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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1904
Page
7
Flood warnings rise as statewide rainfall drenches Kansas. Fort Scott and Concordia record heavy totals while Topeka and Manhattan face rising rivers. Weather officials warn of possible crest if rains persist, urging caution along the Kansas River and tributaries.
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A wire report from McPherson Kansas April 26 describes a cyclone striking the city and nearby farms. Homes barns and outbuildings were leveled, windows blown out, and several residents injured while others escaped unharmed. River and creek flooding swelled, with rail lines halted and farmers abandoning homes to seek safety in the hills.
Rain floods Kansas towns with heavy downpours. Lawrence Kaw region reports 1.82 inches in a long rain spell this April, totaling 4.38 inches for the month, with washouts on the Central Branch near Cly and trains halted. Concordia sees record rainfall of nearly three inches in four hours, flooding fields and damaging roads. Haddam records three inches with hail, aiding late grain moisture. Atchison reports light rain across Central French lines, aiding wheat.
President Loubet of France visited Rome with a royal cortege to lay wreaths on the tombs of Victor Emmanuel II and Humbert I. He met Italian veterans and later visited Queen Mother Margherita at Palazzo Margherita amid protests about a French Catholic head entering the papal states. Ader also visited Pompeii before heading to Rome.
Telegrams from London to New York share brief notes on King Edward and Alexandra in Ireland, a Paris royal decree, and a session wrap up to avoid strike talk. Also reported are a Japanese imperial envoy en route to The Hague, U.S. weather and crop losses in Hudson Valley, a Philadelphia ship incident, and crime and business notices in New York.
In Allen county crops and pastures suffer as Marmaton and Big Creek flood their banks. Bridges and grades wash away, causing thousands of dollars in damage. The region endures heavy rains, high winds, and disrupted telegraph lines as towns record multiple weather events.
A two story frame on Belle View Avenue in Katnes City collapsed as children played during a rainy morning. Tenor injuries included a 13 year old taken to hospital. several boys rescued from the wreckage as rescue crews and residents pulled others to safety. The building, on the second terrace, had been condemned for park use and used by neighbor children for play.
The Washburn chorus of thirteen women from the college will give a recital Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock in the Vicar Chapel. The program includes pieces by Rubinatein Lynes, Brahms, DeKoven, Lehmann, Meyerbeer, and Marchetto among others, featuring Miss Agnew, Mrs. Burt Sutton, and Miss Vida Wood in select numbers.
Judge Hazen ruled James Dwyer guilty of keeping a hose within the corporate limits of Topeka and fined him. Dwyer’s appeal argued the property lay east of the Santa tracks and not inside city limits. The judge held the five acre condition within the city and affirmed the fine.
Bert Peet of Eskridge presumed dead after a Santa Fe freight incident Sunday near Strong City. Peet and a companion were on the blind baggage when the train entered the yards. Some say the white man jumped or was pushed. he fell on another track and died of a head injury. Brakeman reports the incident as the train halted and Peet died at the hotel.
A terse market page shows firm tone in corn due to heavy rains and mixed activity in wheat with July contracts active. Livestock in Kansas City and St. Louis features cattle prices around 4 to 5 dollars, hogs down modestly, and overall market strength in select classes amid transportation and supply notes.
A broad stock market summary shows little appetite for gains with several major issues softening. United States Steel and rail shares slipped while weaker demand kept pricing steady only for select commodities like sugar and coffee, sellers cautious and volume muted.
In the primary slate, names listed include county attorney John F. Kerrigan Mise Eleagar Arnold as superintendent, Beaman as shelf, Bechtel as clerk of deeds, Th. W. Hicks as clerk of district court, A. Leigh as coroner, and representatives W. Archer and B. Birow for Porty-fret district Forty-second district.
Heavy rain disrupted a meeting in Deilee City Kansas with reports of nearly an inch of precipitation. Strikers from the Flered HNiebe team resumed work after a government notice urged end to further strike action.
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