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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1900
Page
10
In chapter IX of King Don a savage grip pins the hero to a gunwale as Lil lies near him in wedding distress. The lifeboat races to rescue, while a surgeon tends Don’s fatal-looking wound. Lilie vows to spare no expense as she presses for constant care, sharing the burden of his fate.
A nurse, patient trust, and deep love define a noble vigil as Lillie stays by Don’s bedside during a long, perilous night. His faltering pulse, silent prayers, and whispered pledges culminate in a fragile consciousness and a promise to endure together until the end.
Pan lies in a perilous fever as his mind wanders through memories from boyhood while Lillie, his nurse and wife, watches with steadfast devotion. His recovery flickers between lucid intervals and fading torpor as illness tightens its grip and the fear of parting grows.
The long neglected Harrison mansion at North Bend Ohio has been bought by Mrs. O H Hall of Cincinnati for 15000. Built in 1814 by Gen William Henry Harrison, it sheltered travelers and hosted grand hospitality. The estate declined to seven acres, with the house long vacant and gardens overgrown. Benjamin Harrison was born there and it was his home before moving to Indianapolis.
Dr. FE Benjamin Andrews accepts the University of Nebraska chancellorship and will withdraw from active duties as Lincoln public schools superintendent May 1. He requests a leave of absence without salary for May and June, plans to return in September, and will pursue rest in Europe or a New England farm. He will not seek re election and notes health and eyesight constraints.
The Nebraska University Club of Chicago will hold its second annual banquet on April 1 at the Victoria hotel. Acting-Chancellor CG W Bessey will attend and speak on The University of Nebraska Its Past and Its Future. In St Louis a football coach Edward Atkins was shot during a struggle with a highwayman. a $70 bill loss is reported but his wound is not serious. A Senate foreign relations committee report favors the convention with Spain to extend the option for Philippine residents to choose Spanish or Philippine citizenship for six months.
Beatrice resident Mrs Dan Hull died after hours of excruciating agony from burns inflicted by a coal oil explosion. Her husband Mr Hull’s hand was badly injured and Dr Baird warned it would need amputation. Her body will be buried in Cortland near her parents. Pistols Were Harred. In Frankfort Ky Judge Cantrill ordered spectators searched for concealed weapons entering to hear Colonel Colson trial for killing Lieutenant Scotty Deputy sheriff’s son.
Philippine commissioners depart by transport Hancock heading to Manila with planned stops at Honolulu Yokohama and Hong Kong for overseas duties.
Mrs. G Pool, 33, died at her Lincoln home after a week of illness. Her husband, deputy state auditor, had left for Sacramento to help his pulmonary condition. She contracted pneumonia after he left. her death followed heart failure. She leaves six children, aged from eight months to fourteen years. Her ill husband is in fragile health and unlikely to return home soon.
The will of Mrs Eliza Chrisman who died in Topeka provides the greater share of a fortune about 250000 to found the University of Topeka contingent on Kansas Methodist churches raising an equal amount within ten years. She also leaves 35000 to Ohio Wesleyan University 5000 for a Topeka parsonage 3000 to the Woman's Missionary Society and names Rev A S Embree as administrator with a 5000 annual salary.
The transport Tartar, freed from quarantine in San Francisco, will be turned over to its owners by the government. Thirty seven discharged soldiers, formerly returning from Manila, resisted orders aboard the ship claiming civilian status. General Shafter ruled they were not subject to army regulations and should be released when the vessel leaves quarantine.
A Constantinople dispatch reports the Porte replying to the third collective note from the powers on raising duties by 3 percent. The government says it will adhere to higher tariffs due to Turkish finances. Ambassadors plan another note objecting without prior understanding. The Porte’s stance threatens serious consequences.
Pittsburg chamber of commerce adopts a resolution urging Secretary of the Navy John D. Long to name one of the new armored cruisers “Pittsburg.” Proponents cite the city as the heart of iron and steel production, a 1890 census radius population of 1,608,964, and a combined water and rail tonnage approaching 59 million.
Forty veterans from Illinois and Indiana traveled to Terre Haute Indiana then to Taney County Missouri to register and inspect lands secured by a government grant to Civil War veterans. They aim to form a company if mineral wealth is found and plan further investigation.
Depositors of the defunct Commercial Bank at Rising City Nebraska who failed years ago received an eight percent dividend. It is the first payout to depositors since the bank’s failure and is understood to be the last.
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