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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1899
Page
6
Lawmakers debated school contracts and gubernatorial powers, with third readings on several measures. A telegraph rate bill passed the Senate and faced House approval, while amendments to stockyard law sought to curb excessive wholesale charges and unify pricing practices.
The Clemens bill passed by the house outlines enforcement of the railroad law and sets duties for rail corporations. It requires fair treatment and reasonable wages for employees, forbids oppressive conduct, and allows court action to compel service restoration during strikes with receivership as a remedy if needed.
In a tense special session the house locked doors as Populist leaders faced uncertain support for the Clemens bill Supplemental to the new railroad law. After a series of absentees being found and votes flipping, the measure gained a constitutional majority and passed. The house recessed until 7:20 p.m.
Senators criticized docket clerk Moore for delays in printing the senate calendars and bills. They charged missed entries and misplanted bills causing confusion, urging action to prevent repeats. Senator Bing called the errors inexcusable and demanded corrections.
The current legislature plans adjournment by Friday at the latest possibly a day earlier. Senator Jumper halted the house concurrent resolution on Tuesday to clear the way for consideration of the bills regulating certain matters.
Lawmakers debate proposed telecom and investigative measures as a caucus shapes bills to be advanced before adjournment. House calendar motions set Senate in committee, with final element Friday favored by most members and a few seeking Thursday end to the special session.
Salt Lake City reports Apostle John W. Taylor denounces Utah church practices, accusing the choir of moral failings and urging youth labor under divine law. George Q. Cannon rebukes the charge, Ap pol e Taylor apologizes. Attacking Mormon growth, A T Schroier cites 2,000 missionaries and state land purchases. Local politics and statehood debates frame calls for congressional action.
Governor Leedy will send to the senate the name of Carl Vrooman of Parsons as a regent for the Kensie board of agriculture. He will succeed Morrison Kelly, deceased, and the action gives the Populists control of the institution for the next two years.
Miss Olive Farrington Sampson daughter of Rear Admiral Sampson will wed Henry Marrinon Scott of San Francisco at Col echurch Glen Ridge New Jersey this evening Frank Goodwitt to officiate Invited include President McKinley and cabinet members The bride to wear white satin with lace and chiffon wedding colors yellow and violet Bridesmaids wear yellow and violets Best man Walter Magee Ushers named Earlier reception at church follows ceremony Groom to reside in San Francisco where he is in business
A Star special from Springfield reports robbers who held a Memphis train at Macomb may have netted over 1000 dollars, with estimates ranging up to 20000 while a Southern Express agent believes more than 1000 was taken. The dynamited car drew attention as the robbers escaped with the loot.
Program for next Monday outlines ceremonies at Representative Hall with address by W. E. Stanley and oath of office to be administered by Chief Justice Frank Doster. Features include Steinberg’s orchestra, awards for Battery B N. G. and Captain W. A. Patterson, and a reception for state officers and legislators with reserved gallery seating for families of officials.
A London alert describes glimsop a dry mash of hemlock leaves and beans smoked in small pipes, causing memory loss blurred vision and harm to the heart. Pennyleaf a cheaper deadly mix of marigold leaf dock and Durlism glass is popular among factory bands in Black Country and Lancashire, with brutal health effects and rising usage.
New York January 4 Detective Captain McCluskey released a statement by Dr Henry Beaman Douglass about Barnet Knickerbocker Athletic Club member who died in November 1898 ten days after taking a mysterious powder. The doctor says Barnet had diphtheria, treated with antitoxin, but died from heart failure after a long illness. The case involves suspected poison from Kutnow powders and questions about reporting the death to health authorities.
Raleigh January 4 The Democrats hold a large majority in both houses and have selected ex judge Henry G Connor of Wilson as speaker. W W Hampton of Surry county will be the Republican nominee. A resolution was unanimously adopted declaring only white men should be employed where possible, replacing many minor posts previously filled by colored men.
Preliminary steps have been taken in Denver for the United States Sixteen to One Money League. The group aims to fuse political parties on a bimetallic platform and is expected to play a prominent role in politics according to early reports from the city.
The Matin reports an interview with a prominent figure planning a coup and fully resolved to execute it. Prince Vietor is described as hostile to unnecessary demonstrations, while his brother Louis Napoleon stands with him. The piece notes an English Lutheran church meeting with the Thpeka Mandolin Orchestra and a free button mending service at a local laundry on West Eighth Street.
Rang, N. Y., Jan 4. The state legislative convened with Republican caucus nominees chosen in both houses. Speaker Pred Dixon of Chautauqua and Clerk Archie Baxter of Chemung led the assembly lineup. in the senate T. F. Ellsworth of Niagara and James S. Le of Cattaraugus served as temporary leaders. Roosevelt’s annual message praised wartime unity, warned against chaos in tropical islands, and urged measures to restore commerce, modernize the national guard, and curb state graft while stressing individual effort within labor and capital.
Receipts of wheat show 47 cars with price ranges and steady butter. Freight and market notes appear alongside, listing figures and telephone references from EM. Stmwn and other entries. The report details mixed wheat prices and stable butter in a period at hand.
A garbled market summary notes sugar trends and the wheat receipts for the period. Mentions New York sugar movements, central market activity, and estimated hog receipts alongside railcar counts. Also references Liverpool cables and price signals for sugar and corn with scattered figures such as 67m and 244 for Wheat.
December marked the coldest month in 12 years for the Topeka Weather Bureau station. The mean temperature was 27, below the normal 34. The report notes the prior record December 1859 with a 26 mean, and mentions historical lows of 0 and 20 below in earlier years. Precipitation reached 1.14 inches above average, snowfall at 68.10 inches. Also reports Jervis Joslin of Joslin & Park Dairy dies at 64 in Denver.
Market notes show wheat trading near last night’s close with May dipping on large selling, later reversing as sentiment improved. Northwest receipts seen fine for export, oats and corn volumes mentioned with substantial weekly gains.
fragmentary listing references lucrative sales jobs and employment ads in Chicago reading like a shopworn classified page. mentions wage offers and various trades with incomplete names and locations, typical of mid century urban help wanted notices.
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