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Newspaper
Fremont Democrat
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1900
Page
2
Pars July 20 The American athletes were badly handicapped in the international games at the Paris exposition. Organizers adjusted the day’s handicapping, leaving the Americans largely out of contention. Yesterday they won only one first place, with four seconds and five thirds, after previously scoring four-fifths of the events.
Hank Mathews in jail awaiting trial for murder of jeweler Ed Wait confessed to cattle rustling implicating the Watkins brothers prominent cattlemen. He led officers to a hill hideout where stolen hides were found and claimed Watkins was his partner. William Watkins was arrested at Sidney yesterday, stirring local sensation.
Hickman Nebraska July 20 reports a severe grind rain and hail storm causing widespread damage. Hail the size of door knobs shattered window lights and destroyed corn fields between Roca and Saltillo.
Davenport races open the Great Western circuit with Johnny Miller winning the 2:40 trot in 1734. A Midland Chautauqua prayer service supports Chinese missionaries. Sioux City endures half a foot of rain causing crop fears. Floyd River floods east side of town near Merrill and Hinton. Senator Gear's remains reach Burlington. Kean named archbishop of Dubuque. A Dubuque lumberman Henry L Stout dies at 86. McGinnis nominated as Democratic candidate in Decatur County. An 18 year old in Illinois loses an arm in a sickle mowing accident near Lt Mars.
A rear end crash on the Illinois Central one mile west of Tara kills Conductor Melville of Cherokee and injures Brakeman Heeligman. The Clipper passenger from Sioux City and a gravel train under Melville collided. responsibility is hard to determine as Melville cannot explain his orders.
Politicians say Gear's death shifts power to Governor Shaw, strengthening his influence at the state convention. G S Gilbertson faces worsened treasurer prospects while Hobart emerges as secretary and Morrow as treasurer. No appointment until after the August convention.
Ottumwa Iowa reports that over $500 worth of dogs and more than twenty cats were poisoned in recent weeks. A suspected poisoner with a known obsession appears to target pets by placing strychnine in small meat portions left for the animals.
Des Motins notes southern haying nearly finished and early threshing yields better than expected. Central and northern areas report harvests begun with grain maturing quickly, fair to good prospects, though lodging limits losses. Wet showers on the 14th and 15th alleviated concerns about dry weather effects on corn and other crops.
A scattered Iowa recap reports Bert Edwards’s fatal injury after a near train accident in June. Davenport’s John B. Phelps dies, apoplexy linked to worry over relatives in Peking. Davenport gets a chapel contract worth about 10 200 dollars. Dubuque endures a 1.78 inch storm with Nellie L. McQuillan killed by lightning. Sioux City eyes reopening Booge Packing plant with remodeling plans. Cedar Rapids reports a drowning in the Oedar river. State Center notes a fortune for Jennie Throckmorton from an uncle’s death. Marshautown residents clash with burglars at Nason Whitehill store. Ben Whitehill shot in the leg. State Board of Control reports a hospital surplus of 87 427.28 with 6 638 inmates. insane hospital records peak. Sioux City ends need for central office operators with Clark Automatic Switchboard Co. incorporation in Providence.
Professor H B Kratz, Sioux City schools superintendent, reports a spelling test involving 2000 pupils from grades four through eight aged 10 to 15. Students averaged missing nearly 16 of 100 words presented, drawn from common usage suitable for test purposes. The move reflects a broad statewide examination effort.
Glen Konvalinka, six, son of J W Konvalinka of Mason City, saved the four year old son of the County Treasurer Phillips after he fell from a pier at Cyear Lake Iowa. He grabbed the child and held onto a moored sailboat as boats approached and kept the boy afloat until help arrived. The boy is hailed as the summer colony hero.
Che Foo dispatches say Russians driven from New Olwang and Ties Ohwong Tai with heavy losses, but advancing toward New Ghwang. St. Petersburg reports defeat of Chinese forces and occupation of Blagovestchensk as Manchuria comes under Gribski command.
Shanghai dispatches report a brutal anti foreign plot led by Li Hung Chang with massacres of European women. Descriptions include women stripped and killed, bodies displayed on spears, and mass graves. News cites conflicting reports from Peking and Vladivostok amid calls for a coordinated Western response.
A Japanese telegram dated July 18 from the Che Foo consul reports Baron Nissi stating the Peking legations face bombardment by Chinese troops. The dispatch says ammunition is low and lives are in danger, urging reinforcements. also notes Tien Tsin castle’s capture and allied control of Suze-Reng.
William Waldorf Astor expresses regret in the Pall Mall Gazette for a paragraph about Sir Archibald Berkley Milne at his concert. The apology follows Prince of Wales intervention and Milne’s implied misreading. Astor faces social backlash despite the written concession.
Miss Jennie Yeamans lies gravely ill in New York City. North Dakota nominates M A Wippelmanun for governor. Labor federation merger proposed. Lord Minto departs Ottawa for a Pacific coast trip visiting Dawson City. Oregon battleship reaches Kure Japan for repairs before returning to duty at Taku. Washington orders camps prepared in San Francisco for 6 000 troops. Civil War veterans tour Atlanta battlefields during Blue and Gray reunion. Fraser River canners and salmon fishermen talks stall. Minnesota and Wisconsin lumber groups hold prices steady amid demand. St Marys nautical schoolship 100 cadets sails to Lisbon for repairs after a tough voyage. Internal Revenue notes commercial brokers owe special tax on commission business.
The Sidney program runs July 31 through August 3 featuring base ball foot races horse racing and other attractions plus a summer expo in Hamburg. Subscriptions noted and local updates include Emma Gillman returning from Fort Collins and Butterfield block construction speeding ahead.
William S Staley of Quincy Sinore and Anastasia Blair of Indianapolis Bedford are married at 7 30 pm in Hamburgs Presbyterian parsonage The groom once managed the local electric light plant and is noted by the Democrat with congratulations Also mentions a One Minute Cough Cure as a remedy for coughs and throat troubles.
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