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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1901
Page
1
Report notes the long search for a drowning victim near the lake ends with the recovery and presumed confirmation of a death. Authorities outline the sequence of events including a boat upset and rescue efforts by local crews. The item also teases unrelated general interest notes for readers.
The body of Henry Harstiel Jr was recovered at Wortman’s Lake after a week’s disappearance from West Point during a duck hunt. Lincoln bloodhounds traced him from his home to the lake four miles away where divers recovered the corpse after grappling with spears and hooks. The boatman’s pocket knife lay nearby. death cause unclear though likely boat overturn. He leaves a wife and three children.
A test draw s a crowd of scientists to the Quad rangle club at the University of Chicago. The electrograph experiment aimed to transmit half tone pictures by telegraph between Columbus University New York and Chicago. Distances of several hundred miles proved possible but New York wires failed to record thousands of fine dots. Further tests planned when wire conditions improve.
Dr C R Holmes of Cincinnati was elected president of the western ophthalmological and otolaryngological association by acclamation. W L Dayton of Lincoln Nebraska was elected first vice president, W L Ballenger of Chicago secretary, and G Stern of Chicago treasurer. Next convention in Chicago the second week in April 1902. Sessions featured several important papers.
A deadly clash occurred on the mountains near Lilly PA as gypsies fought a posse over alleged theft. One gypsy man was killed and a gypsy woman wounded in the shoulder. a division foreman and an assistant were shot, the latter gravely, as officers attempted arrests amid the confrontation. Several gypsies were later captured.
Three efforts aimed at wrecking the Santa Fe express near Long Point Illinois were reported. Wreckers tied heavy rails with large ties and caused a freight train to hit the obstruction on Friday night. In two prior incidents the mischief was found by section men before damage occurred.
In Oil City Pennsylvania five masked men forced entry to the home of J D Harris near Sugar Run bound and gagged Harris his wife and an Indian servant. They forced open a safe and took five hundred dollars in cash two watches and jewelry before fleeing.
Thomas D. Kahney a Mount Washington grocer was shot and killed defending his home from burglars who entered and tried to gag his wife to stop an alarm. The robbers escaped.
A London procession recalls the Confederate ship Alabama and Captain Raphael Semmes. The record notes a reward offer for a recovered document and thanks from the Confederate States to John Langaster for rescuing Semmes and part of the Alabama crew after the Kearsarge sunk the vessel near Cherbourg on June 19, 1864. Deerhound rescued 39 including Semmes and 13 officers.
A Mason Ohio dispatch says Mrs. John McLung was found dead in bed with her head crushed and her husband, a wealthy retired farmer, arrested for murder. The coroner's inquest led to the arrest as McLung, aged sixty eight, claimed he did not know who killed her. His wife reportedly valued at about $100,000.
Jerome S. France an employee at the Philadelphia main office was arrested on a warrant charging rifling the mail. He worked to distribute mail matter into state cases and was said to have made a partial confession after several weeks of complaints about mail tampering.
Navy dispatch from Montevideo reports Admiral Schley has hauled down his flag at the South Atlantic station and will sail to the United States via Southampton aboard the Clyde. Captain Rockwell of the Chicago becomes ranking officer until Admiral Cromwell arrives.
Bert Cassidy a prominent Chicago Daily News staffer and artist shot himself in a local room of the paper. He was about thirty eight and well known in Denver and Cincinnati for early chalk plate illustrations. Family troubles are cited as likely cause.
A large Haywards California complex of Hunt Bros was ruined by a fire that consumed the fruit cannery boarding houses and 85 cottages, including 75 owned by the firm. The plant, warehouse, 2000 cases of fruit and six fruit cars also burned. Many families left homeless as losses exceed 125000. fire is suspected incendiary.
Louis Godola a former police officer in Joe Gee's saloon at 612 South Thirteenth Street Omaha fired a revolver pointblank wounding William Lauder a baker who stood beside him Lauder lay in St Josephs hospital while Godola remained jailed awaiting the wound’s outcome
Frank Birt is appointed chief of police in Wichita Kansas. The text recalls his prior tenure five years ago when he, as chief, used an axe to smash fixtures in a saloon that operated without mayoral and council permission.
A mountain gun battle in Kentucky between Sheriff John W. Wright and his posse and a gang that murdered Mrs. Jemimi Hall and her son left two posse members dead and two wounded. Crews exchanged over 300 shots within twelve steps. Creed Potter Reynolds and others were captured or killed. rumor of state troops faded as the posse secured victory.
Henry Harstick Jr. locals fear drowning after he went duck hunting and did not return. His boat with a gun and ducks was found on the Elkhorn river and search parties scoured the area without success. Harstick, a prominent farmer with a wife and three children, remains missing as efforts continue.
Unverified dispatch from Buena Vista Colorado describes a huge avalanche on Italian mountain in Taylor Park about forty miles west. The report says several lives were lost and notes isolation may delay facts for days due to distance and heavy snow between Buena Vista and the mountain.
Governor Allen of Porto Rico met with the president to discuss island affairs. He attributed the low municipal funds to inadequate taxation but said the new tax law, now in effect, would replenish treasuries. Allen will return to Porto Rico May 1.
Seventy five Armour Institute students in night gowns disrupted a south side elevated train causing hysteria among women passengers and pandemonium before police ejected them. They celebrated a claimed gift of one million dollars to the institute by the Armours.
An eight year old boy Milo Hughes saved a Monon line train near Frankfort Indiana from plunging off a burning bridge fifty feet high by remaining on the track until the engineer stopped the train. His daring act drew the engineer’s attention just before impact, preventing disaster for many passengers.
Governor Hunt of Idaho issues a proclamation ending martial law in Shoshone County. He cites a recent personal investigation showing prosperity and peace since the law was proclaimed May 4, 1899 after the April 29 riots.
A scientist suggests the earth is hollow which may explain why humans create so much noise in the world. The remark connects geophysical speculation with social disturbance, presenting a provocative hypothesis about perception and environment.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only effective constitutional treatment for catarrh. It cites internal use to affect blood and mucus, promises a $100 reward for any failed case, and urges readers to request testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo, with Hall's Family Pills recommended as well. The ad ends with a proverb contrasting the angry man and the coward.
An advertisement extols PUTNAM Faceless Dyes that do not stain hands or kettle spots. It links marigold as a favorite flower of the fortune hunter. It urges protection against dyspepsia with Beeman's Pepsin Gum, noting opportunity can reveal a man to himself.
The report cites 500 million passengers carried last year with 231 killed and 2 945 injured in rail travel. Workers among employes suffered 2 237 deaths and 38 749 injuries while vagrants and trespassers recorded 1 680 deaths and 6 176 injuries, totaling 7 188 deaths and 47 870 injuries. Grain-O drink advertisement follows, touting coffee alternatives and consumer benefits with pricing details 15 cents and 2 dollars per dozen.
A compact ad slice lists Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising a one day cure for a cold with a refund if it fails, and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. It notes patent grants totals for the past year and includes a quotation about belief.
Letters from women in Maine Massachusetts and Connecticut extol Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier for bladder kidney and female weakness ailments. Testimonies claim cures for inflammatory issues nervous prostration and painful menstruation with calls to others to try the remedy.
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