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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1901
Page
8
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The Chronicle reports horses in Chicago afflicted with a widespread grip disease. Owners have halted work on affected animals and turned them over to veterinary surgeons for care. No fatalities recorded yet, but experts warn against complications that could threaten horse health.
Rain relieves a drouth in central and southern Arizona, with storms widening across the Ball River area and parts of the territory. Some damage includes roof loss in extreme southern portions, rainfall halting rail and road movements and delaying stock regions as streams swell and transportation slows.
A long running Colorado feud between ranchmen culminated in a fatal clash near Trinited Col. A man identified as a lookout killed Salvadore Parece and his son Charba Parece after a confrontation that left at least a dozen shots fired. The killings mark the suspected resolving point of a dispute that had simmered for years.
A tragic incident on Spaceway Lake near Tecoma leaves three people drowned. The report notes victims including FarI Jen wing, Plorenes Nevins, and Temperatures of Large Cities. Weather conditions and city reports from Chicago and Seattle accompany the fragmented account.
Berlin dispatch reports the tariff plan as a declared commercial war with Russia Austria and the United States yet Count von Buelow aims to resume good trade with Russia while facing Agrarian pressure. He must balance Tus of Tinesia and protect farmers, with new duties hitting imports from Austria US and Russia, delaying if into December 1902.
Police notes claim cooler weather reduced petty crime and drunkenness. A self arrested man was released after jailer deemed the episode comical. a Missouri boy recounted a stepmother tale in a hotel lobby. two youths, Albert Bigsey and Frank Cook, were jailed for harness theft to fund cocaine use, with their father grieving over his son’s ruinous conduct.
Police say a large portion of Topeka youths are using cocaine sold in packages for 54 cents. Higley identifies Biscon as a supplier and estimates about 50 boys are victims. Bigley to be turned over to the state. Cook denies theft charge. A windowed club and a street crime thwarted by bystanders are noted. a furniture team escaped a rimiway stop before being halted near the Mall and Breese office.
Jacob Rogers left almost all his immense fortune to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Appraisers value the property at about 5 445 000 dollars, a figure set by the millionaire shortly before his death and expected to be near true value.
In Louisville the Budgery-Graham Photographic Supply building burned, killing Max Belovitch and Patrolman James Purden as they rescued women and children. Fire spread on Jefferson Street near Fourth, with seven firemen injured or missing and several likely to die. Local chaos followed amid explosions and arriving authorities.
Dr Milo B Ward a famed Kansas surgeon died at his home 2700 Troost avenue in Kansas City after a nine month illness a Spanish American war veteran he helped found Stormont hospital in Topeka and led its physicians staff He lived in Topeka Manhattan and Topeka before moving to Kansas City in 1897 He was 30 and left two children.
New York dispatch reports Buenos Aires observers say senate approved Sunor Pelugrimt for desert of marti tew, with chamber expected to back it. Government not opposed to the viction. Peruvian ministers discuss policy with foreign affairs officials, indicating Peru will adopt Argentina’s stance. Herald correpondent notes Chilean postal service says Argentina diplomatic correspondence was violated in the Argentine legation offices.
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