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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1895
Page
4
The State Journal outlines terms of prescription delivery, noting delivery by carrier and weekly price terms. It references Topeka and Kansas towns where the paper is available, indicating uniform pricing for subscribers.
The Topeka Daily Bulletin piece reviews weather indications for Kansas, then rails at figures and figures of speech around Colin’s Finance School and the senate race. It discusses J W Ady, E Lobdell and Big Seventh unity, ranch sales near the city, and critiques Governor Morrill amid Populism fallout. It closes debating silver coinage and government bullion purchases amid sound money promoting campaigns.
The item argues for minting silver bullion into coins and critiques McKinley and Carlisle on free silver. It notes Governor McKinley’s reported stance, Carlisle’s partisan voting remarks, and questions whether parties should be steered by a few politicians amid the 1894 political climate.
Jacob H. Sharp, sought for embezzlement for several years, surrendered at the San Francisco district attorney’s office yesterday accompanied by bondsman John F. Clark. Bondsmen posted $12,000 for his appearance. The case involves Missed estate assets from Joseph W. Spanier’s mining stock valued at $15,000. Sharp allegedly converted stock to cash, fled to Southern California, then New York, and finally returned to surrender before arrest.
Washington May 7. A complete executive office will be established at Gray Gables for the president's use this summer and public business will be transacted there. The president will depart for Buzzard's Bay when the weather grows oppressive in Washington, with Privy Secretary Taurber nearby to work daily.
Senator Cullom of Illinois spoke in San Francisco on bi metalism, urging international currency agreement rather than unilateral U S action. He warned against extreme gold or silver theories and called for balanced policy serving national interests while noting widespread fraud enriching a few. Dr Price's Baking Powder mentioned as widely used for health.
The Customs Service completes a nationwide readjustment to standardize titles and reduce the total official designations from about 800 to a smaller number. The reform, driven by the Treasury Secretary, the Customs Commissioner, and the Civil Service Commission, targets route- work clarity, appointment certification, personnel changes, and fund distribution. Chief Examiner Webster led much of the process.
The official tour of inspection of Pacific coast civil service officers nears end as Examiner W B Dobbs plans return to report on charges of political assessment. The inquiry started six months ago under Chairman Irwin of the San Francisco civil service board and will be submitted to the commissioner.
The University of California athletic team will arrive in Princeton from California with A W Nurth already in town. Planned meets include Princeton May 11, Pennsylvania May 13, Mott Hayes May 24 25, Ann Arbor June 5 8, Chicago Athletic Club June 15, Denver Athletic Club June 15, and Denver June 22 with Colorado colleges. Bourbon Wilkes, a famed trotting sire owned by James Miller, died in Paris Kentucky from lung abscesses.
The American club of Mexico City, four months old with about 250 members, sits in a grand mansion and hosts weekly ladies days. It reflects rising US influence, with hundreds of millions invested by Americans in Mexican railroads, while bylaws favor American citizens and gambling is banned. President Ygnacio Sepulveda leads a group once linked to California and a former Californian supreme court figure.
Story describes a huge 8,000 ton glacier transported monolith found near Waterloo Iowa. The church project steered by Presbyterians spurred interest in the ancient stone, unearthed after millennia of weathering and soil deposition.
The Waterloo Presbyterian Church is described as almost entirely built from riven glacier bowlder fragments, with a few colorful stones added for variety. The piece notes similar uses of small bowlders in houses and cites other monumental stones like a 1,500 ton granite at St Petersburg and a 5,400 ton rock near Pall River. It also mentions Wisconsin official tests finding Royal brand powder among several analyzed, deemed strongest for economical food. Two men drowned near Shoshone while fording Wood River. John Gehrig's body recovered.
At Avoca conference on May 7 the Primitive Methodists resolved that any minister who smokes chews or snuffs tobacco will not be recognized by the conference. A separate note touts Royal baking powder as chemically pure with cream of tartar removed by special processes.
Saloon keepers from Kansas City Wichita Leavenworth and Atchison met in Topeka with Chairman Leland. They pledged no enforcement of the law in cities where residents favored saloons and received campaign contributions from saloon men brewers and policy men.
Plans approved by the secretary of the navy assign numbers 10 through 16 for six new gun boats to be built under a naval bill that limits two ships per yard. Constructors aim to finish within 15 months and expect spirited competition for contracts as yards seek early access to plans and specifications.
The Secretary of the Interior sustains the General Land Office decision in the Charles Graham dispute over lands claimed by vested rights against Archibald Campbell and the Great Falls Montana Water Power and Townsite Co. The case confirms Graham’s claim to the tract, ending the contest over the land’s ownership.
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