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Newspaper
Fremont Democrat
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1900
Page
4
Governor Roosevelt discusses franchise law, imperialism, and militarism, arguing trusts must be curbed with common sense. He cites railroad consolidation as a mixed but beneficial force and urges careful, practical remedies.
The note outlines a Franco-Russian plan with four heads: punish the guilty, halt arms shipments to China, pay indemnity, and secure future guarantees. It proposes a permanent legation guard at Peking, razing the Taku forts, and a postal line to keep Beijing-vice Shanghai clear. deputy discussions follow with Germany and the United States awaiting the president’s reply.
Berlin reports Germany issues a second note to the powers on punishing those named in the Chinese emperor edict for encouraging the Boxers. The note seeks agreement on the list’s sufficiency, the appropriateness of penalties, and how powers can oversee enforcement.
The dowager empress orders a grand funeral for Baron von Ketteler the late German minister to China, and a temple to his memory in the capital. The imperial edict degrades Prince Tuan Lan i Kang Yi Tung Fuh Siang and others involved in the Boxer movement.
The United States forces will withdraw beginning tomorrow. Marines under Major W P Biddle will march from Tien Tsin followed by the Fourth Infantry. Garrison at Ho Wu and Pei Tsang will also be withdrawn as allied generals reportedly oppose a vengeance campaign the Germans plan to execute east of Tung to seize the arsenal.
A chaotic report details bank robberies near Dubuque with a $5 000 haul and a posse in pursuit. Des Moines covers ballots with seven tickets and filing deadlines while also noting court cases on life insurance and kleptomania at Osage schools. Other items include Dubuque wildfires and explosions, Tabor college funds, and Scotland cattle shipments from Grinnell.
Des Moines reports Colonel J C Loper, following service in the Philippines, was thrown from a spirited horse while drilling a squad of Rough Riders in a baseball park. He suffered a dislocated shoulder blade, a badly bruised leg, and internal injuries.
A fragment from Sioux City reports a man’s suicide by drowning in the Mississippi, a pioneer resident of the county, and notes his eight decades of residence. It also covers W.B. McNider’s death in Chicago, Allison, Dow Moines, and a Republican rally led by William Allison. Other items mention the Iowa Central and Western Railway stockholders meeting in Osceola, and a tragic accident in Manning.
Davenport Indiana October reports a supposed son of Dr. P W Connaughton appearing to claim ten thousand dollars from the estate. The man shows a mother's wedding certificate and says he is A C Connaughton, son by a Georgia marriage in 1868. He arrived with his Georgia wife and three children, a fact unknown to the second Davenport wife.
Archbishop Keane told 205 priests at Hotel Jullien he will push Christian education including a new Roman Catholic high school and a seminary funded by the late archbishop Hennessy. He also pledged care for St Josephs college and parochial schools while noting no synod plans for about a year.
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