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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1895
Page
5
Democrats and Republicans publicly celebrate as election returns arrive, signaling a rare moment of shared relief and unity. Leaders from both parties issue brief statements urging calm, while supporters gather in city hall and main streets, waving flags and exchanging congratulations.
Mixed crowd waited as returns rolled in from Saturday Republican primary with City Clerk McFadden reading results. Fellows carried Second ward by about 200. Harrison support muted as late reports arrived. Jeltz and Col. Von Langen noted among victors.
Captain Frank Shapter, pressed by creditors in Ottawa, travels to Topeka and plans to return to Ottawa to answer charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. He asserts he did not flee with creditors’ funds, admitting about 900 dollars drawn from the bank but claims most went to creditors. He disputes leaving the country and says he merely returned home to prepare for a later trip to settle accounts and church/Y M C A duties. Lawyer W A Bird will travel with him to Ottawa to handle the case filed after his Saturday arrest.
A neatly dressed young white woman in men’s clothing was seen yesterday afternoon on East Fourth Street with a companion, then heading toward Quincy and southward around 5 pm. City officials and policemen observed her, noting she appeared about 25, with blue eyes and no beard, while some questioned if a law prohibited cross dressing.
A national gathering of window glass manufacturers will meet in Pittsburgh on March 18 to push a proposed trust plan. The meeting follows a similar Collumbus event last May and aims to consolidate all factories under a single management, a scheme the manufacturers’ committee says could form a true trust. Peerless Steam Laundry is also mentioned in the text.
The dry goods firm Stevenson & Co assigned for creditors at 6 PM Saturday. Assignee named as D A Malvase. Liabilities about 67000. assets around 65000. George T. Stevenson of New York, senior member, left for New York to negotiate with major creditors to reopen the store. Local debts prior to Saturday night were said paid. many eastern houses listed among creditors.
Notes recount Rev W T D Clemm who burial served Poe and kin ties to Virginia Clemm, Charcot's narcotic views of Zola and Medan, Russia’s new czar as methodical ruler, Miles Crowley the Texas congressman candidate, Harriet A Elkins’ Maryland lineage from Guinea royalty, an aged Rochester sailor’s pension and wartime service, and newly found Lamb letters revealing bachelorhood dignity and moral self-assessment.
The German ambassador to Russia, General Von Werder, is recalled as of March 18 and reports say Count Herbert Bismarck will replace him in St. Petersburg. A Berlin dispatch notes Von Werder missed the New Year’s address by Emperor William and had tendered his resignation.
May Laird aged 22 died of consumption Sunday at her father's residence 924 Morris Avenue. The funeral will be held tomorrow, but the exact hour has not been determined.
Marguerite McDonnell seeks divorce from G. McDonnell after a two month marriage begun in January. She alleges he pretended to be wealthy and absconded with her money after moving to Topska, abandoning her and failing to contact.
Thomas A. Edison plans to study argon, the recently discovered atmospheric gas, and may seek other air elements through further experiments. He trusts Rayleigh and colleagues’ work and notes air analysis has not revealed all its mysteries. Edison’s lamp research hints at new element phenomena but he cannot confirm argon as the cause.
William Waldorf Astor and John Jacob Astor clash to control the city’s premier hotel. Astor plans a larger, grander Waldorf annex while John Jacob’s project aims for a standout rival hotel. Agents buy adjoining properties and negotiate leases to raise value and timing. Money no object as both seek peak prestige.
Anarchists gather in Thalia Theater to mark the Bastille fall anniversary. John H. Eddieman, editor of the anarchist paper, talks of revolution in New York and tenants joining Fifth Avenue houses, with their contents. Other items: Berlin bans smoking by garrison officers on principal streets over irregular royal salutes.
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