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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1900
Page
2
The piece urges Democrats to publicize their platforms through press ads, praising systematic campaigning as key to electoral success. It also calls for Luzerne’s Board of Trade to reorganize, urging a meeting to revive its role in supporting local industry and town development.
The Democratic national convention nominations are received with calmer reactions nationwide. Observers note that 1896 showed passion driven by Republicans who overdid fear and jealousy, while this cycle promises more intelligent policy discussion of candidates and principles.
The piece notes Democrats should monitor male candidates aiming for Congress as a sweep year looms. It argues President Bryan would be constrained without a Congress aligned with him and remarks on Stevenson as a unique vice presidential nominee with prior one term experience.
Lincoln Neb July 9 Charles A Towne will not announce his Populist vice presidential decision until formal notification by the Populist committee He plans a public address with reasons for his action after receipt of nomination news Senator J K Jones of Arkansas conferred with Bryan Towne and Williams on the ticket situation and possible party endorsement. Towne spent Sunday with Bryan and later visited Bryan's farm with Hartman and Williams.
Navy notes two cipher dispatches on the China situation and an Oregon report. Admiral Kempff to remain at Taku as second in command while Remey arrives to assume command. 6200 troops ordered east to China, not the Philippines. Deputy Marshal J Howard Wilson killed in Kentucky gunfight. Day and Bush wounded. Cuban reception to troop removals credits General Wood and hints at a return to the United States.
The War Department division on customs and insular affairs reveals Manila port imports for 1899 totaling 17,450,412 in merchandise plus 100,069 in gold and 1,141,802 in silver coin. Free entries amount to 1,887,000. All imports came via foreign vessels for immediate consumption with 5,864,090 collected as import duty.
Sixteen hundred workers are laid off as five furnaces are shut down by the Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company. Two furnaces sit in West Lebanon, two in Cornwall, and one in North Cornwall. The stoppage follows the Tackawanna works move from Scranton to Buffalo and a dispute over railroad rates for lake ore.
A mob of German farmers from Niles near Evanston pursued a Chinese peddler after avenging a Chinese diplomat's death. He escaped into Norwood Park woods as pursuers surrounded the area then abandoned the search after about an hour.
Minister Conger describes in May 23 letter a grave Boxers uprising in Peking and Chinese officials promises to suppress the movement. He warns of possible dynastic overthrow if relief is not provided and notes a British French led diplomatic meeting pressing for immediate action. He requests U.S. marines if needed and reports Admiral Kempff’s Newark is en route from Yokohama.
A letter from prospector F. C. Graves describes Cape Nome life as violent and costly. He cites daily personal crisis reports and near daily murders, with high prices for food and goods. About 25,000 residents crowd Main Street as prospectors pan gold, while the author plans to return to San Francisco.
The bulletin lists baseball standings for an era, showing teams like Brooklyn Boston Philadelphia Cincinnati Pittsburgh St Louis Chicago New York with implied records. It also reports an attempted murder in Yardville near Trenton, where Wilson Nelson shot Rebecca Thomas and beat her 12 year old daughter Alice, both hospitalized with serious injuries.
A Grand Trunk and Lehigh express wrecked one mile west of Lansing station while returning delegates from the Kansas City convention and heading to Atlantic City for a Grand Lodge of the BPOE meeting. Passengers were shaken but injuries minor. In Kingston Jamaica details note a West Indian militia contingent to Africa per a colonial secretary telegram.
Announcement notes the Bucknell University fund totaling 75,000 dollars with a conditional Rockefeller gift of 15,000 dollars. The Rockefeller contribution was contingent on raising sufficient additional funds to reach the target. The update comes from Lewisburg Pennsylvania on July 9.
A fire gutted part of William Cramp and Sons Ship and Engine Building Co in Philadelphia. The two story corrugated iron workshop suffered heavy damage to angle iron and structures while most patterns were saved.
The Chicago India famine relief committee raised over 7000 dollars for famine sufferers in India. Notices posted at Moorhead Bros plate mill Sharpsburg Pa announce a 20 percent wage cut. Archbishop Chapelle reports review of the Philippines dispute and will soon send a report to the pope. A court martial acquits Colonel James S Pettit in a charge involving an arrangement with President Modell of Zamboanga over Juan Ramos.
The July Fourth report from Shanghai notes foreign legations and missionaries in Peking are safe while Chinese attacks have ended. Food supplies worry officials, and discrepancies in Warren’s dispatch and local dates spark doubt about the situation as Boxers and General Tung Fuh Siang clash.
Brussels reports that an unnamed youth Baptiste Sipide allegedly fired at the Prince of Wales as the royal train left the northern station for Copenhagen, then fled to Paris. In Lovkhaven Pennsylvania the body of 17 year old Paul Shapleigh was found after he vanished on July 3 while on an errand for his uncle. Bishop W Croswell Doane returned to New York aboard the Cymrie from Liverpool after a month and a half abroad for a church bicentennial event.
General Joseph Wheeler orders recruitment to full quota for the Fifth regiment now at Fort Sheridan. He notes dispatches from Washington claiming 6,400 men will be sent to the Philippines and possibly to China if needed.
Rail timetable lists trains from Drifton Hazleton Junction and surrounding stops to Oneida Harwood Humbol Sheppton Tomhicken and others. Schedules show daily patterns with Sunday exceptions and multiple connections via Deringer and P R K lines for Sunbury Harrisburg and other points.
A compilation of philosophical and witty lines exploring religion growth social reform taste in character and the nature of a spiritual mind. Notable voices include Enoch Willoughby The Minx Knights In Fus tian The Prelude and the Play and Joan of Arc comparisons.
A patent roundup notes a refrigerator drip cup that lowers with door opening, a typewriter lever sleeve to prevent jams, a New Hampshire warming pad with soapstone pockets for body heat, and a German device for launching firecrackers with a trigger fuse for aerial ignition.
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