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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1900
Page
2
Weekly Tribune cites three daily London novel releases, wealth figures per nation, Oklahoma City's Carnegie library grant, Siamese youths in England learning trades, Dart at Soldiers' Home, East River bridge condemnation, and two San Francisco sisters breaking gender roles in carpentry and painting with a self-made five room house.
A San Francisco museum receives a grim back-scratcher made from the leg bone of a missionary killed and eaten by islanders in the early century. The item, once owned by a Fijian chief’s wife, was inherited by the late owner from his grandfather but sent to the museum after his new wife refused to keep it at home.
In Wabash Indiana a solemn procession carried the last marketable black walnut logs out of the county. The century old trees once abundant are now nearly extinct prompting calls for protective forestry laws. A separate note from New Jersey tells of a glass factory horse striking for shorter hours, hoping to align labor time with his human peers.
Charles W. Canfield of New York proposes a jet of steam to create a visible flame atop the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor. The steam would catch arc-light glare, with little extra cost since a government plant on Bedloe’s Island could feed the torch.
Clinton Northwestern section man Pat Brogan died near Clinton with $180 in gold and twenty rare coins sewn in a belt around his body. A Fort Dodge child drowned in a lard can after falling into water. Mahaska county brothers William and Ross Busby were killed by lightning in a hay barn fire. A 40 year leg sore case at Sioux City Hospital reports a successful skin graft. Homer Robb alias Homer Chase is jailed in Sioux City for conspiracy to rob and murder. Peter Shinker found dead in an open well near Pom eroy. Hay field bank near Garner robbed with a gun battle ending in robbers retreat. Tert Thomas killed attempting to board a Chicago railway train at Quincy.
Drs Moines July 2 Jesse Miller testifies to access of clerk of the supreme court records and outlines which fee streams were or were not turned into state treasury. The report details payments to West Publishing Co and attorneys, plus admissions and exams fees, amid questions of clerk personal contracts and state accounting. The governor has not decided on action.
New York July 3 reports sixty seven bodies recovered with more still surfacing hourly. Victims include deckhands from the Saale and others identified inconsistently in Hoboken and New York morgues. The missing list remains near three hundred with grim scenes described as grappling-hook recoveries continue.
The navy reports Captain Wilde confirms the Oregon lies aground fifty miles from Taku at Pinnacles rock with a hole in its side and water in the forward compartment. Iris and another relief ship accompany the vessel as a strong current and dense fog raise navigation danger. tides may lift her off if weather holds, but storms loom in the season.
The Prohibition national convention adjourned sine die after nominating John G. Woolley for president and Henry B. Metcalf for vice president. On one ballot Woolley faced Samuel C. Swallow with Hale Johnson withdrawing to aid Woolley. Metcalf led a three-way vice presidential ballot over Caskardon and Eaton.
British Columbia officials in London press the imperial government at the congress of chambers of commerce to settle the unsettled Alaskan boundary. Robert Ward of the Victoria board of trade warns the temporary U S Britain agreement irks British subjects and calls for arbitration to avert future irritations amid expected gold rush and trade expansion.
Dispatches from Shanghai and Washington confirm Baron von Ketteler, German minister at Peking, was killed by native troops on June 18. The legations of Britain, France, and Germany remained intact on June 23, as reports warned of siege conditions with thousands of Chinese troops inside and outside Peking and battles continuing at Tien Tsin.
Congressman Lane declines renomination citing business engagements. Oliver H. McKinney and J. W. Benson die after being struck by a Burlington & Western passenger train near Hedrick. Webster county officials move to a temporary courthouse during a new 100000 dollar building. A Manchester storm destroys Troussa and Hetherington livery barn. eight horses killed. Ottumwa fight on Smoky Row leads to arrest of Jim Todd for shooting William Riley. Joseph Galland commits suicide north of Ochevedon at age 39. Over half of the Des Moines to Britt railroad right of way secured as survey proceeds toward Minnesota connection with the Great Northern.
Paris reports a negotiated plan to maintain the status quo in spheres of influence and guarantees with a multinational army of occupation totaling 80,000. Russia and Japan would supply 12,000 each, Britain 10,000, France 8,000, and America, Germany, and other powers 5,000 apiece. The Siberian corps would only cross into China if the crisis worsens.
In Annany New York on July 2 the state’s bid against the ice trust prevailed as Judge Chester ruled that writs of prohibition against Referee Nussbaum could not block examination and that the corporation’s move to set aside the referee appointment failed. Yale wins the Graslty Race at New London June 24 by six lengths as Yale closes in on a split of twenty two races with its rival.
Six women and one man employed by the Standard Starch Company were hurt when stove dust exploded in the packing room of the Kankakee Illinois factory. Doors and windows were damaged and flames spread over three floors before being extinguished.
South Africa dispatches note preparations for final operations and a long war as Boer activity persists in Senekal. An attempted Boer blast on Pretoria artillery barracks resulted in a soldier killed by a Boer. Dutch nationals are being deported to the Netherlands for neutrality issues. Kruger remains at Machadodorp wary of undermined bridges.
Admiral Alexieff informs General Kouropatkine that the Tianjin arsenal has fallen after a Boxer assault. Chinese residents in several localities seek Russian protection, and the rebellion is said to be fading, persisting only in Pe Chi Li province. Officials see rapid resolution with peaceful power cooperation.
A Times dispatch from Rat Portage Ontario reports a threatened uprising of Indians on Rainy river with about one thousand gathered at the river mouth. Leech Lake Indians are alleged to be stirring the group to murder and pillage as settlers evacuate women and children.
Five hundred British prisoners from the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders and Dublin Yeomanry were captured in the Orange River Colony operations. They passed Machadodorp en route to Noortgedaseht and appeared in good condition, treated without malice or exultation by the Boers.
Notes from the Capital reports Iowa soldiers will return a captured 1864 Confederate flag to Confederate veterans or to South Carolina. The flag now rests with the Iowa Historical Society in Iowa City and may be handed to Col. Ht. H. Rood for transfer in Keokuk in October. It also notes Republican conventions in Des Moines and an attorney general opinion on indebtedness limits for building and loan associations.
British press outrage centers on hospital conditions in South Africa as W A Burdett-Coutts and other voices condemn army medical care. The Cape Town Archbishop blasts mismanagement and claims vital war clothing goes unused while wounded sleep on bare ground.
Dispatches from Shanghai indicate Prince Tuan, father of the heir apparent, holds firm control in Peking and harbors hostile aims toward foreigners. An alleged edict dated June 20 ordered viceroys to attack foreigners in their provinces, though not yet obeyed.
A Cuban policeman who fatally shot an American named Welsh is acquitted amid claims of extraordinary circumstances. Gov. Gen. Wood plans an investigation as American residents in Havana protest what they call a deliberate message that killing an American is not criminal. The Paris exposition reports the United States wins the silk exhibit gold medal, shocking French exhibitors. Boer activity is noted across several Orange River Colony locations.
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