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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1900
Page
1
Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching report the emperor Kwang-Su objects to reducing forts and to permanent legation guards, fearing potential court threats. After the conference, officials will defer further talks with the ministers.
William H Smythe grand secretary of the Masonic order of Indiana was shot and fatally wounded in his office at the Masonic Temple by a woman who fired a revolver. He spoke briefly and attempted to use the telephone before collapsing. The assailant fled after the shooting.
In Marietta Ohio on December 27 Abraham Johnston and his elderly wife were assaulted and robbed at their home near the city. Mrs Johnson was nearly paralyzed by the shock and her husband was badly hurt in the midnight attack.
Lehigh coal miners end walkout after securing new wage terms from Retory to Work. About five hundred Lehigh workers return to mines today after pressure for monthly pay and reliable wage reminders.
Edmund J James of the University of Chicago announces a twenty year effort to document a verified U S death from rattlesnake venom. He cites cases from Hammond Indiana and Port Valley Georgia as misreported and explains the death was due to heart paralysis from snake venom.
Immigrant Ardmore was noted in a chaotic Christmas scene with police rounding up whisky jugs and missing goods. A man tied to the Ardmore incident boasted of thwarting Christmas, while magistrates issued orders and a sequence of arrests and legal steps followed amid a broader report spanning multiple incidents and local events.
Richard Albrecht of Washington Iowa advertised for a wife and chose a New Haven Connecticut candidate. After exchanges and forged promises a trip and transport payment were sent, but the man fled, leaving the woman shocked and planning legal steps to recover property.
At a Jeffersonian club banquet in Lincoln Nebraska Bryan's first public appearance since the election drew a hearty reception. He said his future as a candidate would depend on events and argued the presidency should serve reforms, not end goals, while signaling a Nebraska trip and a January stop in Omaha.
Sidney Miller and the 7 year old ney Miller were located and recovered by authorities in Indianapolis. The boy son of Samuel Miller and grandson of former United States Attorney Gien W H Miller was found with his mother in Lawrence at a lodging house. The mother surrendered the child and no arrest was made.
A major blaze at the East India docks in London destroyed five vast sheds loaded with goods including 1000 bales of hemp and large quantities of jute. Shipping nearby and additional warehouses were saved only by the tiremen's strenuous efforts.
Barre Vermont December 27 Chief of Police Grown was critically wounded by three bullets fired by Italian anarchists after a ball disturbance. He identified two Italians as connected suspects. The incident occurred as he returned to the station. Armstron g died in London also on December 27, inventor of the Armstrong gun.
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