18 Jun 1900
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Newspaper
Connersville Daily News
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1900
Page
1
An advertising item extols the virtues of honest toil and healthy appearance, praising Hood's Sarsaparilla as the remedy for poor blood. It includes a testimonial from Hattie J. Taylor of Woodstown New Jersey and claims Hood's as America’s greatest medicine for the blood.
The column presents standings for the American League with teams like Chicago and New York and lists Saturday games featuring Cubs and Pirates, along with scattered results and player notes. It also reports on a colonial era steamship incident and naval news including the sinking of City of Rotterdam and crew outcomes.
Amid international anxiety reports conflict in Pekin and Tientsin raise questions. Cable news from Shanghai and London travels to Berlin Paris and Manila as powers weigh German minister’s fate and possible foreign relief actions.
A partial dispatch summarizes disrupted communications between Pekin and coastal posts, noting broken wire lines to Peking and Nagasaki. The Western Union report cites no major battlefield updates and confirms interruptions along the northern route affecting cables to the Russian Siberian system.
Gov. Gen. Wood creates a special commission with one American officer and two Cuban civilians to hear sensational accusations against officials. The body can compel witnesses and investigate all details from papers and informants. Yellow fever outbreak near Havana affects US troops with 14 cases and 3 deaths. A Eureka Springs woman dies in a curling iron related accident.
Perry Barnard shot and killed his former wife Jennie Davis in front of the Travis home on the town main street as they returned from church. Jennie died within minutes. her mother and 38 year old daughter were wounded. Barnard's motive cited jealousy over their leaving town.
In Winamac Indiana on June 18 John V Borders and William Z Williams were the Democratic ticket winners for county treasurer after court disputes. Williams surrendered the office and $85 000 in money following the decision. Borders finally prevailed at the supreme court after earlier rulings.
South Bend reports the Jasper County Oil and Gas Company under president H. D. Jolson has begun a well near Medaryville, Pulaski County. The well yields about 7 barrels daily of oil so pure it can be used as a lubricant in its natural state, selling at 7.50 per barrel at the well.
Artin Woolford pleaded guilty to murder after deadly dispute at a Kokomo country dance. He received an indeterminate sentence from two to twenty years in the penitentiary for killing Herman Sehulty, a veteran Spanish American soldier, in February after a quarrel over a floor number for a girl.
Millionaire J B Pangsin bought OL Whitney's stock farm near Lexington 1280 acres for 115700 cash. Three wired inc explosion in Philadelphia injured two workers one fatally in Sunday accident at the works arnnistacture site.
Lourenco Marques June 18 President Kruger relocates his headquarters to Alkmaar near Nel Pruit. Reports from Machadodorp say Boers may not retire to Lydenburg hills and may return to the Dekaap valley if surrender is avoided. Steyn counters British annexation by proclaiming Free State remains independent. Wilson Found Guilty in Indiana case. Jury convicts in 26 hours for filing false claims for 1600 dollars as financial agent fees in 1890.
Reports state William Bell, about 65, Cambridge City Indiana, died by hanging in an outhouse after despondency. John Reby, 80, Bourbon Indiana, was found with a bullet wound and revolver nearby. Charles Myrick killed his wife at Quillbertaville and then died by suicide. The notices reflect a series of self-inflicted deaths and related local incidents.
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