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Newspaper

Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Oct 24, 1895

Page

2

Hill defends tariff as new Democratic plank in mass meeting

Senator Hill, at an Oceptr Union gathering under the Rate committee, says Democratic principles are clear and the tariff law, in force a little over a year, needs more time to prove its value. He warns against hastily judging and notes possible deficiencies but believes the policy may nonetheless yield benefits despite early doubts.

Ney Yons Hil Qwns Real Democratic Rate Committee Oceptr Union Tredi Cogdert Hill Democratic Party

Cua and Cuba Policy Split in Interviews and Meetings

An extended interview with Congressman Tipkins discusses Cuba policy and U S reactions to Cuban upheavals while Missouri Baptist Assembly meets in Saint Joseph addressing state missions Sunday symbols and a deficit in the association treasury. William Jewell College reports 115 ministerial students, highlighting preparations for pulpits and church leadership.

Missouri Baptist Association Si. Josken Baptist Asociation of Missouri

Pope Leo’s Health Deteriorates Amid Vatican Rumors

The Gazette de Lausanne reports Pope Leo’s strength has rapidly declined in recent months. It suggests he may not survive the winter as vitality appears concentrated in his brain, while asserting the pope is not yet dead.

Pope Leo Tareaxsr Switzerland Gazette de Lausanne

Senator Quay Visits City Weighs Early Convention

Senator Matthew S Quay of Pennsylvania arrived in the city yesterday. He would not discuss meeting with Messrs Carter and Miutt about Republican interests but favored an early convention at Pittsburg.

Eajof Geay Matthew S. Quay Pennsylvania

Woman’s Mission Society Meets in St Louis for Annual Session

The twenty sixth annual meeting of the Womank Foreign Missionary Society of the ME church convened yesterday at the Union M E church in St Louis Missouri. Daily sessions run for the next two weeks with formalities continuing as the event proceeds.

Woman's Mision Society St. Lewis, Mo Wamank-Foreign Missionary Society of the ME Clurch Union M. 2 Fomil

New Nile of the North River Discovery in Canada

Dr Bell reports discovering a vast river in Quebec that widens to form a great waterway reaching James Bay. It has three large branches, originates near Three Rivers and Lake St John, and near Lake Hic. He calls it a new Nile of the North, much wider than the Ottawa and navigable in stretches for steamers.

Ottawa Lake Hic Bell James Bay

Lady Douglass Fickle Sealed With Two Theaters

Lady Douglass signs two months with Thompson and Shen at $25 weekly plus expenses. Thompson and Shen plan a tour while discovering Rawley Company's deal for the remainder of the season at a higher sum, prompting potential legal action to protect their interests.

Thester Toth Les Axornrs Sholto Douglass George C. Thompson Ext Shen The Poston Thompson Shra Rawley Company le Sousan Aester

Vengeful Sultan Suppresses Young Turkish Party

Constantinople dispatch reports harsh retribution against Young Turkish Party members. A Mussulman lawyer Tsnet Q was tortured and died in Viden prison, with rumors that fifty party leaders were arrested and summarily tried. The Sultan's crackdown follows Armenian violence, as Reach rumors of plots against British envoy Sir Philip Currie circulate.

Constantinople Standard Mussulmon Tsnet Q Viden Tider Tmes Girtber Reshad Muarad Associated Press Philip Currie Yung Una

Oklahoma National Banks Wastisuros Report

Oklahoma national banks report for September show deposits and discounts totaling 357 15 dollars against 400 487 at end of June. Overdrafts stand at 3 210 with 5 28 cents, due from national banks 1 674 against 210, and due from state banks and trust companies 71 a remain 25 601. Total due to other national banks 14 455 against 16 007, and due to state banks and L adherence 14 IT against Sit woh. Individual deposits 50 593 against 40 40, average reserve 3 71 and currency 220.

Oklahoma Wastisuros Met Sit Syelust

Prom Havana reports daily jailer executions in Spanish forts

In Cone New York on October 9 reports describe the practice of selecting ten prisoners from forts and prisons for execution, lining them up and shooting them while the remaining inmates are kept as animals. Separate items note a factory fire at Scamman's Ameltors with several buildings burned, Secretary Carlisle’s planned trip to register to vote, and Henry Starr’s December 19 hanging sentence at Fort Smith.

Cone New York Havana Corea Henry Starr Fort Smith, Arie

UP TOWARD THE POLE Highest Latitude Reached 81 20

Reports from explorer Windward aboard the Bear recounts the perilous polar trek to Cape Flora. One death occurred as crewman died after refusing bear meat amid tempest and Arctic conditions. Archival documents reveal chart errors and depots set along the Austria Sound coast.

Lowpox Theieson Tranz Josef Tand Cape Flora Tearecon Jackson Jce Austria Sound Progres

Indians and Chinamen Discussed at Missionary Association

Opening session of the American Missionary Association convention heard Dr Mitter of New York describe “The Indian Pastor on the Indian Problem.” Rev Dr Nebmia Boyntone urged that the Indian needs law land love liberty and learning. Treasurer Sherrod Soule reported $1 1100 for Indian education and $1 000 100 to kill one. Prof C W Henderson of Iowa criticized Georgia condition, noting few state schools and black youths left to crime and sin.

American Misionary Society Dervon American Missionary Association Mitter New York Nebmia Boyntone Massachusetts Sherrod Soule Connecticut Association C. W. Henderson Liowisana Madesn Addones

Death by own action and accidents reported

A fragmented 19th century wire like notice reports Count Marquiss of Waterford's death by his own action with a revolver at Currinemore and ongoing family distress. It also notes Brimstone stock in Sicily, a fatal railway crossing accident in Wenls City, a Paris hotel suicide by Feanels Hinton, and City Railway repairs.

Searquie Lexnox Waterford Currinemore Marcus Beresford Ish Milwayutx Paris France Feanels Hinton Milwaukee Iron King Hinton Publdy Filston City Railway Company Eldar Blanke Fixia Street

Venezuela Expects No British Aggression Promise

President Crespo stated Venezuela will resist any English demand for reparation and a boundary settlement. He noted diplomatic reserve but warned Venice will respond to any aggression in line with the Monroe doctrine, while the government awaits England's ultimatum.

Crespo Linge Canacas Crespo Venezuela England Veneznein

What It All Cost Thirty Thousand To Bind We Were On A Dead One

Dan Stuart travels to Dallas while Vendig plans to leave for Chicago after a Supreme Court ruling. Vendig notes the cost of proving a point was thirty thousand dollars. Corbett may receive peace points and head to Chicago via St Louis. No forfeit in the Maher O Pannell fight but payments to Switch and Egan noted.

Saya Vendig Hor Srrimas Ark Dan Stuart Dallas Vendig Supreme Court Corbett Chicago St Louis Maher-O'Pannell Switch Egan Val Hofman Fit

Entangled Tragedies and Political Notices Across Town

A Willard farmer finds the Rosh family dead in a chicken house as a mother and her 4 year old daughter are found hanged. In Washington Olney dismisses resignation rumors and cordial White House ties are reaffirmed amid foreign policy debates. Carter calls Republican committee meeting to set 1890 convention details. An old man’s farmhouse burns near Walker, Missouri, with a mystery blaze and a severely injured elderly father. In Ford county a seven year old is killed by hogs after pulled into a pen by other children, mother unable to save the child.

Carso Til W. W. McClax Pes Willard Thasse Convention City Thomas H. Carter Republican National Committee Arlington Hotel Washington Henet George Sebards Ford County

DeYoung Offers San Francisco Bid for next Republican convention

M F DeYoung, view chairman of the Republican National Committee, pledges 7500 dollars to back selecting San Francisco as the site for the next Republican National convention. Disjointed lines mention Hot Springs and a murder suicide near Jamous Arkansas with jealousy cited as motive.

DeYoung San Francisco the Chronicle M. F. DeYoung Republican Nasional Committee Republican National Committee

Supreme court ends trouble over Flournoy appeal

The Indian office expects no further trouble on the Omaha and Winnebago reservation after the Supreme Court dismisses the Flournoy company appeal, signaling a closure to the dispute.

Wasuixenas Det Supreme Court Flournoy Company Indian Office Omaha and Winnebago

Reverend I DeWitt Talmage Installed as Co Pastor

In a ceremony marked by solemn rite the Reverend I DeWitt Talmage was installed as co pastor of the First Egos Byberian Church of this city, filling a post to which he had recently been called amid a gathering of church leaders and congregants.

I. DeWitt Talmage

Stead on Monroism Warns English to Respect U S Navy

W T Stead writes in the Westminster Gazette on Mobroiat arguing American sentiment on the Venezuelan frontier matters. He notes the U S Navy will act and Monroe Doctrine is treated as national faith by Americans, while British readers should heed the rising influence of American journalism. He condemns Spanish American adventurers and urges caution before arbitration on British governed territory.

Loxnos W. T. Stead Westminster Gazette United States New York World Venezuela Western Hemisphere England

A Cheap Dumb Waiter for Home Construction

A Rural New Yorker description presents a simple dumbwaiter to save trips to the cellar for keeping food cool. The design lacks an elaborate mechanism and uses a pantry door opening with uprights to guide the lift. It emphasizes practicality and cost advantages over bulky, expensive traditional dumbwaiters.

New Yorker

Old fashioned pulley well and windlass description

The excerpt describes a system with a 2 by 4 scantling frame and uprights with pulleys and cords to raise a heavy waiter. Guides, brackets, and side pieces stabilize the mechanism. It mentions open brick weights and a wood mantle, plus a credence to Rev. Gunderman and claims for King’s New Discovery with testimonial-style notes and various advertisements.

Eastey Dona Watter Wellar

Fragmented watch sale notice with garbled text

A damaged OCR fragment describes watches for sale with unclear phrasing and stray characters. It mentions timepieces and sale context but provides no verifiable names, dates, places, or prices to identify a clear event.

Synthetized note on antique jewelry sale in progress

Fragmentary OCR describes a jewelry sale with mentions of gold, nickel, and jeweled items. References include a walk in warehouse in Walton and an eight figure value, with months and prices unclear. The text lists items like wings and boxes and notes availability and pricing hints.

Gentlemen Sum Open Face Mystery Punchline

Fragmented OCR text presents garbled names and numbers. It mentions 7 JurI Theva and Win 89, with references to wives and jeweled items, plus unclear phrases about a house and Connie. Overall unclear event or clear participants emerge only as scattered entities.

Rengfeli Aled i Win Biled Connie ii Hk Aewouseats Elis Weal Jewalod Bein Téjdar CSE Oa

Open Face Solid Silver Cassa Potlatch Watchcase

Fragmented OCR text describes a non magnetic 1b jawed under Mited coestuyne cass Abjenotnd Hamden with a silver case Yjervied Hamden and a moved, adjusted movement. Mentions a jeweled rockid style and various enamels, a key wind, and a spring driven case.

Hamden Jainien Minim Sales Coes Hamuien Bayinee Shiver Ca

Fragmented OCR: Women's Sizes and Local Utilities

The readable fragments mention women’s clothing sizes and figures along with references to a water company and local services. Mentions of measurements, a factory or shop, and local names appear amid garbled text. The overall sense is an assortment of anonymized notices and listings with no clear single event.

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