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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1900
Page
1
Russian and Japanese forces begin moving from the north toward Peking as talks are authorized to open under Li Hung Chang. The combined military move signals a shift in regional tension and potential negotiations.
Reports from Conger and the Beijing legations describe cipher messages from M. Pichon and Minister Conger concerning departures from Pekin. Chinese consuls face deadlock with no neutral safe route amid the siege, while American Marines sustain casualties and await orders for safe transport.
In Chicago four defendants including Dr Michael N Regent and Margaret Sheehan were convicted of conspiring to substitute dead paupers bodies for insured members in the Knights and Ladies of Security. They planned to obtain 330,000 but netted about 36,800. The scheme involved embalng and transporting bodies from Milwaukee and burial at Forest Home.
Baron Russell of Killowen lord chief justice of England died this morning after an operation. He had been ill for some time and underwent surgery yesterday with reports indicating the patient is in danger.
New York August 10 A crowd of 15 000 is set to watch Hob Fitzsimmons face Gus Rubbin in Madison Square Garden tonight The Toronto Irish fighter is slight favorite at 10 to 8 with backers arguing Fitzsimmons experience tactics and hitting will offset Rubins youth and weight The principals rested today ahead of the billed 30 round bout.
Reports differ on the chief justice's illness gastric disorder or stomach tumor. surgery deemed necessary, yet he died after collapsing at last evening surgery. Authorities expect a new chief justice. Salisbury to select with queen's approval. Public courts suspend business as legal figures honor the late lord.
Aug 71 Daily Express cites an interview with an American millionaire backing Mr McKinley’s chance at the presidency as a moral certainty. Weather forecast from Kan predicts generally fair tonight and Saturday with warm weather and southerly winds.
Fitz, hobbling after a recent battle with a wing injury, was seen backstage at the Bergen Head Casino amid chorus girls and lighthearted banter. He declared his condition immense with hands gold and arm in splendid shape after hot towels and heroic treatment. He joked with friends and promised a chorine ally help in his business, adding a wary but confident air about recovery.
A Pretoria dispatch cites a Boer conspiracy to capture Lord Roberts and kill British officers. Plans targeted British houses, fires, and a mass uprising. Suspected accomplices were arrested across the border as passes to burghers were halted. The plot, detected at the last moment, caused a major sensation.
New York Aug 10 Eugene V Debs and Job Harriman the Social Democratic party nominees for president and vice president have sent acceptance letters to William Butcher national secretary of the party Debs states he seeks no personal preferment and aims to advance the party program in the campaign
Ex United States Senator Lee Mantle, leader of the Silver Republicans, renounces that faction and vows allegiance to the Republican party. He argues the silver issue is dead and notes Democratic reactions at the national convention reflect abandoning the cause. Mantle stresses national honor, flag supremacy, and resolving problems without capitulation.
The State Journal will bullet in rounds tonight for the Fitzsimmons Rubiin prize fight at Madison Square Garden New York City. The match starts promptly at 2 20 New York time or 8 30 Topeka time with a megaphone and direct ring side flash from the Associated Press read to listeners at the State Journal office without delay.
Officials of the American Window Glass company announce all country factories under the trust will be shut until September 1 except the Thomeen plant. No wage conference date set. expected to occur next week with employers and manufacturers. Workers to receive the same wage as others in the same class of work.
Miss Helen Le Zimmerman of Cincinnati is engaged to the Duke of Manchester as announced by the duke’s mother. She is the only child of Eugene Zimmerman a Cincinnati industrialist involved in railways and other large enterprises. The Hamburg plague case reports a patient who died after receiving a sea letter aboard a vessel in the harbor.
Attorneys for Hillman case plaintiffs urge the Connecticut Mutual to settle now. The Kansas insurance department has signaled influence toward resolving the dispute, with the federal court issuing an execution order for collection. Authorities indicate prompt settlement, including interest, is sought, while the Connecticut Mutual reportedly holds substantial Kansas funds.
New York on August 1 John T Lindeau counsel for Charien W Neely facing embezzlement charges of Cuba postal funds sought to delay extradition. He said he filed minds application to Judge Wallace of the United States court in Albany to alter an appeal to the United States supreme court and to keep Neely here pending the high court decision. The supreme court convenes next October and the appeal would be heard then.
The county jail is nearly empty with eight prisoners housed, down from prior levels. Officials cite new policy allowing prisoners to be released under an installment payment plan for fines, improving conditions but reducing inmate counts.
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