14 Feb 1896
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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1896
Page
1
A Topeka committee meeting last night energized plans for a large fall festival fund drive. They target $6,000 to cover expenses with a 50 member finance group and several subcommittees named to organize entertainment, advertising, and participation. Leaders stressed rapid fundraising and public involvement to ensure a successful event and urged business groups, labor unions, and the community to back the effort.
Kansas Populist leaders gather with fourteen committee members and many party figures to chart dates for two state conventions. Abilene and Salida delegates contend for hosting the nominating event, with Emporia pushing for a convention. The state officer election is slated for August after the national gathering, as governors’ candidacy discussions intensify.
Former Chief Thomas Byrnes will leave New York early next week for Hot Springs to stay two months. He will not be seeking health but recreation and plans to finish the second volume of his book Professional Criminals of America, updating and continuing the work.
Galveston dispatch reports Edward Webster grain inspector stating export figures from October 12 to January 28 reached 2,015,087 bushels to foreign ports with about 310,000 more this month and nearly 8,000,000 in total exports so far. 3,000 on hand for tonage. Also notes a damage suit verdict of 1,000 in Lace vs Kreipe. a royal society push to verify Dr Nansen’s reported communication. Gold deposits indicate four to five million dollars in the New York treasury with about 1.3 million withdrawals. funeral for Mrs Donohoe set for Feb 18. Santa Fe mechanical shutdown planned for tomorrow afternoon under Ripley retrenchment policy.
John Brigham of Delm U says farmers nationwide face unequal yields and falling prices with worse hardship than in 1890s panics. He cites wool free trade as harming farmers and urges government action on tariffs and monetary policy to avert future Prosperity.
Chicago's committee of safety formed by 100 citizens appeals to voters to forget party lines for local affairs. Lyman J. Gage urges reform against corrupt council practices and misgovernance. The platform promotes honest, economical local government free of political bickering and grandstanding.
One of Nansen's closest friends Antarctic explorer Borchgrevinck lectures in New York. He doubts sensational Siberian news about Nansen and notes plans to cross the pole and return via Greenland. Also reported are 33 Yellow Fever deaths in Jacamo within 24 hours.
W Gined's circular to Fifty Committee members calls for hearty, practical action to enforce prohibitory law. It urges influential state leaders to join, advise, and help awaken public sentiment, coordinating with officials and forming an executive group to handle detailed work.
St Louis Feb 14 The local committee on the national Republican convention agreed to erect an convention auditorium designed to seat about 12,000 persons. The location will be decided by the local committee with approval from the hall committee.
Metorologist Evelyn Baldwin weighs North Pole discovery as Dr Nansen plans a Arctic arrival. The Jeannette era drift suggests possible success with a specially built vessel. Also reports: Frank Meyers linked to State Bank of Savannah robbery. Hutchinson Hardware faces mortgage issues. Chicago Bottling Works seeks receiver amid $280000 claims.
State Journal special from Feb 14 reports Kansan Congressmen Broderick and Curtis lone among Kansas Republicans in supporting free silver. They attack Eastern influence, defend American product and tariff reform, and argue for restoring silver coinage to money use while guarding gold reserves amid pressure from gold-standard advocates.
The public and private galleries filled as closing debates on monetary reform were discussed. Mr Crisp argued economic questions and currency value, citing Baron Rothschild and Sherman era statements. The speech examined gold and silver parity, foreign policy, and the impact on American prosperity if monetary independence is preserved.
Awick New Jersey February 14 Thomas E Donlay of Philadelphia forced Masterson to the edge of the Pennsylvania station platform. The man toppled onto the tracks as a freight engine moved and was struck by a passenger train. Masterson died an hour later. Donlay was seized by witnesses and is in police custody. Crowds clashed briefly as anger rose.
Sir John Gorst told a Glasgow Women's Trades council meeting that government aid comes only with votes. The report notes two hundred trains per day at Moorgate station in London and mentions coal orders and a Bell Toll address.
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