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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1894
Page
2
A garbled tale recalls a dapper young man who dazzled several women with rapid talk and clever stories as a group toured Cranston residences. The piece notes reactions, a toast to the mystery man, and a playful scare about Sheridan’s home, ending with a Chicago Tribune tidbit on language and social class.
Brewrwomam Alabama November 30. Defected Populist candidate Kolb calls on followers to gather at Montgomery on December 1 to inaugurate him governor claiming fraud in elections. He asserts he was elected and urges peaceful, lawful action, warning of trouble if Kolb supporters attempt to seat him. Governor Jones responds that Oates was lawfully elected and warns of consequences if orders are disobeyed. Other items note Kate Field honored by France and Winslow teething syrup ad.
In Atlantic City a crowd of 4000 watched Jack McAuliffe vs Zeigler. Police intervened to prevent knockouts as bouts opened with Barnett vs Mur Rey and McBride vs Gorman. McAuliffe suffered two small wrist fractures in the second round after a fierce, referee ruled draw.
Reports claim Senator Cameron consents to head a pro silver party in 1896. Close allies deny any inde pendent movement and say he remains Republican. His letters from silver enthusiasts are acknowledged but no formal plans exist. The senator is in New York with a return expected later, and confidants stress he does not plan to defect.
In the Indian Territory near the Vertigris river twenty miles from here, Whites and Cherokees clash in a widening arc of skirmishes. The Cook gang led by Bill Cook consolidates forces as his young wife remains at the rendezvous. The piece notes the century turning toward 1900 and jabs at Price's Baking Powder.
A train of coal cars crashed through the Brush Creek bridge at Larimer station last night burying miners beneath wreckage. Authorities fear five to sixteen men are dead or missing after the collapse, with brakeman Carroll reporting several on the cars went down.
Nov 20 reports a presidential order expected today to bring numerous offices outside the civil service under Civil Service Commission examinations. The move aims to include post offices and other positions, expanding testing and qualification requirements nationwide.
Turbulent crime report from Missouri and Minnesota items. A Bohemian man near Wellsville killed his mother, sister, and brother with an ax before setting fire and killing himself. a sister escaped through a window. In Minnesota, a son shot his mother as brothers returned from church. she survived. Other items mention a conductor killed from a train, a ten year sentence for parricide, baking powder claims, and a deathbed marriage of a rich bachelor’s housekeeper.
In a Supreme Court ruling Justice Brewer held that Shawnee and Delaware Indians absorbed by the Cherokee are entitled to equal benefits from Cherokee land sales. The case centers on roughly $2,000,000 claimed by the Shawnees and Delawares from the Cherokee strip sale and related transactions.
In Millington Tennessee the state faced a setback as key witness Butch McCarver, an infidel, refused to testify in the Ned Smith and W Richardson lynching case, prompting immediate perjury charges against McCarver and possible removal moves against Sheriff A J McCarver. Other regional items note General Forsyth leaving Fort Riley for San Francisco and a Western Passenger Association collapse prompting likely reorganization.
The Topeka club outlines a winter program with a series of lectures and parties starting in December a grand opening party planned to be lavish with details limited only by space. Out of town guests include Fred Funston John Thurston Jobs J. Logalls and Park Dyche with efforts to secure their talks on politics governance and library culture.
A brief OCR fragment references IPER HEpsteck and PLUG TOBACCO with unclear context. The readable portion notes tobacco plug wording repeated, but no clear event date names or locations are present.
A provocative piece discusses rising horseflesh consumption in Europe since the Franco Prussian War, noting cheaper meat and its spread from Paris to Berlin. Medical and humanitarian warnings cite trichinosis risks, yet sentiment and necessity push hippophagy forward, with Britain still wary.
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