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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1901
Page
2
Charley Herr leads a strong performance amid a chaotic racing scene at Berington Kentucky on July 1. Reports praise Herr as a rising Western Turf star and note rival trotters struggled in the stretch while Herr powered to a sensational time and dramatic finish.
Racing at Sheepshead featured Bint Girl capturing the Trial Stakes for 3 year olds over a furlong distance. Star Bright defused Ethelbert Lew Turk while Blue Girl led early but faded as Starweight and Prince of Melbourne closed in. The finish saw Bright Ethelbert rallying to contest the lead with Star Bright and Blue Girl amid the fray.
In an Oakwood handicap at Mukgrim Park, Robert Waddell of Trent edged Jade Janes while Bullman closed strong. The race featured tight turns and a late surge, with Waddell prevailing by a slim margin as rivals battled for second.
Pete bere ain set a world record in the regular shoot of the Hifie club scoring 200 of 37 polis with ordinary peep sights. Results list Coleyville Neodesha Cultayville and other stations, with captions noting teams and participants.
In San Francisco at the Presidio, Maj. Gen. W. F. Shafter retires as command of the Department of California is transferred to Maj. Gen. Gostal S. Bom Young. Four volunteer regiments, the Party Fifty-ninth, Party Eighty-fourth, and Thirty-etened, are mustered out with eight paymasters serving. Over $3,000,000 is drawn from the sub-treasury for payrolls.
A damaged fragment rates a claim that Hood’s Sarsaparilla cleanses all humors, purifies the blood, and heals eruptions to improve the system. It mentions liver conditions and general wellness in a period tone, citing the remedy’s broad cures.
Hugene Moens, a German truck farmer near Argentine Kansas, sues Southwest Chemical Co in Wyandotte County District Court for damages to his vegetable crop from gases emitted by the plant. He alleges acid fumes from sulfuric and nitric acids caused leaf burning and spotty damage across his twelve acre patch, with claims of past settlements and ongoing dispute over responsibility.
Blue Rapids Kansas reports Fowler Bros raising plaster plant capacity as two mills run full time for nearly three months. Gypsum from Blue Rapids is claimed purer than any yet found, rivaling Nova Scotia. Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific tracks run on the sites amid talks of a gypsum mine project.
An elderly resident, Michael Hemerick, living seven miles southeast of Phillipsburg, died by jumping into a 40 foot well. His daughter witnessed the incident but could not stop him. A prior in-law also died by suicide on the same farm last spring. Hemerick had been deemed insane before his death.
Testimony showed Eich and Rendolph in charge of the plant conspired to deprive Fithian Campbell and Gwency of ice, causing a five day famine in the town. The article also notes the fifteenth annual Winfield Chautauqua session opening with an elaborate platform and speakers, plus a shooting in Bourbon county and undertakers' convention actions.
Mike Krots a Bohemian farmer 43 years old married of Valverde township was found dead in his buggy near Slate Creek Saturday afternoon about 4 29 with a gunshot wound to the left breast. The note gives no details. he had resumed walking toward the creek with a gun and had spoken of hunting. Harvest death: Alfred Swanson a Swede farmer in the county west part died of sunstroke after long harvest hours. He had worked nearly all day and suffered two injuries and three days of heat before taking his life.
Abilene reports new headquarters for the Kansas Sunday School association with an office fitted up under A Smith formerly of Clyde. The State Sunday Echoel Journal will be published here under Mr Big agerent. Atchison police chief Owen W Belp attacked by Jim Burk leaving him with broken ribs. Pittsburg resident Bonnch Burnett dies by morphine overdose amid domestic strife.
Guthrie Ok July 1 There seems to be a well organized plan developing to enter the Kiowa and Comanche and Apache reservations as songs the proclamation opening the long to settle tment dasues. This is not rebene of a lot of desperate ten but every day develops the fact that some of the best citizens of Oklahoma believe the lottery scheme is legal and that they intend to test use matter in the courts.
Maurice Grau informs a New York AP representative that he plans to retire from management at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1902. He has left London for the United States. The article lists prima donnas, sopranos, tenors, and other company members in the season, with names such as Culve, Eames, Boeval, Gadski, Sussane Adams, Britechett, Schumann-Helri, Bridewell, Homer, Alvarez, Sabai, DeMarel, Gebrt, and a new comer from Paris.
W. W. Peet, former Topeka treasurer of the American Mission Board now in Constantinople, recounts a visit to the Turkish education minister. Peet waited while the minister prayed, was served coffee, and then the official continued devotions, illustrating the formality of Oriental religious practice. The note explains such interruptions are considered minor to honor the ritual.
Dr J B McGuire and Dr Thomas O Toole plotted to defraud Modern Woodmen of the World by staging a death and burial for 8000 in insurance. Cox, a barber in San Antonio, witnessed the burial and testified McGuire and O Toole fled toward Sonora after the staged ruse. McGuire’s sworn confession, filed in court, details the conspiracy as drugged air and a fake coffin.
An old disease prevention and health ad claims S. S. S. helps cradle blood purity to prevent illness in children. It warns that robust children resist diseases better, while weak ones catch many ailments, urging parents to consult physicians and request a free Book on Blood and Skin Diseases from The Swift Specific Co. Atlanta GA.
Willie Heppenthal aged about four or five died after losing balance on the Santa Fe road bridge over the Kaw river Saturday afternoon. A crowd witnessed the fall and rescue attempts using grappling gear and a pole. the body was recovered around 6:90. His mother Mrs. Mary Heppenthal, a widow, lives at 120 Hancock Street. Funeral services were held at 9 o'clock this morning.
The Rock Island routes advertise July excursion rates for Danver Pueblo and return trips with stop overs. A special Santa Fe train to Ottawa departs evening July 2 with an observation car, round trip price listed at $18.00. The offer includes routes via Topeka, Detroit, Cincinnati, and Fort Wayne with inclusive tabulations.
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