31 May 1901
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1901
Page
1
An advertising pitch extols Johnson's Tonic as the cure for malaria poisoning and the world's greatest medicine. It claims blood vitality aids work, warns against cheap quinine, and urges traveling 25 miles for the product, framing health as personal business and dealer profit as secondary.
Prince Oukh tomsky, president of the Russo-Chinese bank, discusses the Chinese crisis in a St. Petersburg dispatch. He notes Chinese resilience, predicts legation attacks and German aims in Manchuria, and criticizes Russian and German handling of Peking's siege. He warns evacuations before the wet season and emphasizes Chinese tenacity.
May 27 to May 29 reports show Britain backing a 45,009,000 tael cap on indemnity from China, with Rockhill calling it an American victory. A separate 310,000,000 taels imperial cap failed, but other powers consider it. Dispute over a 5 percent foreign customs rate risks delays. Rockhill suggests America may relinquish indemnity or offer cash to China to protect U.S. interests.
In Booneville Missouri the Laurine freight boat blew apart after dynamite and blasting material stored on board exploded. Two men Bart Crippe and Steve Wilson are missing and presumed killed. The blast damaged nearby ferryboat Joseph L Stephens three homes, and shattered windows over a mile away, with property losses running into thousands.
A stock company to rebuild Jacksonville is probable though not to own the city. Ex United States Senator Call plans a lending corporation to aid rebuilding, backed by J Hill who pledged a personal $1, and 6 percent bonds of $1,000,000. Funds would back real estate loans up to 5000 each, with New York or New Jersey control and a trust company holding the bonds. A Morgan aid hinted. Meanwhile Alexander E Crawford, late Jacksonville Insurance and Banking manager in Pensacola, is sought for forging notes totaling over 700 dollars and other agent salary debts after leaving for Mobile.
United States Steel corporation prepares to erect an experimental refrigerated plant at Carnegie's Lucy furnaces to cut pig iron costs. Built on a commercial basis, the facility will cost about 100 thousand dollars and aims to dehume air to improve furnace efficiency in winter conditions.
Europe fears the United States Supreme Court ruling may redefine world power as America shifts outside the American constitution. The Westminster Gazette argues that colonies demand naval bases, altering the Monroe doctrine and forcing Britain and the United States to seek terms through negotiation to avert broader conflict.
Reports from Persia indicate a pro Russian loan of 15,000,000 was blocked by British opposition. Details on the delay and political maneuvering remain unclear as authorities assess implications for regional diplomacy and financial backing.
May 20 report notes that two hundred men have surrendered at Palapye in Bechuanaland and forty nine wagon loads of RDA WA were captured or surrendered, marking a significant local military development.
At Meurmis May 29 the United Sons of Confederate Veterans discussed impartial history of the Civil War. Department Commander Brant H. Kirk urged printing the committee report and offering prizes to encourage children to learn the southern cause was fairer, with a push for balanced school histories in the South.
J McEwen a Black preacher was shot in the pulpit at Harmony Street Baptist church in Als. Fifteen buckshot wounds caused death within minutes. Suspect Henry Fletcher has been jailed awaiting investigation amid earlier accusations of alleged affair troubles and threats to the minister. The incident stunned one of the city's largest Black churches.
The presidential train arrived at 8:30 this morning as Mrs. McKinley rests comfortably and anticipates visiting relatives in Canton. The president and cabinet members express gratification over the Cuban constitutional on the Platt amendment and Dubs’s acceptance, signaling political momentum amid election considerations.
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