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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1900
Page
6
Congress and House proceedings cover late night debates on supply bills. The Senate amends naval funding authorizing armor plate factory up to 1 million dollars and the ocean survey clause causes House and Senate friction before adjournment sine die.
President McKinley approves Capt. Peter C. Deming of Buffalo for forgery and embezzlement with dismissal from the army and three years in prison. Commander Chapman C. Todd, chief hydrographer, is restored to duty after a suspension tied to navy surveying controversy.
The week saw 206 U.S. business failures, up from 159 a year earlier, with Canada at 19 compared to 10 in 1899. Wealthy New York figures William Weldorf Astor and Bradley Martin seek tax relief on personal property, possibly costing the city thousands if granted. Astor renounced U.S. citizenship and now resides in England. A U.S. worsted yarn trust emerges with millions in capital, while E C Benedict urges a third party opposed to McKinleyism and Aryanism. Philadelphia faces $200,000-plus costs for hosting the Republican National Convention as clubs prepare lavish entertainments. Strikes in Scranton and leggett’s Creek mines widen to 2,500 workers over wage cuts. Census director Merriam reports incomplete returns. full enumeration expected mid-month. Fire destroys Dresden ice houses and tied equipment valued at $425,000. Incendiary fires terrorize Rockton near Amsterdam, with several houses burned over ten years. May railroad earnings total $345,451,790, up 9.5 percent from last year. Randolph Savings Bank closes on the 6th. inspectors find loan shrinkage sufficient to impair deposits by 5 percent with 1,771 depositors owed $342,649.
The International Typographical Union announces the strike of union printers begun last December on most Pittsburg English dailies is officially off. In New Jersey Townsend and Duryea's Newark machine shop is destroyed by fire on the 6th, causing a loss of 60 080.
Wind destroyed Faulkner Kansas school house church and homes on the 7th. Factory and stock of Virginia and North Carolina Wheel Co near Richmond burned, 375 workers left jobless. Indiana eyeing $800 grant for Lincoln grave park. Democratic conventions nominate Bryan in several states. riots in St. Louis injure officers. Train and boiler accidents kill and injure several in Michigan Alabama and Michigan.
Reports say insurrection has erupted in Kwang Tung Kwang Si Kule Chow and Hunan with smuggling of arms including quick firing guns. Rebels estimated at 25,000. An American is rumored to be among leaders. Paris exposition draws over 500,000 visitors weekly, totaling more than eight million so far. Japan warns provinces about emigration to the United States and Canada and urges proclamations that migration is hazardous.
In Ishpeming Michigan a dig through debris at an abandoned amine yields about $50,000 in gold from amalgam covered plates. The mine, bought as speculation for 2600, shows rich finds and dangerous acetylene gas experimentation leading to a fatal accident in Brooklyn New York.
Chaos amid a transit strike as mobs assault female vendors and teachers, with four deaths and several wounded. Deputies and police clash with strikers on June 11 as Lena Kaenter and three other women face savage attacks and public denunciations.
Secretary Hay denies official authority for Consul Hollis to enter Transvaal, stating the trip was personal and unauthorized by the State Department. The dispatch tied Hollis to peace talks with President Kruger, but no government sanction is expected.
Thomas J. Johnson known as Cyclone Johnson, a street preacher, was shot and killed in Carmel after killing Deputy Sheriff Carey who attempted to arrest him for assault and battery. An unknown person in the crowd also shot Johnson.
London reports from June 7 to 11 describe South Africa operations at a standstill. Lord Roberts rests at Pretoria preparing for a long pursuit of the Boers toward Lydenburg while Kruger insists the capital is not conquered.
Washington June 8 Congress closes a long session with tense scenes in the house and a farewell by Speaker Tenderson as members sing patriotic airs. The senate signs the naval bill after a late vote, and the concluding hour becomes a social reflection on Capitol Hill.
Indiana Democrats convened in Indianapolis on June 7 and nominated a state ticket led by John W. Kern of Indianapolis for governor. The platform endorses William Jennings Bryan for president, reaffirms the Chicago platform, and omits the 16 to 1 tariff ratio reference.
The Missouri state convention adopted a campaign platform and named a state ticket led by ex-Congressman Dockery of Gallatin as governor.
Duluth Minnesota reports an hour long blaze that ravaged Virginia on the Mesaba range. 125 structures burned including banks and business blocks. nine of twelve blocks heavily built. No lives known lost though the town needs relief as homes and food run low.
Washington June 8 Representative Livingston Georgia ranking minority member of the house committee on appropriations says this session shows army and navy spending $50 million higher than the last session and that all departments have increased funds. He notes included items for Nicaragua canal rivers harbors public buildings and outstanding claims could push total to about $579,799,470 for this session.
A severe wind storm plowed through Parsons and surrounding areas on June 8 damaging the St. Paul elevator, Crown Point milling plant at Emport a, and numerous elevators and mills. In Miami Indian Territory a livery stable was wrecked and a man named Tom Skinner was killed by a fallen tree as a westbound train was wrecked two miles west of Oswego. Express cars and Pullman cars derailed and two tramps on the tracks were injured.
The battleships Indira and Massachusetts departed League Island Navy Yard for Hampton Roads to join the North Atlantic squadron under Admiral Farquhar for a cruise and practice drills. Within 44 hours the vessels were ready for service. In Baltimore, June 8, an elephant owned by Bostwick's menagerie named Sport was killed by hanging after injuries from a railroad accident.
Four men died when lightning struck the steamer Commodore Barney in Jacksonville on Thursday. Fourteen other workers were shocked as the storm swept the vessel during work hours. The deceased are named Tom Jenkins Peter York Harry Davis and Peter Wiggins all identified as colored.
Try Grain-Or Ask your grocer to day to show you a package of GRAIN-O the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it like it, Grain-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomachs receive it without distress, at the price of coffee. 14 the price of coffee. 15 cts. and: 25 cts.per package. Sold by all grocers.
A Philadelphia school scene shows a teacher asking about buttresses in military fortifications. Little Willie volunteers with a humorous answer calling it a nanny goat, prompting laughter and a light moment in class.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway touts Marquette on Lake Superior as a charming healthful resort with scenic beauty good hotels and immunity from fever. A booklet The Lake Superior Country describes Marquette and the copper region and can be obtained by sending stamps to Geo. H. Heaio General Passenger Agent Chicago.
An antique advertisement extols Lane's Family Medicine for daily bowel movement, liver and kidney support, and relief of sick head aches. It lists prices at 25 and 50 cents and includes testimonial snippets about taste of liquor and positive cough cures.
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