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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1900
Page
2
The Journal notes that non union painters painted state fair buildings at Syracuse and unions threaten a boycott. They propose redoing the printing with union labor as the sole settlement plan. The piece also covers spelling changes in Cincinnati and broader claims about South America’s resources.
The will of M Alphonse Milne Ed wards bequeaths his scientific library to the Jardin des Plantes in Paris. Proceeds from the sale will increase the stipend of the chair of zoology. He leaves 20000 francs to the Geographical Society for an annual prize to explorers and 10000 francs to the Society of the Friends of Science.
Dr Henry J Costello a Philadelphia physician committed death by his own hand while of unsound mind. He knew he was becoming insane and kept a journal detailing the progress of his mental derangement. An enthusiast in his work, he wore himself down to mental and physical decrepitude.
Margaret Vateline of Geneva New York was terrified as a room filled with large bats. Twenty seven were killed and a nest of nineteen moved into a house that had stood empty for two years. Doctors fear she may lose her reason. Bat activity has increased in the East this year with unknown cause.
The San Diego Chamber of Commerce advances silk production in local agricultural districts. Plans include securing many silk worms and planting five thousand mulberry trees. Southern California climate is seen as favorable vs France for silk culture amid huge domestic demand with imports valued at 43 million dollars in 1899 from Japan, China, and Italy.
In Boulder Colorado a sulphuric acid laden tank car failed to brake and rolled down a grade. It telescoped into a box car loaded with household goods, rupturing the tank and causing a large acid spill that ruined furniture and blocked freight movement. Loss ran to several thousand dollars.
The L A Scott of Philadelphia launch suddenly halted as a swarm of green headers clogged an air chamber. Investigators found about two gallons packed tightly, drawing in fumes with oxygen. The engine shut off, fires drew in suction, and an hour of removal restored operation.
A Nevada senator spoke at Republican headquarters in New York on August 20 urging voters to back President McKinley. He argued the Spanish-American War, led by the Democrats and Bryan, produced a peace treaty with a $20 million payment and Philippine sovereignty. He criticized the Anti-Imperialist League and criticized Bryan as misrepresenting 1896 issues. He contrasted Arkansas agricultural decline with Ohio gains, labeling Senator Jones a calamity figure, and included a rural Iowa voter's defense of McKinley and mockery of Bryan.
A political pamphlet criticizes Senator Jones of Arkansas as a former slave owner tied to the Democratic campaign, accusing him of brutal treatment of slaves and linking his views to imperialism and the treatment of Filipinos. It presents stark, inflammatory character allegations from a partisan perspective.
The article accuses the Democratic Kini Government of dishonesty and duplicity by the minority and notes a brief tenure in Kentucky.
The United Kingdom exports goods to its colonies totaling $423,212,102 each year. The vast trade includes far reaching colonial commerce shaping imperial economy and relations.
Ex Governor James E. Boyd of Nebraska calls Bryan’s insistence on a 16 to 1 silver free coinage plank at the Kansas City convention his fatal error. He argues it will deepen Bryan’s defeat, despite widespread prosperity and low interest rates, and questions McKinley’s policy impact.
A fragmentary verse recounts Bryan desertion and a boxing-like clash with Dave Hill, noting silver imagery and triumphal mood. Theander references obscure lines and a poet laureate in Cook County, Chicago, with mentions of Ul democracy in the Inter Ocean.
The oil mills pay farmers 18 to 20 dollars per ton for cottonseed, tempting farmers to sell their seed and skip the usual fertilizer. Farmers then must buy commercial fertilizer at 2 to 8 dollars per ton less. Yet booming southern industries in lumber mills, railroads, and mines strain labor, hindering a large cotton crop.
A Tammany judge in New York fined a man one dollar for wearing a ytton bearing a portrait of Grover Cleveland. The remark hints at lingering questions why Cleveland left New York.
A brief charge claims Tammany justice exonerates the machine as the grand jury and judge clear its leaders. The excerpt accuses the Tammany faction of unity while shielding alleged crookedness during investigations and coverups.
About 130000 pianos were sold in the United States in 1899, a new yearly high, exceeding previous records by 25000. The era’s tunes carried the idea of prestige abroad and prosperity at home as the market surged.
Delegates accepted a bitter division note as eighty one percent recognized 16 to 1 was no longer a lie issue while Boss Bryan pressed for it and Prince David voted in favor, sealing the decision.
Exports of mineral oils in the last two fiscal years show values of 66,275,168 and 74,404,836. The figures indicate a rise in the later year.
Robert Bigham of Dunbar Nebraska was killed in Wayne by Adolph Wonlund of Buckland Missouri. Wonlund claimed divine orders and bodily kicks ended Bigham. Coroner’s jury says Wonlund murdered while both jailed. Wonlund deemed insane.
E G Fee, electrician for the Council Bluffs Railway, was murdered and robbed in Omaha. His body, believed to have died five hours earlier, was found by G W Ketchum, a Park Avenue line motorman. Arrests followed as Harry Floth, Leo Coyne, and Mike Mollen confessed, saying they beat him to obtain beer money.
Omaha Nebraska shows a population drop in the twelfth census with 102,555 residents, down from 140,452 in 1890 and a ten year decrease of 17,807 or 26.98 percent making it the first city so far reported to shrink in this decade.
Edward Balch assistant cashier of the Omaha National Bank was assaulted and robbed in a Pullman sleeper on the Northwestern train from Chicago to Omaha. He was mauled about the head and remained unconscious for hours. On arrival in Omaha he was taken home for medical care. the physician does not anticipate serious consequences.
W J Bryan received official notification of his presidential nomination at Topeka on August 23. Thomas M Patterson of Colorado spoke for the populist party. Judge A W Rucker of Colorado announced the endorsement by the United States Monetary League. The ceremony took place on the state capitol grounds with a large crowd witnessing.
The state university cheers as two Lincoln trained scientists win Paris exposition medals. T. A. Williams class of 1889 and Albert Woods class of 1890, son of Col. F. M. Woods, receive honors for agricultural department exhibits. Both are now at Washington.
Efforts are under way to form a Salt company in Kansas City to operate salt fields in Kansas in competition with the salt trust. F. H. Highble of Sligo is in Kansas City as representative of the proposed syndicate. If established, the syndicate will supply salt to major packing firms in Kansas City Chicago Omaha and other cities with packing plants.
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