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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1894
Page
2
The city election commission lists and clarifies changes to judges and clerks for each precinct. Names appear with initials and partial titles, reflecting upcoming signups and replacements amid the election setup.
Dr T Dewitt Talmage expected home Saturday aboard the Majestic after a European trip cut short by his wife's illness. Trustees will meet to arrange reception plans while a one story church on the old tabernacle site gains favor for future use.
Four masked gunmen raided a box car near East Clinton, forcing passengers to surrender. They searched two tramps and two former workers, escaping with about $400 in cash as alarm bells rang and bystanders fled. An unrelated ad line notes Ayer's Hair Vigor as a product.
A bustling public library scene shows patrons browsing a list of religious books while a young woman debates reading The Heavenly Twins amid other titles. An adjacent theater visit features a dress-conscious woman seeking an adjournment ticket as she observes fashion with keen interest.
C C Baker president of the Topeka Street Railway and ex state printer spoke at the First Presbyterian church before several hundred about his Europe Egypt and Holy Land trip. Ex governor Shorn joined as booster. Baker shared 49 self developed views and told stories from Jerusalem to Rome.
Mrs Thomas H Wickes wife of the Pullman Palace Corp second vice president seeks divorce on cruelty grounds. She says they married in St Louis in 1871 and that Wickes repeatedly beat struck and cursed her. She left in July 1893 and claims he holds substantial property. No answer filed.
Two dynamite bombs filled with scrap iron exploded outside two London police stations last evening. The fronts of the buildings were wrecked but no one was hurt. Authorities note the alleged act follows the suppression of revolutionary societies. Fifteen anarchists are detained as suspects.
President Angell of the University of Michigan denies rumors he will replace Prof Swing at the Great People's church in Chicago. He says the claim is unfounded and that his vocation remains at Ann Arbor. The piece notes Swing’s vacancy rumors and Angell’s refusal to assume that role.
A mail clerk on the Emporia line reported finding an almost severed finger, covered in blood, lodged in the sliding door of a train car. The incident occurred as authorities investigated how the finger ended up there while the local postmaster may be involved with the finger’s origin.
All bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States gathered at Wesley Ball in Leavening City for the semi annual General Committee on Church Extension. Bishop Foss presided as the session opened with numerous bishops present from St Louis Roxbury Chicago New York and more. The meetings will cover church finances as an increasing number seek aid with two sessions today tomorrow and Sunday noted as Church Extension Day.
Five members of a sanctified band on Chincoteague island have been indicted for conspiracy to separate wives from husbands and for creating a public nuisance. Their trial in Onancock, Va., is set to begin Friday with nearly 100 witnesses expected. observers anticipate a spicy cage as proceedings start.
Secretary C. W. Williams of the Galesburg District Horse Association faces grand jury indictment for permitting a wheel of fortune at the race meet and taking a pen sum as payment. Indictments also target room owners for permitting gambling and Union Hotel proprietors for pool selling amid the townwide crackdown.
Two Japanese warships were seen off Wei Hai Wei as Chinese forces pursued them. The Chinese fleet returned, leaving Wei Hai Wei once more. Small Chinese bands attacked Russian frontier towns, seizing arms in one clash and suffering sixty casualties in another, with two engineers and two gunners the only foreigners noted present.
Judge Foster took the Santa Fe Injunction case under advisement after speeches by Dunlap, Hurd, Gen. Tracy, and Wolfman Harbingon. Court adjourned to 9:30 p m Monday for a decision. Separate item notes dinner for Bayard and Zola’s Rome visit.
Rock Island route announces a harvest excursion sale with round trip fares from Dallas to Texas points and Pecos Valley region including Deming. Tickets good twenty days from sale, two day transit limits, return by November, advertised by agent HL O Ganver. Also promotes De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve for skin ailments.
Market notes from Kansas City and Liverpool show wheat, corn, and oats mixed as buyers adjust prices. Reports include futures quotes, cash grain movements, and receipts, with details on livestock and hay markets, and mention of the new Kansas map release and regional weather. The page reflects early 20th century commodity trading and local publication style.
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