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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1895
Page
3
Munyon's Great Work touts a catalog of remedies claiming to cure rheumatism, dyspepsia, catarrh, kidney troubles, and more. The Philadelphia Times lauds the nite sugar pellets and guides, selling each cure for 25 cents with a free health guide from druggists.
Loxmys reports from Hong Kong that Japanese troops landed at Kee Lung in Formosa and opened hostilities with Chinese Republicans. Dispatches say bombardment preceded by action that led to Formosa’s brief republic declaration. A Hong Kong dispatch notes reform petitions urging constitutional changes and abolition of the queue and foot bindings.
A new religion in Omaha led by Rev. John Morrow requires nude worship. He reportedly has about 200 followers. Morrow, once a United Presbyterian minister, previously edited a faith oriented paper in Pittsburg and is said to be in Peoria. Fourteen sailors killed when the gunboat Steve boiler exploded near Guayaquil, Ecuador, injuring 17 others.
A man named John Johnson of Springfield Missouri was found near a brush in a lonely Little River spot by children while looking for a cow. He was taken to a city hospital, said robbers knocked him down near the Missouri Pacific depot and stole $24.15 from him. Two colored men and a white man fled after the assault, and Johnson crawled into the brush to survive. He reported the attackers planned not to kill him if he left town.
After a holiday, traders on the Chicago board of trade opened cautiously with weather and crop prospects shaping prices. Rain in wheat belts eased fears of shortages, while frost in the northwest and a bullish note on winter wheat fed interest. Corn and oats followed weather-driven movements as hogs remaining in yards kept provisions lower.
2,500 head arrived from New Mexico as property of Casey Cattle Company. Cattle unloaded onto Bazaar townsite. about 200 died in cars. Sanitary commission inspection led to release after costs paid by the cattle company. sheriff initially withheld release until $1 paid, later settled when vice president of the company sent funds. Previous years saw infected shipments causing large losses. Senator Scott among those robbed. burglar shot by A H Campbell. Robber caught. $5 stolen from Senator Scott’s house. $200 on suspect. Daisy Blir address listed. Annus Mirabilis seniors publish almanac at Lawrence. Wheat famine halts mill at Hinck Rapids. Dr Longshore to lecture tonight on massage and physical culture. Capital City Fair event advertised at 114 East Seventh Street.
Receipts across markets reach about 14 000 hogs and 14 640 cattle with mixed results. Best steady for some cattle but overall prices ease with heavy and mixed hogs down to 4 25 to 4 45. Wheat and corn futures mixed as Berlin and Chicago boards show lower notes amid a funeral closing early.
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