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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1900
Page
1
A grocer asserts emphasis on quality over quantity, promising to fill orders fully with staple and fancy groceries. Each item will be accurately represented and satisfy customers, with prices considered fair.
The report cites Paris and London dispatches on allied progress to Pekin with claims of within 7 to 11 miles, while Chinese resistance near Ho Si Wu weakens. St Petersburg correspondence details a vanguard marching toward Pekin, fighting at Nan Tuan, and forces concentrating at Hsien Ching Ho, with potential rescue of ministers in view.
AP dispatch from Pei Tsang dated August 5 reports Japanese forces led the attack with no American casualties. Japanese cavalry charged across open ground, capturing 10 field guns as Chinese forces retreated in orderly fashion leaving few dead. 200 Japanese were counted as dead or wounded.
Dispatch from Yang Tsun says supplies last 12 days and Chinese forces show demoralization with retreats toward Pekin. American signal men keep telegraph line intact amid difficulties. About half of wounded judged serious by doctors.
A semi official dispatch from Tien Tsin dated Aug 8 says Russian colonel Woyczak received Pekin advices that during the night of July 31 the bombardment of the foreign legations resumed and the European churchyard was desecrated.
At Cuiiaco on August 16 a pile of iron ore on the docks of the Iroquois Furnace company collapsed while workers shovelled ore from a dump into cars. One man died and two others were injured, with injuries feared fatal.
A Shanghai dispatch reports Aug 13 from Pekin saying Chinese legations face renewed attacks with few defenders. Prince Tuan and 100 officials reportedly fled the capital after Yang Tsun’s capture, triggering a wide resident exodus. The execution of Cheng Yin Huan sparks widespread terror and reports say Yu Lu was killed at Yang Tsun.
Military notes suggest General Chaffee may move from Ho Si Wu toward Tung Chow as lines hold at Ching Chai Wan and Liao, with Pekin’s grain stores at risk. Officials hope China seeks terms before a siege, expecting legations and terms favorable to the alliance.
The state department released a statement saying a message from Minister Conger was received but of uncertain date and not a reply to the Aug. 8 telegram, and it will not be made public. London reports the Chinese minister in London expresses hope for peace within six weeks and notes another message from the British minister in Pekin that officials will not publish.
Chinese minister Mr. Wu stated he cannot attend the universal peace union sessions at Mystic Connecticut. He sent a letter declining the invitation to participate in the conference.
Mrs A B Grant will not attend the Grand Army reunion here. She fears she cannot stand the excitement and strain and will spend the season in quietness at Richfield Springs.
Kenosha Wisconsin August 16 William and Mary Patterson were captured by Chief O Hare at Waukegan after an exciting chase while accused of abducting Hazel Patterson one year old daughter of Mrs Willi Maloney police report.
Allied dispatches report General Chaffee advancing from Yang Tsun to Hos Pi Wu at six miles daily, placing him roughly nine miles from Pekin. News notes the swift progress, strategic implications, and ongoing negotiations with China as foreign forces press toward the imperial capital.
The state department releases the U S reply to Wu's communication announcing Li Hung Chang as envoy plenipotentiary. The response discusses the imperial edict appointing Li to negotiate with the powers and requests a cessation of hostilities pending talks.
Berlin dispatch reports the Empress Dowager plans to transfer her court to another city before Allied forces reach Pekin. Hai Houan Chinese minister urged delaying departure and to wait quietly for international forces' arrival.
The Bureau of Statistics issued July trade data showing total imports and exports at 63,536,000 with 21,884,068 free of duty and 100,413,501 taxable goods, a rise of more than 5,500,000 from the same month last year. The report notes Duluth Superior streetcar consolidation proceeding and British stance on China and Russia.
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