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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1900
Page
2
Pension Commissioner Clay Evans reports 45 344 new names added to the rolls in the last nine months while deaths and removals reduced annual value by 83 417. Total pensioners reach 993 529 with annual value 131 534 54 thousand dollars. The commissioner foresees a large increase in both pensioner count and roll value under new Congress legislation.
The United States earned 1,981 awards at the Paris Exposition including 220 grand prizes, 486 gold medals, 583 silver medals, 422 bronze medals and 270 honorable mentions. Farm products, mining, forestry, cottons, woolens, silks, harvesting machinery, sewing machines, presses, liberal arts and transportation all received recognition along with silverware, jewelry, art and education.
For a week or more before the Centennial departed Nome, thugs thieves and firebugs stirred Nome into tense speculation. News reports describe an organized gang behind crimes and three near fires as authorities frantically fought to stop a planned simultaneous blaze to loot banks shops and stores during a citywide conflagration.
Senor Jurado a London Filipino lawyer plans to take six English-speaking Filipinos to the United States in September to lecture against continuing the war in the Philippines. He says the group will campaign to shape public opinion before the November election and will not align with any party, asserting Filipinos are capable of self-government and not savages.
Dispatch from Ambassador Porter in Paris says Jose Castro Garcia, a Puerto Rico tax officer fled after U S occupation, confessed to embezzling public funds, and agreed to extradition. The State Department in Washington has received notice and American authorities have sought him for some time.
A feud between the Adkins and Howards in Elliot County Kentucky escalated to gun violence. One Howard was killed and another fatally wounded. A Howards and a Lindsay Adkins son argued over a young woman and returned with reinforcements. All Adkins have been arrested.
The telephone has supplanted the telegraph for transmitting Erie railroad orders, making the company independent of telegraphers amid labor issues. About 10 million bicycles are in use, growing by around 2 million yearly. A Philadelphia cycle factory produced machines at a rate of one every four minutes last year.
Caleb Powers ex-secretary of Kentucky was found guilty by a jury of eight Goebel Democrats three anti-Goebel Democrats and one Republican of complicity in a murder conspiracy. He received a life sentence after a six week trial marked by sharp exchanges between defense counsel and Judge Cantril. His mother described her son as innocent and collapsed in distress as the verdict was read.
The Kelly Ax Manufacturing Company plant, valued at $800000, burned Sunday night. It was the world’s largest ax factory, employing 800 to 1000 men, with the plant spanning 10 acres and recently enlarged by one third. Fire started in the grinding department and wind spread flames to the pump house. no injuries reported. W. O. Kelly, its president, had previously run a Louisville factory before moving to Indiana in 1883.
After days of rescue efforts, George Tompkins William Tompkins and Charles I Rins were found dead in the Primrose colliery Ma Honey City Pa. Their bodies lay in a tunnel heap near a middle section after missing an air hole while escaping smoke. Sixty mules trapped in the mine were recovered to the surface as officials fight the blaze.
Tord Roberts declares that many have broken oaths to stay neutral and warns that future violators will face death, imprisonment, or fines. Burghers in British-occupied districts who refuse the oath are treated as prisoners of war, and farms harboring enemy scouts may be burned.
General Alban civil governor and military commander of Panama telegraphs that Socorro dispatches announce the absolute surrender of rebels led by Vargas Santos Facion Soto and Uribe at San Vicente Uribe escaped to Burranea and is at large.
An express shipment intended to hold 25000 dollars is said to have vanished between Chicago and Burlington Iowa. The Burlington railroad agent received a blank wrapper like the usual money package which contained no valuables and was sent back to Chicago. Officials are pursuing the thief and planning arrests if the theft occurred on the Chicago Burlington route.
Telegrams from San Juan report a Mayaguez confrontation between Federals and Republicans after heated disputes. About 30 revolver shots were exchanged, clubs and weapons used, one man killed, a dozen injured including two fatally. Violent talks had persisted and a Republican meeting in a Federal ward sparked today’s collision with fears of further clashes.
A herd of about 150 cattle near Trankhannock Pennsylvania contracted anthrax with five deaths. Carcasses parts and samples were sent to Harrisburg for analysis. Dr L E Meade vaccinated the living cattle and placed them under quarantine.
Reports from New Castle to New York and beyond cover bondsmen in Pennsylvania, Prussian locomotive orders, riots in New York, oil field wrecks in Scio, and wildfires in Colorado. Also noted are Persian politics, Boer war captures, a Las Vegas senator’s death, Pan AmericanExpo plans, and local accidents, crimes, and weather events across multiple states.
Telegraph reports from Shanghai claim allies reached Peking after heavy fighting. China’s leaders flee, executions and deaths of Boxer figures cited. Dispatches note armistice talks, international pressure, and continued attacks on legations as forces secure positions around Tung Chow and Peking while Japan negotiates terms.
A 20 year old male was arrested in Leipsic on Thursday after admitting a plot to kill King Albert of Saxony. He claims he was chosen by lot to carry out the act but failed in courage. A dagger and loaded revolver were found on him and his identity remains unestablished.
Private Chester A Boakes of the Fourth Infantry was convicted by court martial in Tinus Philippine Islands of desertion in the face of the enemy and enticing others to desert. He was sentenced to dishonorable discharge forfieting all pay and allowances and to hard labor for 46 years. General MacArthur approved the sentence and designated Bilibid Prison Manila as the confinement place.
Florence Almond, 15, of Philadelphia, frightened a crowd of African Americans by appearing as a ghost on a city lot. A brick was thrown at her, hitting her on the head and killing her within minutes. A suspect among the crowd remains at large.
Telegrams from Harrisburg say the Editor General's department settled the capital stock tax against the Erie railroad system at nearly 100000. The tax covers three years and is based on earning capacity under the Nyana decision. The Erie had previously not paid tax on capital stock, arguing it was bonded beyond its value.
A London dispatch reports General De Wet linked with Commandant De La Rey and that Former President Steyn died of a severe wound while reaching Mr Kruger. Kruger reportedly desires peace yet fighting commanders push war. Transvaal forces hold Machadodorp with supplies. Viscount Wolseley condemned the 30 000 men as unfit after Aldershot maneuvers.
Bishop Morrison of the Methodist Church South warned at the Fourth Avenue Church cornerstone laying that Methodists were responsible for China’s troubles. He praised Allen and Lambeth and claimed the church’s pushing spirit sparked unrest, predicting broader Christian conflict.
Liberty City Georgia is under patrol by hundreds of armed men with two cavalry troops. White residents evacuate women and children amid fears of renewed violence after a white man and several blacks were killed in the race unrest. Colonel James Thomas, a Wayne County politician, was accidentally shot during last night’s rioting.
A severe hail and windstorm swept over Lebanon and parts of Lebanon County on Saturday afternoon causing widespread destruction. In Lebanon city uprooted trees and general havoc were reported while in Myerstown roofs were lifted from two houses and carried about 100 feet. Many houses suffered damage and fruit trees and cornfields were harmed across the county. Telegraph and telephone poles, wires, uprooted trees, and fences clutter the Berks and Dauphin turnpike between Avon and Myerstown.
Industrial notes report a 12 percent wage cut for 150 workers at Swift's Steel in Syracuse and a New York City post office plan to hire four carriers. It notes gains for South Wales colliers, gold medals for German locomotive engineers, and Labor Day activities across unions in Chicago, Brooklyn, and Boston. It also cites convicts aiding road work in Minnesota, strikes at Eugene V Connett & Co., cigar factory union scales in Boston, and a large International Longshoremen's Association convention in Duluth with 70 new unions and 45,000 new members.
At present there are at least 10,000,000 bicycles in use worldwide, with an annual increase of 2,000,000.
Last week grants list includes Bartley Indiana and Lane Kittanning with amounts up to 32 dollars. Dunbar Fire Brick Co Ambleside sold to Frank Hamby including minerals under 30 acres. Also reports on huckleberry harvest near Penfield with 1 500 bushels sold at 10 cents quart and banner load of 26 bushels worth over 80 dollars.
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