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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1895
Page
4
The notice lists delivery and pricing options for the daily edition with carrier delivery at 10 cents a week, mail rates for three months and one year, and a weekly edition price per year. Local Topeka and Kansas-town subscriptions are included.
A chaotic row of 1890s issues mixes Chicago politics with baseball season and the Rogers committee. Civic Federation reports progress, employing 400 through its programs. Crude views on Cockrane and Cleveland circulate amid a push for reform and independent journalism critiques.
A Kansas City era page reports Senator Cullom as urging compromise on silver, arguing past compromises failed and warning that sound money advocates blame silver. The piece contrasts western interests with eastern influence, notes varied local opinions, and includes regional items from Cresco to Beloit and Clay Center.
The city fire department will adopt summer attire with white straw hats having four inch crowns and two and one half inch rims plus light blue shirts replacing heavy flannel. The change aims to boost comfort and style for firefighters and the public alike. A Kansas City veterans group urged governor Morrill to press police commissioners for more veteran appointments, claiming only four old soldiers sit on the force. Lyon Van Nice serves as general agents for Ne Plus Ultra Polish and related services in North Topeka, providing local business notices.
Paris reports The Figaro notes U S neutrality helped Japan by not objecting to its gains in the gulf of Pe Chi Li. The remark says U S traditional policy prevented joining England during three-power interventions and signals a shifting world order beyond Europe.
The State Board of Education in Emporia investigates charges against A. B. Carroll Salina city schools superintendent for incompetency and other alleged faults. Professor M. E. Whealan Atwood faces immoral conduct charges. Signatures from local teachers and Rev. W K Loofburrow, editor of the Atwood Patriot, appear on the filings.
In the first meeting since President Elliott's return, Harvard faculty debated prohibiting intercollegiate football. authentic sources say the motion did not pass by a good margin.
Paris dispatch reports Count Boniface de Castellane and wife former Anna Gould bought a large corner at Avenue Bois de Boulogne and Avenue de Malackoff paying 700 francs per meter. The Countess aims to recreate the Gri Trianon at Versailles with vast gardens for a Paris retreat. The Republican state central committee will reconvene when political matters permit.
An eastbound Lake Erie and Western freight wrecked one mile west of the city at 10 last night after the engineer slammed air brakes on a steep grade. Ole Bierly of St Marys and Peter Finch of Portland were killed instantly. George Anderson of St Marys and William Depew of Portland were seriously injured. two additional riders escaped. The wreck occurred as an oil tank car lifted off the track and nine cars scattered. No trainmen were injured.
A Berlin dispatch reports rumors of a Chinese war indemnity loan offered at 102. The emperor plans to send missions to honor the czar Emperor William and President Faure for their intervention. Hamburger Nachrichten suggests Germany’s move was premature.
Kansas charter news shows the Topeka Electric Railway company authorized to build a line from North Topeka to the dam site with 75000 dollars in stock. Directors include A J Arnold T M James Lewis Stair M T Campbell F C Downey from Topeka and M Crawford J P Walsh from Chicago. Tremendous crowds attend the Shaker free open air concert in North Topeka last night. The Shaker doctor’s office is busy as crowds grow and locals are urged to visit Copeland hotel offices 9 to 11am and 2 to 3pm. Triangular College League formed by Amherst Dartmouth and Williams with football baseball and track aims.
Rev Anna Shaw passes through Topeka at 11 20 en route to California urging suffrage workers to stay nonpartisan and press for good government. She warns against partisan work and predicts success for Kansans enfranchisement as she ends with travel back to Cape Cod. A separate note from Benum May 8 reports Reichstag rejected a government monopoly proposal in Germany.
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