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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1900
Page
1
Government of Shan-Tung reports ministers are well and safe in a July 24 dispatch. In Capetown July 28, Gen. Dewet offered surrender if followers could return home unmolested but Lord Roberts demanded unconditional surrender.
Consul Fowler in Chefoo cites a telegram from Shangtung Governor Yuan confirming an imperial edict dated July 24 stating that all ministers except the German are well and had supplied provisions to legations. The governor adds ministers are out of distress.
The Bryan and Stevenson notification meeting will be held Aug 8 in Indianapolis after a settlement of a dispute between the state committee and the Central Passenger association. A single round trip fare from Indiana and several nearby states is offered, with tickets on sale Aug 1 and 2 and valid until midnight Aug 9. Democrats expect at least 20,000 attendees.
W H Brown of Rose Hill Iowa fears for the safety of his son and daughter in China Frank and Mrs. Garrett missionaries for the Christian church They graduated from Drake University Des Moines a year earlier A June 18 letter says they were leaving Kuling for Shanghai as Boxers urged foreigners be killed and six ty Americans were frightened Communications with the arrests have since failed
Mary Yardley died at age 10 in Chicago after a five year illness. Born in Philadelphia January 10, 1795, she lived in two centuries and would have seen a third if spared until January 1. The case links to medical expectations and a president’s era. Baseball scores from Chicago and other cities accompany the brief death notice.
Lansing July 28 A state game warden clarifies that a set line covers any nonhandheld device used to catch fish in inland lakes, including bobs tip-ups lines tied to brush or poles set in mud or ice. Only lines held in the hand or under immediate control are excluded.
Dr. D. K. Pearsons of Chicago agrees to give 25000 dollars to Bethany College at Lindsborg Kansas if the college raises 75000 dollars. The conditional gift was accepted in Paxton Illinois on July 27.
Chicago Grain and Produce reports open and closing prices for Wheat Corn and Oats, plus futures for July August September. It also lists Butter Eggs Live Poultry and New Potatoes. East Buffalo and St Louis figures provide cattle hogs sheep and lamb price ranges with regional variations.
In New Orleans on July 28 a prolonged gun battle ends with Black desperado Robert Charles killed after fatally wounding Corporal John F. Lally and Captain Day and injuring several others. Police and mob clash, bodies removed, with Davis, Bloomfield, and Hannah Mabry noted among casualties.
In a fiery confrontation Charles fought off pursuers from a fortified building. Fire erupted and as troops closed in, Adolph Anderson fatally shot Charles as he tried to escape, ending the siege amid marksmen and casualties.
A mob armed with Winchesters and revolvers shoots a Black man after his death, drags the body to the street, and fires at it. A son stomps the face, and calls to burn the corpse resound until police arrive in a patrol wagon as thousands gather.
West Virginia Senator Scott directing the Speakers bureau said ex-Speaker Reed has not declined and will likely speak in Maine and New York. Manley added Reed will appear in other states and that Reed is not sulking. Separate notes report a Lansing contempt case involving Judge Speed and Horace Pope over continuance denial. In Racine, Ludwig Rasmussen, linked to a Chicago murder suicide, had a grown family in the city and previously lived there as a gardener.
Peter Smith, of Joliet, is praised for surviving a dangerous journey through the windage basin in the sanitary canal. A Chicago museum reportedly offered him 100 dollars a week to appear as an attraction, as he recovers from the perilous trip.
Word from the treasury department says a son of the late Governor Morton of Indiana, serving as a special agent at Seal Islands, is seriously ill with a mysterious epidemic among natives. In Wisconsin Ripon, Dr. A C Flagg, president of Ripon College, lies critically ill of typhoid fever in Foxborough, Massachusetts, and his wife has been summoned to his side.
Waco Texas July 27 the Waco Ice and Refrigerating Company plant was leveled by a boiler room explosion. Two men were killed Henry Mercer fireman and Jack Dorsett and several workers were seriously injured. The blast was felt citywide and investigators began work. Chicago Gets Another Pitcher in Milwaukee Trade. Ed Heimerl of Jefferson Wisconsin was signed for the Chicago National League team by manager Loftus on July 27.
Reports from London Hong Kong and Berlin describe efforts to protect the Beijing legations amid Boxer unrest. China signals potential large troop mobilization while officials refuse direct replies to foreign ministers. observers question the safety of diplomats as imperial communications flag inconsistent assurances. In Indiana a derailment near Tuscola, Illinois killed fireman Artie V. Gigs and injured two others.
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