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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1896
Page
4
The State Journal announces a twenty third year daily edition with home delivery at ten cents weekly to any part of Topeka or surrounding mukurbs, with the same price across Kansas towns served by the paper’s nine car tier system.
Weather outlook for Kansas shows rain or snow tonight and Sunday with north easterly winds and warmer northern regions. In state politics, the Kentucky and national race chatter centers on prohibition, railroads, and senatorial contests, with debates over who knows best and accusations of influence, while economic tensions loom as gold and silver prices affect export markets.
Editorial discusses the impact of divergent silver and gold values on silver standard nations, arguing that a 100 percent export bounty on gold forces price cuts, worsens cash returns, and pressures tariffs as a shield against gold-using rivals. It urges continued cheap exports to meet foreign obligations while facing competition at home.
At Culp's livery barn V R Blush was badly hurt after a dispute over a bill with Sol Metty of Wamego. Metty drew a revolver and struck Blush, who fell. Metty was arrested for carrying concealed weapons. he offered to pawn his watch and later deposited $10 for his appearance.
Dr W E McVey describes David Coulter, murderer of Edward Lijnton, as an imbecile unable to distinguish right from wrong. He notes Coulter’s crime was a muscular impulse, not grounded in mind, and calls for confinement in the penitentiary with schooling in an imbecile ward. Coulter remains in county jail awaiting transfer to prison.
In probate court last evening De J H Dancanson, a 39 year old Kansas resident, admitted he may harm himself or others when his nerves give way. Doctors testified to his unstable mind, and the jury, after deliberation, declared him insane and ordered commitment to an asylum.
Between 80 and 100 men have arrived from the middle states to outfit for the Yukon. Parties from Chicago Colorado Montana Iowa Oklahoma Oregon and California prepare to sail on the next Alaska steamer. A Yakov sled factory is now employing six men to meet the demand.
The wedding of ex President Benjamin Harrison to Mrs Mary Dimmick is the social sensation of the hour. The piece traces the bride elect’s upbringing in Honesdale and Indianapolis, her first marriage to Walter Dimmick, his death from typhoid fever, and the family’s prominence. It highlights Harrison as the first outgoing president to marry after leaving office and focuses on the bride’s character and lineage.
The narrative traces Walter and Mary Lord children of secret Tony Larda lineage, with Mrs Lord and her daughters returning to Indianapolis after familial ruin. It notes Walter’s death, Ruswil F. Lord’s passing, and John Lord’s fall into vice, then follows Mrs Lord and her daughters to Springfield where Dr. Scott leads a Presbyterian college later reorganized by Lutherans. The piece highlights Mrs. Lord’s character, Mamie’s pranks with Corcoran’s tutoring, and the family moves through Princeton and beyond.
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