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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1900
Page
1
Well dressed men discuss the latest footwear fall arrivals at Bon’s Shoe Store. New styles capture attention with sleek designs and affordable prices for the season.
Vague reminiscences recall Froative Day and a Cheyenne landmark ten years older than a distant era. The piece muses on a new century voting, the Palace’s lingering glory, and a Denver observatory forecast guiding Cheyenne toward a revived civic assembly.
London reports August 15 dispatch from Pekin describing Legation Street as unrecognizable after destruction. Foreign houses buried or shot through. the French legation walls stand only in fragments amid widespread property devastation.
Hongkong reports iki Japanese cruisers patrolling Amoy with a large force in the city. Today 1,300 reinforcements sailed via Formosa toward Amoy. Officials say Japan seeks Fu Kien province as a long claimed sphere of influence. Empress Dowager denial issued in Moscow. It is believed the emperor Kuang How may have been killed. the dowager possibly escaped toward Yegol, near Pekin.
London reports Asia minor actions surrounding Pekia relief, with a dispatch from St Petersburg claimed as not generally credited. The note indicates a shift in Allied aims as authorities consider ending military operations.
The New York announcement says Chairman Tianna will leave this city on Tuesday or Wednesday for Chicago. It marks a return to the original plan for the senior to travel to Chicago around September, following the direction of ongoing events.
Milas August 29 Breeci, the murderer of King Humbert, was tried today. The trial was brief and Thesascasin was pronounced guilty and sentenced to life military confinement as the extreme penalty under Italian law. Bresci showed marked indifference to the proceedings.
The article estimates that the United Kingdom population will reach about 41,000,000 by March 1901, noting a gain of roughly 6,000,000 since 1651. It discusses long-term demographic trends affecting Great Britain and Ireland and mentions the shift in population dynamics observed by observers of the era.
Secretary Root declares the war over and fighting of consequence ended. Diplomacy is blocked by differences among powers as a White House conference on the Chinese situation continues with Root Gage Hitchcock and Smith present.
London reports Lord Roberts failed to crush the main Boer army west of Pretoria and may require a new campaign to reach Botha. Boers retreat to inaccessible country near Lydenburg. Cape Colony Premier Sir John Gordon Spregg says no early resumption of hostilities with the Transvaal and fears prolonged guerrilla warfare.
Washington officials believe the land line between Ghangkal and Che Fuso has been cut by Bemera. It would delay all messages by several days as they must be sent by steamer, delaying the four day trip via the Pee so hanghat.
Chicago hosts the thirty fourth annual G A R encampment as Commander in Chief Shaw presides. Mayor Harrison addressed the delegates amid cheers, with reports read and executive session followed by an afternoon adjournment. Next encampment site and officers to be decided.
The text describes an encampment linking past Confederacy fighters to a broad organization. A. B. Leeper of Owaneco Illinois leads the plan, working to recruit followers and secure support for a reconciliation effort at a future meeting. The goal is uniting former principals across north and south in a broader campaign.
In Charlotte North Carolina August 24 Avery Mille was killed by a mob while being transported to jail. The mob abducted him from officers and strung him up in connection with the alleged theft of peaches. Ex-legislator M H Flock mentioned in relation to the incident.
Pekin dispatches dated August 21 report movement to the south and Japanans claim control of the Winter Palace. Russians were allowed to destroy it. An allied reconnaissance near the imperial park uncovered no armed fences but killed a Chinese scout.
Senator Kirk introduced a bill repealing the Goebel law and restoring the old election law with amendments. In the Kentucky House Orr of Owen introduced a repeal proposing a state board. Both houses adjourned at 4 o’clock tomorrow.
Thomas Longhurst, a funeral director from Oldweet, collaborates with Lith of Fiso Upholstering on memorial services and related furnishings.
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