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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1896
Page
4
The State Journal in its twenty third year lists subscription terms including carrier and mail rates. It notes delivery to Topeka and nearby towns, with prices for weekly and yearly editions and mentions the Permanent Home at State Journal Building.
A Topeka newspaper circulation statement reports the six months of 1896 with the paper claiming to lead in distribution. It contrasts with competitors and notes the daily average for the first six months of 1895 ending June 30, 1895, for comparison.
The New Zoerk Journal defends moral authority while sparring with Dr. Parkhurst over economic policy. It argues value arises from demand and supply shaped by legislation, notes Washington’s real estate value, and condemns McKinley’s stance on national honor, warning about silver as an exchange medium and the dangers of credit money tied to future labor.
The text argues money as a certificate of value exchanged by individuals, distinguishes money from wealth, and suggests currency debates would ease if the public understood money’s role. It uses gold mining, refining, and minting as examples of turning labor or property into a traded medium.
A Shawnee county farmer, a lifelong Democrat, declines joining a Bryan free silver club after a bank cashier questions his stance. The encounter at the Topeka bank reveals business concerns and political pressure driving his reluctance to publicly align with free silver advocacy.
Fair grounds police plan a temporary station at the state fair grounds during the reunion week. Police Commissioner A K Rodgers and Chief Gardiner inspected the northwest corner building, a dilapidated Exposition hall, and will fix it up for use with a dedicated telephone line to serve the event.
A Chicago reporter pressed William Jennings Bryan for comment on the nomination of Senator Palmer and Governor Buckner by sound money Democrats, but Bryan declined interview. He cited a Bible verse from Proverbs to illustrate his stance and urged not to rush opinions.
In Central Park New York, Kneipp cure patients gathered at dawn to walk grass from the north meadow, many in bare feet. An elderly man with shoes under his arm praised the practice as relaxing and healthful as others shed shoes and stockings to wade in. The Kneippverein plans a park extension to September through November, thanking New York media for advocating park access.
New York dispatch notes Tammany plans send 1200 shouters in five sections to Buffalo for the Democratic state convention. Leaders expect Senator Hill to speak after the convention while arguing the battle lies in the west. Chairman Hinckley visited the city but declined political talk, denying Croker plans though rumor hints at a likely return of the boss soon.
In Burlington Vermont a tug of war between Rutland and Central Vermont railroads broke out over two cars loaded with machinery from Rutland repair shops. The Central Vermont engine won after a coupling slip left the Rutland engine unable to move. The dispute centered on plans to move the repair shops to St. Albans, with Rutland claiming sabotage by the lessee.
Joseph Blow, a 70 plus year old McKinley Republican resident of Upper Sandusky Ohio, hauled a straight pole from the woods to his home and organized a neighborly pole raising followed by an eloquent address from Rev. W. Tobsy of Marseilles.
A secret political group named the Mystic Brotherhood claims to organize osth bound voters to push the liquor amendment back to the people. With lodges in Wichita and statewide reach, the order vows to support only candidates favoring resubmission and to oppose those who refuse to answer its questions.
Joan Boenschheidt, lifelong Republican in DC, and S. Smith, grand senior vice chancellor and Wichita city clerk, head a circle of prominent officers. John Hoenheidt, the most active Mystic Brother, is a well educated German editor owning seven German papers in Kansas and Oklahoma and credited as the order’s real father. O. J. Bownex.
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