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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1896
Page
2
The Texas Republican convention at Aves Reed-Allison stronghold shows McKinley delegates being excluded by credentials, with Cuney followers resisting. After delays and committee battles, no decisive action yet. McKinley camp worn out and planning further stay, while Reed Allison influence grows.
The Republican convention backed a protective tariff and sound money, reaffirmed the Minneapolis platform, and urged delegates to secure William McKinley’s nomination. Pettigrew pledged to obey the majority, while seven delegates held a post adjournment caucus to bar him from chairing or serving on committees at the national convention.
Conference between the two Houses adjourned again with no conclusion but signals suggest the House may yield its position in favor of the Senate resolutions. Naval bill progress shown with a large increase and four new battleships authorized totaling about 19 million. Senate approves credit for African operations tied to Italian defeat, amount 140 million lire. The National Court of Womans Christian Temperance Union's 1894 gathering set for St Louis Biscottin.
The executive council of the American Federation of Labor adjourned and may move headquarters from Indianapolis to Chicago. A committee report endorses the eight hour day, supports Journeymen Horseshoers and Carpenters, and directs leaders to urge workers to join unions and press for a shorter workday while avoiding public harm. The plan calls for a nationwide appeal to wage earners and persistent discussion by press and reformers.
New York March 26 Nicola Tesla, famed electrician, announced a machine enabling practical experiments in distributing electric waves around the earth. He believes messages could be sent globally without wires, with transmissions affecting all points instantly.
Thomas Davids, a California pioneer who once spanked President Grover Cleveland in his youth, died this week at his daughter's home near San Dismas. He recalled meeting Cleveland when a janitor at Hamilton College and at a Presbyterian church, where Cleveland’s father preached. Davids, born in Clinton, New York, came west with an ox team in 1850, helped found Hoogtown Placerville, and grew wealthy before later living largely by his daughter's care.
Boston March 26 Mass Militia men protest proposed equestrian or military statue of General Butler at the state house. Col Thomas E Livermore denounces his exploits as dwarfed by others and says the idea borders on the ridiculous. The report covers other items including a wreck in Georgia, a Memphis elopement, and political notes from Boston and beyond.
A crazed elephant named Gypsy also known as Empress charged through Chicago West Side streets killing keeper Frank Scott and injuring others. Police failed to capture the animal despite a large mobilization until trainers from city parks subdued her. Scott is identified as the third man she has killed.
Brigadier General Thomas Lincoln Causey retired chief of engineers of the United States Army died suddenly in the Congressional library. He oversaw the Washington Monument, the aqueduct and Monticello improvements and planned the new Congressional library. He was born in 1851, West Point graduate, and later superintendent of public buildings before becoming chief of engineers in 1883. Charlotte Behrens divorces her husband for desertion. Mark Twain reportedly fully recovered and sailed from Bombay, selling a copyright for a large sum. Local items note a curfew veto in Omaba Nebraska and a drowning in Missouri’s cyclone cellar.
A series of vignettes recounts encounters with destitute beggars, a rioting offbeat tale about a madstone vendor, a tense train car confrontation where a passenger draws a pistol over a lost ticket, and Wyoming Bill’s menacing entry into a restaurant. The sketches blend gritty street life with streetwise humor and danger.
An old diary-like narrative sketches a weary night as Bill confronts a gunman over a $10 supper, delays, and a tense standoff. A second vignette shows Pete Frazer resisting a staged robbery while passengers groan at the driver. Other snippets include quips about eggs and punctual husbands, all in a late 19th century miscellany tone.
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