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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1901
Page
2
Disjointed OCR style survey mixes railway ownership and government claims with sensational marvels. It mentions a distant 1892 April, exotic botanical wonders, a moving sidewalk, and a Malay flower with odd properties. Also touches on shoes, fashion, and musings on inventions and sensual imagery.
A 160 foot red oak from near Elgin Arkansas is to be uprooted and moved by a six mile tramway and river tow to St. Louis for the World’s Fair. Capt. J. E. Russell will oversee the move, which aims to showcase Arkansas timber while the roots and branches remain intact and untrimmed for display. The job will take six months and costs are expected to be immense.
Democratic state convention gathers in Des Moines Iowa Wednesday to nominate a governor candidate from a field led by Cassandra Sells with James B Weaver also seeking support to appeal to Populist and Prohibition factions. Windy coverage notes Wyoming train wreck near Table Rock injuries but no deaths. MacArthur remarks highlight Northern sanitation claims amid labor unrest across Milwaukee and Wisconsin politics.
The Islander, a multi deck passenger steamer of the Alaskan route under Canadian operations, struck an iceberg off Douglas Island at 7 am Thursday and sank with sixty five to eighty people aboard including passengers and crew. Survivors reached Queen later. boiler explosion hindered rescue. Notable losses include Mrs Hogg wife of Yukon governor and others from Victoria Seattle and Los Angeles. Gold aboard totaled 974000 with 109000 owned by passengers. Capt Foote perished with the ship.
London reports little impact from Gen Kitchener and Chamberlain proclamations in South Africa as Kruger's letters of marque and Boer resistance persist. Voicing doubt among military men, the campaign continues with renewed negotiations rumored but not yet seen. The Freeman's Journal cites Kruger Redmond interview on proclamation effects.
Reports from Quito about an imminent invasion of Colombia near Pasto with a population of seven thousand. In Birmingham the International Typographers Union wrapped up its forty seventh annual convocation with adjournment to Chattanooga. Local war and rail security notes appear alongside a burglary shootout in Kansas and an armed pursuit, including a police officer wounded.
A Postoffice inspector reports a confession linking Geo Brown Ed Hloh mood HOOW btaroree Jack Barr and Railey Lewie to a train robbery several weeks prior. Starnes and Edmonds alleged to have also robbed a Trinidad store on June 17. If convicted, the prisoners face a life term with hard labor.
Little Rock Ark August 19 The Arkansas Brick and Manufacturing Company sought a restraining order to block the penitentiary board from enforcing a resolution canceling its convict labor contract. The board officers and the Attorney General appeared in Pulaski chancery court. Governor Davis was unavailable. The judge declined a temporary injunction pending a merits hearing on October 15.
Leavenworth Kansas August 19 United States Senator W A Harris arrived from Washington and spoke against reorganizing the Democratic party He praised Bryan as a continuing contributor to the party and warned reforms should be grounded in right He forecast free silver as settled by expanding money supply and rejected diplomacy for policy.
August reports from Pittsburgh and New York describe Amalgamated Association enforcements nationwide. Duquesne shows strong organizing, Homestead faces rising tension as unions target plants, while Braddock may escape disruption. Wall Street reacts with stock volatility and caution amid looming industrial shutdowns.
Mobile and surrounding areas report a Gulf storm moving northward with high winds and heavy rain. Severe damage includes uprooted trees toppled chimneys and flooded streets. water depths reached 18 inches in the Cotton Exchange area. Forecasters expect the storm to pass inland toward the Atlantic states after causal impact along the middle gulf coast.
A New York report notes many Colombian micas and natives educated in the United States. Officers trained by Capt H R Lemly US Artillery, a brother of navy judge advocate Capt Lamly, and Gen Pedre Ospina, new Colombian minister of war, reflect American influence. Gen Mariano Capins, former Colombian president 1867 to 1860, descends from a revolutionary past.
A petroleum discovery at 219 feet depth near Kansas City between here and Independence is described as a heavy flow of good oil though not a gusher. The find, on land not owned by Hugh B McElroy, aligns with earlier speculation by state geologist John Gallagher that coal gas and oil lie beneath Kansas City in quantity.
Barbara Ellen Leddy of Mount Carmel died after severe mosquito bites throughout August. Needing help, she scratched until she opened a palm and bled to death, amid a widespread local scourge of the penta.
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