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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1895
Page
2
Grover Cleveland resists claims of secrecy, stating he sought only openness about a Hawaii royalists visit. He describes negotiations with commissioners from Queen Liliuokalani, his written reply, and congressional limits guiding U S actions in Hawaii. He reports illness prevented meeting the delegates and that he never communicated with them beyond the documented exchange.
A chaotic, poorly spaced wire service style report outlines a Moyalist plot in Henat with witnesses from government spies, three conspirators held for trial, and a plan to seize government buildings and arrest republic supporters including Dole and cabinet members. The piece also covers scattered items from West Virginia politics and other distant notices.
General Philip Sidney Post of Illinois died at the Hamilton hotel after an illness of one day. A veteran of the Civil War, he held multiple commands in the Union army and later served as a consul in Vienna and consul general for Austria Hungary. He was born in 1833 in New York and practiced law in Kansas before entering public service.
Special from O'Neil says searchers believe they found Scott's body in an old well near the lynching site. Clothings found in the well, body thought to be there. it will be raised today. Also updates on China Japan peace talks and a violent crime in Beaten to Death With Clubs near Withers plantation. Funds sought in Debs case by Central Labor Union. Cushman United Telephone Co of Chicago forms with $90,000,000 capital to manufacture and operate telecoms.
Toroxt Jan 7 Yesterday morning at 3 o'clock a fire utterly consumed the Toronto Globe newspaper building and plant causing $150,000 in losses. One fireman was killed and four others severely injured by falling walls. Also Boston Jan 7 reports the pilot boat No 3 J W Lawler was sunk by the schooner Horace Bb Parker of Gloucester with four crew perishing.
Sheriff raided East Seventh street gambling house of Walt Hillis and Swede Cook as factions clash among Topaka gamblers led by Croft Collingsworth Tymon and Lord. Patrons not molested, bonds posted. names taken as witnesses amid a power struggle.
Brief items report a powder plant blast near Xenia Ohio killing three workers. Other wires note Daniel H Craig founder of the Associated Press died at 80. Nebo Texas town robbed and burned by three masked men. Carlisle currency bill canvass shows 124 in favor.
A Nomad neighbor notices a tiny white card in a hall mirror that toggles between In and Out for Mr Clerkinwell. The habit spawns curiosity and a nervous routine as Clerkinwell frets over accuracy, aided by Maggie. After a hospital turn, the card ends with Out, then back to In, revealing little more than ritual and routine.
A column notes a revival of collecting interest in old masters. It compares the current trend toward early English Dutch Flemish works with past fads for Italian Spanish and other Italianate pieces. The piece criticizes collectors and dealers as repeating earlier follies influenced by European fashions.
A playful exchange between a boy and his father about why electric light wires are covered with rubber. The father explains the safety reason in a humorous, dialect tone reflecting local color from Indiapspolis Journal.
A New York World piece describes the anteater as a strange, useful Brazil resident that opens ant hills and eats ants with a long nose, sticky tongue, and claws. Its bushy tail and nocturnal prowls help it stay warm and hunt millions of ants.
A Washington girl Miss Bertha Brodt, daughter of William Brodt, visits a German school near Berlin. At a Neidarrene line of students greeting Kaiser Wilhelm, she offers flowers, the Kaiser bows, kisses her, and calls her a sweet subject for a moment. The piece also notes playful schoolroom scenes from youth periodicals.
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