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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1895
Page
4
Daily edition offered by carrier at ten cents weekly with five-carrier system options and by mail three months for eight dollars or one year for thirty six dollars. Also mentions Oakly Bastion and Bastion dates.
Weather Indications for Kansas show showers and cooler tonight with a cooler Thursday and northwest winds. The column rails at political gyrations including Lenient views on the Confederate monument and free silver. Protests, the politics of character and a looming new silver party mix with stray notes about Osage county miners and Topeka statehouse affairs.
The piece criticizes a disordered new party and cites the Populist era, arguing for disciplined leadership and a free silver platform to win southern states. It contrasts Democratic leaders tied to federal offices and Cleveland’s influence with calls for reform and voter power in conventions. Kansas notes follow, including social quips and local tidbits.
The Helianthus junior class yearbook is with the printer and expected soon, promising to be the finest college publication yet. Miss Adulaida Stich, a popular music figure last year who studied in New York, is hoped to return soon. College agents pursue student listings with broad powers, disregarding race or sex. Frank P. Strong spoke on public schools in America and W W Silver discussed prohibition, criticizing current administration and likening Kansans to Spaniards seeking gold. The air of reform and agency work circulates among students. Tigand 114 Wosi hh Pésiness Steam Laundry.
The Topeka Athletic Club fought hard against professional rivals, losing 20 to 0 but earning praise for Hindmarsh in the field and bat. Key plays came from McCabe, Black, Alden, Bronson, and Hazlett, while Mayer and Krebs starred for the professionals amid a crowd unsettled by rowdyism. Next week opens league play with Leavenworth. Gov Morrill to throw first ball as city officials and band attend.
Topeka teachers discuss regular meeting led by Mr Gregory with Miss Woolger possibly relocating to St Louis. Seventy two kindergartens now exist in St Louis public schools as the association plans to reappoint Mrs Gregory for next year. An October start marks the normal class.
New York May 15 Miss Winnie Davis will not appear in tableaux at the Fifth Avenue theater next Thursday for the Kindergarten association. She is pledged to her father to avoid public tableaux, despite reports to the contrary.
San Francisco May 15 The Salvation Army plans a China campaign led by Fong Foo Sing a Chinese Salvation Army member and War Cry employee. He says he hopes to go to China to “conquer the Orient” and bring millions of Chinese to Christianity. He believes the war will open China to Christianity civilization and progress and signs off with a pledge to “lick the devil” twice.
Ganpes City May 13 The Gardens City Ditch company is cleaning a large main ditch for irrigation. Neglect left dirt and weeds bogging progress while banks were overgrown. Graders pulled by eight-horse teams, with a 10 percent discount offered to farmers paying in advance and about 60 percent of water users taking it.
May 15. Secretary Gresham’s illness is linked by friends to his heavy smoking of strong poor cigars. It is suggested he might rally faster if he smoked less. Morton has quit smoking. Wilson, who began after forty, now enjoys cigars. Cleveland quit smoking after meals per physician advice.
The sale of Mrs Stevens furniture and household effects at auction in New York began yesterday afternoon. The room was crowded with buyers. The paintings and engravings sold at very low prices with ninety plus sold yet total under $800. The top price for a single painting was $100 for Young Artist by Edmund Wayres, bought originally for $1,004. A water color by Marriotti titled A Street Scene in Sabicco Rome realized $45.
Rev Heber Newton preached his final sermon of the year at All Bunla Church titled The Occupation of the Life to Come. He argued heaven offers no rest as idleness but a broadening of intellectual and spiritual activity, citing ministering spirits to heirs of salvation. The sermon stressed ongoing divine work beyond earthly life.
Mrs EP Baker of North Topeka credits Prof Samuels with curing seven years of neuralgia through eye treatment after other remedies failed. The Topeka healer, visiting from a twenty year practice, is now at the Hotel Throop with free consultations daily from 9 am to 5 pm and claims to cure nervous troubles via the eyes.
A fragmented item notes Topeka readers are urged to subscribe to The Peerless daily paper. It mentions calls and figures around a subscription, with unclear branding and numbers due to OCR errors. The piece references reach and circulation compared with other papers in the city.
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