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Newspaper
Winona Daily Republican
Location
Winona, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1900
Page
1
Foreign envoys hear joint note talks with China as Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang press for demands. Missionaries urge execution of officials responsible for outrages and advocate a strong foreign force to ensure order and foreign independence amid ongoing siege tensions.
London reports placards are posted announcing a renewal of the anti foreign outbreak in China. Shanghai says the Hankow viceroy told Admiral Seymour the court would not return to Peking, while Nankin viceroys reportedly hold the opposite.
Four German companies are seriously menaced 35 miles west of Pao Ting Fa. Eight French companies with three days of rations have departed to relieve them. Soldiers in a tense border area are described as under threat as tensions rise in the region.
The Post reports a plan to retire Representative Charles A. Boutelle of Bangor Maine from the navy. A bill proposes placing him on the retired list with captain’s rank for Civil War era service as a volunteer officer.
Havana’s chief sanitary officer Major Georgas reports 444 deaths in November the lowest for the month in ten years. Yellow fever deaths reached 64 down 20 from October with 37 patients under treatment including four Americans.
General Harrison and his wife with daughter Elizabeth depart for Washington for a Presbyterian creed revision committee meeting.
Farmers near Osceola pressed on with field work despite two to three inches of snow. They report the ground was not deeply frozen before the storm and the snow helped prevent further freezing, leaving the soil workable for Deo.
Justice Brewer delivers opinion in Fred Stearns v Minnesota case. The court holds the 1895 act repealing the railroad tax contract invalid, and affirms lands granted to St Paul and Duluth Railway as non taxable while title remains with the United States.
Duruis December 4. There is active spruce wood cutting for paper and pulp mills. Mills from Wisconsin and other states are buying timber regionally and entering timber lands to secure future supply. Some mills contract directly for part of their pulp wood needs.
The War Department plans 350 recruits sent to Cuba to fill gaps in the Tenth Cavalry Eighth Cavalry and Second Infantry stationed at Mantanzas Nuevas and Santiago. Of these, 1765 come from Fort Riley Kansas 100 from Jefferson Barracks Missouri 7 and 75 from Fort Clark Texas. Confessed to Safe Cracking Emaporta Kan Dec 4 L Weber and T Holmes sentenced to 0 years each for robbery. On the way to the penitentiary Neber confessed ten years of safe cracking and belonging to a top Kansas gang.
Vienna dispatch reports a polite reply to a confidential inquiry about welcoming Mr Kruger. The reply states Emperor Francis Joseph has made other dispositions for the next weeks, indicating no visit planned. In Puerto Rico, the newly elected House of Delegates meets at 2:30 p.m. with 31 delegates present and no action taken yet to organize the chamber or elect a speaker.
Investigating committee of Cleveland City Council reports evidence suggesting Councilmen QDonnell Steur Purdy and Henry received payments tied to a Gamewell Fire Alarm contract. The funds were allegedly provided by Gamewell and handled by Clerk Burgess with Police Director Barrett's knowledge. Councilman White is named in connection with knowledge of the corruption. The committee was instructed to return with charges against those implicated in two weeks.
In Armentieres France a child about two years old dragged a baby girl from the street into a house, forced her into a trunk and stabbed her with a shoemaker knife. The infant sustained wounds to the arms legs and stomach and is not expected to survive.
Eggs rose 1 cent a dozen as scarcity hits Curcaco with cold storage at 150,000 cases, a supply less than two months at current use. South Water street dealers fear packing interests control the visible stock and prices. Fresh eggs quoted at 2 cents a dozen while cold storage stock held at 30 cents.
Dynamite exploded to open the Silverton bank safe early in the morning. The cashier heard the blast and rushed to the bank but was shot at by fleeing robbers. no one was hurt and no loot was taken. Other items note Akron rioters sentenced, Russian spies in Norway, US Navy officers in Constantinople, and a Cramps ships line on a cruiser.
A terse reader note mocks an editor and hints at seeking revenge. The fragment references Scribbier and Penpery with unclear requests or demands directed at a Philadelphia newspaper. The text reads like a hostile message or letter to the editor.
A boiler in the Chicago and Northwestern powerhouse exploded injuring twelve others. The blast, felt near the Ashland Limited train, damaged Pullman sleeper and drawing room cars but did not derail the service. Officials tended to the injured and facilities moved them to hospitals for treatment.
Dr. Michael N. Regent and Mrs. Delia Mahoney were found guilty of conspiracy to swindle the Knights and Ladies of Security out of 2000 dollars in life insurance. Judge Brentano imposed indeterminate penitentiary terms while accomplice James O'Brien received a county jail sentence in default of a 2000 dollar fine. The case involved fraudulent proofs of the death of Robert O Grady with a pauper's corpse substituted.
Eleven suspects arrested in Johannesburg over a plot against Lord Roberts will be deported as evidence is deemed insufficient for formal trial. The colonial cabinet met on Sunday in Carr Town for the first Sunday gathering in 25 years and discussed anti-British agitation ahead of a Worcester congress with Olive Schreiner as principal speaker.
An Indian rail story recalls a freight engine facing an elephant that blocks the track. The elephant tries to push the train backward, while the engineer resorts to full power and drives the animal over a small embankment before the train passes.
A New York World report describes an underground trade where used tea leaves are collected from hotels and restaurants, dried, oiled, and sold as secondhand tea at lower prices. The practice continues via cooks who skim a small fee for saving the leaves weekly.
A Detroit Free Press snippet shows a humorous exchange where a father-in-law complains about lending money shortly after the wedding trip. The bridegroom defensively notes they planned poorly as the trip nearly ended the month.
Fragmented OCR notes claim a product cures a cold in one pay and уп to take a laxative aid. Mentions Groves signature on each box and warnings about refunds if it fails.
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