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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1895
Page
4
The State Journal Oficial Paper of the City of Topeka lists delivery and mailing options. Daily edition carried by a carrier costs 10 cents or 2 weeks to any part Topeka or nearby towns. by mail three months 80 cents, one year 3.60. weekly edition per year.
Weather notes for Kansas tonight and Thursday predict light variable winds. Commentary on silver and gold prices cites silver’s potential to gain parity with gold, urging unrestricted minting. Kansas paragraphs discuss local politics, editorials, and oddities from towns like LaCrosse, Baldwin, Garden City, and Atchison, with snippets on marriages, cattle, and local governance.
A jumble of humorous vignettes from Emporia Lawrence and Atchison recount a girl proud of cinching a leather belt, a Lawrence man seeking a boy with many applications, a girl who can chew and eat oddly, a tonnage train struggle near Fairview, a 30 year old boy lost at Troy, and a negro escapee captured near Sterling wearing a sheriff's boots.
A Clay Center farmer G M Stratton built a two wheeled two horse cart with an oil barrel and hose to spray Paris green along irrigated potato patches. The device drenches plants while the operator rides or steers, reducing daily pest work.
In Florida on June 19, McClendon and Jones staged a $500 bull fight for a crowd of about 1,000. The Jones bull stormed the McClendon opponent, piercing the eye and brain. the loser died instantly, while the victor lay mortally wounded, with many spectators noting the Corbett-Mitchell bout as a disappointment.
J J Snyder a Santa Fe offices employee was struck by a trolley pole near Ninth and Kansas Avenues at 6 PM. He suffered severe cuts to the forehead cheek and behind the ear but injuries were not life threatening. He was treated at Woolverton's drug store and sent home. Passengers warned against standing on interior footboards.
City Attorney Bird says he may amend pleadings and press the three year old district court suit against the water works company. He believes a mandamus action could force action, but relief may come via the current act. He will follow mayor and council guidance to secure city relief. No trial before the September term.
Carl G Winter of Grant County Oklahoma travels to Topeka collecting clothing and provisions for Oklahoma Neediest. He carries a letter from Grant County Clerk D W Jones and will stay through Saturday. Items sent to the Topeka police station will be shipped to Oklahoma by a free transport via the Santa Fe or Rock Island lines. Winter, though he lost $40 in a stock tank incident, is reportedly in modest circumstances and appeals for local help. Also noted is a reference to taking the Santa Fe McKinley special train to Ottawa at 7 30 am tomorrow. The record also mentions a pension case, Wasumatox June 19, involving presumed death and a ruling on absence.
Two so called tramp orators from Kansas City with Knights of the Right of Way titles address a large Topeka crowd from a cracker box pulpit. King and Wilson rail at Cleveland, big trusts, and foreign meddling while recounting mock journeys and political contrasts. They claim to expose the rich and push labor issues with blunt humor and homegrown socialism. Public spectacle draws several hundred spectators near the post office corner.
A speaker denounces class privilege and political structures, arguing laws favor the rich while police enforcement punishes the poor. The talk references Uncle Sam, gold and silver, tramps, and a parodied anthem, with the crowd's fund collected and a parody song performed during a voyage to Ottawa.
City funds are drained by costly lawsuits and compensations, draining the treasury. Legal actions and excessive damages are cited as the principal causes of rising municipal expenses, impacting budgets and services.
City Attorney Birds reports eight damage suits in district court five in the court of appeals and three in the supreme court arising from defective sidewalks. Plaintiffs seek sums from 2000 to 5100, totaling near 10000, as costs mount and controversy over sidewalk liability grows.
Reports from Arcnisux and Canvo describe drownings of Tom Davidson aged 12 in a pond near Highband Mound and Sandy Fandree aged 2 in Blue River while fording. A Ninnescah Valley creamery in Kisomas burned, a harness dealer James Barrett of St Josefa faced liabilities of about 4500 with assets 5000. Gov McHinneys Ottaws trip promotes special railway service and Union Pacific summer tours from Topeka with tickets available.
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