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Newspaper
The Fairbury Enterprise
Location
Fairbury, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1900
Page
10
A wagon driven by a farmer carrying a wife and two children was struck by a train at a track near Fremont. The man and a girl died. a boy aged thirteen is severely injured. The train, under Conductor Wilcox, arrived after the crash. An inquest is scheduled for tomorrow.
Police pursue two ranchmen thirty miles south of Hugo as possible robbers in a Sunday Union Pacific train hold up and passenger murder. A black mackintosh found on the car is the sole clue, while Frederick Merrick, arrested in Elbert county, is held on suspicion as part of the case.
Judge Joha W. Henry hears a circuit court session amid routine docket matters with no notable rulings announced at this time. Proceedings focus on motions and scheduling in a packed calendar.
The judge has summarized charges and set time limits as trial preparations proceed for Rathbone. In Havana fifty yellow fever cases are under treatment with rising cases in Pinar del Rio due to influx of non immune Spanish immigrants estimated at 26 000.
Illinois official opinion upholds that Miguel Panellas, a Porto Rican resident of Lebanon for one year, cannot vote. Judge Monroe states the treaty with Spain leaves political rights to Congress, which has taken no action, so Porto Ricans remain aliens under naturalization law.
Washington authorities call the Chinese situation grave as Minister Cx gers message reports continued firing on legation staff and the Chinese demand that ministers leave Pekin. Cabinet officers confer and the president is notified by telegraph and telephone. A message to the Chinese government is prepared through Minister Was. The text will not be released until the minister can report back.
In the vicinity of Cliff Neb twenty miles west of Broken Bow Martin is accused of stabbing J M Sweeney five times with two fatal wounds one in the abdomen and another near the heart. Sweeney was knocked down before the knife was used and Martin claims self defense. Martin was arrested at Anselmo and jailed. The wounded man was taken to the capital for treatment.
A Washington dispatch reports the capture of Yang Tsun, a key objective point at the junction of the Pei Ho and the Pekin railroad. The town lies 178 miles from Tien Tsin and its fall secures two transport routes to Pekin for international troops.
Dispatch from Chee Foo dated August 8 says 200 allied casualties in the Yang Tsun capture, most killed, with dawn attack on Yang Teen. Chinese entrenched east of the river were driven from defense works after an hour of heavy fighting. Also reported is a daylight dynamiting in St Louis, Beliefontain cat blown up, windows shattered, no injuries.
Excavation near Lead SD reveals a vertical vein of high grade ore parallel to the large mines. It is described as as rich as any found in the Black Hills with ore enough to last a thousand stamps fifty years. The cyanide plant at Homestake grows toward completion.
The House of Lords in Lendon delivers judgment in Times against Lane, upholding copyright in the utterances of Lord Rosebery. The decision reverses the Court of Appeal, with Lord Rosebery dissenting from part of the ruling.
A large green worm is destroying nearby sugar beets and could ruin the entire crop if not stopped. They appeared only days ago. At the college farm, the geld was cleaned in a single night, and every above ground vestige was removed from a twenty two acre field owned by Peter Thiel. The larvae do not resemble army worms but act similarly and are deadly to vegetation.
A farmer near Exeter Nebraska recalls a serious accident when his small son and other children found a Mauser cartridge. They attempted to discharge it by pounding it on a rock. The cartridge exploded causing a severe wound to the boy’s left hand.
Bandits held up a saloon crowd near the exposition site on North Sixteenth Street Omaha. Led by Tom Cummings, once city marshal, the attackers wielded revolvers and escaped with about 25 dollars in loot.
At Creston Indiana Mrs Mary E Scaies reports her two year old daughter was struck by a large tine from a tool, landing and injuring an arm. The incident affected the child’s safety and prompted concern for care.
Local report cites Byron Nelson a farmer near Napier under charge of adultery. The fragment notes a dispute and a weapon seizure, with unclear details and ongoing legal action.
The Ramses crop condition is officially 4 percent. August 4 returns show total wheat yield at 78,080,000 bushels, the largest crop in many years in the state.
In Paling Springs West Virginia M Beneck fell fifty feet through a window in the dome pavement below. Authorities note Beneck as a victim of the opium habit.
The report notes record or near record yields across crops with corn at 16.27 bushels per acre and statewide figures. It covers acres planted, yields for rye flax barley and other crops, and condition indices with August 4 readings and historical comparisons dating back to 1880 and 1492.
About fifty farmers from nine states met in Topeka Kansas and formed the Farmers Federation of the Mississippi Valley. The plan creates a 20 million dollar stock issue at ten dollars per share to control grain and livestock prices through a farmers trust with commissions and new warehouses and offices in Kansas City Chicago Minneapolis Galveston and New York.
After six trials in the United States circuit court and a twenty one year delay, Me tual Life Insurance pays Sallie EO Millmos Smith of Leavenworth Kansas $22.00 in cash. Connecticut Mutual still holds a judgment of 11,054 against it.
A street gathering in Kansas features a band concert and a lecture by EDA Bailey. The event highlights campaign efforts amid a crowd, with displays mainly showing war scenes and cartoons from the picture collection.
Albert Stewart, about 25, died by his own action on a front porch in Coffeyville Kansas after telling a woman he would kill himself if she met him. His body was found on the porch.
Hoisington Kansas bank has applied for a charter from the state banking commission claiming it will operate as a new financial institution. Officials note the move reflects growth plans and regulatory approval is required before opening.
A brief note reports that Thomas Lawson who was deaf and dumb was killed in Kansas by Cer Een-e. Details are sparse in the fragmentary OCR text.
L B Graves a lumberman of Park Kan committed suicide by cat oe, leaving an estate valued at 190000. The report notes his death and the financial status of the estate, with emphasis on the apparent circumstances surrounding the incident.
A fatal crash near Silat ington at five o clock when an omnibus returning from a funeral collided with a special train on a sharp curve. Eleven died instantly and four were injured. three escaped uninjured. Injured were taken to South Bethesda, with no watchman to warn approaching trains.
A London led dispatch reports Hong Kong merchants resist export controls on war material bound for China and Filipino insurgents. The chamber of commerce and legislative council oppose enforcement, arguing this strikes at Hong Kong’s traditional freedom. They have engaged Lord Francis to champion their stance.
A Pennsylvania express train leaving Cincinnati was robbed before reaching Columbus. Express Messenger Lane was found dead in the car at Milford Center, with the robbers believed to have jumped off the train after the heist. The incident leaves a murky mystery surrounding the fatal outcome.
A brakeman from Sioux City was killed at the Blair Bisir rail network. An inquest in Bisir heard the case, and the body will be shipped to Sioux City. The young man, married and employed by the Omaha line for several years, died on the job.
An unclear report mentions a plated cook and a train incident with a ditching or wreck. Details are unreadable, but the event involves transport and a derailment scenario.
The July wheat and cost measures show declines in most states with August readings lower than a year earlier. State by state values for Ohio Indiana Illinois Iowa Missouri Kansas Nebraska Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota and others indicate mixed health in crops including oats barley rye and timothy hay. Preliminary data reveal acreage reductions across buckwheat and bay crops while fourteen states report reduced mowing areas and overall clover production remains weak.
In Wahoo Neeb town a burglar broke a rear window and entered a saloon. Frank Susendynes warned him to surrender as shots rang out injuring the burglar in the leg. Marshal Bart Smith joined the pursuit and the suspect was later arrested at his residence and jailed. About $50 worth of goods were stolen from the saloon over several incidents and Susseck is believed to be responsible.
Five miles from Beatrice a spark from a steam separator ignited straw on Henry Frerichs farm. The blaze destroyed the threshing outfit and four grain stacks totaling about ten acres of wheat and twenty acres of corn, with an estimated loss around $2,000 plus potential contract losses.
The Spanish cabinet signals readiness to begin negotiations for China at a moment’s notice. Dr Potter in Tampa declares quarantine removals completed. In Sylvania Georgia B F Herrington and Milton Mears were shot and killed.
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