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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1895
Page
3
A reader recounts a dramatic escape and credits Dr Miles New Heart Cure for relief from fear and chest pains. The testimonial cites prior failed remedies and a husband purchasing the product, claiming improved sleep and weight gain after use. The notice promotes Miles Medical Co and lists price and availability through druggists.
The city committee on streets and walks met Saturday to decide whether to pave Twelfth street between Topeka avenue and Tyler. A. A. Hurd supports paving while Howel Jones opposes due to inability to pay his share. Four abutting owners favor paving: A. A. Hord, Howel Jones, Kansas Medical College, and Joab Mulvane. Jones alone resists. The panel will present a paving resolution at the next meeting, after which objectors may protest.
On January 15 round trip tickets to all points in Texas and Oklahoma go on sale at a low first class fare plus two dollars. Tickets valid for return within 20 days with stopover privileges. Advertising cheap lands in Texas and Oklahoma, with generally low rates worldwide. For information contact HL. O. Ganvey city ticket agent at 601 Kansas Avenue, or Wasson & Cromwell P.O. North Topeka depot corner First Street and Kansas.
Archison reports a remarkable discovery below Atchison in a Missouri River quarry. A blast revealed a vast honeycomb cavity with hexagonal double combs and pyramidal bottoms, lined with dust and containing pale honey. Workers tasted it, believing it bones, and carried portions home after the explosion damaged the site.
Creve Coeur Ohio January 7 In the coroner inquiry into the murder of General Passenger and Freight Agent Caven Walter L Shape a prominent attorney testified he knows who killed Caven and could identify him but refuses to name the culprit arguing the man is his client He indicated he might reveal the name later The proceedings also explored a plot involving a married woman and a divorce case and an undercover witness but Caven died almost instantly from a wound and Shape facing potential contempt charges if he does not disclose the name
Victor Monchanain, detained on charges tied to the Denver strangler, counters that Alphonse Lemaire is the murderer of Lena Tapper, Marie Contassint, and Kiko Oyama. He insists on his innocence and claims Lena Tapper was the first victim, with Lemaire allegedly exposing a path to the crime. Lemaire allegedly pointed to his house, displayed chloroform, and claimed he would kill the woman there for her money.
Snow totals ranged from eight to fourteen inches in Minnesota from 3 last night to 7 this morning. Logs movement aided by snow. A frigid wave followed, with temperatures from 12 to 16 degrees below zero across northern Minnesota. Calgary showed 16 below, Edmonton 22 below. The wave is set to move south and east over the next forty eight hours.
The county commissioners meet today while Dr. J Tl Munn joins the Topeka pension examiners board. Several legal notices, elections, and local transfers are noted including mill property changes on North Kansas avenue and endorsements for labor commissioner by Typographical Union No. 121. The January term of district court opens next Tuesday with criminal business and several divorce and civil actions on docket.
The Carlisle currency bill plan shifts after Representative Post of Illinois dies. House Democrats meet at 2 PM, delaying final debate and vote to late week or next Saturday. Springer and others deny plans for a new bill, while a 152-member caucus asserts advisory role. Senate names Ransom as president pro tempore during Harris’s absence.
Republican Governor W. H. Upham and newly elected state officers were inaugurated in Mantson Wisconsin today before the largest crowd ever seen at such an event. An informal reception followed in the executive office hosted by Gov Cobam.
Berre, Mont, Jan 7. Peter Breen, a wealthy master workman of the Knights of Labor who went to New Orleans in November for the Be of L convention has not been heard from since his arrival. His friends in Butte fear foul play. Breen was violent in debate and feared, and as a Powderly minority member, he is believed to have made fatal enemies at the convention.
Will Merritt, just freed from the county jail after a term for stealing $22 from Milliken the pie man, left prison with a promise to reform and clothes belonging to Albert Brown. He was rearrested by police yesterday and handed to the state today.
The grip illness resurfaces in New York with doctors noting a germ cause but no identification. Dr Johon Girdner calls it less severe than during the first outbreak. The report also mentions local events including a Keeley league meeting, a poultry show, and a union prayer service at the First Presbyterian church. Portraits of local figures and society news are interwoven with health updates.
A vivid account describes a band of young women in comfortable gym attire sprinting along the Black Bay Fens in the early hours. Eyewitnesses praise their healthful poise and free movement as they practice running, likening them to Grecian sisters and noting loosening dress and rising energy toward the finish.
The piece argues underpayment stems from lack of trained workers not lack of worth. It claims women with skill command good pay, yet few are trained. It warns against half hearted effort and urges dedication to craft to secure financial fortunes and personal fulfillment.
Kellar the magician visited Washington market with companions and amazed agroup of elderly vendors by producing valuable coins from eggs. A bystander offered to buy remaining eggs but the seller declined saying these pigs aren’t for sale. Also notes Von Hohenlohe’s trip to visit Prince Bismarck and a report on J D Rogers Maxwell of Jersey Central Railroad in critical condition.
The State Journal reports June 7 stock and futures moves with wheat paring losses to rally later and May steady near prior close. Corn and oats weakened with car lot activity and heavy hogs and pork prices mixed. cash grain and feeds steady to weak. Kansas City and New York markets show mixed readings in step with softening beef, cattle, and hay values amid receipts and shipments data.
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