Kung or Sir Robert Hart as the other appointee, following foreign ministers' advice.
A bill to empower boards of education in cities over 40 000 to establish and maintain parental schools was introduced in the house by Eakins of Cook County. Prepared under the Chicago school board, the plan provides confinement, discipline and instruction for habitually truant boys or those violating school rules. Trials may occur in county court with jury on demand. boys may be kept until age fifteen and paroled if conduct warrants.
Snow began last evening and continues, six inches reported in Austin with deep drifts. Road travel is impeded and streetcar traffic nearly suspended. The storm is described as the worst ever experienced in the city.
Seneca Kansas February 14 all joints billiard halls and resorts selling drinks were closed today due to protracted cold weather and the county attorney’s crackdown. Men stand around corners with expressions signaling the approaching millennium.
The Knights of Labor general executive board decided last night to hire eminent lawyers to test the validity of the proposed bond issue. The move was advocated by President Sovereign, aiming to resolve legal questions surrounding the financing plan.
A small blaze on the Adams street house roof caused by sooty buildup led to a noon alarm. Firefighters found a small hole in the roof and quickly contained the fire. The dwelling was occupied by Mrs. H. Sheban.
A French carrier pigeon captured by German forces during the siege of Paris flew back to its home in Boulevard de Clichy after four years in a German dove cote. The bird remembered its homeland, escaped captivity when a door was left open, and was recognized by its old keeper, hailed as a patriot.
A teen traveler Adelaide rides solo to a rail trip when two flirtatious men target her. An old friend quietly watches, and Adelaide dismisses the suitors by flicking their visiting cards back at them as a pithy rebuke. A local benefit advertisement notes Pismbeau tonight at 50 cents.
In the Castle Shannon railroad tunnel near Monongahiela last evening two engines collided, creating one of the road’s worst wrecks in years. Five men were injured, including Conductor John Walker and Engineers Henry Hitters and Frederick Risgar who suffered serious wounds. Fireman Emmett Hamilton and another unnamed man were also hurt. One engine and twenty five cars were demolished as the trains came together center tunnel, burying the men in debris with miraculous escapes.
The Architectural league of New York debated government building designs under the McKeig bill allowing open competition. John M. Carrere was detained, so Edward Hamilton Bell presented the main paper while speakers included Carl Butte Kenyon Cox Butler Ashbel P Fitch Warren W K Priggs and R Bushe Brown.
Farmers observed firm activity in wheat and corn with oats rising slightly amid strong demand. May contracts yo-yoed between lower openings and higher closes as soy and pork markets showed mixed shifts. Cattle receipts and hog pricing reflected a cautious but active trading day across Kansas City and New York markets.
The text promotes a quick new rail route from St Louis through Cairo and Holly Springs to Jacksonville and Florida points, via Southern Railway lines. It advertises through Pullman sleeping cars St Louis to Jacksonville, urges readers to consult a Florida Folder, and names Gro E Lang as General Passenger Agent. Also includes brief ads for Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup and Beggs Little Giant Pills, sewing machines, and German salve sold by W R Kennady.
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