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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1900
Page
3
Washington reports Conger cipher dispatch from Peking mentions ongoing shelling and need for quick relief to prevent massacre. Officials doubt authenticity yet confirm ministers safe. Paris and London note reopened communications and urge restraint while speculation about empress dowager and Li Hung Chang grows.
Georgetown Ky July 20 21 testimony showed Cal ay Powers planned to use a militia to influence the Frankfort election and Goebel killing discussions. Witness Noaks described train seizures and a life and death struggle with Goebel’s fate, with Goebel’s death cited as the aim to hold party power.
London reports Lord Roberts dispatch from Pretoria dated July 22. Boers made a determined assault yesterday to destroy a post at the Rail Head thirteen miles east of Heidelberg. They attacked with three guns and a pom pom but withdrew after a sharp engagement.
Washington July 23 President McKinley has received a direct appeal from the Chinese imperial government via Minister Wu asking U S aid to extricate China from the Boxer crisis and hostile foreign powers The United States pursues a distinct line contrasting European policy and seeks access to Mr Conger possibly through American force or Chinese officials while preserving claims for reparations and avoiding entanglement in Chinese affairs The latest reports from Taku indicate an August start for the relief expedition, with the United States aiming to withdraw after Americans in Peking are relieved and preserve American privileges A cable from Secretary Long notes the Ark’s voyage to Nagasaki as Kempff sails as flagship.
Hazel Reid daughter of Hal Reid the actor Cincinnati girl police report she drew a revolver and threatened to shoot a horse after it slipped on the pavement spectators charged when the driver objected She had come to Marion for a fire department benefit performance.
In Victoria on July 23 the Fraser River canners and several fishermen reached an agreement to return to work under government protection. The attorney general will supply adequate safeguards for the workers.
July 23 report that King Alexander of Servia proclaims his betrothal to Mme Draga Maschin a widow who was formerly a lady in waiting to Queen Natalie the king's mother confirming a royal match preparing for a potential dynastic union.
Washington reports that total foreign commerce for the fiscal year 1900 rose to 2.244 billion dollars, up 1623 percent from 1899, with exports at 1.394 billion, led by fisheries, mining, and agriculture gains. Imports climbed, especially crude materials for domestic industry, with notable increases across all major categories.
Four people die in a clash on the Cincinnati Southern line in Scott County as deputy sheriffs move to arrest Will Walker for illegal whisky sales. Whites and blacks clash, two deputies fatally wounded, Pemberton shot in the head, Cronk flees, Walker escapes. Mountain men with Winchester pose a threat to the camp.
Paris July 22 Count Boni de Castellane husband of Miss Anna Gould of New York fought a sword duel with Count Orlowski on the outskirts of Paris. Orlowski was wounded in the thorax in the first assault and the duel was halted by doctors. The dispute arose from a newspaper article about a quarrel at Castellane's house. Seconds failed to settle and a meeting was deemed necessary.
Francis M. Coles of Columbus Ohio was found dead in a vacant Woodward avenue lot in Detroit. The body showed a bullet wound to the heart. A July 22 unused return ticket from Toledo on the Hocking Valley and White Star line suggested he traveled from Columbus to Detroit that morning. A nearby resident heard a shot about an hour earlier but did not investigate. No farewell note was found.
Natural gas was discovered on H. C. Courtright’s Shelby township farm near Pana Illinois. Farmers are piping gas to individual homes. H J Kinsley of Columbus Ohio for the Great Eastern Oil Co has leased 5 000 acres nearby and will begin development. Plans call for piping gas to St Louis and intermediate points.
In a collision off Belfast Lough between the steamers Dromedary and Alligator, five passengers were killed and over fifty injured, some severely. About 600 people were aboard, with fears that additional drownings may occur as rescue and emergency procedures followed the crash.
The steamship Amur arrived in Victoria BC on July 23 carrying the season's largest influx of Klondike prospectors and gold dust, with at least a million dollars in gold dust aboard.
Chicago July 23 Tommy Ryan signed articles to fight Jack Mof fatt before the National club of San Francisco on September 7 for a purse of $5 000. The bout will be 20 rounds at 153 pounds.
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