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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1895
Page
3
Miners at the Home Shaft discuss a proposed June wage reduction from 60 to 7 cents and monthly pay. A seven member committee will seek a definite company stance from Superintendent Kiersted, with a vote on possible strike if the cut proceeds. A Saturday meeting will decide further action as workers fear wage cuts will become permanent.
W H Thurston sues Fort Scott Rapid Transit Street Railway Co on behalf of Ishmael Huffman a 14 year old alleging track height of one to four inches above Market street causing him to be thrown from a wagon wheel ran over his head and hand leaving permanent injuries and future inability to self support.
A majority report from a Kansas prison inquiry finds Warden Chase guilty of punishing prisoners with unauthorized tools, assaulting Judge McDonald, improper payroll practices, and nepotism while clearing him on several other charges. The report recommends his removal. Representative Wilson issues a minority view calling for reinstatement and placing blame on the legislature.
The unemployed committee met at the courthouse to solicit alms and distribute food to needy workers. Attendance was similar to Saturday with more working men and fewer colored women. Officials will review applicants for worthiness before continuing aid of flour beans meat and coffee, with another meeting planned this afternoon.
Walter Gresham a Union general jurist and statesman lay in state at Oakwood Cemetery Chicago with military and civic honors honoring a life of service. News notes report a boy named Porter Alderson sustained a severe wrist fracture in a bicycle accident at Topeka Avenue and Third Street.
Chief Wilkerson returned from Chicago with lawyer W E Dom to arrest the embezzler amid grain pit crowds. Dom, penniless, owed for board, and was escorted home by train. He refused to discuss guilt. A Nebraska capitalist had sent Dom a $600 judgment, $200 sent back, $400 kept.
A. W. Wright of St Louis disappeared last Thursday while on business for Wright & Warner, taking about $200,000 in negotiable bonds and warranty deeds. Partner Clarence D. Warner suspects Wright fled with most of the firm’s cash and valuable property, risking $100,000 loss if not found and required to disgorge. Wright & Warner operated as manufacturers agents.
Pacific Mail dispatch reports Colima foundered fifty miles from Manzanillo on May 27 at 11 am. The agent says the vessel should be assisted and full particulars will follow. Also notices invite Grace Cathedral auxiliary Shakespeare reading and Bishop Vincent lecture with admission. Baptist fair promises $400 in goods.
Governor Morton faltered in Madison Square as he reviewed the G A R parade, grew pale and collapsed onto a board scaffold. Aides including A W Cole and Ex-President Garrison helped him, and Gen Harrison urged him to retire. He recovered after transport to a Fifth Avenue hotel.
Li Ming Chang, premier of China, obeyed ancestral rites by mourning at his mother's tomb amid an imperial decree that briefly forced him to neglect official duties. Reported by John Russell Young, the scene showed the premier's fall to penance, then return to power as the throne commanded renewed service.
John Vance Cheney lauded Whittier as America’s Burns in a lecture on the Quaker poet. He praised Whittier’s spontaneity and humanity, noting anti slavery poems and labor songs while acknowledging rougher diction yet unmatched lyric gift.
A crowded North Topeka ad page lists George J. Graves & Sons and A J Arnold & Son carriages, Munyon remedies, Ava grocer J H Hutier, and several shops. Mentions a bicycle brand, dental work by Lyon & Reynolds, and Capital Livery stable. May 20 summary notes the first heat victim, an unknown 60-year-old man found on the street.
Arkansas and Missouri round trip tickets offered via Memphis Route to South Missouri Arkansas South and Southeast. Minimum rate seven dollars. Tickets stop at intermediate stations. For schedules and details see J B Locewood R T A Kansas City address. Peerless Steam Laundry mentions.
Market report shows slow, weak demand with mixed cattle and hog prices. Beef cattle steady to firm with steer quotes around 45.50, various classes including heifers and feeders showing modest gains. Hog receipts in range of about 4.00 to 6.00 per hundredweight, with plenty of shipments reported.
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