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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1896
Page
7
Fragmented text offers job ads and rentals with garbled phrases. It mentions situations wanted notices, public sale timing, and rental rooms. Names, dates, and locations are unclear due to OCR corruption yet reference Topeka and rental listings at 116 Dast ath at and 421 Quincy at.
The Kansas Supreme Court heard oral arguments in four cases, including State of Kansas v Pickering and Douglass v Walker, with Dykes v Lockwood Mortgage Company addressing whether the state may tax judgments owned by nonresidents. The Court of Appeals previously ruled judgments non taxable. eastern investors foreclosing mortgages stand to be affected. Out of town attorneys J B Douglass Leavenworth Thomas Dever W S Hoak John T Dixon T W Moseley Co Tennings and Charles Hayden attended.
A reader questions the selection of Cowley County delegates to a state league convention. Names listed include H. P. Hatch E. G. Gray A. B. Daniels William Kremer E. P. Greer J. W. Skinner Bid Curs Charles Roberts. The town of Arkans City and Winkelman appear as delegations. Concerns about how and when delegates were chosen and by whom. Judge Kremer says he was not in Topeka and unaware of his delegate status.
The Smith County Pioneer, a leading Republican paper, asserts it remains Republican but criticizes a gold standard as money of redemption. It warns against concentrated power and political manipulation by party leadership, urging caution about a strong Republican majority.
Col Charles H. Jones of the St Louis Pont Dispatch says the presidential race shows little change with Bland and Bryan as leading factions. He notes Bryan’s weakness and Bland’s central western support, calling this the most interesting convention since 1860. Also reports a long Kansas senatorial convention and Republican League activities with Swayse and Madison planning local organizing visits.
A petition for a pardon from a life sentence in the penitentiary for the killing of Sid Jackman of Clark county was signed by eleven of the twelve jurors who tried the case. Also noted were John T. Dixon and T. W. Moseley admitted to practice in the supreme court, and the state auditor registering 14582 improvement bonds of Kansas.
A conference is set for July between Chicago city council special committees and the Chicago Underwriters Association to discuss the 2 percent tax ordinance for fire department funding and retaliatory rate changes. If no settlement is reached by July 15, city agents must report premium receipts per company or face fines and imprisonment under the statutes. protests will be filed using blanks provided by the association.
Ottawa residents welcomed Canada's new premier Laurier with a royal greeting at the railway station. He will interview the governor general today and by Saturday assemble his cabinet including figures from Quebec Tarte Fisher Geoffrion Ontario Mowrat Cartwrict Scott Patterson New Brunswick Hair Nova Scotia Fielding Borden Prince Edward Island Davies.
The Law and Order League vows to force saloon keepers to obey temperance laws with warrants prepared for ten owners, each facing from one to eight counts, hearings scheduled, and a push to cancel licenses of violators. In Mundizon Wisconsin Lucius Pairchild’s will, dated February 24 1896, is contested. he leaves all estate to wife Frances B Fairchild who is named executor. The estate is estimated around 100000 dollars.
White petition and local note in Wisconsin announces a new Silver Clarion aimed at white petal interests with B N Bras set as publisher editor, to run during the fall campaign. Separately Chicago reports McVickers Theater board declares a 2 percent semi annual dividend for six months ended June 20.
Agate style notice announces a marketing day sale listing sugar cured hams breakfast bacon pork chops and lard with prices per pound and per 10 pounds. It notes a two hour selling window between 10 and 12 Saturday morning July 12 and states the sale lasts all day.
Storm floods Central Park in New York causing hundreds of women and children to seek shelter under a bridge arch as rising waters fill the area. Sgt Dillon redirects carts to rescue captives from the flood, lifting them to safety. The scene involves benches submerged and bystanders recounting the peril.
Cincinnati July 10 after 2 AM the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks completed the installation of officers. New officers were elected and installed with the grand lodge adjourned to meet in July 1897. The meeting featured a proposed rule change, ritual adoption, and widespread satisfaction with the proceedings. The event included routine business and honorifics for several grand officers, with the session noted for its historic depth and solemnity.
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