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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1895
Page
5
A lengthy committee session saw the fees and salaries bill repeatedly revised amid sharp questions from members. Proponents argued the measure fair adjusts compensation, while opponents warned of fiscal strain and calls for greater oversight. debate continued with amendments expected.
The Kansas legislature faced long debates on a salaries and fees bill, with amendments debated in committee and reported back with changes. Senators also clashed over university funding, questioning Chancellor Snow’s pay and related endowments as the session adjourned without a decision.
Reverend A. H. Harrell of the First Christian church in Springfield Ill reports a load of clothing and provisions for destitute Western Kansas settlers will be sent if freight is paid. Railroad commissioners will handle the transit. Representatives White and McCarthy have gathered a carload of ponsony at Nortonville to be sent to a county.
A U S circuit court suit seeks to set aside deeds to E Bennett and his Weat Eighth Street residence stables and farm four miles southwest. The action alleges transfer to Mrs Bennett to defraud Trust Company of America of 11502 debt with a judgment in Shawnee County. Deeds dated January 3 1893 signed March 12 1894. No consideration claimed. Two mortgages dated 1884 and August 1894 totaling 2490 and 1000. Court asked to void deeds and mortgages as part of the alleged scheme.
Denver reports substantial stock losses across eastern Colorado due to a severe cold wave. Julesburg notes twenty six days of extreme low temperatures and blizzards with thousands of birds and rabbits perishing. Denver centers the cold front from Sheveans Wyoming to El Paso Texas. Also reported: Florence Ucle sues husband Benjamin Cols for divorce over abandonment and cruelty. Louisa Stoeler adjudged insane in probate court. Count Sterzanski leaves Dacatur County for Hoboken. Lotus Quartet performing at Hamilton's tonight.
A survey of famous hymns and authors notes Charles Wesley Anne Steele Sarah Flower Adams Isaac Watts Edward Perronet and others. It mentions translations and origins including Salve Caput and near millennial references while recounting long stanza counts and wartime inspirations in Saint Louis Globe Democrat reporting.
The piece surveys spring accessories and fabrics in New York fashion plates. Dogskin or Swedish kid gloves suit promenade outfits, while pale satins suit fitted blouse waists for evenings. Evening gowns feature rose tints, chiffon, Venetian lace, black velvet ribbons, and trimmed bodices with light poplin materials for smart dinners and bertha styles.
Jockey Shaner died of lingering consumption. Byron McClelland declines to England with Groker and Dwyer. Ed Geers trains pacing mare Bessie Halbred to Direct 2 05 44. Belle Meade shows 80 yearlings, 20 by Iroquois. Mrs Davis leases Alcantara’s old Highlawn homestead for summer. Saugus Mass rejects entries without pedigrees and full ID. Watchmaker Patchen, 13.3 hands, trotted 14 53 at Newcastle upon Tyne. Bruin Temple stowe and Tarcoola to America. Bruin a sprinter. Tarcoola a Melbourne Cup winner. M and McHenry form Freeport trotting assoc with Taylor’s park meet July 22-25 and 50000 purses. George M Stearns leaves 1500 for Mand L road mare upkeep and harness ban.
In Topeka items a mask ball doubt, a new roof on Fifth Avenue hotel and civic notes abound. Legislation and the Hillman case linger in session while about twenty five prisoners sit in the city jail. Auditors and officials fall ill and travel. several local and visiting figures appear at shops, meetings, and churches.
Leavenworth Times rebuts Kansas City Journal on Governor Morrill and saloon policy. It asserts saloons stay open, prohibition cannot be enforced, and commissions are in place per prior agreement to avoid enforcement in Leavenworth. It argues Republican reluctance and calls for stricter actions against low venues and gamblers.
Councilmen opposed to the Bicycle ordinance plan to seek reconsideration after its first reading. Friction centers on a ten mile per hour limit and sidewalk riding. Burgess Fulton Stephenson now join earlier opponents, signaling likely repeal.
Under new city administration a broad jail overhaul is underway. The damp basement area is being converted into a dry, ventilated dormitory with a 30 foot bunk for 15 to 20 tramps, benches, a stove, two gas jets, a new barred door, rebuilt stairs, and a lighted hallway with storage for confiscated goods. The women’s cell remains clean under Matron Thorpe.
Police raided Pickett’s mineral bath house on Harrigan Street at 5:30 am arresting Mr and Mrs Pickett. White patrons Pearl Tobing Myrtle Pike and traveling man L W Johnson held, Johnson and Pike claimed marriage on register. All in custody with bonds posted. cases continued to court. Pickett defends innocence amid town uproar.
Harry Place Hyams and Dallas Theodore Hyam, twin brokers, were arrested for murder with a motive tied to life insurance on Wm. Wells, killed in an elevator in the Hyams warehouse on January 16, 1898. Investigators note plans to insure the bride’s life and query the couple’s capital. A second item reports an eastbound Atchison freight wreck near Four Miles injuring no one, followed by news that Anna Gould’s wedding to Count De Cantellnoe is set for March 4 in New York.
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