21 Mar 1900
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Newspaper
Champaign Daily News
Location
Champaign, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1900
Page
1
Kruger and Steyn addressed a large crowd at Kroonstadt urging continued resistance for independence. Steyn noted Boer losses under 1,000 killed in six months and warned against trusting British proclamations. Rail shipments to Pretoria grow as Boers harass patrols near Ladysmith.
Lexington March 21 Sergeant Golden the man who turned state's evidence in the Goebel murder remains under guard at a hotel Detectives say they have corroborating evidence supporting his claim of a meeting at which Secretary Powers and other leading Republicans planned Goebel's assassination The force asserts they have secured corroborating evidence to back his statement
Sergeant F Wharton Golden who testified against the Goebel plot remains hidden in a friend’s home in Lexington as detectives guard the residence to prevent assassination attempts. Golden, exhausted and worried, fears for his safety while state’s evidence against the Goebel conspiracy is maintained in secrecy.
Franklin Pa March 21 Congress man Joseph Sibley is laid up with la grippe at his home after returning to spend a few days with his family. His condition is not regarded as serious.
Bremen March 21 James C Monaghan United States consul at Chemnitz has resigned and will return home to Rhode Island to pursue business He expects his brother Joseph Monaghan to succeed him Disaster on the Danube Budapest March 21 Twenty four peasants drowned when a boat capsized on the Danube en route from Kalocsa to Pays during a gale Sir Edmund Fane Dies London March 21 Sir Edmund Douglas Veitch Fane envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the court of Copenhagen is dead in his sixty third year
A new Champaign County Republican township committee elected A M Lewis as chairman W P Craig secretary and S C Tucker treasurer The group touted as one of the strongest ever organized in the township and pledged to promote genuine republicanism and clean politics Local remarks say the spasm has passed and Champaign Republicans will run their own affairs without DeWitt county dictation The slate featured Lewis a leading attorney and popular local figure Myers Craig and Tucker described as a hustling young businessman The county convention echoed a demand for independence from the DeWitt ring with supervisor votes showing the people favored Babb over the ring candidate and signaling a shift toward self rule in Champaign
The United States senatorial commission receives deputations at the Havana palace on March 21. The chamber of commerce seeks customs and reform measures while General Gomez holds a pivotal conference with the commission on key issues.
The Evening Journal reports from London on March 21 that sensational reporting leads to renewed attention on curious exploits. The dispatch notes heightened interest in tabloid style coverage and its impact on public perception.
Wisconsin G A R scene stirs as disclosures of fraudulent contracts at the front are promised to create a big sensation before peace terms are settled. Madison March 21 Gen Harnden dies. Samuel H Tallmadge of Milwaukee elected to the Wisconsin G A R leadership, age 60, son of Mrs Charlotte E Mitchell, Chicago pioneer. Tallmadge long active in Milwaukee G A R circles, led Walcor’s post and served as assistant adjutant general of the state.
A grand jury indicted Dr M L Ostrowski Anton Grabowski Ignatz Der Mrs Anna Svehla alias Pietra and Ali an Peterson for conspiracy to defraud Chicago by fraudulent damages suits. City Attorney Ryan Golik and Agnes Golik testified. The case centers on a $25 000 suit filed in 1898 for a boy’s injuries and alleges a syndicate of 18 residents at 666 West Fifteenth street sought to defraud by filing false claims totaling about $200 000.
Mail reports from Venezuela detail an attempted assassination of President Crespo for 500 dollars. Initial disbelief gave way to a broader plot and numerous arrests as investigators uncover a conspiracy. The would be killer hired by conspirators for 300 dollars.
March 21 Manitowoc reports Frank W Schad a Eaton town farmer killed his wife with a razor after a struggle then cut his own throat in a likely insanity episode He had recently deeded all property to his wife to live apart Also included is Lizzie Walsh revived from a trance in St Paul a gold discovery in Wabash and a treasury note redemption in New York with other brief items from Indiana and Illinois notes.
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