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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1895
Page
4
A Kansas newspaper column discusses the state’s high daily circulation, a Shawnee County bond proposal to dam the Kaw, western Kansas depopulation, Japan’s Port Arthur massacre commentary, and a Leavenworth bill to convert prohibition into a license system, arguing imprisonment would vanish and fines Grow common.
The piece argues for tighter control of pardons to deter crime, urging a public rehearing before the board of pardons with fair hearings for both sides. It criticizes frequent pardons and links this to lynchings, cites True as a case, and endorses stricter enforcement of laws. It notes the Tucubison anti lottery bill’s prison penalty as more effective than fines. Kansas notes follow on local items and incidents.
Special correspondence from New York traces Southern Society migrants from Civil War hardship to prominence in medicine law and finance. It details surgeons and gynecologists like Dr J Marion Sims, Dr Jol Wyeth, and Dr George Tucker Harrison, bankers such as eight Southern presidents in New York banks, and figures in cotton exchanges and legal circles. It notes the South’s resilience, charity work, and continued ties to former Confederate veterans in New York.
Special correspondence from New York reports ongoing friction between Richard Croker head of Tammany Hall and Congress member Bourke Cockran. It details Cockran’s education and social polish, Croker’s rise from humble roots, a famed barroom moment shaping Cockran’s career, and Croker’s early life as a machinist and alderman before rising in politics.
A life of Mrs Nat Collins rich in frontier exploits told as she is honored at the Montana exhibit. From Denver’s early days through Indian captivity to cattle ranching in Montana she endured raids and vigilante justice, saved money, married, and became a renowned figure known as Aunty Collins who aided sick cowboys.
The American legation at Peking, in a perilous climate as Japanese threats loom, faces government resistance to guarding the building. Charles Denby, U S envoy to China, sees danger amid hostile mobs and Chinese officials who treat foreigners as inferior. The legation is a one story building with furnished rooms and little social contact with Chinese officials.
Congreve Grant's comedians present The Dazzler a musical farce comedy at the Grand Friday night Joe Murphy the Irish comedian appears Monday night The Smallest Living Child at 627 Kansas Avenue advertises a wagon call for bundles Also Topess Steam Lacspar notes new neckbands on shirts and Peerless Steam Laundry at 113 114 West Eighth Street.
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