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Newspaper
Pratt City Herald
Location
Pratt City, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1900
Page
7
Scientists discuss a warm branch of the equatorial current known as the Quit Stream. The stream reportedly runs about 3,000 miles north to 40 degrees north, speeds 4.5 to 5 mph, and maintains 81 F water year round. It is said to influence coastal climates by warming seas and mitigating winter cold. The article credits the discovery to Ponce de Leon in 1912.
Chinese minister Wu Ting Fang informed the secretary of state on Saturday of two telegrams. One from Shanghai post and telegraph director Sheng confirms imperial decree noting all ministers are safe though insurgents fight. Li Hung Chang moves north to quell riot. The other from Li Tuku Yi, viceroy of Nanking, states all ministers except the German minister killed by anarchists are unharmed, with efforts ongoing to protect them.
Dispatch reports American forces at Tien Tsin on Friday and Saturday, with 18 army and 4 marine killed and 100+ wounded or missing. Maj Regan and Capt Bookmiller wounded, Lieut Leonard severely injured, Col Liscum mortally, and 50 guns captured. Japanese shown as brave and instrumental, hospitals crowded, burial escorts noted.
The Chinese imperial government seeks McKinley’s aid to extricate China from the dangerous position created by the Boxer uprising and the hostile stance of the great powers. The appeal, though not fully disclosed in Washington, is believed to mirror a prior message sent via Minister Wu to the State Department.
A well known Davidson county figure, Alex Donalson, was shot and killed while en route home near the Confederate Soldiers' Home at the Hermitage in Nashville Tennessee. The assailant remains unknown and the motive unclear. The article also notes a Tien Tain dispatch reporting over 1000 casualties for allies in three days of fighting before the native city, with Russians and Frenchmen among the Chinese fighters and mass killings of women to keep them from enemies. The city of Tien Tain was described as in flames with a horrific stench of burning corpses.
The United States transport Mc Clellan arrived in New York from Havana carrying thirty eight cabin passengers and 289 enlisted men of the Eighth Infantry. George Hiram Hays committed suicide at his Lauderdale county home near the Tennessee line a few days ago. no cause was given for the deed.
The pope is a true flower aficionado, often spending recreation time in the Vatican gardens under his physician's rest orders. He gently tends blossoms, removes dead petals, and studies his favorite plants with calm contemplation.
New York Journal notes a lavish wardrobe list for fashionable women, detailing hundreds of items and prices from gowns and cloaks to stockings, gloves, undergarments, and accessories. The total reaches 26,749 dollars, reflecting luxury dress expenditure in one season.
Prof Walter Wilson of Savannah High School endorses Totterine as curative, citing rapid relief for a patient with severe foot affliction after other remedies failed. Ad claims 50 cents at druggists and mentions J. Shuptrine of Savannah. Also notes global newspaper statistics and Durban as a winter resort with tropical scenery.
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