Our Town One Hundred+ Years Ago... August 1900

The 20th century was not off to a good start in China. Foreign ministers stationed in China were feared dead from a massacre in Peking, although the Chinese government favored a different story. The China situation covered most of the front pages of the August Zephyr editions. The king of Italy was assassinated in Monza, Italy, shortly after handing out prizes for a gymnastic competition. In Alaska, trouble was brewing at Topkuk, 50 miles north of Nome City, between miners and the U.S. military after miners were ordered to stop their work. Over 100 miners were arrested after defying the stop o...