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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1900
Page
3
The speaker reflects on decades of relentless study and work to reveal a vital finding. After years of toil and wakeful effort, they announce they are now able to share a significant conclusion born from persistent inquiry.
Foreign clashes in China draw focus as Russians massacre Chinese at Aigun ending the Manchu uprising. Allied moves in Pekin face arming disputes with France over Von Waldersee. Li Hung Chang seeks armistice while US stance remains negotiations with General Chaffee. Empress Dowager reportedly held in Pekin as forces bombard the Forbidden City. Aguinaldo's guerrilla orders and rising insurgent activity in Visayas are noted along with a fierce battle at Catibig where Americans suffer heavy losses but reinforcements arrive.
Reports claim an attempted poisoning of the Chinese minister in Paris with poisoned flowers. In Marseilles five thousand sailors dock workers and others join a strike. Bulgaria and Roumania near rupture while Germany expects Chancellor von Hohenlohe to resign. President Steyn reportedly dies from wounds. King Victor Emmanuel faces cabinet discord. Emperor Franz Joseph marks his 70th with flags. Lord Roberts slated to become commander in chief and threatens death for three Boers violating neutrality oaths.
The Lincoln Evening Post reports Chairman Butler will advocate for McKinley. Bryan reassured by Democratic clubs' national gathering in Indianapolis October 3–4. The Liberty Congress endorsed Bryan with fifteen dissenters. Independents plan a New York nomination on Sept 5. Roosevelt aims a Rocky Mountain campaign with thirty eight speeches. Keene of New York wagers fifty thousand dollars on McKinley.
A violent New York race riot followed the murder of Policeman Thorpe leaving scores injured and a detective mortally wounded. Other crimes include I Romans's political self destruction in Missouri, Miss Benedette Brady robbed of $5000 diamonds near Paris Texas, and Emil Zakrewski detained over a car bombing in Belle Fontaine line.
Dr Sturley Harrington of Farley Missouri killed his mother in law his uncle and the sheriff and was himself killed by the sheriff s son in a violent incident that changed his life and faith.
Henry J. ONeill filed for bankruptcy in Chicago with debts of 500000 and assets of 5000. The Palmer Steel and Iron Co of Chicago resumes 400 workers in Munice Indiana after signing the Amalga mad scale. Wall street stocks stay strong and broadening. The Somerset National Bank in Somerset Kentucky is in receivership. The Carnegie Co will control Lake Superior iron for fifty years. The American Window Glass Co declares a 3 percent dividend on 4 million in preferred stock. Nicholas Wolff of Cincinnati assigns on 4 million. O L Dowell of Stroud, C T fails with liabilities 38000 and assets 20000. Siegel Cooper Co bids capital for a London department store on the American plan. Steel falls $8 in Chicago. builders foresee revival.
A sequence of fatal and serious incidents reported across the nation includes Prohibition candidate John G Woolley breaking his arm after a fall in Chicago. Additional items note railway collisions near Grand Rapids Colorado Goodland Kaw and multiple drownings in Alaska and Minnesota with numerous casualties and injuries.
A roundup of prominent deaths including Collis P Huntington at Pine Knot lodge and Mies L Blanche Fearing in Chicago. Other losses cover ex Senator Ingalls in New Mexico, Henry Lippert in Milwaukee, and John G Hawley in Detroit. Fires rage near South Fork Colorado. Berwind colliery above ground works destroyed in Dubois with 60 miners saved. News on politics, education, and G A R events accompany the obits. boxing restrictions and international displays noted.
Heavy rain could not dampen turnout as delegates at Cedar Rapids convened the Iowa Democratic state meeting. The platform backed William J. Bryant and Adlai E. Stevenson, called for strict trust and railway controls, and pledges loyalty to the Kansas City platform. Nominations by acclamation elected S G Crane, J M Gibson, H L Williams, C Harper, J W Freeland, J E Anderson and electors at large Joseph Eibock and C H Mackey.
Joseph Dryfuss, a traveling man from Sioux City, lent $25 to a young Californian he met on the way to Dawson City. The man later sent a $25,000 draft and claimed Dryfuss shared in his Nome gold winnings, repaying the loan with enormous interest.
In Sioux City Iowa on August 21 a remarkable typhoid fever case affects William Johnson his wife and two children aged four and an infant all hospitalized at St Josephs. The brother died recently and the tainted well at his home is blamed for the outbreak. William Johnson is a nephew of Dr Perrin Johnson a pioneer physician.
Des Moines reports that John M. Stone the industrial department manager at the Mount Pleasant State Hospital for the Insane has been found guilty of disposing of state property and diverting its proceeds to his own use.
Sioux City Iowa August 21 the corner stone of the monument to Sergeant Charles Floyd of the Lewis and Clark expedition was laid with imposing ceremonies Representative Perkins delivered the principal address Congress and the legislature have both made appropriations for the monument.
Des Moines Baptist college trustees in Des Moines Iowa seek a 100000 endowment fund and report John D Rockefeller will give 500000 on the condition that the trustees raise a like amount themselves. The gift comes with a matching requirement and aims to support the college’s future finances.
Davenport August 18 The Republican convention of Iowa's Second district nominated Captain J N W Rumple of Marengo to succeed Joe R Lane of Davenport who declined another run.
Senator W. Fairbanks of Indiana spent a few hours in New York City staying at the Fifth Avenue hotel before continuing his trip to Verote. The brief layover drew local attention as he traversed the city streets and met with supporters during his stopover.
A vivid passage celebrates horse breeding and equestrian vigor. The speaker exhorts Nellie the mare through energetic imagery, praising lineage and vigor while invoking wind and hillside imagery to frame the scene. The extract centers on a rough, lyrical appraisal of horse and rider.
A husband recalls his wife falling under faith cure, claiming cure by absent treatment from Professor Fake. She vows divorce if discussed, but recounts her awakening belief and success, aided by a misdirected letter and a dead letter office mishap, with the tale attributed to the Detroit Free Press.
In Basel a French mountaineer known for bold ascents brags of planting his blue silk flag on a summit. The next year he returns, reaches the peak, then reveals the feat at table. An English guest later delivers his rival’s prize flag, won by daring, back to the climber in a twist of pride.
A Worcester Gazette quote recounts a young woman asking a music store clerk for Angels Always Polished by Handel. The clerk, unsure, offers a stack of coon songs and promises to send for the Handel piece. The exchange ends with him presenting Angels Ever Bright and Fair, which she accepts.
The text notes Mme. du Barry as a famed gambler of Louis XV's era, a pastime for her, while Mme. Pompadour pursued gambling to win. It records that Pompadour’s winnings were immense, including a single game that drained the king’s pockets by 25 000 louis d or equivalent to about 125 000 dollars.
A brief quip unfolds as one person asks another to repay a loan. The reply turns on a pun about keeping the item in mind, leading to a light, humorous moment.
The Tartaran alphabet contains 202 letters and stands as the longest script in existence. Some characters function as symbols conveying phrases and emotions beyond simple letters.
Land in England has increased in value by about 800 times over the past two centuries, illustrating dramatic long term gains in real estate worth and economic change across the region.
A Franco Prussian War battle tale describes Prussian cuirassiers repelling French charges while a decapitated officer rides in the saddle, inspiring his regiment. The account, cited by the Cincinnati Enquirer, frames the scene as a chilling, almost supernatural moment amid carnage.
An excerpt explains that volcanoes are not burning mountains but holes in the earth’s crust from which eruptions eject materials forming mountains. Eruptions occur away from summits, smoke is steam, flames are reflected light, and friction creates lightning.
In 1815 Beau Brummell wore a blue coat leather breeches and top boots with a stiff white cravat. A youth asked where he got his blacking, Brummell replied that it ruins him and confides it is made with the finest champagne.
A leading physician cites an old superstition that death unlocks perfect bodily strength. He claims advanced medical science substantiates that people dying after long paralysis regain full physical power at death, though the reason remains unexplained.
A prominent Kansan on his deathbed asks that after his death no movement be started to erect a statue by popular subscription. He insists his real friends should shoot the man who initiates the project to honor him publicly. The Wichita Eagle reports his plea.
Judy notes that Mabel declined to join due to cousin and fiancé objections though no formal objection existed. The exchange hints at family tensions and plans altered by perceived disapproval.
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