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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1900
Page
1
A shopping page item lists discounted goods including hats trimmed fabrics percale calicoes lawns and challies at half to low prices. Also features parasols corsets and various grocery items plus cheap soaps and crackers with a note on summer dress goods and parasol bargains.
A Southern Railway passenger train carrying thirty five passengers derailed after striking a washout. All occupants in Pullman cars escaped in time, avoiding cremation or drowning.
A Southern railway passenger train on the Macon branch wrecked near McDonough Georgia after a washout. Thirty-five people killed in the disaster as the train plunged into a culvert and caught fire. Rescuers faced heavy rains and lingering floods. bodies were recovered at daylight amid the wreckage and water.
In a BCE era report, authorities sought to gather the dead from a disastrous trip. The dead were transported to Mc Donough. Three women were aboard. two escaped. One presumed dead remained unfound as searchers continued.
A northbound Chicago and Northwestern excursion train collided with a freight at Depere Wisconsin eleven miles south of Green Bay. Seven people were killed and 34 injured as the first coach smashed into the second. Fire and hospital aid followed. Engine crews survived.
Colonel William Jennings Bryan on a train to Chicago denounces the Philadelphia platform as evidence of Republican deception on key issues. He denies any rift with Democratic Chair John Jones and says reports of clashes are fabrications. He criticizes the platform as fraudulent on bi metallicism and money questions and notes militarist tone without endorsing a standing army.
Prince Tuan assumes general in chief after dismissing Young La and declares plans to march on Tien Tsin. Chinese troops attack at dawn June 21 with 45 Krupp rifles, burning the United States consulate while warehouses and Standard Oil premises escape. Legations remain held, with siege likely to continue.
Cuicano June 2 July wheat ends at 88 cents the peak of a sharp advance up 4.78 cents from yesterday. Traders frantic as enormous volume shifts disrupt elevators. Gains driven by hot dry Northwest weather and worsening crops in the Dakotas and Minnesota.
In Sofia on June 25, 90 people were killed and 842 wounded in fighting between troops and peasants in Varna district. A state of siege is proclaimed across Varna Shumla Tirnova Rasgrad Rustchuk and Ristovatz as the government tightens newspaper editor qualifications.
News from Loxnox dated June 25 reports Prince Tuan taking command of Chinese troops and Tien Tsin bombardment, signaling the dowager empress backing the Boxers and full Chinese military mobilization. Shanghai merchants move inland, consuls urge removal of the Chinese fleet from Shanghai as a prelude to international action.
Reports indicate worsening conditions in northern China as military actions continue. Admiral Seymour’s column has not been heard from for twelve days, raising concerns about supply lines and command status in the region.
North China unrest widens with 100000 men urged to secure Pekin relief. Allied forces in Tien Tsin pressed. 2300 Chinese reportedly cremated at Taku and 4000 killed at Tien Tsin. Griscom delivers non ultimatum demand for indemnity settlement from the Ottoman Porte.
General MacArthur issued a formal reply to peace proposals from Filipino leaders who sought settlement after insurgent approval. He guaranteed most personal rights under the U S constitution except trial by jury and bearing arms. He rejected the seventh clause expulsion of friars, deferring that issue to the Taft commission.
New York June 25 Richard Croker arrives from England aboard the Lucania and declares plans to take an active part in the upcoming national campaign. He admits owning American Ice stock before the Ice Trust formation but avoids confirming current holdings. He comments on Governor Roosevelt and Mayor Van Wyck, stating guilt requires proven wrongdoing and notes plans to attend Kansas City to thank New York newspapers for making him a delegate.
Washington dispatch reports Marines under Major Waller with 400 Russians clashing with the Chinese army near Tien Tsin. They could not break through. about 2,000 Chinese troops are said to be ready for a renewed assault. The notice notes the fight targets the regular Chinese army, not the Boxers.
A telegram from Admiral Kempff dated Che Foo on June 24 reports in a reciente ambush near Tien Tsin four of Waller's command killed and seven wounded. Two thousand troops proceed to relieve Tien Tsin. Admiral Remy ordered to go with the Brooklyn to Taku to carry army troops to General MacArthur.
In CepaR Rapids on June 25 Charles Mefford, 27, crashed into James Fitzsimmons home with an axe, gravely injuring Fitzsimmons, his wife, and daughter Kate. Neighbor Joseph Drake was knocked unconscious. Mefford fled, shot himself, then killed himself as police closed in.
London reports from Pretoria say General Botha has full powers to negotiate peace and is willing to surrender. President Kruger is described as obdurate, while trains may resume between Durban and Johannesburg.
Rear Admiral Kempff reports to the navy department that in Pekin there are 30 Austrians 75 French 50 Germans 79 British 40 Italians 23 Japanese 75 Russians and 58 American troops. No news on Pekin relief expedition or from Tien Tsin since the last report. Japanese expect several thousand troops due. Dispatch arrived before note on felting in progress.
Special dispatches from Shanghai report continued bombardment of Tien Tsin on June 25 with pleas for reinforcements. The notices emphasize the urgent demand for Russian troops to bolster defenses amid the siege.
A large fire devastated Huntley Minnesota wiping out the business section and its post office and general store owned by A. D. Maiters. The blaze spread to Wentworth South Dakota destroying the Williams farm implements and both elevators with coale sheds. Total losses estimated at $60,000.
Four men died in a Champion Michigan mine blast. Victims named are John Floyd shift boss Noah Lark skip tender Herman Tuma and Otto Park. One man escaped by climbing an air hose to fresh air. speculation attributes the blast to sparks from a miner's pipe.
A Daily Mail dispatch says 20,000 Chinese used machine guns and modern field pieces in the assault on the Tien Tsin relief force. The allies retreated as forwarding detachments suffered personal crises and foreign defeats aid the Boxers’ movement, which grows as foreigners fail to halt it.
General MacArthur reports from Manila that on June 23 a detachment of 100 officers and 40th volunteers under Captain Millar left Tagayan on a reconnaissance up the Tagayan river and were ambushed by insurgents in a strong position. Fifty men were sent to reinforce. they could not take the position and withdrew to the coast post. The casualties include soldiers from Companies H and M, with listed names Arising from the engagement near Tagayan.
A Paris based committee advocates Boer independence and issues a manifesto signed by 40 French senators and deputies including 8 ex ministers. It calls for uniting similar groups in Russia America Germany Holland and England to press for peace and halt destruction of the two republics.
Rumor swirls in naval circles that a German cruiser forced a Chinese ship ashore and captured another, with reports of about 60 Chinese killed and 70 wounded.
Fragmented wire copy notes a cyclone affecting buildings in Cologne and congestion around London. The disconnected text also mentions China and a Chinese minister with vague references to cables and a viceroy in Pekin, but specifics are unclear.
American delegates filled city pulpits for the World Women Christian Temperance Union gathering. Rev. Charles H. Sheldon of Topeka Kansas served as principal speaker at the afternoon congress meeting and spoke again at the mass evening session, with Mrs. Barnes presiding.
The transport McPherson left Santiago carrying one hundred twenty five Cuban teachers bound for Boston to attend Harvard summer school. Most teachers are young women. Parents refused to let some go, but hundreds were turned away. A priest accompanies the group as chaperone. Americans Are Better Workmen Strike divides Havana Electric workers on wage gaps with Americans earning about 40 cents more per day. contractors defend higher American value.
Romer June 25 King Humbert approves Sorace list of ministers with Bruno Chimmey set for finance. The ministry will take oath later. For presidency of the chamber of deputies the candidate is Tomasso Villa, a learned advocate.
In Indianapolis the Tigers routed Detroit 10 to 3. Chicago beat Kansas City 4 to 2. Minneapolis edged Milwaukee 4 to 3. Buffalo defeated Cleveland 8 to 7. In Chicago the Cubs lost to the Reds 3 to 5 in the National League.
Reports say the Rockford Illinois plant of the Glucose Sugar Refining company has restarted operations. Pittsburg endured a heat wave on Sunday with a high of 94 degrees at about 5 p.m. Judge Henry L. Warden, a prominent Southwest lawyer and former Montana chief justice, died at Albuquerque New Mexico. There are unconfirmed plans for a quiet London wedding between Lady Randolph Churchill and Lieutenant George Cornwallis West of the Scots Guards on Wednesday.
In Duluth the late market notes cash wheat values for No 1 hard and No 1 Northern with a range of figures and arrivals for July September and October. Flax prices for cash September October are listed with fractional cents and dollars.
In Minneapolis on June 93 the report lists wheat prices for In Store No 1 Northern June 8740 July 870 and September 8534 with late figures s8gc. It also notes On Track No 1 hard 903e and No 1 Northern 88 percent No.2 Northern BUC with scattered abbreviations.
CATTLE market steady with beeves selling at 4.80 to 4.90, cows bulls and mixed 2.50 to 4.00, stockers and feeders 4.00 to 4.40. HOGS advance 10 to 15 cents, price range 5.07 to 5.16. Receipts Cattle 200, hogs 4,000.
HOGS market opened steady amid higher prices with hogs at 4.85. CATTLE market dull. steers 4.60 to 6.00, cows and heifers 4.00 to 4.49, veal calves 4.00 to 6.00. SHEEP market weak. lambs 4.50 to 0.00 with bids kept. Receipts: cattle 225, calves 35, hogs 1,000, sheep 100.
Chicago notes steady cattle with good to prime steers at about 5.75 and cows around 2.45 to 4.75 while stockers and feeders range near 3.40 to 4.75. Hogs gain about ten to fifteen cents with mixed, butcher and light hogs selling around 5.20 to 6.20 and lambs and sheep slower at 3.40 to 6.75 for lambs.
A fragmentary market update from Cuba shows June prices for wheat corn oats pork and flax with figures for June July August and September. The data includes futures and cash prices across grains and livestock with scattered typos and incomplete entries.
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