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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1895
Page
6
In railroad circles it is noted that freight cars are now equipped in compliance with the latest legal requirements. Officials assert that safety standards are met and shippers may expect smoother operations with standardized couplings and braking systems nationwide.
News from Topeka highlights federal railway safety mandates requiring end handholds on freight cars by December 1, 1540 and full compliance by February 15, 180. Santa Fe and other lines report progress with most cars now fitted, while some lines must complete retrofits at repair tracks.
Paris newspapers praise President Vuaire's difficulties following the Ribot ministry's resignation. Moderates lament lack of notification on prosecutions linked to a rail row scandal, while Radicals cheer the defeat as revenge for strike setbacks. Bourois expected to head a radical cabinet amid calls for dissolution if anarchy endures.
Local items report routine moves such as Leonies mornings, Judge Foster in the federal building, and Browniid to speak at a Popular meeting. Weather hinders winter wheat growth while transfers and civic notes involve Dawes and Kansas City firms. Police, court, and political snippets touch on marriage, theater, and the carnival season.
Jennie Goodwin, a 24 year old Kansas City stenographer turned stock commission broker, has opened an office at the Kansas City stock yards. She built her plan by years at a firm of five stock commissioners and has attracted a syndicate of cattlemen yet prefers to remain independent. Her popularity at the exchange grows as she leads in a male dominated field with a brisk, clear business mind.
A fragment discusses balance in household management, noting wise forethought and flexible systems to handle interruptions. It contrasts housekeeping as daily care with mere adornment and warns that rigidity harms home life. It also cites French laws restricting infant solid food without medical order and nursing bottle regulations.
The government and People s Power company plan a massive dam above the government land to erect thirty one turbine wheels and two 1000 horsepower engines. The project costs about 150000 and aims to revitalize Davenport Rock Island Moline manufacturing and rival Niagara in water power utilization.
Thorpe, a wealthy railroad contractor with an office in New York, bought fourteen hundred acres in Luverne county. Buildings were burned, trees torn up, and fences destroyed by incendiaries. Locals allege the land was too much for a single man to own.
Militia from Milwaukee and miners threaten to use force to remove nonunion miners from the Hunter mine area adjacent to the Morning mine in Mulion Idaho. Governor asked to proclaim martial law as two companies are ordered to Wardner and prepared to move to Mullen on short notice. An Idaho man Cornelius Turner seeks gubernatorial pardon after a manslaughter conviction in Atchison.
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