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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1900
Page
6
Reports from Johannesburg detail authorities arranging for a 4 000-person relocation from nearby farms, with burghers housed in a large hall and strict surveillance. Gazette notices warn all British subjects may face conscription as tensions rise in the Rand region.
Lisbon reports Portugal's minister to The Hague and Holland's minister to Portugal have been withdrawn amid government differences. The dispute centers on alleged kingly partiality to Great Britain, reflecting a chill in relations between Portugal and Holland.
Honolulu dispatch notes rising anti immigration sentiment as Japanese depart for Japan and Chinese return home. Delegates discuss importing Negro labor from southern states, with Wilcox opposing firmly, arguing it threatens the native Hawaiian race.
The third assistant postmaster general’s report shows total postal receipts of 102.9 million dollars and expenditures of 107.7 million for the year. Stamp paper issued to post offices reached 397 million, an increase of 7.56 million. The document notes major abuses of second class matter have been eliminated or curtailed.
Washington reports by minority on the revenue reduction bill call for about 70 million less revenue than the majority. The plan also backs an income tax and aims to bring the issue before the Supreme Court for final adjudication. Oklahoma city population figures follow for several towns, with Oklahoma City listed at 9,976 and other towns ranging from Blackwell at 2,283 to Shawnee at 3,462.
The census figures show a population above 25,100 in the Meuse county region. Officials note a steady growth trend with urban centers expanding.
In Kansas, Judge Hook and Circuit Judge Thayer deny Carter's habeas corpus petition. Oberlin M. Carter, ex-army captain, remains sentenced to five years for misappropriating government funds while overseeing Savannah harbor work. He is to be returned to Leavenworth warden Robert W. McLaughlin to serve confinement.
A Shanghai dispatch reports Li Wane Chang's Manchu secretary Yiko arrested on the order of Fir Marshal Count von Waldersee for communicating with the boxers. Pekin notes Gen Chaffee complained to Waldersee about removing instruments from the imperial observatory and that a letter was returned for its tone. Chaffee says looting prompts banning entry by all persons through the palace smith gate.
Washington December 11 The Supreme Court ruled against the Wichita Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians in their claim to proceeds from surplus lands tied to a 1861 treaty. The decision holds they are not entitled to the sale proceeds of the surplus land from the old Wichita reservation.
Justice White delivers the Supreme Court ruling in Mason vs Missouri affirming the Missouri Supreme Court. The case tests a state law that classifies cities for voting and registration purposes.
Five small coconut shells of the navy, five little coque shells, are to travel more than miles to the Philippines. The flagship of this mosquito fleet will be the gunboat Annapolis, sent in response to Rear Admiral Remey's request for small vessels to patrol the Philippines.
Bleed Washington reports Consul General Brav in Melbourne states New Zealand plans to establish self-government in the Fiji islands and then pursue annexation. The statement outlines a path to govern Fiji and extend colonial ties, reflecting imperial strategy in the Pacific region.
A notice seeks bids for the wreck of the Maine at Havana harbor with plans to remove the vessel. Proposals must include a certified check and bond for compliance, with specifications due by a stated deadline. Captain Sigsbee favors a cofferdam approach to ease removal without explosives.
In Mountain View Oklahoma a Hughes gang raid led to a brutal 40 shot confrontation at the Cattle Exchange saloon. Marshal Jesse Morris was fatally wounded with intestine injuries while Deputy Acres and others suffered serious wounds. Palmsley the Indian was severely wounded and may die. One desperado escaped, pursued by authorities.
Johannesburg authorities plan accommodations at the race course for 4,000 farm families as reconcentrados. Burghers to be herded in laager under strict watchful eye, with British subjects liable for Rand service. Boers drive out kin in Transvaal, bringing in women and children due to continued refusals to fight.
President Homer of the Baltimore clearing house and thirty other Baltimore business leaders urged Secretary Gage at the treasury department to accept the president's invitation to stay as head of the treasury for another four years.
D B Ballwin of New Cambria reports striking copper ore 11% feet down in a shaft he is sinking on his land to access a coal vein. Old Colorado miners say the ore is rich in silver and resembles Colorado quartz veins. Beneath the rock lies a 3% foot coal seam. The land was leased to Rev J Browning last winter, who worked the shaft to 100 feet before funds ran out and he abandoned the lease.
Seattle December 7 1900 William Seaton born in Cooper County Missouri twenty two years ago attempted to exterminate an entire family with an ax nine miles from Seattle last night He fled to explain his life to physicians They think one child may live and Mrs Roy Clark may recover after three blows were glancing.
Major John McBride, formerly in the Boer army and leader of the Irish brigade recruited in the United States, arrived at quarantine in New York aboard the steamer La Cretage. A Mayo native, he spoke fervently of the Boer cause and confidence in eventual victory. He had left Lourenço Marques, then went to Paris before reaching New York.
The 1001 edition of the Columin desk calendar is distributed by the American Bicycle Co Columbia Sales department Hartford Conn It will be sent to any address upon receipt of five 2 cent stamps This annual calendar has been issued for sixteen years and is regarded as indispensable in many business offices and homes
In Matte City Missouri Dee General Armstrong a 16 year old colored youth was today found guilty of assaulting a white girl last July a verdict calling for hanging was rendered the injured party recovered after the attack where Armstrong barely escaped lynching.
Christmas price blitz at Jim's C G and M M with a one day sale on Saturday December 15. Granulated sugar 50c per lb old time coffee 1c per lb 25c per lb apples 1.20 per unit ten siftings 25c per lb imperial 5c per lb eclipse starch 10c per lb peanuts 20c per quart plus free 10c lemon or vanilla extract with each sack of flour. Also promises best candy selection in Butler.
Noan McGinnis writes from jail claiming innocence in a burglary and escape incident. He describes waking to a door opening after an inmate set the lock with an iron poker and asserts he did not break out on his own. He asks the warden for favors, insists he is innocent, and requests earnest consideration of his case.
Adrian Journal reports Grandma Simpson died December 2000 at the family home in the city. Casandra W Fulton born Virginia March 24 1824. She married Thos K Simpson January 20 1839 and later moved to Missouri. Survivors include her husband and nine children five daughters and one son. She joined the Baptist Church in 1846 and was beloved in the community. City Marshal J H Lane’s recent Jacksonville visit amid election controversy spurs indictments and bond for perjury by prominent citizens and some black voters. Mexico Intelligencer.
A young man had repeatedly run away and telegraphed for funds to his father. After another appeal asking for $40 for a ticket home, the father replied with a curt telegram telling him to ride the hog home, ending the pattern of cashing the child’s requests.
Gertrude gives Jeune a wrapped bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla as a present. The sickly Jennie recovers and on New Year’s day she proudly tells friends she owes her health to the medicine.
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