27 Jun 1900
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Newspaper
Connersville Daily News
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1900
Page
1
An old newspaper blurb highlights scrofulous humor and itching, claiming relief after using Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills. The author J. J. Lrrrz of Fulton asserts cure from liver ailments and scrofula with the duo.
National League standings and recent game results summarized from current play. Lists clubs with win loss records and highlights notable outcomes from recent matches across the league.
London June 26 Lord Roberts six columns converge toward the Free Staters with decisive results not expected for days. Boers within Cheowide lines have broken or stolen. US Consul in Pretoria travels to Machadodorp for British prisoners. British defenders jailed at Standerton for property destruction. Boers’ women and children wonder at British honesty.
Laurento Marques reports during June 26 that the Boers are losing many horses to cold and starvation. Survivors are in a miserable condition as the inadequacy of the commissariat worsens burghers' plight.
A fierce cyclone swept Bertver County on Sunday night, tearing through towns and destroying property. Two men were killed as homes and businesses suffered extensive damage. Local authorities urged caution as rescue crews searched for others unaccounted for.
Brigadier General Adna R. Chaffee is directed to take command of U S troops in China and proceed to Pekin via Shanghai and Taku. The move signals strong intent to protect American interests as foreign powers press for Pekin access. Chaffee sails aboard the Grant with aides and part of the Sixth Cavalry.
London dispatch reports China stockpiling arms as European war purchases surge, with outbreaks feared in southern provinces. Canton unrest grows as foreigners faced with rising hostility. Viceroy Liu Kun Yi leans on American aid while Ti Hung Chan and other officials face pressure. Foreign residents seek safety. Jesuit priests and Chinese Christians are murdered amid mounting violence and incendiary propaganda.
Chinese authorities have been found recruiting within the foreign settlement and several events have been halted during the act of building entrenchments around the European concessions.
The entry of American and British forces into Tientsin silenced the arsenal guns and breached Chinese lines with foreigners advancing closely. Russians report four killed and several wounded as other nationalities incur lighter losses. Admiral Seymour’s force remains about ten miles from Tientsin while foreign evacuees move under Chinese guard amid illness and disruption.
The Illinois Democratic state convention nominated Samuel Alschuler of Aurora for governor. Delegates at large to Kansas City include Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison, Alfred Strude, Benjamin T. Cable of Rock Island, Rep. James R. Williams of Carmi. The platform defends trusts, upholds the Monroe doctrine, denounces McKinley policies, and urges support for Bryan. The convention also elected presidential electors at large.
Louisvill e June 27 Stockholders owning 5800 shares and holders of common stock filed objections in U S court to the reorganization plan filed by Alex IP Tiaiphrey and Judson Plarmon. They claim the plan fails to provide for them.
June 27 at 2 15 the union withdrew from the building trades in Chicago marking the practical end of a strike that had hindered progress for months. The action tied up operations and left workers idle across sites.
A resident named Louis Stein of South Fond Taek was assaulted and left insensible after a robbery on Twelfth Street. The victim, reported wealthier, was deprived of 500 in cash and valuables before attackers fled the scene. Police seek information to identify suspects.
Bourbon, Ltd. reports an incident on June 27 involving White Henry Bierunu who was petting a colt when the animal kicked him in the face tearing away the jaw. The event left him in critical condition as surgeons weighed options.
June 27 in Logansport area locals report about a hundred thousand people estimated missed by census enumerators. The note cites widespread complaint and concern over undercounting in the city and surrounding townships.
Terre Haute Indiana June 27 William Morse gave himself up to a policeman on the street claiming he was wanted in Cleveland for pocket picking and that he had jumped $500 bail. He said he stole a pocketbook with $68 and surrendered to avoid losing property in Cleveland. He had no money when searched at the jail and said he left Cleveland in April.
John Hellfa ter found guilty of attempting to criminally assault. Lavina Jones of Yorktown sentenced under indeterminate law and denied a new trial by Judge Leiter. Attorneys announce intent to take the case to the appellate court.
West ley Huggins a 17 year old delivery driver was fatally struck by a Monon switch engine at the Eighth street crossing in Bloomington Indiana. He did not see the approaching engine and was hurled about two feet into the air before landing, suffering a concussion of the brain.
Port Indiana June 27 Detter McBride a Wabash railway conductor suffered multiple leg and arm fractures and internal injuries when the fast express struck him after he alighted to hand a basket to a waiting party yesterday afternoon.
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