29 Sep 1900
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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1900
Page
1
A report from Victor Colorado describes a Democratic convention condemning intolerance and disavowing responsibility for disturbances tied to a Roosevelt visit. The piece notes strong condemnation of the event and critique of Republican actions behind the gathering.
The fragment notes an event near a plaza and a reference to a June estimate of 750000 dollars linked to unspecified parties. The text is incomplete, but implies a financial figure tied to a location near a plaza and a Thursday incident.
London dated September 29 reports Alderman Frank Green, a Maidstone Kent native and paper merchant, formally elected lord Mayor of London for the coming year. In related House of Commons business, 167 constitutioners returned a fourth of the membership. by noon 43 Conservatives 8 Unionists 5 Liberals and 2 Nationalists had been elected unopposed.
Quincey fans show preference for amateur baseball over a professional league proposed by Belden Hill. The Herald notes Quincy has been invited to join the professional odds but locals favor self-organized matches by nearby towns. They argue amateur games are entertaining and cheaper, reducing reliance on professional clubs.
Observer JM Snekier compiles October weather data over 29 years for A period. Records show warmest October 1874 with 61 average, coldest 1895 with 47. Highest temp 0 on 34 1897 and lowest 17 on 25 1887. Average first killing frost 1st. Precipitation average 3.13 inches. greatest 7.17 in 1884, least 0.36 in 1897. Max 4.12 in rain in 24 hours on 6–7 1884. snow 3 inches 25 1898. clear 12, partly cloudy 10, cloudy 9 days. Winds SW. peak wind 60 mph from SW on 16 TAS.
Gas emergency report from New York describes a Haphttia tank explosion at the Ventral Gas Light Company worksite on Kast ne Hundred and Thirty-eighth Street. Fire spread, waters and flames reached the engine room, firemen saved the structure, no life loss reported though injuries uncertain.
Hazelton Sept 29 President Mitchell voiced no new settlement details on the coal strike but hinted developments today. Dynamite damaged a shack housing non-striker William She. Near Lehigh Valley mines all worked yesterday. anthracite prices eased signaling potential settlement talks.
Reported today that several departments of the Illinois Steel company will close for a month or more. Ned mills are shut down leaving about 600 men out of work. The Joliet plant halted for lack of orders and other mills may close within ten days, though most operations hoped to continue. President Bennington said further shutdowns are possible.
Hazleton Pa Sept 20 Rumors of settlement faded as President Mitchell awaited word from New York and reiterated that the strike represents the greatest industrial contest in American history. He noted workers’ willingness to endure hardship, while insisting workers must receive fair compensation for investors’ stakes. A week-long stalemate persisted with talks of a ten percent wage increase appearing uncertain amid ongoing Union opposition.
Colonel William J. Bryan completed his South Dakota tour at Canton and Aberdeen, delivering about a dozen speeches in 260 miles of travel. It was the campaign's peak day with open air meetings and waving flags marking the canvass across Yankton, Mitchell, and other towns.
Washington Sept 29 Conaul Goodnow reports that the Chinese director of railways and telegraphs received an imperial edict dated Taiguan Sept 24 blaming ministers for backing the boxers It degrades four princes and deprives Prince Tuan of salary and official servants detailing further on the fifth page
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