25 Oct 1900
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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1900
Page
1
A fragmentary column discusses social topics and inventions including waterproof gear for sea wearers, cotton industry notes, Bible translations in the Balkans, and a Brooklyn library garden project. It links literacy, public spaces, and fraternal organizations with evolving American life.
A Berlin correspondent reports a Crech Mets village belief that a schoolmaster’s grave holds a cushion with feathers causing drought. Villagers want exhumation while distant Paris beggar tale adds unrelated theft note about 300,029 francs found in a belt.
An unofficial report says Allied guards entered Pactingfu on Wednesday October 17 while the city was largely deserted. British troops claim success against Borers in Wenan-Sien region, capturing 17 imperial soldiers and killing 200. Canton region battles see Admiral Ho repelling rebels, 190 slain. Shanghai notes include 1009 French troops taking Tech o and rebels denouncing Manchu misrule. Local mandarins protest desecration of graves by khaki soldiers.
Maj Gen Leonard Weed, Cuba's governor, leaves Havana for Washington and plans to return before October ends to attend the constitutional convention. He notes Havana's yellow fever decline, cites Spanish immigrant exposure, and outlines a quarantine plan while many immigrants seek work in the city’s warehouses and factories.
In Paris on October 2 the newly inaugurated Metropolitan underground rail system suffered its first disaster. Two trains collided near the Place de la Concorde after one entered the station and backed out. Thirty passengers were injured with two fatalities amid darkness and debris. Rescue efforts used lanterns as wounded were taken to hospital. service disruption lasted several hours.
Georgetown Ky October 2 Henry Youtsey found guilty of Goebel murder. Jury fixes life term. Verdict rendered after tense court session. Youtsey collapsed in his cell as guard restrained him. courtroom scene showed emotions of wife and father. Judge Cantrill instructed jurors on legal duties amid extreme strain.
Democratic leader William Jennings Bryan addressed two meetings in Rochester and Ithaca, then traveled to Elmira. In Ithaca a verbal bout occurred with Cornell students while two groups of women disrupted the gathering from a high school window and banner protests arose as the crowd of about 10,000 cheered.
Near Wits Bangs Peiffer hanged himself while his wife sewed by a window at their Chicago residence. He had recently lost work and faced a Washington test in October. Governor Roosevelt arrived in Washington from the west, with a special train passing Sixth Street. A separate New York report details Angelo Gounslo’s eye injury from a premature explosion at Bedford Park, where surgeons found sixteen stones in the orbit of the left eye and removed bone and facial fragments.
Hazleton Pa Oct 2 President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers said public pressure should not block a settlement. He cited Scranton convention terms for a 10 percent wage advance, abolition of the sliding scale, and guaranteed payment through April 1, noting only the Schuylkill district fully accepted the terms and several Lehigh and Lackawanna firms have not.
Hazleton and Palu leaders unveil a plan to joint hard and soft coal miners demanding simultaneous concessions. With 160000 workers backing them, the union aims to trigger a nationwide walkout next March across Illinois Indiana Ohio West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Unrest at Markle mine continues amid raids and violence.
London reports Kruger secretly left at 5 o clock aboard a Dutch cruiser bound for Holland. He fled governors house in a hired carriage with Dr Haymann, amid fears of anti-Boer hostilities. In Brussels King Leopold and Belgian authorities aim to avoid anti-English demonstrations while the Boers claim victory at Jagersfontein.
San Francisco dispatch reports concern over three ships missing since May and October. Wachusett from Newcastle to Kahului had not arrived by October 10, driving up insurance to 90 percent. similar risk noted for Li Machae from Callao to Copilia and McNishy bound for Freemantle. Alex McNeil also unreported. insurers hedge. Ohio Society confirms President McKinley will attend the April launch of the battleship Ohio at Calon Iron Works.
Philadelphia Oct 20 The Baldwin Locomotive works wheel shops have been very busy for months booking two large domestic orders. One order calls for thirty freight locomotives for the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad and the other for thirty two engines for the Union Pacific company. A firm official denies a report that promotives were ordered by the South African railway director.
The Democratic State Committee met at the Laclede building in St Louis to address vacancies on the state ticket caused by resignations of Merman Pufall James A Reed and W A Bothwell as presidential electors Pufall who faced ineligibility due to a Polk county prosecutor run was replaced by Thomas J Delaney Reed Kansas City mayor and Randolph county prosecutor James A Waddell were resigning as electors at large prompting a committee vote with 22 members present and proxies to substitute new electors
Rockford IL Oct 20 Following is the list of officers elected today by the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs President Mrs Thaddeus P Stanwood Evanston vice president at large Mrs Sever Fest recording secretary Mr Sadie Cox Hudson corresponding secretary Mrs Susan Tibbets Quincy treasurer TS Edward C Lambert Jacksonville District vice presidents Second Mrs C L Curtis Fourth Mrs Lea D ty Pethasy Sixth Mrs John Werth Elabth Mrs Jexaie Edwaod teat Stes Flora BE Graham Wettabth Nettie Keraga Fourteenth Stre na Schipper sixteenth Mrs Thomas Pitner eighteenth renczt twweb pteth Mrs Mary B Werner
A fragmented 19th century style notice describes a large gathering of Indigenous people near Turtle Lake Wisconsin for a monumental dance and feast. It notes many Indians travel from Iowa Nebraska the Dakotas and other western states to attend the event amid marshland fire lights and ceremonial passages.
In Nevada Iowa masked men dynamited a bank, killing a guard. They ransacked the vault, securing about 3000 dollars before escaping. Constable William Maron fired on them as the alarm rang. Sheriff Swine led a posse with bloodhounds in pursuit, but the robbers fled.
Chicago report states Rev S F Bandy a Baptist minister and Arkansas City native was found with throat wounds in his city hall cell after an August 27 shooting of Jennie Coker, who was seriously wounded in her bedroom by an unknown assailant linked to him. Bandy fled to Nashville then disappeared.
In New Castle Indiana on October 20 Miss Pearl Massey daughter of a local druggist and violin teacher, was assaulted by Mrs. William Denney a fellow music instructor after Denney accused Massey of flirting with her husband. The fracas left Massey with hair torn out and blackened eyes. Nearby in St Louis Missouri on October 24 the Choctaw Gulf Railroad announces change in management with Col Henry Wood replaced by Frank L. Goren.
Fragmentary OCR reading shows garbled text about Frain and Venice, with unclear actions or names. No coherent event or entities present to summarize into a factual news item.
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