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Newspaper

Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1895

Page

2

Strikes Spread Across Miners and Weavers in Several Regions

Strikes expand as miners near Pocahontas face idle mines and a possible nationwide walkout. In Sharpsville 1,500 workers may halt production after a 10 cent per day wage rise is rejected. Nearly 3,000 strikers massed at Pocahontas with 350 in a local union, as Wisconsin and Providence workers push for higher pay and threatened lockouts.

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Kickapoo Opening Proclamation Expected Soon

In Wasurratos on May 6, report says within thirty days President Cleveland will issue a proclamation opening the Kickapoo reservation to settlement. Settlers who have endured privations on the Oklahoma border may prepare to claim land. Officials may also allow 50,000 acres for school indemnity selections within the reservation, with proclamation likely within three weeks.

Wasurratos Cleveland Kickapoo Oklahoma Congress

Baseball Scores and Miscellany From National and Western Leagues

Saturday results across the National League show Cleveland and St Louis, Philadelphia and New York, Chicago and Louisville, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, and Baltimore beating Brooklyn. Western and Western Association schedules list Toledo Grand Rapids Detroit and Kansas City Minneapolis, among others, with various scores. A fatal shooting near O. Miss Lizzie Biggs dies after an accidental gunmisfire while hare hunting, and other local incidents include a Missouri shooting and an escaped-prisoner pursuit in Oregon.

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Blazing Forest Fires Sweep Multiple Town Areas in Pa

Destructive wildfires raged across Blair and surrounding regions for a week. Between Glen Hazel and Kentners a sawmill and extensive timber, 16 train cars, and several dwellings were destroyed. Firefighters struggled as flames scorched hillside timber and oil well sites. multiple towns faced urgent appeals for aid as oil and lumber properties burned and residents were injured or endangered.

Slapford Glen Haze Kentners Dolliver Glen Hazel Clarion River Erie Kentner Bradford Elias Deemer Williamsport Delow’ Saw Imill Kentner & Shawant Railroad Rixford Farmers’ Valley Columbia Crawford Junction Riterville Gallagher and Hutchins Chipmunk Emmettsport Rew City Woos

World's Ww. C. T. U. Demonstration in London June 16

The third biennial World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention opens in Laspons with 250 speakers for 250 audiences in London on June 16. A unique polyglot petition session at Albert Hall on June 18 will showcase 1,928 yards of petition signed by over 2,000,000 and presented to British authorities.

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Sousa to headline Grand opera house concert weekend

Sousa the march king directs a Friday afternoon and evening concert at the Grand opera house. Saturday features Pat Rooney’s farce comedy company in Lord Rooney. The rest of next week includes the Spooners and further acts at the Grand as “Come Wednesday evening and judge for yourself.” Admission 15 cents at K P hall and Peerless Steam Laundry report a general good time.

Willay Ferry Baker University Weteemiar Peerless Steam K P. Hall

Drowning and Boat Capsize Tragedies Reported in Separate Incidents

Multiple fatal incidents unfold as four drown after a cramp grips swimmers in the Rouge River near Derriort Michigan, a sailboat capsizes off Sandwich Point with two drowned, and a Fort Collins lake boat sinks with three young Carsrude children among the victims. A wall collapse in St. Cuannes, Ir., kills several, and a Covington trestle accident claims Mrs. Barbara Fisher and saves her two sons.

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Ten Die In Cyclone That Hit Sioux County Iowa

A late corrected dispatch reports ten killed in the Sioux County cyclone that struck Friday afternoon near Sioux City. Prempt aid has comforted survivors. about twenty injured, none fatally. Property damage coverage, mud laden fields, and scattered earth from the storm are noted.

Sioux County Sioux City Prempt

Theodore Roosevelt to Lead Reform of New York Police

A compilation of early 20th century dispatches reports Theodore Roosevelt resigning to join the New York police board and staking a lead in purifying the city force. Roosevelt, 35, is noted as a writer, hunter, and former New York legislator, with a planned steady hand in reform efforts while contributing to civic governance. The item also covers contemporaneous notes on President Cleveland’s temperate criticism guidance, Norman church conventions, Nicaragua's acceptance of Britain’s ultimatum, and assorted postal appointments and local extracts.

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Groans for John Burns as labor leader loses aid to workers

During a Hyde Park Labour Day demonstration John Burns faced groans and cries of betrayal as the crowd questioned his support for Kier Hardie. Burns replied he would go home if the crowd did not want to hear him.

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