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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1900
Page
2
A garbled digest of 19th century data includes New York state spending and exports, Vermont connections to presidents, postal losses, Transvaal distances, Lafayette dollars pricing, Paris Ferris wheel comparisons, War Department gun costs, Angers post office, Mason presidents, a pension reform synopsis, and then scattered biographical anecdotes about Thomas Bidwell Cooper and the Royal Academy.
Dispatches report Pretoria abandoned by Boer forces as British advance to the city. Lee-and-Lords Roberts' success at Johannesburg noted with refugees heading coastward. Washington coverage features Hearst and Democratic leaders urging July 4 unity to defend republican ideals against imperial power.
Manila May 31 Lieut Gen FE Stedje of company L Forty-seventh volunteers led a scouting party in southern Albay province engaging insurgents. Seventeen insurgents killed, 23 captured including a captain. Americans seized six explosive bombs and valuable documents. Yubi town burned. Brigley killed near Higno. Panagasinin province saw 32 rifles and 3300 rounds captured. Insurgents attacked San Miguel, Bulacan. five Americans killed, seven wounded. Capt Charles D Roberta and two privates missing.
On May 1 in San Miguel in Fulacan Luzon insurgents attacked the garrison of three companies of the Thirty-fifth Infantry, killing five Americans and wounding seven. Captain Charles D. Roberts and two privates were missing. No Filipino dead found. A band escorted by Forty Sixth Infantry near Manila fought Ladrones, three of whom were killed.
Louisville May 21 Gen John B Gordon opened the tenth annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans before about 3 000 veterans and banners bearing the Confederate emblem. The ceremony drew a large crowd in a city rallying for the event. A separate report notes a disaster in Ahmedabad where a river embankment collapse caused casualties among a party of laborers.
May 31 report from Hagerstown Maryland describes a dual memory day for the gray and blue with a monument dedication commemorating Civil War dead. President McKinley spoke, joined by cabinet members and numerous lawmakers, amid extensive national honors. In Manila Memorial Day ceremonies included military displays at forts and a cemetery tribute for U.S. soldiers at Malate.
May 31 report from Pekin notes slight improvement as Chinese forces retake tools and the Chang Sine Tien house is defended then burned by retreating Boxers. Relieving troops arrive. two men and a woman missing, feared to be held by Boxers. International forces totaling about 100 guard legations while Teung-Li-Yamen delays railway transit. American forces land with a machine gun and field gun at Tien-Tein amid resident tensions.
General Otis reports the transport Meade with Maj. Gen. BE. 8 Otim reached San Francisco after 25 days from Manila. The Meade carried three cases of smallpox and is in quarantine indefinitely. A quartermaster and a soldier are infected. Also noted is a speech by Dute? Northeatt proposing a Republican bid for vice president and a fire at the Palisades paper mill in New York causing $100,000 in losses.
Chicago May 90 The twenty third delegated quadrennial Methodist Episcopal conference concluded after four weeks, marking radical church policy shifts as equal representation for laymen and preachers was approved and a five year limit on pastorates was abolished. Unordained ministers may marry. United Presbyterians closed their assembly in Chicago with next site set for Des Moines and debates on the old wife’s sister ban and secret secretion.
W S Tay jor, a former Kentucky gubernatorial claimant, announced from Martinsville Indiana that he will run again this fall on an anti Goebel and anti Goebel election law platform. The statement came after a four hour conference with supporters including W S Sayler and Q A Blankenship.
Dispatches from Shanghai and Washington report Russia poised to land troops at Taku from Port Arthur and massing forces in Manchuria. Chinese forces move by land from Hu Nan and Kiang as Boxers gain support and target foreign presence. The U S state department coordinates with Me Conger while the Navy positions the Arkansas near Pekin as violence escalates around Tar Chow and Peking.
Rioting flared in four southern districts of St Louis as the transit strike entered its fourth week. Police logged about a dozen wounded or struck by missiles, with three mortally wounded by bullets. A midnight explosion at Fifteenth and Chambers shattered windows and tore up a streetcar line, with no injuries reported. Authorities suspect strikers or sympathizers caused the blast.
Washington May 30 The senate committee on privileges and elections reported adversely on the house joint resolution for direct election of US senators by the people and favorably on Hoars bill to allow plurality wins in legislative elections, aiming to prevent deadlocks. The report also notes other political items and international notes.
Senate discussions focus on the Spooner bill and U S ownership of the Philippine islands, with Morgan aligning against its broad powers. Other actions include Cuban affairs inquiries, pensions, Alaskan government bills, and a Louisiana wine exposition amendment. The House advances pension bills and marks up military and commercial measures.
In Anoka Minnesota William Wise and his wife and four children were in their home when a shotgun and Winchester shot through a window. William Wise Jr age seven was killed. James Wise age ten was shot in the right lung. William Wise age thirty eight was shot in the right shoulder and paralyzed. Mrs Wise was shot in the back and badly hurt. Eliza and Martha Wise escaped to a closet. Suspect unnamed. The Wise family had recently come from Wisconsin and were not involved in a feud.
Rita Proctor Otie may go to Australia next season to play Zaza. Mme Mudjeska will skip tours to rest at home in Poland. Marie Tempest to appear in Nell Gwynne in Anthony Hope and Edward Mon's adaptation of Hope's novel Lime Dale in London. Sothern has rights to The Started Fawn by Jestin Nuntley. Quile Pitch plans for a staging in East Por.
A dialogue notes Wigby’s age and a remark about his 100000 life insurance, contrasting views on the policy with a Chicago Evening News line. The exchange hints at suspicion around an elderly man and a large insurance benefit.
A fragmentary item discusses digestion and appetite, noting how quantity eaten affects stomach health and energy. The text mentions general ideas on digestion, appetite, strength, and health in a clipped, unclear historical notice.
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