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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1895
Page
5
Fraud in Saturday's primary is not satisfactorily disproved as election officials review ballots. Details remain unclear, keeping observers and candidates wary of potential irregularities and outcomes pending further investigation.
The Republican city committee pursued a recount after claims of fraud in Saturdays mayor and council races. Ward-by-ward tallies were checked at Beacock with committee members from each ward, while City Attorney Tillotson pushed for a full investigation and potential nullification of the results if enough Democratic votes emerge. Senator Sterne defended the fairness of the primary, praising Fellows’ record and urging a careful, fact-based inquiry.
Kansas Republican board of railroad assessors begin a multi‑railroad inspection tour to avoid past scandals. They will travel from Kansas City on a special train to Memphis then inspect the MK & T Katy and Rock Island lines, with subsequent trips to Santa Fe Frisco and branches. Only a clerk and officials accompany them. no wives or relatives.
Secretary Phillips of the Kansas Nationals guard issues a circular praising legislative efforts that saved the guard funds. Mentions officials like Brig. Gen. Sears, Col. Garver, Helmick and Forney, plus a pension for Sgt. Erwin Covey. Notes pass of bills granting one cent per mile and cadet provisional battalion status. Ends with a jab about housewives and Dr Prices Baking Powder.
Clarence Scott, a fifteen year old with a dark skin, chased a runaway wagon on West Tenth Street. He jumped into the speeding wagon and carried a frightened eight year old colored boy to safety, then brought him to the ground amid a crowd that cheered.
City attorney Tillotson filed a motion for the Topeka Water Company case in the wrong suit. The United States court case was continued to allow amendment. The stray text mentions cigars and a household remedy unrelated to the case.
A brief snapshot of Topeka and Santa Fe activities includes county commissioners in session, rail officials traveling, and weather turning springlike with warmer rains. Notices touch on arrivals, retirements, a pension denial, a funeral, and local society events including a Philharmonic meeting and a charity report.
Li Hung Chang and his suite arrived to negotiate peace with Japan. He and envoy John Foster met with Japan's foreign minister after disembarking the steamer. Adolph Carnot elected to the Academy of Science replacing de Lesseps. Maybery Tailoring Co advertises new suits.
New York police officials named in yesterday's extraordinary grand jury indictments were arrested at police headquarters this morning. Indicted: Inspector William McLaughlin Capt Jacob Seibert Union Market station Capt J J Donohue West 20th Street station Capt M J Murphy West 100th Street station Capt James K Price McDougal Street station former police captain Wardman Edward Glennon Wardman Edward Hill, formerly under Captain Wardman Burns. Superintendent Byrnes declined to name another man with a warrant still outstanding.
The British tank steamer Delaware under Captain Thomas arrived at the Mersey from New York on March 6. It carried the crew of the abandoned German steamer Donau, which was in flames for sixteen hours after being sighted at sea. Donau, Captain Siegel, had sailed from Hamburg on December 8 bound for Philadelphia and Newport News.
From Tamra Fla March 19 Cubans report Madrid dispatches recount battles between Spanish troops and Mussulmans at Minandimab. Leaders in Cuba claim the Minandimab possession forms part of a general revolution against the Spanish crown. They celebrate the bloody conflicts as a boon for independence and fear for Spain.
Epoca reports Spanish Minister to the U S Senor Muroage cabled to Senor Grosard that American excitement over the Allianca firing has cooled. It notes President Cleveland did not share the press anger. Also mentions a Gypsy Queen baking powder silk kerchief giveaway.
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