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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1900
Page
1
The subject is described as having the finest Undertaking Parlors in the city and a graduate of Chicago Oriental and Western colleges. Five years with F. Z Warren Mercantile Co. of this city. Available day or night at the above address.
Fragmentary ad style prose extols soda as the only summer plan to beat heat and attract customers. It promises cool relief, refreshing flavors, and superior distribution to customers in Cheyenne.
Shanghai reports say allied forces of about twenty thousand with 170 guns move toward Pekin aiming for August 12th capture. Washington confirms Minister Wu no longer opposes the action and has received government instructions though doubts remain about Chinese reactions.
London reports the Pekin relief column left Tien-Tsin yesterday with aims toward Vang Tsung about twenty miles north. Allied forces may face heavy fighting as 20,000 Chinese troops are entrenched at Yang Teung. Military men caution that only a preliminary movement has begun.
London observers on August 3 report Chinese forces advancing on Pekin threaten not only foreign life but also the emperor and empress and the collapse of the Manchu regime.
President McKinley and his party arrived at the White House from Canton this morning. He held a one hour conference with Secretaries Long and Root shortly after arrival.
Reports show a Pekin relief force of 21,000 troops including 12,000 Japanese and 2,500 British advancing by river and rail, with another column of Russian and Japanese troops moving from the northeast. Chinese forces gather at Lang Fang and Tunhow as the 28 year old emperor's birthday passes without ceremony due to the war.
Raleigh August 2 The NC election is treated as nationally important with the amendment to disfranchise Black voters central to the contest. Predictions favor adoption though results remain uncertain and widely watched by observers.
Roosevelt begins a three day campaign tour of New York state from August 2 to 4 speaking to elites and smaller towns. The plan includes appearances at Republican headquarters and Perera county fair with a slate of speeches across September.
Washington, Aug 2 A State Department release publicized correspondence with Li Hung Chang proposing safe escort for ministers to Tianjin if powers refrain from marching on Beijing Hay refused any compromise without direct talks with Conger Li Hung Chang pressed for free communication to avert conflict The reply urged free talks with Pekin and urged imperial China to cooperate with the relief expedition to ease danger to diplomats and citizens.
London reports whisper that the Duke died Monday night from an incurable throat cancer and may have taken his own life to avoid a long painful illness. The only official notice cited death under very distressing circumstances.
Advices from Milan say Brenal is confined in an iron straight jacket and is tightly handcuffed. A blinding light is said to be used in his eyes to prevent sleep, and he is tortured in other ways not exceeding the law to force names of accomplices, while the regicide remains silent.
Reports from London dated August 2 say General Botha, commander in chief, has surrendered. The Boers under his command have been hard pressed recently.
Reports from Rome say King Humbert is not in a distressed condition after a naval win. He told the crowd at the war den that no force was needed to clothe him yesterday and remarked it will be the clear figure ahead.
Advertisement for property available at The Metropolitan bowl with modern improvements including heat bath barber shop and other facilities. Inquiries directed to I W Griffin about terms and occupancy.
A Denver divorcee Mrs H C Brown wed Jack Campbell in Cheyenne amid lively gossip. The ceremony followed Brown Palace Hotel ties and precedents of the Wyoming divorce law. Henry Brown, her first husband, dined alone at the hotel and faced lonely moments after the split. The couple plans to travel east after a brief stay with Mrs Gene.
A lone attacker from southern France norse a carpenter look and cried long live the children of the people as he pulled a revolver. The shah was uninjured after being disarmed and photographed. Paris police clamped down on details, noting the suspect is about 20 and may be a crazed anarchist.
Betty, newly married, takes charge of home accounts but errs repeatedly. She ends up with a $125 surplus she can’t explain. Her husband and her father intervene as a telegram reveals the fund is from her father and he discharges Betty’s bookkeeping efforts.
A damaged notice promotes a sale by the City Hack Line offering two hacks two horses and one wet double harness at a low price with unclear further details.
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