07 Sep 1900
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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1900
Page
1
The article recalls Bay City citizens sending sons to the Spanish war and cites the 1861–65 lessons. It stresses national prosperity and honor as the core issues and notes a party departing for Saginaw at 9 o'clock.
A Shanghai dispatch reports Hung Chang asking for an American escort to Pekin and the US Consul Goodnow weighing the request. With a proposed plan gaining broad support among powers, Britain states it is wise for allied forces to stay at Pekin until peace arrangements with the Chinese government are settled.
Hong Kong dispatch says chamber of commerce and China association protest withdrawal until proper government is formed. Foreign prestige would suffer. rumors of simultaneous unrest in Canton and Hong Kong alarm reputable Chinese. Chinese police deny credence, reports confirm arrivals of French gunboat Decidee and transport Surnat.
Butte shoppers urged to visit for a clearance featuring 45 mixed women s patent leather dress shoes 47 pairs tan rusela calf and tan viel kid shoes 115 pairs fine black viel kid and vesting tops 99 black don gola and black vici kid styles 45 children s black vici kid wedge heel 45c pair 17 boys black satin calf school shoes 11 youth black satin calf laced school shoes and 10 little girls tan Russia calf and black rex calf shoes all at steep, clearly marked discounts on regular prices in a genuine season end sale.
Mandarin envoys from Peking propose peace talks with allied ministers but no prince joins. Allied forces hesitate to enter the palace, fearing Chinese prestige and possible government collapse if palatial buildings burn, a delay that emboldens Boxers who have killed two French soldiers. In central Peking, tensions rise as the crisis deepens.
A London dispatch notes that Germany’s response to the Russian proposal on evacuating Peking draws wide approval. The Times deems the German decision unobjectable, suggesting each power must determine its own position. The Standard summarizes the reply as fitting self interests.
A dispatch from Tien Tsin via Che Foo and Shanghai reports the American minister favors inviting Li Hung Chang to negotiate for China. Observers doubt his sincerity and reliability. In Peking the government is said to be dead, with possible partition or a shift to independent provincial governments.
Paris Sept 7 active negotiations aim at a compromise with Rusia over Pekin. Powers may withdraw troops from Pekin and leave an international guard to protect legations. Main force to retire toward Tien Tsin with guard along the Pekin Tien Tain railroad. Russia signals withdrawal from Pekin but staying nearby.
Stettin hosts the arrival of the German emperor and empress for the imperial navy maneuvers. An address of welcome is delivered to the royal guests as they settle in for the drills and ceremonies surrounding the fleet exercises.
Pittsburg report states a rush order for ten large freighters to ply Lake Erie via Welland canal to the Gulf of St Lawrence and across the Atlantic carrying iron and steel. Contracts total 19 vessels with 7,000 to 8,000 ton capacity. Cost estimated at about 8.5 million dollars, with major purchases by Carnegie and Rockefeller interests. Construction underway at Lorain Cleveland and Detroit yards as orders accelerate.
The burgomaster declared his majesty’s conviction that success would attend efforts to establish in the far east a stable government and orderly conditions for German merchants to trade undisturbed. He expressed no anxiety for the future and believed the plan would serve the fatherland.
Washington officials plan repatriation of 101 Navy and Marine Corps personnel buried abroad since April 1898. Remains from the Philippines China and Pacific points are to be buried at a national cemetery near San Francisco if no preference is stated. others from West Indies and Atlantic points at Arlington Cemetery. Next of kin urged to contact the Bureau of Navigation before September 21 for details.
Colombo reports Count von Jaessee commander in chief of allied forces in China arrived for a stopover this morning and after a brief stay resumed his voyage, confirming ongoing allied operations in the region.
Washington officials discuss possible North American led commission to negotiate with China over the Pekin crisis. Speculation centers on a 2 to 5 member panel including an American figure of high standing. Names like Harrison Day and John Bassett Moore are floated though no selections are final.
Three transports carried troops to China departing Bremerhaven as crowds cheered them on this afternoon. The sailors amid the gathering waved and offered farewell remarks reflecting the eager support from the city.
Indianapolis, Sept 7. The national board of United Mine Workers went into closed session to decide on a general strike for the anthracite fields. They pledged to care for strikers and indicated the Illinois defense fund, near $200,000, may be used with member consent, while promising not to seek operator funding. W. D. Ryan of Illinois attended to back financial support.
Treasury reports deplorable Indian conditions from Cape Nome northward. funds unavailable for relief, but General Spalding urges War Department to distribute food under army supervision. Marine Hospital Service surgeons to assist. customs officers to aid as possible. Red Cross likely to join with clothing aid.
Bay City Michigan September 7 Governor Roosevelt arrived by special train at 7 a m with Chairman Diekma Col A I Bliss and Michigan congressmen. He was driven to Central Avenue Park where Roosevelt marchers escorted him. He spoke on continuing policies that give every man a chance to earn a living and urged not to reverse the current policy, citing improvements in beet sugar and other industries.
A September conference at the Hoffman House brought together leaders from New York State democracy factions including Richard Croker Edward Murphy Frank Campbell Perry Belmont P H McCarren John Whalen and ex Governor Stone. Secrecy prevailed as they pursued harmony with Justice Earle named as a gubernatorial possibility and Murphy and McCarren noting harmony was practically assured while the national committee pledged to cooperate with the state committee in the campaign.
Chief Tiowahe, an elderly Yakima medicine man, was stoned to death in his tent by an Indian named John. Tiowahe, 80, had aided a band heading to hop fields below Kiowa. The murder followed requests to save a child, and John aspired to claim chieftainship amid long-standing grudges.
Fire destroyed the business portion of Manton Illinois, 22 miles south of Peoria, starting at 1 am. By 8 am the blaze remained active but under control. Six business blocks were burned including Heckman Bros furniture. Pekin and Peoria were asked to assist due to lack of local fire provisions. Loss estimated above $50,000.
W J Bryan traveled from Wheeling to Chicago and spoke in Cambridge to a crowd of several hundred. He argued remedial legislation won t come from a party tied to trust contributions and urged workers to vote against trusts by observing how trust magnates vote. He received applause for his three minute remarks.
General Baden Powell arrived in Capetown to a great public ovation. A crowd carried him on their shoulders from the railway station to the entertainment house, a distance of about half a mile, in the early hours of this morning.
Manila reports detail a July 16 mutiny at Bilibid Prison in which four prisoners died and fifteen were wounded as convicts attacked guards with bolos. Major Rogers and a small guard contingent repelled the escape bid, aided by American prisoners who helped capture the fugitives.
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