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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1907
Page
3
A Youth's Companion note praises listening skills in professionals and spouses. It argues that a capable listener aids women who need to speak out to reason through troubles, while warns that chronic chatter can erode family reserves and distress a home.
General Lord Kitchener favors anti typhoid inoculation as a defense for British troops. Evidence from the Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps shows strong effectiveness in preventing enteric fever. Trials began in India and Egypt with encouraging results. Maidstone epidemic saw zero infections among 84 inoculated nurses and attendants, while 16 of 120 un inoculated nurses contracted typhoid. 15,000 doses have been sent to India, and a second inoculation increases immunity.
The Agriculture Department warns that adequate chewing prevents dangerous results from eating unripe fruit. The warning targets all ages, noting the risk is often overstated but remains especially linked to gooseberries, plums, apples and pears.
The abdication edict announces the emperor’s plan to transfer power to the crown prince as soon as feasible amid a crisis endangering the state. A Korean troop mutiny followed, with soldiers fleeing the barracks and attacking a police station, clashes spreading as the public joined in with stones and clubs, wounding Japanese residents who sought care at the hospital.
The Interstate Commerce Commission, in a decision by Commissioner Prouty, ruled the present class rates to Roswell Artesia Hagerman Carlsbad from Kansas City St Louis Galveston and Denver unjust and ordered reductions. It also cut commodity rates for flour wheat lumber salt apples alfalfa and alfalfa meal from Kansas Oklahoma New Mexico Texas to specified lower levels.
The United States will prosecute the lynchers in Oklahoma for the assault on Frank Bailey. Marshal John Abernathy and two assistant U S attorneys were in Osage to gather evidence against the mob. Because Osage is in an Indian reservation, territorial authorities lack jurisdiction and murder charges will be pursued.
The steamboat Tennessee, owned by Kansas City Transportation & Steamship Co, was blown against a pier at Eads Bridge in Missouri river traffic. A gust of wind caused about 1000 dollars in damage as crew and workers jumped or clung to safety and the boat was towed to shallow water.
London reports fresh plague deaths in India reaching 1 060 067 for the six months ending June 30. The figure already exceeds the total for all of 1904, when 1 022 000 persons died, marking the highest toll on record prior to the present year.
In Garden City Kansas the Interstate Commerce Commission began hearing the Southwest Kansas Farmers and Business Men's League complaint against the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company. Special Commissioner John H Marble presides as the case probes coal rate discrimination against the region.
Two militia companies were ordered to Haanville Louisiana on Thursday night to safeguard against a threatened lynching. The move follows the conviction of four Italians for complicity in the kidnapping and murder of Walter Lamana of New Orleans last month, with no capital punishment.
The National Traveling Men's Protective Association in Detroit elected officers for 1908. Louis LaBeame of St Louis was named president, L C Deets of Des Moines as vice president, and A L Sheetz of Omaha as secretary-treasurer. The 1908 convention will be held at Lake Placid New York.
Washington reports that the revenue cutter Manning seized two Japanese fishing schooners, the Nitto Maru and the Kaimo, near a boat landing about a mile from St Paul Island's seal island on the fifth instant.
The World Today Magazine notes the farmer’s shift from backcountry laborer to business partner in production. It argues farming becomes a profession with schools and trusts, and praises the modern farmer for capital, science, and independence shaping the nation.
The New York Life Insurance Company reports more than seventy million dollars in paid business for the half year ending June 30. Policy issuances approach the year limit set by new law while Armstrong inquiry impact remained small. Death benefits totaled 11,180,626 with 10,480,135 paid for endowments annuities and related policy expenditures.
A London Tit-Bits item describes an old lady asking a railway porter about a train stop. The porter jokes that the engine is late and the train has “a thirst,” offering wine then water, while the old lady dismisses the banter and says not to trouble.
A historical note claims Switzerland protects goats above humans with fines for boy harassment and jail for stoning goats. It says citizens must halt trains for goats on tracks and that owners bear responsibility when goats trespass yards. The piece ends with a humorous remark about American boys wishing to be goats.
Fragmentary quote notes the need for eight hours of sleep for women with nervous temperaments to maintain good health. The text emphasizes sleep as essential for well being and mental balance.
Reports from Seoul detail renewed political tension after the ex-emperor's abdication. Hayashi's presence in Seoul fuels fears of throne manipulation and abdication consequences. Korean troops face civilian agitation near barracks as Ping Yang regiments resist disarmament. Gen Hasegawa commands 2,300 troops with 90,000 rounds of ammo. The new emperor orders punishment for a Korean deputation to The Hague.
The Hague dinner for the American delegation Sunday included Joseph Choate and Gen. John Woo ster, former secretary of state, with his wife. The Korean delegation departed for London amid circulating rumors that Koreans are Japanese instruments in a scheme to justify imperial abdication and Korea’s annexation by Japan.
A Chicago and Rock Island Golden State Limited bound for Chicago derailed near Pastura New Mexico 225 miles north of El Paso while traveling 30 miles per hour. Six of seven coaches left the track, the engine derailed and two Pullman porters suffered serious injuries. other passengers were shaken but unharmed.
King Frederik with King Harald Premier Christensen and 40 members of the Rigsdag sailed Sunday for the Faroe Islands and Iceland. They traveled on two large yachts escorted by warships to settle the constitutional difficulty with Iceland over home rule.
Fire at John Wannamaker’s estate Lyndenhurst near Jenkintown destroys stables and damages the country home. Losses cited at about 100000 for the stables and nearly two million for the home in the previous February blaze.
Militia companies remain on guard at St. Charles Parish jail after mobs attempted lynching Italian prisoners. Authorities report calm returns as residents reflect on the Tarhana kidnapping case and recent convictions.
Rome reports a canon reform commission voted to limit church nullifications of marriages to certain appealing circumstances. The panel may later decide if nullifications should be abolished entirely.
Yaqui Indians raided the Richfield Copper Mining camp just north of Querobabi Hermosillo Mexico Thursday last stripping it of valuables but refraining from murder according to local reports from the region.
The pandit Raisuli has forbidden Caid Sir Harry MacLean to write to the outside world. He fears continued communication could lead to disclosure of Raisuli's retreat.
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