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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1900
Page
1
Allied armies breach Peking defenses amid stubborn resistance. Empress Dowager and Emperor Kwang Su flee toward Xi An Fu. Dispatches from Admiral Remey and Consul Fowler confirm safe legations, with Japanese losses around 1 percent of a 10 000 strong force.
The United States whisky production in Kentucky for the year ending June 30 reached 21,789,722 gallons, up from 19,788,768 gallons the previous year. Also noted are promotions of Cyrus Adams and Bishop Arnett to Republican advisory roles and the discharge of First Lieutenant Bissel Thomas from the Thirty-fifth Infantry Volunteers for the good of the service effective August 20.
A dense morning fog and a sleeping telegraph operator caused a collision between the Grand Rapids and Indiana lines. Seven men died and about a dozen were injured, all railroad employees. The crash damaged tracks and rails, with a provisional loss around $50,000.
The Weekly Review of Trade reports that after a March peak a broad price decline has followed and buyers are cautious about current prices. It notes weakness in raw materials like structural iron but ongoing large contracts, broad buying in New York, and signals that iron and steel prices may have bottomed with gradual recovery ahead. Failures for the week totaled 161 in the United States and 24 in Canada.
The national committee of the people's party is called to meet at New Brigg's house Chicago on Monday August 27 1900 to discuss important matters. Chairman Parker says fusion collapses and populists will rally. Stevenson may not affect unity as fusionists return and aim for a strong vote.
Washington reports census results for Greater New York showing 2,050,600 residents in Manhattan and Bronx, with Manhattan at 1,850,093 and Bronx at 200,507. The 1890 city total was 1,515,301. June 1, 1900 joint borough population rose by 535,299 to 2,050,600, up 35.33 percent since 1899. Gov. Stanley pardoned William McClelland after he surrendered. he had been sentenced for grand larceny and had escaped 11 years ago.
Sir Henry Simpson veterinary surgeon to the queen and former president of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons was found drowned at Datchet Buckinghamshire.
Dispatches from Chefoo to London and Washington describe street fighting in Peking with the inner city bombarded by allied forces. Empress Dowager detained by Prince Yungedo as defenders make a last stand behind the 20 foot walls, while reports confirm the fall of Peking and rescue of legation groups.
Henry B. Ledyard president of Michigan Central railroad received letters and telegrams after news of allied forces entering Peking. Baroness von Ketteler, wife of the German minister slain in Peking, is thought to be alive. Gen. J. H. Wilson aided Ledyard in locating her and was with troops entering Peking.
The census reports Greater New York's population at 3,437,202 including Manhattan Bronx Brooklyn Queens and Richmond. The rise since 1890 is about 37.9 percent. Also, Judson Fleming and his son Lawrence were killed by a Big Four train in Ashley Delaware.
Georgetown Ky Aug 20 the jury finds ex Secretary of State Caleb Powers guilty of being an accessory before the fact in the Goebel murder and fixes his punishment at life in the penitentiary. The verdict followed a six week trial with Powers maintaining composure until the reading. His attorneys plan a new trial or appeal. Powers issued a public statement denouncing the trial as political and the judiciary as prostituted for ends of the Democratic party.
An Alexandria Indiana fire destroyed the Kelly Ax Manufacturing plant, a major factory employing 800 to 1,000 workers and covering ten acres. The plant, valued at about 800000 to nearly a million dollars, was outside the city and not within a trust, with no injuries reported. The blaze started in the grinding department and, aided by wind, consumed the entire works, which had just expanded output and was under receivership.
Joseph Rabiner, who shot and killed his brother-in-law Isaac Stein and wounded his father and himself, died Saturday in Rockaway. He had suffered from consumption for a long time, and his death followed the self-inflicted bullet wound.
Dropped dead in Springfield Alabama is Herman Savheoff a laborer reportedly from heat prostration. A railroad trestle on the Missouri Kansas and Texas line near Eufaula Indian Territory was set afire and destroyed in an apparent ditching attempt delaying a north bound passenger train. Hot winds threaten Kansas corn with potential losses up to 50 million bushels.
C P Huntington president of Southern Pacific died at his Adirondack camp Pine Knot after a sudden choking spell. He died within about a quarter hour of the attack with Mrs Huntington and secretary G E Miles at his bedside. He headed numerous rail and shipping companies and his fortune was estimated at 40 to 50 million dollars.
New York reports a fierce race riot centered at Eighth Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street. Negroes and whites clashed in blocks, with many injured including Detective Kennedy and several officers. Police used reserves, wagons, and ambulances as the violence spread and then eased by Friday night.
War department releases captured Aguinaldo letters including a July 17 1899 note from Dr Montague Leverson of the Anti Imperialist League calling US actions piracy and urging Filipinos to seize a high ranking officer for trial. Officials say treason charges are not pursued.
In Williamson West Virginia on Friday Rev Thomas Clark shot and killed John Dempsey after a long feud linked to a refused school appointment for the minister’s daughter. Dempsey attacked with a hatchet. Clark retrieved a shotgun and fired, fatally wounding him. Clark plans to surrender.
Officials in Washington weigh the next moves after the rescue of besieged legationers. Armistice terms, withdrawal of foreign troops, and indemnities loom as potential first actions. Li Hung Chang is named plenipotentiary. U.S. focus remains on securing reparations while other powers seek settlements.
Reports from Delagoa Bay say Gen. De Wet defeated the British, captured 4000 prisoners and seven guns after eluding Lord Roberts and linking with Gen. Delarey. The maneuver cements De Wet as a top South African commander, with British leaders repeatedly failing to trap him.
James M. Burnham publisher of the Wymoran at Wymore Neb shot and killed his father Captain Collins A. Burnham at their home in self defense after the father attacked with a butcher knife. A coroner's jury exonerated the son. Burnham surrendered to authorities.
Buena Ventura dispatch reports from Socorro dated August 16 stating the liberal leaders Vargas Santos Forcion Soto and Uribe and their revolutionary army surrendered at San Vincente near Panama.
Dr C H W Chestnut a prominent Philadelphia physician and capitalist died of stomach cancer at Dutch Harbor on August 5 his remains were brought to Seattle by the Roanoke and will be sent to Philadelphia for interment.
F. H. Flanley of Chicago was fined 48 pounds for smuggling cigars after arrival on the Cunard steamer Iverna from Boston. In Evansville a mob threatened to storm Booneville jail over Joseph D. Keith accused of Nora Kifer’s murder. Former Venezuelan President Ignacio Andrade dies in Caracas after being ousted by Cipriano Castro.
In Farley Missouri after a spree Dr Starley Harrington killed his uncle James Wallace his mother in law Mrs William Wallace and sheriff J P Dillingham. He shot at others including a clerk and a crowd before being killed by sheriff son. The episode followed quarrels with his wife and lodge expulsion.
Constantinople announces Scekib Bey head of the cipher bureau becomes Turkish minister to the United States replacing Ali Ferrouh Bey who was recalled. Washington reports no confirmation from the state department on the appointment. Scekib Bey is an official in the Turkish foreign office.
The viceroy notes heavy rains across affected tracts, crops promising in central provinces and Berar while sowing is active elsewhere. Prices remain high. cholera spreads in Hyderabad and Bombay. about 5.688 million people receive relief.
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