25 Jan 1900
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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1900
Page
1
News in brief items compiled from the Telegraph telegraphing action abroad. Gales and gusts arrive from distant shores with notes on crimes, casualties, fires, and foreign events. Readers receive a concise survey of recent happenings overseas.
Brookfield dispatch reports Boston NL catcher Martin Bergen killed his wife and two children then died by self inflicted injury at his home. Authorities say insanity suspected, noting past mental derangement linked to managerial incidents last season. Family ages ranged around mid thirties.
Southern Senators express hope that Congress will pass legislation in this session to refund money paid into the U S Treasury after the Civil War from cotton captured by federal forces. About 30 million dollars were originally involved, some paid to cotton owners after the war, with the rest remaining in the Treasury ever since.
J P Molera reports Otis once appeared on the firing line in Manila when a rifle shot whizzed close to his head. The shooter was not identified and no crew was uncovered.
United States Minister Leishman in Berne reports to the State Department that Switzerland has revoked a prior decision and grants general authorization for importing American dried fruits. It also allows fresh fruit import with inspection at Basle to ensure no scale or parasites.
A posted circular at the Pullman sub-office in Union Depot Chicago announces wage cuts for sleeping car conductors. The reductions are reported to range up to 70 percent in many cases. It remains unclear whether all employees face cuts or only those on certain lines.
The American steamer Juris, ashore off the Me nacles, was freely floated from Milford Slaven dock where she had undergone temporary repairs and will be moved to Belfast for a thorough overhaul.
A village in Otis La Porte County suffered a raid with stores looted of merchandise. The Jianna Dloudhounds pursued the thieves and a posse of men is confident they will capture them.
Three men died and three others were fatally injured when an elevator at O'Reiley Bros storage warehouse in New York collapsed after the cable snapped. The incident prompted investigations into equipment safety and warehouse procedures.
Frank Russow is probably fatally injured and seven others were seriously hurt when a scaffold collapsed at Benzing's Crossing in Buffalo, New York. Rescue crews responded promptly to the accident site. The incident prompted investigations into safety practices and equipment conditions.
A Toledo girl, Hattie Thetford, daughter of a prosperous mechanic, died in a shanty near Cummings Ohio from lung congestion. A letter found among her effects claims she was part of a so called degradation club of ten young women who drew lots to perform pledged degradations and leave home. The letter describes a voodoo doctor guiding the scheme and a fatal midnight decision.
Bradstreets reports quiet demand with steady prices as the main trade feature for the period. Prices show strength only in select staples like pork, with tallow, cottonseed oil, and related goods firm. Sugar and coffee move. raw wool remains dull. Wheat and flour shipments total 4,248,926 bushels versus 2,509,082 last week. Corn exports reach 6,314,570 bushels, up from 4,019,086.
Washington dispatch reports a satisfactory settlement of the dispute over Dominican Republic claims against France. Santo Domingo will recognize the Jimines government and demand $40,000 still owed on the Ozuma bridge award. Also notes a violent incident in St Paul and shipwreck tale from Hong Kong.
Prices of wool felt hats for men and women rose across Danbury Connecticut Reading Pennsylvania and other centers due to sharp wool price hikes. Manufacturers by agreement advanced prices seven cents a dozen on cheap grades with higher quality hats rising correspondingly.
In Bastropexas Arthur Burford son of Sheriff Burford of Colorado County is killed instantly and Deputy William Clements mortally wounded during a murder trial. The fatal shooting stems from a long standing feud between parties.
Frederick G. Lantily and H. E L. Tam proprietors of the Evening Post were shot in their Denver office by W. W. Anderson a prominent local attorney. The shooting stemmed from a quarrel over a murder case. In St Louis Judge Thayer granted habeas corpus for John P. Reese releasing him as a member of the United Mine Workers executive board.
Senator Rawlins read to the U S Senate a memorial from Lorenzo Snow, president of the Mormon Church, stating the church has abandoned plural marriages in Utah and every other state. The memo affirms no member or officer has authority to perform or enter into plural marriages.
A deadly confrontation at the Capitol Hotel in Frankfurt pits Col. David G. Colson against Lieut. Ethelbert Scott. The clash causes Scott to die, Colson wounded, two bystanders killed, others injured, and a seventh man fracturing a leg in the staircase collapse amid a chaotic street pursuit. The feud dates to the Spanish American War era.
County Jailer Alfred Henry was overpowered and killed by two prisoners, Ben Richardson and Ed Grady, at Howell County jail in West Plains Missouri. Richardson, an escapee from the Tennessee penitentiary, helped execute the assault and the pair locked the jail door as they fled. Henry’s body lay in a pool of blood after the attack prompting a manhunt.
Caracas dispatch reports unrest after banks and Caracas lenders refuse to advance government funds. French director M Montauban and other foreign notables arrested and confined to fortress. French chargé d affaires protests while Caracas French colony demands dispatch of the Atlantic squadron to Venezuela coast. In Wisconsin, 15 year old John Seisger finds hermit Cooper Snyde’s hidden cash and valuables totaling about 400 dollars along fur scrap boxes.
A damaged life buoy picked up in St. Marys Bay bears the letters elgoland and the fragment mund, likely part of Geestermunde, Helgolands port of registry. A St Johns magistrate has received the buoy for official action.
Alexander Savage, missing from Bloomsburg Pennsylvania for 35 years, reappears alive. A letter to his brother says he is a high ranking officer in the Spanish army and lives in Madrid. Saratoga Goes on a Cruise with seventy cadets aboard the Pennsylvania Nautical School frigate leaves Philadelphia for the West Indies on its annual winter voyage.
The Wild Brothers Jewelry Company at St Louis has filed a deed of trust on all its stock of jewelry and fixtures to Peter A Pickel as trustee for the creditors. The total indebtedness is listed at 57000 dollars, with 47000 due on notes. Injured by Explosion of Boiler Tube on Government yacht Caperon in Delaware City canal locks nine men scarred, three critically.
A church collapsed during mass in Maloousene township Samara district Russia killing nineteen and wounding sixty eight. W C T U evangelist dies M S M Henry national evangelist of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union died in Graysville Tennessee from pneumonia.
A five story building at 754 First Avenue New York was gutted by fire. Firefighters and workers from United Dressed Beef Company rescued a dozen people from the blaze. Six month old Loretta Lennert died in her bed from smoke. Bell boy Joseph Keller saved a child named Willie Powers but suffered burns to his hands and face.
Near Columbus Ohio Christian Beck and his wife both over 70 were awakened, bound, gagged by five men demanding 4000 dollars said to be hidden. They yielded only 25 dollars and notes. robbers seized these then fled, threats of torture unfulfilled.
Chicago Caine markets show range from 3.00 to 6.735 for common to prime cattle, with hogs, sheep, and grains listed across multiple cities. Prices span No. 2 wheat 60c to 75c, corn 31c to 41c, oats 20c to 28c, rye 5c to 6c, butter 21c to 26c, eggs 10c to 19c, and potatoes 40c to 50c per bushel in various regions including Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Toledo, Milwaukee, Buffalo, and New York.
The Senate held no session Friday while the House debated a nine-member special committee to probe Treasury ties to New York banks and the sale of the New York custom house. Subsequent days featured Philippine resolutions, a financial bill, urban delivery funding, and census director powers amid clashes on policy and appropriations.
An array of terse notes reports incidents, deaths, and losses in Tennessee, Alabama, Texas, and beyond. Killed include Thomas Peak in Sweetwater and Henry Oppenheimer in New York. wrecks claim Engineer Calloway in Clarendon. fires demolish stores in Huntsville and Sugarland. Theft involved $4,000 in war bonds. zinc trust rumored with $100 million capital. Proposals include Norwich UK buildings and patent medicine tax receipts.
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