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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1894
Page
4
The State Journal lists subscription options for daily and weekly delivery. Prices shown: by mail three months, nine twelve months, and a yearly rate. carrier delivery at ten cents per week. variants across towns where paper carrier system operates. Details appear in the Kansas edition’s introductory notice.
Report notes a dramatic rise during the three summer months of 1604 with over fifty percent growth year over year, reflecting a striking surge in computed averages across the state. The source emphasizes a notable increase in daily measures during the period.
Fragmentary note claims Holliar and Peppetacer swore an agreement to subscribe, per it being ene Ciers of the abree ne. Readable elements indicate a financial pledge or subscription related to an unnamed party and period.
The piece discusses Republican infighting over reward for workers, party leadership ambitions, and potential fallout before the next election. It references Senator Poffer, Cleveland, and a shift toward metal policy, noting the labor strike’s failure, Debs, and Gompers’s leadership. It also covers Barcelona bombings and European anarchist threats, urging restraint and caution in handling extremism.
Fragmentary remarks condemn bond issuance as useless to replenish the gold reserve. Speakers accuse Bryan and the Democratic leadership of seeking to aid financiers, urging restraint and arguing Congress failed to act to prevent current financial strain. The dialogue questions government spending and gold policy amid fiscal tensions.
Testimony in district court centers on Lee Jones and the alleged whisky purchase tied to a prohibited liquor case. Prosecution claims strong evidence while defense doubts key witnesses and questions the chain of custody, with Judge Maroocal presiding.
An article from New York discusses Jorge Parsons Lathrop criticizing misrepresentations about the Catholic church in the United States. It covers misapprehensions tied to English events around the Nox riot and Lord George Gordon Heene, with opposition to Catholic claims of intolerance. Also noted is a separate Ironton report: H. Winter of Denver, an organist, jailed six years for perjury.
M W Howard of Alabama a Populist speaker spoke to a large audience in New York on the state of southern politics. He claimed the Democratic party emptied white pockets before elections, warned of Democratic tallies in Black Belt counties, and noted registration tricks and lack of contest laws in Alabama.
Senator Teller, bound for Washington, criticizes bond issues as endless and asserts bonds withdraw gold from the treasury. He urges revenue reform, questions finance policy, and advocates using silver with gold at current or French ratios to spur prosperity and back a party promising such a system.
In Minnesota on November 22, lumbermen cutting timber along the Upper Mississippi and tributaries plan to form a large pooling pool. A committee is devising details to unify stock, buy timber by scale, and handle sorting, branding, and resale to mills, aiming to save costs. The pool targets a total cut of 51% million feet.
Factory inspector Wert e horn of Pennsylvania, en route to New Orleans, praised John Wanamaker's labor practices after Dr George Horton of Iowa State College criticized him in a Springfield Ohio lecture. He said no employer could better treat workers or provide for their comfort, and rejected Herron's account as untrue.
Gen Booth of the Salvation Army arrived in Chicago and was given a reception by the Chicago Press Club after a rest. He praised reception in eastern cities and will stay until Thursday for planned Salvation Army appearances and engagements.
Funeral services were held yesterday for Frederick Dauber at 604 Weet Sixth, and for Alice Gentry from Shiloh Baptist church. Divorce and property actions include Penny Carlton seeking divorce from W F Carlton on abandonment grounds after less than three years of marriage. Reinhart sold five Berlin Heights lots for $450. Haskell sold one acre in Dover to George Kemble for $100. A circuit court suit by Dr Hull to foreclose a mortgage on the Olathe Electric Light works was filed, with a receiver hearing denied by Judge Foster. Receiver N D Todd ordered to post 100000 to protect the bridge approach washed away by the Missouri river. J G H Huntley company to open a week at Crawford with Halwel Down, in its fifteenth road year, returning to Kansas from Texas. Lieutenant Colonel Sweezey of the US Army visited, recently married, and traveling after a trip to Port Meade.
St Louis creates a Civic Federation with a Committee of Public Safety to purge politics. The nonpartisan body, limited to about 100 members, aims to curb election fraud and attract broad citizen support, with seventy five leaders present at Planters House. Public confidence centers on a long standing nonpartisan ideal.
Items from North Topeka include street cleaning completed, river near low water mark, August Lewian a Rock Island fireman married yesterday, Miss Della Rorabaugh visiting her brother, Ex-Late Senator Matt Edmonds visiting J B Wilson, Delman and Lewis back from a hunting trip, Frank Gooduan improving, A Arnold & Son offer Homeopathic remedies, 11 year old Matilda Neisweader ill with malaria at 122 Van Buren St, W Mt Gussard back from St Louis business trip amid bustling trade.
Reports from November 22 describe a gang of gamblers and confidence men in Sac and Fox country. After the tribe received a $40,000 annuity last week, ministers allege redskins were deprived of more than $20,000 by the agency’s larger, bolder con men and their schemes.
A Kansas City appeal declares the people command traders and manufacturers to secure best bargains. It argues the buyer’s market is driven by large purchases, with traders, importers, and merchants acting as intermediaries to pass benefits to 200000 plus residents. It stresses cutting out wholesalers and middlemen to speed savings.
An advertisement extols a cosmopolitan fur assortment from Berlin Paris and London plus nearer markets. It emphasizes skill from top fur makers, universal beauty, and a broad stock to meet European standards, noting limited future availability and urging Kansas City shoppers to visit for selection.
Antique fur market ad lists Minch KN Persian Lamb Coat with new back and large sleeves, several Persian Lamb Capes in varied lengths from 23 to 34 inches, astrakhan, seal and Marten capes, electric seal capes, opossum and lynx furs, plus wool seals and muff listings. Prices range from about 15 to 225 dollars, with multiple trims and collars described, and a closing note to all the leading furs.
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