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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1895
Page
2
In Poteau on Oct 14 a converter overheated and sixteen tons of molten metal spilled into the pit. One worker buried, three critically burned, four seriously injured. others burned but safer. Victims transported to hospital as investigators seek cause and accountability.
Local merchants W W Manspeaker Mercantile Co promote a wide range of groceries and household goods. The colorful ad highlights canned fruits evaporated milk soap textiles and staple foods with prices and bulk offers at their Kansas Avenue location.
Assistant Attorney General Thomas reports 318 trend orders in the year blocking lottery related packages and payments. Of these 145 remain active. 70 revoked as operators quit. He credits the 1595 lottery act amendment with closing mails to lottery concerns and says avowed lotteries are virtually doomed. He warns ads entice youth and corrupt legitimate ventures.
Charles T. Maxwell, a colored medical student in Creveraxn Ohio, received a letter from ex Consul L. Waller dated Maison Centrale Du Chat eaux France September 8. Waller expresses faith in American protection, cites justice for an American abroad, and pledges support against any injustice from a foreign power.
In Utah Apostle Moses Thatcher and Democrat candidate for Congress face a clash over church involvement in politics. Roberta Thatcher and other names urge a shift from church control while the state committee weighs dissolving the party and forming a church aligned slate amid secrecy and controversy.
Joe Nesbitt a famed gambler once wielding influence from Chicago to San Francisco and into Colorado Montana and Idaho died in poverty after a long illness and morphine use his death noted as a loss to sporting men and gamblers across the West. Archorsos Kansas Oct 12 the Atchison Patriot becomes Morning Star under editors J A Anderson and Harry Woodard while the Stanford estate ruling is upheld by the federal court of appeals prompting a further appeal to the U S Supreme Court.
In Aurora Missouri, Ady Alexander shot and killed Tom Jones after a quarrel over Sarah Jones, a married daughter living with her lover's parents. The old man, Tom Jones, was fatally wounded and his son severely hurt. Sarah's father killed Alexander after being shot.
Yester day morning SH Patterson twelve miles south of here found haystacks near his residence burned and in the meadow the charred remains of a young man between two sticks. The coroner reported murder with three bullets found in the head. No missing persons reported in the area.
Soft gloves boxing exhibition planned in Svimxes Arkansas as required by Arkansas law changes. Referee gains power to stop the bout if brutal, contestants to wear soft gloves in a restricted number of rounds. Event dates and locations noted with headlines about other international dispatches.
A freight wreck near Waterbury involved ten cars from the Danbury fair. The famous trick horse Mazeppa, valued at 40000, was killed. One man died, two others seriously hurt, including the groom Harry Thompson who was trapped two hours. The crash occurred when two train sections parted and collided near the city.
A runaway trolley car on Pittsburg West End line jumped the track at 4:20 PM last night, toppling over an embankment. Three people were killed and fourteen injured. In Maryland a ferry yawl boat capsized on the Patapsco River causing six passengers to drown.
Senator Vest addressed about 3,000 people in Farnum Missouri on Silver coinage. He defended free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver and denounced charges of switching to gold only. Ex-Governor Osborne and others seek release of John L. Walter from French prison. A murder near Singletary, a man found dead with a bullet wound, is investigated. A mail clerk, Joseph Fullerton Thomas, is arrested for stealing mail on the Iron Mountain line.
Grain and livestock prices moved unevenly with futures easing in wheat while corn held, hogs and cattle fluctuated at Chicago and Kansas City. Reports note heavy receipts, reduced demand, and cautious outlooks as traders digest weather, supplies, and export demand amid mixed overseas signals.
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