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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1900
Page
2
Public notice directs all payments including money orders and checks to be made payable to the Tribune Printing Company Limited in Eland Pennsylvania dated July 20, 1900.
The supreme court ruled Luzerne county cannot expand onto Wilkesbarre Public Square, prompting talk of a new site. Court offices are inadequate and thousands of records lack fire protection, urging fireproof vaults and a modern building as taxpayers weigh cost and location. A new courthouse is needed and ought to be built.
The North American noted in a recent issue that British casualties in South Africa total about fifty thousand. official statements now confirm that nonfatigued losses amount to roughly one quarter of the British force deployed there. Even with peace, Britain must keep thousands of troops in the region for years, draining fighting strength. many homes in England and colonies mourn, raising the question of whether the cost is worth it.
Rumors sweep the county as State Senator Scott refuses to accept renomination defeat. He blames party manipulators for not making the ticket and may seek an Independent run to oppose Drury, though many Republicans doubt bolting would advance their futures.
In 1884 Prohibition carried New York and helped Cleveland win. Now, a century later, the anti imperialist Republican vote may break records again and tilt New York toward the Democrats.
A St Petersburg dispatch dated July 1 reports Chinese troops routed at Blagovestchensk and Russians occupy the area. Lin Chun Yi and Li Hung Chang summoned to Peking, foreign traders alarmed, viceroys moved. Canton residents plead for Li Hung Chang to stay as foreigners fear upheaval following the Tientsin siege and high casualties amid fierce fighting.
The report notes renewed provincial resistance to southern rulers and hints at possible policy shifts by Lin Kun Yi. British and Japanese involvement intensifies as 14,000 Japanese troops are landed or en route, with plans to aid refugees. Lieutenant General Sir Francis Grenfell to command British forces in China amid reports of anti foreign violence and executions of several soldiers.
Lexington reports yesterday's cross examination of W H Dalton in the Powers Goebel murder case. Dalton rejected a bribe offer to stay silent and admitted Powers warned of consequences if he testified. Witnesses including Col Owens pressed about motives and possible conspiracy. Potter placed the fatal shot behind Goebel, between the statehouse and adjutant general’s office.
A Shanghai cablegram to the Southern Presbyterian mission board announces the safety of one of six missionaries. The six remain at their stations in China and Japan, including Rev. J. L. Stuart and wife at Kunming after 80 years, Rev. George W. Painter and Miss B B Preneh at Hangzhou, and Rev. J. B. Pear and wife at Chinkiang.
One hundred twenty five Marines depart Charlestown Navy Yard Sunday night for New York aboard reserved for duty in China. The group includes marines from Charlestown and the remainder from Wortsmouth and Newport yards. They rendezvous at the Brooklyn Navy Yard with the rest of the battalion.
The New Protected Cruisers meeting in Washington on July 20 outlined key features of the ships. 22 knots speed, up to 9,500 tons displacement, 1,500 tons coal carrying capacity, and batteries of sixteen 6 inch rapid fire guns.
In Binghamton on July 20 Addie Connell lies critically ill with paralysis from a poisoning incident. The illness started in the selatic nerves and spread to the legs and upper body. doctors fear he may never fully recover.
Military dispatch reports 54 Marines ordered from Norfolk barracks to sail for Washington then on to San Francisco and China. Barracks will retain 142 men, including 80 raw recruits, while 54 departed on the Washington steamer last night.
July 20 report from St. John s Newfoundland says the Belle Isle Strait remains blocked by icefloes. Roughly 1 000 fishing vessels are trapped and unable to reach Labrador fishing grounds.
President McKinley left Washington after two days of cabinet talks on China. He travels aboard the 745 express with ministers and relatives, while Secretary Rockhill is named special commissioner to China. An international congress may be convened to decide China policy, with Berlin as a probable meeting site.
Provisions for eastern force reports Chicago sending the first supply shipment for foreign armies in impending hostilities in the orient. Five carloads of barreled beef and pork leave stock yards to Port Arthur for the Russian army. Five carloads of canned roasts soups and corned beef go to Tokyo and Nagasaki for the Japanese army.
Cardinal Francia Satolli, the first papal delegate to the United States, has been appointed prefect of the Propaganda Fide by Pope Leo XII. The news came directly from Rome, where Mgr Ratelli has lived since leaving Washington three years ago.
Chicago July 20 Major John J Caperton of Toulaville and one of the wealthiest and most prominent men of Kentucky is dead here from heart failure Caperton got his start in life in California and was the first mayor of raise? no clear place
The shore end of the new submarine cable between Canse and Coney Island, New York, was laid yesterday by the steamer Silvertown. The vessel then moved to sea to join the Coney Island section buoyed at sea.
A Fort William dispatch says Hudson Bay company officials believe Indians found wreckage and a dying man near James Bay, likely remnants of Andrée's airship. Indians reported an unfamiliar language and indicate the party attempted to reach the north pole by balloon. A follow up expedition is sent to verify identity.
The section lists scores from New York Brooklyn Philadelphia and Chicago with American and Eastern League standings led by Brooklyn and Cincinnati. It also notes Dawson miners lost near Seattle and Nome smallpox outbreaks with 200 cases. government hospitals planned and 300 families missing after waterspout events.
The fourth class postmasters named include Clarence McCoy at Raquette Lake New York G Pa dine at Kanesholm Pennsylvania A F Snyder at Manordale Zollars ville A M Horn at Zollarsville and other appointments across the states.
A severe wind and rain storm caused a flood at Long ran, about 20 miles west of Mount Pleasant, Ohio, resulting in three fatalities. The disaster followed the recent storm that swept through the region, and emergency crews are busy assessing the damage.
The initial shipment of soft coal from Philadelphia to London is about to depart. U S Judge Lacombe rules an indictment alone cannot compel extradition of C W Neely. A rapid fire gun car mounted on a special auto travels from Fort Sheridan to Washington on an experimental run. Watertown Standard reports Captain Bordman and Private Savage of Company G were ambushed near Mina, Panay. Bordman escaped while Savage, born in Rochester Vermont, was captured and likely slain.
Passenger timetable details list routes from Freeland to Philadelphia and New York with connections at Hazleton Junction and Drifton. It records multiple trains daily, noting departure times, destinations like Weatherly Mauch Chunk Allentown Bethlehem Easton Scranton Wilkes-Barre, and service to Hazleton, Shenandoah, Pottsville, Shamokin, Mt Carmel. It cites officials Lutiler C. Smith and railway officers with addresses in New York and Hazleton.
In a brief suburban exchange, a neighbor’s boy-Pop informs the resident that he was sent to borrow the lawn mower. The neighbor notes they have not used it themselves yet and suggests cutting grass before it’s used.
A humorous exchange features a teasing woman claiming she has not been kissed for fifteen minutes and a man replying his sensitive tooth aches if he kisses too soon. The banter mirrors a lighthearted, flirtatious tone from a New York World snippet.
A drunken, disorderly famous fighter is hauled into a patrol wagon to the station as onlookers watch the rough ride through the stony streets. The celebrity quips that this is another haul of fame.
Mr Clingstone asks Miss Gildersleeve about teaching languages in schools. She replies yes indeed. The Detroit Free Press notes the belief that everyone should be able to speak English and golf.
Mrs. Von Blumer asks for latest news while Mrs. Witherby says she has not seen a fashion paper for two days. The brief exchange captures a delay in fashion coverage as cited in a Puck style cartoon dialogue.
At Newport Golf Club Mrs Scurly Vanderspeel and her sister settle a quarrel as Mrs Sweetly declares the women are never apart. A report mentions MIH to be a Boer agency in Montreal circulating a dirty book to foster disloyalty to Great Britain. Victoria government plans rifle clubs and a fourth contingent to South Africa is pledged by the Premier.
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