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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1895
Page
2
An 19th century medical note touts Scott's Emulsion with cod liver oil and phosphate of lime and soda as easy to digest and highly effective. It claims rapid flesh gains for anemic and consumptive persons, calling it a remarkable fish-producer with 76 years of medical endorsement. Beck A Bowne WY distributes at 50 cents and 4 dollars.
In San Francisco on March 26 the Call reports new hints that millionaire Senator Fair may have died of poison. Miss Phoebe Cousins asserts she was his affianced wife and suspects poisoning at multiple times. A San Francisco source says a well-placed witness will reveal details to test the suspicions. Meanwhile Kilrain seeks Sullivan in a possible return boxing match amid illness concerns. Counterfeiters in Omaha are being investigated by U S Secret Service with small notes raised to ten dollars and widespread fraud suspected.
United States weighs a commission to assess damages after British demands over Nicaragua expulsion of a consular agent. Other items note Manitoba separate schools order likely rejected, Reed declines talks, an Allegheny river ice gorge clearing, a counterfeit money arrest in Missouri, and a plea to subscribe to the Daily Star Journal.
Boston March 26 Chairman William B Smythe of the National Irrigation committee opened an earnest drive for western irrigation. Edward Everett Hale presided and urged organized efforts to divert surplus population to surplus lands to develop industries and social institutions. Smythe argued that surplus western lands offer an outlet for unemployment and a path to better the middle class, noting higher tenancy in the US than in other nations except Britain. He cited telegrams from Wyoming Idaho Washington and Montana announcing legislation granting one million acres for reclamation and settlement, offered for colonization on terms hoped to attract industrial workers financiers and philanthropists from the East.
Evanston Wyoming March 27 The coroner s jury will sit this morning to inquire into the cause of the Army mine disaster Many witnesses have been subpoenaed and a verdict is expected to take several days to reach Superintendent Bradbury and State Inspector Thomas conducted an investigation but failed to locate the origin of the explosion Contributions are arriving to aid destitute families as they seek comfort
In San Francisco March 26 officials from Southern Pacific Union Pacific Rio Grande Western and others met Colorado Fuel and Iron in an Interstate Commerce Commission case. They discussed adjusting rates from Pueblo to the Pacific coast and from Chicago to eastbound freight to avoid formal action. no settlement was reached.
A hollow log near Tishomingo yielded the last legislature’s journal records containing impeachment charges against Ben Kemp, then district judge. The theft from the Capitol was concealed for some time. the books are now with the national jailer, with further developments anticipated.
Massillon Ohio March 26 The second anniversary of Coxey s army was observed last night Carl Browne recounted his trials and triumphs saying intervention prevented mobbing of newspaper correspondents in Alleghenies He refused Populist pressure to abandon the grass walking project Tonight Charles M Sheldon preaches at Central Congregational church with four sermons this week except Saturday Electric Bitters advertised as headache and constipation remedy at 50 cents J E Jones Drug Store Tonight Greek play at Washburn chapel drew large audience but had to be turned away continue there tonight
From Tamura to Havana reports detail insurgent bands near Santo Suirite. A battle at Tia Riba El Cobra left 25 Spaniards dead after an ambush as 300 government troops confronted 200 insurgents led by Perique Perez. Cuban forces seized Moron near Santiago taking arms. authorities predict 25,000 insurgents within two months. Havana papers note Madrid dispatches on Cuban service chiefs elected by lottery and large stockpiles of rifles and ammunition in Havana, with new warships soon to arrive.
A 150 man surveying party under G W Hawkins will set up near McAlester to lay out section lines across the Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Creek lands as part of a Geological Survey effort. The project hinges on Senate funding cuts. half the territory may be surveyed this season if funds held.
A telegram from Mizxico Crrr reports the steamship Diego bound for Lapuz from Gueymen vanished after leaving the port on the 24th. A search steamer, built in San Francisco to replace the troop transport Alezandro, was sent by the Mexican government amid tensions with Guatemala.
Diphtheria spreads through the Indian Feeble Minded Institute near Fort Wayne Indiana. Thirty nine cages and twenty four children remain in quarantine hospitals. Officials fear five hundred inmates may be exposed as anti-toxine use keeps deaths low.
A Washington dispatch says Minister Thurston has accepted the indignity from Secretary Gresham and will depart for San Francisco today then sail to Honolulu next week. He declined to discuss the case and did not wait for formal government notice to return.
Spanish minister Senor Muruaga resigns on cabinet formation. Senor Dupay de Lome named as successor awaiting U.S. approval for gazette. Also notes mob threat in Wichita Kansas, court appointments for Walter A Wood Harvester Co, and various brief items including a wolf bite incident and other 1900s news clippings.
The 11 year old grandson of Ulysses S. Grant, A. Grant, is urged by his grandfather to gain a West Point cadetship. A 1885 letter to President Grant, endorsed by General Sherman, discusses his future admission once he turns 17 in 1899. He recently studies German in Vienna and now attends a New York school, showing strong military interest.
Rev Dr George R Pentecost once known as The Moody of the Orient for his India evangelism now serves as pastor of Marylebone Presbyterian Church in London. A Virginia native, his career spanned Brooklyn Boston and India before settling in the British capital for evangelical work.
The article notes Harriet Beecher Stowe in old age detests any reference to Uncle Tom’s Cabin and shuns even veiled mentions of her famous work. Friends and relatives reportedly guard her around the controversial title to avoid causing distress or distraction.
The Rothschild family of Europeia vied for a worth of 2 billion dollars with the Preneh branch at 200 million. At the start of the previous century the Rothschild grandfather was a poor man, highlighting a rise from modest beginnings to vast wealth across generations.
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