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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1898
Page
6
The National Loom-Fixers association conference adopted a resolution calling for a national referendum on labor standards and uniform wages to curb competition. They argued the competitive system harms workers through lower wages and starvation, fueling disease and killing more than during the Civil War.
City officials warn that several officers may be drawing disability pensions while serving as full duty policemen. A major investigation is planned after authorities received leading claims from a high official about pension ineligibility among at least five or more officers.
The Kinsis state grain dealers will hold their annual meeting in Topeka January 12. The Association now has 25 members, showing a notable increase over the past year. Between the 12th and 13th the swine breeders, stock breeders, state board of agriculture, dealers, and Democrats will gather in Laportini city for a meeting.
In East St. Louis on January 7 a New York man identified as Dayton was found dead under a railroad trestle. The coroner's jury found the death accidental after ruling out foul play, with Dayton last seen with a companion earlier Wednesday. the companion could not be located.
Captain Wm. Kindston, Pacific coast agent for the North American Transportation and Trading company, sails for New York to purchase ocean and river vessels to expand the Alaska trade network. The move signals a rush to acquire ships needed for freight and passenger service between coastal ports and Alaska.
Denver dispatch reports Colonel W A Thompson of the Boston Lyric Company plans to go to New York to arrange with Augustus Thomas for a play in which Thompson will star J K Murray. Before leaving he signed a contract with Miss Clara Laine as principal support and also with W B Clarke, a noted basso, and Otto Friberg, a Kansas Avenue tailor.
Snaps from Kansas City papers note editor visit, local appointments, road petitions, a Port Arthur trip, church lectures, and a record California Limited train through Chicago to Kansas City with 60 passengers.
The Populist conference adjourned after a resolution to send county committees’ delegates to the bi-national conference in Topeka. January 15 prices set at four dollars and one third for conference certificates, tickets valid January 9 to 12. Nearby, a loose horse on Topeka avenue prompted police to take it to a veterinary stable while they search for the observer who reported it. A hog found roaming Kansas Avenue led Patrolman Woods to guide it to the police station with no owner found. Sam Hayden was arrested for stealing a wig from Mrs Vanleck’s hair pressing shop in Crawford dock area. bail posted.
A large crowd attended the C B N O club dance at Wetherell's hall in Topeka featuring Mr and Mrs C F Spencer Mr and Mrs George M Stone Mr and Mrs CN Nelson and many others. The Neighborhood High Five Club and Fin de Siecle Club hosted gatherings at local homes with guests, prizes, and social games. A mini party celebrated Miss Mary Bell Taylor of Colorado Springs, while numerous social notices list travels births engagements and upcoming entertainments in Topeka society.
The court clerk Thompson has turned over 282 dollars to the state treasurer as fees for the past year. Records show Bradford collected 1406 dollars over 22 months as clerk. Thompson collected 4300.94 dollars this year, with 2118 kept by himself and 2722.46 uncollected, to be turned over when collected.
A long, fragmentary column recalls wartime fund drives and the tactics of fundraising, noting how people respond to appeals tied to others’ generosity. Anecdotes compare a chaplain’s baptism drive with a rival regiment, and mix in quips about journalism, inheritance, sewing, and domestic life.
Recap of the Miss Lamont murder and Miss Williams case in San Francisco, detailing the church search, discovery of Lamont’s body in the belfry, the door break in, and the five finger impression. Durrant’s arrest, trial from July to November 1895, guilty verdict, and two hangings planned for 1896 plus appeals up to 1907.
Greenfield Massachusetts reports the execution of John Onell Jr for the murder of Mrs. Hattie McCloud Buckland on January 6 last year. He protested innocence to the end as investigators noted strangulation and money found on his person matched the victim’s robbery.
Mire Meredith announces a carnival of nations to aid the Orphans' Home with eighteen nations represented. Events include a Monday Gathering of the Clans concert, Tuesday Daughter of the Regiment by local Carnival Guards, comic opera Pyna fore the midweek, a Friday fancy dress ball, and a Saturday concert by a local band. Proceeds to clear a $9 debt on the home.
Report of the first annual state poultry show in Manhattan with officers elected for the year including A M Story as president and J W F Hashes as secretary. Also notes a second show planned for Topeka on January 14 1890 and a court case sentencing Ben Henderson for grand larceny. Fire alarm at 335 Kansas avenue led to smoke from a chimney, not a blaze.
Wheat opens weak on foreign market weakness with Liverpool and New York signals. May futures show small gains in wheat while corn and oats swing with scarce offerings. provisions steady with firm hogs demand. Cattle and sheep receipts rise, midweek totals and representative sales listed. Kansas City bids show firm to steady tones across grains and livestock.
New York reports cotton prices steady with middling uplands at 16 1/2 cents and middling gulf 16 1/2 cents, with sugar and coffee and other commodities listed. London and Liverpool market gossip notes Wheat arrivals, prices, and Transatlantic shipments. Chicago and Omaha receipts and grain shipments highlight activity.
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