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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1895
Page
7
A railroad employer faces liability for actions by men under its control. The case hinges on whether the company exercised sufficient direction and authority over its workers. Courts weigh control, duties, and relation to the employer in determining responsibility.
Judge 3, BR Johnson, master in chancery, has returned from Sut Cui Keo where he heard evidence in a case brought by six Santa Fe employees to recover two months wages. The workers allege coal contractor J C Daniels drew full vouchers and left for parts unknown after the contract expired in August. The company paid the men when presented by the bank, and the workers demand payment from the company. Johnson will render a decision soon. Officials note freight, inspection, and staff movements across the Santa Fe line.
Post office inspectors will ride free on limited trains Nos 5 and 4. R K Jemison, tax agent of the F6, was slightly injured yesterday on West Sixth street when he fell from a trap. A water tank struck a man, killing him. Two Ellison siblings from Kansas City sue the Santa Fe for 10,000 in damages after a state line collision. A wagon-passage view obstruction is cited in the complaint.
The Lincoln Post Chronicle notes a charity recital where forty women contributed verses and efforts to raise funds for winter relief. Entries include Mrs. Ella Wadsworth and Mrs. Washburn, who traded labor for small sums, and a variety of light verse and singing. Receipts surpassed thirty three dollars, bolstered by ten cent admissions and additional gifts.
A couple aboard a moonlit excursion near a breakwater discuss swimming to shore as the boat nears two miles of crib. He admits he cannot swim well yet proposes trying, while she shows confidence and leans closer, amid a tense but nonchalant exchange.
A scene with a boastful stranger in Detroit recounts violent legends and a patrolman at Woodward and Michigan A later segment shows a rural white doctor conversing with a negro elder about medicine and doses amid a rambling dialogue The piece shifts to a courtroom style questionnaire and a series of brief humorous vignettes from various cities including Washington Star Chicago Tribune and Indianapolis Journal
A collage of vignettes from a late 19th or early 20th century paper features banter about western hunting, bird trimming, and boot sizes, interspersed with a tale of a hard coal rumor and a tense encounter with a wary townsman. A passenger remark about moonshiners and a meeting with Joe Bandy hint at neighborhood tensions and missing companionship in Johnson’s cabin.
An interview with Mark Twain aboard the steamer Warriman near Watsons Bay recounts his impressions of Australia. He jokes about diamonds and eyes, critiques foreign travel inconsistencies, and comments on his literary quarrel with Max O'Reilly, noting he won’t duel a Frenchman for publicity.
New York November 90 The Lotus club held its third reception for Sir Henry Irving with Frank KR. Lawrence presiding at the table alongside General Horace Porter Bronson Howard Paul Dana George W. Smalley and J J Clarke. A silver loving cup bearing an inscription commemorated the receptions and a dinner tableau featured scenes from King Arthur.
Debs argues that laboring men must strike at the ballot box and reject voting for parties beholden to their masters. He contends silver reform alone will not change the industrial system that enslaves workers and calls for the overthrow of wage slavery and a cooperative commonwealth.
Marlborough’s lawyer Rayn Hw Milward says rumors of the marriage settlement are greatly untrue. He denies a mortgage on Benheim estates and says the duke would not touch his bride’s money, noting it was disposed of in ordinary fashion.
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