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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1900
Page
2
The Plain Speaker weighs Hazle township tax fairness, noting coal and corporate property undervaluation would enrich the area if taxed on proportionate worth. It mocks China and political sound bites, cites Mifflin school salaries, praises American athletes, and comments on German shifts toward Bryan. It also notes a divorce suit and wartime mercy ideas.
Across European capitals reports say secret police fear a coordinated anarchist plot to kill monarchs and leaders resisting control. The Shah of Persia narrowly escaped an attack in Paris as Bresci and suspected accomplices sparked a major police pursuit and charges in Italy, Vienna, and London linking Malatesta to Bresci and a wider conspiracy.
Amid warnings of an assassination attempt on Emperor William, police intensify anti anarchist activity. A letter from New York signed Zannoni asks if King Humbert remains alive as conspirators coordinate from Rome and Brussels. A 16 year old anarchist Sipide is captured in one event, while Bresci and Teresa Brigoli connect to America in a widening murder web.
A Bartholoi ball gathering brought together hundreds of anarchists and sympathizers from several nations to discuss Italy. Speakers including Pasqualle Frank and Pedro Esteve defended anarchist actions, denying plots to kill the king and embracing sacrifice if necessary.
The eighteenth annual general conference of Christian Workers opened in Northfeld Mississippi on August 3 with over 1000 attendees. William T. Moody presided and Tra D. Sankey led a traditional song service. Rev G Campbell Morgan of London opened with a memorial address to Dwight L Moody.
An electric street car on the Harwood line of the Dallas Consolidated system was dynamited. The motorman was severely but not fatally injured and passengers escaped. The company accuses union men on strike or their friends. the strikers deny it and call for a strict city and company inquiry. The overall strike situation remains unchanged.
Orders to commission the gunboat Bancroft at Charlestown Navy Yard suggest she will sail soon, possibly August 18, and be sent to China after more than a year in ordinary. The plan is to deploy Bancroft to China as soon as ready.
A major blaze in Morfrewshore Tennessee destroyed the novelty milk works of W. B. Farthman & Co and Hale & Bons warehouses. Fumes spread to lumber yards of W. B. Earthman & Co and Rasher & Christy. Loss estimated at $100,000. A Black boy perished in the fire.
London reports say China may declare war if foreign troops press on Peking. Minister Sir Chil Chen warns that regulars will oppose invaders and fears mass killings of whites and Chinese if powers back the rebellion. US and Britain rumored to aid Chinese troops to avoid full war. Dispatches note legation siege and relief hopes at Nen-tsin.
Yang Yu and other Chinese ministers cable to Yuan Shih Kai demanding that Peking ministers be allowed direct contact with their governments and be escorted to Tien tsin with families and staffs. Other items note Russian troops at Yangtsup, Nieh’s demoralized forces, and a possible death of General Nieh. Also reports threaten to annul the franchise tax via local assessors. Chinese slaves in Chicago case prompts liberation order. Police Captain Albert injured in Camden incident.
William Cuthbert, once a mine owner and former Leland hotel manager, was sentenced this week for forgery while in Chicago’s jail. Idaho silver mines tied to General Cuthbert estate jumped to an estimated 2 million dollars, prompting interest from investors after his disappearance and return to city police.
Baseball scores from New York, Brooklyn and Philadelphia with detailed battery crews and team tallies. Standings show Boston leading, followed by Cincinnati, Pittsburg, and St. Louis, with New York and Chicago behind in the American League. Also notes Eastern League results and a New York will dispute decision over May Thorne Brantingham and long dispute over Joseph Thorne’s estate.
Aug 3 The military reports ongoing fighting between Maya Indians and Mexican government troops in Yucatan. About 2,000 troops under General Bravo forced rebels from several strong positions near Chan Santa Cruz, where their tribal government is based. Indians briefly resisted then retreated, continuing a stubborn defense.
Aug 3 Paterson New York Charles H Petrie a silk mill foreman at Riverside reports letters from local anarchists or the Mafia threatening his life. Petrie a leading silk finisher directs nearly 100 workers and is active in societies seeking immigration restriction and disfranchisement. Six Riverside residents sharing his views also received threats.
The Solace returns sick and wounded from China reaching Nagasaki. The Montgomery reached Bahia and the Wilmington arrived at Buenos Ayres. The Prairie sits at Belfast Maine and Osceola at New Bedford. Lancaster sails from Cronstadt to Stockholm. Michigan sails from Chicago to Harbor Springs. Standish departs Annapolis for Norfolk. Philadelphia at Mare Island Navy Yard. In South Orange a burglar fatally wounds Officer McGuire during a burglary arrest. burglar escapes.
United States Consul M. Irving Shaw dies in Barranquilla Colombia. Gilman Eagle county Colo wiped out by fire. The sultan of Turkey awarded the Order of Mejidie to Charles Brelaway. Strikes erupt at Susquehanna Coal No 2 shaft Nanticoe Pa. Baltimore Chrome works at Fairfield Md destroyed by fire.
Train schedule lists Limeable line effective April 18 1897 with daily and Sunday departures from Drifton to Jeddo Eckley Hazle Brook Stockton Beaver Meadow Road and Haeton Junction at 5 00 am daily except Sunday 7 08 am 2 48 pm Sunday Trains from Drifton to Harwood Cranberry Jommicken and Deringer at 6 30 am 6 00 am daily except Sunday and 7 03 am 2 23 pm Sundays
A cloudburst in Arizona causes extensive damage while other brief notes cover the Wyoming launch date September 8 in San Francisco, dynamite explosions on St Louis street cars with no injuries, a Newark railroad station robbery of 470 dollars, the death of Congressman William D Daly in New Jersey, Cincinnati population figures at 25 002, Con Corbett versus Kid McCoy boxing bout set for August 30 in New York, the pension rolls totaling 993 520 as of July 1, bank act records noting 426 bank organization applications with 257 formed, Cuba to elect delegates in September to draft a constitution in Havana by November, and related U S treasury and currency figures.
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