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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1900
Page
2
Local wholesale and retail dealers offer ewer pipe wrought galvanized and cast iron pipe and fittings brass and iron steam valves and faucets bath tubs water closets lavatories and drainage work. Estimates on plumbing heating lighting and drainage cheerfully given. Repairing promptly attended to.
London dispatch reports President Kruger asking Transvaal burghers to declare whether to continue fighting or seek peace. Meanwhile Gen Hamilton crosses the Vaal and British forces push to protect coal mines as Boer activity increases across the theater.
May 27 report from Vereeniging describes Lord Roberts advancing toward Transvaal hills. British flanking position gains momentum as Boer resistance weakens. Transvaal burghers trek homeward amid rumors of British cruelty.
May 28 report says Boers have re-occupied Kuruman and established large rangers at Rietfontein and Daniel's Kuil, signaling resumed control in the region.
W C McNamara, Nebraska and Gulf Railway president, sought to win Mary McAllister’s hand and custody. His habeas corpus petition was dropped after she stayed with the sheriff. The girl’s father pressed a court order to produce her, sending her to Vender Nebraska for a hearing. A suitor named Irred Lehriever also appears, and the girl fears harm from her father or brother if she remains with McNamara.
Salt Lake City May 28 Two men Sheriff Taylor of Grand county and cattle owner Sam Jenkins were shot and killed by outlaws on Hill Creek about fifty miles north of the city. Deputy Nerbert Day with them reported they approached the outlaws camp and were shot in the back after leaving their guns on their horses. Day rode for help and Governor Wells was telegraphed. A posse pursues the killers as the community reels from the deadly attack.
Accra reports three European officers killed and Captain Alpin plus one hundred Tlausias wounded as Lagos TlaUsas attempt to breach Ashanti lines. Ashanti losses said heavy with three hundred Ashantis killed previously. Time of the Good Shepherd burned in Peovia. Fourteen sisters and eighty inmates escaped unharmed. losses around 50,000 with insurance of 12.
A Saturday blaze swept six business blocks in Agedlochicola destroying hotels and stores including a Deval and a granary. Loss estimated at 600000 with about 80 percent insured. Concurrently Timothy B. Blackstone, longtime president of the Chicago and Alton railroad, died at his home after ailing several years. Mrs Gladstone's illness reported serious in London. Gravesend’s Mac Wins Handicap Cup with Kinley Mae second. Chicago reports ten million dollars in building-improvement ties due to labor unrest and material price hikes.
Chicago residents awoke to a landed force of thirteen men calling themselves the District of Lake Michigan. Led by Captain George W Streeter, they seized land along the Lake Michigan shore near Superior street. Police clashed as nine invaders were shot at close range, one boy injured, and a horse killed. After forts and barbed wire were set, the invaders surrendered to Captain Baer. Niles led the assault and was subdued. authorities seized weapons and the standoff ended with quiet at the former war zone.
Bankfort Kentucky May 28 report of gold discovery in Sulphur Lick Creek, an Elkhorn tributary near Elmville. The find is to be developed with mining plans under way.
Baseball scores from the league diamonds show Philadelphia at St. Louis 5 to 6, Pittsburgh 6 to 18 over New York 18, Boston 9 to Cincinnati 4, Brooklyn 0 to Chicago 1, plus American League results Chicago 0 at Cleveland 7 and Milwaukee 9 over Minneapolis 6. First baseman Delenanty noted.
Washington May 28 The name of Major Charles M Rockefeller Ninth Infantry who vanished in the Philippines in April has been dropped from the army register Captain W McCammon Fourth troopers promoted to fill vacancy Rockefeller was last seen after inspecting outposts his fate remained unknown despite efforts to locate him Southern Presbyterians Adjourn Madison sends crews to regatta London war relief netted fifty thousand pounds
A garbled outline of events from Chicago and beyond lists dockside firm costs ship chandlers and insurance, a Texas duel, corn shipments to Chicago, notable social appearances, labor and legal actions, a damaged promise suit, political elections, and a Cape Nome voyage with many misspellings and uncertain details.
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