13 Nov 1899
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1899
Page
1
W J Bryan argues optimistic signals from 1900 state elections. He notes Democratic strength in Maryland and Kentucky, weakness for Republicans in Ohio, and fusion losses in Nebraska. He predicts the next Democratic platform will favor anti imperialism and moves toward bimetallism with Congress to set the ratio.
New York on November 18 Richard Croker voiced his view that antiintegrat ionism will be the main plank of the 1900 Democratic platform and that a trust declaration and monetary questions will rise in importance. He avoided naming Bryan or any other 1900 candidate, calling it premature to discuss nominees while praising Bryan as a strong representative of common people.
Louisville report shows Republican chairman Lang claiming a Taylor plurality of 8111 from certified county returns. Official counts from 110 counties show Taylor 27121 to Goebel 20305 with Goebel leading by 2184 net. Eight counties uncanvassed show Taylor leading by 6424 to 138 for Goebel. One Lewis County shows Taylor ahead 704 though not certified. Goebel вопросы Frankfort states no doubt of victory. no figures yet as of Saturday.
In Springfield on November 13 Judge Allen granted a temporary restraint preventing St Louis Belleville and Suburban and St Louis and Belleville Electric Railway firms and several individuals from selling rights or consolidating with the competing line. The suit by Matthew Slush of Mount Clemens seeks a receiver for the suburban line amid claims of improper director changes and looming consolidation into Belleville and St Louis Traction with $1.5 million capital and $1.2 million bonds. Separately the federation led boycott of the Springield Street Railway began, cutting receipts by nearly $100 daily as labor leaders report declines while workers ride less and car owners reroute offerings.
Travel salesman O R Tyan of Lowe Silverware Manufacturing Chicago died in Oshkosh after a lozenge went down the wrong way causing suffocation. A coroner inquest will be held. In Vincennes Indiana Joseph Phillips, indicted for embezzlement and missing after bond, was captured by a deputy sheriff. $100 reward was posted.
A compilation of brief items: Anna Ifeld linked as Florence Ziegfield’s wife. Richard Croker seeks England visit later this month. John J. Sherman resigns to give a younger successor a chance. a meteor shower expected midweek after midnight. Ad Mirad Schley supporters plan a Spain bowl gift. U S milk dealers form a Jersey City Brooklyn New York trust worth about 16 million. St Inesch ship out 116 days from Tapume to Portland Ore. Schleswig hogs allegedly reject American barley per agrarian press. Chicago teachers decline to sign as a body. Lelen Grould opposes seating Roberts from Utah. Thurston marriage rumor from reliable sources with wife’s Cuba death noted. Secretary John D Long and family depart for Colorado for daughter health stay.
The county coroner in Mound City held an inquest into the June killing of Major Tomas A. Fitzpatrick, keeper of the national cemetery. The remains were identified as Mike Tobin, a former Fitzpatrick employee, found with a gun between the legs and a cord linking the trigger to a foot, with the verdict suggesting death by self-inflicted gunshot. Evidence included shoes, trousers, hair, and the gun, and Tobin had been discharged just before the murder.
Tests on large Sycamore dairy farms examined milk ing by a foot powered air pump and eight suction bulbs around two cows. Milk traveled four feet to a grill, taking three minutes to milk two cows at a rate of forty cows per hour. A police shooting in Chicago left one robber dead and officer Reed wounded.
In Chicago a conference of leading Democrats urged County Judge Rufus M. Pott to run for attorney general. The group unanimously supported making him the candidate and he has consented. Separately Springfield editors Charles and George Wageenseller completed a purchase of Charles Jones and W. P. Lindsay’s stake in the Decatur Bulletin and renamed it The Daily Morning News. The transport Ludiana arrived in Frisco with 676 Tennessee volunteers and 40 officers aboard.
November war raid ends with one white man dead and five Navajos killed after deputy Hogan and allies attempted to arrest a Navajo band ten miles south of Walnut Station. Montgomery, a cowboy, dies from a heart shot. Roden and Durham wounded. Trogan wounded but not seriously.
Mrs. Ralph Relf of 2886 California Avenue endured a three day confinement and a brutal siege by her husband in their third story flat. Police forced entry after a tenant heard the disturbance and found her weakly resisting as her husband clutched her throat. He was jailed, later hospitalized, and had recently been released from the insane asylum three weeks earlier at her request.
Madison, Nov 13. About sixty students suspected in a Halloween raid on a young women’s dormitory were summoned before the faculty discipline committee. Dean Birge presides as each student is tried individually, a process aimed at uncovering others while many confess. A social boycott by the women kept many from the charity hall but the dorm event remains a major social highlight with hundreds attending the ball at the gymnasium. Patronesses included Mesdames Adams Scofield Vilas and Fairchild and Lucius Fairchild.
Reports from Natal describe daybreak and heavy gunfire toward Ladysmith with a Tong Ton 40 pounder firing at six to eight minute intervals and another gun in action. Kimberley sees lively fighting as Colonel Turner strengthens, with transfers of fire from Diamond Field artillery and Cape police casualties noted.
The war office report from Cape Town describes a reconnaissance fifteen miles from Belmont on Nov. 10. British forces faced heavy fire from savagely positioned sharpshooters on a semi circular ridge. Casualties included Colonel Coo Worth Falconer and Lieutenants Bevan and Hall with several other wounded. the description notes a three hour demonstration before withdrawal. A second item notes Berlin’s denial of any world ending event on November 1.
Fred Beal claiming California origin entered Solomon Joseph’s jewelry store on a main corner in Des Moines and asked to view a tray of diamonds. He snatched the tray and fled toward an alley but was tackled by the owner, who recovered all stones. Beal says poverty drove the crime.
Saturday’s college football slate shows mixed scores from West Point to Philadelphia with Harvard and Princeton among winners, plus a few quirky matchups. A Capeown dispatch notes Amelia Kussner among beleaguered Kimberley subjects as Rhodes sits for a miniature. New Boston revival meetings at Plat Rock M. E. Church conclude after two weeks with many attendees but few converts.
Attorney General Akin ruled an attorney at law is not required to qualify for the office of state's attorney. The opinion clarifies that being a licensed attorney is not mandatory for holding the post in Springfield.
Basutos refuse to save crops for the three state fields rotting. the group remains faithful to British authority, showing resistance to intervention as crop spoilage grows.
Governor General Stooke has issued a Thanksgiving proclamation in Havana Cuba on November 13, encouraging gratitude and unity amid wartime challenges. The document calls for national reflection and support for war efforts and allied nations.
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