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Newspaper
Cape Girardeau Democrat
Location
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1900
Page
2
Cape Girardeau reports Maj. C. M. Dale late of the Canadian militia installed as a military knight during a ceremony at St George's chapel London. Also noted were peaceful events in Paris and Cuba, plus financial and political updates across multiple regions.
Senate adjourned in deference to Decoration Day while House action focused on a Chinese commission bill and pension measures. By month end both chambers moved through appropriation bills, trust regulation efforts failed in the House, and the Louisiana Purchase exposition funding drew final votes amid conference tweaks.
A Missouri man on his deathbed has given his attendant a full counterfeit gear and several homemade bills. He claims 14 years of forging, mostly away from home. The note also covers broader war and world events from Manila to Pretoria and New York politics.
Athens correspondent notes American schools explorers identified Pausanias only fountain in Agora. The bronze lions heads remain in the well. Census enumerators total 52 621 with Pennsylvania 4670 and New York 4492. Oliver Pogue, 26, shot by a deputy marshal in Carbondale Illinois while resisting arrest. Foundry Laborers strike in Buffalo for 1.73 per hour eight hours, affecting about 1200 workers idle.
Senate on the 5th focused on conference reports and minor business ahead of adjournment while a heated clash arose over a claim that shipbuilder Clamp contributed 400000 to the Republican fund with contracts for warships as repayment. House debate alternated between conference reports on appropriations and political controversies. Mrs Sherman dies at 72. San Francisco betting restrictions granted a temporary injunction. nominations for port appraiser and major general confirmed or advanced.
Wharton Barker has sent his letter of acceptance of the presidential nomination to the People's Party national committee. The report follows other brief items noting deaths, accidents, and local happenings across several states including Missouri Arkansas and Oklahoma.
The Missouri State Board of Agriculture released a June 1 crop conditions review led by Secretary Col. J. Rippey. Wheat 57, corn 94, oats 91, cotton 87, tobacco good, apples 74 with declines, small fruits down, pears weaker, peaches promising. Full acreage to be planted.
Judge James Scammon, longtime Kansas City attorney, dies at home after more than a year of paralysis. Other obituaries note Capt. D. A. Hiner, 65, an old river pilot who steered the steamer at the Battle of Shiloh, in Hamilton Caldwell County. Robert G. Trouston, 65, banker and business leader in Knight’s disease areas. Thomas F. Geary, 75, Osage River merchant and pioneer settler, remains wealthy in Morgan County. William Shier, 1, dies suddenly near Odessa. Capt. George A. Jurdy, Mierce City postmaster and 1596 Republican National Convention delegate.
C E Woodrow 45, gas company superintendent in St Joseph, was killed on the Fourth street viaduct in Kansas City by a Suburban Belt railroad engine. He was unobserved from behind and thrown several yards. injuries were internal. He leaves a family and was brother of John H Carroll of Jefferson City, attorney for the Burlington railroad. Carroll attended the Democratic state convention and took charge of the remains.
William A. Kelley of 401 St George street St Louis a blind law student at Washington University aged 21 and a Missouri school for the blind graduate was among applicants examined in the St Louis circuit court. In Clayton probate court a trial disclosed Reuben Dixon a Webster Groves resident and known voodoo figure who died last year attempted to hoodoo Missouri's governor to save his grandson condemned for murder.
A rumor in Kansas City claims Nelson Morris Mim mond and Libby McNeal & Co plan stock yards and packing houses in the east bottoms three miles east of the current Kansas City stock yards. State Treasurer Pitts filed with Gov Stephens his May treasury report showing April 30 balance of 150,?. receipts for May 27,104,?. disbursements for May 2145,224.35. balance May 11 1,625,29.04.
Joplin city government arranges mounted peace officers to aid regular police in pursuing nightly robbers and burglars. John Finn, a coal miner, sentenced at Linneus to 15 years in the penitentiary for arson at Marceline.
In Kansas City a man identified as dentist L Mundy aged 45 was found dead in his Howson building office after reportedly taking morphine. Earlier Kenett Albert Raina struck James McMunn with a beer bottle, causing McMunn’s death from the blow’s effects.
Lord Roberts enters Pretoria at two pm to cheers as news spreads that Pretoria is occupied. The war office reports he ordered Gen French to relieve British prisoners at Waterval after occupation. Enthusiastic crowds wave flags and sing God Save the Queen, marking a decisive moment in the conflict.
London reports detail the surrender of Pretoria after Boer resistance waned and Botha accepted terms. Lord Roberts notes the 13th Imperial Yeomanry Irish battalion overwhelmed at Lindley. rescue attempt by Lord Meath was in vain. Some British prisoners moved to Waterval. Mrs Hollo and Mrs Kruger remain in Pretoria.
Incomplete returns from 17 of 33 counties indicate Republican gains with Wolverton leading for supreme court justice and Moody and Tongue favored in congressional districts. Multnomah County shows a mixed result with a Democratic mayoral and varied city council slate, while fusionists win the district attorney seat.
In Philadelphia on June 6 four defendants in the Lancaster revenue cigar stamp counterfeiting case pleaded guilty in U S district court. Wm M Jacobs and Wm L Kendig were fined 5000 dollars and costs and given 12 years in prison. Samuel Bb Downey, former deputy internal revenue collector, received 300 dollar fine and two years, and James Burns got costs and one and a half years.
San Francisco June 6. Attorneys for the Chinese Six Companies filed for an injunction to force the board of health to lift the Chinatown quarantine. The petition claims 10,000 people are restrained, while non Chinese residents are not affected. It denies plague in the district and notes expected pushback from the health board.
Honolulu reports deny bubonic plague rumors as health authorities announce new port quarantine stations. Nova Scotia native Alexander Christoholm died May 2 after six days of illness believed malaria and was cremated after health officials interrupted his funeral. Civil affairs note U S civil courts in Cuba have jurisdiction in a murder case involving a U S soldier.
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