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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1900
Page
1
Pretoria dispatch reports President Kruger ready to lay down arms if given a satisfactory guarantee on his ultimate destination. The message hints at Boer craftiness and fear of Napoleon’s fate, reflecting cautious hopes for peace.
In Wabash Indiana G W Baugher discovers his 16 year old daughter Iva eloped with 50 year old sign painter C S Inskeep. The couple fled from Lima to Berne with Iva refusing to離go. Inskeep jailed and Baugher pursuing release. A separate Wisconsin story notes postal carrier Frank Lynch accepts a one cent yearly wage and refuses to cash the check. In Chicago five anarchists including Mrs Lucy Parsons face postponed trials after police bar their hall meeting.
Foxboro Massachusetts August 7 President Rufus C Flagg of Ripon College shows steady improvement though not yet out of danger His condition is so improved to warrant belief of recovery unless relapse through heart weakness. New York August 7 George M Pullman sought a transportation department position via two senators noting possible assignment to China or the Philippines. Washington August 7 Buffalo population counts at census office total 352219 up from 255664 in 1890.
In Hokah and La Crescent area farmers were swindled by a smooth grafter claiming government employment and posing as a horse buyer for Uncle Sam. He pressed farmers to name a price for horses, offering small sums or partial payment, leaving several with less spending money.
A visitor presented a forged draft claiming no smaller bills were available. The farmer paid $20 in cash as change and agreed to deliver the horse to Caledonia the next day, but the draft proved worthless and the farmer kept the horse.
The Interstate Telephone company meeting in Terre Haute laid a basis for prorating charges when multiple company lines are used. Illinois towns Danville Casey Hume Oakland Ridge Farm Chrisman Mattoon and Marshall plus Indiana towns Terre Haute Rockville Clinton Greencastle were represented. Kinloch Long Distance of St Louis is building lines from St Louis to Indianapolis via Terre Haute and from Indianapolis to Cleveland, with final routes to Boston Philadelphia and New York. Alabama coal miners accept a 2 cent per ton reduction starting Aug 1.
The Chicago markets show hogs receipts around 89 000 with pigs at 4.00 to 5.20 and heavy packing up to 5.37. Cattle receipts near 25 000 with steers from 4.60 to 6.00 and cows to 4.60. Sheep and lambs about 20 000, with ewes and natives varying to 5.75 for western lambs. East Buffalo quotes cattle from 4.00 to 5.80 and hogs at 5.65 to 5.85, sheep and lambs into 6.25 for lambs. St Louis shows grain futures with wheat around 71 to 76 cents and corn near 36 to 38 cents. Detroit and Milwaukee offer mixed gains and declines across wheat and oats.
A Shanghai special reports Li Hung Chang told consuls the ministers left Peking for Tien-Tsin last Friday with General Yung Lu in command. Remey and Tausig telegrams describe 16,000 allied forces in heavy action near Peitsang on July 5 with about 1,200 allied casualties. Washington officials doubt the precise totals but agree the international march toward Peking is under way despite strong Chinese resistance.
London cables cite Aug 4 dispatches from Tien Tsin noting the first official word of the Pekin relief attempt. Reports of a Pekin relief column’s check and Chinese use of Tugela tactics are mixed with confirmations of ministers' safety and ongoing hostilities at Tien Tsin.
Ambassador White returned to New York on vacation and rejected French newspaper readings that Emperor William urged German troops to give the Chinese no quarter. He said the speech warned soldiers to expect a desperate foe and denied any intent to command merciless conduct after Baron von Ketteler’s assassination.
Masked men forced their way into the N. C. Peckham farmhouse four miles north of Cresco at dinner time. They bound the family and thiefs took $115 and valuables including watches, then fled on foot after using a horse team to attempt an escape. The hired man was struck, and the attack left the family unharmed but shaken.
In Farmington Michigan on August 7 a mob forced Frank Billings and Mark Cooley and their families from houses about a mile west of the village. The crowd demanded they leave within three hours, followed them hooting and tooting tin horns. Pistol shots were heard as the families fled toward Farmington, while neighbors condemned the expulsion and insisted they must move.
Helena dispatch reports a destructive forest fire sweeping timber between the upper geyser basin and the lake in Yellowstone National Park. The fire started Friday and is ten miles long, advancing rapidly. buildings at the upper geyser basin are in danger as soldiers and road crews rush to the scene.
Col Bryan's entourage rested aboard the rear Pullman of the Chicago Denver Burlington Limited as crowds in Omaha and Gretna welcomed him with handshakes. At Pacific Junction a crowd gathered while Bryan recalled past campaigns and a sunflower was tossed aboard.
Elaborate arrangements completed for the Bryan party arrival in Indianapolis to attend the notification meeting. The train will be met by Mayor Taggart and Democratic leaders with a large escort to Military Park for the exercises. Speakers include James B R Richardson and Bryan with Governor Thomas and Stevenson.
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