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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1900
Page
3
Pixina Nov. 14 ministers report that the powers’ note to Chinese plenipotentiaries will be ready within ten days. All major points are agreed. only minor aspects remain. Ministers have cabled for instructions, due before the next meeting on Nov. 20.
Yokoyama reports in Victoria that the Triad party in Kwang Tung has heated up since Wei Chow occupation. Imperial troops lose ground as rebels siege Wei Chow and seize Same How. Namahan Kiang Si districts rise. Canton forces 3,000 vs 18,000 rebels. reinforcements ordered. Canton officials panic. reformers urge foreigners to leave Canton to aid overthrow of Manchu rule.
Quartermaster Luddington reports the transport Sumner sailed from Nagasaki for Manila with four Sixth Cavalry troops and four Third Artillery batteries. Four Fifteenth Infantry companies left Taku for Manila. These are the last US Army units in China bound for the Philippines. only legation guards at Beijing under General Chaffee remain.
In Brussels on November 16 the foreign affairs minister M. J. Favereau stated Belgium does not plan military action in China. The government seeks a small territorial settlement, not politically significant, possibly at Tianjin or elsewhere, without triggering military operations.
An imperial edict says Emperor Kwang Su and the empress dowager will return to Peking. A Russian column of 530 men with four guns fought 2,000 Chinese at Hsia T’sang, dispersing them with 200 Chinese killed and no Russian losses.
The War Department division of customs and insular affairs reports 21,107 total arrivals to Havana in the last fiscal year. Among them 1,286 were from the United States, 17,968 from Spain, 871 from Mexico, and 982 from other countries.
New York November 16 The directors of the American Linseed company have passed the quarterly dividend on the preferred stock. Previous payments have been made at the rate of 1 percent quarterly with the last disbursement in September this year.
Postmaster General Emory Smith proposes a 1902 rural free delivery program with an annual appropriation around 121 million dollars. An estimated 8.5 million would fund rural routes, aiming to add about 4,500 routes next year after establishing 4,300 this year. Officials study extending service to all areas not served by regular free delivery, including nonurban points.
Speaker Henderson of the House addressed the Society of the Army of the Tennessee in Detroit at the Masonic Temple on November 16. He called it a spiritual and patriotic uplifting for old soldiers and friends. General Russell A. Alger presided and introduced speakers including General Grenville M. Dodge who reviewed achievements of noted generals.
Minnesota Supreme Court declares the state tag law unconstitutional as it applies only to counties over 50 000 population and limits benefits to a fixed number per county. Ramsey county case involves Edwin Murray owner of the Murray institute for the care of inebriates who sought fees from county commissioners.
In St Paul on November 16 the State Auditor oversaw a public auction in the house of representatives chamber at the state capitol. Eighty million feet of standing timber sold for more than 400000 dollars with 100000 paid into the state treasury under a 25 percent rule on successful bids. Prices averaged 5 50 per thousand feet, more than double the 20 year ago stumpage rate.
Captain Lorcher talked to a Courier-Journal reporter from under 10 feet of Ohio River water at Evansville Indiana via long distance telephone. He used a submarine telephone operating at about four pounds per square inch pressure. His words and the exchange with air pump operators were easily understood.
Secretary of the Navy Long announces settlement of the armor plate dispute with the Carnegie and Bethlehem firms. Contracts set at 420 dollars per ton for Krupp armor plus royalties not exceeding 455.52 dollars per ton in total.
London dispatch notes serious European concern as reports of Tsar Nicholas II's typhoid fever impact hopes for world peace. The Times and other papers praise the czar's dedication to peace and warn changes in leadership could worsen the East par crisis.
The Official Messenger reports Czar Nicholas II is gravely ill with abdominal typhus after initial influenza symptoms. First noted November 2, the illness intensified by Wednesday, prompting a public uproar as the czar’s health becomes a matter of imperial concern.
Funeral services for Marcus Daly who died in New York on November 14 were held at St Patrick's Cathedral. A solemn requiem mass was celebrated by Rt. Rev. Bishop Randel of Helena assisted by Rev. Mather Michael J. Lavelle and others. Pallbearers included James S Haggin Joan W Mackey Henry H Rogers Hosmer B Parsons John A Sulivan ex Mayor Hugh J Grant William Scalion and William L Bull. The casket was moved to Calvary Cemetery and placed in the receiving vault.
Henry Elling a Montana pioneer and president of six banks in the state died at his Virginia City home after a brief illness. Born in Prussia in 1842, he arrived in the United States in 1857 and moved to Montana in 1964 with no money, later becoming a millionaire through diverse enterprises.
Paris reports private but trustworthy information noting King Oscar suffers a brain attack that erased memory and left him unable to recover. The facts are being suppressed.
Dr Wong Song a Christian Chinaman and interpreter asks police protection from a highbinder said to be brought to Kansas City to kill him for aiding raids on Chinese gambling dens. Song obtained peace warrants against four countrymen, one of whom allegedly threatened his life.
Heavy snow drifts blocked lines east of CurveLANb causing the Lake Shore limited to arrive two hours late. Manila censorship ends as General MacArthur orders cable companies to supply him with copies of all press dispatches.
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