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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1900
Page
1
President Mitchell predicted the five week long mine strike would end by next Monday if operators post notices guaranteeing a 10 percent raise to April 1. He declined to detail steps if some companies refuse and said a canvass by UMWA leaders will determine any further action.
President Mitchell spoke in Pottsville and forecast that within days operators will post notices guaranteeing a 10 per cent increase. He said by Monday at the latest all miners will return to work and have won their demands.
Washington reports 34,000 pension claims filed by Oct 22 for the Spanish American War. Of these, 33,424 have had evidence called for and 28,224 ordered medical examinations. About 4,327 widows and dependents claims have already been adjudicated.
Trenton Oct 24 Ex President Grover Cleveland is quoted as saying he has made no statement to justify supporting McKinley. He declined to comment further and the quoted words arose from a reporter's suggestion that his 1896 financial views were being read as backing McKinley in the current campaign.
Cape Town reports ongoing Boer guerrilla assaults as General French fights from Carolina to Bethel with 36 casualties. Lord Methuen arrives at Zerust and conducts a force reconnaissance discovering large Boer forces, dislodged after four hours of artillery and rifle fire. Four British killed and ten wounded.
The article notes that numerous European royal scions obtain military commissions before reaching walking age, highlighting a tradition of rapid officer commissioning among royal families.
Miss Jennie Bosschieter of Paterson New Jersey was assaulted after meeting Andrew Campbell near Kent's drug store. At Christopher Saal's saloon she was drugged and ravished by three men before being dumped into the Passaic river. Police hold five suspects including George Kerr Walter McAlister William Death and Campbell.
Z T Lewis of Urbana born in Adams county died in Ohio. He ran a bond brokerage and privately issued forged bonds by lithographic blanks. After forging numerous bonds he faced exposure and was pardoned from prison on his deathbed.
Li Hung Chang sent a cable reporting French minister Pichon is ill and urging appointment of another plenipotentiary. Paris sources note Delcasse received a separate dispatch from Pichon that did not mention illness, casting doubt on Li Hung Chang’s message.
Father G An drew equipped the church poor box with a burglar alarm after a robbery was noticed. He chased the thief M Landry a cigarmaker and handed him to police. Landry died in his cell about an hour later by self inflicted death.
In Cleveland on October 24 Edward Ruthven the African American prisoner will face trial for the murder of Patrolman Shipp. An iron cage will be built in the criminal courtroom to contain him after he escaped police during a lengthy gunfight.
The Daily Mail denounces the authorities for protecting Mr. Dowie and argues that ducking him would have prevented harm. It claims Dowie relies on police power to fleece the public and calls for his meetings to be stopped, comparing him to a racecourse welder.
The New York Herald reports a national poll showing McKinley and Roosevelt with 281 electoral votes, Bryan 166. The survey cites Indiana, Illinois, and New York as pivotal, predicts GOP control of Congress, and notes shifts in Kentucky Kansas Nebraska and California favoring the Republican ticket.
In a coastal session the Creuit court, with Judges Norris and Day, heard Beile Fullmar versus Jacob Adams and James B Brodwix versus Jacob Adams. Edward Johnson on the State of Ohio was set for Nov 7. John McCarty and Orville Corwin named court bailiffs. Dick Sutphen gave his maiden argument and impressed the bar.
Mrs John C Barber of 616 Nicholas street testifies her daughter suffered backache and low spirits last winter. After using Dean's Kidney Pills from N G Woodward the daughter recovered, headaches vanished, and her husband found relief for lameness across the loins.
A line from an advertisement noting 50c per box offered by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as sale agents for the United States. The slogan warns buyers to remember the name doin's and to take no other.
Mieses Ida Render of Junction and Martha Buehrer of Evansport were shown through the Home Thursday. Mrs Otis Clark Hazel Clark and Nellie Beiswenger called Sunday. Mrs Frances Roland and Joseph Roland of The Bend were shown through the Home, Sunday. Ellis Ridenour cled Thursday. AH Lane and LH Weld of Chicago made a business call Monday. Fred Appel and Valentine Kimpel of Edgerton were here Monday.
The article notes New York state as decisive with McKinley leading by about 141,160 in the Bronx and 115,560 elsewhere, while Democrats claim loss by 75,000. It predicts Republican Benj B Odell Jr. over Democrat John Stanchfield by around 90,000, amid fierce Midwest battle in Illinois and Chicago strike talk.
For spraine swellings and lameness there is nothing so good as Chamberlain's Pain Balm. Try it. For sale by N G Woodward. Oct.
The First National Bank on Wall Street reports a $700000 defalcation by teller L Alford, who vanished a week or two ago. He was trusted, 20 years with the bank, known as Happy Alvord, and suspected to have moved funds into stock speculation. Authorities note he operated the mail daily to access notes and drafts.
A rumor spreads that Amerd has left for South America while a street hustler known for straight tips reportedly never lost a cent.
Providence October 24 Prohibition candidate John G Woolley spoke to more than 1000 people at Music hall after a street parade. Vice presidential candidate Henry B Metcalf missed the rally due to his ill son. James A Williams chaired the state committee and Woolley drew an enthusiastic crowd.
Secretary of State Rose reports the resignation of John Pierce of West Belleville, a middle-of-the-road Populist candidate for Congress in the Twenty-first district. Pierce withdraws in favor of Democratic opponent Fred J. Kern.
Mrs. William J. Bryan visits New Haven staying with Mrs Philos Bennett a longtime friend and is accompanied by her daughter during the stay dated Oct. 24.
At St. Louis Tennison Censor Poyntz Lee King Will Fay Domsie are listed. At Newport Prima Flag of Trace Fair Deceiver Branch Likeness Princess Thyra appear. Harlem Tuskarosa features Banish Robert Waddell The Unknown Kenilworth Hold Up. Yonkers Musette includes Miss Hanover Queen Carnival St. Simonian Gressob Water Cure.
Adlai E B Stevenson skipped a Saginaw speech due to date mix-up. In Bay City he addressed a large audience in the armory on imperialism and trusts, while ignoring the silver question.
Oct 22 market digest lists cattle prices in Chicago Cleveland Buffalo Pittsburg and more with steers cows and heifers priced alongside calves hogs sheep and lambs. regional quotes cover wheat corn oats rye lard and dairy and highlight price ranges for multiple districts.
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