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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1900
Page
6
Still advancing bull day in stock markets with strong sugar gains and copper shares leading. Boston Montana and other miners push higher while Provident Savings declares a modest dividend. European demand and potential war shipments influence money markets.
A historical market snippet discusses a loan with a cash balance over $200. Dealers who failed to bid for copper weeks earlier now confront stronger metal at 16s 2d to 17c, with some admitting a possible 16c copper for the rest of 1900. Prices cited include Bay State at 68 1/2, 67 0 on the curb, Revenue Leasing at 30, and For tuna Republica at 41 1/2.
Highest and lowest sales, closing, bid and asked prices reported. Assessments paid. Total sales include listed bonds of 50,000 dollars, listed stocks 6 793 shares, unlisted stocks 9 587 shares.
Wu questions credibility of unofficial reports while Pekin statements claim Li Hung Chang’s appointment and three foreign-origin claims. Chinese authorities urge allied support to protect ministers and preserve Tianjin, amid calls for restraint and peace in China.
Parishioners of St Augustine's Irish Church in South Boston meet at St Apereened to organize their annual field day at Charles River Park on Saturday Aug 18. Committees span base ball track events bicycling vaudeville and cake walk with John F Oakley directing sports and aiming to showcase top athletes. Bicycle events will be held in the evening with sanction granted.
The report quotes Minister Wu discussing a likely destruction of Tien Tsin and urging an appeal to the powers to spare the foreign walled city. He notes cables from Lord Salisbury and M. Delcasse and mentions his intent to travel to Pekin with a small escort to seek security and peaceful resolution amid Boxer unrest and foreign minister dangers.
Boston's Chinatown residents from southern China gathered at 2 00 PM above the Royal restaurant to discuss revolutions in Pekin and northern China. C W Hoey, a prominent Chinese leader in Boston social affairs, helped organize the gathering.
The article discusses Li Hung Chang's summons as a hopeful sign and outlines two motives for his call to Pekin. Officials doubt any attempt to sow dissension among foreign powers, noting unified pledges to Hay's note and confirming transfers via Wu and Goodnow. Li is reported to have left Canton and may reach Taku or Shan Hai Kuan to communicate with foreign ministers.
A cablegram from Admiral Remey lists six additional wounded officers not in Monday’s reports. The names include Major Jesse M. Lee Captain Andrew Brewster first lieutenants Louis B. Lawton William K. Naylor Harold Hammond and second lieutenant William H. Waldron. Details cover their birthplaces service records and dates of promotion spanning Civil War Spanish American War and earlier army commissions.
Tensions rise in Boston Chinatown after reports from China about the Pekin massacre and U S. losses at Tien Tsin. Police tighten guard along Harrison avenue with extra officers in plain clothes and preparations to avert any outbreak.
The article recounts the Boxer uprising's origins in 1899, the German railway dispute, and the mounting anti foreign sentiment. It covers the U.S. push for action, the arrival of foreign troops, the siege of the legations in Pekin, and the final massacre as international efforts failed to save diplomats and missionaries.
Boston endures brutal heat as the hottest night in 28 years passes. Officials report temperatures from 78 to 94 degrees with urban crowds seeking relief at the Common and Public Garden. Hospitals handle heat prostration cases while a man found near Jamaica Plain parkway is taken to City Hospital morgue.
In a Canton interview dated July 16 reported by the Daily Telegraph, Li Hung Chang states his mission to Pekin is two fold to save foreign ministers and to secure favorable peace terms with the allied powers. American and French consuls praise the aims but urge him to honor pledges to protect civilians and restore order in the south.
Moy Loy, a leading Boston Chinese figure, assures there will be no trouble from Boston's Chinese regardless of developments in China. He notes most Boston Chinatown residents hail from southern China and disavow the Boxers or any northern China action.
Revere Beach drew a record 4000 bathers by 8 PM yesterday, second only to the Fourth of July and nearing last Sunday's peak. Met Park Commission officials Chairman De Las Casas and ex-Mayor Curtis toured the bath house late in the day and praised patronage and management as high tides are expected between 3 and 4 o clock today.
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