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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1900
Page
6
Washington reports a unified push based on Minister Conger’s dispatches urging relief for the besieged garrison at Peking. The United States rejects sending Conger under Chinese escort and affirms the plan to proceed with international forces to end the bombardment.
London papers report China seeking peace via Li Hung Chang after the Yang Teun engagement led by American and British forces. Chinese defenses rested on seven trench lines and retreated amid British lyddite shellfire. British casualties approached 200 and American 250, a figure rivaled by Chennaff’s report.
Yang Yu receives a telegram that Li Hung Chang is dangerously ill and confined to bed with a month’s leave granted. Russian columns surround Chinese forces at Chau. 12,000 Chinese move toward Peking and Tien Tsin. American dispatches note Admiral Seymour to land troops at Shanghai and US ships Castine and Princeton guard American interests.
A Brussels dispatch from August 11 reports the Belgian foreign office received a message signed by the Bel gian legation’s first secretary announcing Li Hung Chang’s appointment as minister plenipotentiary to negotiate peace. It also notes a Belgian dispatch from Peking about Chinese attempts to obtain foreign ministers acceptance of a Chinese escort to Tien Tain.
Report from St. Petersburg states 12,000 Chinese troops are marching from Hunan and Hu Pei toward Peking and Tien Tsin as tensions rise.
In Goodland Kansas on August 11 a sheriff's posse killed the two men who robbed a Union Pacific train near Hugo Colorado the prior Sunday. The posse trapped them at the Bartholomew ranch three miles east of Goodland. Deputies J B Riggs and George Cullins were wounded in the fusillade. One robber died while escaping, the other died in a burning house after the siege. Identifications remain unread.
The August 1 report shows corn 87.5 oats 85 timothy 79.9 potatoes 88.2 buckwheat 87.9 spring wheat 56.4 rye 76 with state figures led by Ohio 98 Indiana 98 Illinois 96 Iowa 105 Missouri 99 Kansas 71 Nebraska 85. July brought gains in Ohio Indiana Illinois Iowa while Missouri Nebraska Kansas fell. spring wheat opening July change plus year to year drop of 27.2 points from last August.
A conference at Democratic headquarters in Chicago on Aug 11 focused on the Idaho entanglement. The group tentatively agreed the Populists will withdraw electoral candidates and revert to the original settlement basis. Mr Bryan and Senators Blanchard and Jones attended among others.
In Rome on August 11 a vast crowd filled the Pantheon to view the late King Humbert’s casket. Troops aided crowd control as hundreds of women led by Queen Helen in her former role as crown princess marched from the Quirinal to pay tribute to the queen dowager.
In Georgetown Kentucky on August 11 the defense for Caleb Powers ex secretary of state rests its case in the Goebel assassination trial. Prosecution presents rebuttal witnesses while jurors may view the Frankfort scene. observers expect a hung jury rather than conviction.
Wabash Railway advertises round trip fares to Ft Wayne Toledo Detroit and Put-in-Bay with Sunday departures and returns. Also routes to Rome City for Universalist meetings Aug 23 to Sept 2 with excursion tickets. No paupers in Wichita county Kan as poorhouse is abolished and decently supported by subscriptions.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad offers excursion fares to Chicago from west of the Ohio River at one cent per mile in each direction valid August 25 to 29 with return by September 30 for a 50 cent deposit. An additional Ohio State Camp Meeting round trip fare to Mt Vernon is offered August 14 to 22 with return by August 28. A Sandusky round trip for $1 departs Defiance August 19 at 5 44 am and returns 6 00 pm. contact local agents or F Bowlby for details.
An advertisement promotes Allen's Foot Ease powder as relief for painful swollen feet growing nails corns and bunions and as a cure for sweating callouses hot tired feet. It claims instant relief for tight new shoes and offers trial package free with mail orders for 25 cents.
Charles Lane, Adams Express messenger, was shot through the heart on the Pennsylvania line between Cincinnati and Columbus. The train reached Columbus with the safe open and empty. about 45000 dollars reportedly taken. Police suspect two men committed the robbery and murder. Also noted is J B Foraker’s itinerary visiting political events in Ohio and nearby states in September.
A Detroit Journal snippet reflects on a misunderstanding in a romance where Genevieve rebukes a suitor and jokes about a father plunging into pork, highlighting love as a mystery. The piece closes with light social banter about a census taker at a doorstep.
An advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a guaranteed remedy for constipation. It promotes 10c or 26c sizes and claims druggists will refund money if C C C fails to cure.
Excursion tickets via the Nickel Plate Road go on sale August 25 to 29 and returnable by August 31 or by deposit until September 30 at one cent per mile. Waite wire phone or call nearest agent C A Asterlin T P A Fort Wayne Ind No 152.
On Sunday August standard, the B and O offers a round trip fare of one dollar. Returning train departs Sandusky at six p.m.
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