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Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1897

Page

2

Bandits Rob Passengers On Rock Island Train

Two dozen armed bandits halted a southbound Rock Island passenger train at Siding No. 1 near El Reno Oklahoma Territory. They forced passengers to line up and turn over valuables and tried to open the express safe with dynamite but failed. Conductor identifies one bandit as Al Jennings, ex-county attorney of Canadian County, Oklahoma, with famed family ties across Oklahoma and nearby states. Authorities pursue from Chickasha toward the west as trains are guarded by armed guards.

el Reno I. T. Get Rock Island Express el Heno Chickasha Strath Vlmie Seeriou F Enibars Utne Aevenenr Fider Strane Palleda AU Chickasha Et Rune St Edmunds al Jennings Canadian County Okahoma Pottawatoma County Oklahoma Ponty Kentucky al Jennines University of West Virginia Edward Jesnives Temple Houston Woodward Kansas Colorado

Oranges delayed by market and cold prevention ad

No Orances. Next week winter supply from Mexico then Jamaica stock. old stock sold, new oranges not yet ripe. There is a time for everything and the time to attend to a cold is when it starts. Don’t wait til you have consumption but prevent with One Minute Cough Cure, Stansfield 622 Kansas Ave.

Mexico Jamaica Stansfield Kansas Avenue

Fifty First Annual Meeting of American Missionary Society

The fiftieth annual meeting of the American Missionary Association will be held in Minneapolis October 9 14. The program includes a presidential address by Merrill E Gates Elijah Loss survey, sermons by James W Cooper and others, reports on Chinese and Indian work, and addresses by several pastors and officers from Boston Duluth Crow Agency and other locations.

The American Missionary Society Minneapolis Minn American Missionary Association Merrill E Gates Ph Ambetet Mass Elijah Loss D. D Newton James W. Cooper D. DT New Britain Cornelius H. Parton Duluth JG. Cotke A.A. Firhleeman Boston Jg, Burness Crow Agwney Montana W. Greene Corlin Worlemone Stcretary GH Gutterson Ree J. EB .Tuttle

Repairs to Texas Battleship Nears Completion

Repairs to the second class battleship Texas are nearing completion and she will join the squadron next week. Torpedo curtains are being removed to allow firing. Twenty crew members deserted while docked, citing discomfort from heat and poor living conditions in engine and crew quarters.

New York Texen Aia Texas

Toronto Jury Verdict In Family Assault Case

In Cobourg Ontario a jury heard Hendricks charged with assaulting his niece, a schoolteacher, after driving her to her mother’s house at midnight. The defendant denied improper intent. The plaintiff sought $2.40 in damages and the jury awarded 20 cents.

Toronto Cobourgasalion Hendricks

Copper cargo recovered from Pewable wreck after 30 years

Milwaukee dispatch reports the steamer A Boat arrived with about 207000 pounds of copper valued around 12000 from the Pewable wreck in Lake Hera. Root was fitted with a four new diving lift invented by a Milwaukee man enabling divers to reach depths over 300 feet. Pewable lies in 16 feet of water.

Lake Huron Milwaukee Wis Lake Hera Milwaukes

Death by Own Action Day in New York City

A New York dispatch reports nearly twenty deaths in the city within 24 hours, attributed to suicide or self-harm by gas, poisons, shootings, or self-inflicted wounds. Names include Caroline Rivintus and her children at the West Shore hotel, Dr. Robert W. Plage of Yonkers, and others in hotels and boarding houses. Multiple cases involve carbolic acid, gas asphyxiation, or self-inflicted blows, with several victims described as despondent or out of work, and the piece notes a rising pattern of self-destruction in the metropolis.

New York Ib & Moment Mig Sis Caroline Rivintus West Point Laura William Albert Elizabeth West Shore Forty-second Street Eleverith Avenue Harmon S. Hurt Norwich Conn Devorshire East Forty-second Street Smuith Providence Palaon Ae CE Joyce San Fronciero Grand Cnion Hotel Robert W. Plage Yonkers Murrey HM Hotel Theodore Miler Seventh Avenue Rudipti Knoche White Plains Eward I. Hafner Frank C. Efully Norwalk Urugest Suppy Company Uber Cas Ata Plente Brook‘fen Wir Klinger John McNally Hin Gast Bertha Hummel Brooklyn Tle Cott George Marti Kines Fentiary Michael Walsh Fulton Hotel

Second Silver Wedding in Saginaw

Saginaw Mich Oct 2 James W Twaits aged 52 will today mark his second quarter century of marriage with his second wife Emily Herbert of Bay City following two prior marriages. He came to this country in 1851 and has lived here 43 years, holding various offices of trust. A family reunion and reception to friends will celebrate the silver wedding on Oct 5.

Saginaw Mich James W. Twaits Iss Eruiagil Emily Herbert Bay City England

First Car Load Of California Raisins Shipping To Boston

The first car load of California raisins for the season began its journey to Boston from San Pega Cal on Tuesday. The fruit comes from the Boston ranch in El Cajon valley and the valley is expected to yield about forty car loads this year with the crop quality described as the best ever raised there. Prices are reported to be good.

California Boston San Pega Cal Bie Boston Ranch el Cajan Huenday Muda

Lost Fire Bell Found After Cyclone in St Louis

A 100 pound bell from No 7 engine house tower, blown away by the cyclone, was located today in the cellar of an adjoining premises. It Sustained no damage and will be used again by the fire department. In Nashville drought grim in Middle Tennessee counties as seven weeks without rain leaves water scarce. Grain-O promoted as coffee substitute, claiming mocha flavor without coffee.

St Louis Chiat Gras Dreuth Middle Tennessee Nashville

Invention Prevents Collisions on Railways Tested in St Paul

An inventor unveils a warning and distance indicator for locomotives to stop ahead of a chosen point. After trials on the St Paul Duluth and Great Northern lines and on President Till's attended trip, the device has proven reliable across 7000 miles of track and received strong endorsements from railroad men.

St. Paul Great Northern Railroad St. Paul & Duluth Persie Falls Great Northern J.J. Till Uneedast Reginier Kilbane Seattle Portland Northern Pacific Spokane Oregon Railway Navnatier Company St Paul Afl Hut

THINK US LAND GRABBERS

A jumble of foreign dispatches and local crime notes. Officials deny a London Chronicle story linking President Mehiney to Samoa policy and a broad U S conference move. In Virginia a white woman is lynched in the Massanutten mountains. the body hanged for unknown reasons after tar and feathers. Additional items tout patent remedies for coughs and digestion.

Bertin United Embsssy United States London Daily Chronicle Mehiney Rectin White Inasdorf Germany Samoa Great Britain Berlin Voustache Zeitung Nierovs Richmond Massanutten Virginia Cowane Zoput Rookmham County Por” Halls Ofter Nesroen Vin Vigor de Witt Hrtepth G. W. Stansfeld Kansas Avenue

Boys Play Circus Tragedy In Rochester Barn Accident

Two boys, 12 and 14, were badly injured in a circus stunt at a Rochester barn when a fake Don Juan act failed. Ketchum crushed by a cat prop and Reynolds Smith fatally wounded by a sharp object. both suffered severe throat injuries with no hope of recovery.

Rochester Fenstatine Cobia Exeir Ketcher Reynolds Smith Sith Don Juan Denaine Ketchum Shumoni Dick

Bold Chicago Robbery On State Street Car

On State Street between Twelfth and Thirteenth Streets two thieves followed Joseph Griffen from the Alinnis Trott and Savags bank and robbed him of a pocketbook containing 31,200 for Chen Gas Company. Griffen seized one man, who then passed the bag to an accomplice who fled and leaped from the car. The other robber, Griffen pursued, was caught by gunfire officers nearby. The captured suspect claimed the name James W. Martin.

Griffen Tscepe Dieturbanch James W. Martin

Death and injury from bicycle accident in Brooklyn bishop

Dr Chauncey B Brewster rector of Grace Episcopal church and bishop elect of Connecticut was injured in a bicycle crash while riding near the Catskills. He was hospitalized after the fall and suffered a shoulder injury and leg pain though the doctors say the injuries are not serious.

New York Chauncey B. Brewster Grave Epincipal Church Hrookisnami Diocese of Conneticut St. John's Hospital Brooklyn Brewster Catskill Wiso

Labels on hand baggage restoration likely at several ports

Assistant Secretary Howell ordered return to the former practice of labeling lands baggage on pilots passing between America and Canada, directing collectors at Rutisia Shi penafon Eridge Detroit and Port Harenm to enforce the policy from October 2. The previous guard on trains showed no fraud, but inspectors remain on trains as precaution.

Buffalo Detroit Port Haran Washington Howell Sirvestone Rutisia Shipenafon Eridge Port Harenm Ocusher America Canada Traina

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