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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1900
Page
6
The Iron Trade Review reports a broad uptick in iron demand with pig iron sharing in activity. Buyers delay orders while mills add to tonnage, prices fall from peak levels, and producers expect higher values later this year as furnaces push for constrained production.
Bangor August 31 1900 The condition of Charles A Boutelle member of congress for the Fourth Maine district and candidate for reelection is in question He suffered gastric vertigo last winter and a later brain hemorrhage The illness involves crystallization of blood in head veins which intermittently affects his mental faculties but doctors hope for eventual recovery and a long rest before active work resumes Two other items note a streetcar license petition in Neenah Wisconsin and a plan for a fifty year grant and right of way on city streets with hourly cars to Manitowoc
In New York on August 31, Jim Corbett defeated McCoy by knockout in the fifth round at Madison Square Garden. After a tight bout through rounds one to four, Corbett landed decisive rights and lefts in the fifth, dropping McCoy who could not rise before the count of ten.
In Indianapolis Mrs Mc Whiter denies the Indians W Co U U involvement in printing and distributing a presidential prayer chain pledge urging women nationwide to pray for a defeat of Messinivy. Indiana Women's Christian Temperance Union secretary Mary E Balch admits ordering the pledges and plans to send them out. Balch defends the move as her duty. In Pottsville Pa mills resume after idle period, restoring about 300 workers and reviving the Glassgow and Potts Bros operations with several furnaces returning to work.
Washington August 31 United States and Russia push for China peace and order while avoiding formal war. Notes seek full disclosure from powers on Li Hung Chang envoy status and settlement method. Tokyo and Peking reports touch on troop withdrawals and military movements amid a global effort to restore governance.
Captain Crenshaw whose Atlanta death followed gunshot wounds accused General Hospital of poor care. Captain Girard refutes the claim noting full attention and nurse support, citing Crenshaw's morphine addiction after the hospital refused its use. A Manila arrival, J. Carrington, calls Crenshaw insane and irresponsibly wounded.
Report from Winnipeg describes a clash between American and Canadian traders over Indian trade. Americans accused of smuggling, selling whisky, and underselling Canadians trigger shootings. about fifteen Americans flee as mounted police are dispatched. August Briese reportedly injured fatally. several others hurt.
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