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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1895
Page
5
The final day of the legislative session sees lawmakers complete all remaining business. Leaders announce passage of the last bill and adjournment shortly after morning sessions conclude, ending weeks of debate and committee work.
After a protracted session two chambers reached a compromise on the miscellaneous and executive appropriation bills. Beekman urged support for the Soldiers Home at Dodge City, while opposition claimed the plan was wasteful. The final agreement restored the $3,000 for the home and settled other items, ending the session with adjournment looming.
City council approved uses for two land tracts near the Shunga nunga bridge and three miles east of town. One site near Lake etrest will host a garden and waste weeds, while a pasture on a sunny hillside will be fenced for King to raise livestock.
The Topeka Equal Suffrage association holds an 8 PM meeting in the Throop hotel parlor to discuss registration and persuading women to register and vote. It will feature Topeka women speakers and aim to advance suffrage and good government. It includes unrelated local notices and advertisements interwoven in the source text.
The Topeka city council spent hours in dam debate approving a franchise for a new dam company to use streets and public places for electric wires. Bradford led opposition urging deferment till June and warned of legal battles between dam firms, while Judge Day and backers argued for city money to build a dam. The ordinance passed 8 to 2, with Bradford and Stephenson voting no.
An elderly woman named Cooper and a man named DeLong were thrown from a run cart yesterday near Harrison and Second streets. They live at Silver Lake and were driving one horse when it reared and upset the cart. DeLong was bruised but able to walk, the cart was demolished, and the horse halted in the alley between the Rock Island depot and the Chesterfield hotel. O K Swayze seeks Republican nomination for city clerk ahead of March 16 primary.
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