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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1900
Page
1
Washington reports indicate France favors Russia's Peking evacuation plan while Germany supports staying. Britain Japan Austria Italy appear aligned with keeping forces in Peking, U.S. and Russia position uncertainties linger as negotiations advance. A Chinese riot in Amoy prompts changes at local leadership and church reactions in changes at Chang Chow.
Shanghai dispatch notes German troops landing from the Batavia with consuls and detachments escorting them to camp as bands play. Berlin reports Captain Pohl found palace halls dirty and neglected during the August 28 march and notes the dowager empress may have fled Peking August 15.
A Detroit area roman Catholic church in Michigan announces women must not attend services bareheaded to maintain decorum. The rule, noted in a Sept. 7 report, specifies headwear expectations for attendees and follows local church policy discussions.
General Charles Tracey and John Frenzel announced a new executive committee including George Poster Peabody L. C. Krauthoff Joseph Bryan and others. National headquarters will open in New York to guide campaign efforts aimed at defeating Bryan. A German Democratic Movement bureau will organize German support with Jacob Loeper as secretary and active local leaders. Meetings every third night and extensive anti imperialist literature planned. The National League of Democratic Clubs adjusts representation to one delegate per 100 members with no club cap.
Detroit crowds greet Governor Roosevelt as he starts his western tour with a rousing address at the Detroit Light Guard armory. The rally ends with plans for further Michigan stops and a statewide ticket slate for both major parties.
Foreman Joseph Hughey of the Roman Catholic Orphans' Home in Highlands shoots John White in the abdomen around 5 a.m. White dies about three hours later. Hughey surrenders after resisting arrest attempts and is jailed for investigation. Nearby Beloit reports a separate robbery at F. Buck store in Roscoe, Illinois, where a Bible and tools are found. only a small cash loss is noted.
LaCrosse Wisconsin September 7 Democrats of this district nominate J P Rice of Sparta for Congress.
Markets show hog receipts about 25,000 with hogs selling mostly at 5.20 to 5.40, cattle receipts around 7,000 with steers and cows varying by grade, and sheep near 2.50 to 4.60. East Buffalo quotes hogs mixed around 5.60 to 5.70, cattle light supply with steady to lower tone, and grain in St Louis and Milwaukee showing mixed gains and declines across wheat corn oats and rye.
In Wheeling on September 7 Hon. William J. Bryan wrapped up his West Virginia trip begun Wednesday. He traveled 800 miles by rail through Deer Park Clarksburg Parkersburg St Marys and Sistersville delivering six main speeches and several brief talks. Crowds greeted him with bonfires and rockets as he spoke to a large, eager audience at the final stop.
In Saint Paul the Democratic and Minneapolis Populists fused for state offices and an electoral ticket. John Lind was nominated for governor by acclamation as both parties rallied, with 1140 delegates present and Harries named chair.
Bloomington Sept 7 Atlair Stevenson says Democratic managers arranged a schedule allowing him to tour West Virginia or Maryland or both after beginning a tour of Illinois next Monday.
In Macon Georgia on September 7 a group of twenty one prominent business and professional men gathered to safeguard Napoleon Anderson a Black man accused of larceny against two revenue officers. Anderson had sworn out a warrant but officers arrested him for interfering with their duty. The whites, resisting arrest, sought process satisfactory to themselves. The officers then obtained warrants for white citizens who arrived with Anderson and declared he was a good citizen and would not be harmed without due process. The cases are scheduled for next week. In Racine Wisconsin Mrs. Allee M Swetz sues James Jones and others to block changing the nominee of a life insurance policy valued at 2000 dollars originally issued to Jones wife. After her death Jones attempted to designate a different beneficiary but now seeks to reassign again.
In Kaukauna Wisconsin Herman Kramer nearly perished when gasoline ignited while he was setting wagon tires. He poured gasoline on kindling, lit it with a match and sustained burns to his face neck and arms. In Michigan City Indiana Professor Watergill fell 200 feet after the parachute tore from the balloon and injured himself internally. He was found unconscious and may die.
Arthur Buckley from Baraboo Wisconsin recounts distressing experiences in Nome Alaska this summer saying government officers are grafters and claiming the trip with a contractor crew to erect barracks for soldiers led to insanity and destitution among many. He now returns to Seattle expressing no wish to revisit the recent past.
The Porto Rico transport McClellan delivered 170000 pesos in silver to Philadelphia mint use after a six man escort. Officials warn old circulating medium will fade. Spanish bank issues wildcat paper, while local merchants resist at first. Major Sharpe predicts reforms to the judicial system and mixed prospects for Foraker law government amid party rivalries on the island.
Residents fought an anti license push as three aldermen quit and a special election brought license candidates to power. Mayor Robert Wallace resigned after the pro tem alderman acted as mayor. New council issued license certificates. signatures bypassed the mayor.
Ex Secretary of State Olney declares in favor of William Jennings Bryan. The outline notes a political shift and endorsements shaping the 1900 campaign as Bryan gains support from a former national diplomat.
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