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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1900
Page
5
London dispatch notes continued South African war but no humiliation. Boer resistance wanes as remounts and delays hamper British advance. Rail and telegraph to Cape Town suffer from rains and sabotage, yet Lord Kitchener trusted to hold lines and restore damaged links with cavalry drives and swift repairs.
German volunteers just arrived from the Transvaal report a dire South African situation with Pretoria and Johannesburg as exceptions. They say the entire Transvaal and much of the Orange Free State are in Boer hands, and Boer commanders hold ultimate field authority, making English conquest unlikely even if Kruger makes peace on his own.
Reports from Cape Colony confirm a serious situation as Boers receive wide aid and Cape Town–north rail links falter. Lord Kitchener arrives at De Aar to halt Boer advances while Irish cavalry is readied for South Africa service amid rumors of more mounted troops. Kruger remains a focal figure in the unsettled region and its reactions.
A Minneapolis St Paul express car on the Minneapolis Saint Louis line south of New Ulm caught fire, destroying most contents of Christmas goods and delaying traffic. Colonel B W Lucas of Iowa City died after a long illness. Justice Deemer declines a state university chancellorship. Tax ferrets in Hardin county enrich the treasury, with up to 1000 dollars daily recovered. Myrtle Wright of Sterling may not be tried for complicity in Barbers death. Fort Madison Waterworks wins a federal ruling to force city to raise taxes to cover hydrant rental debts.
Mrs Lapole sues Br. Cunningham and associates for brutal outrages alleged to have occurred as a mob forced her to reveal the where abouts of robbers. The Des Moines suit seeks damages of 15000 and cites threats, dragging, hanging and repeated abuse during an April incident at her country home.
Cattle market steady to higher with beeves at 5.25, cows 2.00 to 3.85, stockers 2.00 to 4.00, calves 2.25 to 4.25. Hogs opened higher and closed steady with prices about 40 to 144.30, mid range 4.50 to 5.25 for good to choice. Sheep and lambs quiet, sales 4.50 to 9.49 for lambs, 3.60 to 4.06 for sheep. Receipts: cattle 100, hogs 70, calves 0, sheep 0.
Li Hung Chang unable to attend. Prince Ching presents credentials and replies to Spanish minister. Prince Ching promises immediate transmission to the emperor and swift reply, seeking peace and prosperity for China.
Near Frankfurt Michigan workmen uncover skeletal remains during hotel construction. Experts say skull and bones resemble Father Marquette, a 17th century missionary and explorer. Michigan Historical Society asserts burial in 1673 in a small-stream bed, prompting a formal inquiry.
Christmas Day in New York saw hundreds of charitable workers organize meals for the needy. The Salvation Army served 25,000 in Madison Square Garden as tickets were distributed by church groups. State Senator Timothy D Sullivan fed 5,000 on the Bowery, and other groups provided meals to inmates and children across the city. In Arkansas three boys aged 3, 7, and 9 died in a house fire after being locked in a second story room by their father. In Rome the Holy Door of St Peter's was closed in a grand ceremony attended by about 30,000 spectators.
J W Burrus, a wealthy cattleman from Caddo county near Mountain View, Kansas, shot about 50 hogs for ranch meat then turned the revolver on himself and fired a bullet. The incident occurred in Wicenitsa on December 26. Further details are incomplete in the report.
A physician warned of Brights disease in a man who died. The Carnegie firm received a rush order for 6,000 tons of steel rails from England's Great Eastern railway. Norway's government awarded contracts to Pennsylvania and Maryland steel companies for 11,000 tons of steel rails.
Des Moines reports judge Emlin McClain sworn in as the newly elected supreme court judge. Other items note a Sioux City blaze destroying Andrew H. Jackson residence worth 35 000 with 80 000 loss, a Mrs. Sarah Kuhn murder trial, Populists favoring the People’s Party, a fatal buggy crash near Shelf Rock, a 12 year old girl’s suicide in Malvern, and Des Moines approval of a Des Moines site for an Army post.
The report lists Iowa college counts led by Drake University and the State University while noting attendances at the State Normal School and Highland Park College. It also details a December convention of county supervisors from Scott, Muscatine, Jackson, Johnson, Iowa and Clinton counties to discuss care of the insane, county roads, bridges, and supervisor term lengths.
Grinnell Lee 190 W. Rowe the absconding Poweshiek county treasurer has been released from Belem prison in Mexico after six years. He fled with $40,000 of county funds and was later found by detectives in Mexico where he had bought real estate and became a Mexican citizen. A Mexican law making it a felony to bring stolen goods into the country led to his sentence of twelve years in penal servitude.
Fragmented OCR text shows assorted ads and notices. It mentions Dr Caldwell's Svrip Pepsin, Rocky Mountain Tea endorsements, land exchanges in Dakota and Nebraska, livestock listings, Shave a nice tot, star sine stock, bright eyes claims, a savings bank offer, and Miss Linzie Jones visiting Mason City with garbled punctuation and unclear context.
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