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Newspaper
Asbury Park Journal
Location
Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1900
Page
8
A cryptic OCR fragment referencing astronomical instruments and a noted observer hints at a science reporting item. Names and specifics are unreadable but the piece appears to describe a telescope or related device and a potential celestial event observation.
Reports from Alaska unveil the richest quartz lodge in Atlin on the Glenner group with a 1& foot wide streak yielding high gold. Ore assays reach 72 percent copper with gold and silver. copper belt spans 14 by 2 miles and Winter shipments planned from Cop per King and War Eagle. Treadwell mine shows 557,960 tons mined and $1,153,368 bullion sold. 4 dividends totaling $300,000. Copper wealth drives excitement as placers yield up to $40 per pan and $1,500 from Lynx creek in two weeks. A Monte Carlo vein in Washington yields nearly $100 per ton in gold and silver.
SUNBURY Pa December 8 The railroad brotherhoods of central Pennsylvania held a large meeting in this city with twelve hundred delegates from Harrisburg Wilkes Barre Pottsville and other points A secret two hour session was held in the morning and the proceedings were not divulged The discussion centered on what action to take after the ending Railroad company following the U S district grand jury refusal to hold ex Superintendent Sweigard responsible for discharging men affiliated with labor unions
In Bath New York on a Sunday early morning four intoxicated men quarreled. One man named Dewandlear was knocked through a store window and severely cut his hand by the glass, bleeding heavily. He wandered the town, leaving a blood trail for about half a mile before heading home.
December 3 report on Emperor Nicholas notes a very good day with satisfactory condition. He slept well, appetite returning, strength increasing, and temperatures and pulse within normal range.
Protests and requests have been sent to Field Marshal Count von Waldersee by the powers to stop taking astronomical instruments from the Peiping observatory. Most instruments are labeled for Berlin or Paris and are over 150 years old. Chinese objections are deemed useless by Li Hung Chang’s staff. The observatory remains a famed sight in Peiping. The number of returning Chinese has risen, and Boxers are being tracked by provost marshals, with arrests only for those proven to have killed natives. The first locomotive from Tien Tsin to Peiping ran yesterday but will reopen to general use around December 15.
Washington officials remain optimistic that the powers at Peking will soon agree on demands to the Chinese imperial government over the Boxer outrages. The State Department liaises with U S diplomats and European ministers as talks progress toward a note that China can fulfill, aiming for unity in enforcement and a favorable start. Mr Conger has had no word from Peking for several days.
Shanghai Times correspondent reports the Chinese court desires return to Peking but Li Hung Chang may resist to exploit power splits among the nations. Empress dowager and Emperor Kwang Su possibly to follow if reception is favorable. Li Chi Tung ordered to halt further Shensi province supplies. Britain's Hart comments on treaty friction and rising Chinese militia. American cavalry escorts officials to Tien-tsin.
Smallpox discovered in Hoboken New Jersey traced to a West Sixty ninth street kindergarten. A five story brick tenement housed the affected family previously in New York. The six year old girl and her mother were removed to the hospital and all residents vaccinated by health officers. Former Missouri Governor Joseph W McClurg, 88, died in Lebanon from stomach hemorrhage. He served as governor in 1860 and was a congressman from 1862.
Retailers slash prices on men and boys suits overcoats coats jackets capes and skirts to move surplus stock after unseasonal warmth delayed peak demand. Prices sit just above cost as shoppers are urged to act promptly to take advantage of the upset conditions.
Manila reports the Guam typhoon was the severest in forty years. Agana’s palace and government buildings were unroofed, the sea reached the plaza, and many homeless sought shelter in schools. Marajan was leveled, 28 killed, and crops destroyed. Aid ships sail from Cavite as food and supplies are urged from the United States.
Reports from Colon via the Don convey ongoing rebel operations across Colombia. Insurgents seized Chagres near Colon, eight hundred government troops were sent to relieve it, and fighting ensued with government forces retreating. Rebels also attacked Porto Colombia and Sabanilla while reinforcements were ordered. Martial law spread in Colon and many people were imprisoned. The US gunboat Bancroft and British cruiser Trepid were at Colon as the Don departed.
Aru ia F'Weatcott, 26, was found dead in bed at Mrs. Kaziah Putnam's boarding house at 8 Union Street. He was brought there by a man claiming to be William Brown who had boarded at the house a week. Brown said he was drunk and that his name was Smith and he was a well known clothier. The man placed the deceased in his own bed and left shortly after midnight.
A stranger named Brown was found dead in a town room by Mrs Putnam and her grandson yesterday noon. The body was cold and had been dead for several hours. Police, district attorney, and coroner notified. Brown is missing. authorities search to locate him. Westcott’s nearby home is twelve miles from the harbor area. Brown, a newcomer, arrived about a week ago and had been idle since.
About 500 delegates converge in Washington for the twenty-seventh annual WCTU convention at Lafayette Square theater with strong profit expectations. National president Mrs. Lillian Stevens presided at an Opera House meeting as the union contemplates a resolution on the canteen system in the army.
The Pan American beauty contest selected two women to represent North and South America at the 1901 Buffalo exposition. Miss Maude Coleman Wood of Charlottesville, Virginia, was chosen to represent North America and Miss Maxine Elliott, brunette, to represent South America, with Senator Chauncley M. Depew as committee chair.
Manila report says twelve hundred bolomen entered Vigan on Luzon and surrendered to Captain Green of the Thirty-third infantry. The mass surrender marks a pivotal shift as Tinio’s forces have long harried the region, disrupted supplies, and pressured Tagalog leadership while some Ilocanos had grown lukewarm and hoped surrender would hasten Tinio’s collapse.
The Hon. Orvis B. Wyman, judge of Wisconsin's Sixth judicial circuit from Viroqua, died yesterday in a Buffalo hospital after treatment for lymphitis. He leaves a widow and two children.
In Berlin on December 3 Miss C Stewart earned her medical degree at the University of Berlin in a formal ceremony.
Washington dispatch reports both houses opening with no business. Deaths of Senators Gear and Davis and Rep Daly and Hoffecker observed. Leaders plan swift action on war tax cuts, army reorganization, river and harbor, and appropriations. Democrats caucus on army bill. possible substitute for provisional army debated. Senate to push shipping subsidy bill, aiming to displace Spooner Philippine measure. The session hinges on these early measures.
Condensed dispatches note Chicago dealers cornering the gas market and the Tiber overflow flooding the lower city of Rome. Other items mention a typhoid threat in New York, rising New York police costs, an invitation to ex President Kru ger, a wrecked steamer St Marc with 45 passengers lost, and an Indian fight in Mexico reported to the Indian bureau.
San Carlos reports to Mr. Woodruff the November 10 raid by six Chiricahua remnants on a Mormon ranch in Mexico near Casa Grande. In the ensuing pursuit a man and two women were killed. the raiders fled with stolen stock while three pursuers buried the dead.
Brigadier General James H. Wilson arrived in San Francisco aboard the Thomas from China and will depart for Washington to report to the War Department. He is accompanied by Lieutenant G B Turner of the Tenth Infantry, one of two American military attaches with the Paoting-fu expedition. Turner says the expedition had a good moral effect.
The twentieth annual conference of the American Federation of Labor will convene in Louisville on Thursday December 6. Delegates from England have arrived and every state with organized labor will send representatives. Attendance is expected to range from 250 to 800 members.
Mitchell Del 3 The jury in the case of Editor McBride who sued 40 citizens for 20000 damages for the destruction of his newspaper plant nearly five years ago returned a verdict awarding 700 damages. The plant was destroyed by citizens offended by articles in the publication.
Constantinople Dec 3 reports the contract for building a cruiser for the Ottoman navy in Philadelphia is expected to be signed today. Captain N Chester of the United States battleship Kentucky and several officers are said to be in the city and will stay a few days.
Two Pittsburg towboats Tom Dodsworth and Volunteer collided twenty miles above Huntington West Virginia. About 30 coalboats carrying around 100000 bushels of coal sank in the river. The total loss is estimated at $100000. Both steamers and the coal boats are owned by the Pittsburg coal combine.
Fire swept the business portion of Bondaville in Massachusetts causing an estimated loss of 25000 dollars. Weather forecasts show fair to variable winds shaping fire spread risks in the area.
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