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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1900
Page
6
New timetable outlines summer routes and departure times for multiple lines. It lists departures from the company office and key stops such as South Muscatine Park Place Fair Grounds Cemetery with 20 minute intervals and late-evening cutoffs. Sunday service runs from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. with adjustments to 10:16 p.m. at line end.
The report cites Sheng authorizing unrestricted communications with foreign governments and ordering departure for Tien-Tsin. It notes Li Ping Heng named commander of northern Chinese forces, with Li Hung Chang confirming Sheng’s stationing and sequencing as European powers advance on Peking amid clashes and fortifications around Tien-Tsin.
A belated note from Minister Conger via Consul General Goodnow at Shanghai reports “All well. No fighting since the 16th by agreement. Enough provisions. Hope for speedy relief.” The edict to Jung Lu to escort ministers and ciphered messages added, while some messages reached consuls on Aug. 4.
Assembled at Tien-Tsin did not join the movement, but the reasons given by General Chaffee could not be learned. War department officials refused to discuss the dispatch contents, and Secretary Root said it would not be released to the public.
Ashland Wisconsin August 6 nearly a million dollars in lumber burned in Barker Stewart and Keystone yards. About 50 million feet of lumber destroyed with tramways damaged and a warehouse and dock area wrecked. Dynamite used to blow piles. two men reported missing but not confirmed as dead. Wind shifted then rain quelled the blaze.
Overseer John Hamner Piper and elders of Dowie's Christian Catholic Church in Zion arrived in Mansfield at dawn to a mob of over 2,000. Police blocked exits as crowds swelled to nearly 4,000 at Ashland and Mansfield stations. The group contended they might return next Sunday or head to Chicago.
Rock Island offers homeseekers tickets to Colorado and Utah points at one fare plus two dollars round trip. Aug 1 7 and 21 sale dates with final return Oct 31. A Chicago to Denver special train departs Aug 1 with sleeper service and dining car, returning next day. after Aug 1 rates usable on regular trains until feature ends. Visit the depot for details and the Colorado booklet.
Headache to cancer claim cure by Cas carets promotes natural bowel movements. Each tablet bears C C stamped and promises health restoration at a low cost. Beware of counterfeit products and misleading claims.
A playful exchange defines love by a bicycle lesson. A sweet young woman asks the supreme test of love and an old bachelor replies that if a man will teach her to ride a bicycle it proves he is deeply smitten.
Columbus police say evidence supports homicide in the drowning of a young colored child whose body was found in the Scioto river. A paving stone recovered Saturday had a leather string attached, leading investigators to believe the stone was tied to the child's neck and cast into the water.
The War Department asks that mail for United States soldiers in China be addressed with the soldier's full name, his company and regiment, followed by China via San Francisco. Staff officers and army civilians should use the same addressing format.
President McKinley spent a calm Sunday in Canton Ohio attending morning services at the First M E church and enjoying daily drives with Mrs McKinley. Washington telegrams noted events in the far east but no action occurred locally.
The postmaster general orders consolidation of Paul and soldiers' home post offices in Kent county Michigan with Grand Rapids on August 15. This change affects local postal operations and service routing.
The Central Passenger Department of the Iowa Central issues a pamphlet titled Clear Lake Iowa and the Oaks. It extols Clear Lake as a charming summer resort with sailing bathing and the Oaks hotel and Toboggan Slide. Copies available from railway agents or Geo. S. Batty G P and T A Iowa Central Ry Marshalltown Iowa.
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