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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1895
Page
4
The convention in Memphis sees Peffer’s followers gaining traction with silver advocates while Davis Martin is favored for chief justice. Calls arise for pension cuts to fund naval hires and debates spark over Oliver party prospects, tariffs, and a potential special session to fund investigations amid looming electoral fights.
Seagua News editor laments unpaid subscriptions by Populists in Nemaha County. He contrasts loyal Democratic and Republican subscribers who pay on time with many Populists who do not. The piece accuses persistent nonpayment of harming the paper and derides loafers riding bicycles without funds, calling for police action.
A jumble of local items from Winfield to Abilene covers court fees for city lawyers in Atchison a snakebite tale in Great Bend civic talk in Lawrence and German phrases in a Yankee city Mamie Pigg’s pageant win and Emporia college ties a tennis club at Fu Scott for both boys and girls. Bart Starr’s death in Bald win shocks Baker University readers.
Reformed Presbyterians condemn Sunday mails newspapers street cars and work in a Denver report. The synod adjourned for Pike's Peak trip as temperance resolutions against liquor and tobacco passed unanimously. A sabbath observance report by Rev J K Wylie praised Sunday rest and condemned rail transit sewer opera and work. An appropriation of about $60 000 was approved for related needs.
New York June 13 the fourth trial sees William K Laidlaw seek fifty thousand dollars in damages from Russell Sage for injuries from a December explosion in Sage's office Norcross dynamite blast Laidlaw alleges a shielded Sage left him severely injured while Sage escaped unharmed The prior verdicts varied with a 25 thousand dollar award and a hung jury The case continues as legal maneuvering and appeals unfold Bucklen's Arnica Salve is advertised for sale locally by J K Jones Kansas Avenue
Long time public servant Thomas L. James leaves the national stage to serve as mayor of Tenafly New Jersey a town near New York City with about two thousand residents. James born 1831 in Utica North Carolina rose from printer apprentice to New York postmaster general shaping reforms during the star route scandal and later led Lincoln National Bank.
Martha Johnson Patterson, elder daughter of President Andrew Johnson, lives quietly in Greenville Tennessee. Born October 15 1823, she once served as White House mistress, oversaw 1866 refurbishment, kept an itemized inventory, and prided accessibility for visitors. Her daughter Martha Landstreet and granddaughter Martha Landstreet are noted.
A fragment notes scent bottles adorned with topazes semiprecious stones pearls and diamonds. The passage suggests abundance despite hard times and hints at fictional framing of luxury.
Scientist reports a glacier carved Shawnee County landscapes about 125000 years ago shaping soils and landforms. The finding links regional geology to ice age events and older environmental history.
A Kansas Philosophical Society talk by B B Smyth argues a vast glacier ended across Shawnee County, leaving a red boulder line from Richland to near Willard. He traces a moraine along Lyon Creek and Shunganunga, with a large spherical boulder noted in the Shunganunga creek bed. The study posits an ice sheet crossing the county and depositing bedrock as it melted.
In Mankato on June 13 a local pastor H G McCulloch faced a public dispute after a newspaper item cited an accusation of improper conduct. The pastor published a card denying the claims, asserting he never jerked a dress or guided a woman to his boarding place or Mr Sturtevant's house, calling the accuser's statement an absolute lie.
Baltimore and Ohio announces 30 day excursion tickets for trips to Virginia on the Harpers Ferry and Valley Branch south of Winchester at a one fare round trip. Tickets to points in the west south and southwest offered at very low rates valid for return 20 days from sale. Information from B&O ticket agents A P Kretzer Philadelphia or L Allen Chicago.
Gustav H Bohwab, chairman of the executive committee of the sound money committee, reports in New York on June 183 that the crusade against silver is weakening as the silver Oraxe dies out, signaling shifts in monetary policy and public sentiment.
The south twenty five feet of lot 95 on Madison street in North Topeka is deeded to Dollie Curtis from Charles Curtie for 100 dollars. A J Griesen sold to A G Hugo a portion of lot 163 and three feet of lot 166 on Jefferson street for 1000 dollars.
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