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Newspaper

Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jul 19, 1895

Page

2

Many Small Fights Describe Cuban War Engagements

Desultory combats persist in Cuba as forces under Generals Campos and Maceo engage insurgent bands. A Marine detachment at San Diego del Valle repelled about 360 attackers, with Bermudez and Linares killed. Casualties: 3 marines dead, 4 wounded. 12 insurgents killed, 20 wounded. Authorities report tensions between Maceo and Gomez, plus efforts to deter uprisings in nearby districts.

Duenas Bermudez Linares Duenes Zavas Committee of Autonomists Ctenfugos Segua Valenzeula Barrancas Manzanillo Martinez de Campos Inader Maceo Corijo Yaguaya Gomez Puerto Principe Masseo Maceo Cubs Guamo Couto

English Elections Spark Riots After Results Released

Polls show Conservatives 258 Liberal Unionists 47 total Unionists 305 while Liberals 73 McCarthyites 57 Parnellites 6 Tambor 2 total opposition 138. Newcastle crowds riot after Right Hon John Seeley defeat. windows attacked, Unionist supporters insulted, police charged. Mounted police patrol streets as unrest spreads. Morley's defeat causes great sensation across Great Britain.

Loxpon McCarthyites Parnellites Tambor Newcastle John Seeeley Morley Great Britain

Chief Harris Aims to Secure Cherokee Settlement Funds

Chief Harris of the Cherokee nation travels to Washington to push payment of the $600,000 owed to old settlers. He questions a $200,000 attorney fee as excessive and plans to seek a reduction, facing likely resistance from fee proponents.

Chief Harris Washington Waswiotes Cherokee Nation Harris Harria

Package Hunt in Omana as 29000 Missing

William F. Quick arrives in Omana to locate the 29000 package missing from the United States Express office. Four Omaha employees are on the car pet as efforts to verify whether the money ever reached Omaha continue. A fraud order is issued against Excelsior Publishing of St Louis for book contracts with many defrauded in the past. FP B Landen, famed crook, is sought in Kay county for murder and other crimes.

Omana Neb William F. Quick Western Division United States Express Company United States Express Omaha Wassixeros Excelsior Publishing Company Lewis Holloway F. W. Holloway Charles Larsch Manners St. Louis Penny B. Landen Perry Kay County

May Fight at Galveston Proposed for Big Fight

Galveston backs a Corbett Fitzsimmons bout on the island. City leaders appoint a committee to meet Florida Athletic Club President Stuart in Dallas to discuss a location change with ground and building free. Stuart says Galveston’s bid is liberal and he will visit Saturday.

Dan Fiuart Tk Dallas Texas Galveston Corbett Fitzsimmons Stuart Florida Athletic Club

Baseball Scores and a Heroic Rescue Story

Western League results show Milwaukee over Grandpe te and Minneapolis action. National League games include Chicago beating Boston and New York defeating Louisville. A Denver man Daniel Schoene who saved the life of the German emperor receives a signet ring for dragging the ruler to safety after a horse incident.

Milwaukee Minneapolis Rosa K. Barnes John 3. Barnes Minneapolis Baseball Club Chicago Boston Baltimore Cincinnati Dittsburg Philadelphia Louisville New York Cleveland Brooklyn Dexven Col Daniel Schoene Kansas City Germany Schoeneruseut

Storm sweeps Peomma area causing damage and injuries

A strong wind storm swept the region yesterday with Pekin hardest hit as buildings barns and trees were demolished. The Pekin post office roof was blown off and mails soaked. Tivoli resident J Comper was struck by lightning and killed. A 2:30 pm deluge flood Peoria washing out several spots.

Peomma Pekin Tivoli

Faro Bank Held Up in Wartsee Idaho Saloon

Two masked men robbed Fred Steer's saloon bank yesterday morning as it closed. They compelled the staff to surrender, making off with about $400. Several shots were fired and the robbers vanished into the darkness.

Faro Bank Wartsee Idaho Fred Steer

Bicycle bootlegger pedaling liquor to wheelmen arreste

In Supranarous Thomas Jenkins was seized for selling whisky to evade the Nicholson law. He wore clothes built to hide bottles and moved through streets and roads peddling liquor to cyclists. Police described him as a walking bicycle saloon. In Wasuiscron a Formosa independence dispatch from June 15 notes the Republic’s brief life and history.

Supranarous Thomas Jenkins State Department Denby Pekin Formosa

Convicts Transferred to Leavenworth Fort

Thirty two convicts from the United States court were moved in a special car to Leavenworth Kansas to serve sentences of one to five years. Three ex deputy marshals accompanied them for attempting to defraud the government. The term just ended furnished thirty seven convicts for the penitentiary and the gallows.

Leavenworth Fort Smits Ark United States Court Leavenworth Kan Wix

Drowned Drug Merchant Near Fort Scott

W W Wagner, partner in Wagner and Wagner of Indianapolis, was drowned while fishing near Fort Scott Kansas last evening. He had married only a month ago and he and his wife had just completed their wedding trip.

Fort Scott Kan P. Wagner Wagner & Wagner Indianapolis

Found Guilty of Murder in Exte Kansas

Ed Anderson confessed to the June 5 Swan Peterson murder and was found guilty of murder in the first degree. His insanity plea failed as the jury took forty minutes to reach the verdict. Other items note a building collapse in Dallas burying workers, a man hanging himself in Arcansas, and John J. Ingalls losing a farm near Kickapoo after a sale attempt.

Exte Kan Ed Anderson Swan Peterson Anderson

Burglar Escape Ends in Glass Shattering Breakout

In South Greenfield a dawn burglary at Bowman and Daugherty’s store led to a barricaded street and a daring escape when a robber yelled we’re coming and threw a stool through a plate glass. A bloodhound hunt and nationwide alert followed as citizens fired at the retreating trio.

Gonden City South Greenfield Bowman & Daugherty Springfield

Cigarette Tax Case Limits West Virginia Law

Judge Nathan Goff ruled that West Virginia's $500 per year tax on cigarette dealers violates the federal interstate commerce law when cigarettes are imported from another state, rendering the WV statute inoperative in those cases. The decision could influence laws in other states unless overturned.

Gott. Marrinstone W. Va Nathan Goff United States Circuit Court of Appeals West Virginia Deaser

The Secret Chamber at Glamis One Visitor’s Plan

In a drawing room tale of Glamis superstition a guest proposed revealing the hidden chamber by hanging pillows, only to anger the earl upon return. The Glamis secret carries grave weight for the Strathmore family and has long impressed the heir with somber awe.

Glamis Castle of Walter Scott Earl of Strathmore Strathmore

Boston Car Trouble Delays Singers Ride

A famous American singer recounts awaiting a Boston concert ride. She waited in a large apartment where a tube system linked to the world. A bell rang, and a hackman exclaimed he could not find her name after ringing every bell. He finally offered to walk the whole distance to the hall to save time.

Boston Hackman Casly

Attractive Religion and its true draw

The excerpt asks whether religion truly attracts by kindness and service or repels with sour, domineering conduct. It urges self-examination to ensure proper representation of Christ and invites reflection on personal behavior and its impact on others.

Christ

Two Legislators Sell Rail Passes to Traveling Men

The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad reports two Colorado lawmakers have rented their annual passes to traveling men for fifteen dollars a month, exposing a misconduct issue on state transportation access.

Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Colorado Legislature

Just What Scared Him on the Yacht

A brief exchange on a yacht shows fear of a storm as one person admits fear and the other questions him. An invitation to try Truth mineral water follows, then an ad mentions Peerless Steam Laundry and a Santa Fe return trip to Kansas City on Sunday July 21 for $1.50.

Kansas City Santa Fe Peerless Steam Peerlesa Steam Laundre Kanes City Sante Fe

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