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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1902
Page
7
Union Iron Works completes and near-launches two divers the Torpedo-2 Siena Grampus for the United States Navy. Trials submerged and surface to follow. Transport Sherman progress, expected ready for service soon.
An explosion at a Colorado Fuel and Iron property near Pictou left three men dead and three badly burned. Among the victims were a colored laborer named John Samuel and Veank Marquis. the blaze caused limited property damage and the plant’s water supply issues at Leavenworth noted.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a robbery at the Lyceum theater involving a character named Tronks and a scene with Wien pails and a peony. Details are unclear, but the event is tied to a theatrical setting and another unnamed participant.
Fragmentary ad text mentions a city ticket office and Union Pacific RR in Kansas with unclear details. It includes stray phrases about remedies and a store offering items, but the readable content provides no cohesive event or outcome.
City police purge reveals ten officers removed with one sergeant demoted after a raid on Raffeloch Hebrew merchant store. Patrolman Voiles catches two suspects at Watts pawn shop leading to arrests of Alvin Hammerell James Burke and others. Raids uncover stolen clothing jewelry. Raffeloch demands tougher action. Patrolman Ed Pavey rises with Chief Donovan opposing thieves as Topeka police brace for change. Dr Fisk lecture on Boston to follow.
In North Topeka updates, Tecumseh arrival, Union Pacific items, and residents moving about. Local shoppers hear about Costley and Post white goods sale, embroidery displays, and major discounts on blankets jackets and hats. Social visits include Miss Ellen Pierson from Ottawa and Grace Reynolds from Lawrence, plus church and club event notices.
Washington dispatch reports Crum’s nomination as United States marshal amid party politics and cabinet discussions. Gen Metcalf and others are noted, with views on pension office appointments and potential opposition within the Senate committee on military files.
Los Angeles on January 21 James W. Plunkett a veteran of the Forty first United States Volunteer forces reportedly survived a near death episode after doctors feared consumption and his coughing fits. The bizarre scene involved a supposed bayonet incident and unclear details from the hospital ward.
Fragments show ads for rent of rooms with front details in Topeka and Manhattan area, and sale offers of safes and hardware items. Mentions W A Sproat of Carbondale, Kan and attorneys at law moves in Kansas. Obscure times and names partially legible.
In Missouri a condemned man hanged at the county jail after fleeing the state penitentiary on May 9, 1899. He had stolen from a farm and killed Henry Spieker during capture. Separately in Pennsylvania a man named Lats was hanged for murdering his wife after the swift drop, with authorities supporting him as the sheriff steadied him. A period newspaper ad praises a cough medicine as a trusted remedy.
In Walsenburg Colorado an inquest into a mining explosion at the Pictou mine of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company concluded that the deaths of Frank Marquis J Birew and Peter Johnson were not caused by negligence. The jury declared the incident unavoidable and exonerated the company and its officials from fault.
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