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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1900
Page
1
Special dispatch reports Gen Prinsloo surrendering unconditionally to British forces with 5,000 men at CaPa Town on July 30 at 2 04 PM. Legations deemed safe as Chinese troubles continue.
At Camp Lincoln Illinois near Springfield a premature powder explosion from a misfit charge at the evening run of the National Guard encampment fatally burned two men and injured many others. Corporal Charles Balsley and Jesse Rupert died or will die. numerous soldiers and civilians sustained burns. Witnesses recalled a warning phrase just before the blast as a crowd gathered around the cannon.
A dispatch from Admiral Alexieff dated Tien Tsin July 30 and sent to the foreign office states that the latest news confirms the report that the foreign ministers at Pekin are out of danger.
Sioux City reports a Polish youth Fy si from Milwaukee drank heavily he clashed with patrons demanded a revolver snatched a gun from a second hand store and fired as he chased his attackers through the street three robbers named James Murphy from Chicago George Jarvis from St James Minnesota and Charles Mundy from Decatur Illinois were later captured in a police chase. A separate note from Minneapolis records Eugenio Sorrentino director of Banda Rossa robbed of medals and orders worth 900. Sioux City Starch Works absorbed by American Starch company, closing for repairs but to resume with greater capacity. Green Bay reports a farmer near Suamico died after falling from a hay wagon. Little Rock reports James L Fitzgerald baymaster killed by lightning while walking with his father and Pat Sullivan. Sullivan injured and Fitzgerald's brother knocked down.
King Humbert dies from a heart shot during a prize distribution in Monza Italy. Police arrest Angelo Bressi of Prato claiming he acted alone as crowds threaten violence. Queen Margherita widowed, cabinet convenes as Prince and Princess of Naples sail in the Levant.
Judge in chambers issues injunction preventing Western Union Telegraph from blocking Christie Street Commission from receiving Chicago Board of Trade market quotations. Quotation access argued to be public property with public interest once transmitted over wires. Proceedings hinge on right of paying parties to obtain these quotations.
Foxboro Massachusetts reports slight improvement in Professor Rufus Flaggs typhoid condition at his brother’s home. A separate fire in McLeansboro Illinois destroys a general store with losses over 10000 and oil stove cause. In Austin Texas a kerosene mishap fatally burns Theodore Hackenburg and wife. total loss about 50000. An Italian official journal bans arms exports to China. Panama Canal Hospital staff aid 180 wounded from a recent insurrection in Covego. Ex Governor Wolcott considered as Italy ambassador. bankruptcy petitions filed in Niles Ohio. steamer Cuteh arrives in Vancouver with 250000 in gold dust.
Norristown Pa July 30 Annie Rose a servant at Swedeland placed her bed near an open window to enjoy a draft. She waking while asleep walked out and fell fifteen feet to the lawn below. She was uninjured and the family woke to the noise.
Chief Devery deployed 500 police reserves in Manhattan to guard the Orangemen parade on July 30 amid threats of counter demonstrations by the Sons of Limerick. About 8,000 Orangemen marched in line without disturbance along routes that crossed the counter protest paths.
Reports from Amsterdam say on Queen Wilhelmina’s birthday she will announce marriage plans. Rumor links her to Frederick Francis 18, grand duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin. Handels notes Aug. 31 timing.
London July 30 General French occupies Middleburg in the Transvaal as General Pole has reached Brug Spruit west of Middleburg. A dispatch from Fouriesburg dated July 27 reports heavy fighting to force passes and that Hunter's forces suffered about 100 casualties. Over 6,000 Boers with wagons and stores are driven into mountain passes watched by British troops.
Secretary Ery Winslow of the Anti Imperialist League says the August 14 convention at Indianapolis is not connected with the anti imperialist congress of league members scheduled for August 15 in the same city. The statement clarifies separate events and organizers.
Detroit on July 30 reports Miss Helen Gould denies a story told by William Jackson of Phoenix Michigan that she invited him. The telecommunication company says Jackson’s account is not connected to Miss Gould.
Jackson of Phoenix Michigan traveled to the city hoping for help from Miss Gould after being turned away at her Irvington home. A caretaker confirms she recalled a boy who held her horses and refused a tip but denies inviting him east or promising education. Jackson, returning home, went to Miss Gould’s residence seeking relief but was rejected by a butler and directed to the Soldiers Relief association.
Colonel Edward T. Young takes command at Camp Lincoln Springfield Illinois and orders a week of elaborate drills. He plans guard and outpost training, scouting exercises, and field parties to map roads streams and vantage points through surrounding countryside.
Andrew Finsland's Seattle wedding trip was postponed twenty four hours when he returned a pocketbook he found during a Sioux City street parade. A mistaken arrest for pocket-picking followed, but court settlement allowed the marriage to proceed.
League standings list Brooklyn Philadelphia Pittsburg Chicago Boston Cincinnati St Louis New York with records and runs. Saturday results show New York 2 3 Cincinnati Philadelphia 8 4 Brooklyn 6 8 Boston 2 Pittsburgh 2 0 Chicago 10 Milwaukee Cleveland 0 Minneapolis Indianapolis 1 5 Detroit Kansas City 6 Buffalo Chicago 6 Minneapolis 9 Milwaukee 4.
Berlin and Shanghai reports recount brutal killings of missionaries and Christians as Li Hung Chang faces imperial pressure. An Imperial decree orders viceroys to seek peace while defending territory, with warnings of severe retaliation for any failure.
Charles W Bridges and Co announce a bold sale wager: 240 acre farm, a cottage, 5 city lots and 20 gas belt lots put up. If Bryan wins, ownership passes to buyers. if McKinley wins, deeds and cash go to the bettors who financed the sale.
In Kankakee and surrounding counties farmers and threshing union members reach a compromise over grain prices after farmers refuse 2 cent oats and settle at 1 1/2 cents per bushel. Meanwhile in Richmond Kansas citizens fend off robbers who tried to blow open the bank safe with bloodhounds tracking the suspects.
J Julien proprietor of Juliens circus was killed by a passing train while attempting to board a car in South Dakota. The body arrived yesterday in Havana Illinois.
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