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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1900
Page
4
A roundup of international and domestic tensions cites Lord Roberts in the Transvaal, Dutch forces in Holland, an emerging onion trust, and U S political shifts after elections. It laments Philippine policy, mentions Chinese openness, and notes Rome seeking European action to curb American travelers while protests of alleged American misdeeds persist.
Captain C W Henderson now in Cincinnati readies another expedition to locate a sunken stash of gold aboard the Lark after two prior attempts ended in wreck and pursuit. Henderson, a former Union captain, carries the tale of a Spanish warship chase and a stash hidden in a sea cave with a value reportedly over 200000 dollars.
A general thanksgiving is named by President McKinley for an upcoming November day. Reports mention a New York built ship capable of 50 miles per hour, claimed as the fastest ever. Other items note a deadly South American conflict, an earthquake in Florida, and various industry and census figures.
A mispatch from Lehow dated October Sh reports heavy clashes in the Shan Ti mountains. An Anglo German force of 1500 under Colonel von Norman stormed Tsehing Kung pass, met stiff Chinese resistance on the crest, and endured enfilading fire as 80 Germans under Major von Forresteer were supported by British cavalry and mounted sappers who scaled the heights and aided the assault.
In Tuolumne County California an aged frontiersman known as Old Grizzly T P F Page has hunted bears for 45 years after swearing over his wife’s body to rid the mountains of them. He travels yearly to Sonora for hides, then buys supplies in San Francisco and Columbia, claiming bears write on trees and know him by sight.
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