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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1895
Page
5
An arm and navy officer reshuffle or recruitment drive is underway as senior officers are sought for a king’s service. The initiative envisions strategic realignment and enhanced command structures within the armed forces.
Nov 15 report from Nechte details the execution of twenty seven political prisoners including three colonists. The shooters allegedly supported the monarchical cause and many army navy officers reportedly pledge to join. Rumor says England and Germany back the movement to place Prince Henry of Prussia on Brazil's throne.
The general missionary committees of the Methodist Episcopal Church convened at Trinity Church. Fourteen bishops attended, four absent. Treasurer Dr. Sanford Hunt presented the year’s receipts totaling 1,111,204 with last year at 1,187,907.86. Debts stood at 224,559. Bishop Foss proposed 1,000,000 for the society’s week, while a plan for 1,100,000 with 5% debt relief was debated and adopted after lengthy discussion.
A sweeping inquiry in Iowa uncovers alleged schemes where border county officials divert funds by shipping Illinois residents into Iowa as State patients in need of hospital care. The practice, long suspected in Scott County and other border counties, could cost the State large sums as counties reap fees from these transfers. A full investigation is promised.
A scramble among Shawnee county Populists unfolds as Sheriff elect Bob Kepley promises the best office for his applicants. He visits Fi Scott for endorsement and a push to secure the appointment, with Leech and Fred Close Jr among those seeking positions.
Senator Harris, on the Washington conference committee for the 1895 free silver campaign, urges bold bimetallic organization to secure a clear national convention plank endorsing unlimited coinage of silver and gold. His colleagues include Senators Jones of Arkansas and Lake of Indiana, Governor Stone of Missouri, William H. Binrichser of Illinois, and Casey Young of Tennessee.
Mrs Poteat wife of Calvary Baptist pastor blasted Yale College saying she would send a son to hell before Yale, claiming in a press briefing the first year would be godly then pipes and vice, as Christian Workers convention closes with others declining to endorse.
A November meeting of Chicago business leaders and Republican club heads discussed securing the Republican National Convention for the city. Chairman Carter of the RNC offered to move the convention for 14000 dollars plus working-expense guarantees, with J Irving Pearce ready to raise the funds. Carter suggested Pittshurz petitions may wait while Chicago secures the cash, noting committee poverty and using the auction to cancel debts.
On Monday Zeaich Son stable cabmen and Liberty Dawn Rising Sun Association drivers were ordered to stop work in a sympathy strike. By Nov 15 the cab market nearly halted with an estimated 500 to 1000 cabmen out, and 900 stable hands affected by the action.
Reports from Van district describe Kurdish attacks on Armenian villages with Turkish authorities unable to restore order. Rumors say Shakir Pasha may be recalled to become grand vizier, seen as a defiance of powers amid massacres since his tenure at Erzeroum.
A newspaper fragment reports St Marys elation over a show at Grimes Cellar Dor Opera House next Tuesday in Lincoln Nebraska. It also notes G B Kimball, a Deadwood banker missing with 100000 in cash, possibly killed for his money near Alliance Nebraska. A fatal duel in Bisnuz ends with Romero and Montague both gravely injured. Football tomorrow E and A versus Cooper at Athletic Park.
Reports show Northern capitalists eyeing a 1000 loom print cloth mill in the South. Cuban tobacco growers form a $150,000 company to cultivate tobacco in Florida. Mexico to issue twenty cent pieces and decimalize currency. Mrs. Sarah Davis fatally shoots neighbor Isabel Goodman in Rockport Indiana after a chicken dispute. Davis jailed. Bishop-elect named for Marquette diocese. Austin Corbin plans 50 miles of railroad in Arkansas to reach cotton plantations. U.S. postal officials issue French order to Exposition Information Bureau in Atlanta amid a dubious information scam. Cigar price and miscellaneous notices noted. advertises a Pure Havana cigar and a steam laundry line.
Police officer Washburn escorted a group of young boys along Kansas avenue. Eleven youths joined his parade but most misbehaved, throwing stones at a passing farmer. Seven were fined at afternoon court, while Harris and Reagan faced charges.
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