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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1896
Page
4
The State Journal announces delivery options for Topeka and suburbs with daily carrier service at ten cents, and mail rates for three months or one year. A weekly edition is offered at yearly price.
The Populists push a platform to oust Democrats who fail their demands while seeking terms of the Exsnann reform. Two Democrats, W J Bob Martin and others, threaten to bolt if their party backs the standard. Debates over silver and gold finance surface as Carlisle defends past silver redemption limits amid treasury policy questions.
A critique explains that newspapers serve party interests and may bias reporting. It argues readers should seek the unvarnished facts to discern truth, noting a prognostication predicting McKinley victories in several states with large majorities.
Senator Peffer’s resolution prompted Morrison to dispatch a detailed reply on railroad rate practices. He explains no written agreement among lines exists beyond standard rate sheets, describes how east to west combinations set through rates, and notes 1895 reductions then 1896 restorations targeting grain and flour traffic to Texas Gulf ports. Arbitration to settle final four and grain rates is ongoing.
The article notes rising gold production led by South Africa and the United States, with forecasts of continued growth. It compares early mining to present methods, highlights cyanide processing, cost declines, and predicts yearly outputs reaching 520 million dollars by 1900, suggesting a looming deluge of gold. It cites Rutherford Harris and J Bowen.
The sea going yacht Mergerita owned by A J Drexil is for sale. Built in 1889 the Margarita sea steel yacht features two deck cabins a large dining saloon eleven staterooms and four baths. It has electric lighting and fans in cabin quarters with hot and cold fresh and salt water.
Two sons of Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas prominent families were arrested in the Erie depot as they attempted to buy tickets for New York. Depot police detained the pair who claimed a friend and lawyer aided them. Telegrams were sent to their parents about the arrest and a $100 payment was noted.
March 20 report from Philadelphia details the annual liquor license court amid oddities. The city lists 1,600 retail licenses with fee of 000,000, while petitions with 200,000 names seek further reductions. Officials say about 7,000 speak operations exist due to high costs and demand.
In Washington three Sac and Vox tribes appeared at city hall to sign a contract with Attorney Henry C. Linn and W. Pel to pursue a $70,000 claim for land ceded to them by the government. The lawyers and interpreters presented the agreement before Judge Bradley at a district court of record. The Indians, weary, seek redress for lands ceded to the government, with the contract witnessed and formalized under judicial oversight.
George Vanderbilt plans to open Biltmore in North Carolina to the public with grounds designed by Frederick Law Olmstead and buildings by Richard M Hunt. The display will show landscape gardening excellence, staffed by experts including scientists from universities, with a payroll over 1,000. The project aims to flash the plan Vanderbilt has begun for Biltmore and endow it for life.
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