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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1900
Page
6
An old newspaper snippet advertises gifts and confections with prices: 18 pounds 2 ounces for lb fresh mixed candy and 25 cents per pound for fresh chocolates. It invites readers to try a new offering titled One Better.
The Edward Cudahy kidnapping case ends with the boy released after father, under pressure, paid 25000 in gold. The ransom note warned of eye-blinding acid and outlined the payment route as detectives recount the grim demand and the lad’s account of his abduction.
Chicago reports official 1900 results with McKinley listed at 7,220,198 votes and Bryan at 6,357,431. Prohibition 207,125. Social Labor 34,007. Overall 468,065 McKinley majority. southern state losses offset northern gains. 1900 totals show minor party shares and small percentages for fringe tickets.
Alfred Vernon, a country man, was pursued by a mob after being mistaken for Marvin Kuhns near a Logansport hotel. He fled through alleys to the police station where he proved his identity. Other items note an engineer saved from a fast mail train near Portage and a penitentiary labor investigation in Joliet. Governor Nash denies interference in the Jeffries Ruhlin fight and says he will do his duty.
Estherville Indiana December 21 John Freeman confessed to killing his wife and burning the house. He struck her with a shoe chloroformed her placed her on a bed then covered her with excelsior saturated it with gasoline and set the fire. He said the motive was to gain her property.
In Atlanta a telegram from Hon. W J Bryan to the Atlanta Journal says he will not comment until Mr Cleveland clarifies what he means by Democratic principles. In Chicago an appellate court affirms a Cook County ruling restraining the Cook County Bridge Company from taking the Labahn Brick Company site at Bloom.
In Washington on December 21 the Senate ratified the Hay-Pauncefote treaty after lengthy consideration and amended resolutions. Vote tallies showed 55 to 18 for ratification with several amendments defeated. Lodge led the drive for quick voting while Foraker’s amendments were withdrawn. The House approved Indian and military academy appropriations, while Montana senatorial inquiry proceedings continued in secrecy.
The article outlines a neutralization framework for the canal governed by United States leadership over construction and regulation. It adopts international rules from the Constantinople 1888 convention to keep the canal open to all commerce and warships, prohibit blockades and hostile acts, limit belligerent warship activities, and specify transit and proximity rules within three miles of the canal, with time limits for belligerent vessels.
The Senate confirmed nominations including C S Francis of New York as minister to Greece and Arthur S Hardy of New Hampshire as minister to Switzerland, with G A Leishman of Pennsylvania named minister to Turkey.
A Centerville dispatch reports John Schlaben arrested on Chicago orders, suspected to be James Kilroy, a murder suspect in the Farress case. Kilroy, seen in Jerome, about 28 to 30, 5 ft 7 in, 145 lb, dark eyes and mustache, wore a dark suit and overcoat. Police say Farress was slain amid labor troubles. fugitive John Graves also sought.
John Owen Radcliffe, awaiting execution in Paris Mississippi jail, declines to disclose his identity though linked to a Kentucky family. He hints at naming himself to inmate Meece before execution and admits selling two admission tickets for his hanging to a night officer. He remains calm, mocks clergymen, and says death is imminent from stomach trouble.
Edward Cecil, second son of the Marquis of Salisbury, arrives at Hatfield House from South Africa. He is greeted with torch bearing processions and a large family reception on the mansion steps led by Lord Salisbury and including Lord Lansdowne, Arthur Balfour, George Wyndham, and Lord Selborne.
A Nebraska supreme court summons orders the sheriff of Otoe County to notify Argo Manufacturing Co United States Company and National Starch Co to file an answer by January 14 in the state trust law case. In Indiana, Judge Piety reprimands witnesses for court liquor influence in the William Hoffman arson trial.
Dinjah C Bliss of Bloomington dies at age 80. His son Leonard Bliss, known as Baby Bliss, is noted as one of the nation’s heaviest men and a widely recognized figure. Burial details are not provided.
Governor Pingree grants clemency to William E. Dennis who was jailed for four years at Jackson. He accuses Circuit Judge Erastus Peck and Charles H. Smith of Jackson county of conspiring to strip Dennis of his land and calls the trial a travesty. Also pardons Johannes Salmonson for life murder, citing doubt about Carlson’s death and criticizes ambitious prosecutors and sheriffs.
James Erichs custodian of the court house boasts a 500 pound gas meter that allegedly measures gas in caverns and air. It reportedly ran up to 100000 feet in a day and 1000000 feet since November 26, costing 10 cents per 1000 feet. Taxpayers fear the bill. commissioners plan to remove the meter and substitute coal.
J Lamer Rogers superintendent of the Michigan Military academy at Orchard Lake will confer with Chicago cadet parents about recent school troubles. The meeting is expected at the Palmer house tomorrow. He assigns direct blame to Commandant W G B Lowe and Principal W F Edwards and points to other faculty members indirectly.
In Houghton Michigan on December 21 Mayor Croze ordered all gambling houses shut. The move leaves many bettors despondent as they seek easy money elsewhere.
The page lists Board of Trade quotations for wheat corn oats and related produce with bid ask ranges for December January and May futures. It also reports live stock prices from Chicago East Buffalo and St Louis with hogs cattle and lambs price ranges and receipts.
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