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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1895
Page
1
The Senate shows no rest as leaders insist on remaining in session into next week. Key committees debate pressing bills and votes loom. Party lines hold firm while aides flag procedural hurdles and public calls for adjournment grow louder.
The Kansas Senate votes to avoid adjournment this week while House items stall. Dombauld’s amended resolution sets cease dates for original bills and messages by February 27 with limited extension to March 1, pending House concurrence. Leaders argue over pay, session length, and reform measures within Shawnee County finances and statewide appropriations.
A blaze in Halifax Nova Scotia destroyed property valued at a million dollars near the Deepwater terminus. Immigration offices and other buildings were burned, several firefighters injured as strong winds fanned the flames. Dartmouth sent its brigade to aid.
Ohio Governor McKinley visited Chicago on February 27 to attend the funeral of his wife’s aunt Mrs. Thomas Goodman of Fulton Street. He arrived by automobile, viewed the deceased at Lafay ette McWilliams home, attended the service at 1:30 p.m., and returned to Columbus afterward.
Senators resume work late over a proposal to issue 100 million in small denomination certificates of indebtedness at 2 percent interest to cover treasury deficiencies. Mr Hill proposes cancellation of reissued treasury notes. Gorman argues relief must be tied to an appropriation. Mills rules the amendment out of order. In the House at Wasuiseros the president’s veto of Eunice Putnam’s pension bill is read and debate follows on a joint resolution about goods importing through Mexico’s free zone.
In Savannah on February 27 the Young Men's Hebrew association board canceled Slattery's lease of the Masonic temple citing language inciting riot. Four three story buildings on Farm and Margaret Streets exploded this morning amid riot fears. Citizens plan to guard Slattery during a planned lecture with mayor approving writs for speeches. Rioters threaten further action and police court officials report arrests for contempt.
Sheriff Dilts serves James Coleman Drayton in a cross suit filed by Charlotte Augusta Drayton in Somerville and Bernardsville. Local sentiment suggests Mrs Drayton will settle the issue with no compromise, amid well known Drayton ties and a busy paper reach of the State Journal’s Want and Miscellaneous columns.
Colonel Robert Ingersoll delivers his lecture on The Holy Bible at the Hoboken theater amid police presence after pastors sought to close the venue. He ridicules the New Jersey statute on Bible discussion, praises free debate, and attacks priests while the audience remains orderly.
Report from Tucson stating Hughes would be relieved was incorrect. Several charges against the Arizona governor have been made, but no decision has been reached. A. V. Quinn is not known in the interior department and has not been picked as governor.
Cincinnati February 27. Distillers oppose the whisky price rise from 125 to 128 per gallon at Peoria. At a chamber of commerce meeting they refused to support the advance and urged a 1.35 quotation to prevail locally, challenging the whisky trust receivers.
In London Feb 27 the rapid influenza spread among members of the House of Commons draws attention as it disrupts politics. Sixty MPs paired yesterday and over forty are ill, hitting both Liberal and Conservative sides amid a tight party balance.
John L Sullivan accuses valet Murphy, property man Kearney, and Viola Armstrong, late of the True American, of looting his trunks and taking most of his wardrobe. Superintendent Byrnes to be wired for arrest on arrival in New York aboard the Iroquois. Sullivan stayed at the St James hotel. Colonel Pepper's Stable continues under Robert Pepper. Pepper left no will. heirs run business. Prohibition wins in New Hampshire House by killing Brown-House bill and adopting stronger moiety and nuisance provisions.
Mapriv Cuba unrest reported as serious with clashes between rebels led by Henry Brooke and government troops near Santa Cecilia and Karre. Fourteen rifles seized, arms found on a Mantenzas plantation and on the City of Washington. Manuel Garcia said to recruit near Agucate. reports of his death vary. Public sentiment in Havana largely opposed to the uprising.
Colonel E D Chandler of Jacksonville seeks an interview with John L Sullivan to sign him to temperance lectures in Florida. Sullivan agrees to meet but fails to appear. Chandler argues a Sullivan partnership would draw large crowds and urges Sullivan to take the pledge before touring with him to appeal to respectable audiences.
A deed recorded today confirms the sale of 320 acres of the Swinburne ranch in section S to Frank Bradley and Thomas Bowmen of Council Bluffs. The buyers are listed with Shawnee county farmer EGC Sheik named as purchaser and the stated consideration is $3000, marking an advance of $5 per acre. Additional sales include Annie and Lillie Whitlock to Lea Jones on Western avenue lot 118 and south half of lot 111 for $700, Enoch M. Clark to John Peterson on Branner street lot 203, and Robert Mead to Franklin Stahl on Taylor street lots 403 and half of 406 for $100.
A large flouring mill owned by Wilson Bros east of Peabody was destroyed by fire on February 27. Loss reported at $100,000 with $70,000 insured. Origin of blaze unknown and cause under investigation. Local authorities and fire brigades responded to the scene.
The Joint Reorganization Committee of Atchison announces a plan with $10 assessments on common stock and $4 on second mortgage bonds, no equivalent for preferred stock. General mortgage bonds exchange for 7 percent to 40 percent in preferred stock. A and B bonds receive 115 and 120 percent in preferred. Defaulted bonds of several lines are replaced with new bonds and stock at 26 to 60 percent. New securities total $102 million common, $75.9 million preferred, $25 million prior lien, $150,000 general mortgage, and $50 million of 4 percent bonds. Prior lien bonds are included per foreign members’ insistence to secure rehabilitation funds.
A Daily News financial note lauds President Cleveland for safeguarding national credit amid the allotment of a new American loan. It says subscriptions were heavily oversubscribed and credits restored faith in currency reform, despite opposition. The piece credits Cleveland and his cabinet for resisting inadequate remedies.
Miss Dennis 29 died at her mother’s home after contracting a fatal cold blamed on exposure while warming a pupil’s frozen hands outside Bethany college kindergarten. Daughter of the late state librarian Hon. Dennis funeral set for Grace Cathedral Friday at 2 p.m. Work resumes on Hennepin canal thaw allows 2000 men to return. six locks to be completed by July.
A fragment describes Louis Antumina Fauvelette as a friend minister and secretary who vividly depicts the personality of the General Consul and Emperor. The text suggests a faithful portrayal with strong truthfulness and extraordinary vividness.
Topeka readers can secure the valuable work connected with Scribner's Magazine through Scribner's special representative Mr. F A Miller at the Dutton House. The edition includes footnotes by Madame de Remusat, maid of honor to the Empress Josephine, and marks the most authentic version available.
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