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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1900
Page
1
Thrifty shoppers can grab Turkey Red Damask and Irish Linen at deep sale prices. Items include Unbleached Irish Linen and Damask in various regulars and sale rates, with per yard prices and a range of towel options in Pure Linen Huckaback. Prices shown in old currency.
A local grocery promotes satisfaction guaranteed with money back, highlighting low prices on half gallon brooms per crack, ginger snaps per pound, various canned fruits and fish, rice, oatmeal, pearl barley, baking powder, and dried fruits. Premium baking powder advertised as a bargain. Savings emphasized across numerous staples.
Washington dispatch details that the administration will press on to rescue the besieged ministers in Pekin after Conger’s report. The note to China demands imperial troops cooperate with international forces and end bombardment. Seven American guards killed and 16 wounded noted in the dispatch.
The telegram from Minister Conger to Minister Wu states that the Chinese taotai requests departure from Pekin with foreign escort. Conger says they will seek instructions and cannot quit their posts without safe foreign escort. He notes seven American Marines killed and sixteen wounded including Captain Myers and Dr Lippett, who are recovering.
From Pekin an edict authorizes Li Hung Chang to negotiate peace. Shanghai reports the edict dated Thursday. Yokohama correspondents relay a secret Russo-Japanese force moving toward Pekin from the north, with numbers and movements concealed to hide facts from Pekin.
In Washington on August 11 Mr Wu Chinese minister expressed great interest in reports Li Hung Chang may become minister plenipotentiary to negotiate peace. Wu said he had not received confirmation but Li enjoys his government's implicit confidence and would be an appropriate choice.
Aug. 11 report from Evening papers states Major General Von Schwartzkopf, commander of the First East Asiatic brigade, is appointed Field Marshal Von Waldersee's chief of staff. The Second Infantry orders to depart Fort Thompson for San Francisco then the Philippines for China. Reports say 12,000 Chinese troops move toward Pekin and Tien Tein from Hu esi Hu Pei.
Baron Russell of Killowen, lord chief justice of England, died after gastric catarrh. He underwent an emergency operation and later worsened, dying at 3 am. News reached his son Bertrand in South Africa and another son Charles in Canada. Funeral set for Epsom on Tuesday.
Reports from New York Cuicano Pittsburg and Milwaukee on August 11 detail eleven eleven nine and two deaths caused by extreme heat. Prostrations rise with temperatures peaking near mid afternoon. Infant deaths mark severe impact of the heat wave across several communities.
Lourenco Marques correspondent for The Daily Express reports President Kruger insisting no surrender is planned and the war will endure. A Boer bulletin claims a major battle near Lydensburg and Middleburg with 500 British casualties and burghers retaking Heilbron De Villiersdorp and Frankfort.
Immense throng swells through the pantheon as the casket of the late King Humbert lies in state. Troops aid crowd control while Queen Helena leads hundreds of women in tribute. In the afternoon King Victor Emmanuel meets heads of the diplomatic corps including the U S representative.
Pretoria dispatch reports a Boer plan to capture Lord Roberts and shoot British officers, aiming to retake Pretoria and spark a burgher rising. Suspects have been moved across the border as authorities halt passes to Boer supporters to curb danger.
At the navy department bid opening Bethlehem and Carnegie firms submitted identical offers for about 18 200 tons each of the 86 000 tons advertised. Price set at 490 per ton for the thick armor and 41 20 per ton for trim. Midvale Steel bid the full amount on a sliding scale from 4838 up but would not contract for under 20 000 tons.
The Colombian government forces occupy Ocana in Magdelina. General Uribe of the insurgents is defeated at La Cruz and surrounded at Negra Grande by Generals Tebar Hoyos and Martin. The prospect of peace is near.
Official dispatches report three Russian columns surrounded a large Chinese force at Hai Chau. With Russians closing from all sides the Chinese fled eastward, abandoning about a dozen obsolete guns. Russians pursued them 85 versts until exhaustion ended the chase.
Two aging Union Pacific train robbers tied to a Hugo Colorado heist were killed by a sheriff posse near Goodland Kansas after a siege at a ranch house. Deputies J Briggs and George Cullins were wounded as the pair tried to escape by gunfire and fire. One robber died in a window breakout. the other perished in the burning house.
A Pennsylvania Railroad express messenger, Charles Lane of Columbus Ohio, was killed during a robbery between Milford Center and Columbus. The robbers stole the safe contents, took the key from the messenger, and left the body with a revolver near the lock. A bloody struggle is indicated.
The quadrennial convention of Democratic clubs in New York was postponed from September 6 in Indianapolis to October 38. W R Hearst, president, cited leadership consensus in Indiana and nationwide. Mr Bryan urged the change, approved by Mr Stevenson, with about 40 000 delegates expected.
Cuicano Aug 11 William J Bryan will make no extended national speaking tour this campaign He will deliver several speeches tied to specific events as part of a general circuit rather than a lengthy tour, following discussions with the Democratic national committee executives.
London papers condemn lenient treatment of the Boers in the Pretoria plot. The Daily Mail urges stern examples and cites a fierce maxim about leaving enemies with nothing but eyes to weep with, reflecting wariness of Sheridan’s stance.
New York Aug 11 The Commercial Cable company started laying a direct transatlantic link to Germany at 6 am from its station on Coney Island. The project follows sanctions granted by the U S president and the German emperor earlier last year.
Che Foo dispatch reports Russians destroyed the native city of New Ohwang, as relayed to The Herald in New York on August 11. The report cites widespread devastation and loss of civilian infrastructure.
Russian dispatches report New Chwang taken on August 4 by two warships, with inhabitants disarmed. General Rennenkampf reportedly defeated Chinese forces beyond the Amur on August 7, and Russian troops recaptured Hai Cheng Ang and Kharbin by August 3. The line’s railroad north of Tashi Tsao remains contested amid flood damage.
The Journal and Advertiser states Hong Kong chambers resist export restrictions, enabling an immense trade in arms and ammunition to Chinese forces and Filipino insurgents. Merchants there reportedly supply both sides, defying powers attempting to curb the flow.
Secretary Root conferred with the president by long distance telephone then with Acting Secretary Atlee. A reply draft to Minister Conger was approved but not expected for public release. No indication has reached Washington that Conger has received dispatches. A reply to the message will show uninterrupted cipher communication with Pekin.
After Rear Admiral Ahmed Pasha's visit to the United States, the sultan directs the marine minister Hassan Pasha to negotiate with German yards at Kiel for six new cruisers.
The British foreign office received a dispatch from Sir Claude Macdonald dated Aug 4 at Pekin describing Chinese efforts to persuade ministers to accept a Chinese escort to Tien Tsin. The French minister M Pichon at Pekin sent a similar dispatch confirming the same effort.
Late reports from Dawson indicate a single shipment of $1,000,000 in treasure will soon depart for Seattle under the Alaska Express plan led by D. C. Jackson. The convoy should reach Seattle in about ten days with another $1,000,000 already en route via the Yukon and the St Michaels route on a downriver steamer.
Pretoria reports that Methuen has arrested General Dewet's march while Boer leaders spread a rumor that Lord Roberts is dying. Roberts is said to be in good health, energetic, and riding long distances daily.
The Compagnie Generale ordered a lockout in Paris on Aug 11, halting 3500 cab drivers and their vehicles. The measure aims to force strikers back to work, despite expected heavy losses for the company.
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