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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1895
Page
5
Last day for Santa Fe stockholders to pay the $12 per share assessment, with penalties for delinquency. The penalty is described as graduated by delinquency length and holding size, averaging about $1.50 per share soon. Officials dispute whether penalties apply to delinquent shareholder stock issuance.
A Kansas Medical Society gathering in Kansas Avenue 3:00 p.m. drew physicians with a compact program. Topics included vaginal hysterectomy, colpotomy, hemorrhagic diathesis, and case reports from Drs. Minney Mage Wall Schenck Reynolds Pettyjohn and Phillips, representing Topeka Harveyville Horton Linwood Hoyt.
The Republican county central committee plans to bar non Republican voters at the Saturday primaries. A circular to supervisors argues the key question is voter Republicanism shown by last state election choices. It states a Democrat who voted Republican should be allowed to vote, while a Republican who still calls himself a Democrat should be barred.
In Geary county near Junction City a family irrigates ten acres, five in potatoes, using water from Clark's creek. The pumping setup exceeds expectations, with ten acres irrigated and an expected immense yield. Neighbors watch with interest as irrigation expands in Kansas.
A Topeka reader receives Madagascar dispatches via The Madagascar News detailing Mr Waller's troubles. Reports note local curiosity and repeated inquiries about his situation and the island correspondence.
A Topeka meeting is planned at Justice Grover's office to press for the release of John L. Waller, former American consul at Tamatave, condemned by France to twenty years in a Corsican military prison. Prominent locals, including Judge John Guthrie, support the effort after Madagascar’s Madagascar News highlighted Waller’s plight and French animosity.
Mayor Fellows objects to spending on city park improvements at the mouth of the sewer. He favors little or no expense and suggests giving ground to a packing house. He promotes state house square as the real park area and notes plans for grounds improvement. He proposes city assistance and even using prisoners to work on the grounds.
Andis, 43, told Judge Forry he has congestion of the nerves when upset and showed a bottle of medicine as justification for tossing household goods. The judge ruled the disorder was not a valid excuse and fined Andis $5. Mrs Andis and Lewis Manter were arrested in separate disorderly conduct cases.
Account of an excursion ticket offering round trip fare of 28.25 dollars with return limit by August 1904. Tickets go on sale July 15 and 16. For full information contact any Rock Island agent.
Sanitary Officer Nels McConnell leads a crackdown on pig pens within Tennesseetown city limits. Notices issued demand removal of numerous pigsties causing neighborhood discomfort. Additional pens found along the eastern city edge will face same action if not removed by owners.
Judge C. G. Foster and family depart for a month long eastern tour by boat. They will visit Niagara Falls and travel down the St. Lawrence to Quebec, stopping at Atlantic coast points. His health improves and a complete recovery seems near.
Artist George M Stone of Topeka completes a life size oil portrait of the late Bishop Elisha Taoman. The two-thirds length work shows him seated in clerical robes. It was ordered by his son Hoy Nathaniel S Thomes for his widowed mother on her birthday.
Arrangements underway for a fall carnival in Gillette Cripple Creek district featuring a genuine bull fight conducted in the Mexican style by two famed toreros. A 140 foot diameter arena with seating for 10 000 is being built and a wild west show will accompany the event marking the first such bullfight in the United States.
North Topeka items report visits by T J Henley and others from Russell Springs and Park Street, family visits, art trips, and social events at Garfield park and the Christian church. Local business ads note Capital Livary, Pratt Bros hardware, Lukens Bros wagons, Munyon remedies, and dining and grocery options. A Kings of Satur convention in Kansas City features a band and local baseball games, with transportation details for Denver Pueblo Colorado Split trips at $19.
In Topeka a National spokesman states twenty years of experience show that in towns the size of Topeka girls please patrons more than men. They cite uniform appearance and neater presentation as advantages though in larger cities men may be used for heavier work. The court also deals with a drunk and disorderly case. Judge Ferry finds O K Stakebake and Albert Morris guilty and fines each fifteen dollars. attorney J R McNary appeals to the district court.
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