10 Jan 1895
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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1895
Page
1
In a brisk session, Kansas House members pushed anti lottery and gambling measures led by Representative Cub binson with strong GOP backing. The chamber advanced a broader anti gambling agenda, debated constitutional questions, and adjourned after approving multiple bills and committee actions amid tense floor tempers.
Governor Altgeld’s long biennial message criticizes capital punishment and calls for prison reform. He attacks federal injunctions, court corruption, and wealth concentration as threats to republican government. He warns of government by injunctions and the blending of federal power with corporate interests.
A Topeka lobby of major stock yards and commission men from Kansas City Kansas arrived to fight any antistock yards reform measures. The group led by T W Trickett O B Trown P W Newman and W T Taylor seeks to thwart referenda in Governor Morrill's reform message. Headquarters are at the National.
The Hillmon life insurance case jury has been secured with no Topeka men on the panel. The first evidence will be the deposition of John H. Brown who traveled with Hillman when he allegedly died. The deposition took 19 days and will be the longest document submitted. The jury includes Wells, Young, Chi, Whitney, Carney, Gifford, McGhee, Dryer, Sprinkle, Bartholomew, Dennison, and Chapman.
In Hetourssos Kansas a district court convicted W G Oliver of drawing spikes and misplacing fish plates to wreck Santa Fe train No 7 on July 20, 1894. The case tied to the A R U strike, Oliver refused Santa Fe work and the jury rendered a guilty verdict after about a week of trial. Also reported is a grip epidemic in New York with ten deaths since yesterday.
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Republican senators discuss currency policy in Washington, signaling they will leave the initiative to the Democrats while doubting the treasury crisis is as severe as claimed. The session notes distrust of Democrat bills and a preference to delay currency action.
Alfred W. Ellet, a distinguished soldier and longtime Butler county citizen, died at El Dorado last night after a long illness caused by paralysis. He had previously lived at Hunker Hill and Movi.
Zella Nicolaus, famed for recent legal and travel headlines, will appear in the Imperial Classic Hall on January 25 in Robbet Roy, a burlesque by John Keely from Dohkoven and Smiths. Her comeback aims to solidify her status as a Broadway drawing card amid ongoing publicity about her wealth and recent escapades.
Dispatches report heavy snow across Tennessee and Kentucky towns causing disruptions to travel and livestock concerns. Memphis remains dry for now with forecast of snow spreading south and east. Stonemason's Dalen Adjourns. fifth annual convention of a national union in St. Louis ends with officers elected: President John Who of Indianapolis, Vice President R D Williams of Toronto, Secretary George W. Jones of Pittsburgh, Treasurer K R Mackay of Denver.
In Sata Kansas January 10 a river crossing on the ice turned tragic when two boys aged 10 identified as Hendrickson and Ward slipped through a hole and drowned. Their bodies were recovered.
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