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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1900
Page
2
The piece urges coal operators to attend a Monday joint conference with United Mine Workers to peacefully discuss grievances and seek remedies. It cites broad support from miners, business people, and regional press for avoiding strikes or lockouts, noting past cooperation between operators and workers.
Periodical outcry in Lae zerne and counties over court overcrowding with petty cases. Justices lack power to issue final decisions. many cases must go to district attorney and grand jury. Remedial reform calls for clearer authority and fewer appeals. Also notices for Knights of Pythias and G A R encampment rail fares to Detroit and Chicago with sale dates.
Dispatches from London report fires and street fighting after the relief of Peking. General Chaffee opposes capturing the imperial palace while Russians push into the forbidden city to prevent looting. Fire and disorder seen as both sides dispute future actions and indemnity terms unfold.
A dispatch dated Aug 21 from Chefoo reports Russian troops stormed the eastern gate of Peking near the canal at 2 AM. General Wasilewski and Colonel Modl led the assault, placing the Russian flag atop the wall after fourteen hours of bombardment, while Chinese defenders held the observatory and towers.
Reports from Peking describe heavy losses among Russian and other legation personnel as Chinese forces pressed daily during the siege. The Pei-tung cathedral, defended by 80 French and 10 Australian soldiers, was relieved by Japanese and British troops, while the fate of the dowager empress remained unknown to the allies.
Akron Ohio August 24 nine companies of the Fourth regiment O N G and three of the Eighth patrolled streets to prevent a repeat of Wednesday night rioting that left two dead many injured and several buildings destroyed by fire or dynamite. Martial law is in effect with crowds dispersed and 625 soldiers on hand. Tim Maus six year old victim in the mob need remains serious as Peek is jailed in Cleveland and Prosecutor Wanamaker weighs bringing him back for trial. Chief Harrison fled the city and was later found in Cleveland.
On a West Hoboken school excursion to Tollewihl Park four Sisters of Charity and four priests rode by train to Paterson. Sister fell overboard while rowboat berging. Priest Aloysius dived in and brought her to shore where she revived with help from Mrs Atherton and other sisters.
In Shoal Creek Tennessee a mob of about 150 set fire to a holiness church while Rev Gay Bryant preached inside. He refused warnings to flee and told the crowd the devil led the attack, facing threats of violence as the frame church burned.
The Tacoma and its 600 passengers arrive from Nome with 600000 in gold dust from the Klondike. A shooting affray aboard between William Keenan of New York and Angus McDonald of Dawson ends with Keenan wounding McDonald and both men arrested by a U S marshal. The Lawton and revenue cutters prepare to bring sick and unfortunate passengers from Nome.
The grand jury asked the police board for Chief Devery's official report on the New York race riot. The board ordered Devery to conduct a closer probe and report at next week's meeting as Acting Captain Cooney begins work. Prominent colored men and others who are British subjects urged the investigation. Arthur Harris, the slayer of Patrolman Robert Thorpe, was brought back from Washington and jailed as District Attorney Gardiner plans a mid next week trial.
Berlin reports that Great Britain has paid 60 000 marks in damages to the owners of the German bark Hans Wagner. The vessel was unjustly detained in South African waters in the early days of the war.
William J Bryan received official notification of his Populist presidential nomination in Topeka on August 24, with endorsement from the United States Monetary League. He defended the party’s economic reforms, warned against trusts and militarism, and argued over monetary policy and imperialism while urging farmer protection against monopolies.
At the G A A encampment in Chicago on August 24 reports show a record turnout next week with railroads already mobilizing transport. A Monday arrival is expected to bring the largest crowd in a day for the military parade Tuesday. Projected attendance reaches 75 000 veterans plus other visitors potentially totaling about TH0 000.
In Kentucky, Judge Cantrill overruled Caleb Powers’s bid for a new trial after affidavits and hearings. Powers, formerly Secretary of State, was convicted as an accomplice before the fact in William Goebel’s January murder. In Kansas, the Middle of the Road Populists met in Topeka and chose not to nominate a state ticket, redirecting efforts to support the Barker electoral ticket with headquarters to open September 10.
A collage of quotes from public figures including Senator Teller Abraham Lincoln Champ Clark Gen John Beatty and editors from Washington Times Philadelphia Record Chicago Chronicle Boston Globe and New York Evening Post discusses party corruption big business and the 1900 campaign. It highlights distrust of Republicans and the appeal of Theodore Roosevelt while noting experts and editors vary in their views and forecast a lively election season.
Train schedules list daily and Sunday departures from Drifton Hazleton Junction and nearby stops. Connections at Hazleton Junction link to electric cars toward Hazleton and Jennerville, with special accommodations for way stations and interline transfers to Wilkes-Barre Sunbury Harrisburg and other points.
A 19th century beekeeping summary discusses honey capping, hive fullness, and queen quality as key factors. It contrasts heavy foundation with four square feet per pond, notes drones depend on drone comb, and recommends porous, heat absorbing trives over plain boards. It also explains worker and drone cell sizes and the bees’ greater concern for worker cell dimensions.
A compendium of old fashioned dining room etiquette from Boston Traveler and Chicago News highlights social missteps. It warns visitors not to monopolize conversations, flatter hosts, accept invitations without consulting the hostess, or leave outerwear in the best room. It also cautions against criticizing others homes or magazines, carrying extra toilet items, and expecting the hostess to store toiletries. A divorce quip from a city column ends the item with a sharp social bite.
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