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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1901
Page
6
The text notes large irrigation investments in Louisiana to flood 300000 acres via 1500 miles of canals and 300000 acres at $15 profit per acre after spending $5.0 million and $1.75 million for mills. It also mentions Payta as the driest place on earth with a seven year average dry spell and donkey water transport in old times.
A jokey description claims stomach removal is simple by severing the organ at the esophagus and jejunum, lifting the remainder to the esophagus base, stitching, and walking away. The piece lampoons surgical bravado, reflecting perilous medical bravura in a comical tone.
Agricultural experts visiting Alaska say farming there could rival Finland with cereals reaching high yields for a population of 2.5 million, while Alaska spans about 100000 square miles, a size exceeding all but five states. They note Texas dwarfs England and Massachusetts in area, and estimate the global population could fit into Texas with vast vacant land remaining.
A unique trust is planned in Toledo by Evangelical church ministers who advocate pooling church building funds and interdenominational cooperation. The prospectus mentions no guaranteed dividends and opposes unnecessary church constructions.
Carl Kruger, third patient to survive stomach removal, leads a content life in Chicago. He enjoys meals with family including soups, malted milk, potatoes, coffee, and other liquids. Doctors hold out hope for a long, careful life, though meat fibers remain difficult to swallow.
A Maryland Court of Appeals decision holds that a person who dictates libelous statements to a stenographer is considered to have published them as if printed in a newspaper. The writer becomes liable to punishment under the laws, despite the stenographer’s confidential role.
Havana May 29 The constitutional convention approved the Platt amendment by 15 to 14 after a final vote on the majority report explaining the clauses. Radicals fought hard and Senora Portnón Gomez and Tamayo denounced conservatives, with Tamayo calling supporters traitors but later retracting under pressure. Gomez’s lengthy speech swayed Castro Robau and Manduley as he warned against perjurers of independence.
Philadelphia May 2 The 14th Presbyterian general assembly was dissolved at 6 15 oclock last night by Moderator Minton after nearly two weeks in session Many matters of utmost importance to the church were considered The report urged ministers to push congress for completion of liquor legislation in new possessions and approved the Peoria plan for selecting standing committees A five ministers four elders special committee was named for unemployed ministers and vacant pulpits The pastor was affirmed as head of all congregation activities including young peoples work A plan for supervision of young peoples societies was proposed but resolutions to adopt oversight and establish a standing committee on young peoples work were defeated
Des Moines May 29 A 0 to 62 vote by the United Presbyterian Church general assembly adopts a Judiciary Committee report interpreting article 15 of the creed. The action bars secret society members from church admission and may expel existing members. heated debate follows with warnings of potential turmoil within the church. In Carrollton Missouri a 22 year old policeman’s son Charles McKinney is killed by a tramp during an arrest and a manhunt ensues. In Topeka Kansas Republicans must abandon the eagle emblem due to a law forbidding use of the national bird and seek a new party emblem.
J E Luckwood along with three other officers of the Kansas City Fort Scott Memphis and Birmingham roads tender resignations. Luckwood ends a 26 year run as general passenger agent dating to 1869 and the original Missouri River Fort Scott Gulf system.
Nearly 2400 United Confederate Veterans members from 1231 camps gathered in Confederate Hall Memphis on May 29 for the eleventh annual reunion. Gen George W Gordon opened proceedings with Rev William J Jones leading prayer. Gov. McMillin welcomed delegates as Confederate leaders Stonewall Jackson Robert E Lee and Nathan Bedford Forrest were honored inDecoration.
Booker T. Washington urged conservatives at the Alabama constitutional convention to back a policy honoring Black citizens. He reminded delegates that Blacks came voluntarily, were educated and Christianized, and served in the Civil and Spanish Wars. Senator Morgan proposed a suffrage clause restricting officeholding to whites, with county registrar courts empowered to judge voter qualifications and appeal to circuit courts.
Washington officials studied the supreme court insular cases and concluded the government may keep current customs administration in the Philippines. Until the court rules otherwise, duties will continue to be collected on imports from the islands as before.
The U S Supreme Court ruled on insular relations with Porto Rico and the Philippines noting Congress may levy duties on goods from these possessions and that they are not fully part of the United States for tariff purposes Justice Brown authored the opinions in Delima and Downes with divisions among justices. Bryan commented that the decision echoed both parties and he would study the full text. A war department dispatch from Gen Chaffee says transport Sumner and Lennox left Taku with others bound for departure from China.
Washington reports French agriculturalists plan to use cannons and smoke to combat frost grasshoppers and hail. An international cannon congress will be held in Lyons in November. Experiments near Asti showed horizontal cannon firing at sunrise protected a 600 foot wide strip of vineyard from frost while adjacent areas suffered damage.
The presidential train ran east from Omaha through Tama and Marshalltown with few stops to avoid crowds. Secretary Wilson, a native of the area known as Tama Jim, joined the president on the rear platform, drawing large crowds at Tama but no station stop. Marshalltown saw a line of local G A R posts along the station.
Manila May 20 The Philippine commission opened discussion on a bill to recognize the courts. Ide noted that while Filipinos should be appointed when equal, natives had proved incompetent from the outset. Native speakers welcomed Anglo Saxon procedure as important American judges opposed five year use of Spanish in courts, but the commission seeks to avoid lawyer inconvenience.
A Duluth dispatch reports Charles A Towne will move from Duluth to New York in late June marking an end to Minnesota hosting the silver tongued orator. Towne aims to make a fortune and politics will be a focus for the coming years.
Mourning grips Kansas community as Harry Norman aged 17 and Ted Binkey aged 12 drown after Ted cramps while swimming. Norman bravely enters water to save his friend but both are lost in deep river.
Senator Fairbanks of Indiana was formally announced yesterday as a candidate for president before the Republican National Convention of 1904. Harry B. New, Indiana Republican National Committeeman, arrived in Chicago and confirmed that Indiana will back Fairbanks in the race.
Washington May 20 The alarm raised by ex Judge William Springer on behalf of Lom e Wolf and four other Indians in opposition to the interior department plans for opening the lands to settlement continues. The protest centers on the Comanche and Apache reservation in Oklahoma and concerns action by the interior department.
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