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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1900
Page
6
An advertisement urges treatment for pediatric kidney and bladder problems linked to bed-wetting and poor vitality. It touts Swamp-Root from Dr. Kilmer as a universal remedy, claims quick relief, and offers sample bottles and a pamphlet upon request through Kilmer & Co. of Binghamton, NY.
The sixteenth annual United States Civil Service Commission report to the President notes 7,000 classified positions and 107,000 unclassified posts, with 49,440 executive service roles in the Philippines and territories. It cites salary expenditures near 304,000,000 annually, discusses a retirement fund for federally employed non-pensioned staff, and urges merit-based civil service expansion in colonies, including the Philippines, to curb patronage and improve efficiency.
Port Scott Kansas January 22 George Bisbee and Ea Meals half brothers were lynched by a mob at the county yard after being convicted of first degree murder in Edlinger case. The victims from Kansas City had killed Leopold Edlinger a German farmer in October and disposed of his animals. Amos Phillips another accomplice was convicted Friday of murder in the first degree. The trio allegedly formed part of a larger gang known for stealing and disposing loot in Cedar County Missouri.
War Department dispatches from Gen. Otis report Tagalog insurgents driven from key towns in Cavite and Batangas. American troops pursue rebels in Luzon while expeditions move toward northern ports. Casualties and losses include several Filipinos killed, rifles and ammunition seized, and ambushes faced by cordon forces.
The item offers a fragmented late 19th century wire bundle noting John Ruskin's death at 81, his birthplace in London, education at Christ College Oxford, influence as a painter critic, and socialistic works. It shifts to brief notices on Judge N L Glison's state tax commission appointment, a Milwaukee secretary change, and then to agricultural yield figures and a Madrid senate treaty progress, all in a jumbled sequence.
The roundup covers 1800 dollars bank robbery in Elletsville, a Milwaukee centenarian death, Cuban coast tidal damage, Yaqui Indians wiped out, a war rumors, Russia dour, and tax law updates. It notes a Silver Lake bank heist, Oregon Democrats convention, rising gold stocks, temperance lectures, drownings in Cheat River, a New Orleans tenement fire, and international political shifts. Also mentions Beaman’s retreat gift, Osman Digna’s capture, and a tweet of global unrest.
January 20 report from North Brookfield Mass states Martin Bergen catcher for the Boston baseball team killed his wife and two children at his home, then took his own life. insanity suspected. The fragment also mentions a separate note on funds for the McClellan monument in Washington and other scattered items.
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