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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1900
Page
8
Don lies near death as Lillie endures relentless nursing aboard a ship and at a seaside hotel. A captured Hindostanee note reveals the Prince’s guilt in Don’s wound. Colonel Gordon arrives, guiding Lillie toward faith as Don’s fate hangs between life and death.
In a shoreline scene Lil watches the towers of Osbourne and prays Don will share the beauty. Don awakens, recalls their quest, and vows reunion. She kneels beside him as he proclaims they are home, a royal homecoming after trials. He calls her queen, and their journey toward a promised land ends with hope.
Isabel Strong, stepdaughter of Robert Louis Stevenson, recalls Samoa as the emerald island with lush vegetation. She notes Stevenson’s affection for the land, native reverence, and his dinner with warriors. After his death, locals built a coral road to his grave, a hospital fund supports in his memory, and fear remains that his body might be moved.
A full blood Cherokee Indian named Sequoayah creates a sixty eight sign hieroglyphic alphabet to express Cherokee sounds. He tests it on his wife and several Cherokee warriors with successful results and readable sentences after training.
Henry McAnneny, believed from Minnesota at 630 Winona Street, was killed in a freight train incident at Grand Island while riding a bumper. The body was found split, with remains scattered along the track after the freight pulled away. A farmer’s boy first sighted the scene before railway workers attended to the remains.
F W Finnegan of Colfax county Nebraska was arrested in Omaha on a concealed weapons charge after arriving there. The quarrel stemmed from a $7500 estate share he received upon coming of age. A brother in law demanded $2500 for board, leading Finnegan to flee home. Police found 7273 in gold on his person.
Muscatine la April 25 dispatch reports George Wright found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to life in the penitentiary in his second trial. He shot and killed Mrs Nol Me Crippen, wife of his foreman, after secret relations. Iris attorneys argued insanity.
Anna Louise Lottridge is exonerated by a Chicago coroner's jury in the death of millionaire Rufus Wright. Witnesses at the Leland hotel room on April 14 confirm Wright said the shooting was accidental and he was clear minded.
Three children of Sam Stewart were poisoned by eating wild parsnips in Creighton. Doctors saved two of the children, but one child died within hours. The father lies near death with cancer, a further sorrow in the family.
Judge Bishop rules on certiorari petition by anti saloon speakers. Court holds opponents are entitled to a hearing on the petition canvas and will review the supervisors canvass proceedings.
From London to Lourenco Marques dispatches, April 25 3:25 p.m. report the Boers retired from Wepener last night and fled northeast along the Ladybrand road, numbering 4000 to 5000. The Times notes Boers amassing vast provisions in Lydenburg district for a possible final stand in the mountains. Johannesburg-Pretoria districts heavily entrenched and Begbies foundry at Johannesburg producing 700 shells daily.
The judiciary committee reports favorably on a bill to indemnify foreigners injured in person or property through violence in this country. Stemming from lynching of Italians in Louisiana, with Italy’s ambassador Baronava involved, the measure follows the president’s push for general redress to prevent diplomatic friction from recurring.
John Watson and Bill Brown, both white, and Lonnie Crain, colored, were hanged at McMinnsville Tennessee. Watson was convicted of ambush murder of neighbor James Hillis in 1898. Brown faced complicity in wife’s murder. Crain, a double murderer, was convicted of killing another Black man and, while serving sentence, killed fellow prisoner John Brown.
Latest reports from the scene of bush fires near the Minnesota boundary show no loss of life. Several lumber camps and tie camps were destroyed, but both men and horses escaped. The loss to Winnipeg Manitoba contractors in timber and wood destroyed will amount to about $100,000.
Tourenzo Marquez, correspondent for the London Times, reports foreign ordnance experts have equipped a major gun factory at Pretoria during the Boer war. The first gun has been sent to the Free State. Caliber remains unknown.
The porte reports telegrams from Turkish minister Ali Ferrough Bey in Washington and notes the bad impression in the United States over non payment of the indemnity. It states the American government is determined to press for prompt settlement of the claims.
May K Foreclose on Harpers a suit for foreclosing a mortgage of 3 000 000 dollars has been filed in the supreme court of New York by State Trust company as trustee against Harper and Brothers publishers. The mortgaged property largely comprises real estate and the machinery and plant of the firm.
After the Union Pacific railside robbery near Wilcox Wyoming about a year and a half ago a persistent hunt has aimed to capture the six bandits. Two of the six lie dead, a third is jailed in Cheyenne awaiting trial, and the others remain at large.
General Rivera Ruis Rivera resigns as secretary of agriculture industry and commerce in the governor general cabinet. He also announces candidacy for the Havana mayoralty to citizens.
Everett Anderson was acquitted of attempting to rape Anna Anderson near Ragan Nebraska. Citizens showed interest and the verdict was considered satisfactory to the people in general despite the high color of the case.
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