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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1895
Page
5
Black Crepons a sensational sale item tomorrow with un equal offering. Handsome all wool Black French Crepons just off the ship in three styles embroidered dots embroidered stripes and corded stripes the 150 styles for sale.
A June sale showcases hundreds of hats bonnets and flowers with deep discounts. Items include jet bonnets 4 5.00 hats 7.75 and 10.00, white leghorn hats 68c, flowers 25c, and shirt waist sets offering 3.60 for 6.00 value pairs. Also moquette rugs mats and cut glass tumblers advertised. Location: Walnut Street Floor.
About twenty citizens confronted Rev. Mr. Kelly a white Ohio preacher in Tuskegee Macon County demanding his departure by the 1 a m train to Chehaw. They alleged he undermines social order by preaching to Negroes and seeking equality, declaring his presence obnoxious to white people and to leave the county.
The long running pension dispute of Judge Charles D. Long of Michigan ended with the court of appeals ruling the commissioner of pensions may review predecessors actions. The case may proceed to the US Supreme Court as the pension is not a vested right. Kansas City voters approved charter amendments on water works and license measures, while Dr. J. W. Gowman won a council seat. George Thompson, the Sexton Cunningham poisoning case, was sentenced to death, with an appeal planned. Also listed are fourth class Missouri postmaster appointments for Grubbtown and nearby towns.
The interior department grants fifty additional Indian police to Capt Beck at the Osage and Winnebago reservation in Nebraska and asks the war department to provide arms to evict illegal settlers tied to the Flour noy Land Co. This follows a war department suggestion. Houston rate war looms as Katy faces secret low rates and Santa Fe exits southwestern rail alliance. Shef field Coal, Iron & Steel Co. formed with $750,000 capital. John Fritz of Bethlehem elected president. Utes ratify removal bill and plan settlement on new La Plata Arehuta lands. Textile mills report workers rising. strike deemed a failure.
A unnamed tramp robbed and set fire to the home of J E B Simmonds 13 miles south of Grream Oklahoma destroying the residence and contents. Mrs Simmonds was locked in a milk cellar but freed by neighbors. a posse pursued the suspect without success. The report also covers church synod news, a Utah senator's interview on silver coinage, Cherokee mine furnaces restarting in Kansas, and a fatal accident in Newfoundland with a city judge killed.
Official report confirms fifty deaths from the cloud burst over Wartemurg in the Black Forest on June 5. In Battingen thirty houses were demolished and many more structures damaged along the Eyach river as waters surged through the region.
Washington June 7. Spanish minister De Lome cites reports that filibustering expeditions against Cuba are being fitted out in the lower Mississippi bayous. Armed Southern citizens are said to parade with arms to aid insurrectionists. Spain watches movements linked to vessels George Childs and Bridgeport near Dauphin and Cat Island. Genera Quesada’s arrival from Venezuela and a Paris donor are cited. The U S will prosecute anyone violating international law.
Bax Francisco reports Southern Pacific cuts wine freight by three cents a gallon from California to the east. The reduction follows wholesale grocers in New Orleans endorsing a steamship line between New Orleans and this city. Special attention given to ladies waists by Peerless Steam Laundry.
Haarestown June 7 The thirteenth biennial report of the board of home missions led by Rev Dr A Stewart Hartman notes banks suspending manufacturers stopping and thousands losing work yet the board met all financial obligations with 8 to 10 percent more work than the prior period Resources show a March 1898 treasurer balance of 3862 13 plus 85290 21 added for two years for a total available 38502 34 The women's missionary society gave 10600 to support eight missions including Ann Arbor Council Bluffs Denver Los Angeles Sacramento San Jose Riverside and Oakland The Sunday school contributions topped 21000 up about 4000 from the previous two years
Washington June 7 Examiners of the civil service commission work through about 2 000 sets of examinations with 5 000 to 6 000 more expected from clerks and carriers nationwide. A force of thirty marks 300 to 1 000 papers weekly, but delays occur as staff are shifted to other tasks and none may be finished before August 1.
A Ledger column argues parental training in self-reliance and quick action for children. It compares natural gifts to teachable skills, cites fire drills and water safety, and praises early instruction that prevents fear and catastrophe. The piece notes a coastal family trainee who led a life saving effort and a twelve year old organizing a yacht rescue.
An old advertisement urges ladies to view a Children’s Suit item with claim it will pay, alongside offerings of good unlaundered white shirts described as reinforced.
Consul Hyatt reports that on May 22 the British steamer Massasoit carrying 4 404 tons of iron ore was issued voices and bills of health in Santiago de Cuba. The ore is for the Spanish American Leon company which has invested about 83 million in its Cuban plant. The operation had been suspended after the late business depression but was revived as demand returned.
If Ari Browne's plans proceed the capital will see a notable event in Washington on July Fourth He states I’m not in jail and I’ll be there The erstwhile army marshal promotes a public appearance by the army in the capital and the commonweal army plans to present its members to the people
The St James Gazette and The Fall Mall Gazette report growing interest in an inter-university athletic contest between Oxford and Cambridge and American universities. The columns foresee a friendlier Atlantic relation, with London Athletic Club participation enhancing international competition and mutual assessment of athletic capacity.
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