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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1895
Page
2
Rumor from Washington dated March 27 suggests Miss Bias Brice daughter of the Victor will marry Henry Outram Bax Ironsides second secretary of the British Embassy. Parents’ consent reportedly obtained amid noted attentions from the young English diplomat during the past winter.
A brief vignette quotes a couple from New York Weekly on harmony. One speaker vows no quarrel between them, while the other warns that police would be called if similar disrespect occurred. The tone mirrors tabloid commentary on domestic disputes.
Cure for headache claims Robo Electric Bitters cures all forms of headache and habitual constipation by toning the bowels. The ad urges a fair trial and notes large bottles cost fifty cents at LE Jones' Drug Store.
A basement blaze at the Bell Clothing House on State and Quincy streets destroyed stock above the second floor. Injured were H. Smith with a broken leg, Grace Martell fainting, and others burned or bruised while escaping. Losses pegged at 16,000 on the building and 150,000 on stock. building insured 40,000 and stock 80,000.
David M. Dewitt, author of The Judicial Murder of Mary E Surratt, defends his case at Baltimore with claims that jurists and witnesses fail to prove guilt. He cites a 1893 Washington visit and Father Walter’s account differing from Clampitt’s scaffold dialogue.
Kansas University board of regents convened in Bell Medical School, Lawrence, with Senators J W Forney Charles F Scott and Frank G Crowell present to start duties. A Kansas City land claim for the Bell Medical School was presented, and department heads gave annual reports. The session spans several days amid staff changes and job applications. Slander suit filed by S C Bybe against A J Ball over letters to Missouri Pacific manager seeks damages.
The committee on preamble and declaration of rights was adopted yesterday in committee of the whole. The clause taxing church property was finally adopted in favor of the churches, meaning church property will not be taxed. The educational clause remains under discussion.
A boarder at William Lewis’s house died after entering a cellar with a lit match as an explosion wrecked the home. Mrs Lewis and three children were injured, Palavant’s clothing burned, and he was rescued too late. Other items note a Yale invention reducing voltage with no loss of amperes, a birth mystery in Parsons, and legal action involving Recorder Taylor.
In Warrarona Ireland on March 27 a special court in Clonmel heard a case where ten men were charged with murdering Mrs Cleary whom they believed was a witch. Her husband and father aided the cruel ritual using a herbal concoction then burning her alive under loud protests from relatives. The husband claimed to be exorcising a witch and hoped she would disappear up the chimney. After her death the husband buried her charred remains. The crowd threatened lynching as authorities moved the prisoners to jail. A separate report from Batogerox North Dakota describes two masked burglars beating a woman and robbing her, and threatening more violence if she cried out. A third item reports a moonshine distillery found in Goren Oklahoma with 200 gallons spilled. the owner escaped.
Secretary Lowe issued a charter to the Mexican Colony Co of Oklahoma City to develop agricultural and commercial resources in Mexico with plans to locate in the Vera Cruz area. It has capital of 1,000,000 dollars and a stock conversion option into Mexican land at cost. The directors include A Jenkins W Ho Skeed J W Evarts J N Clark and W M Buell. GAME BIRDS RELEASED Near Chickasaw Oklahoma Law frees 6000 quail transported to St Louis after being opened along the Rock Island road.
Coroner's inquest on a babe found in a well on Wayman farm west of Oklahoma City names Laure Lemon, widow, as the mother responsible for the death after testimony from fifteen witnesses. She was arrested yesterday but could not post bond and is jailed locally. Also reports leasing of J B Cofer school land tract near Oklahoma City for three years at six thousand dollars, the territory's highest school land award amid cholera cases among Japanese troops at Port Arthur.
Scrantox Pa March 7 Miss Anna Dickinson testified for days in a U and Circuit court case against C K Thompson and others over damages for an alleged injury. Her evasions baffled counsel Major Everett Warren and sensational moments arose when she refused to recognize Susan Dickinson at the defendants table declaring they were sisters in flesh and blood only. The defense hearing will begin today.
A deed filed with Milwaukee register of deeds records the largest amount of property ever conveyed in a single deed. It covers the old Meiners distillery at Wauwatosa and thirty one other distilleries from New York to California. Authorized by the United States court for the Northern District of Illinois, the transfer moves to three receivers. Also noted, St. Louis capitalists hear a long distance telephony demo in Chicago and plan a western exchange with major investment prospects.
A dispatch from March 26 notes Louise Michel, the French anarchist, is gravely ill with little hope of recovery at age 40. The piece traces her exile in 1871, activism, arrests, and a lengthy history of inflammatory speeches and insanity certification. Also reported is the death of ex Warden Laviolette of St Vincennes de Paul penitentiary, famed for quelling a major 8 year revolt and receiving a full salary upon retirement.
A two year old boy sits at the door of a city jail women’s department keeping company with his mother who is found guilty. The child eats the jail meals and is clothed by inmates as matron asks for donations. Clara Thorpe and Thomas Pu lTeo are mentioned as other cases of destitution at 512 Van Borg Street and in a cellar dwelling respectively.
A rugged brag within a frontier wedding scene features Mickey McDuff and Cassius Flannigan threatening violence over a "broadword contest" as Marguerite Martin heads to the altar. The tense exchange hinges on a boast about weaponized bravado and a vow to win.
A serious young woman recounts an awkward Boston Music Hall incident where a stranger repeatedly says I beg your pardon as she offers a free seat. The aunt jokes about a possible burglar, while the narrator resists greeting the offer without introduction and keeps calm amid the social spectacle.
Sidney Woodarl shot a partridge near Salmon river and, chasing the bird, found honey raining on him from a beech tree after the bullet pierced it. He then pried open the hollow trunk to extract 32 coons hiding within while also recovering 45 speckled trout, and barely escaped a river ice slip on the return home.
A classroom exchange ends with a student suggesting writers be alerted to a missing word in the youth lexicon. The teacher and pupil discuss the idea of notifying lexicon publishers about the omission, in a witty moment cited by Chicago Elite.
An exchange at the theater last night captures humor and social chatter as a guest teases about fashion, noting a striking outfit while another character, Bee, remarks on it with playful sarcasm reflecting a New York Herald tone.
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