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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1900
Page
1
Washington dispatch reviews international replies to Russia on Peking evacuation. Officials say responses are lengthy and conclusive enough to show states' aims, with efforts to avoid offense and forge a common basis. No public detailing until all replies arrive.
The Official Journal de St Petersbourg reiterates that peace in China depends on reestablishing the lawful Chinese government in Peking and withdrawing powers from Tien-Tsin as a sign of unity. It warns against foreign military action and upholds peaceful coexistance among allied powers. General Gaselee reports the Allies divided in the procession with Russians and Japanese prominent. In Illinois, Joseph Leiter considers buying nonunion coal shafts amid strikes. Phoenix Norse Shoe works to resume after summer shutdown. Western Tin Plate plant expected to restart next week. The Mississippi steamer Ralph sinks after hitting a hidden obstruction. all aboard survive.
Adlai E. Stevenson spent Tuesday at Democratic state and national headquarters in Bloomington and Chicago, where he was greeted by scores of Democrats before departing for his home Tuesday night.
Local reports describe a shocking lightning event in Coloma on September 6 with a map point farm wire post shattered and residents and animals knocked down. E A Hill’s house was struck and water from a well turned muddy. In Escanaba a brakeman Martin Dempsey died when a locomotive wheel passed over him. Charles Olson, ore dock worker, slipped and fractured his right leg.
President T. J. Hickey released official Western League standings for the season. Denver led with 61 wins and 44 losses, .581. Des Moines 45 losses with .567. Sioux City 50–50, .500. Omaha 53–56, .486. St. Joseph 52–57, .477. Pueblo 42–65, .802.
Des Moines reports United Mine Workers call out miners at the Saylorville mine and Consolidated Coal Co mines at Muddy Iowa for not signing the union scale. President John P. Reese issues a long notice detailing grievances against these two mines and the dispute.
Evansville Indiana reports John Koob a 45 year old wealthy farmer from a nearby residence died by suicide Tuesday. He asked his wife to locate his heart then shot himself in the heart in the stable behind his home. He worried a recent note would ruin him financially and feared bankruptcy.
Clarence EB Reinhart 25 a former Onawa telephone exchange worker shot himself through the heart with a revolver at his boarding house dying instantly He left a note for a woman friend saying he had lived long enough and bade her goodbye.
Menasha residents fear a diphtheria epidemic after four or five cases surface in the past two weeks. The board of health has taken precautions, but exposure concerns remain widespread in the Wisconsin community.
Ashland Wisconsin and Eau Claire Wisconsin reporters note Allie Stewart and Joe Oliver stayed on a log for eight hours in the three day log rolling contest at Chequemagon bay marking new records. Crescens set a world's trotting stallion time of 2 04 percent in Hartford Connecticut. A six year old girl named Callie Nackey died after a wagon was crushed by a road roller at the county fair in Shelbyville. Champion Jim Jeffries will not fight for eight months or a year.
The Republican campaign opened in Indianapolis with a crowd at English's Opera House. John L. Griffiths presided as George G. Tanner spoke, followed by Senator Fairbanks. An overflow meeting occurred at Monument Place with Addison Harris addressing. Plans call for mass meetings nationwide mid month.
Reports from Saratoga and New Haven outline the Republican state and National party conventions. Notables like Black Depew Roosevelt attended as the Democrat state convention nears. The National party named Caffery and Howe with a Liberty emblem and cross-ticket crossouts plan. Connecticut Gov candidate McLean was nominated as the state GOP voice. Hanna declines stump speaking as campaign activity continues nationwide.
Representative Steele and wife return from two months abroad with Payne and Dalzell. They visited London Ireland and France, noting foreign press grudging praise of U S troops in China and pride in the Fourteenth U S entering Peking. Also baseball scores from Chicago to Philadelphia and a fatal runaway in Racine and a Mason’s insurance meeting in Racine.
John Daniels of La Crosse plans to travel to England to press a claim to about 150000000 dollars as an heir to Sir Francis Drake. He says Drake wealth, gathered after sacking Nombre de Dios, lay in the English chancery and he will present evidence of lineage through his Drake mother from Orange County New York.
At an anarchist picnic by Italian miners in Spring Valley Peru Ill a fellow countryman Cresto stabbed Turinetti to death after a quarrel over who would carry a red banner. Cresto fled and the crowd heard fiery speeches as beer flowed and anarchist rhetoric spread.
General Joseph Wheeler denies plans to reenter politics and announces a visit to Alabama friends after leaving Chicago. He recalls cavalry service in 1861, explains resignation from Congress, and emphasizes his visit has no political aims, only gratitude and reunion with old comrades.
Chicago labor unrest sees 750 union woodworkers on strike over eight hour days and contractor rules 26 mills shuttered while half resume under union terms 500 union workers remain on the job. Union officials warn Chicago is worth a temporary disruption to keep gains intact.
Serbian parliament abolishes the former king Milan’s annual pension. General McClernand’s condition remains unchanged at Springfield, and the Boers with 2000 men besiege 150 British forces near Tadybrand, failing to capture them. Two American students visiting Rome were sent in the catacombs but were located again.
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