16 Aug 1900
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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1900
Page
1
The piece reports international friction over landing Indian troops at Shanghai amid Allied operations near China’s capital. Britain, France, and the United States weigh conflicting plans, while Li Hung Chang appeals for armistice terms and Japan negotiates an armistice proposal.
Soldiers from St Louis Minneapolis and Fort Thomas heads for San Francisco en route to China. Battery C Seventh Artillery 1 1 B hovering via Omaha and Fort Snelling unit bound for China under Major W L Pitcher. Chicago reports Five Hundred fifty officers and men of Second U S Infantry depart Fort Thomas to San Francisco for China under Captain Edmund K Webster.
Mystic August 16 The morning Peace Union meeting drew a light crowd due to threatening weather. Letters read included regrets from Ex Governor John W Hoyt of Wyoming and William M Ashama of Philadelphia. Special commissioner P L Wessel from the South African republic hopes to attend tomorrow. A friend of Wu Fing Tang sent word he is too busy with duties in Washington to leave.
Stamford reports Michael Blinn a 22 year old yardmaster for Stamford Manufacturing drowned while bathing near Pondrock this afternoon. He was with two swimmers who could not reach him as he disappeared below the water.
An undated dispatch from Tien Tsin reports the railroad between Tien Tsin and Pei Tsang has been restored while Russian repairs proceed toward Pekin. Field Marshall Van Walderee, commander in chief of the allied forces, departs Naples for China on August 22.
A compilation notes common misquotations with corrected forms from classic works. Examples include James Bible lines misrendered, Peter's praise, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, Merchant of Venice, Henry VIII, Milton, Lycidas, and Gray. The list highlights the need for accuracy in quoting literature and scripture.
Ex governor George S Boutwell presides at the Liberty Congress in Indianapolis with about 300 delegates. He condemns imperialism, argues the Republican Party must govern, and signals support for William Jennings Bryan amid a keynote letter from Charles S. Cockran praising Bryan and urging voters to back the anti imperialist stance.
In Willimantic on August 16, James A. Clark aged 65, once a Holang Silk Co machinist, was found hanging from a tree in Post orchard on the Columbia road about 9 o'clock. A saw horse lay nearby, suggesting premeditated self destruction. his feet touched the ground as the body hung with limbs folded. Domestic troubles are considered the likely cause.
Twenty of Chicago’s Chinatown’s leading citizens departed for San Francisco to take the first boat to China. They state they are answering the emperor’s call for volunteers from America and each man possesses some form of military training.
The Centennial arrives from Nome with news of wrecks on August 2 3. The Merwin is a total loss and five aboard drowned. Fifteen total deaths reported with several identified and ten unknown. General Randall orders transport for over 5000 destitute sick at Nome amid lawlessness. Nome officials blamed for hardships caused by beach prospector rejection.
City officials in New Haven issue a challenge to Waterbury municipal ball tossers to meet on the Waterbury diamond. City Clerk Ryan, President Hall, and Sheriff McDonald form the committee to arrange the game, with steps underway for a prompt, entertaining contest.
Two Albert Williams farm houses at Barrah were burned early this morning in what is believed to be incendiary arson. Williams and his family barely escaped as the blaze caused about 5000 dollars in damage and left the properties destroyed.
A recipe outlines making Mulligatawny soup with stock eggs butter tomatoes onion curry paste and chillies. Sauté onion in butter add tomatoes curry paste and chillies then add stock boil skim cool beat egg whites and shells add to soup stir until boiling strain, reheat season and serve with boiled rice.
Former United States Senator John J. Ingalls died at East Las Degas New Mexico at 2 25 this morning surrounded by family. The body will be taken to Atchison Kansas for burial. He had been ill since March 1899 when he fell sick in Washington but continued to work writing letters for papers until shortly before his death.
A series of brief notices lists residents and guests vacationing or traveling. Miss Mamie Walsh visits the shore while Comptroller Russell returns from Saratoga. Thomas Quinlan vacationing at the shore. Mrs Edward Smith and mother visit the sea. Miss Mary Delaney vacations at Walnut Beach. John P. Sheehan and William T. Quinn depart for two weeks in Maine. Mrs Kelly leaves for Meadows End. Joseph Arpin travels to Spencer and surrounding Massachusetts towns. Miss Harrington and Miss Kelly depart for Winsted for a week. Miss Cora Charest returns from Montreal and Sherbrooke. Misses Gaffney and O Connor, visiting Miss McDonald, depart for home. Mrs Rosie Bolan, Miss Katie Casey, Miss Rebecca Charest, and Miss Kittie Quinn head to New London for a week.
A string of brief items covers births, school preparations, and business reopenings. A daughter was born yesterday to Patrick and Mrs Kane at 248 Dublin Street. St Mary's Parish School grounds are being prepared for fall term. Miss Mary Kelly returns to Devereaux's News Store on East Main Street. Peter Griffin, former AOH official, faces pneumonia at home on Mill Street. Jacques's Opera House undergoes renovations ahead of its opening next week. Patrick Finnegan, who attempted self harm, remains under watch at the almshouse and may be moved to New Haven Hospital. Rev Mother St Peter of Convent de Notre Dame is named superior of St Anne's Convent. A Middlebury farmer's odd behavior draws a crowd on Exchange Place, with local constable assisting. Mrs Mary Sutton reports from Baldwin Street that son Robert Sutton of the Fifth Battery, Philippine service, writes of orders to go to China. he may see more fighting or not.
Riot in the negro district reported early today after a night of chaos. Detective John Kennedy was slashed in the shoulder by Lloyd Lee, who was captured after Kennedy fired four shots. Lee jaw wound confirmed. Kennedy later treated at Bellevue. Police vow strict action and order restored after a heavy midnight to dawn confrontation.
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