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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1895
Page
4
Daily edition advertises carrier delivery for 10 cents a week to Topeka and nearby towns with thin paper and carrier system. Offers three month, 800 mail, or one year rates. Includes address and pricing details for Kansas towns.
The piece critiques silver and gold coin debates led by Juni Sherman and Speaker Curse, noting party misstatements about silver and calls for clear platforms. It cites Leavenworth and Ohio Republicans, argues for readjusting gold content, and warns against evasive platforms and overstrict law enforcement amid strikes.
The passage argues that public opinion favored strikers and prevented enforcement of railroad theft laws. It warns that if authorities sided with strikers in Chicago last summer, the city might have burned and people could have been killed. It condemns Morrill for encouraging lawbreakers and predicts unpredictable outcomes.
A monument unveiled today memorializes Kansans who rode to defend their homes nearly thirty years ago against Confederate Price. Colonel Veale’s regiment mustered 890 men, rode at night, met a 4000-strong force at the Blue River, and fired a single cannon that broke enemy ranks. The invasion was halted, Pleaganton’s forces arrived, Price retreated to Arkansas, and survivors and prisoners were honored by a grateful people.
A fragmentary Kansas clipping surveys odd local phrases and small-town quirks from Quenemo, Cloverdale, and nearby places. It mentions a Quenemo man with black eyes, dry mills near Cloverdale, a 2000 bushel wheat sale at 42.9 cents, Lake View club contemplating a sprinkler for dust, and humorous misstatements about public figures and events. It also references Decoration Day, a commencement speaker, and a hypnotism anecdote in Neodesha with cherry trees and a street scene.
A Humboldt Union reader notes the daily strawberry train leaves a scent described as a fifteen feet square sweep from Arkansas to Kansas City. The smell may be bottled by a pop factory man for use as a flavoring.
Grant LaBrue, a young man from the neighborhood, injured himself lifting an unusually heavy log. He was driven to Anthony thirty miles away on Monday and died three days later from a ruptured condition after several operations proved futile.
A colonel and a major, old Civil War comrades, end a tense reunion on Memorial Day. On a hotel piazza they recall battles, then confront buried hurts as the colonel discovers the major’s brother lies in a local cemetery. Flowers heal old wounds and a revised kinship ends their feud.
In a solemn scene the two battered old heroes depart the grave of Captain Charles Dennison, walking together as the sun sinks beyond the mountains. The twist of history notes a symbolic reunion of north and south as they part.
The Emporia Gazette reports the Maroons praised Topeka for generous hospitality and fair treatment during their visit. Visiting players and Topeka townsfolk alike were honored by courteous reception, with Topeka papers giving positive coverage.
The Knights of Pythias lodges in Topeka held their annual officer elections amid Grand lodge plans for next year. Valiant lodge 179 chose Stewart as W M and Camburn as C C, with Whiteker as P G and Lyman as M W among others. Home lodge 155 elected Hubbard as CG GC and Roby as V C. Amity lodge 231 named Goodwins OC and Jeckina as V GC. Next Monday Amity will confer Esquire rank on two candidates, with other city lodges invited to attend.
The Moonlit Home lodge plans a page rank ceremony this evening. About twelve Knights of Pythias are buried in Topeka area cemeteries, with graves decorated by committees from各 divisions. Harry Austin, captain of Calla division No. 3 K of P, was elected colonel of the fraternity regiment at Mitchinson last week, necessitating his resignation as captain and a new division captaincy to be filled at the meeting tonight.
Hutchinson Kansas May 30. Hutchinson residents are building a wagon road through the sandhills along the Arkansas river southward. The project uses Hutchinson clay with a top hard layer, costing about 1900 dollars. The road will be first class, resisting dry or wet weather.
George Buford a colored bell boy at the Copeland hotel was arrested by Officer Washburn for carrying concealed weapons a small revolver. Buford reportedly showed the weapon to other boys causing rumors of threats. He was fined in court today, a sum his father will likely pay.
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