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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1896
Page
4
The State Journal Daily advertises home delivery by carrier at ten cents a week to Topeka and surrounding areas, with the same rate in towns served by the paper’s carrier system. Mail delivery is also mentioned.
Weather note from Kansas mentions fair tonight and Friday with warmer conditions. The piece weaves in political commentary on currency, debt, and policies, noting inflationary effects and debates over the gold standard and bimetallism. It references figures like Mr Lease and President Cleveland in a period tone.
Governor Morrill shifts enforcement by replacing stalwart whisky squad with a board of whisky commissioners. Attorney General Campbell resigns after clashing with the governor over local sentiment and enforcement theory. The change signals a bold test of Prohibition policy in Wickita and a contentious political moment.
A critical editorial argues that the governor buckled to whisky interests in Wichita and allied saloon leaders. It claims the Wichita Eagle now sides with him as pro prohibition forces abandon support, branding the governor a greater foe to prohibition than open opponents and warning of backlash from Republican moderates.
A New York Journal survey of presidential possibilities notes many potential first ladies are widowed or social leaders with wealth, including Mrs Brice, Mrs Morton, and Mrs Claveland. It discusses Mrs Reed, Mrs Dimmick, Mrs Harrison prospects, and the role of Mrs McKinley and Mrs Morton in Washington society and politics.
A lengthy interview with Hon. John F. Shafroth and Hon. John G. Bell discusses Populist and silver movements, Cripple Creek mining, and potential party realignment. The piece explores mining beliefs, inflation fears, and the prospect of a West–South political swing forming a new coalition to challenge Republicans.
Tommy Ryan trains in Syracuse for a looming clash with Kid McCoy. Creedon seeks Joe Chosnski for a 2500 purse offered by London’s National Club. Bul of Boston hunts a lightweight bout while Hill’s backer contemplates England next month. Buxton cites 116 pound ton and proposes matches with Dave Wall Maxey Haugh or George Justice. Guerin offers 125 pound bouts including Harry Styles. West plans a comeback and eyes McCoy or any 160 pounder in contention.
E De B Lopez, proprietor of Merriwa stock farm, first put the Australian starting machine into operation in the United States. The device, once prejudiced against, has won broad turf support as horses and jockeys learn to wait for the barrier to rise.
The eighteenth annual New York state chess championship saw 42 players compete for the Empire State trophy. Jasnogradsky, a Polish master, and J M Hanlon tied at 334, with Jasnogradsky winning the playoff to become state champion for 1596. Born in Poland, he emigrated in 1903 and is noted for memory and blindfold play, including a 96-board simultaneous display in Brighton where 20 games won, 8 lost, 1 drawn.
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