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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1895
Page
8
Poetic fragment notes Col Col John Hays tale of young boy lost in a blizzard and rescued by angels with a final remark about their aid. Contains reference to Angels and the boy’s fate as told in the humorous, moralizing verse long associated with the poet.
Skeptics recount how Prof Samuels faced ridicule over a twenty year period for suggesting eye care and tonics to treat ailments from dizziness to headaches. The story notes Congress once debated infant eye care and that Samuels claims to have proven his theory through extensive studies. He advertises consultations at the Hotel Roop and urges readers to visit before prescriptions are delayed.
Marshall's Military Band plans a Sunday concert at Gartivid Park to raise funds for Scranton miners and their families. All receipts from the performance will be given to the Scranton relief committee chaired by J. W. Curley and placed in the relief fund. The organizers aim to make it a top concert of the season with strong attendance.
The sanitary department has taken over dog tax collections with no special tax collector. Each sanitary worker handles a ward. Forty six dollars was collected yesterday and turned over to the city treasurer. The tax reduced to one dollar does not ease collection. residents still seek to dodge payment. A killing front occurred again this morning near Maniaznou Kentucky May 2.
Topeka Philosophical Society hosts its annual season end meeting at the high school tonight with twenty members and many friends present. Exhibitors include Frank Patrick showing living customs and slides of diatoms and rhizopods. L A Powell with histological slides. Menninger with slides. T B Jennings displaying minute objects. J L Gilbert presenting bacterial slides. Prof Ayres lights and manages setup. A June 5 meeting will elect officers and feature papers by Z F Riley on Helixes and B S Smyth on the Shingering climate. A L Thompson presides, B B Smyth secretary.
Washington reports Mexico plans an extraction tax on all silver and gold mines with American investment, estimated to raise 42.275 million, ranking behind customs and internal revenue. The tax applies to rough and refined metals with no exemptions. Also noted is possible reimposition of a one half cent per pound lead content tax on silver lead ore. Deposits of 4 percent Santa Fe bonds total about 45.001 million of 65 million.
In Leavenworth on May 22 F W Gassman was called for trial in police court on the charge of selling liquor at Maple park Sunday. He was absent and costs bond of 10 was forfeited. The report notes innocence but questions his absence. Justice Brewer will speak at Maryland law graduation on June 3.
Decoration Day features the unveiling of the Gage monument to Shawnee county soldiers at the Blue battle site. A large procession is planned with five division commanders, school children, and six hundred war survivors. Topeka G A R posts, civic societies, and bands participate. Services and Memorial Sunday programs are scheduled for Hamilton Hall with Rev. B. M. Sheldon preaching.
Topeka boys lost 18 to 0 to the Troy Trojans who played a near flawless game. The hilltop park hindered sightlines with a barbed wire fence splitting the field and cows to dodge. Ouse of the Troins hit a three base shot as the game will be repeated today and Emporia matches follow with Friday named as ladies day.
Ambrose Park in South Brooklyn will host a summer show titled Black America featuring 500 Afro-American performers from the south. The program blends sports, humor, vocal feats, and vivid depictions of cotton and corn fields with 43 race specific types, including the old cabin home and Brer Rabbit motifs, envisioned by Sulsoury the amusement purveyor.
A Glasgow dispatch reports Valkyrie Til, built for Lord Dunraven’s syndicate to compete in the America's Cup, will be launched tomorrow. The 110 foot yacht features a 26 foot beam, about 50 tons dead weight, a seven ty ton lead keel, and a main sail area near 5,000 square feet.
At a secret Jockey Club meeting in Brooklyn the Morris Park race course was leased for ten years. The annual rent is 25000 with taxes to be assumed. Named leaders of the movement include August Belmont James R Keenu Dr Gideon Lee Knapp and John Sandford.
North Topeka residents and visitors are noted in a long list of social and local items. Dozens of people travel, attend visits, and report small events, including a restaurant ad, a hearse service, and wedding preparations. A small run of mishaps and stories from Topeka’s streets, homes, and businesses closes with a marriage announcement in nearby Blue Rapids.
The Topeka council met with Mayor Fellows presiding and a quorum present. Minutes from May 10 were approved. Repairs to Lake Street Bridge were set at $90. Reports on street signs and the fridge at 1th and Buchanan were adopted. The plumbers’ bond was set at $500, and ordinance No. 1787 on scavengers was discussed and passed. Several resolutions on street, sidewalk, and lighting matters were referred or adopted. The meeting adjourned after routine business.
The article notes Mark Twain, also known as I Clemens, plans a worldwide tour beginning in May with readings and lectures. He aims to start in San Francisco mid August for three months on the Pacific coast, then Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Colombo, Ceylon, India, South Africa, and hopes to reach England by May 1896. It also mentions Rigby’s New Quarters on Kansas avenue and possible building decisions for Krauer cigar factory and Bartholomew & Co. movers.
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