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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1901
Page
8
John Kavanaugh, charged with murder in the shooting death of Dennis McLaughlin near Smartville, faced a preliminary examination in Justice St Dinsmore’s court. Testimony from Mrs. Smith and other witnesses suggested self defense, leading to dismissal of the case.
Philadelphia dispatch reports the Presbyterian general assembly defeated a motion to dismiss the conference subject. The assembly, by a large majority, decided to keep the revision debate alive after two days of discussion led by prominent Presbyterian figures nationwide who explained their creedal positions.
The wooden steam barge Baltimore foundered in Lake Huon near Au Sable. Twelve of her crew of forty four drowned. Two men clung to wreckage for hours before being rescued by the tug Columbia and taken to Mast Towns. Geo McGinnis went insane after rescue. Thomas Murphy of Milwaukee, second engineer, survived and recounted the disaster.
David Reynolds a farmer near Schenectady is found murdered in his barn. His head was smashed with an ax found nearby. Reynolds was wealthy and rumored to carry large sums of money in his boots. The boots were missing when the ax was discovered.
The board of public lands and buildings awarded the fire proof structure contract at Hastings asylum to R Burke of Omah a, bid $41,400, with $50,000 appropriated. Heating and plumbing contract goes to FP W Barkley of Beatrice for $4,975. All bids for electric wiring were rejected and new bids will be sought.
Mayor Dodds orders removal of all slot machines and closing of poker rooms in Wylmore. Chief of police instructed to enforce the order strictly. The measure has broad support from business leaders and the public.
A registered mail package containing 8000 dollars disappeared from the Great Bend Kansas post office. Detectives suspect a postal clerk may be involved and a Kansas City post office employee is under surveillance as part of the investigation.
Washington dispatch reports Major General Henry C. Corbin adjutant general will sail to the Philippines for a general inspection of military conditions. Corbin plans a broad survey of post and troop readiness during his voyage.
United States Steel Corporation purchased a mine in Ohio for 2.5 million dollars. Ohio parties held most of the stock in the mine, which has operated for twelve years. Also report a man leaped from a railroad bridge at Burlington into the Mississippi and drowned. authorities investigated possible etiologies.
The piece traces how Durban honors Sir Benjamin Durban then governor of the Cape in 1834. Grahamstown and Harrismith honor military leaders Col Graham and Sir Harry Smith. Caledon Beaufort Somerset and Cradock name after governors and officials. Ladysmith Port Elizabeth Lady Grey honor governors wives. Kimberley recalls the Earl of Kimberley, colonial secretary 1870 1874.
Michigan Supreme Court in Marshall v Pontiac and Northern Railroad Co. reasons the purchaser who buys a ticket only to have trunk checked en route and not to ride the train bears no passenger relation. The trunk is stolen after reaching destination in the baggage room. railroad liable only for gross negligence.
Aldrich Missouri May 27 Four local doctors failed to help Mrs Mollie Moore with nervousness and kidney disease. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills she improved quickly with symptoms of dark spots and fainting subsiding. Neighbors praise the remedy as curing many previously incurable cases in this state and beyond.
Booker T Washington argues slavery laid the foundation for future progress in the South and the education of Blacks in trades. He cites providence and the need for varied sustenance in hen feed including grain bone meat vegetables lime and grit.
Readers recount a trip to Western Canada in December while touring Calgary and Yorkton Assiniboia Saskatchewan. They praise warm weather, abundant grazing and grain lands, sample wheat yields of 250 bushels and oats 60 bushels, and express intent to settle in Yorkton district. They urge Canadians to provide full district details through government agents. A secondary note mentions Dr Dudley Sargent claiming lifestyle changes from lawn tennis and cycling aid women leaving tight clothing, drawing applause from delegates at a New York conference.
Hancock county Kentucky reports unusually good conduct as Hawesville grand jury adjourns after a week and returns only one indictment against a man for whipping his mule.
After Romans left Britain roads faded and bridle-paths connected villages. In 1676 the sixth year of Charles II. a deliberate program started to repair and improve England's roads.
Official records of three Bohemian fraternal benefit societies over three to five years show rising death by own action rates. In every 1000 deaths the first 100 relate to personal crisis reports, the second 200, and the third 333, suggesting a link between high suicide rates and infidelity.
C. Shepard, street railway magnate, planned a hospital and a $500,000 investment in Oswego New York, but a local article critical of a railroad company he controls led him to rethink the hospital project and related investments.
Kansas City owns first on Belgian hares and Angora goats, boasting five hundred head of a new stock in Beaumont Texas, signaling a regional farming push and growing animal herds.
A jumble of medical claims and testimonials from a historical page. Includes cures for fits nervousness and coughs with products from Dr Kaine Da R H Kuine Ltd and Piso's Cure for Consumption. Also mentions Wizard Oil Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and generic teething and soreness remedies with stray quotes.
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