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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1895
Page
3
In Kansas, explorer Henry M. Stanley recounts his travel tale featuring Leavenworth, detailing impressions of the fort and surrounding town during his Western expedition. His remarks illuminate local history and the 19th century frontier spirit.
Empouta July 2 Jack Armstead a young colored man living near the junction was assaulted and badly injured late Saturday night while walking with his brother. Three men attacked him from a dark alley striking him in the back of the head. He has been unconscious and is under medical care. his brother identified white assailants who mistook him for someone else. The injuries are not believed to be fatal.
In a July narrative from Leavenworth, Explorer Henry Stanley recites Hickok's tale of killing his first man. Hickok recalls a room confrontation with five men in Leavenworth City, the fight, and his pursuit with soldiers to seize the gang, burying eleven bodies in a cellar. He insists the killings were justified by provocation.
In Atchison the Kansas Avenue Methodist church heard Rev Dr Brumbaugh preach on The Man with an Inkhorn: the Power and Influence of the Public Press. He urged editors and preachers to act after sermons and press the right side in combating lawlessness, citing saloon disputes and political fights in Missouri and Kansas. A Stockton liveryman, 81, rode the railroad for the first time in years, recounting long journeys and rail fare debates.
City woes swirl as rumors claim Judge Reed died by his own hand. Reed laughs off the gossip, insisting he is alive after returning from his farm to a crowd at his home. Police court news follow as W E Dennis pleads guilty to assault, fined ten dollars. ABooge flats raid nets Bain and others. two trespassers fined five dollars. Three hopped fugitive suspects held for return to Santa Fe freight yard.
Fragment from a local paper notes a plan to visit Clinton Missouri to see a relative not met since age 149 and then perhaps go to Troy Illinois where the father, now 104, remains. It mentions Stockton figure "Uncle Ball" in hale health and a man of fifty, plus marriage at 76.
Telegrames announce Brown & Sons of Baltimore will fund a deep water harbor at Aransas Pass Texas with twenty feet of water over the bar by January 22 1906 and hoped to reach thirty feet at the harbor entrance. The development is hailed as a momentous commercial advance for the southwest and northwest Mexico.
Three highwaymen halted a Southern Pacific overland train near Grast's Pass Oregon at 10 15 pm. They placed dynamite on the rails disabling the engine and conducted a thorough search from the express car to the rear Pullman. No loot was found in the express car but sacks in the mail car were rifled. A shot was fired at Conductor Kearney but caused no injuries. A Roseburg posse and another from nearby mountains pursued the robbers.
Reports from Jacksonvi ll e Florida discuss Campos preparing a convoy supplied with poisoned food and defective cartridges to be captured by Cuban forces. The plan allegedly follows insurgent tactics of capturing the convoy, with food seized and returned by the Santa Fe. Also mentions various ads and July race entries.
The Topeka mayor and city council will travel to St Joseph on July Fourth leaving Topeka at 6:00 am by the Santa Fe. The return time depends on circumstances. The trip honors St Joe’s invitation for a large demonstration and horse race. They do not bet on races but expect to enjoy the excursion.
A July 2 east Turner hall gathering in Denver attracted about 30 Democrats to a mass convention on finance. Secretary Olney Newell read a discouraging address from state chairman Frank Arbuckle, urging unity and strong party discipline while favoring tariff reform and state rights. Delegates planned future meetings for national convention preparation, with mixed views on free coinage and Republican conduct.
Santa Fe coal manager C J Devlin is in distress and Land Commissioner John E Front of Santa Fe visits Albuquerque this week. John W Fox returns home to Sabetha after a week with the Lacey brothers. Eleven youths attend a concert at East Indianola school last night. Receiver C T McLellan of the LT S W trunk line returns from a month in Meine. The district conference of the colored ME churches will be held at Lane chapel Topalis on July 5. Women and children head to the country and come back with handsome wildflowers. Dr J H Lukens of the World Medical Institute in Kansas City is in Topeka overseeing the local branch at 631 Quin cy street and says expert physicians will staff the institute locally and maintain high standards. Mra Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething babies is promoted as soothing, gum-softening, pain-relieving, and a remedy for wind colic and diarrhea, at twenty-five cents per bottle. Return, $19 by the Santa Fe.
Round trip fares advertised for multiple destinations including Dexves Presto Coronado Stames and Lovursyitts Ky with one fare to Baltimore and Missouri. Sale dates and full terms available through Rowner Enos at Southeast corner 6th and Kan Topeka. Boston and return via Santa Fe priced at 51.55. Special laundry services noted.
Puituiperoms, Bulgaria July 2 The Macedonia question sparks excitement with posters declaring revolt and cries for help. Police removed the placards after many read them signaling public unrest in the region.
Missouri Senators West and Cockrell push for Thos M Speers of this city to be named warden of the new federal penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth. Major R McGlaughy declines the post, leaving Speers or an Indiana candidate as possibilities. Speers says he knows nothing of the effort and is unsure if he would accept.
The Evangel lists longest day lengths across places from Tornen Finland to New York and St Petersburg Russia noting hours, dates and extremes. It also recounts a street shadow fight in Gay alley and a German ballooning report from Breman showing Cirrus ascent to 18 500 metres with frost and temperature patterns.
Nearly every engine on room run ning into Chicago blows its whistle in a different way upon entering or leaving the city. Crew members often have wives or sweethearts within hearing distance and the signals announce the train's arrival or departure.
The market opened weak for wheat and corn with limited buying pressure, September futures slipping before modest support emerged, oats under pressure, and provisions trading firm with pork and lard holding gains. Kansas City and London dispatches show mixed receipts and prices, with weather mild and markets showing stubborn buy orders and cautious outlooks for soft spots.
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