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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1900
Page
1
Shanghai dispatch reports troops engaging boxers near Pekin with heavy casualties on both sides. Alarming talk of rapid mobilization of the Japanese fleet grows as representations prompt halting a large Russian landing at Taku. A Russia Japan clash is feared if Moscow continues a superior force to the front.
Washington reports intensified danger near Pekin with Admiral Kempff’s dispatches and a call to send the gunboat Helena to support Kempff’s command. The Helena, designed for Chinese rivers, can reach Tien Tsun, unlike the Newark, and carries a heavy rapid fire battery plus Marines may follow.
Manila dispatch reports Major Johnson with two companies of the 29th Infantry and 25 men of the 18th Infantry sailing from Romblon to Tablas where about sixty rebels retreated after a clash. Forty rebels were captured with officers, 10,000 rounds of ammunition, and seventy four rifles. American forces pursue and clear entrenched positions while scouts destroy a suspected Mascardo camp. The rapid actions continue as Filipinos retreat into forests.
A fashionable wedding took place Wednesday evening at All Saints Episcopal Church in Omaha Nebraska. George A Loveland director of the weather bureau at Ligcolp married Miss Illy A Steel daughter of Mr and Mrs John Bipps of 1318 South Thir Hethavec.
Experts declare artesian wells found flow to near the surface in Whitman Grant county and Hyannis Nebraska. Box Butte county considers sinking wells to ease farming with sub terrain water prospects while Alliance faces ongoing water shortages despite a new pumping plant.
War department releases a summary from the division of customs and insular affairs on Porto Rico trade for seven months ending January 31 1900. Total imports valued at 6 219 118 dollars with 1 731 046 dollars duty free. Import duty collected 691 678 dollars. Exports valued at 2 692 069 dollars with export duty of 357 dollars collected.
In the Twenty second Illinois district contest, two men died during the bitter Republican primary fight. At Anna M Mays was killed by a man named Johnson, a Roberts supporter, while Johnson supported Congressman Smith. At Grand Tower Jackson County another man was killed for voicing union on the two candidates.
A large lumber plant belonging to Prince Brothers & Co. in Ste Etienne du Saguenay Quebec was wiped out by a fire. The loss is about 400000 dollars. Forty families are homeless and several may have perished. The telegraph office and other buildings were also destroyed and colonists are suspected as the cause.
General Baden-Powell extends martial law to Marico and North Lichtenburg. Boer and British patrols exchange shots eighteen miles east of Mafeking on May 18. Forces near Pretoria move westward to meet Baden-Powell and display control as Hunter advances.
Manila advices say death proof unclear and guesswork prevails. Aguinaldo reportedly split forces into ten man parties before the attack. A shot insurgent could have hit Aguinaldo's secretary or adjutant, with natives claiming a shoulder wound to Aguinaldo.
Solflopper was fined $1,000 in federal court at Omaha for sending an obscene letter to a Des Moines woman. The letter intended for one woman reached another with the same name who sent it to Anthony Comstock, who then arranged for an agent to secure Hopper's indictment.
Andy Anderson a 50 year old Swede living in Kearney hanged himself in a jail cell Wednesday. He was jailed for intoxication with no charges filed and would have been released soon.
William Kerr of Hastings, a bank president and wealthy Nebraskan, bought a $13 600 gold brick after a convincing stranger claimed it came from a mine in Old Mexico. Kerr traveled to Leavenworth, Kansas, verified the brick’s value at 18 000, and arranged a sale, only to fear a scam as days passed and he sought authentication.
The Tien Tsin News reports about 1,500 foreign troops leaving for Pekin by two trains. Admirals at Taku order the railway reopening while labor gangs repair tracks under guard of 1,500 foreign fleet troops including 100 Americans led by Captain McCarla. Armored trains and guns accompany the effort, with further dispatches noting ten thousand troops may be sent to Pekin to back ministers or to suppress the boxers if needed.
Gloucester, C. Two hundred miners were trapped by gas in mine No 2 after an explosion. Rescue efforts saved all but three men. Evan Joseph John McTelland and Aaron Swanson died. bodies likely unrecoverable as the mine remains on fire.
Mrs. Frank E. Moores wife of the mayor of Omaha was fatally injured when a runaway carriage dashed along the Tenth street viaduct. She jumped from the vehicle and struck a curbstone fracturing her skull. Doctors offered no hope of recovery. Mrs Mackay and her daughter, passengers, were not seriously hurt. Mrs Moores died at 8 55.
William Burns and Thomas Ryan alias Thomas Reynolds are jailed in Covington, charged with murder and the fatal shooting of Patrolman Thomas McQuery after a chase from Ludlow. Burns claims sole responsibility for the killings. The pursuit ended on the suspension bridge and the Ohio River chase as Burns leaped into the water and was later captured.
Sunday saw violent clashes between strikers and authorities during the St Louis Transit walkout. Four dead and multiple wounded including C Edsward Thomas and George Rine among strikers, plus red Boehm killed by deputy and several others hurt or injured. Police protected cars on main lines through midnight.
General Pio Del Pilar, described as a leading Pilipino figure, was captured near Guadaloupe six miles east of Manila by Manila native police with aid from the Twenty-first Infantry. He was brought to Manila and positively identified before the provost marshal.
Thomas Jefferson Johnson known as Cyclone Johnson, a street preacher, was shot and killed near Carmel sixteen miles north of Indianapolis after he reportedly killed Deputy Sheriff Carey during an arrest for assault. Johnson had a history of attacking people during his street talks, and an unidentified person in the crowd fired the fatal shot at him.
News in brief reports a safe in the Burlington depot at Brownville Nebraska was blown open on Saturday night and burglars obtained less than ten cents in copper coins.
London dispatches report severe fighting between Chinese troops and boxers near Tien Tsin and Pekin. Troop casualties blamed on boxers while another account claims government forces defeated near Pao Ting Fu. Legation guards standby but not yet engaged as the movement covers hundreds of square miles. Vienna dispatches say the sect numbers about 4,000 and is wielded by capable leaders.
A fire Friday night burned the roof of the east school house in Fremont and damaged the interior, causing about 4000 dollars in loss. The janitor's practices started the blaze as firefighters arrived late due to a mistaken fire truck route, though damages are fully covered.
The Sangamon County Illinois circuit court found Miss Lee not guilty after a five hour deliberation. She had been arrested in December 1896 for allegedly murdering her infant and throwing the body into a well. During jail detention she and two other prisoners escaped by stealing keys to the rear door. She was recaptured and then tried.
Find Him Insane was declared insane by the county board of insanity at York. He appeared at Oscar Swanson's Bradshaw area farm around May 16 and remained unsettled until last Sunday. He says he lived in Greenwood Nebraska and has an uncle named Ross Barr. He may be sent to Lincoln asylum for treatment.
Military operations appear halted in South Africa with Lord Roberts' troops resting in Pretoria. The army fills magazines and stores at the new base before pursuing retreating Boers toward Lydenburg, while cavalry likely seeks to intercept Commandant General Botha.
Rich Strike at a Combina tion Zinc Mining property in Galena Kansas described as the richest jack strike yet. Drillers at the Sadie Bell shaft hit 25 percent jack at 62 feet and bored ten feet of solid material amid much excitement among locals and miners.
Governor Poynter signs a 200 dollar state reward for ex-Sheriff J H Dickerson of Garner Iowa for capturing George H Ray killer of Frank Cheesman in Nemaha county Nebraska. Funds absent so voucher awaits next legislature. Four Negroes Killed and Fourteen Injured at Jacksonville on Commodore Barney job.
Heavy thunderstorms sweep Germany causing damage along the upper Rhine and at Brunswick and Plauen where fatalities are reported. A Nebraska dispatch notes a hail storm at Laramie Wyoming broke every north side window on train No 124 as cars stood on the siding over Sunday.
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