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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1895
Page
6
A society brief notes several weddings among prominent local families. The items highlight the brides and grooms, venues, and planned receptions, reflecting social customs and community ties within the season.
Readers hush over April 24 as Miss Myra Williams and Frank Jarrell wed at home with Topeka society in a ripple of rumor. A railroad man weds a bride from a neighboring city to bring a stylish circle to Topeka, while Miss Marie Atchison becomes Mrs W J Black. Other sensational vows whispered include a wealthy Philadelphian’s match and two more high society unions. Topeka Club hosts Dr E Rotarts on Victor Hugo, and Miss Ethel Watson marks a birthday with a social gathering, as Topeka social notes spread word of upcoming receptions and travels.
Oliver Lynch and Freddie Cooper, ragged and tearful, stood on the prisoners bench after pleading guilty to stealing oranges from M. F. Rigby. Judge Ferry fined each boy $5 and remanded them to jail as their parents were separated.
A collage of items from Topeka news including a sleight of hand act at Hamilton hall, Governor Morrill naming Bennett Brown as mine inspector, and local updates on police cases, court outcomes, and public notices. Also notes on Driftwood Pete’s gold find, North Topeka happenings, and a brief yarn about a sewing circle in Philadelphia.
The director of the mint faces a strict 32 letter limit for foreign exhibitor names on medals. Russian names exceed 100 letters, and Germans Austrians Hungarians Bohemians pose similar issues. diplomacy to request ambassadors edit their constituents names at the Washington mint.
Three peddlers, a man and two women, work Topeka with a rug sale scam promising access to The Buyer s Union for 40 percent off at city shops. No such union exists. A Parkdale woman tried to buy a $24 watch for $14 with the card but was refused. Police notified and investigating.
Police Officer John Ewing found a cracker box in an alley east of Kansas Avenue on Third Street filled with letters and papers addressed to Burdick Bros Carbondale Kas. It contained many copies of the Sooner newspaper from Newkirk Ok and a seal with the firm name. A vest and other items were also in the box, trimming the mystery to a young Burdick employed at the state house.
Several new corporate charters filed with the secretary of state include Barton County Irrigation Company of Great Bend to build dams on canals for irrigation with capital 300000. Strawn Christian Association of Strawn Coffey County. Deutscher Polnischer Tura Verein of Pillsburg capital 500. Cherokee Driving Association of Cherokee capital 1000. directors listed for each. Also a Paris Paris March 2 report notes a large meeting of senators and deputies outlining provisional statutes for a new league of decentralization aiming to reduce central government and local powers.
The Moran estate dispute involves Mrs Mary Moran who died in August 1892 leaving seven children. Five siblings receive the property per the will while two are ignored. A Wagener administrators on behalf of the excluded son and daughter sues Nancy Dickinson and the four other heirs for their share. The case centers on about $3 000 in cash and roughly $4 000 in greenbacks plus real estate, with Welch Wagener and W Webb as counsel for plaintiffs and defendants respectively.
Rumor says Speaker Lobdell may run for the U S Senate to succeed Senator Peffer in two years. He denies plans yet. some friends urge him to enter. The western part of the state pushes for a senator next term, with Lobdell as a leading candidate.
Frank Kamuf a young Topeka barber has not been seen since Saturday night. He left the shop on lower Kansas avenue before quitting time and was seen around 9 o clock near the police station. His wife reported the matter. police are hunting for him. He is not in Kauass City as suspected.
Memphis bidder Hetty Green is reported to plan a bid at the Little Rock and Memphis railroad receivers sale in April If successful she would extend the line from Little Rock to Greenville Texas linking with the Houston and Texas Central creating a new Memphis to Dallas trunk route. Minnie Noonan and Grace Johnson forfeited deposits after arrest at Eleventh and Quincy and were ordered to leave town Henry Shaffer faces a hearing on the 16th A street sale announcement invites “Music On earth” tickets for seventy five cents Monday night.
Special correspondence reports a settlement ending the conflict between San Domingo and France. President Heureaux agrees to pay France 150000 francs cash from Paris deposits and to reckon the international debt at 1200000 francs, with monthly cash payments of at least 150 francs. French warships depart, signaling a full settlement of claims.
In Curia co March 8 the weather bureau uses a search light atop the Auditorium tower to signal a gale and cold wave. A white flash then green light lights a forty mile circuit over lake and land. Locals cheer the warning value as Frank Smith of Itaska Farm wards his stock.
At a Denver meeting the Populist State Committee and several lawmakers voted to abandon all isms and unite on silver as the primary issue until after the next presidential election. Speakers affirmed allegiance to the Omaha platform but prioritized silver as the people's demand, effectively sinking other planks for now. In Mexico City a republic dispatch notes bankers fear currency shifts as some houses refuse New York drafts not payable in gold, tightening 60 day drafts.
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