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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1900
Page
5
Unofficial canvas shows fusion ticket victorious across county and judicial district. H. M. De Votie is likely defeated by C. H. Rea by about 70 votes in the commissioner race.
Washington reports minister Gerner's advices show progress toward a basis for negotiations with the Chinese government. Ministers have settled punishments and other points for the talks, while the Russian minister joins discussions. No direct approach to Beijing has occurred yet and a unified program is hoped to gain Chinese acceptance.
London reports from Shanghai and Peking describe disorganization and lack of security in Tien Tsin under allied occupation. Dr Morrison notes evolving evidence in the Pao Ting Fu trial.
A narrative asserts that an American woman faced execution after being led naked through a city and having her breasts cut off. It condemns the destruction of two temples as not a sufficient remedy for such cruelty.
Manila reports last week was devoted to scouting as insurgents failed to crush any garrison. Lieutenants Wilson and Dority of the Forty-fifth volunteer infantry destroyed large rice stores four granaries and a barracks near Bato. Captain Atkinson with 84 men of the Thirty-seventh volunteer infantry attacked about 190 insurgents under Colonel Valencia recovering two Americans.
Reports say the Boers trekked north while the British pursued but were unable to press the attack. Prisoners say Boer losses in the October 25 clash with General Barton totaled 140 killed wounded or missing.
Lord Roberts takes his ill daughter to Johannesburg and leaves Lord Kitchener in command at Cape Town. Dewet reportedly appears near Frankfort in Orange River Colony as Boer harassment continues in small sorties.
Foreign envoys met again in Peking and discussed key issues, reaching broad agreement on principal points. The session continued with representatives outlining next steps and expected follow up discussions.
Native forces lured United States troops from quarters near Dagupan and attacked the rear, killing two Americans and wounding three. Senor Buencamino representing ex insurgents in Manila asked Judge Taft to forward a signed loyalty expression to Washington as excitement builds over the approaching presidential election and betting on the outcome.
London reports from Johannesburg that Lord Roberts notes eight fights at various points, all minor but indicative of Boer activity. General Kitchener, after a night march, surprised Schoeman at Steenkampberg and pressed to Schalk-Berger’s laager at Roolkranz.
In a local political altercation in Butte Montana on November 6 several people were injured. Michael Torpy sustained severe injuries as tensions flared during discussions.
Out of the entry tunnel with the 14 men. Some bodies were torn into many pieces.
In a Southern Pacific freight wreck near Keswie, two men died and three were injured. The dead include an unknown man and Al Bryan of Denver. Injured were James Hart of Charter Oak Iowa with a linked leg amputation and B Woodruff with a leg fracture. Bryan, a sailor, died ten minutes after the crash. the unknown man’s body was severed in two. The flat car carried lumber and an axle failure caused five cars to pile up.
Discovery of pearls in the upper Mississippi at Prairie du Chien Wisconsin triggers a river raid. Houseboats crowd the river and over 1000 people line the banks after diggers uncover several thousand dollars in pearls. The Allen pearl weighs 100 grains and sold for $3000 to William Moore of Comanche Louisiana.
Thomas F Walsh of Colorado, U S commissioner at the Paris exposition, returns from St Paul and says reports of a partnership with King Leopold are absurd. He met the king at Ostend and in Paris, notes Leopold's Congo development work, and will investigate Congo mineral deposits on the king's request.
Chicago traders saw dull wheat activity but prices rose on cables and bullish statistics with December futures higher by 4 1 4 cents. Corn closed up about 4 1 4 cents and oats a shade firmer. Provisions finished 2 4 5 cents higher with notable gains in wheat and grain futures.
Cash quotations list futures and spot prices for corn oats pork lard ribs and various wheat grades. The report shows Nov Dec Jan May price points and percent changes across grains meat and byproducts with No 2 red and yellow wheat and multiple cash corn and oats quotes.
Cattle receipts 12 500 with 1 000 westerns and 1 000 Texans up 10c on average but close easier for inferior and medium cattle. Hogs receipts 28 000 with larger demand and price range up to 4 95. Sheep receipts 158 000 with lambs steady to strong and wethers 4 00 4 25.
Cattle receipts 5600 natives 2500 Texans 800 calves demand steady to 10 cents higher natives 4.60 to 5.50 stockers 3.00 to 4.30 butchers 3.00 to 4.85 calves 3.50 to 5.00. Hogs receipts 5200 active early but closed weak heavy and mixed 4.70 to 4.80 for large sizes 4.75 to 4.80 for lights pigs 4.50 to 4.60. Sheep receipts 2800 demand good firm prices lambs 4.55 to 5.25 muttons 3.35 to 4.00 stockers 3.25 to 4.00 culls 2.50 to 3.25.
South Omaha cattle receipts 1600 and hog receipts 2600 show gains of 10 cents for some hogs while cattle demand remains active. Cattle markets feature native beef steers at 4.25 to 5.65, western steers 4.00 to 4.75, cows and heifers 3.15 to 4.40, and calves 4.00 to 5.75. Sheep receipts total 7100 with western muttons 3.65 to 4.00, lambs 4.25 to 5.25.
The article describes filling stove cracks with a paste made from common wood ashes and salt, mixed with cold water. The mixture fills the crack and stays in place until the stove fails, with a motto to “try, try again” if it crumbles. Blacking can be applied over the filling as well.
George H. Pollard authors a lengthy piece for Reliable Poultry Journal detailing the poultry plant at Maine State College in Orono. The article highlights the colony house department and includes numerous illustrations with an adapted view of the section reproduced.
A reader describes a homemade fodder binder for binding corn shocks. It uses a 3 foot tapered hardwood stake with a crossbar attached at the large end. A rope with a ring is stapled to one side and an iron hook is opposite the staple. To bind, insert the sharpened end, wrap rope around the shock, hook the ring, and twist to tighten like an auger.
A correspondent outlines a squash storage method describing shelf layout four feet wide rows with six inch to two foot spacing, using 2 by 4 uprights and 1 by 6 shelf strips. He advises high but nonartificial ventilation, gathering just before frost, sorting soft squash for feed or sale, and careful handling during loading and transport to the cellar.
Over five years Ameri cans shipped eight million one hundred fifty thousand twenty six dollars in green apples and eighty six million two hundred eighty seven thousand seven hundred eighty six dollars in dried fruit. The Rural New Yorker praises apples as highly beneficial to American farmers. The Waterloo Indiana plant opens as the world’s largest corn canning facility with a capacity of seven and a half million cans.
Leaves LaSalle at 6 20 a m 1 15 and 4 10 p m with hack connections to Denver and Omaha Trains. Leave orders at Waring's confectionary store at 9 am 2 30 and 10 30 pm for pickups.
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