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Newspaper
The Chanute Times
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1900
Page
6
A mob of women and boys attacked a lunch vendor on the street cars, stripping and painting a young woman and jeering others. Three shop girls were assaulted. an organized committee of women warned teachers and attacked school staff.
London reports Lord Roberts halted two trains carrying prisoners as British forces moved from Pretoria. About sixteen hundred British prisoners were taken away. British captain Major de fisle captured a machine gun, inflicting heavy Boer losses with minimal British casualties. Boers removed 200,000 in gold from the national bank on June 4, while leaving other banks untouched.
In a sprawling report the assembly debates Cuban extradition, public works funding, and industrial policy. Senators and representatives clash over budgets for Osage trust funds, domestic needs, and river ports while committees prepare revenue measures and federal coordination ahead of Congress.
Washington June 11 Delegate Flynn answers Oklahoma inquiries about refunding payments for claims. He states no homesteader was compelled to prove up, Congress extended payment times, and relief for five year residents who proved up remains uncertain. He notes no guaranteed free homes and declines further comment.
In remarks echoed across papers, Admiral Dewey stated he never wrote to Aguinaldo and that he used the Filipino leader only for specific tasks. He recalled deploying 5,000 American troops to occupy Manila for order, disputing any promises to Aguinaldo amid ongoing tensions.
London telegram reports President Kruger inside a railway coach at Machadorp station as the Transvaal government adapts for contingencies. He asserts Britain has occupied Pretoria but the war continues with burghers resisting and Steyn and Dewet praised in the Free State. He rejects refuge on a battleship while Teige warns guerrilla warfare will persist. Kruger vows to keep fighting. In Topeka, auditor Cole lists bonded indebtedness across Kansas counties, noting Wyandotte leads with about 1,007,080 dollars, followed by Lyon, Atchison, Shawnee, and Cowley counties.
Assistant Attorney General B. J. Tracy issues opinion that a register of deeds may charge only 25 cents for filing, entering and releasing a chattel mortgage. He also says a double indexing is required. Registers had been charging various fees for handling such mortgages.
A city meeting of prominent black bishops ministers editors and lawyers decided to form a national negro party. They aim to organize in every state and nominate candidates for presidential and congressional offices.
From London on June 4 the article states General Botha did not defend Pretoria to win time but to move his army and trains to Lydenburg. It notes Lydenburg hosts a cart ridge factory and stores reserve supplies, describing the area as a volcanic region with fertile alloys, cliffs, and narrow passes, with cattle herds and available native labor for fortification.
June reports from the Treusvaal outline public interest in the fate of British prisoners as 3 400 are said to have been reentered, including 158 officers. Federals have moved about several thousand as bontagys, with minimal shelling affecting the day before Pretoria’s occupation.
General Charles Dick lauds Pacific railroad settlement as one of McKinley's greatest achievements. The article details prior funding, Acts of 1862 1864 and 1878, bond issues, reorganizations, and final bids that secured $58.8 million in relief for the U S Treasury, including Union Pacific Central Pacific and Kansas Pacific debt resolutions with bonds and mortgages.
The government details settlements with Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific receivers, Central Pacific, and Western Pacific lines. It reports total subsidy claims of about 64.75 million dollars, net gains from reorganized property sales, and rapid enforcement of large corporate claims under a 1900s regime. The account highlights a multi‑million payoff, earlier bids, and the President’s role in prompt collection.
Idaho wool values show protection gains with a shift from free trade. Years different figures illustrate prices and quantities, noting a recovery to regular protection after declines. Data cites pounds of wool and dollar values, comparing earlier and later outcomes for Idaho farmers.
Fragmentary OCR text circulating a Republican party critique accusing officials of betrayal and breach of trust, with references to protection and punishment rhetoric. The garbled passage mentions proetation or protestation and repeated mentions of Republican platna and betrayers.
Unclear text appears to discuss Democratic leadership and Populist factions, noting tensions between middle of the road and populist elements. The fragment mentions labor policy and possible political rifts, but specifics are unreadable.
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