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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1896
Page
3
A long, varied column from Wrenkra covers Jerry Simpson remarks on Mary Lease and Mollie Elizabeth Leese, praise and debate over religious and Masonry topics, post office carrier changes in Atchison, and local incidents. Also notes Indian educators gathering in Lawrence, civic notices, and a public health mention.
Receipts from a Crawford's fest week at Atchison valued at $1200 faced a claim by A Pearson for royalties though Pearson owns The White Squadron and The Midnight Alee m. The show’s financier denied involvement. Dr I B Potrelne dies after fatal accident in Wiltiensiler.
Chicago club trains in poor weather with strong pitching prospects. Anson lauds the cow men and expects all to be ready for the season. Rivalry remains friendly, and Hutchinson’s spot will be filled by new players after coaching. Decoration Day Chicago road race slated for a 25 mile loop start to finish, with many entries expected.
In Taod Perc y Pugitivis Meet the Glory of the Latter Hall and Caldwell clash ringside for a purse. Hall weighed 150 pounds Caldwell 161 in a rough three round contest with repeated blows and a clear victory for Caldwell. Arkansas City forms a business men athletic club to teach boxing wrestling and bag punching with Prof James Hightower as instructor. Also announced is a six round bout between Purtell Matehad and Jim Butler at the Kid McCoy Joe Choynski tourney in Grand Central Palace. Also noted is the declared out status of Silly Lady McKee in the Trial Stakes.
Private sale of Model Supply Store stock set for Friday March 1890 at 2 pm. bids require a $2000 certified check. Also, local court notes report disorderly house case of May Edwards to be heard in police court. several defendants forfeit small security. A One Minute Cough Cure is advertised. local collars and steam laundry ads appear. Madame Roche exhibition at Amphion rifle? windows. Kimball Place Co. 630 Kansas venue noted.
Mia Gates wife of a Chicago missionary in Armedia becomes seriously ill from a nervous shock after the Harpod massacre. Friends urge retreat from the field but she had pressed to stay. The strain of continuing missionary work amid danger is evident in her recent acknowledgment of limited strength.
Crevetano March 19 Major McKinley’s hurried call to Mark Hanna yielded no interview from the candidate, while Hanna spoke for him. Hanna claimed Wisconsin delegates at Milwaukee would be instructed for McKinley and Alabama’s delegation reportedly favored him. He predicted if McKinley is nominated and elected Republican protection would mirror 1902 policy.
Prohibition liquor cases in the common pleas court were dismissed yesterday at the request of the county attorney. The action clears the docket of these cases, which had hung for months amid discouragement in enforcing the prohibitory law.
In Havana dispatch, Maceo’s insurgents about 5,000 strong attacked near Can delaria under Val Hernandez, concentrating from dense cover. Spanish losses were 66 killed and wounded, with Capt Torrojus and Capt Guerrero among the highest officers killed. Trains resumed movement to Matanzas and other towns after the clash.
The Times reports Curzon, the British foreign under secretary, declined a formal alliance with Italy while noting potential shared interests. Parliament discussed the so called "staunch allies" remark about the Anglo Egyptian advance, with officials denying any treaty and signaling flexibility in future cooperation on common goals.
London March 7 The first lord of the treasury Mr Balfour announced in the house of commons that cable replies had been received from Austria Italy and Germany agreeing to withdraw 500000 pounds from the Egyptian surplus to defray the proposed British Egyptian expedition up the Nile France and Russia had not replied. Kansas City March 1 A special report from Independence Kans says ex Senator George Y. Scott is en route to the Osage agency to investigate the Half breeds and Full breeds dispute that led to Agent Freeman expelling traders from the nation and threatening to confiscate property. Laughter and hypnotic entertainment by the De Monces comes to Crawford’s next week March 24 with prices 10 2 and 30 cents ladies free Monday with a paid ticket. Beggs Hair Oil promises women a proud head of hair with a guarantee sold by all druggists. Pierce Steam Laundry advert follows.
W W Howard, sent to Armenia by the Chronicle Herald to oversee Armenian relief funds, returns to New York. He declares the sultan's heart the source of massacres, blaming the Ottoman ruler for killings, hunger, and widespread destitution. He cites threats on his head and recounts border skirmishes.
State Board of Railroad Assessors left this morning for a tour over the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf railroad to Pittsburg. The trip, the only one this year, will review recent improvements and discuss bases. Participants include Treasurer Atherton, Auditor Cole, Secretary of State Edwards, and Lieutenant Governor Troutman.
Mount Vernon Alabama March 19 At the opening of ex Congressman W J Bryan speech on metallism at the court house he invited questions A Populist lawyer F G Blood asked what he would do if the Democratic party declared for the gold standard Bryan replied that he would not join them if that occurred He said he remains a Democrat but would not abandon his convictions under any such pledge
A Kansas City dispatch reports Ira Terrell, a former Oklahoma legislator once sentenced to hang for murdering his opponent at Guthrie, has been captured while traveling east with a woman believed to be his wife. The man claims to be Wells from Rich Hill Missouri, but a local passenger agent identifies him as Terrell, a once prosperous Wichita real estate dealer.
A night attempt to burglarize Hobson Bros. grocery in Pittsburg Missouri ends with George A. Rosin, ten years old, fatally shot by clerk Ernest Wilam who slept in the store. Also notes political chatter about Judge Theodosius Botkin seeking a Republican senatorial nomination, and mentions Montgomery Schuyler’s death and other brief items including a bullion theft verdict and a local sermon announcement.
Ex Senator John Bartin, in town on legal business, weighs whether silver or free coinage will dominate the election. He favors bimetallism and government road control, supporting a platform for moderate reform over strict party lines.
In Kansas City on March 19 a thrifty printer used previously circulated lottery cards to advertise Mr Lease’s Academy of Music lecture next Monday evening. The back shows a lottery firm ad with a money-filled scene, while the front features Mrs Sense in her latest pose, promising an entertaining Christ-focused talk.
Judge James E. Lincoln of Liberty Missouri died last night aged about 85 from an abscessed leg. He was a longtime Missouri lawyer, served as city attorney, county prosecuting attorney, state representative and probate judge, and executor of Dr Fraker's will. In a separate item from Loupon March 19 the Marquis of Salisbury announced that the British and Italian governments had no news on Kassals evacuation.
Wheat opened amid heavy northwest receipts with a sharp early drop and volatile moves, then rebounded. May futures around 214¢ briefly fell then rallied to about 23¼¢. Corn stayed steadier while hogs moved with wheat weakness, May hogs around 99.40 to 100.45. pork and rib futures slipped. Cattle and sheep receipts showed steady to firm demand with mixed class prices, Texas and Kansas City markets reported varied beef and dairy animal quotes.
An OCR fragment describes Manyon’s Improved Homopathia remedies with claimed quick cures for catarrh headaches and various ailments, alongside crowded stock and commodity market notes. It lists profits, livestock counts, grain prices, and trading activity in wheat corn oats and cotton, with names like Baldwin & Mitchell and Champlain and Prideidge cited among brokers. The piece blends medical ad copy with agricultural market reporting and stock quotations.
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