Denver newspaper fragment from Norris Woolley publishers
Fragment from a Denver Indiana publication run by LARPS NORRIS and WOOLLEY, publishers. The readable text shows names and location but lacks a complete story or event details.
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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1900
Page
2
Fragment from a Denver Indiana publication run by LARPS NORRIS and WOOLLEY, publishers. The readable text shows names and location but lacks a complete story or event details.
London dispatches detail General Hunter's forces in the Bethlehem hills on July 24 and 25 with Boer entrenchments forcing some British retreat and later actions around Brands water basin as McDonald and Hamilton pressure the federals. Other items include Cuban embezzlements exposed by Bristow with Rathbone implicated. sixty-six drownings reported from the Cottage City voyage and Lake Labarge storm rumors. Mare Island Navy Yard boosts force with gunboat work and Chinese service noted. an eagle kills a child near Sheboygan. a plot to assassinate Santiago’s governor Caceres uncovered. a Windsor Celluloid plant explosion kills three women. Russia orders bombardment of Chinese towns after Pekin massacre. Panama revolution collapse leaves region quiet.
In a dispatch from Admiral Remey Colonel Mead is relieved due to rheumatism with Major Waller taking command. Jie states his inquiry clears the marines of arson or looting at Tien Tsin. The French Consul in Shanghai reports 100 French missionaries killed in southern Manchuria.
Indians near Fort George report wreckage and two dead bodies with a third dying man, possibly the Andree party. George Renison, returning from Moose Factory, notes Indian interpreters and a hunt for evidence by Hudson Bay Company officials to confirm identity and fate.
Mrs. John Cinwell and Mrs. Jacob Buchannan of Dushore Pennsylvania saved a Lehigh Valley passenger train when a mountain rock and debris tumbled toward the line. They signaled the engineer with sunbonnet thus stopping the train and avoiding a wreck.
R G Din and Co weekly trade review notes a 2 cent drop in wheat and 4 cent drop in corn as public conclusions shift toward less injury. Shipments remain steady from Atlantic ports and from Stacitte ports, with 231 US and 227 Canadian failures, while a maritime disaster near Liverpool kills several crew. Separate items report a Dowie disciple tarred, a fatal fork battle in South Dakota, a deadly rail collision near Rush Springs, a Kansas murder suspect seeking habeas, a Brooklyn Elevated crash, a Mineral Ridge streetcar wreck injuring all aboard, and financial distress among iron firms seeking receiverships and trusts.
In New Orleans, Police Captain John Day and Officer Peter Lamb were killed and Officer August Mora wounded as two desperadoes Leonard Pierce and Robert Charles opened fire during an attempted arrest on Dryades Street. Charles fled after a later shootout, while Pierce surrendered. Day Aucoin Lamb Perrier Trenchard wounded and officers pursued the suspects through local streets.
Dahman, a sober Burlington factory worker, confessed to killing his ill wife in St. Louis years ago by pillow smothering. He sought to surrender to authorities for mental relief after being freed when St. Louis found no corroborating evidence and deemed him possibly insane.
A naphtha launch Casco owned by A I Crow exploded mid Long Island Sound killing Mrs Crow and Harold Crow and mortally wounding the husband. The tragedy drew hundreds as the fleet returned from races during a regatta at Larchmont.
Arthur Millbourne of Cygnet Ohio died heroically while rescuing Peter Eischen from a quarry pond. Millbourne and Eischen struggled underwater as others tried to assist. Eischen survived, while Millbourne slipped beneath the raft and did not surface again.
A massive blaze at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Massachusetts gutting the spar shed, dozens of boats and launches, spars, yard arms, and the topmast for the Topeka. The Alabama, Olympia fleet, and Admiral Dewey’s barge survived. losses estimated around 250000 dollars.
Henry C. Fry of the National Glass Company says plants at Summitville Greentown Dunkirk Marion and Albany Indiana will relocate to the Pittsburg district as soon as sites are secured. The transfer will involve over 3000 workers.
From Pekin on July 4 a Conger note describes two weeks besieged British legation in Pekin by Chinese forces with daily shelling. It warns of a general massacre of foreigners if relief is delayed. Washington reports say ministerial fears rise as imperial troops control the capital.
Reports warn the Chinese government must regain control of imperial troops and protect foreigners or risk mass violence. Li Hung Chang’s forecast of a foreigner massacre is linked to Conger’s letter, while no reply has reached President Meliiley or Conger to date through Wu.
Jien-Tsin via Shanghai reports the native city ruined with many unburied bodies. Only about a dozen houses stand on the side facing settlements. Inside, buildings near the wall are blown apart and charred corpses lie in the streets as dogs and pigs feed. Allies are removing the dead. Chinese casualties estimated around 11,000, mostly killed by Boxers and soldiers. Streets littered with belongings while intact houses display Allied flags, especially Japanese and French.
The Commissioner of Patents reports the year ended June 30 shows 26 540 patents granted including reissues and designs. There were 1 660 trademarks 682 labels and 93 prints registered. Receipts total 1 358 228 with expenditures 1 247 828 and a 110 401 surplus. On July 1 most examiners had work within one month of filing and edits were completed within two weeks in nearly all divisions.
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