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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1895
Page
4
Local edition advertisement details delivery by carrier for 19 cents a week to Topeka and nearby areas. Mail rates listed: three months for 8, six dollars. one year for 360 dollars. Weekly edition and town carrier network mentioned. Pricing and regional availability are emphasized for subscribers.
May 2 Kansas forecast shows generally fair and much cooler weather tonight. Winds variable, becoming northerly tonight as conditions settle.
The Kneights of Labor plan headquarters in Washington to monitor Congress and urge action. They claim the supreme court also deserves scrutiny while noting Congress is not fully engaged.
The article notes irate politicians reacting to daily turmometer markings printed by the Jounxat, condemning the exposure as a sin and denouncing frauds amid public scrutiny.
Local quip notes Congressmen Kirkpatrick calling cattle from Mexico to depress the home market have little real impact on meat prices. Citizens of Topeka would welcome local butchers acquiring some of these so called depressing cattle. The decline in hides and leather costs is hardly visible.
In a speech before the Ohio Republican convention John Sherman asserts American workers earn higher wages than any other nation. He concedes that if trusts and combines are allowed, a large share of earnings may be taken away through deductions.
Ma Cantisix argued against free coinage of ai in 1500 yet voted for it to shield Fates from the force bill. The episode suggests a public man would risk national horrors of free coinage to block an honest vote in the south, exposing a lack of principle.
The Lawrence Journal questions Populists mistakes and hints at a forthcoming expose. It notes the administration was blamed for blunders until Finch’s removal, suggesting a looming scandal as the paper prepares to publish more details.
The Topeka Jocenat offered little on Wednesday about irregularities in the state bank examiner's office. When damaging charges arise against any Republican official, the Jocenan reacts with indignation and prints extensive details. The Minnespolis Messenger criticized Breidenthal coverage and suggested the editor favors windier commentary.
The Journal is praised for exposing Populist mismanagement in Kansas including the state board of railroad sensors, Pullman passes, and the reform school, with strong claims it toppled the Lewelling administration. It defends fact reporting against rival papers and notes SceneTary Canine’s silver coinage claim as economically dubious.
A Kansan column records quirky notes from Manhattan to Garnett. Hedge stakes revenue, inflated currency talk, a merry go round planned in Manhattan, a Ellis man building a tour, two new buggies boosting young men lists, diphtheria deaths, Muscotah’s summer woes, a patient named Steamer Stuck at Asawatomie asylum, Garnation club snubbing out of town guests, Garnett class motto about mountains, Paradise trade shows a small herd sale, uniforms for agricultural college troops, train miss by ten minutes, Cherokes resident claiming Salvation Army captain delusions, and local observations on social quirks.
Washington May 29 The navy department has received from Commander Barber naval attaché at the US legation in Japan and China a detailed account of naval battles in the late war. Much of the report is confidential but officials say it contains valuable information for torpedo boats and their use. Barber also comments on the Japanese and Chinese navies' equipment and management.
Creersxatt May 29 Lucky Baldwin criticizes gamblers who own race tracks shaping races to suit them. He argues no horse over two years old should run less than a mile and cites San Francisco Louisville Chicago and Lato nia as gambling dominated venues. He predicts state legislatures will curb bookmaking and notes Hulma and Rey del Carredes as top three-year-olds this year. He plans to have Rey del Carredes race Halmaujezt in June and says Rey del San ts Anita was misused before the Brooklyn handicap.
British stockholders including Eugene F Ware and J W Gleed travel to Doge City to bid at a forced sale on the Eureka irrigation ditch, a two mile canal from the Arkansas river in Gray county near Logan, noted for poor water yield and prior failure. Buyers aim to improve the ditch for practical use in the region. Gleed’s London trip last summer aimed to arrange purchase and assess improvement feasibility.
Mrs James Vaughn was sewing when a needle snapped and partially remained in the table. Ten minutes later her 2-year-old daughter was found unresponsive and later died. A physician determined a fragment of the needle eyeward penetrated the brain.
A Topeka delegation will travel to Kansas City next Monday to attend the home talent minstrel by the Kansas City Elks under Will Haskell. After seeing Romeo and Juliet in Topeka locals demanded a ballet which will be a standout feature of the KC show. The Topeka Elks will be guests and entertained after the performance.
Arion Singing society debates building an audience hall in Topeka. Simon Greenspan proposes leasing a Quincey Street tract between Second and Third streets for a fifty by deep ball, but no estimates or plans exist. Greenspan says his phone rings nightly with business and social inquiries.
Chief John M. Wilkerson hunts in Chicago for W. E Dom the Topeka attorney accused of embezzling a Nebraska judgment and skipping town. Dom faces a penitentiary offense for gambling in a recent case and has been missing about three weeks. Chicago search continues despite Wilkerson’s report of no success. Junior Endeavor officers elected at Rev. J B Thomas home with Breel Bay Traum bull Watson and other officers. union reports debt free and plans a Garfield park picnic June 14. An order allocates 160000 to Pottawatomie Indians likely paid in Oklahoma with possible local option at St Mary. The apron from Kansas agricultural college for the National Apron Bazar was bought by ex-Governor Carney’s wife for 5 dollars.
A striking invitation announces a private lecture staged for women, promising an intimate, provocative discourse. Details on speaker and venue are limited in the fragment, but the emphasis rests on exclusive female attendance and a bold, possibly unconventional topic.
An interview with Zara outlines his method of healing. He claims success with medicine alone and rejects magnetic or faith healing. Free public lectures at Library Hall and Veale block detail his plan to educate women on health, with a private Friday session charging 25 cents. Dr Leslie Engle is noted as an assistant physician.
In Omaha reports say the Northern Pacific and Great Northern alliance could alter the traffic contract with the Burlington & Missouri River. Burlington surveys west from Billings to place a line toward Puget Sound, possibly Seattle, to avoid reliance on northern lines and protect western interests.
Remarkable success of an irrigated farm near Garden City once the show place, now owned by Richter. No longer relies on Arkansas River ditch. uses a 60,000 gallon per hour engine pump drawing water from an artificial underflow lake. Water reaches fields via ditch and furrows for Irish potatoes, apples, plums, cherries, and peaches.
Otis Bartholomew and M P Gould attended the State Christian Endeavor convention in Wichita. No school at the college Thursday. Some scholars plan a pleasure trip. The Glee club sang at Westminster Presbyterian social at Mr Fenend's home. Mr Fred Miller urged fines for absent members to fund a Pantagatherian room carpet. Thursday evening hosts the annual prize declamation in the chapel with contestants Burt Leland McDonald Blentam Ansel Bellard Katheryn Arnold. Irene Nye elected to preside at Friday address to Judge J Beek man of Arkansas City.
A telegram to police reports a major burglary at the Delaware Exchange store in Thompsonville on the Asian Pacific corridor between Osawkee and Perry. The Monday night raid yielded at least 600 dollars in stolen goods including forty pairs of overalls thirty trousers boots shoes dry goods groceries and other merchandise. Comrades of Capital Legion No 1 Select Knights AOU W are asked to report at 418 Kansas Ave on Thursday May 30 at 1 pm.
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