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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1901
Page
6
Amid mixed dispatches from Manila to Washington the Taft commission seeks to quell fighting near Bulayan Luzon as the U S plans to trim the Philippine army to forty thousand. Other notes mention Cuba Platt amendment prospects and personnel changes in the U S Army adjutant generalship.
A long, OCR damaged list of incidents and notices spans naval updates, political shifts, legal cases, resignations and accidents. Highlights include troop optimism, ship and canal talks, corporate mergers, court verdicts, smallpox reports, stock market shocks, and a fiery mix of local and national events with multiple named people and places.
The article notes a new educational bill in the British House of Commons and predicts Baron von Rheinbaden will become Prussian minister of finance. It reports a divorce coercion case in London and mentions miners in Britain deciding not to strike after a coal tax. It covers arrests in St Petersburg, a royal visit to Melbourne, tensions among British officials, potential oil railway absorption in Mexico, and various financial and diplomatic notes including Carnegie’s donation and European market actions.
A garbled OCR excerpt describes an order for Dodd's Kidney Pills from Dodds Medicine Company of Butiaty to Icelandic recipients. It mentions a convoluted delivery path via New York, London, Ragnod, and Greenland to an inland Arctic edge, amid a chaotic, mistaken transcription of names and places.
The Ladies' Home Journal notes this season favors white for all ages, with white lawn graduation gowns trimmed by lace or embroidery and waists tucked and hemmed. Wash silk shirt waists and ribbon belts are popular, with two to three inch deep collars and parasols in striped silk or plain dark shades.
Williamstown May 10 trustees meeting disclosed President Franklin Carter tendered his resignation to become effective September 4. The action marks a notable leadership transition for Williams College as officials begin plans for succession and continued governance.
Ten thousand men and boys rioted in Detroit streets for hours injuring twelve citizens and five policemen. Police clashed with the mob near Fort and Randolph as officers dispersed the crowd with clubs and mounted patrols. A hose stream was turned on rioters but the nozzle wielder was beaten. Major Maybucy urged calm as order gradually returned.
London reports show morning papers almost unanimous in denouncing the seizure of The Irish People, with serious doubts about Secretary Wyndham’s action. The nationalist press claims the issue could bring in substantial world attention and funding from American sympathizers.
Washington reports consul Ton aidson says Nicaragua has offered a voluntary loan of 1,000,000 pesos to fund the new central railway. Bonds will be guaranteed by 40 percent of Atlantic coast customs duties and 10 percent of Pacific coast duties, with local merchants and business men taking up the issue.
Chicago reports that a Record-Herald item states the Wisconsin Central railway sale has been perfected in London and will close in a few weeks. The price is said to be well above current stock values, with uncertain plans for the property, though it is thought Harriman interests may receive the road.
Betford Indiana May 1 The new medical law passed by the last legislature bans Christian Scientists and magnetic healers. Judge Martin of the elrowit court here upheld the measure in the first judicial interpretation.
In the case of the State against Professor George Parks a magnetic healer, he was arrested for practicing his profession under the new law. The defense attacked the statute but Judge Martin upheld its validity.
Norman Churchill a Green County pioneer died at 73 after a period of illness. Arriving in 1840 he learned millwright trade on the Wisconsin River and helped found Monroe’s first planing mill in 1858. He influenced local business, served as village president and fire department engineer, sat on the school board, and the Churchill ward schoolhouse honors him. Survived by wife, three sons, and a daughter. Funeral Sunday.
May 11 reports recount the presidential procession from Los Angeles to San Francisco with stopping programs and lavish flowers at Venturi and Santa Barbara. At Santa Barbara the fire chief refused to evacuate his burning home, saying Let it burn to miss the chance to see the president, as the house burned to the ground.
Maud A. Goss of Douglas City Missouri recounts severe nephritis rheumatism and insomnia eased after taking Dodd's Kidney Pills. She credits four weeks to bed rest and gradual recovery enabling her to sit up walk and resume cooking and housework. She says she took ten boxes and now feels a well woman.
Missourians voted two to over Nebraska in a annual contest debating whether the United States should own construct operate and fortify the Nicaraguan canal. Louis Gofard, famed French aeronaut, plans an Atlantic balloon crossing and is noted for numerous aerial journeys and decorations from European monarchs.
President McKinley and party spent a sunny day in Arizona with trips through Blue Tank mountains and a 1500 foot underground tunnel. Miners and local cowboys greeted the group as telegraph repairs and school visits punctuated the journey toward Phoenix and the Colorado River crossing near Yuma.
In Janesville Wisconsin on May 11 former U S Senator R F Pettigrew of Sioux Falls observed the town's hot water heating facility. He is testing systems for use in Sioux Falls and touring towns similar in size to compare results. Pettigrew avoided interviews and kept his plans from newspapers as much as possible.
Reports from the fronts state that 785 riflemen surrendered in the past month. General Tinio’s remaining forces and the ex-priest rebel Agapay’s followers surrendered at Sagag on April 28, except for forty holdouts who disobeyed orders. other arms are said to be in Necos Norte Province.
An elderly farmer J L Chandler of Poland Oklahoma was seized from his home last night and lynched by cattlemen amid long running cattleman farmer tensions. Poisoned water killed many cattle in weeks prior, heightening unrest and signaling a warning to others.
Ottawa Ontario May 1 The surveyors tasked with resurveying the British Columb us boundary line will depart for the west at week’s end. It is not anticipated they can finish the work this season. United States surveyors will be engaged in the same work concurrently with the Canadians.
New York May 10 report claims former President Cleveland earned about 400000 from trading in Northern Pacific stock. The profits allegedly came from tips from Dan Limont, once his war secretary and now vice president of the "Tittle Nip per" noted in Wall Street circles.
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