28 Aug 1900
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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1900
Page
1
Paris reports Admiral Couerre Jolles in Chinese waters says a council of admirals notified foreign legations at Peking that Li Hung Chang will be held aboard a warship until opening negotiations between the powers and China.
London reports a mixed Russian Japanese cavalry pursuit of Chinese forces near Nam Yin in Pekin’s aftermath. Empress and Emperor believed moved west. nine thousand Shan Tung troops and 15 guns threaten Pekin lines as Allen and foreign instructors equip Chinese forces with Krupp and Mauser arms.
Dispatches report Chinese forces under Yamaguchi nearing Pekin with 9000 troops and 15 guns from Shan Tung, aiming to disrupt allied lines. Other items note a Sixth Cavalry victory near Taku with 5 wounded and 100 Chinese dead, ongoing coal market effects, dock strikes, mine worker meetings, a strike risk in Hazelton, Pa, and coinage turmoil in Spanish silver. Bresei’s hunger strike after Humbert assassination attempt. Ford linked to Chicago shootings. various global and domestic notices wrap the era’s unrest.
A local retailer in Butte highlights a wide range of men’s underwear for fall and winter. Featured lines include heavy weight balbriggian, linen mesh, Egyptian lisle, union suits, wool blends, merino knit to fit, and pure silk options. Prices range from 1.00 to 15.00 per garment with exclusive agency noted for Portage Knit-to-it line.
Odd lot yarns offered to clear room for new stock. Columbia Thistle and Australian Saxony Yarns in many colors. Fairy Zephyr in scarlet blue pink garnet. Imported Germantown Zephyr in multiple brands and colors. Saxony Yarn assorted shades. All at half price. 20 skeins for 50c.
Veterans from 7000 posts march through Chicago along a five hour parade to mark the Grand Army of the Republic’s greatest display since 1865. Leaders include Commander in Chief Shaw and Mayor Harrison with bands, aides, and a ceremonial review before Lafayette Post No. 141 and dozens of local units.
London reports August 27 dispatch noting slow advance due to terrain. Bergendal, two miles northwest of Dalmantha, fell to Buller’s troops with Inniskillens and Scots brigade leading. Boer casualties high and a pompom captured. French moved to Swartskopje aiding Pole-Carew. Baden-Powell reached Nylstroom and plans a northward push toward Pretoria.
A vivid account describes old soldiers marching along the avenue, hailed by crowds as they pass in the 1900 parade. Hats waved, cries of cheer repeat, veterans show halting steps yet high hearts, making the procession a credit to them and to their country.
Louis Boothroyd of Manchester England is dead in El Paso after taking cyanide of potash with suicidal intent. A former Indian Civil Service employee and relative of prominent New York families, he arrived in El Paso last winter, left for Phoenix in April, returned Saturday, and died fifteen minutes after drinking poison at a saloon. He was 45 years old.
Rome sources say Italy asked Britain to expel Malatesta from England. Malatesta retorts he has committed no crime and would seek America if ordered to leave. Italian embassy official notes no instruction from Rome and Britain has not acted.
Leun Kai Tin a Chinese envoy said to be the personal representative of the Chinese emperor arrives in San Francisco with Wu secretaries Shum Moon and Wun Yur. He arrives to expand a reform movement among Chinese regents and aims to continue spreading reform gospel after work in British Columbia Seattle Tacoma Portland and other Pacific Northwest cities.
R G Dun is seriously ill at his summer villa, Dunmore, Narragansett. After years of illness a June decline kept him from a Canada fishing trip and he has since improved then weakened, with plans to move him to New York if strength returns.
Rome note sent to Catholic governments states the Pope renounces none of his papal rights over the Rome provinces and will recognize the new king only as king of Sardinia until Italy recognizes the Holy See.
Baltimore population reported as hi.957 versus 434,439 in 1890, a 17.15 percent gain. Denver population announced at 183,859, compared with 508,957 in 1890, up 17.15 percent. The gunboat Castine sent to Amoy China to report on strained conditions. Capt. Rowan to command. A jail delivery at Red Lodge occurred Sunday by prying a window and opening cells.
London August 27 There is no truth in a Che Foo dispatch of August 24 claiming Russia Germany and Japan declared war on China and pressed Britain and the United States to retire from that country Inquiries in St Petersburg Berlin and Tokyo proved the report unworthy of notice.
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