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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1900
Page
1
The passage argues coal as a cheap propulsion could slash sea voyage times. It speculates that within ten years travelers might reach Queenstown from New York in about four days, signaling a future of much faster ocean journeys.
The inscription on the new Gladstone statue in Athens honors William Ewart Gladstone for giving freedom to Epirus and Thessaly and averting slavery. Tellus commends the boon and the statue proclaims a lasting glory to the statesman.
Miss Jane Ward, a 16 year old Denver resident, likely the youngest U S employee at the Paris Exposition. She works as official interpreter to her father William Ward assistant director of mining and metallurgy for the United States commission.
A pair of African elephant tusks were measured at ten feet four inches along the curve. They differed in weight, one at 225 pounds and the other at 235 pounds, totaling 460 pounds carried by the elephant without the customary burden.
The Berlin Museum of Natural History holds 1,300,000 animal specimens spanning 200,000 species. Overall, over 400,000 living species described, including 230,000 insects, 13,000 birds, 12,900 fishes, 8,300 reptiles, 1,800 amphibians, 20,000 spider families, 50,000 shellfish, and 6,000 worms.
The article notes Kansas will mark its fiftieth state anniversary with an interstate exposition in Topeka. It recalls historic storms over slavery and the Civil War, projects population and presidential vote figures, and mentions Gen Fukushima and a Khartum statue replica plan along with a linguistic note on the term lobster dating to 1642.
A Belgian officer returning from the Congo Free State reports the Uelle river teems with a native called octopus named miga. He claims the creature attacks canoes capsizes them drags victims to its cave and feeds on them. His tales sound fantastical and H. Rider Haggard like.
A visitor to Constantino reports a Turkish custom that the day begins at sunset. Turks set clocks at 12 when night starts, so daily timekeeping requires adjusting clocks each day of the year.
Washington department of agriculture files first permit under the act granting permission for a batch of foreign bred pheasants at New York port. Without this passport the birds would be shipped back to their country of origin, signaling surprise and annoyance for importers of five animals.
A wide collection of world facts covers Africa Europe railways and rail costs Greenland disease absence Cuba delicacies Egypt Sudan rail miles London soot Memphis party costs and Confederate entertainments Japan coal versus American coal Sam Beard senior ballot box aged forty nine years Chicago cow and chicken curbs British railway carriage upkeep costs wolves France bounties Li Hung Chang hair styles China honors to ancestors Newport News Huntington street commemoration Senator Heitfeldt Idaho cowboy monsoon Bombay lakes malaria water supply Chinese emperor yellow buildings forestry prize Paris expo Canada forestry prize Scotch cod Baltic oysters salt content tea harvest Assam cotton gins Corsica Tex Bryan Tex Mexia Tex 1876 telephone first in England 115 miles London to Norwich Chinese fashion ancient Oriental garments Lieut Clarke fortune Stettin ships Norddeutsche Lloyd Lloyd steamers Washington profanity crusade Don Carlos I guest of Queen Victoria blind Chinese reading system raised dots.
Rioters attack Akron city buildings after a confession of attempted assault on a child. Two children die, a boy aged 11 and another victim, as shots, fire, and dynamite destroy Akron City Hall and nearby Columbia Hall. Guards from Canton and Columbus deployed after chaos.
Louis Peck, the colored man linked to Akron rioting, was rushed from Cleveland to Elyria for trial before Judge Nye and a special grand jury. He was convicted of the charged crime and sentenced to life in the penitentiary, then transported to Columbus penitentiary within minutes.
Des Moines Iowa August 23 Gov Shaw announces Congressman J P Dolliver of Fort Dodge is named United States senator to serve the vacancy caused by Senator Year s death The term runs to March 4 1901 and may be renewed until a successor is elected Several candidates are expected to seek the post including Dolliver Quy Shaw and others
Beatrice Nebraska Aug 5 The Barneston scene during Mr Bryan's train stop turned dramatic as a tall youth evaded capture and leaped from the moving coach. Sheriff Waddington pursued and recaptured him before the man escaped into cornfields. The incident tied to Topeka thefts unsettled Bryan supporters and followed his Beatrice speech later the same day.
In South Bethlehem on August 25 a new 15 inch Gatchman torpedo gun was tested before Gen. Miles and other officers. The $65 000 experiment aimed to prove pressure and velocity with ten shots. Early results showed about 19 000 pounds pressure and near 1 900 feet per second velocity. The gun, 44 feet tall and 59 tons, uses guncotton and aims to defend coast lines with a claimed 15 mile range.
The Futami Maru bound for Manila with cargo for the American government ran aground and broke in two on Mindanao. Passengers and crew stayed ashore six days and are now being taken to Manila by the Australian. No casualties were reported but the cargo and vessel likely total losses.
Milwaukee August 25 a trust in electricity planned by Milwaukee capitalists aims to control every plant and system in Wisconsin. Articles filed with the register of deeds Friday authorize purchase or control of all connected to electricity and allow operation of a street railway by a power other than electricity.
In Chicago on Aug 27 and 28 a massive G A R program drew about 13 000 into the Coliseum with tens of thousands more turned away as veterans and excursionists arrived for the annual encampment and naval parade on Take Michigan The showcase featured a naval battle pageant from Fleet Vessels and a flag carried from the Winnebago by Seaman Woodruff of Rockford Illinois and Boatswain Lynn of Chicago plus reunions across the city drawing veterans and ex prisoners of war to various meetings.
Chattanooga witnessed the formation of the United States Volunteer association with Col. Richard Henry Savage of New York named president. The group aims to mirror Spanish War orders and will admit anyone who served in regular or volunteer military services during the war, expanding beyond local camp membership and expecting over 200000 members.
R G Dom and Co Weekly Review of Trade reports no major business decline this week though heat delays some western activity. Prices steady with possible steel rail drop, strong demand in iron centers for raw and finished materials, and large export interest. Wheat prices fall, corn steady, wool sales rise, and factory work remains below full capacity in the eastern belt. US failures total 171, Canada 29, versus last year.
The will of C. P. Huntington disclosed on Friday titrates $1 million in trust for his adopted daughter Princess Hatzfeldt during her life, with remainder to her issue, plus $500,000 for Mrs. Huntington for life and later for Archer M. Huntington. It allocates shares of Southern Pacific stock, specific residences, a $270,000 trust for four beneficiaries, and multiple cash bequests totaling $2,465,000, along with art to the Metropolitan Museum and potential bequests to Yale College.
A cable from Minister Conger urges immediate help through a thank offering for North China Christians who survived slaughter and now are destitute and homeless in Pekin. Missionaries Wherry Hobart and Smith petition home boards of three missions to aid Pekin rescue efforts.
Ex-Secretary of State Caleb Powers, convicted in Gov. Goebel’s murder, was moved to the Louisville jail. He protested the wrist restraints and said he would not attempt escape, citing his promise to guards that would jeopardize a future trial.
A posse chases four tramp suspects after Prank Garrity and Patrik Welch are fired upon near Sheffield Indiana. Garrity is slightly wounded and Welch shot three times, believed to die, as officers surround the cornfield where the fugitives hide.
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