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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1901
Page
10
Rose schemes to shield herself as Mr Vere reappears while family plots unfold. Mrs Cowley frets over the haunted house and uncovers Charles Cowley’s return from Australia with his wife, triggering a reunion and plan to confront the spectral scare.
Rose worries about a romance after a hint of scandal. Marjorie counsels that true love persists despite obstacles, likening it to a prince climbing a tower. Rose seeks a meeting with her beloved and questions how to proceed.
Mr Cowley and nephew enjoy a conversation as Marjorie and tea guests linger by the fire. After a secretive exchange the uncle orders a new room for Charles to avoid staged hauntings, warning against tricks under his roof. Railroad bridge builders favor fir timber from the North Pacific coast for strength.
R N Pollock, a Cleveland, Ohio bank president, apparently killed himself in the York Hotel Seattle using a pistol. A razor rough on tats and aconite tablets were found nearby, with all personal papers burned. The name James Fisher was recorded as the death, and the coat bore Pollock sewn inside by a Cleveland tailor.
Omaha reports James H. Hawk, charged in the Bird Moore decoy case for immorality in Deadwood N D, found guilty by a jury after a brief deliberation. Hawk showed no emotion as the verdict was read. his wife cried immediately upon the word guilty.
The British House of Commons approved the coal tax bill by 333 to 227 with a 106 vote on a shilling per ton export coal tax. Government drove the party line, turnout was at record levels, and liberal figures led the notable support during the final day of debate.
Dr Joseph Hisen a California scientist who discovered the cancer germ underwent an operation at St Jake s hospital in San Francisco. Surgeons report rapid recovery though final outcome is uncertain. Hisen believes he was inoculated with the cancer microbe while studying the germ under the microscope.
Condition of winter wheat on May 1 reports from the American Agriculturist observers show 91.50 versus 91.5 last month and an average of 34 for five years. State figures include Ohio 88 Kentucky 85 Michigan 83 New York Pennsylvania Indiana 95 Illinois 96 Kansas 100 Nebraska 99 California 0.
Private Cumberlidge stationed as sentinel at Fort Sheridan Chicago was killed by Smith Wheeler a fellow prisoner in the guard house Wheeler crept up seized the rifle in the ensuing scuffle Cumberlidge was clubbed to death Wheeler escaped and later deserted during the war with Spain while awaiting shipment to Cuba Wheeler was serving a five year sentence
W D Mann a well known farmer living near Woodlawn Nebraska collapsed and died while waiting along the track west of the Woodlawn depot. Neighbors found the body and an inquest determined apoplexy caused the death. Mann was in his usual health with no prior complaints.
Havana dispatch says constitutional convention heard United States report under Platt amendment. It states US will not intervene in Cuba’s local government and that a commission will be appointed to discuss economic questions and draft a commercial treaty after the republic is established.
The Grinnell Congregational church in Iowa plans to serve wine in individual cups rather than a common cup. Advocates say it aligns with sanitary principles and may include holders placed in pew backs for each member, reflecting a shift following national attention over a dispute with Prof. George D. Merron.
A telegram from National Starch head office states all eleven factories will close as the current corn stock is exhausted. Sioux City plant will run until about June 1 while Nebraska City and Des Moines sites close. About 150 workers lose jobs as management aims to halt production and sell remaining stock at higher prices with summer repairs planned.
Miss Ethel Bonnie daughter of G W Bonnie employed at the Michigan state penitentiary near Lansing was assaulted and hurled into an old well. She regained consciousness and returned home to tell of the crime. A now ongoing manhunt seeks the unknown attacker with vigilante fears of punishment.
At a Boston meeting the Harvard board of overseers voted to confer the degree of doctor of laws on President McKinley. The commencement will be held in June. President Lincoln announced the action but declined to reveal the vote tally.
Italian laborers arriving in Iola Kansas to replace striking cement workers were assaulted by strikers and sympathizers. They were driven toward the railroad for deportation as work crews from the smelters and the cement plant joined in driving the Italians from town.
Dispatches from Madrid report serious conditions in Barcelona with several rioters already shot. Troop clashes with strikers prompt drum-head court-martials and fatal consequences noted in the unrest.
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