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Newspaper
Winona Daily Republican
Location
Winona, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1900
Page
1
It is reported that the United States again waits after reducing troops in China as Conger’s instructions to establish relations with Li and Prince Ching remain held up. Delays may reflect the powers cautious about negotiations and Prince Than’s rising influence, hindering a united conference.
Official information from diplomatic quarters reports Prince Tuan named president of the Chinese privy council, elevating him above the former grand secretary and boosting officials prominent in the recent uprising. The Chinese minister awaits confirmation, but believes the report likely true. Separately, mobs near Canton destroy churches and a mission graveyard in Hong Kong dispatch.
Colonel Ochiltree plans a London benefit for Galveston sufferers on October 14. Sir Henry Irving backs the project. Drury Lane's Arthur Collins will donate his horse and a Cecil Raleigh act. Irving's company performs Waterloo and Eugene Aram. Beerbohm Tree's company presents Julius Caesar death scene. US Ambassador Cheatham endorses, boxes priced 50 to 100 guineas.
A Merced, California report states County Treasurer Bumbauer was held up on his way home and forced at gunpoint to open the vault. Thieves took about $1,400 and papers, then locked him inside. he was found next morning barely conscious. Detectives have a description but the culprits enjoy an eight hour lead.
Judge Haney's decision releasing Joseph Wyman on a technicality may trigger mass releases. Warden Murphy warns that over 700 inmates could gain freedom if the ruling stands. The mittimus lacked explicit crime, affecting 44 life convicts at the state penitentiary.
New York report shows an increase of 48,388,385 in gross earnings on vy trin lines and a rise of 1,280,057 in net earnings. Total income climbed to 2,623,750 while fixed charges fell by 500.201.
Governor Roosevelt faced a violent crowd at Victor near Cripple Creek as roughs disrupted a speech in Larimer hall. The melee involved rough riders protecting the governor while stones clubs and produce were hurled by a crowd numbering from 1000 to 8000. The incident ended with the train departing uninjured.
Philadelphia report marks the eleventh day of the anthracite miners’ strike with no surrender or concession by either side. Arbitration proposals by outsiders show little progress while Shenandoah tension persists and state troops await orders.
The Democratic house caucus in Frankfort agrees on an election bill creating a state board of one Democrat, one Republican and one state officer who appoint county boards from party lists and select an umpire. The boards would be ministerial with two disputed ballots, while Senate Democrats are seen likely to accept.
Insurgents estimated at 400 attacked American outposts near Zapote bridge Las Panas Bacoor and Imus south of Manila. Americans dispersed them with 60 killed or wounded. Scouts from the Twentieth Infantry landed on Samar burning a town after light resistance. Leyte and Cavite reports note scattered bands and captured arms while Major Allen pursues in the mountains.
Hon. W. J. Bryan addressed a large crowd in Nebraska City on September 27, promising to discuss the trust question amid interest over the Smythe suit to annul the Argo starch works sale to National Starch. The meeting on courthouse grounds faced rain as Attorney General Smythe and J. Hamilton Lewis followed.
Rumors say Governor Fancher, renominated by Republicans, plans to resign due to ill health and personal distress. Republican state committee has been telegraphed to meet in Grand Forks on urgent business, but details remain unavailable. The claim notes widespread newspaper criticism as a factor.
Lourenzo Marques reports the German steamer Herzog carried key Transvaal officials and a large quantity of bar gold. The Delegoa Bay railway will open soon. In London, Lord Roberts notes General Ian Hamilton recovered 13 guns at the Crocodile river near Hector spruit, most destroyed.
Water in Cass Lake rises to record levels with the Beanson Gipson dam at the outlet blown out to prevent flooding of the Gleumont and Niel Lumber mill. Local long time residents recall higher water than ever seen in their years. Dam removal aimed to avert lumber mill damage as Mississippi River levels surged.
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