Denver Indiana Newspaper Snippet with Publisher Credits
Fragmentary OCR shows venue and publisher names Norris and Woolley Denver Indiana. Contains partial publication credit lines with garbled text and no clear event or date.
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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1900
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR shows venue and publisher names Norris and Woolley Denver Indiana. Contains partial publication credit lines with garbled text and no clear event or date.
History of a week reports crimes accidents fires and minor affairs from across the nation with a Chicago special on meat bill retaliation threats to Germany. A heavy rain caused floods along a stream near Heyimouth Pl, destroying property and forcing evacuations.
Carl Raub, once with a German newspaper, shot his niece Miss Bertha Yucker assistant principal at Orchard Street kindergarten then killed himself in Cleveland. Raub years old and Yucker 25. Motive uncertain, despondent over business affairs. The act occurred at 80 Steinway Avenue, home of Raub’s sister Mrs Yucker. In Vermont a Black Plague outbreak in West Derby Newport suburb reports three deaths in a week with quick fatal symptoms and quarantine of about fifty houses and school closures.
In Youngstown Ohio Li vin Jolson colored attacked white Mrs Ida Welcome and her year old son with a razor. Mrs Welcome's throat was cut and the boy badly slashed. Jolson tried to kill himself but will likely recover. Also a glycerine explosion at Whipple Marietta district killed four and wounded several others. A report from Pekin notes 430 guards improved the legations' mood though Boxers remain active.
Special Agent reports Honolulu authorities declare Hawaii free from bubonic plague since the 80th ultimo and quarantine raised on that date. In St. Clair Michigan three men, Capt Arlie Morrison, Frank Campbell and William Medlar, killed by lightning while aboard a new boat. Morrison and Medlar died instantly, Campbell died later.
A warrant issued for former Deputy Auditor W. H. Reeves led to his jail lodging with bail set at 1500. Authorities believe Reeves’ so called confession reveals only partial truth about Neely's evolutions.
Three men died and a fourth is dying after gas escaped while they slept in a New York City boardinghouse. John McConnell and John McLaughlin were killed, and Robert Healy is gravely ill from the same incident.
Reports from London detail Kruger and cabinet departures from Pretoria amid British advance. Lord Roberts secures Johannesburg area while Boers retreat toward Lydenburg and guerrilla resistance looms. Casualties reported for Rundle’s forces. consolidation and possible withdrawal to Southern Rhodesia eyed as operations shift north and east.
Rundle has occupied Ladybrand as Boer forces intrench along the Vaal river and reorganize among Wieidelburg hills. General Brabant is reported to have captured 1,600 prisoners at Clocolan.
After more than six months of hard fighting with 240000 in the field the largest British army ever raised England has conquered the two Boer republics of South Africa. Pres Steyn and Kruger are fugitives and will be sent to St Helena. The war cost England about £200000000 and 10000 lives. 5000 prisoners wait at Pretoria. England gains diamond fields and gold fields, while Boers lose identity and an oligarchic regime. Kruger's ultimatum to Salisbury on Oct 10, 1899 marked the start of the war.
The first world convention of the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor will convene in London May 10 at Alexandra Palace. About 10,000 Americans and up to 60,000 total attendees from Britain and abroad are expected, with 1,200 dormitory beds for women and 3,800 men to be housed in a vast canvas encampment. Tent supply is tight as British tentmakers serve soldiers in South Africa, but organizers vow no guest will be left out in the cold.
A dispatch notes the British government’s stance on suzerainty over the South African republic and reports the Boers invading Natally with about 45,000 fighters. It describes their strong defensive positions and early Boer successes against the British, who are learning modern warfare. The piece also mentions high ocean rates due to passenger ships and the Paris exposition, and notes the Endeavorers will be welcomed in London with a lord mayor’s reception and a bishop’s address.
An electrical storm struck Byron Illinois damaging the soldiers monument built after the Civil War. The storm caused crowds to retreat to GI's hall as the day’s memorial ceremonies ended with a dramatic crack and a sheet of flame, destroying the monument.
The 1900 census effort, led by Director Merriam, marshals 52,000 enumerators and 2,000 special agents to count 75,000,000 people. Projections place the U.S. at 73 to 76 million, with more than forty cities over 100,000, and westward population shift boosting political power. The operation costs are estimated at 13 to 15 million dollars.
Commissioner of Pensions Evans says about 925000 Civil War veterans survive, with 742467 on pension rolls last year and 24787 pensioned veterans dying. If death rate among nonpensioned equals that of pensioners, total veteran deaths would be about 80855.
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