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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1900
Page
1
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Washington reports governments anticipate an armistice as the next step after rescuing legations in Pekin. Eleven nations seek damages from the Boxer disturbances including missionary killings and legation property loss, with a committee to adjudicate indemnities likely.
The Aug. 16 dispatch from Pekin says Japanese and Russians pressed the eastern wall, entered the city by the Tartar gates, and linked with American and British forces near the legations. Over 100 Japanese were killed including three officers. allied casualties not yet known. Chinese loss around 400.
A cable from W O Elterich states that Missionaries at Pao Ting Fu are all killed. The Presbyterian board in New York notes Che Foo as the reporting location and Eberich as the board member there. It was believed the mission at Pao Ting Fu included three missionaries and ten foreign missionaries total.
St. Petersburg correspondent cites telegraph saying Russians have conquered the right bank of the Amur. The Amur is no longer the frontier but an interior river, indicating a major shift in territorial control.
The cruiser New Orleans reaches Wu Sung Shanghai with 800 men including 40 marines. British forces have landed and French and German parties are expected to follow. Americans are not expected to land a party.
The entire Kelly Axe Manufacturing plant, valued at 800000 dollars, was wiped out by fire in Alexandria. Once the world’s largest axe factory, it was the most important US facility of its kind and was well insured.
The wooden steamer Argonaut sprang a leak after taking on a cargo of iron ore and sank at her dock in Escanaba Michigan. No injuries reported. The incident occurred on August 20 as the vessel settled and disappeared beneath the surface.
In Gronertown Kentucky on August 20 former Secretary of State Caleb Powers was found guilty of complicity in Governor Goebel s murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The eleven jurors, eight Goebel Democrats three anti Goebel Democrats and one Republican, rendered a unanimous verdict after a brief 45 minute deliberation. Powers showed shock and protest, calling the verdict unjust as he prepared to depart with the jailer.
In Grorovetown Kentucky on August 20 the Henry Youtsey case is set for the day but the defendant’s poor health may delay it. Difficulty in obtaining a jury rivals the Powers trial as most county residents were disqualified by evidence heard there. Judge Cantrill may summon a venire from neighboring counties.
Manitoba reports show a drastic drop in yields. Provincial agriculture minister Mr. Davidson confirms the outlook is poor with expected average grain under 10 bushels per acre and about a quarter of seeded land unsalvageable. With favorable weather wheat might have reached 40 million bushels, but official stats now project no more than 11 million bushels.
Pretoria report on Lord Roberts's proclamation warns that oath breakers will face death, imprisonment, or fines. Burghers in British-occupied districts who do not take the oath will be treated as prisoners of war and transported, and farms sheltering enemy scouts may be razed.
Daylight lifted the blockade to Lake Superior navigation as the schooner Maida was moved from the deep water channel in St Marys River. The wreck, swung clear, had detained a fleet of over 200 vessels for about 80 hours with losses estimated near 200000 dollars.
The Kansas City fire brigade was disqualified from winning prizes at the Vincennes international fire apparatus show because the staff were paid professionals. They were allowed to exhibit. however, their speed and performance in reaching building tops and projecting water far surpassed all rivals.
The census count for Greater New York shows a total population of 3,437,202 including Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Richmond, and Queens. An approximate 87.9 percent increase since 1800 is noted.
Three major New York City assemblies the letter carriers stationary engineers and firemen prepared to leave the Knights of Labor to join the American Federation. The move signals a major realignment in city labor leadership and union affiliations.
Senor Manuel Alvarez Calderon the newly appointed Peruvian minister was formally received by President McKinley at the White House. The meeting featured the exchange of felicitous remarks marking the occasion.
Vienna reports the Austrian foreign office has received word that the acting minister at Pekin Dr. Von Rosthorn was slightly wounded in an incident in the Chinese capital.
J M Burnham publisher of Wynmore Neb shoots and kills his father Captain Collins A Burnham after a confrontation in their home. A coroner jury exonerates the son finding the act in self defense.
Catherine Scharf aged 22 was beaten to death with a hammer in her room on the second floor at 674 Second Avenue between 7 pm and midnight. Her body found by her brother in the morning. Police suspect a thief entered, killed to avoid identification, room ransacked.
Florence Almond aged 15 was killed when a brick was thrown from a crowd of black residents after she appeared in a white sheet as a ghost on a lot at Fifty seventh and Ludlow streets in Philadelphia. The incident occurred as bystanders fled the scene.
In St Louis on Sixth street a streetcar struck a barouche injuring Blanche Skelle 13 who died when the wheel passed over her neck. Herman Wilsbahe suffered a crushed skull and is not expected to recover while John Skelle escaped with non serious injuries.
Ex Senator Ingalls laid to rest at Trinity Episcopal Church with a private service. A special train from Topeka brought former Senator Pfeffer Judge W A Johnston Attorney General A A Goddard and others to the funeral. Judge Otis places the late politician’s fortune at about 250000 dollars.
Germany’s export of war material to China reached 8 160 000 marks while 180s saw 3 420 000. Cuba’s Paris exposition exhibit won 140 prizes. Germany produced 1 680 000 tons of raw sugar by July end versus 1 520 000 in prior months. Seaside Athletic club confirms Fitzsimmons Sharkey fight set for Friday August 24.
The 1,400 Cuban school teachers departed Washington aboard Pennsylvania Railroad trains with cheers for Cuba and the United States. After visiting New York and Philadelphia they will sail for Havana.
Michele Guida and Natalie Maresca, two Italians, were arrested by secret service men aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II and taken from Ellis Island to the barge office for suspected involvement in a conspiracy to assassinate President McKinley. They remained in detention with limited remarks as officials weigh a possible special inquiry or board of investigation.
Rome daily says letters found at Bresci’s lodging triggered the New York arrests of Maresca and Guida. A July 26 New York letter signed Mabor urged Bresci to commit the crime, claiming Maresca and Guida would do their duty to President McKinley. Maresca is noted as a fanatical anarchist by Italian police.
An accord reached after cable exchanges assigns all navies at Shanghai to jointly observe the Chinese Yangtse fleet. Four cruisers and several torpedo boats and destroyers form its force, with transports ashore bearing troops. The US cruiser New Orleans will join the joint patrol within days.
President and high officials attended the solemn memorial for King Humbert I at St Matthew's Church in Washington. Italian ambassador Baron Fava announced the services with State Department backing and foreign dignitaries in formal uniform added color to the ceremony.
From letters published in papers the Samoa situation is described as unsatisfactory. The Mataafa party blames the governor for favoring Tanu and its faction. Ceaseless dissensions followed with few actual hostilities occurring.
Eurama August 20. A trestle bridge of the Missouri Kansas and Texas line across the South Canadian river five miles south was set ablaze and destroyed in an apparent attempt to derail a northbound passenger train. The crew halted the train just before it plunged into the river.
Kansas Orry Missouri reports that two thirds of Kansas west of the three easternmost counties suffers severe drought, with general opinion that the state will see the smallest corn crop relative to feeding needs in many years.
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