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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1895
Page
8
A Topeka banquet last night featured rich fare and humor as Kansas lawmakers toasted Speaker Douglass. Dignitaries praised his leadership while recalling the 1883 assembly and the Populist era. The event included speeches by Judge Horton and Senator Scott with lively anecdotes and a dramatic toast to Colonel Hughes.
Lawrence inquest into John W Hillmon death unfolds with testimony from Coroner and Sheriff Walker. Evidence includes Hillmon enlistment paper, dentist and tooth details, exhumation, and identification efforts in Medicine Lodge and Hutchinson. The case centers on whether the body identified as Hillmon is his and who bears responsibility.
The annual Masonic gathering opens Monday in Topeka with grand council grand chapter and grand lodge sessions. About 800 visitors expected. meetings at Masonic hall with headquarters at National and Throop. Also state printing price protest and a Republican Flambeau club demonstration at the courthouse.
Lawrence February 16 The Phi Gamma Delta fraternity hosted a large party last night and named seniors elected to membership in the honorary. New inductees include Paul Beta Kappa Misses Margaret Monet Edith Clark Florence Parrott Matilda Hendricks Kate Anderson and Messrs R W Cone and B M Dickinson. The University Glee and Banjo club concluded its concert tour in Kansas City, netting over 450 after expenses. E T Hackney KU orator trains in Wichita for the state contest to be held in Topeka February 22. Chas A Hyde of Chicago presented the university library five boxes of books, mostly public documents. A delegation will visit Topeka next Friday to ensure fair treatment for Hackney. Over 800 students are expected to attend. Chas A Hyde displayed an engraved relic from the first Lawrence house built in 1854 by Mr Stern, bearing an inscription about the wood origin. Chancellor F H Snow hosted his annual faculty reception Monday with about 125 in attendance. Seniors host manual party tonight in Spooner library banquet hall. Registrar works on the new catalogue. due next month amid heavy enrollment.
A big rabbit hunt near Newman Kan east of Topeka yielded 287 cotton tails and three jack rabbits. Harry Brown of Perry and Cameron Grinter arranged ten men each to hunt with the lowest harvest hosting an oyster supper. The 200 rabbits were delivered to the Associated Charities to supply Topeka families with rabbit meals today and tomorrow.
State Senator Sterne told a JOURNAL reporter he wishes to follow the county's wishes on all legislative matters and especially the proposed bridge bill. He seeks input from county leaders as discussed in last evening's Stare JOURNAL.
Col Hughes told a 4 State Journal reporter he will not permit his name for any sub ordinate role in the National Guard. He was asked about a possible brigadier general post but he will refuse any position in the guard.
Princess Ninito of Tahiti, heir to the Pomare line for nearly two centuries, arrived in San Francisco aboard the Mariposa. She travels with two retainers who will depart here, while she continues toward France with plans to tour the city before resuming her journey around the world.
Oscar Wilde's new play The Importance of Being Earnest had a successful premiere at the St James Theatre in London. The farce delighted the audience with Wilde style and brisk humor, despite a thin plot and lightweight dramatic theory, as the author’s wit drove the comedy.
Che Foo dispatch cited by Pall Mall Gazette says Admiral Ting of Wei Hai Wei killed himself after reverses to Chinese forces. The report also claims Commodore Lin and General Chang committed suicide for the same reason.
Depositions underway in New York in Alfred Merritt v John D Rockefeller for 120000. The suit seeks damages and accuses Rockefeller of using stock deals to gain control of iron mining firms and manipulate bonds. Proceedings are in U S circuit court at Duluth Minnesota.
A medical advertising piece compares illness to a locomotive needing a mechanic. It promotes the World Medical Institute in Topeka Kansas offering thorough exams, low costs, and a free one month trial to start treatment. It lists many chronic conditions and instruments, with hours and locations in Topeka and Kansas City.
North Topeka briefs note Degree of Honor social in A O U W hall tonight. D B Fink and daughter attend Ohio visit. C A Starbird returns from Overbrook. Coal cut for shipment by Soldier Creek dealers. Mr and Mrs R H Barber entertain Needle Ten and spouses. Shorey Choral Society to present second show at East Indianola school. Grace Reyburn returns from Leavenworth with Mia Steele. Charles Hendricks back from Cleveland rubber stamp work. Old Folks High Five club cancels weekly meeting. Buckwheat flour and maple syrup sold at J Helen’s. Library at Pleasant Valley School holds 351 volumes. Mrs Smith Frankenberger visiting J H Todd en route to Fort Scott. Santa Fe coal cars arrive for Rock Island locomotives. Rev J R Madison absent. Rev R woes rat ce ra e to fill Kansas Ave M and church pulpit. Rev Calvin Holman travels to Kansas City for co W Holman funeral. Ex Rock Island Leo French mentioned.
A passenger who was out a week due to a snowbound train near Herington recounts an 1,800 foot long cut and ice drifts up to eighteen feet. The train managed to back out of the drift to a small town, sparing passengers serious harm.
A fragmented Sunday church notices page lists services at multiple Topeka churches including First Eree church with Rev. Alderson and Rev. Mitchell at Liberty United Presbyterian, First Christian with Rev. Smith, First Unitarian with Rev. Wyman, English Lutheran with Rev. Wagner, North Topeka Baptist with Rev. Hutchinson, Oakland Presbyterian with Rev. Childs, United Presbyterian on Eighth Avenue, Martin M E with Bishop Vincent, Church of Christ Scientist, and other groups. Also notes a Lincoln Spiritualists conference and a legislative medical bill discussion.
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