Remnant Sale Notice
A fragmentary notice advertises a remnant sale with scattered references to sale items and dates. The readable text suggests a generic clearance event and local details are incomplete.
28 Dec 1900
Page 1
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Newspaper
Winona Daily Republican
Location
Winona, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1900
Page
1
A fragmentary notice advertises a remnant sale with scattered references to sale items and dates. The readable text suggests a generic clearance event and local details are incomplete.
Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching met with Emperor Kwang Su regarding the proposed peace. The court objected to reducing forts and to permanent legation guards, warning they could menace the throne and invite renewed hostilities. Further communications were ordered before ministers conclude negotiations.
The British increase their Yang Tsun garrison by 100 men with horses and three guns. A 1000 strong cavalry flying column will scour the area between Tien Tsin and Yang Tsun under von Waldersee. Colonel Tatlock’s regiment stays to destroy towns it once held amid Boxer quarters. Authorities deem Boxers unarmed and unlikely to start a large revolt.
The Miowera reports a Tageri raid from Dutch New Guinea on Morehead river. Police units clashed with pirates sinking five sunke. about 40 are said to have been killed or drowned. Tugers attacked Morehead villages, killing 16. Six months earlier peace had been agreed with Britain.
Pierre South Dakota debates tougher kidnapping penalties after the Cudahy case in Omaha. Current law imposes 10 years in prison with good time deductions, provoking calls for stricter measures ahead of the legislative session.
The well known banking house Francisco Nogriatti & Co of Guadalupe failed amid a financial panic. Liabilities are about 2.8 million dollars and assets may cover the claims with proper handling. The collapse is attributed to financial stringency.
A Chicago market drift sees a bean corner led by the Albert Dickinson company. Prices jump from 1.84 to 2.20 per bushel in two weeks with forecasts of 2.50 within a fortnight. Government purchases are cited as fueling the boom.
The secretary of war bought the large freight steamer Samoa at Hong Kong to move volunteers to the Philippines. The ship will be altered for the transport task and the work will be carried out in Hong Kong and San Francisco.
Dec 28 London. War office launches promised army reform by demanding General Sir Henry Colville resign from Gibraltar and the South Africa command. Colville refuses and heads to England. The move follows prior Yeomanry disaster inquiries and signals a shift away from Lansdowne and Wolseley era commanders. Colville, a prominent social figure in London clubs, is involved in the wider shakeup.
William Patterson new superintendent of Scranton Railway faced a violent assault as strikers blocked his car in Scranton Pennsylvania on December 28. Potatoes were thrown from a nearby store, and Patterson was dragged into a saloon by Edward and Joseph Pently before escaping through the rear. Police and strikers helped disperse the crowd and move the stalled car to the barn.
Depositors in Baltimore surged to the doors of Savings Bank of Baltimore City Savings Bank and Hopkins Place Savings after the Old Town bank failure on Wednesday. Early openings and prompt payouts calmed fears as some customers reconverted funds into new accounts.
Honolulu officials prepare for a temperance crusade led by the W T U and the Ministers union. Miss Jessie McKerman and Miss Ada Murcatt arrive December 29 aboard the steamer Copticon, followed by Rev Dr Chapman of the Anti Saloon League in January. The campaign supports Littlefield of Maine’s bill to prohibit alcohol sales to Pacific island aborigines under U S control.
In Makinetti Wisconsin three drunken woodsmen refused to pay fare and resisted removal from a north bound passenger train between Makinetti and Peshtigo. A fight with knives and revolvers ensued as brakemen and the baggage man aided the conductor. The trio were subdued and forced to pay double fare. one brakeman was injured in the neck. Also, Boston police suspect Pat Crowe and another man of kidnapping young Cudahy may be aboard the Warren liner Michigan bound for Liverpool, with Scotland Yard alerted.
Colonel Picquart writes to Waldeck Rousseau denouncing inclusion in the amnesty bill He says he will not owe rehabilitation to the measure and repudiates rumors of compensation upon amnesty He notes strong opposition to the proposal and maintains his stance amid debate in Paris.
The Sonome of the Oceania Steamship line arrived in San Francisco after a record voyage from Philadelphia sailing around Cape Horn in 86 days 9 hours with no intermediate stops except Coronel. The prior record by the Sierra stood at 43 days 6 hours.
London reports Richard Croker returned to Wantage from Carlsbad and Nice two days before Christmas and received a summons to appear January 2 to answer inquiries about his income for income tax purposes.
At a meeting in St. Louis on December 28 the prosecuting officers of Missouri adopted a resolution urging the state legislature to pass a law making kidnapping a capital crime.
London Dec 28 dispatches report Lord Kitchener has kept the invading Boers in check but failed to expel them from Cape Colony. Dewet’s capture may influence any effect of the proclamation. Boers view it as weakness and fear vengeance. Queen Victoria may back a new Star of Africa order for South Africa service.
From Newcastle Natal December 28. Boers attacked every British garrison along the lines of communication between Standerton and Ingogo. All attacks were repulsed with only slight British casualties. At Utrecht a Boer detail demanded whisky cigars and Christmas luxuries, threatening to attack if denied, but the challenge was ignored and Utrecht was attacked in force on Christmas morning.
A British led international syndicate is formed to develop Damaraland mineral resources. Capital will be held in London Paris Berlin and New York. The government now offers facilities for colonization irrigation mining and a railway from Swaatkbund to Etjlebunde.
Cleveland December 28 The Cleveland city council acquitted Councilman John R O Donnell of accepting a bribe to vote a contract to Gamewell Fire Alarm and Telegraph company of New York by a 13 to 6 vote The Director of Law Hogsett criticized council and said he would not take part in trials of Stover Purdy and Henry. Snonton Ohio Arrests in Brutal Noble Murder Case Ephraim Noble his son Alex Arbango son in law and two grandsons were arrested for the August murder of George W Noble The victim a wealthy stockman died after a brutal beating and part of his head was eaten by hogs a 3500 reward was offered for the killers.
Mrs. Carrie Nation, leader of the W C T U in Barber county, entered the Carey hotel bar in Wichita and smashed a $300 painting and a $100 mirror with a stone. She had broken mirrors in Kiowa saloons previously. Nation says no law can prosecute her. She is jailed on malicious destruction of property charges.
Foster Baker and Robert Jones quarrelled while intoxicated at Cottonwood Point Pemiscot county Baker stabbed Jones fatally later that evening Baker then killed an unsuspecting German named Jot before capture. townsfolk fear lynching as Baker is jailed at Caruthersville.
Logansport Indiana December 28. Charles H Beach once of this city now of Chicago is jailed here charged with attempting to kidnap his son who is under the mother s control He is held on a 500 bond awaiting trial The Beach family separated years ago and Beach has resided in Chicago since then.
WasuHIndon December 28 Senator Allison the second-ranking finance committee member says the house bill amending the war revenue tax will be taken up by the committee immediately after congress reconvenes No hearings will be granted by the committee.
An old advertisement touts a one day cure for a cold using Laxative Bromo Quinine. It promises a refund of money if it fails and references a medicine box with a one nature in or exchange offer.
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