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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1900
Page
5
The Boer delegates met in the Blue Parlor with Secretary Cortelyou and President, none presenting official credentials. The state department said all interactions were unofficial and the U S position remains nonintervention, with no plans to dismiss the private propagandists at this time.
The article notes Boer hopes for U S public demonstrations to sway British policy and end the South African conflict. It cites state department actions dismissing Boer intervention requests as aiding a swift war conclusion. In Wisconsin Oshkosh, City Attorney Kiluwin says he will reveal evidence naming who killed Striker Morris in a riot at McMillen's factory during a wood workers strike two years ago.
William N. Root files a $10,000 damages suit against the Detroit Mount Clemens and Marine City Railway company for injuries from a car colliding with an open switch on April 28. Root, a passenger, claims the incident occurred in Marine City Michigan.
Cedar Rapids won the first Towa Intercollegiate Track meet with 35 points. Des Moines 32, Lenox 34, Western 15. Potters Go on Strike in Akron as 500 workers walk out for higher wages.
Testimony shows Sutton ordered a diamond ring from Wright Kay & Co paid in currency on Sept 12 and the ring later presented to White by Sutton and General Marsh. Witnesses including Warren Tant and John Kay described the purchase and ledger entries amid prosecution of the Sutton case in Detroit.
A Spanish cannon vanished from Wisconsin Capitol park with officials unaware of its relocation. A swarthy man with a sombrero was spotted near the site, suspected as a spy, as private detectives note the relic’s disappearance and shifting whereabouts.
Reports from Detroit to Des Moines cover Baptist annual meeting with large attendance and a surplus. Frederic A. Bell dies leaving a 25 million estate. Forests burn east of Jackson, loss 200 thousand. Former Senator Hill dies at 68 in Denver. Rumor of Queen Wilhelmina engagement. Spain postal treaty with U S signed. Alaska GOP delegates push for Governor Brady. Mothers’ convention draws 300 delegates in Des Moines. Pont Claire fire leaves 200 homeless near Montreal. Wisconsin nominating John C. Freeman as consul at Copenhagen. Shrine nobles hold council in Washington. Chicago tragedy as 7 year old Douglas Singer causes grandmother’s death. Chicago declines grain shipment due to cash shortage. Sulian of Morocco reportedly consents to French protectorate. Second Adventists expect Christ’s return soon. Sunni zealots attack U S troops at Cotobotto.
Paris May 23 Parliament reconvened after six weeks as Waldeck-Rousseau’s government faced interpellation from Paul Gouzy over policy. Ribot called the Paris municipal election win a Republican success. votes split 439 56 and 271 226 approve the government stance on reforms and laity.
The premier calls Paris vote a rebuff to republican ideals while provinces endorse the republic. He blames Republican dissidents and opposition for defeats and says the Dreyfus pardon seeks to end agitation and ensure peace, with plans to curb calumny and renew calm in France.
Washington reports the house judiciary committee agreed to report Ray's extradition law to send C. F. W. Neely, tied to Cuban post office crimes, back to Cuba under Spanish law. Neely’s attorney John D. Lindsey protested sending an American citizen abroad under foreign law. New York notes Neely is jailed on $50,000 bonds after a new arrest for wrongful conversion of $45,800.26.
William A. Coney and Katherine Warner Foster of Watseka Illinois wed in Milwaukee on Monday night after Judge Pereles waived the Wisconsin five days residence requirement. The couple, who arrived for marriage, sought a license and found the delay. They were married by Rev. A Gilbert and registered at the Hotel Pfister.
Miss Foster says both families objected to the union but they proceeded to marry in Milwaukee after visiting mutual friends in Chicago. The couple acted without knowledge of recent changes in local marriage laws.
Chicago May 28 The Methodist general conference elected Dr J W Hamilton and Dr David H Moore as bishops on the seventeenth ballot, voted to admit women as delegates by removing layman from the constitution, and adopted the organic law report as church constitution while anonymous circulars attacked President McKinley.
An Iowa dealer recounts twenty years of kidney disease and relief after using Morrow’s Kidney Aids. The ad claims cures for backache nervousness and urinary disturbances and notes the pills sell for 50 cents a box at drug stores including Hansch & Co in St Louis. Manufactured by John Morrow & Co Springfield Ohio.
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