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Newspaper
The Fairbury Enterprise
Location
Fairbury, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1900
Page
6
A Whipple Ohio incident at 5 pm involves fifty quarts of glycerine and a jack squib. The blast killed and maimed Marietta area residents while crowds gathered to witness a supposed gusher. Local relief rushed from nearby towns.
Pretoria reports Kruger and cabinet left Tuesday night as a provisional administration forms in Middiesburg and the government may move further east. Boers are said to be retreating east toward Lydenburg with defenses around Laing's Nek likely to trek northward. Estimates suggest about 20 000 men may hold out for a time with guerrilla bands elsewhere.
Carl Raub fifty a former Cleveland German newspaper worker shot and killed his niece Mies Bertha twenty five then killed himself. Motive unrevealed though despondent over business affairs. Local authorities note the tragedy as a family killing suicide.
New York June 1 Justice Andrews in the supreme court dissolved the sweeping injunction against the cigarmakers union that barred members from paying strike benefits and effectively made it illegal to support a striker’s family when the head of the household was out of work.
A five story Pitte Kimball company store adjoining the Park theatre on Washington street Boston sustained extensive damage from a blaze. Loss is estimated between 3208 900 and 350 000 dollars with water damage affecting nearby structures including the Park theatre the New England Piano company building and the Fremont theatre.
Charles Whistley was breaking a team of colts at Fairfield Nebraska when a line broke causing a runaway injuring Bedly in an incident reported from the plains.
Henry Beister at Geneva Nebraska was struck over the head by an assailant and seriously injured. Local authorities report the incident as a violent assault with ongoing investigation.
London reports Lord Roberts silent on Pretoria as news from the Boer side is blocked. Lorenzo Marquez notes reports of a vigilance committee controlling the city, with rumors Kruger has been captured and communications suspended, fueling fears of a siege.
Governor Thomas endorses a plan to bring defeated Boers to the Platte River valley in Colorado. Union Pacific Land Co proposes 1 000 000 acres under the Carey act on Julesburg and Wyoming lines with no upfront cost. The company would transport the Boers and be repaid via installments after settlements prosper. E C Wantland, Union Pacific agent, travels east to meet Boer envoys and explain the proposal.
Thomas M. Orr of Omaha, assistant to Union Pacific president Burt, received a telegram from Hoxie Clark announcing the death of former UP president S. H. H. Clark. Remains will be shipped to Omaha for burial after a quiet passing at Ashville, North Carolina, where Mr. Clark had been living the past months with Mrs. Clark and their son at his bedside.
John W. Springer president of the national livestock association, representing $600 million invested, returned to Chicago from Washington after meeting the German ambassador. He warned that if the German bundesrath passes the Reichstag measure, the United States Congress would retaliate with a move harming German interests by millions of dollars annually.
Grant county ranchman John Shaw was struck by lightning during a severe storm while riding the range. He was missing until morning when a search found him a half mile from his home with his horse nearby. Shaw, described as well-to-do, leaves a wife and young child.
Herman Anderson with the Elk Horn bridge gang slipped eighteen feet to the ground in the east end yard of York Neb. He suffered a broken arm and a compound fracture of the right leg. He was taken to the Genese line hospital for treatment by Dr. Senne.
Wanted man Gorn is allegedly married to three women in a year. Sheriff W. V. Norris of Corning Ind reports Gorn concedes two marriages in six months and will be prosecuted in Corning for bigamy after arriving in Lincoln Friday morning.
Field officers for the First regiment national guard were elected Friday at Moore and Chan H. Vickers of Madi majors.
Johnny Hindera son of Albert Hindera of Smartville Nebraska was seriously injured in a runaway accident recently. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment and the incident is under investigation by authorities. The Hindera family reported the youth is expected to recover.
An explosion in the boiler room of the Tennessee mill on January 15 killed three men, Pablo Fecal a foreman and Willie Benevek a boy among the deceased, with another worker, Thompeen, also reported.
A two-section freight wreck occurred two miles west of the city at 2:30 am. Engineer Hunting of engine 240 died at the scene, fireman Johnson and head brakeman Ellis survived though injured. The second section crashed into the head at high speed, wrecking men, cars, and lumber. cause unspecified, likely the engineer’s incapacitation. Track was cleared by 10 am and operations resumed. Local officials and Superintendent Phalan investigated. visitors from Alliance swarmed the site.
The Coverdell investigation report will be submitted to the House Committee on Military Affairs and likely published. The majority report is expected to acquit General Merriam and U S military authorities, saying they maintained order with state officials. The minority will arraign the U S military authorities for not vacating their functions and for the treatment of imprisoned strikers.
Colonel Eli R Sutton of Detroit and three Republican politicians were acquitted in Lansing Michigan of complicity in military clothing frauds. The jury deliberated one hour forty minutes. Sutton and his wife cried. Sutton's counsel also wept and Mrs Sutton kissed the jurors.
In Springfield 111 seventeen year old William Clements was drawn into a mine cage while pushing an ear toward an ascending car. The mechanism severed his head from his body and his father, in an effort to rescue him, suffered injuries that ended fatally.
The Abdai citizens petition the state board of transportation on a Saturday requesting consideration for their town between Superior and Mt. Clare on the Missouri to be addressed due to its perceived significance.
A warrant was issued in Havana for the arrest of former Deputy Auditor W. H. Reeves who is jailed with bail set at 1500 dollars. Authorities say Reeves supplied only part of a confession regarding Neety's evolutions.
Japanese cabinet faces a crisis as Marquis Ito is likely to be tapped to form a new ministry. Officials say Ito’s appointment could resolve cabinet deadlock and stabilize government operations amidst political tensions.
A report notes a fatality linked to a horse kick involving A io Paos Hil. Authorities confirmed the incident occurred in connection with banking interests referenced by the national bank. No further details were provided.
Messenger Jules Francis Smith delivered a letter to President Kruger in the executive chamber as ox carts clattered outside signaling Boer families fleeing the city. Kruger's courteous reply thanked Americans and Philadelphia liberty lads, wishing Smith a safe return, with a final group photograph sealing the moment.
Consul General Dickinson reports growing American trade with Turkey. Wire nails and other American manufactured articles dominate Levantine markets. Turkish merchants order American boots and shoes, and much of Nile railway material will be built by American manufacturers, signaling expanding influence.
A Texas feud over politics erupts in St Augustine as Wall and Brock factions clash at an examining trial. Felix G Rob ers, Sidney Roberts, and Noel Roberts are killed. Sheriff Noel Roberts and his brothers fall in the opening volley. Governor requested troops. rifles ordered from Nacogdoches for arrival tomorrow. Both factions are large and volatile.
Four robbers dynamited the Sheldahi savings bank twenty five miles north of Des Moines and stole $1400 after taking fifty or more citizens hostage with rifles. The blast at midnight destroyed the building and four men fled into the darkness with their loot.
A cloudburst struck Dewey near Campaign Illinois causing widespread damage. Sidewalks torn up, homes and fields flooded, crops forefeited, and cattle believed drowned as rain fell from Sunday night through the following evening.
The fragment notes an issue about engine sales linked to boys involved in theft. The readable portion hints at a theft case tied to engine sales and youth suspects. Further details are unavailable in the readable text.
At a Columbus Ohio wedding Harry Richards and Ida May Cockrell wed guests celebrate when Frank Adams fires a shot killing Joe another guest who had attacked Adams during a dispute fueled by alcohol.
The body of William P. Davis, a young Independence farmer missing since March, was found in a gulch near Luther. The skull shows blunt force trauma and multiple wounds. James Salyer, a former companion, is under arrest in Luther on complicity charges after a trunk with Davis personal effects was found. Authorities allege Salyer traveled with Davis to Oklahoma Territory and later seized his money and property.
In Atchison Kansas the quarryman WwD Ranier shot and killed laborers James Burgett and Carl T Cathout during a grove confrontation over a beer gathering. The incident followed a labor dispute and taunts that he was a scab. He retrieved a shotgun and fired upon them after returning home.
A westbound Lake Erie & Western freight train near Sandusky suffers a wheel failure as a driving wheel tires blow off. The runaway engine and cars derail and two trainmen are killed. Limited details available from the Lima dispatch.
Descriptions of rapid deaths from cholera and famine across Godhera Dodad and Ahmedabad. Rates reach 90 percent in hospitals, with air and water fouled by corpses. Thermometer hits 113 in shade as flies swarm dysentery wards. reports of vultures and dogs feeding on the dead. Public officials blamed. Bombay presidency faces unprecedented hardship.
Dispatches report two more foreigners arriving in Tien Tsin after fleeing Pao Ting. The relief expedition fought boxers, leaving sixteen dead and many wounded. Lt Bleuskey and Dr Mesilton among the wounded. eight Americans and three China Inland members missing at Pao Ting Fu. Missionaries in great danger.
Cablegram from Minister Conger reports rising murders and persecutions near Pekin as foreign evacuees flee. Pao Ting Fu railway work halted on Pekin and Hong Kong line. Chinese troops show little energy against Boxers. U S considers not deploying forces in the Philippines.
Peru Neb June 5 Professor W A Clark was elected principal of the state normal school to succeed Dr J A Beattie who resigned The election required seven ballots with Clark and Crabtree each garnering three votes and K likely receiving the remaining ballot casting the tie breaking vote for Clark initially finished with six ballots and results showed Clark gaining the position with support from board members and local educators.
C. C. BE. Woodrow, superintendent of the gas works at Sioux City Iowa, was killed by a switch engine while walking on Missouri Pacific tracks toward the Union depot. The accident occurred in the evening.
An obituary notes the death of Mrs John Sherman on June 4 at age seventy two. it mentions she was formerly Miss Margaret Cecily and refers to her before marriage as part of the Sherman family.
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