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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1900
Page
2
Washington reports Earl Li Hung Chang cables show effort to secure safe delivery of ministers to Tien Tain and halt the international column. Conditioned terms alarm Washington as Conger weighs safety and potential Boxer risk amid ongoing military plans.
London reports a Han kow letter dated July 2 describing Li Hung Chang’s rule in Canton as a virtual reign of terror. He allegedly suppressed public meetings, preventing opposition and foreigners from uniting against him. The letter claims 70 people were executed by strangulation or beheading in one week and up to 4000 during his viceroyalty, with mass imprisonment often tantamount to execution.
The American commander reports orders from Washington to push toward Pekin with heavy reinforcements en route. Japanese and British forces accelerate preparations as 17 000 allied troops gather at Tien Tsin and daily reinforcements arrive.
The Chicago Great Western offers excursion tickets from Aug 2 to 29 for the G A K 35th National Encampment in Chicago Aug 27 to Sept 1 1900. Round trip single fare with return by Sept 1 and extension possible to Sept 30 for 50 cents. Inquiries to G W agents or F H Lord 113 Adams St Chicago.
Telegraph from Chinan Fu reports Tong Fuh Siang and Boxers moving south as General Sien's troops clash near Thoh Chow on the Grand canal. Battle rages from Sunday with 800 Sien troops engaged and two officers killed.
St Paul August 2 Jesse H Pomroy pioneer lumber builder of St Paul is dead after a brief illness. Born in New York in 1821 he arrived to Stillwater in 1845 and moved to St Paul in 1846. He built the first house in St Paul and later many others including Fort Ripley and Fort Ridgely in 1849 and 1851.
Chicago Great Western Railway offers excursion tickets on August 18 to 19 to Colorado Springs for the Farmers National Congress meeting, valid for return by September 3 at one fare plus $2. Inquiries to C. G. W. Ry agents or F. H. Lord at 113 Adams Street Chicago.
An earthquake struck Tintic Utah in the morning with a first shock at 12 46. The Mammoth mine shaft was warped and the cage cannot descend below the 1600 foot level, causing widespread alarm among residents.
Joe Patchen aimed to lower the world mark of 2 04 1 4 on a half mile track at Combination park Medford during the Elk's carnival. The black champion ran 2 06 1 2 in his second trial despite being in fine fettle.
The supreme court with Justice Brown writing the opinion declares the new St Paul charter valid. The decision holds that the 1898 home rule amendment applies to cities existing when adopted and not to those incorporated afterward.
The crop year 1899 1900 closed July 31 at Duluth with total grain receipts of 69 953 000 bushels at the head of the lake. Wheat receipts were 53 106 000 bushels, flax 8 100 000 bushels, marking a record flax year and a year with fewer overall receipts than the prior crop year but more than 1898.
Minnesota ore output reaches about 4.6 million tons to date as Duluth Missabe and Northern docks yield slightly over two million, and Great Northern docks at Superior contribute around 600 thousand tons.
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