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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1895
Page
2
A distressing illness strikes guests at the wedding of John Taplis and Anna Gaye. Three deaths occur and eighty others are confined to beds. physicians fail to identify the disease and antidotes prove ineffective. The meals were served four days before the feast in warm weather, and most victims fell ill three weeks after dining.
Five masked men halted an Evanston electric car between Argyle and Edgewater last night. Eighteen passengers, including women, were robbed as robbers moved through the car taking watches money and trinkets. The car sped away within minutes with robbers escaping and the conductor losing tubes.
A fragmented train of notices mentions a May fight in Arkansas to decide a selection, with various names and figures, plus Harvard confirming no football game this year due to lack of invitation from Yale. The item blends election drama, athletic gossip, and local notices with scattered names and places across multiple captions.
News reached here of a deadly shooting near Twohigs Station on the L and GN line eighty miles north. An American ranchman Khaw and two Mexican men and a Mexican child were killed or wounded following a pursuit by Shaw and Deputy Sheriff Swink. A woman was badly injured but likely to recover.
George Napper a wealthy Vernon resident shot and killed his wife then killed himself by placing a revolver in his mouth. Napper's body was sent to Hillings for burial and his wife to St. Louis. The couple had been separated and a prior threat to kill her was reported. A young man was locked in the house during the incident.
Reports from various places recount a wild period of political rhetoric with Liebknecht leading Socialist defiance after Emperor Wilhelm II’s denouncements. Other items note theater arrests, bank crisis arrests, Cripps silver stance, boxing purses, and local tragedies and products.
An explosion of gas at the Terence mine in Wilkes-Barre, operated by Lehigh Valley Coal, killed eight miners and injured several others. Fire Boss Daniel Reese led a survey party into abandoned workings above the Baltimore section. Miller and Blanchard were fatally struck as the blast occurred twelve minutes later. The eight missing miners were recovered dead this morning.
In Newauk on Oct 3 Republicans and State Democrats agreed on a fusion county ticket at Lyric hall. The lineup gives three to the State Socrats and shares seats with the fifty committee and good government allies. Indpendent Piatt Republicans and anti-Tammany figures were excluded. The fusion ticket heads into county conventions amid expectations of a German American Reform Union endorsement due to excise planks in the State Democratic platform.
Oct. 8 The Court of Appeala Confirms the Conviction of Bat Shea for the murder of Robers at the Troy spring elections of 18th Foiled by the Engineer Karamazov Mich Oct 5 A hold up attempt aimed at a Grand Rapids and Indiana northbound passenger train two miles north of this city. The engineer pressed on through a band of four robbers. The head light was extinguished and the cab riddled with bullets though no one seriously hurt.
Baxnas Crix Oct. 8 The trades assembly held a regular meeting and voted to extend the boycott against the Swift Packing company. A full statement ties the facts to the European Trades Congress and allied unions in Presce Germany and England. Officers expect endorsement abroad and report rumors of managers seeking to boycott and pressure unions to settle.
Benjamin H. Milliken of Tennessee on trial for feloniously entering ex-Solicitor Phillips North Carolina home and assault attempt on Phillips daughter. He says he entered, gave his card, drank whisky, lost consciousness, and woke in a strange room. He reversed hat and coat and removed shoes to escape unnoticed.
Two men, John and Proctor Showemaker, quarreled at a church in Haxtonsune, Ky. They agreed to shoot it out outside town limits. After ten paces Proctor wounded John in the leg and shoulder while Proctor was shot through the hat. Proctor’s injuries may be fatal and a trial will follow.
Nevada fighters aided by San Francisco capital plan a Corbett Pitman bout to be staged in Carson within days. A purse of 119000 dollars is being raised for the event.
Judge Gib son Clarke United States Attorney for Wyoming seeks a writ of habeas corpus for two Bannock Indians arrested at Evansion for violation of state game laws forming a test case. Also notes appointments in Oct and other brief notices including a Vanderbilt wedding announcement and a sculptor’s death.
San Francisco dispatch recounts Harrison, playwright and critic, denouncing New York shows as vulgar and money driven. He mocks Bella Union entertainment, laments lack of moral standards, and contrasts Chicago’s culture with New York’s pursuit of wealth and spectacle. He cites Koster and Man booths, Metropolitans club, and Depew's storytelling.
E J Woodworth of Denver cites a claim that San Francisco will provide 3 010 000 for a new rail line, a figure met with skepticism locally. Huntington comments that the project lacks business and cost data, noting material is cheap but a line to the mine would cost around 50 million, with investors demanding solid investment prospects. A stray advert for Bogie Hair Reiever claims a guaranteed result.
In a chaotic scene on a sunny morning, Mrs Wigglesworth, the minister, and family join a carryall outing. A restless horse bolts through town as Wigglesworth battles to control the animal, attracting curious neighbors and prompting a comic chase by bystanders and clergy.
Unfortunate cod liver oil is mocked as a hastily worded ad venting toward health. The text urges use before weakness sets in and promotes Scott's Emulsion with hypophosphites to restore vigor, claiming it supplies fat and strength without the burden of raw cod liver oil.
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