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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1900
Page
4
In Americus Aug 24 1900 stock values are halved from a year ago as investors question trusts. Reports accuse Moses of larceny amid political recall and discuss Hanna campaign finances. The piece critiques Bryan McKinley war costs at 186678000 and 2239 American lives, while referencing Japan cotton and German voter blocs in the western states as the 1900 campaign heats up.
The New Orleans States argues that combining the Sermon on the Mount the Declaration of Independence and Bryan's Indianapolis acceptance speech into a school textbook would cultivate youths who feel humanity and charity love freedom and oppose oppression turning them into stalwart Democrats.
The Nashville American questions how a stable government in China will be established who will form it and who decides when it is stable. It notes the military task ahead and William’s praise of Waldersee as leading allied troops while detailing competing imperial designs on Manchuria Corea and overall China among Germany Russia France Britain the United States Japan and England and asks what happens when allied paths diverge and partition is avoided or pursued.
The Nashville American notes Hanna shifts from hardball to tact, courting broader appeal after Roosevelt praise and rebukes, while handling critics with smiles. A Washington divorce suit cites a hushed decline in political prominence as the motive behind a wife seeking separation.
A remark quotes Li Hung Chang asserting he is worth several hundred million and could personally pay the indemnity if the emperor is short. The claim frames a potential private financial backing for imperial obligations.
Long dispatch reports Li Hung Chang asking the United States to appoint a peace commissioner to open negotiations for a ceasefire and terms. China seeks a congress with powers to settle the Chinese question, while Empress Dowager and Emperor’s status remains unsettled.
Wu Ting Fang, Chinese minister, said China recognizes the emperor and empress dowager as its government and doubts any internal revolt. He expressed trust that the powers will not remove the ruler and noted uncertainty about terms the powers or Li Hung Chang might present. Delegates to the Farmers’ Congress begin at Denver with several hundred expected.
In New York on August 22, Arbuckles announce a half cent per pound extra rebate on all roaster package coffee over ten percent more than the year ended July 1 2009. The Arbuckles and American Sugar Refining Co also cut quotations by a half cent per pound to dealers.
Cimcaco August 23 union leaders plan a full strike of Building Trades Council members before Labor Day. Plumbers already ordered out, with other unions to follow. The aim is to halt work at sites where bosses claimed victories to show labor remains in the fight. Greensboro, Ga August 22 Baptist Ladies Aid is poisoned at a meeting, ice cream served at the Montfort home sickened attendees. doctors say a milk germ caused the illness, not acetate of zinc. New York August 22 consul James Dubois arrives to consult with the department at Se Gallemtyolderica.
Theodore Wallert, a Minnesota farmer eight miles from Agli noton, killed his wife and two stepchildren, a 10 year old girl and a baby, and seriously wounded a 19 year old stepson. He set barns on fire destroying a stable with nine horses, a corn crib, and a hay barn. The wife sought a divorce, and Wallert had been troubled. After firing, he entered through a window and killed the wife as she fled the bed. the baby was found dead on a lounge and a girl on her bedroom floor. A second son was wounded and transported to town, with fears he may die. A posse hunted for Wallert.
Rowe Aug. 22 Field Marshal Count Von Waldersee the German officer bound for the far east to lead allied forces in China breakfasted with King Victor Emmanuel this morning. He then visited the Pantheon where he laid a wreath on the tomb of King Ambert.
Alfred Akins, a British subject and Kingston Jamaica native, was beaten by whites during the New York race disturbances while returning home. Police rescued him after a narrow escape from harsher police treatment, and the incident may trigger international complications.
Shareholders in the Easthampton Library company at Easthampton Long Island voted to disband and turn its books and records over to the Easthampton Free Library which will continue the work the company began. The Easthampton Library was formed in 1805 by Rev Lyman Beecher, father of Henry Ward Beecher, with Abram Miller and Abram Parsons aiding in its organization and bylaws.
Cuattanooaa reports severe heat and almost no rainfall devastates crops. First corn in some districts is already killed and hundreds of acres of staples and fruits have dried up or withered. The damage is described as extensive and serious.
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