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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1900
Page
3
Ebert and Sons advertise bargains on lawn mowers wash brushes beaters screens doors paints and mixed paints. Includes pricing like 12 to 16 inch mowers at 220 each and brown paint at 5c to 10c per can. Also promises ready mixed paints and guaranteed purity.
The Times reports a July 1 clash between military forces and prospectors at a beach near Topkah due to alleged claim jumping. About 40 miners were arrested and guarded after resisting orders to quit work, with others replacing them. feed and housing for detainees became a problem.
Michael H. De Young of San Francisco presided a meeting at the international peace inauguration conference. It was decided to establish in Paris an international School of Journalism in connection with the Peace Bureau at Berne.
Muzafer-Ee-Din of Persia, visiting Paris after leaving the palace, narrowly survives a pistol attack. A hooded assailant rushed the imperial landau, but a guard restrained the weapon as the shah’s party, including the grand vizier and Gen. Parent, urged the coachman to proceed. Police overpowered the man. he remained silent and unrecognized as investigators probed motives and possible accomplices. The shah’s England visit plans were shelved after the incident.
Reports to R G Dun Co show 193 failures in July with liabilities totaling 9 7 7 1 755. Manufacturing concerns accounted for 183 failures and 5 177 682 in liabilities while other items totaled 3 225 366. The month’s total nearly doubled July 1898 but July 1899 was unusually small.
At a five story Walker street structure occupied by M. Goldberg & Co pocket book makers, four iron girders fell from the top, destroying floors below and trapping workers. One foreman was arrested for criminal negligence as 20 top-floor workers were buried in debris while hundreds escaped harm.
Mrs Douglass McKnight formerly Mrs Walter Rodenbough arrived from Philadelphia and kidnapped her daughter Exselyn Rodenbough. Rodenbough had custody after divorce but allowed visitation. The mother and McKnight boarded an express train with the child and were followed on the next train.
Rome reports witness declarations on the Humbert assassination. Bresci wore a black neckerchief around the royal carriage and did the act of his own free will, with Milan police noting a broad conspiracy in America. Paterson anarchists defend Bresci, deny plotted accomplices, and condemn violence as a response to Italy’s social state.
Aug. 3 race war threatened as officers quell disturbance. one black man killed and several wounded in clashes with miners. Negroes, majority in the area, hold indignation meetings as tension rises and business concerns weigh impact.
A chaotic set of dispatches describes foreign casualties and upheaval in China as imperial troops advance toward Pekin. Reports from The Daily Express and Shanghai details a massacre of missionaries, Christian towns wiped out, and a high casualty toll including 39 missionaries.
Washington reports indicate Secretary Hay rejects submittal of Li Hung Chang’s proposal and demands absolute free communication with Pekin ministers. Officials fear near war as Chinese authorities must accept full access for negotiations before any advance on Pekin. A potential battle is seen as likely to force imperial concession.
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