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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1900
Page
3
Cobert Sons offers price driven hardware and home improvement items. includes paints finishes stains varnishes brushes and related supplies with emphasis on ready mixed paints and shade selections at affordable rates. reads as a vintage catalog style advertisement with numerous product names and prices.
New York reporters note rising doubt over mercury in embalmers fluid after Prof statements and Dr Curry testimony. The late millionaire Rice’s death spawns sensational theories about patent medicines and physician influence as authorities weigh next steps.
A quadruple drowning occurred near Plaster Bed on Sandusky bay eight miles east of Port Clinton. The Stark children Douglass aged 3 George aged 5 Alfred aged 7 Henry aged 13, were with William Stark on a boat ride when the boat capsized after getting fouled in a fish pond net. Stark recently moved from Toledo with a large family. prior losses include a 3 month old and another 3 year old within the past weeks.
Syracuse scholars P M Helfer and BE Holmes of Syracuse University explored a cave near Jamesville on Friday. They found passages downward to three caves and, after hours of searching, created a hole in the roof to crawl back to the surface. An exploring expedition will be organized.
In New York Mr Bryan and Mrs Bryan attended Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, drawing a crowd of about 2,000 as worship ended. They later faced a heavy exodus, with park police guiding the way, before departing for Albany amid cheers. In Toledo a mob attacked Michael W. Zrorkowski after a political meeting, police dispersing the crowd amid threats of renewed unrest.
Extravagant bills of FL W. Peck disallowed. A Republican parade in Chicago lasted six hours with over a hundred bands in line. Leopold of Belgium approved pensions for destitute workers over 65. Rev Henry Ressell-Prichard died suddenly in Chesterfield Ind. Belgian deputies passed a law to insure workers against accidents, senate likely to reject it. Cable car smash in Chicago injures R W Hit, William Metzger, Elmer Mesa and A Wychoff fatally maybe, five others hurt.
Dr Townsend testifies at inquest into the death of Jennie Bosschieter in Paterson New Jersey the driver Campbell and three men Kerr McAlister and Stuirthorpe are implicated in the case authorities pursue a vigorous investigation while Townsend recounts the midnight call and the carriage arrival describing a lifeless young woman with a disordered dress and a gash on the head which led to four arrests and renewed inquiries
A Cape Town dispatch reports Boers attacked a Cape police patrol and convoy near Hoopstad in the Orange River Colony. Police were forced to abandon two Maxims but retreated with the convoy. seven police were killed, 11 wounded, and 75 captured. Boers number about 15,000 in the field, with nearly half in the Orange River Colony, organized into 200 strong commando units but capable of larger operations.
In Wilkes-Barre on Oct 29 nearly all Wyoming Valley coal firms posted the 10 percent raise demanded by the Scranton convention. Kingston Coal Co led the way with 2,200 workers granted the increase, Susquehanna Co followed after a Saturday night conference, and most other operators complied. United Mine Workers leaders Mitchell and Dileher spoke at Pittston to cheering crowds, urging miners to return to work. Mitchell praised labor solidarity and noted no strike losses since his tenure began, while Mayor Carcoran presided and a banquet honored the visitors.
Lehigh and Wilkes barre coal operators in the Hazelton area have not yet agreed to a new wage package. Officials say concessions may come by November 1, with work resuming at the Undermined and Green Mountain collieries if a 10 percent raise is granted. Van Wyck estate owners warn a higher rate may be needed. similar increases have been granted at Coleraine and Beaver Meadow. Firemen, brakemen, and locomotive crews in the region push for adjusted hours and wages, with the 24 to 60 hour shifts and a $7 pay scale wanted for longer shifts, while Coxe Bros. & Co. railroads face grievances and operations across six mines.
New York on October 23 Anna Murphy five years old died at her home on Charleton Street from an overdose of morphine. The child suffered bronchitis and a morphine prescription intended for the mother was misadministered by a washerwoman who gave the child three doses by mistake as the mother lay ill in bed.
London Oct 29 The Right Flow Friedrich Mias Muller corpus professor of comparative philology at Oxford University died yesterday his death ends a long career noted for scholarship and teaching contributions across Europe and the United Kingdom.
Berlin Oct 29 Prince Hohentohe resigns as chancellor citing neglect at important moments and his increasing deafness hindering talks with Emperor William He traveled to Hamburg to hand in his written resignation which the aged Kaiser accepted on good terms. Severe Midwest storm hits Minnesota with lightning and rail damage near Winona Rockland and Stock Island. A Harrisburg shooting injures eight in a crowd of children at Cove Station.
The dispatch describes multiple engagements between American forces and insurgents near Arayat and Binangonan, with casualties on both sides. Officers Capt. Beighr and Lieut. Alstatetter are named among the wounded or killed, while insurgent leader Fagin allegedly targets former comrades. The Philippine commission moves to finalize a revised customs tariff for publication.
Premier Waldeck-Rousseau, speaking in Toulon at the cornerstone event for new barracks, urged measures to curb religious congregations and regulate associations. He promised old age pensions and stressed unity after a recent crisis, noting the rise of a strong democratic party with firm support for institutions. Also reports on Saturday football results from Philadelphia, Cambridge, and other venues, with scores for Penn, Carlisle Indians, Columbia, Dartmouth, and Princeton.
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