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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1900
Page
3
Washington reports Senator Wellington predicts a Bryan landslide in Maryland amid talk over imperialism and trusts. He says he will not vote for McKinley, and hints a Democratic successor for the Senate, possibly Mr. Gorman. Also notes Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment advertised by I. L. Tucker.
London reports say the imperial city fell on the 16th but the Empress Dowager and Manchu leaders escaped before capture. Observers see no immediate plan from the British foreign office and will await reports from Sir Claude MacDonald and Sir Robert Hart. British Americans praised for collaboration on the march and assault. Admiral Seymour lauds American dash and resolve.
Former Senator Edward Murphy visited New York and conferred with Tammany Hall leader Richard Croker at the Hoffman House. Murphy will stay through the election and cooperate with the state committee for William Jennings Bryan. Croker acknowledged Murphy as the actual democratic leader of the state. Reports say Murphy plans to open state headquarters independently of the state committee.
Chicago post office ends smoking by applicants for special delivery messenger jobs. A rule forbids any boy who smokes cigarettes or has been addicted from entering the exam, which will limit the pool of about 200 youths. The effort aims to ensure mentally and physically best candidates for the service.
Clinton Missouri August 22 H T Sands a well known Throsh area farmer was found in a weeds thicket on his farm yesterday afternoon with his throat cut and several blows from a hammer to his head. He had been working in a cornfield earlier and did not return at noon a search followed. He was found partly wet and unconscious on a creek bank. He regained some speech but cannot recall the events. Robbery suspected as he had 300 dollars the day before from a business deal and may have been attacked by a robber thinking the money was on him.
In Owensboro Kentucky a feverish mother, wife of John Supplee, killed her three year old child and then cut her own throat with a razor. She had typhoid and was treated in hospital but did not survive. The report ends with an advertisement for a tonic claimed to cure constipation and improve digestion priced at 50 cents.
Reports from the Chicago Burlington and Quincy headquarters show Nebraska corn conditions markedly better after a week of heavy rain across central and eastern areas. Four central counties face a dry belt likely yielding at most half a crop, but statewide prospects remain strong with an expected large yield. In the Pacific Northwest, the 1900 wheat crop for Oregon Washington and Idaho is now seen at 32 to 35 million bushels, down about 7 million from earlier estimates, with overall quality described as very fine.
General Maximo Gomez issues a second letter to Cuban electors ahead of the constitutional convention. He argues the separatist idea has long defended independence while other parties oppose the revolution. He urges revolutionists to control the convention and crown their work, avoiding foes in or outside Cuba.
A 40 foot deep cave in at the Ohio mine area in Galena Kansas damaged mining plants and stores after a wind and rain storm. A steam hoisting machine was removed minutes before the collapse near a crusher. No deaths, several narrow escapes reported. Ballard's Snow Liniment advertised by H. L. Tucker.
Atchison Kansas August 22 1889 the will of the late Senator John J Ingalls filed in probate names his wife Anna Louise as sole executrix and beneficiary of all property real personal and mixed with no bond or surety required The will dated August 24 1889 bears his name and witnesses F J Haw and W R Cray attesting to the document in John Janes Ingalls handwriting.
Fragmentary OCR text references CASTORICA and a phrase about cures and fears. No clear event, dates, or names other than CASTORICA. Summary captures the limited readable elements and implies a discussed cure amid concern.
In Guthrie Oklahoma a Kansas City company enters the grazing country surrounding Okmulgee the capital of the Creek Nation to contest cattlemen. It plans to convert the valley into a vast wheat field leasing 25 000 acres. Indians now receive 25 cents an acre for grazing. the firm offers 25 cents for all lands and one dollar for lands in cultivation. It pledges to fence each lease plant an orchard and erect a comfortable house.
Senator Mason of Illinois fumes over Secretary Hay's Alaska boundary move. He denounces the temporary line that displaced the Stars and Stripes, urges firm American land policy, and notes American miners harmed by British control. He predicts the matter will be addressed in the next Congress.
Charlea King 25 from Iantha Barton county Missouri died in Pekin Pekin China siege reports. He was a marine on the battleship O thym Ore ton during the Spanish War and joined the first detachment sent to Pekin in the spring.
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