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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1900
Page
3
A New York Times telegraph column discusses Turkish censor sanctioned content from the Godoy Listok. It argues US policy aims to end outlets for trade and cites criticism of the Turkish view on Russo Turkish relations and the Turko American dispute.
Long, strained report describes Filipino sentiment around Manila amid arrests for carrying arms and gatherings. Officials doubt an uprising, noting many insurgents stayed away from Gen Lawton funeral. Juntas allegedly seek outbreaks, while Americans and natives spar over loyalty and occupation duties.
A petition seeks suspension of Public Safety Director Engteh amid a clash with aides and a charged debate over personal attacks. Mayor Ashbridg backs officials defending private lives, insisting no faithful public servant will be removed for defending their family.
A crowd of about 2000 men and boys seized Turtle Creek eight miles east of Pittsburg to block the health board from turning an abandoned school into a pest house for six smallpox cases. Firemen used hoses to disperse rioters, then were attacked with stones. Police and sheriff surrounded the buildings as rioters lingered outside. Governor Roosevelt’s secretary says the governor cannot suspend a judge. An ex-jury commissioner in Clearfield was sentenced to four years’ solitary confinement and hard labor for perjury.
The bulletin covers plague cases in Sydney 216 with 73 deaths, drownings of May McNally and Emma Worden in Neosho river at Joplin, Judge Horace Biddle’s death in Logansport, a safe burglary at Mainville Pa., consular appointment for Charles Wirans, U.S. stake in the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, a Bethlehem electric street lighting contract, Reilly Lamb dying after injuries, York hosiery mill strike and expansion, mistaken explosion and injuries, Mrs Hartzl and son burned in Bloomsburg, octogenarian John Dietz missing near Gowen, Charles Garner slashing a housekeeper in Shamokin, and a saloon theft in West Haxteton.
Washington May 14 The Post reports an order will relieve from duty E G Rathbone director general of poste in Cuba and blame him for extravagance and loose methods that led to embezzlement. He faces no proven complicity but will be suspended and cut from the Cuban government. Postal inspectors head to Havana to probe conditions affecting the islands service.
Detectives uncovered a five year scheme in Chicago involving Clarence M Wolfe and George W Pigott, with seven others under arrest. The ring allegedly altered water meters at the Rainier Hotel to understate usage, enabling fraud of thousands of dollars across multiple buildings. James G Trainer reported the plan after a man claimed to have “axed” the hotel meter. Continuous operation relied on hidden rooms and precise meter manipulation.
A fragment recounts Bryan era guidance for Sioux Falls delegates in Omaha on May 14. It details a memorandum outlining three steps: consult committees and appoint power. name several nominees for submission to conventions with a reform pledge. and prevent withdrawal of a riot endorsed by both parties. The bill aims to keep Towne nominated only to Kansas City as a temporary measure.
A quiet sixth day of the St. Louis street railway strike ends as police give rest to officers and rail lines stay shut. A Wall Hall meeting calls a general sympathy strike if a settlement isn’t reached by Wednesday. Separately, wreck and shooting incidents unfold in Baltimore Ohio tunnel, Enoria bank chase, and a Mohammedan weavers protest in Bombay.
May 14 reports from London and Bombay describe uncertain Boer fortunes near Kroonstad and Ladysbrand with Roberts advancing, while Kruger insists on continuing the war. A Camden fire devastates the Farmers market, and cholera rages in famine camps with multiple deaths and bodies left uncollected.
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