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Newspaper

Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Feb 12, 1895

Page

2

SAFE IN PORT AS Gascogne ARRIVES AFTER STORM DELAY

La Gascogne, French steamship, limped into port at 11:30 after a sixteen day voyage from Havre. A broken piston rod on day three and subsequent hurricane conditions caused forty one hours of halted progress. Passengers cheered as the ship docked while quarantine delayed departure.

Quanantine la Gascogne Rois Havre Newfoundland le Gascorns Con Spictors Shacolspesy

Miss Boecker Meets Queen Victoria After Elbe Rescue

Miss Annie Boecker the only woman saved from the Elbe met Queen Victoria and Empress Frederick at Osborne House after detailing the disaster and rescue by the Wild Flower. The royals showed sympathy and gave keepsakes while arranging transport aboard the queen's yacht to Cowes.

Lexpos Annie Boecker Queen Victoria Empress Frederick Germany Miss Boecker Osborne House Cowes Osborne Oth England

Rescue of Eight Crew From Sinking Schooner Easterbrook

New York reports pilots of the America rescued eight men from the schooner Nathan Easterbrook Jr. near latitude 40 by the City Line steamer Liam, after sixteen hours of distress salvage. The vessel sank after rescue while coal laden and water-filled en route from Norfolk to New Bedford. In Leona New York, Mrs Davis, a district schoolteacher, was found frozen to death in a snow bank after Friday morning disappearance.

Easterbrook New York Pilot Devlin America Nathan Esterbrook, Jr Boston Norfolk New Bedford Leona Mra Davis

Missouri Solons Move Private Normal Schools on Par With State

In Jefferson City on February 12 the Missouri senate reported a bill to place private normal schools on parity with state normals in granting certificates. A separate bill by Middleton would criminalize advertising charrettes using nude or obscene images. The house spent the afternoon debating Murray's bill to separate the agricultural college at Columbia from the state university, with no conclusion reached.

Jryrzesox City Senate Middleton

Train Robbers Failed and Mind of Engineer Saves Train

An express northbound train near Anymore Indiana territory yesterday morning faced armed bandits on both sides of the track. The engineer halted then throttled forward, breaking past the signal as shots rang out. Glass shattered in the sleeper but no one injured. Also reports Creek nation debt amendment proposals, a quarrel at an Emmett company show, a murder found in Wrenkra, a minister killed by a falling tree, and a Missouri vote push for women’s suffrage with 5000 signatures from 44 counties.

Ind. Ter Fred

Manchester chamber elects four of seven bimetalists

At the Manchester chamber of commerce election seven bi metalist candidates ran, four were elected against the monometalists. The result signals sentiment in England on adopting a silver standard amid broader bimetallic agitation.

Manchester Chamber of Commerce Tve Lancashire Eneland

Hill for Gold Bond Policy Debated in Senate

In Wasatxorox on February 12 the Senate debated Hill’s resolution to define government policy for paying bonds in gold if gold and silver parity fails. Stewart countered for silver, while post office funding and rail issues dominated debate including West’s push for government control of postal cars and railroads’ influence. The session also covered Alabama election fraud claims, railroad litigation, and preparations for future terms of Senator Hoar.

Wasatxorox Senate Hill Stewart Postmaster General West Missouri Allen Alabama Black Belt Pettigrew South Dakota Hoar Lodge Davis Minnesota Kansas United States Gorman Montana Idaho

Ohio Mineralm Want Concurva

Distress grows in Ohio mining regions as hundreds face starvation. Charity from other parts of the state helps avert hunger among men women and children.

Ohio Mineralm Ohio

Concession to Guatemala Opens Arbitration Path

Guatemala signals willingness to submit indemnity dates and amounts to either a mixed commission or arbitration. The City of Mexico reports the step as a potential concession, aiming to resolve the dispute with Guatemala over compensation terms.

Guatemala Mexico Guata

Fire injures seven in city blaze at Creamery Building

Firemen saved most of a block around West Eleventh Street in Kansas City as flames from the Creamery Package manufacturing company at 1405 1410 West Eleventh Street damaged nearby structures. Stock valued up to 70 000 reportedly saved. one worker nearly suffocated, another frostbitten, and Chief Hale slightly cut by glass.

Kamesas City Kansas City Eleventh Twelfth Liberty Hickory Streets Cresmery Package Manufacturing Company West Eleventh Street Grms Bane Hale Frank Jordan Creamery Package Manufacturing Company

Kansas Canal Scheme Presented by Senator Ferfer

Senator Ferfer today presented to the senate a Kansas legislature resolution asking Congress to order a scientific survey. The survey would evaluate building a national canal to divert Missouri River floodwaters for irrigation on the Great Plains and tame flood risks.

Washixeton Peffer Senate Kansas Congress Missouri River Great Plains

Broad wire brief notes from capsized reform and crime

Briefs report a mix of political, crime, weather and local incidents. Nine prisoners escaped Athens Ohio jail. a Kansas Senate pooling bill fate. fires damage Frank Burnam store. Birmingham prisoners starved in jail. masked robbers threaten Missouri Pacific safes. treasury cash and gold reserves noted. famine claims rising. Elbe disaster fallout. New Jersey shooting and self harm. and a snowbound Southern morning.

Athens County Ohio Kansas United States McKinley Albany Lincoln Rockford Frank Burnam Fort Scottman Birmingham Ala Young Stovall Wiley Jordan A. R Greene Lecompton Bine Falls City Neb Missorai Pacific Age-Herald of Als Arriaga Guatemala Mexico RM. Thomas Plattsburg Chicago Division Railway St. Joseph Union Sre

A Right of Horror In Search of Water at Chugwater

The Chicago Tribune recounts a domestic comic tragedy in the Chugwater mansion as Mrs. Chugwater traps a bed of persistent indoor files with molasses and plaster contraptions. Mr. Chugwater, seeking drink, becomes entangled in sticky wrappings, waking in a chaotic scene that ends with laughter and alarm as the family discovers his predicament.

Chugwater Desperator

One of Her Gifts Weary Watkins (advanced woman)

A snappy column notes how the modern woman is perceived. Hungry Higgins argues the progressive woman has learned to throw a brick, reflecting satire on changing gender roles.

Weary Watkins Higgins Observaton Indianapolis

Incomprehensible remark about a German girl in Chicago Inter Ocean

A derisive fragment quotes an insulting remark about a German girl from the Chicago Inter Ocean. It notes the speaker’s confusion and hints at a careless or crude appraisal without providing context or details.

Thas Chicago Inter Ocean

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