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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1900
Page
1
A special cabinet meeting on Wednesday August 20 focused on China policy. Officials discussed Germany's stance after Count von Bernstorff's note seeking no partition and restoration of order, with emphasis on upholding the existing agreement among powers to restore peace in China.
A state department cable from August 29 via Consul Fowler in Che Foo notes delays in messages between Washington and Pekin. The date suggests delays occurred on the Taku to Pekin military line due to Boxer forces affecting lines of communication during the campaign.
The census bureau bulletin shows Boston growing to 560,892 from 448,477 in 1890, a 25.07 percent rise. San Francisco climbs to 342,782 from 298,997, up 14.64 percent, with gains reflected in official figures.
A Los Angeles dispatch reports ten square miles of forest within the San Gabriel reservation burned over and fires continuing to spread. Sturtevant's camp notes the blaze on the north bank near the West Fork of the San Gabriel and south bank near Tejunga river between Devil's Canon and Short Cut.
The Union Terminal Railway Company, owner of the $2,000,000 terminals used by the Great Northern and Illinois Central railroads, has notified the Great Northern that current leases expiring this month will not be renewed.
Hazelton dispatch reports that if anthracite operators refuse to meet scale and resolutions committee demands within ten days or by September 8 a strike of 14 000 miners will be declared. The national board at Indianapolis may order it if wage and other grievances are not resolved, with President Mitchell predicting a favorable decision.
Kentucky lawmakers met in an extra session to amend the state election law as urged by Governor Beckham. The message cited party bias delaying action and said changes should be made before the next election. Republicans expect the Democratic majority to lead with a tight vote on repealing the Goebel law.
The Curacoa from Guayamas to San Francisco reports Yaqui activity in Mexico. A passenger said the Yaquis had another uprising about two weeks before leaving Guayamas and were on the war path near the Yakui river. An able Mexican general is believed en route from Mexico City to command forces against the Indians.
Paris dispatch reports a serious revolt in Persia aiming to dethrone the shah. Sources say the movement stems from displeasure with the shah’s westernizing. the upheaval could shorten his planned European trip.
The USS Alabama achieved an average speed of seventeen knots during a four hour continuous steaming test. In other news W R B Merriam criticizes a Sioux City population recount. congress and local business groups engage in post census actions.
In Cripple Creek Wyoming near Pryor Mountain John Cooyark shot and killed Bridian over a disputed cattle drive. Cooyark then fired several shots at another man but missed. Officers are seeking the killer and accomplice.
Wyo man W. Te. Allen was arrested at Tie Siding on charges of assault with intent to kill after a spree at the tunnel camp. He allegedly cut three men with a knife while a second man guarded the group with a gun. that partner remains at large.
Clifford Whitcomb, 12, of Beatrice, dies from injuries after falling from a wagon tongue while freeing a harness line and being run over. The incident recalls a prior family tragedy two years ago when another son was accidentally shot and killed.
Thirteen people died and over thirty were injured in a rear end crash on the Bethlehem branch Philadelphia and Reading railway. An excursion train from Bethlehem and Allentown struck a milk train at Hatfield Pa at 9 54 a m. The impact crushed two milk cars and two passenger coaches, with eight to twelve cars wrecked and the locomotive weight trapping crew. Survivors aided the injured as the scene turned to horror.
Fred Stailey, jailed near Lynch on alleged rape charges, escaped from Butte Nebraska jail by cutting through walls. He left just before deputies attempted to move him to the steel cage for the night. Sheriff offers a $25 reward. no clue yet.
A dispatch from Tien Tsin August reports Germany formally demands the camp buildings and grounds of the United States troops now in the German concession. The camp will likely move outside the city as orders split 1,000 American troops among Pekin Tien Tsin and Taku for winter. Supplies arriving. Conger pushes Li Hung Chang to Pekin for a conference.
Joseph Lewis a well known farmer living five miles west of Madison Nebraska was killed while returning home after a night of drinking. About a mile from town his wagon toppled and the team ran free. He was found severely injured with a fractured skull and lacerations from being dragged and struck by the wagon.
Dr. J N McCormack of Bowling Green Ky to receive a large fee for attending William Goebel after he was shot at Frankfort Arthur Goebel brother of the dead governor has filed a claim against Goebel estate for 10000 dollars for the doctors services
A Pagosa Springs dispatch reports fires along the north county boundary and near Four Mile creek causing heavy timber damage. A blaze near Gold Park twelve miles from Red Cliff threatens vast timber on Home stake mountain amid a prolonged dry spell.
Past Assistant Surgeon A R Thomas of the United States Marine Hospital Service will investigate the bubonic plague in Glasgow and advise on precautions for outward bound ships. He has not yet received Washington instructions on quarantine. Authorities report no rise in cases and no alarm, with prompt steps to confine the outbreak.
A report from Arapahoe Nebraska states Lena Stagemier died after a shooting and Minnie Noltemeir was severely injured when two boys named Halloway, while hunting, fired. The shooters fled the scene and authorities await information as the wounded girl cannot speak.
London war office dispatch reports 1 800 British prisoners released at Nooit Gedacht reaching French and Pole-Carew. They are poorly clothed and some half starved. Officers were moved to Barbeton. some escaped including the Earl of Leitrim and Viscount Ennismore. Prisoners say Krager Steyn Hotha Lucas Meyer and Schalkburger left Nooit Gedacht in August for Nelspruit. The Hoers appear to be scattering.
Ted Sloane, who rode Ballyhooney in the futurity, plans to ride the horse again Saturday in the Flatbush stakes. A Lexington dispatch notes drought and irrigation concerns affecting crops as farmers prepare for better yields next year. Ranchers report two men murdered near Folsom California with no clues.
Forty four cotton mills in River Mass operated by twenty four corporations shut down until Sept ten. The mills employ seventeen thousand five hundred workers and about three quarters of the corporations will have completed a month long curtailment by that date under the general agreement. In Nebraska Mr Swan struck by lightning on a storm path near Harrisburg as he returned from Kimball, his two horses killed and he walked fifteen miles home after regaining consciousness.
Four masked bandits stopped the Union Pacific passenger train No 3 near Tipton Wyoming two and a half miles west of the station at 8 30 last night blowing open the express and baggage car safe with dynamite. The loss is said to be not large. A large posse is pursuing from Rawlins Rock Springs Green River and other towns. No injuries reported.
Thomas Powers, Pennsylvania banking commissioner, was found dead under the Delaware River bridge on the Philadelphia outskirts after an apparent fall from a moving train. He had been staying with family in Atlantic City and was believed to have stepped onto the platform to escape heat, then toppled off.
Judge Leo Rassieur of St Louis was elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic for the year by acclamation. D G Milli ken and Frank Seamoug named vice senior commanders with John A Willins surgeon general and Rev A Drahms chaplain in chief. No opposition reported. In Kentucky a family tragedy occurred when gunfire at the Barnetts home near Jackson killed Mrs Nancy Barnett and her granddaughter. James Bennett is pursued as the suspected shooter amid jealousy. Madison city council scheduled a special election to issue bonds for an electric street lighting plant after petitions from freeholders in both wards were received.
Chilean congress approves mandatory service amid debates. President Errazuriz has improved health and will resume directing public affairs at the end of September.
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