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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1894
Page
2
Secretary Morton shares his stance on the boycott issue, outlining potential impacts and urging careful consideration of economic and political consequences for Germany and allied nations.
The Hamburg senate extended the embargo to exclude American cattle and dressed meat from Germany. Officials see Texas fever as a possible pretext, not motive, and believe sanitary concerns drive the move. Secretary Morton and experts argue live cattle are inspected and Texas fever cannot spread via dressed meat.
In Sioux Falls Oct 31 South Dakota politics buzzed as Bishop Marty Catholic bishop confirmed writing letters to state priests urging use of influence for reelection of Senator Pettigrew. The typed list of Republican candidates and a pencil note from Marty urged support to keep Pettigrew in the Senate citing the matter’s importance for state prosperity and fiscal policy.
John E Pittman a wealthy Moberly businessman, after estranging from his wife, attempted to reconcile then wrote a farewell note and ingested arsenic. He lies near death as doctors treat him in St Charles hotel. The story follows other brief items from Nebraska and Mapuro political rounds.
Suits filed in the circuit court yesterday seek penalties and damages against George J. Gould president of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. The Sedalia and Warsaw lines join with Iright Treelray stockholders alleging violation of statute 2535 for holding office in a railroad with stock interests and conflict of interest. Springfield Sedalia Construction seeks $109000 damages for breach of contract related to Gould's actions.
United States Consul Morse reports Glasgow merchants receiving large orders after the new tariff act. Exports and imports are expected to surge in the coming year, with August and September showing notable invoice and export value gains. Quarter figures show 704 thousand and 654 thousand dollars in exports, up 60 thousand from last year. similar monthly increases are cited. The report cites broader momentum in Glasgow United States trade.
Reports recount a boiler explosion at A. I. Kreps saw mill in Mouth Parkersburg killing John Kreps and another man instantly while injuring Genjamin Mounts. Other items note a death near Gran Rapids Michigan from shooting, a Chicago habeas corpus action, a Detroit strike at Standard Pearl Bottos, and various legal notices and police proceedings.
In October dispatches from Laura McArnesten and Muskogee detail sensational reports of the Cook gang near Mussokene as federal forces are warned. The telegrams promise a likely battle near Blue Creek with 21 robbers, while officials mobilize deputies and offer transport to the scene. A separate Chicago jewel heist nets around $6,000 in watches as two robbers overpower Brethauer & Co. and lock the master in a vault before escaping.
A Denver region autopsy leaves Marie Contassiot’s death unresolved amid allegations of a secret society on Market Street called The Macquereaux that allegedly imported women from France and bonded under Les Chevalieres d Amour. Police suspect the group in a nearby strangling case. a prominent lawyer in Penny, Oklahoma faces embezzlement charges. Henry Frederick Schetzel in Brooklyn seeks Texas land worth millions. Ayer’s Hair Vigor advertised as scalp remedy.
Dr W T Harris, U S Commissioner of Education, notes 23 percent of people attend school at some point yearly, with an average attendance of 87 days per pupil. He urges reading in elementary schools, libraries supplying reading material, and newspapers guiding public opinion as core educational tools. He credits libraries, newspapers, lectures, and churches as forces extending schooling.
The Postmaster General announces rewards for arrest and conviction of highway robbers and post office burglars in the fiscal year ended June 30, 1645. $1,000 for robbing mails on trains, $500 for robbing on routes with mail handler assaulted, $250 for attempting to rob mails with assault, and $100 to $200 for breaking into a post office and stealing. All rewards must be claimed within six months of conviction.
Captain Hartnett questioned a 60 year old passenger at the Lake Shore depot who, dressed in a gray suit and slouch hat, was identified as May Alford of 10 South Twenty first street, St. Joseph Mo. She claimed a $10,000 loss to a blackmailer then confessed to being a woman in disguise.
Stand by Powderly affirmed as the Knights of Labor in Canada resolve to disown any friendly stance toward Powderly to avoid disfranchisement. The assembly met last night and reaffirmed support for the late grand master workman amid tensions. Johnson Breaks Aceture Record Burfato NY Oct 21 Johnson rode an unpaced mile in 1 57 5 yesterday breaking all records.
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