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Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jan 19, 1895

Page

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Oppose Burton Der Senator Clergy Preach Against Elevation

The opposition to J. R. Burton der Senator gathers where pastors plan four or more sermons tomorrow. They criticize Thur ton’s bid for the senate, accusing him of misrepresenting Republican constituents in his position and urging voters to reject his elevation.

W. Sterne W. Youle CM. Gallentirn al D. Sher Fink Shawater Shawnese County Senate of the United States J. R. Burton Stérnu Sed Gardentice Burtad Veale Sherman Burton Jill Brown Garden City Barton Brown Ady Journal Hud Aml Thacher

Mass Meeting To Oppose Burton For U S Senator

Shawnee county residents mobilize petitions and public protests against J Burton for United States senator. ministers join the campaign as mass meeting set for Monday to unite behind a non Burton candidate.

Tepeke Sgalagt J. Burton United States To- Peed Jainar Burton John Marti Sha

Fitzsimmons Indicted for Manslaughter in New York

Synaquse New York January 1st grand jury in Onondaga county returned a manslaughter in the first degree indictment against pugilist Robert Fitzsimmons for the death of his sparring partner Don Riordag at Jacobs Opera House in November He stated he would not evade arrest and believed he would be acquitted if tried He was en route to St Louis when informed of the indictment.

Fitzsimons Synaquse N.Y Grand Ununilaga County Robert Fitzsimmons Don Riordag Jacobs Opera House This City Bob St. Louis Bob Fitesimmons St Louis Quincey Belleville Onondaga County New York Ray Con

Fire destroys Winfield business district stalls and church

A blaze in Winfield last night consumed Henderson Nichols livery stable. Reed Canton marble works. Canton windmill house. Pierce livery stable. and the Christian church. Eight horses perished and the Nieh 1014 stables were burned as well as the windmill house. Loss estimated at 50000 dollars. Meanwhile Yale and Princeton have scheduled the first intercollegiate gymnastic meet for February 27 at Yale gymnasium with a 15 event program.

Kansas City Jin Star Winfield Henderson & Nichol W. Cintons Marble Works Reed & Canton Pierce Christian Church Nieh Windmill House New Haven Conn Yale Princeton Yale Gymnasium

Riot Over Brooklyn Street Cars Expected as Militia Arrives

About 8,000 militiamen are on duty to curb strikers as scenes of riot unfold in Brooklyn. Troops guard stations and car sheds while violence erupts at Halsey Street, Ninth Avenue, and Fulton Street lines. Strikers obstructions, police orders, and looming sympathy strikes threaten operations across multiple trolley routes.

Broonlys Fifth Avenue Varius Ar Maries Brooklyn Heights Atlantic Avenue Burgenm Street Major Cochran Prospect Park Reservoir Tobbs Sykes Flatbush Buffalo Pationdl Guard Busbes Diuator Connelly Court Street Potnam Avenue Flatbush Avenue Board of Mediation and Arbitration Ninth Iyeque Twentieth Street Ninth Avenue Twenty-Fourth Jersey City Hoboken Halsey Street Kerry Company 1 17Th Regiment Wells Haa Putnam Avenue Ralph and Howard Avenues Kelly Hawk Rine Whalen Ralph Avenue Hisiey Street Whelen Forty-seventh Regiment New York Fulton Street Broadway United States Main Wiltus Place Fulton Manhattan Crossing Stone Avenued Williams Place Sumner Avenue M. J. Connelly District Assembly No. 75 Dtsons Brooklyn Bergen Street Vanderbilt Avenue Sumner Dean Street

New Police Board Appointment Rumors Surface in Topeka

Gov Morrill nears selection of police commissioners with deliberations over Democratic member Arlex K Holliday and Republican picks PL Trovelbraken and Thomas Bain. David Overmyer denies endorsements while Gill Green and Albert Earnest remain unendorsed. Appointment seen as courtesy to Col Holliday, former territorial legislator.

Arlex K. Holliday Morrill Topeka Tus PL Trovelbraken Thos Bain Byard FS. McCabe David Overmyer Overmyer Fiat Willam Green Albert Earnest Geystner Morrill Colonel Holliday Territorial Tim

Prospective Strike At Cherokee Zinc Company

Portseurs Kansas January 19 Following Cherokee Zinc Company action most district smelters have cut wages or plan to do so Initially workers expected acceptance but recent days have seen growing strike talk among those affected The article notes wage cuts and rising unrest among workers.

Kan Cherokee Zinc Company Imost

Guatemala Rejects Mexican Ultimatum War Rumors Rise

Guatemala rejects Mexico's four demands including full indemnity and frontier survey. Mexican capital buzzing with war talk as both sides deploy troops and artillery along the frontier. Only an extract of Guatemala's reply received. full document due around January 25.

City of Mexico el Universal Guatemala Americana Guatemalan Republica

Police Court Notes A Morning Session Outcomes

Tom Higgins was fined 10 dollars for drunkenness and disturbing the peace. Mary Wade and Carry Alexander faced charges of dis turbing the peace but were dismissed due to insufficient evidence. F Padgett fined 5 dollars for intoxication. Pearly Gourman, identified as a bid girl, fined 8 dollars for intoxication and loud talk. M L Wait, a tramp, sent out of town under suspension of sentence. Jane Williams, a colored girl, fined 25 dollars for common offenses.

Tom Higgins Mary Wade Carry Alexander F. Padgett Pearly Gourman M. L. Wait Jane Williams

Baldwin seeks rehearing over dog reward miswording

W J Baldwin through attorneys asks the district court to set aside Justice Grover’s verdict and rehear the case stemming from a misworded newspaper ad offering a 25 dollar reward for a missing dog found by William and James Walker who claimed 25 dollars. Baldwin contests fairness and wants the matter tried again in district court. The segment also covers Trades Assembly officers elected and local political notes.

W.J. Baldwin Dox Justice Court W. J. Baldwin District Court Grover Baldwin William James Walker Walker

United Stand Drives Anti Burton Republicans to Unite

Republicans aligned against Burton urge Kansas to rally behind Hood Thacher or Ady. They claim power to shape the next U S senator and promise a decisive showing if they canvass, weigh options, and unite as one bloc to win a great victory for the party.

Tily United States Kansas Major C. Hood Solon Thacher Joseph W. Ady United Burton Hood Ady Dad

High Handed HUDSON A Santa Fe Official Teased Petition

A Santa Fe official tore a petition protesting J R Burton's Senate bid into fragments after a clerical mix up. Signers, many from Republican groups in Topeka, asserted their rights to petition despite the incident. The paper’s fragments were later reassembled for further circulation.

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