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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1902
Page
3
Officials and citizens observe a designated day to thank others and reflect on help received. The proclamation urges people to express appreciation and engage in acts of goodwill within the community.
President Roosevelt issues the annual Thanksgiving proclamation noting abundant prosperity and moral uplift. He designates Thursday, November 27, as a day for Americans to cease ordinary work and give thanks to Almighty God for the year’s blessings.
In Wilkes-Barre on October 29, about 7,000 miners and bands honored John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers, with a parade through crowded streets. Flowers filled his carriage as Rev. John F. Powers joined him for speeches at the Y M C A park amid widespread celebrations.
The Colombian minister to the United States, Senor Concha, is being asked to explain his withholding of Colombia’s answer to canal treaty proposals. Secretary Hay has cabled United States Minister Hart in Bogota to verify if Concha acts under his government’s authority. If not, passports may be revoked as the government grows irritated by negotiations delay.
London dispatch reports Boer generals favoring a Chamberlain trip to South Africa though they doubt a visit to America. They anticipate potential benefits from a personal inspection and possible further grants. General Dewet to return Saturday. Botha and Delarey to stay briefly.
United States will participate in any benefits derived from the arbitration in Paris led by M Delcasse on foreign raids and property rights in Japan. Japan agreed to extend the decision of arbitrators to United States citizens with similar claims. A separate Supreme Court case challenges a Dingley tariff interpretation on Russia sugar drawbacks and retaliatory duties.
Vice Chancellor Emery rules Hedge and others win suit against United States Steel. Meeting of directors approving a bond conversion was prematurely called, enjoining retirement of stock. Decision aligns with court of errors.
A white mob at the Vicksburg Mississippi jail yard rawhided Robert Woodward, a colored man, after an incident involving entering the jailer's home and assaulting a twelve year old sister over food. The mob scaled walls, overpowered the jailer, and delivered a severe whipping.
Henry Steigelmaier, a middle aged, one armed man, fired five shots from the top of an apartment stairwell in Geneva New York wounding Helen Hawley and Charles Newton who were in the lower hallway. The shooter warned others to disperse before opening fire.
The arbitration commission appointed by the president arrived in Scranton to study conditions in the anthracite region. They toured with a Fire Boss and superintendent to Erie company mines, entering mines near Forest City while a miner died from a rock fall, delaying the visit.
Mrs. Hugh Watts wins 5000 pounds in libel action in the king's bench court London. She accuses Lady Violet Beauchamp of poisoning her marriage and writes that Beauchamp called her a real devil and criminal in human form urging the husband to leave his wife.
Snowfalls and cold at Buffalo 34 degrees. Read Admiral Evans takes Asiatic squadron command. Pigs taxed in Germany. Kansas murder suicide after divorce. New York City budget set at 9,119,081, down 1,500,569. Prince von Pless to represent Germany at New York Chamber of Commerce opening. Cabinet to meet in new executive office. English shipyard joiners strike over wage cuts. Deaths include Judge James A. Logan and Florence Shilleut in Arkansas. Babe lyonian artifacts at Penn. builders association in St. Louis meeting. steel tube firms merge in UK. Jersey City Glue Co formed. Irish league figures travel from Boston for organizing efforts.
H. E. Christensen president of the Farmers' and Merchants' bank at Sharpesburg Ia. is missing amid reports the bank's funds are short by an estimated 35000 to 50000 dollars. Cashier L L Bundy says Christensen left for Omaha to improve the bank's rating and did not return.
Rufus Cantrell, chief of a grave robber gang, writes from Indianapolis that he will testify before the grand jury, implicating several prominent physicians and undertakers in a scandal. He says doctors and undertakers profited from illicit trafficking in bodies and blames others for betraying him as he faces penitentiary terms.
On President Mitchell guidance district officials ordered the strike to continue at Wentz & Co. Coxe Bros. & Co. Markel & Co. Pardee & Co. Seven thousand men are affected including steam men and miners. The action will persist until objectionable agreements are withdrawn and relief funds will aid strikers.
Neighbors discovered a house fire near Elkhorn Wisconsin ten miles west. bodies of William Wickinson Albert Wickinson and Julia Wickingson were found inside. No cause for the blaze is known.
White Star Line completes share sale to Morgan group in Belfast. Owners receive over ten thousand pounds for each thousand pounds invested, making the public engagement official on Thursday.
Washington dispatch reports that King Oscar acting as arbitrator has issued a decision in the United States Great Britain and Germany Samoa sailors dispute arising from the Mataafa rebellion. The ruling finds the U S and British contention that their sailors were proper to suppress the rebellion unsupportable. The judgment fixes responsibility but not the monetary liability, which must be set after factual statements from claimants through their governments.
Marquis Dion challenged M. Gerault Richard to a duel after Richard kicked him in the shins in the Paris chamber of deputies lobby. Dion warned Richard to stop naming him, then raised a hand as Richard retaliated with a boot blow.
The cave in at Joplin Missouri on Wednesday spreads as the Homestead and Cleveland shafts collapse, bringing nine ruined shafts in total. All were productive and paid dividends, while nearby mines on the Eleventh Hour tract have been abandoned.
A thief entered W. G. Boyer’s York store through a cellar window and stole $35 from a drawer behind the prescription case. No one saw the crime and there are no clues at this time.
Federal Judge Phillips in Kansas City ordered the release of Samue Peden from Marysville jail. Peden, one of St. Clair county’s judges, had been imprisoned for contempt after refusing to order a tax levy to pay bonds for an unbuilt railway. He resigned after a year in jail but did not gain freedom until Wednesday.
The dialogue shows Mr Oldbeau proposing to Miss Youngbud. He claims to be 62 and worth a million while she teases that he is too young in her eyes, sparking a witty exchange about age and fortune.
A dialog shows a man chiding another for lack of nerve to propose. He recalls telling Miss Prettie about engagement to two girls to push him toward leaving them.
The dispatches report Belle Meade farm’s continuation as a nursery for running horses in Nashville, Chicago bill posters strike violence and arrests, Kruger planning a return to South Africa, Venezuelan transport Ossum heading toward the Orinoco with troops, a high school student Arthur Ham going insane after a football game, Methodist missionary society meetings in Minneapolis, and a Washington embezzlement arrest involving Cornelius T. Griffiths of the Equitable Life.
Prominent academics from several institutions condemn the current schooling system as wasted effort and urge sweeping changes. They accuse officials of misallocating resources and urge policy agencies to return to a focus on practical reforms rather than maintained routines.
Indian agent Ergin criticizes educated Ponca Otoe and Oakland reserve youths as least productive, says middle aged workers sustain tribes while education yields little work. Calls for reservation boarding schools and government trust funds to seed farming and stock raising, with payments directed to start enterprise.
Six miners were seriously injured by a premature blast at the Walpole mine in Iron Mountain Michigan naming Capt. Ben Martin Charles Anderson William Beard Ed Williams Charles Sorden and an unnamed man. A British bark off the Washington coast sent distress signals while life savers rushed to aid. J Riley of Plattsmouth Nebraska pursues water rights appeals in a Platte River Canal dispute. Daniel Neal Stanley Buford killed and William Rough fatally injured beside a Big Four freight train near Lafayette Indiana after leaving school early. General Miles arrived in Manila with salute and gate reception. Governor Taft invited him to reside in the palace. The U.S. Civil Service Commission reports progress of the competitive system with 2029 examined and 4983 appointed or transferred. recommends applying the system to the District of Columbia and a revised rules framework.
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