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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1895
Page
2
Hot Springs Ark October reports a national boxing match plan with Gov Clarke confirming no interference and bids to decide the fight date October 16. Officials seek smooth coordination as parties favor a single referee and avoid delays while the location and scheduling face last minute scrutiny.
An early October blaze in a Missouri penitentiary swept through storage and harness rooms, destroying portions of the building and its contents. Guards and inmates attempted to control the flames, with many workers evacuated as smoke and heat spread rapidly.
A troubling incident near Milner, in Achuune of Jealousy, results in eight or more deaths as a father allegedly kills his own children before taking his own life. The event follows accusations of abuse and a collapsing family. In other news, discussions on the Gold Standard and political tickets abound, with Tammany figures and a Democratic candidate lineup shaping local races.
The Thirteenth annual Indian conference opened sessions yesterday at Modunk Lake New York with President Gates of Amherst named president for the event Rev Lyman Abbott presiding in his absence General Whitelster US Indian commissioner presented an abstract of the annual report. American Indian affairs funds have fallen while Indian school attendance also declined. Efforts to place Indians in public schools face prejudice. Browning commissioner said the conference has produced good results despite a downbeat outlook for reservations.
Theodore Durrant, Emanuel Baptist Church Sunday school assistant superintendent, testified to deny murder allegations involving Blanche Lamont. He answered briefly, remained calm, and rejected the accusation of planning or committing the April murder. A separate note mentions a White Republican party plan in Louisiana with sugar planters and a plan for independent action, prompting ongoing discussions.
At Port Huron a religious controversy erupts when Father Spath denies Deavers entry to his church for wearing GA badges during a regatta, provoking strong local feeling. A separate report notes J H Foreline fatally shooting C Dixon on Main Street and a psychologic claim about hypnotic power. The Illinois Presbyterian Synod meets with Rev Uribe as moderator and Crowning Opportunity sermon.
A chaotic scene on Cangi Street in Chiengs drew a crowd as indecent looking mails towered about a foot above the sidewalk. An electric wire along a wall caused pedestrians to stumble and fall, with several people knocked into the gutter. After four hours, watchers reported the danger to the grease department and the sun paused.
A fragment notes that the United States government organized with many early senators who had previously served in the House of Representatives. The passage highlights the overlap of roles and the combined experience of lawmakers in the new republic.
At Constcana Texas on October 10 a gas cylinder exploded during stage work for the Devil's Auction company. Harry Cooley was killed with others injured. Arthur Sutherland and Walter Moore also died or were badly hurt as the blast ripped through scenery and a five foot fly hole.
A nighttime crash on a westbound Pennsylvania Railroad mail train near Manor Pennsylvania left Conductor J W Miller dead. Two rear cars derailed and struck an eastbound freight, sending a coach onto its side. several passengers were seriously hurt including Mrs Thomas Donahue and Joh Baker who died later.
A Stokes Bay Ontario dispatch reports the steamer Africa of Owen Sound is lost with everyone aboard. The crew list includes Captain H. P. Larsen, Laurenta, mate William Anderson, second engineer Hay of Toronto, lock keeper Edward Forrest, William Munn and John Kink of Oakville, Miss Lee of Toronto, two firemen and two deckhands.
In Oklahoma near Wow, Tex. Oct 10, Ed Jennings of Woodward was killed and his brother John mortally wounded in a shooting by ex Senator Temple Houston and ex Sheriff Jack Love after a courtroom incident during a case about a stolen keg. Houston and Love surrendered to the sheriff.
A Pope Leo XII letter to Cardinal Rampolla comments on the Italian occupation of Rome and the twenty fifth anniversary festivities. It decries loss of spiritual power, warns of dangers to papal independence, and urges unity under temporal authority or risk perils. Also reports fires, murders, wrecks, drownings, and raft disaster with multiple casualties in various locations.
A Limekiln club meeting opens with news of Pardoy Jackson’s death and a playful obituary. Members discuss improvements, theater-like cautions on impostors, a collection for a victim, and a humorous budget debate amid lively local color notes.
A brief, damaged OCR fragment presents a dialogue between characters Jack and Biossie. It notes social contrast between wealth and poverty and hints at concern to reach home before dark. The text is incomplete with garbled spelling and missing context.
Pari Oct 12 The sister of war General Zurlinden received a dispatch from Mojacgs confirming the capture of Antananarivo the capital of Madagascar by the Branch expeditionary force under General Duchesne The official dispatch says Autumnariyo was occupied on September 30 Peace negotiations with the Hovis were opened the next day and concluded the same evening General Metzinger was appointed governor of Antananarivo The government sent thanks to General Duchesne and his forces and a grand officer of the legion of honor was awarded with a medal to be struck for distribution to his troops
In San Francisco October 1 an American paper reports Mrs Rogers, wife of Philip Rogers of San Francisco, believes her missing husband is in Warsaw. He has pressed witnesses, debated testimony, and declared he will read reports daily until his wife returns. He opposes scattering funds and will not aid further searches.
Romdrew Eda reports the editor’s joke about a sleeping policeman won’t go. Pinny Man notes it’s a standby. The editor says it’s funny elsewhere but not in New York. The Columbus Buggy Company opens the city’s largest line of winter lape for the bustling streets.
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