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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1899
Page
6
Washington reports a leprosy case involving Mrs. L. M. Todd, a British subject in the San Francisco pest house. Commissioner Powderly orders her return to the Hawaiian islands for confinement and notes inspectors suggest a northern border leprosy colony near Canada.
The British Colonial Secretary has proposed a joint commission to study effects of recent franchise reforms on outlanders. Pretoria reports confirm no definite reply has been sent. A confidential communication was sent to Sir Alfred Milner outlining alternative proposals viewed as enabling a potential modus vivendi.
A boiler exploded at E. H. Wieeckert & Co. sash and door factory in Appleton. Three workers were killed and eight seriously injured. eighteen men were buried in rubble as fire opened in the ruins. The main building and dry house were destroyed, with financial loss pegged at $20,000, partially insured.
Dan Montgomery, a wealthy farmer, killed his wife with a hammer 12 miles northwest of Milan on August 25. He then attempted to kill his ten year old son, slashing his throat, but the boy escaped and alerted neighbors. Montgomery was found dead in a doorway, suspected to have acted in temporary insanity after a ten day illness.
The 1898 mineral production report shows total value rising from $369.3 million in 1880 to $697.9 million in 1898, an increase of nearly 20 percent. The normal long term increase implies about $13 million more each year.
An excursion train on the Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley railroad derailed near Circleville Ohio due to a misplaced switch. Five people are seriously injured and about twenty others are badly cut or bruised as the engines telescoped and the first two cars splintered.
The democratic convention platform in Omaha Nebraska echoes the Chicago 1906 national platform endorsing all planks. Ex Governor Silas Holcomb was nominated for supreme justice by the populists and received endorsement from democrats and free silver Republicans.
Aug 23 report from Holland says Hilversum, 15 miles from Amsterdam, is under martial law with troops occupying the town. A mob overpowered police, patrols the streets, wrecked property, and attacked the burgomaster's house after a local fair was suppressed. Disturbances are viewed as serious.
The United States transport Saratoga with Gen. Joseph Wheeler and two battalions of the Nineteenth Infantry has reached Manila but cannot land due to a raging typhoon.
Joe Choynski and Jim Hall have been matched for a fight before the Nonpareil Athletic Club of Louisville on September 25 the opening day of the fall race meeting. The final signatures to the articles were received yesterday.
A Union mother recounts her eight children and her daughter's near death from dysentery. She credits Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for saving the child and urges other mothers to use it. Local druggists Servant Harker 508 Ovo St J Le Kartzman 104 West Main St and Otis W Smith corner Fifth and Engineer St stock the medicine.
Two damage suits against Kansas City were filed with the circuit clerk. They seek $10,000 damages each for plaintiffs Thomas Floyd and Mary O'Neil. Changes of venue were requested by Frank P. Walch, attorney for the plaintiffs.
During the civil war and the war with Spain diarrhea troubled soldiers. David Taylor of Wind Ridge Greene County Pa. credits Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for quick relief. Sold by Servant-Harker Drug Co 505 Ghio street J L Nautz men 10 West Main street and Otis W Smith corner Fifth and Lagineer streets.
Mrs. Ross McDonald and Mrs. Josie Brimmer planned to move from Sedalia and billed furniture to Kansas City. The shipment was halted when Constable Robb attached the goods. Brimmer recovered her items on Tuesday, but McDonald’s furniture remained held for a debt owed to E. E. Johnston.
An Exchange article extols scrapbooks as more than pasted pages. It praises tasteful, organized scrapbooks that blend text with illustrations and marginal notes, highlighting the creative skill of the maker and the intellectual pleasure in crafting such volumes.
The piece describes Long Rope Day as an old name for Good Friday with large group rope skipping in parts of England. It notes Palm Sunday fig puddings and fig eating, public picnics with figs, and the fig tree reference. Darling Sunday and Simnel cakes linked to withering and maternal gifts are mentioned with Bury as a center for simnels.
A young man drew notice at the west end by wearing a muff in the street. The piece debates whether the act signals bravado or a hint of revival for a long obsolete fashion. It notes fashion cycles and traces muff origins to at least 1588 in Planche’s drawings.
A confidential exchange on Jekyl Island leaves Mr. Reed avoiding disclosure. The Ex-Speaker insists he must read the newspapers before sharing details of the conversation with the president.
Burlington Route launches a new fast nightly train from Kansas City and St. Joseph to Nebraska and Colorado. Departs KC at 9 45 p m and St. Joseph at midnight, arr Denver at 6 20 p m, three hours later than previous services. Also offers California excursions Thursdays and tourist sleepers KC to northwest via Billings Route.
Northwestern Lines offer summer excursions to fishing and resort areas in Northern Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan and to the Great Lakes region. Tickets at reduced rates on sale daily good for return until Oct 31 with stopover privileges. Contact A L Fisher Tray Pass Agent 823 Main street Kansas City for details.
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