16 Oct 1895
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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1895
Page
1
Denver marks its annual Festival of Mountain Pain with over 3,000 attendees from city and countryside. A grand parade featuring a 400-child Suman flag unit leads the festivities, celebrating state progress from early days to the present amid colorful yellows and whites.
A chaotic New York registration scene aboard a Sixth Avenue doorway turns uneasy as Cornelius Vanderbilt objects to an Afro American inspector’s questioning. The incident features ink spills altering names, a comic yet tense exchange, and Vanderbilt asserting dignity while asserting age and height details. The episode ends with a coin toss and the two officials disappearing together.
In New York on June 16 a Republican club event featured Sen Warner Miller and editor Charles Emery Stith presiding. Miller defended the party’s record, attacked Tammany and home rule, warned against Sunday and excise laws, and linked local option to slavery era bloodshed. The talk highlighted fears of beer gardens and European influence.
The Scandinavian Republican club held a special session to discuss Evia Nystrom's dismissal on state grounds amid a political controversy. A committee of Chariot Swanayn St North and F. Linden will interview executive members and report at the club’s Monday night gathering. Separately, state charities move toward enforcing military style uniforms for inmates and staff at several asylums, with wider adoption possible.
Phibansiota October 1 Pope Leo writes to the Catholic clergy condemning religious congresses. He warns against Catholic participation in such gatherings and suggests church leaders will anathematize congresses of religion. The letter follows Chicago World’s Fair religious congresses and echoes calls to limit interfaith assemblies.
The revised charter of Shawnee Fire Insurance Company of Topeka was filed with the secretary of state this afternoon. The old charter traced to Kut sus Dormers Fire Insurance, originally based in Abilene. J. J. Burton is removed from management while new board members include Governor EN Morrill, A. A. Rob inson, Calvin Hood, E Wilder, and I. Atherton. Remaining old directors are P. Dilug, Joab Mulvane, J. W. Goloe, John Maulyage, Geo M. Noble, and D. W. Mulvane.
Amid diphtheria alerts at Quinty school North Topexa health and water boards press to keep schools open. A university treasury report shows 1000 inked in losses since May while 1200000 subscribed and 20 000 remain to fund dulliting operations as part of a broader public health and educational scene.
Professor ER Barnard former head of Lick Observatory arrived in Chicago to take charge of the University of Chicago antico nomical department. He cautioned against sensational claims about Mars signals and said no telescope will reveal mars long range signals. focus remains on lunar limits and planetary studies. He noted delays at Yerkes Observatory. work to begin January with autumn lectures and writings.
A wedding planned at 21 Candler Street shifts to funeral preparations after Mr William Shomber, father of the bride Ida Hahn, is killed en route to the ceremony. The groom is a brakeman from Emporia, and the body arrived in town at 4 a.m. Burial set for tomorrow at 2 p.m. from the Christian church. the groom was 38.
The revision committee of the Episcopalian convention reported canon 35 on marriage and divorce. It forbids ministers from solemnizing marriages for divorced persons unless the divorce was granted by a court for crime. Clergy must obtain the bishop's consent before baptizing or administering communion to such individuals unless the party is near death.
Kansas City October report from Fort Scott says cashier Colman’s deficit rose to eighty nine thousand dollars with ten thousand dollars of notes missing. Bank Commissioner Breidenthal declares the state bank insolvent, notes missing, Colman unable to explain. St Louis Bank of Commerce shows another ten thousand dollar shortage. Judge Ware may assist in winding up affairs as depositors seek a receiver for the Fort Scott bank, with first payments possible within sixty days. Colman is said to believe he will live but face a long, precarious time.
At 12 39 pm Officer Pinkston and two cops found 15 year old Rose Woody and 16 year old Annie Betts in a heady building on 700 Kansas avenue after a chase from a back room. F M Hentig, a single 59 year old salesman, was arrested later after a tense stand off. The girls accuse him of immoral conduct and inducement. he claims ignorance.
John Griffith arrives from Leavenworth to star as Mephisto at the Grand in Topeka this evening amid praise and plans to tour through Atchison St Joseph and Chicago. He discusses future plays and lightstrain on eyesight from stage work, noting Morrison and Keene as peers and the evolving acting style.
A banker argues for the gold standard, asserting it as the sound monetary basis. He outlines ten bankers’ positions endorsing stable value, restraint on inflation, and disciplined credit.
The second day of the American Hawkers' association session opened with remarks by George N. Aldredge denouncing the push to restore silver as money. He argued the world has long chosen the gold standard, condemning the double standard idea and warning against repudiation. Maryland and Iowa political notes followed, with Ka-Governor Biles urging silver reinstatement as a national issue in Democratic campaigning.
Louisiana reports from New Orleans and nearby delta regions warn that the lower delta and Gulf coast are slowly sinking as measurements at the mouth of the Mississippi indicate gulf level rise of about one foot since 1877. Major Quinabe cites land subsidence along the coast as the cause, with widespread concern across Mississippi, Louisiana, and New Orleans. News also covers political meetings in Topeka and Jackson, a concert by the military band, and Loyal Legion events featuring General Dawes and other speakers in Washington and local towns.
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