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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1895
Page
2
The Sentiment of Governor Culberson demands calm and calls for an extra session of the Legislature to address the crisis. He urges unity, outlines legislative priorities, and signals firm action to restore order and public confidence.
Averrun Texas Sept 27 Governor Culberson issues proclamation to convene legislature on October 1 to ban prize fighting and prevent Corbett Fitzsimmons exhibition. Court battles spark a mandamus case while the governor seeks swift enforcement and broader constitutional matters. Also reports Kansas cases sentencing Pudity Purtell and William Johnson for unregulated fighting.
September government receipts are forecast to exceed expenditures with an expected surplus of about $2 million by month end, while the year shows only one prior excess in June. Gold reserves stand at roughly $94 million, with total receipts from customs and internal revenue rising.
The T. M. Richardson Lumber Company of Oklahoma City has quietly bought up vast lumber along the 40 mile Chowaw Gulf and Oklahoma line, securing a corner on the sawed stock.
The Democratic state convention of New Jersey on September 27 nominated Chancellor Gill for governor and endorsed Cleveland's administration and sound money policy. The report notes a focus on stock and tailoring concerns at 713 Baga avenue.
San Francisco reporters note a key alibi collapse in the Durrant case as a defense witness fails to confirm attending a lecture. Dr Cheney recalls no sighting of Durrant, while college roll books show he was present April 3, though prosecutors argue the rolls are unreliable and that classmates answered to his name when absent.
Auiaots Ga Sept 27 The Colored Baptist Foreign Mission Convention draws a vast crowd with the entire U S Negro population represented by about 1290 delegates already present at Friendship Baptist Church. The gathering marks one of the largest meetings in African American religious history. Local dispatches report other varied items across the nation including pardons, military remains, insurgent clashes, and public events.
Julius Edwards estimates Western tomato crops will be at most one third of last year, signaling price increases before year end. Illinois Central Railway plans a ten million dollar capital increase to fund the purchase of the Chesaveaks and Otis Southeastern railroad, subject to stockholders approval. In Avrenivson Kansas Republicans of the Ninth district continue sessions with steady activity.
Slow death after a mine drift blast blocked escape passages at the Belgian mine near Leapville. Six miners died, four injured as dirt and powder explosion trapped them. victims named J. H. Gray, John Hamill, Clark McGinniss, John Beggs, Chris Phillips, Ed Kuhn. Injured listed: J. H. Reynolds, James Haxter, Alex Parker, John Waters. Additional local items note poisoning case, a suicide, Episcopal diocese session, and various court actions.
Mexico worries John Breen plans to seize Guadaloupe Island off Lower California coast. Breen, denying territory seizure, says trip will fund and perfect his title to the island while trading along the coast. The island lies 200 miles off Baja California, 180 miles south of San Diego, about 26 by 10 miles in size with 166,400 acres.
Pontiana Ore Sept 27 The hop market is firmer with prices slowly rising from early season lows. Theodore Bernheim bought large lots at 3g0 and 6lgc. He notes Oregon will produce about 81 000 bales this year and a better harvest could have pushed yield to 110 000 bales. Quality remains below last year. top grades hold value while poorer lots see little demand.
In Washington two senior diplomats, Senor Depny De Lome of Spain and Senor Lazo Arriaga of Guatemala, engage in a tense exchange over De Lome’s remarks on Cuba the Pareuil Cone. Arriaga seeks a public retractation after a meeting at the state department.
The store advertises Tofants Dongola Button Shoes and school shoes at 65 per ee sige with a large line of ladies and men's dress shoes from 1.02 to 81.0 per pair. Clothing Dept offers red White Half hose at 7 per pair and a large neckwear assortment at low prices. Located in Bowaf, the shop pledges savings from £1.08 to $5.00 per sale and invites customers to call.
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