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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1901
Page
2
Washington July 29 Special Commissioner Rockhill reports ministers will sign a two week protocol to withdraw all foreign troops from China except legation guards and strategic points to protect the Peking sea route. The dispatch notes Russia will not press higher import duties beyond five percent.
President McKinley issued a congratulatory message read by Rev W H Geistweit as 4000 voices sang Onward Christian Soldiers at the Baptist Young People's convention in Chicago. Banner processions, speeches, and national group rallies highlighted the weekend gathering at the Coliseum with Maine represented and Minnesota winning a literature banner.
The agreement outlines how China would convert 450,000,000 taels of indemnity into gold, with revenue reviews to cover interest and principal. The imperial customs will be included, and the British minister approves the arrangement. If duties rise, the free list may end except for cereals, with compensation likely for waterway improvements at Shanghai and Tianjin. United States bond payments may be settled in pounds for uniformity.
The battleship Maine was launched at William Cramp Ship and Engine Building in Philadelphia with a grand crowd in Havana Harbor style crowds watching. Miss Mary Preble Anderson christened the ship by breaking a champagne bottle on the bow, as governors and naval dignitaries attended though several top officials could not attend. The vessel, 50 percent finished, had keel laid in April 1899 and is expected to be ready for government transfer in 18 months to two years.
Wisconsin day at Buffalo’s Pan-American exposition began with ceremonies in the Temple of Music. The Wisconsin state building, first fully finished, was turned over to the exposition management with remarks by Willet M. Spooner and Director General W. S. Buchanan. Attendees included Lieut. Gov. Jesse K. Stone and D. C. Lockwood. Annie Peat played the organ as part of the program. Declines the Nomination for Governor On independent ticket, Gen. Isaac R. Sherwood of Ohio declined a Bryan wing push to run at Columbus July 21.
San Francisco July 29. E H Shelton secretary of the Oceanic Steam ship company and of Spreckels Hawaiian sugar plantations died from a shock after a surgical operation. He was a Vermont native and a prominent member of the Bohemian club and other social organizations.
Manila reports a supposed robbery of a Santa Cruz paymaster’s safe is downgraded to the loss of one paymaster’s box containing 700. The incident is attributed to soldiers, with Maj. Canby sending word from Santa Cruz.
Henry C. Payne of Wisconsin a leading member of the Republican National Committee is seriously ill with gout at the Frankfort hotel in Berlin July 29.
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