05 Jul 1900
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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1900
Page
1
For Emmet Col Republican Jenkins and Nicolos, tourmist inns are noted with emphasis on local party alignment and lodging arrangements. The snippet signals political activity and local business ties, highlighting networking between party figures and hospitality venues.
Governor Dole was sworn in on June 14 at a historic site linked to earlier 1893 events. The crowd heard the inaugural address after prayer by Timoteo and the reading of McKinley’s commission. Chief Justice Frear administered the oath as a military review closed the day.
The Minnesota Republican state convention nominated Governor S. R. Vansant of Winona as well as Lieutenant Governor Lindon A. Smith Attorney General W. I B Douglass Chief Justice Charles N. Start Assistant Justice J L Collins State Treasurer Julius Bieck Secretary of State P S Hanson and Railroad Commissioners C F Staples J G Miller Ira B Mills for two four years and four are renominated The platform praises the president and Congress denounces trusts supports labor interests backs Knute Nelson for reelection and favors direct election of senators along with gross earnings tax and taxation of foreign corporations.
A lone bandit robbed passengers on the Burlington express near Bradshaw, sixty miles west of Lincoln, at 1 a.m. on June 28, slipping a revolver to each sleeper and taking nearly $200 before fleeing into darkness. Conductor Green reported a missing passenger believed to be the Tolver.
A severe storm across northeastern Nebraska on June 27 caused extensive damage from Wakefield to Osmond. Homes, depots, barns, and stores suffered partial to total destruction, with telegraph lines down and crops flattened. No deaths reported, but windmills and buildings were badly damaged across Wayne, Thurston, and surrounding counties.
A cloudburst in Pleasant Valley, Winona Minnesota, caused sugar loaf mill pond gates to fail, washing away embankments and damaging Windia and Western tracks. Flooded farm land across the Gitinare Valley route, with water levels higher than last year’s flood.
Capt. C. B. Hepburn, son of Iowa Representative Hepburn, is near death in Havana from yellow fever. He contracted the illness while visiting a dying sergeant to determine plans for the wife and children if he dies.
Maurice Casey of Central Gas Company in San Francisco earned 1500 on a wheat market upswing after unloading 800000 bushels via local agents. He held large Chicago wheat holdings, profiting at the peak. An explosion at Standard Starch Company injures several workers, with Victoria Peppin feared dead and others burned.
Willis Lilly fatally shot his brother-in-law Monroe Tipsword seven miles south of Pana Illinois. Lilly cites self defense and is held on a murder charge. The incident inflames local factional tensions with officials fearing further trouble between groups.
New York reports Jim Jeffries intends to fight Gus Rublin on August 26 if his arm recovers from a plaster cast and wader treatment since May 27. He says Rublin will get the first chance. A separate Bayonne fire destroys the Consumer Goal and Company building and trestles on a full city block, with damage pegged at $100,000.
Prohibitionists claim one million voters pledged to support William J Bryan if a prohibition plank is adopted at the Democratic National Convention in Kansas City on July 4. They expect the move to split the two major parties and spur a new party, though pledges were not yet complete.
Tom Sharkey suffered a decisive defeat on June 26 at Seaside Athletic Club as Gus Roblin dominated a 15 round fight, scoring a clean 16th round knockout. Sharkey fought with grit, but Roblin seized control from the start, delivering a memorable heavyweight bout.
The Ohio supreme court ruled on June 20 that $500,000 sought by the Toledo centennial board is not available, a decision that likely ends the centennial movement. The ruling addresses promoters and colony wording related to the project.
A building trades council withdrawal in Chicago marks the practical end of a strike that halted construction, leaving thousands idle. Other items note a long string of weather, market, and regional reports, including hail damage in Idaho and European royal news.
Advices from Chefoo via Shanghai state Admiral Seymour's expedition has been relieved after failing to reach Pekin. The relief force, returning toward Tianjin, faced harassing mobs and light casualties. Dispatches note foreigners evacuated safely, with massacres of native Christians reported in inland districts. A U S circuit court of appeals in Chicago upholds a $2 per car charge on stockyard cats.
The Northwest region plans new line openings between Minskette and Sew Thin as tariff talks spark a general rate war. Westem Passenger Association executives meet in St. Paul to set fall wholesale rates while Winvis Central Rail contemplates pensioning seasoned employees. Dubuque reincorporates the Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad with $15 million capital and Illinois, Central, and Iowa branches. Canadian government hears three offers from New York Chicago and Eastern capitalists to build Winnipeg to Duluth railway under government rate control.
Gen. Stull, on a mission from the German government, arrives in Vancotres and predicts a long, bloody conflict as the Boxer movement spreads beyond Huusers. He warns southern boxers will rise, vast foreign arms smuggling continues, and Japanese Russian hostility compounds the crisis. Death by self-inflicted acts and looting at Chickamauga noted.
Chicago prepares for the thirty-fourth Grand Army encampment expected to be the largest in its history. The official program from August 26 to September 11 features parades, naval and army displays, receptions, fireworks, and multiple ceremonies at Lincoln Park Medinah Temple and other venues with notable dignitaries and veterans groups.
A dispatch from Tako via Chefovo notes 2000 troops under Maj Waller of the American marines relieved Liew-Tsin, silencing Chinese guns who were then driven from the town by relieving forces. Gen Cilaffei and others followed. Russians report 4 killed 30 wounded. other nations minor losses. Commander Wise takes command of Mourna at Long-hun to oversee supply trains. Gen Chaffee to command US forces in China arriving from Manila. expected by Aug 1. Situation worsens with anti-foreigner sentiment rising in southern provinces, Nanking feared.
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