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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1900
Page
1
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Shanghai reports say the Allies may have reached Pekin Monday but Chinese officials offer limited confirmation. London warnings urge restraint as tensions rise over the ministers and legations.
Message from M. Pichon dated Aug 9 reports Li Hung Chang to negotiate via telegraph with the powers while the legations stay ringed by hostile defenses. The French portion remains under siege with ongoing firing, reduced to siege rations, 15 days of provisions, and fear of Chinese capture if negotiations fail.
A cipher dispatch arrives via runner from Min tester Conger to Consul Ragsdale. It states the situation is more critical as the Chinese government presses to expel them from Pekin and notes it is impossible until troops arrive.
The Chinese minister in London informed the British foreign office that Pekin foreign legations were safe on Monday August 13. In Niagara Falls New York the window glass industry announced a 10 percent price increase for window and plate glass at their annual summer meetings. T. E. Clark of Minneapolis becomes superintendent of the Scranton division of the Lackawanna, succeeding A. Salisbury.
Bishop H Morrison spoke at the Fourth Avenue Methodist church cornerstone ceremony praising Missionary work in the Far East. He thanked God for the current unrest in China and for Allen Lambeth and Methodists, saying the spread of gospel will soon divide China by the cross.
Rear Admiral Bruce reports from Taku that Aug 10 dispatch says troops are about 27 miles from Pekin with little opposition. Tartar cavalry attacked by Bengal lancers. many Tartars killed and General Ma and Sung’s standards captured. Heat exhausts troops but health and spirits are good. Ho Si Wa dispatch Aug 11 notes rain may delay the advance.
Washington reports the War Department released Filipino correspondence captured by General Funston in Luzon. Translated from Spanish under Captain John R. M. Taylor, the letters include a missive from Dr. Montague R. Leverson to Senor G. Apacible calling McKinley a pirate and urging Filipinos to seize an American officer for piracy while advising public appeals and topics to stress.
Washington reports reliable authority says Pekin would designate a high official to meet allied commanders at Tung Chow to agree on measures for safe conduct of foreign legations. The move may reflect the note to the emperor and seeks cooperation with the relief expedition amid fears over Chinese escort adequacy. Prince Ching name is suggested as a possible envoy.
Vice Chairman Henry Payne received Governor Roosevelt's itinerary outlining a nationwide speaking tour. The first speech is in Detroit on Sept. 6 with stops in Grand Rapids Sept. 7, South Bend Sept. 8, LaCrosse Sept. 10, then a sweep through several states before concluding in New York.
London reports Transports with British troops arriving at Shanghai roadstead on Tuesday. The viceroy protested to Admiral Seymour against the landing and Seymour sought instructions from his government. Shanghai residents blame French and Russian consuls for the move. Sheng's American adviser Ferguson resigns after criticism. An English AP correspondent notes noted ties between American officials and Sheng.
Havana news reports the city council rejected the new charter after over a year of work costing $20 000 to $25 000 mainly salaries. Governor Wood says municipal business will use the old Spanish charter until a more suitable charter is adopted.
Minneapolis reports a new drop in flour prices with rates cutting across lines. Late week suspicions of two lines cutting proved valid as tariff rates fell 194 cents on lake and rail to seaboard New York and 3 cents higher for all rail. The range of cuts starts at 2 cents and extends upward, attributed to one of the weaker lake and rail lines.
A Che Foo dispatch to the state department, badly mangled in transmission, seems to relay a Conger message. It indicates Pekin’s crisis deepens as Chinese authorities press ministers to depart under escort before relief forces arrive.
William A. Brady announced that James J. Jeffries will not fight the Sharkey Fitzsimmons winner. Jeffries cancelled the bout because he believed defeating a man who already fought another hard match that week would not carry credit.
Continued investigations reveal Chinese are mounting larger guns and overhauling old gunboats at Canton. Mines are prepared for deployment in the West River as a Wu Chow steamer reports many Chinese troops moving upriver likely toward Pekin.
A communication from Consul General Goodnow in Shanghai has reached the state department but will not be made public. It concerns policy and international affairs and nothing on such questions will be released at present.
Washington Republicans meet in Tacoma on August 16 and adopt a platform, nominate a full state ticket, and adjourn. J. M. Frink’s King County slate for governor dominates the convention with a large majority and is nominated without opposition.
New York City faced a race riot on Wednesday following the killing of a police officer by a Black man. Authorities urged calm as confrontations and violence swept parts of the city.
The Northland express and passenger train No 2 collided head on near Pierson at 5 a.m. The crash killed seven people and left nine fatally injured. Both engines and the baggage car were destroyed.
Labor Commissioner McHale receives Factory Inspector McCallum report confirming ten deaths in the Hibbing mine disaster on July 18 with three injured. Two victims suffocated by gas, another found dead near the shaft. explosion likely caused by a spark from hot grease igniting powder. Company exonerated. exact cause may never be known.
Ed Swanson a 26 year old carpenter employed at the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul dock fell from the top of the dock through the structure into the water below a 66 foot drop. Fellow workers report he struck timbers seven or eight times and likely died on impact his skull was fractured and his collar bone broken and he was found badly bruised.
Jamestown North Dakota August 16. Judge Glaspell refused a mandamus to force Eddy County commissioners to set up a voting precinct in the region populated by Indians. The ruling followed a finding that it had not been established Indians were legal voters.
The body of Collis P. Huntington arrived in New York from his Adirondack lodge aboard a special train. It rests in the Huntington town house at 2% East Fifty-seventh Street. Funeral services are announced for Friday at 11 o'clock as a private ceremony.
Governor Beckham issued a proclamation convening the Kentucky General Assembly in extra session on August 28 to consider modification or amendment of the Goebel election law. The action aims to address disputed provisions and ensure lawful procedures in the electoral process.
Attorney General Jet Davis filed suit in the circuit court against Independent Ice Little Rock Brewing and Ice North Little Rock Ice alleging an ice trust violation of Arkansas law and seeking 50000 in damages.
The post office department ordered the establishment of rural free delivery service starting September 1 at Bangor Wisconsin. The action marks expanded mail delivery to rural residents in the Bangor area under the new service.
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