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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1896
Page
3
A vivid account describes a scene where crowds react with frenzied, roaring energy. The piece highlights collective excitement and the chaotic spectacle as participants express intense response to a climactic moment.
Is this religion or merely unhealthy nervous excitement at a revival meeting by Free Methodists in East Columbus church. Reports describe crowding nightly ex haltations. convulsions and trances, with several intense episodes including a girl delivering a grim warning about hell. Doctors call it psychological, not divine, amid broader local crime and gossip items.
A broken report notes a Brat cheese factory to be stored with 600 pounds daily capacity and staffed by a Lawrence cheese expert. Nearby, Jan 15 reports deaths from cattle disease, and Jan 17 a committee from Garnett seeks aid for New York boys. An arm injury near Grainfield and other small items round out the local briefs.
Thomas A. Edison has completed his ore separating process at the Edison mine near Ogden New Jersey after years of work. The persistent inventor has overcome many obstacles and now the project is in practical operation, signaling a major milestone in ore processing.
Reports in New York on January 15 claim General Booth may order his son and daughter in law Commander and Mrs Booth to relinquish American leadership by end of March. The move would affect fundraising as the leaders and many officers are now American citizens. Commander Booth refuses to confirm any order, with friends suggesting potential resistance if true.
A well dressed man posing as Paul Jones lectured at a district school then fled after robbing a Daily Call publisher with a bogus check racket. He was arrested in Jefferson, Texas after warrant. Eight men restrained him in jail. Topeka and other departures listed. Public notices mixed with city affairs and local trials follow.
The column reports on bicycle price stability with high grade wheels unlikely to fall below $100 and notes trainer Wildack Curry predicting Peteuen Wilkes may fetch $25,000 at New York sale. It covers Peter Maher’s Las Cruces training camp, boxing plans, and baseball figures including Pat Lebeau, Brouthers, and Breitenstein. It also mentions Jim Corbett’s diminished drawing power and upcoming Suburban entry delays.
George Leonard, a Pragelsco moulder, travels from New York toward Boston in a continent crossing wager of 5000 dollars laid by George Hayden and Frank Hogan. He aims to prove crossing in two days without spending, must end with 500 dollars earned on the road. He began December 26 and encountered a blizzard. He has traveled far toward Chicago with 14 days elapsed and 452 dollars earned.
At a Foreign Relations Committee hearing Representative McCormick Admiral Irwin and others spoke in favor of the Pacific Cable company of New York building a telegraph line from the Pacific coast toward Hawaii. The firm would start within three years if states pay twenty years at twenty five dollars per nautical mile. The Scrymser-led company already runs cables off Mexico and South America.
A Chicago Militant church asks Col Robert G Ingersoll to preach on the Christian church’s role. They describe a broad humane program with a 25 piece volunteer orchestra, 30 lawyers, doctors aiding the poor, and a women’s health committee. They seek his Sunday sermon to help uplift humanity and encourage open inquiry.
The City Bank in Minneapolis suspended payment pending an examination by the state bank examiner. The bank has been known as weak for some time. President T. J. Buxtons and cashier Pred A. Smith led the institution with a capital of 500,000. December 19, 1805 assets show deposits of 523,604 loans and discounts 879,757 cash on hand and due from banks 140,803.
The New York Legislature moves to limit building heights with a bill drawn on lines suggested by architect George B. Post. Backers believe it will pass, and tall-building plans are rushed to file with the department of buildings before year’s end, as property holders push projects into motion amid a near-panic.
Police catch John Hutchinson near Night Subway Avenue selling knives as part of a $300 theft at Howard machine works last week. A second man fled and boarded a train for Kansas City. Hutchinson was held at the station after a knife and chisel were found on him.
New York January 10. A steamer Venezuela carried several thousand campaign style buttons to Venezuela. Each badge shows a Monroe portrait with the slogan America for Americans. M Rolet, former Venezuelan delegation secretary in Washington, said the order came from Caracas amid strong American sentiment.
Paris officials in charge of the horseless carriage race have announced a June event mapping a Paris to Martellies course. The contest will run only during daylight with two series for vehicles, the first for two to four seats and the second for larger machines.
In St. Joseph Missouri on January 15 Judge Woodson ordered Mrs Luy Marie Hooper held for contempt of court for failing to surrender funds from a fuel company receivership after a $500 withdrawal. The commitment was stayed until tomorrow morning on a legal point. Hooper, a wealthy local figure, faced the possibility of jail.
Within ten days twenty five Cubs army recruits left Fort Worth for Galveston to sail to the Cuban coast. Recruited by an insurgent agent, they were mainly unemployed laboring men. The agent agreed to pay fifty dollars monthly from enlistment with advance on arrival in Galveston. Transportation to Galveston was provided.
Opening wheat and corn prices show slight changes with May wheat around 93 cents and corn near 2.80. Hog, beef, and pork values edge higher amid moderate receipts. cattle and sheep receipts noted, with overall market activity steady to higher. Kansas City and Omaha reports cited, with Live Stock Exchange official notes defending accuracy of daily market quotations.
Furnished by Topeka Grain and Stedke Bay, 520 Kansas Avenue, the market sees continuation of yesterday's drift as operators labor in the effort to pick up a good line without material gains. Reports from India and Argentina are serious, with robust demand and a looming cold wave in the winter wheat belt. Russian shipments reach over a million bushels for UK and continent markets, while fears of further supplies loom. Corn and oats advance with May corn rising amid buying, cash demand strengthens, oats firm on outside business and sympathy with corn. Provisions rise as pork strengthens on light receipts and strong demand. Foreign trade appears firmer, commission houses predict activity, traders seek higher prices, and market fluctuations hinge on crop prospects.
Grain prices swing with mixed notes as Chicago sees strong wheat and corn bids and meat orders rise nationwide. Reports from New York and Liverpool show parallel shifts, with cold weather threatening winter wheat belts and buyers active in pork purchases while futures reflect cautious bullishness.
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