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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1900
Page
1
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The Chinese press rejects the proposed peace terms and warns that legation guards prevent the emperor from returning, signaling continued tension and political instability.
Li Hung Chang and Ching Cet report object to forts reduction. Swaxonal notes Chinese newspapers protest proposed terms. Universal Gazette argues officials to be punished should be named. Question if Tung ku Hsiang and Prince Tuan face punishment. peace commissioners told not to exceed imprisonment.
Li Hang Chang and Prince Ching, Chinese pace commissioners, discussed with Emperor Kwangsuh. Prince Ching resisted ceding forts and keeping permanent legation guards, arguing such guards could threaten the court. Further talks were planned before ministers are seen.
Pixina December 28. The British increase garrison at Yang Tsun by 100 men with horses and three guns. A 1000 cavalry flying column will scour the area between Tien Tsin and Yang Tsun under von Waldersee. Colonel Tuliock’s regiment stays to destroy towns it recently held after Boxers used them as headquarters. British say Boxers lack arms and expect no serious trouble, while the Chinese government feared to trust them.
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A U S envoy letter reports an American company gained control of the Northern Island railroad in Guatemala, running 186 miles from Porto Barrios to El Rancho. The line serves banana, orange, sugar and coffee regions with massive freight, after European financiers failed to secure ownership.
Boston police believe Pat Crowe and an accomplice on the kidnapping charge are aboard the Warren liner Michigan en route to Liverpool. A cable with the information has been sent to Scotland Yard detectives awaiting the steamer’s arrival at Liverpool docks.
Colonel Picquart writes to Waldeck Rousseau protesting inclusion in the amnesty bill. He refuses to owe rehabilitation to the measure and repudiates rumors that compensation will be offered after amnesty.
Despatches from South Africa report Lord Kitchener forcing Boers to stay blocked in Cape Colony but failing to expel them. Proclamation may prove weak without Dewet’s capture, as Doers fear Dewet’s vengeance if they surrender. Boers move west with 150 wagons, alleged trekking toward Marael. Queen Victoria backs a new knighthood titled Star of Africa for South Africa service.
Dec 24 engagement near Burghersdorp ends in repulse of Boers amid heavy combat. Kruitzinger commands about 700 troops moving British prisoners. Ninth Lancers suffer eight casualties including Lord Blackwood in a failed flank attempt at Plasterheavel. Martial law declared in Beaufort West and Carnarvon districts.
Christmas clashes on the Standerton to Ingogo line saw Boer assaults on every British garrison along the communication routes. Utrecht faced a forceful advance after a demand for whisky cigars and luxuries was refused. British defenders repulsed the attacks with only light casualties.
Lord Kitchener reports Knox with Barker Pilcher and White facing Dewet near Leuwkop as the Boers try to break through and move south. The eastern Cape column seems checked near Restport Spruit while the western column splinters toward Prieska and Siydenburg, pursued by Allied forces.
The Evening Standard reports a Cape Town dispatch states a Yeomanry squadron trapped and captured by Boers was released after being relieved of horses and equipment. Ten Yeomen were wounded in the engagement.
Richard Croker, after weeks in Carlsbad and Nice, arrived at Wantage two days before Christmas and received a summons to appear January 2 to answer questions about his income for income tax purposes.
At a Missouri prosecuting officers meeting in St. Louis a resolution was adopted to urge the state legislature to pass a law making kidnapping a capital crime.
The War Office demands General Sir Henry Colville resign from command at Gibraltar amid a reform push. Colville refuses and heads toward England as authorities revisit his role in the Lindsay Yeomanry disaster and related South Africa inquiries.
December grand jury investigating dives and corruption in Chicago municipal government summoned Mayor Harrison and Chief of Police Ripley. Ripley answered and spent nearly two hours denying bribery and extortion claims. Police Inspectors Hunt and Shea were questioned as well.
Honolulu prepares for a temperance drive led by the W C T U and the Ministers' Union. Miss Jessie McKerman and Miss Ada Murcutt arrive Dec 29 on the Coptic, followed by Rev Dr Chapman of Oakland in January. The campaign pushes support for a Maine congressman Littlefield bill to ban alcohol sales to Pacific island aborigines under U S control.
Three intoxicated woodsmen aboard a northbound North Western train between Marinette and Peshtigo refused to pay fares. A confrontation with two brakemen and the baggage man led to a knife and gun fight, with one brakeman being cut. The attackers were subdued and forced to pay double fare.
A strong international syndicate has been formed to develop the mineral resources of Damaraland. British capital will be held jointly in London, Paris, Berlin and New York. The government now offers facilities for foreign investment including colonization irrigation mining and a railway from Swaatkbund to Etjlebunde.
The Cleveland city council found Councilman John R. O'Donnell not guilty of accepting a bribe to vote for a Gamewell Fire Alarm contract. The vote was 13 to 6 to dismiss the charge amid remarks by Director of Law Hogsett who then declined further participation in trials of Steuer Purdy and Henry.
Ephraim Noble, his son, Alex Arbaugh son in law, and two grandsons were arrested today in Ironton for the August murder of George W. Noble. Noble, a wealthy stockman, was beaten with clubs and his body partly devoured by hogs. a $500 reward had been offered.
Foster Baker and Robert Jones quarreled while intoxicated in Cottonwood Point Pomicot county. Baker stabbed Jones to death and then shot a German named Johnson later that evening. Baker is jailed in Caruthersville with fears of lynching.
A large group of school children skating on a Foster river pond near What Cheer Iowa were reported drowned. Messages from Des Moines and surrounding towns confirm the drowning of 49 children near the fair grounds around 9 p m though verification remains incomplete.
Indiana news reports William H. Smythe grand secretary of the Masonic order of Indiana shot in his Masonic temple office. Three bullets struck Smythe in the head. he survived briefly but is not expected to recover. A blonde woman reportedly entered, asked to use a telephone, then fired. Police scoured the temple. no suspect or motive yet found. Family rejects suicide theory.
William Patterson, the Scranton Railway superintendent, was assaulted by strike sympathizers in Scranton Pennsylvania as Teamsters blocked his car. Breaker boys and street urchins pelted him with stolen potatoes, and strikers dragged him from the car into a saloon before he escaped through rear doors. Edward and Joseph Pently aided the crowd and police to disperse the mob and move the stalled car to the barn.
In Pierre eight D dec 28 the Cudahy affair sparks calls for harsher kidnapping punishments. The upcoming legislature may flood with bills. Current Nebraska law penalties cap imprisonment at ten years with good time deductions, effectively shortening sentences.
Mrs Carrie Watson, president of Barber county W. T. U., smashed a 300 painting and a 100 mirror at the Carey hotel bar in Wichita. She was jailed on charges of malicious destruction of property, noting she believes no law exists to prosecute her.
Iowa teachers convened in Des Moines Cedar Falls with D M Kelly W W Speer and Sheakley among speakers. Wisconsin teachers met at Davidson theater with W N Parker of Madison delivering the annual address highlighting manual training in all grades.
The Minnesota Educational association spent a busy day with five sectional meetings and a concluding evening concert at Central Presbyterian church. The event offered light entertainment after a long day of discussing varied educational questions.
Depositors rushed to withdraw funds from several Baltimore savings banks following the Old Town bank collapse. Crowds gathered before opening. banks opened early and paid out all requests. Some customers, once paid, redeposited funds and opened new accounts.
St Petersburg Dec 28 The Novoe Vremya Vladivostok correspondent reports the Russian government is poised to take over the Manchurian railroads. He says Commander Keller has departed Vladivostok to formalize delivery to government representatives. The Chinese losses cited total about 4 million roubles. Daily reports note incoming Chinese troops from southern ports.
Rumors persist that General Dewet President Steyn and General Haasbroek held a conference and proposed surrender if rebels are not punished and leaders are not deported. The claims remain unconfirmed as of Wednesday December 26.
The Oceanic Steamship Company steamer Sonome arrived in San Francisco from Philadelphia after a record breaking voyage of 86 days 3 hours with a stop at Coronel. The previous record was 43 days 6 hours by the Sierra.
A December letter from Secretary of the Navy Long, received via Senator Perkins, states a new battleship is to be christened California as construction begins soon.
The president orders Nome Alaska military reservation to become a public reservation under the War Department. The former reservation near the east side of the Nome River mouth is renamed Fort Davis military reservation.
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