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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1900
Page
1
A local advertiser offers ice cream freezers at several price points: $125 each, $2.50 each, and $3.00 each. The listing emphasizes bulk options and value for small shops and vendors seeking affordable equipment.
London reports an agency bulletin from Shanghai at 11 10 am, August 1. Allies led by Americans British and Japanese move 20 30 miles closer to Pekin to establish a base and prepare for a direct stroke. Debarked forces from Pe Chut Li total about 60 000 90 000 ready for further advance. Chinese forces arc 30 miles long 10 16 miles distant with indeterminate divisions.
Herald dispatch from Tianjin reports no active move by foreign forces near Pekin due to internal jealousy and lack of leadership. Officers entertain garden parties while 20,000 men idle in Tianjin and plans hinge on roads and river transport hindered by floods and Boxer activity.
Early this morning troops headed for transport on the Meade, comprising Company 1 engineers under Captain Zinn, parts of the Fifteenth Infantry led by Major Cornish, and Troops B G H I of the Third Cavalry led by Captain Donald, departed with sealed orders likely heading to Taku China or the Philippines. Six Third Cavalry men will join the Aztec as quartermaster and commissary under Lieut. Hedekk for the voyage.
Chinatown residents celebrated a San Francisco message about China with loud gongs and revelry on South Clark Street. The crowd swelled into the street, blocking a car line and prompting midnight police orders to stop the festive din and disperse the crowd.
Chicago woman Miss Kate B. E. Kauffman plans to sail from San Francisco to join Bishop David H. Moore and family in Foo Chow China. She, an anarchist, teacher and writer, will accompany them to take up mission work with the Methodist Episcopal Church station there.
Miss Kauffman, amid unrest in China, expresses willingness to teach at Foo Chow while hoping for no disturbances. She fears wider uprisings could reach Foo Chow’s Fu Kien province as Bishop Moore faces danger in Shanghai. The talk centers on courage and uncertainty in the region.
A late dispatch reports Li Hung Chang instructing officials to safeguard foreign ministers. The note, dated July 19, mentions an imperial edict to escort or enable letters between ministers in Pekin and their governments. Communiqués were sent to Yang in St. Petersburg Yu in Paris and Wu in Washington.
Washington reports Solace carries sick and wounded to Nagasaki Yokohama Guam Honolulu and Mare Island with crews including five marines and navy officers nine navy men 65 Ninth Infantry. Relief ship heads to Nagasaki for Taku while Remey’s fleet discusses using Japanese hospital ships for evacuees.
A cablegram from Foo Che Foo reports 18 Methodist colony members in Pekin after a wave of persecution in China. The message lists many names and notes continued pressures on Christians as Shanghai missionaries are urged to act.
Special to the Inter Mountain from Helena reports Judge Clancy appeared in person to show cause why he had not returned a writ of certiorari in the case State ex rel Boston and Montana v Second Judicial District. The supreme court found him blameless and allowed a written return after dismissing the earlier citation, with counsel for Clancy to file a motion to quash the writ. The decision settles the matter.
Gold and stock quotations failed to appear at Chicago board of trade today forcing exchanges in other cities and local commission houses to rely on alternative means. A ruling barred Western Union from sending quotations, shifting tickets to auctions from New York and other exchanges. The Cleveland Telegraph company, under contract with the board, supplied quotations to legitimate Chicago houses only.
New York August 1 leaders of the Italian colony around New York harbor plan to identify and punish anarchists they blame for King Humberts assassination. They dispute any local society backing. fear circulation of incendiary material from Hoboken and vow to appeal to police or act themselves if needed.
New York August 1 reports Washington correspondence says the United States would face limited options if the Italian government seeks conspirators in the Humbert assassination. Extradition treaties bar political crime trials and federal or state laws offer no mechanism to punish foreign political conspiracies here. A request from Italy has not arrived.
Telegrams report Koyeta Takahira has reached Washington and assumed duties as the new Japanese minister. Other items note Portland teamsters striking for higher wages, seeking $2.50 after a 2 day rise, Indiana's Fourth district nominating Nathan Powel for Congress on the Republican ticket, and various world events including rioting in Montreal mills, a New London murder trial, drownings at Ocean Grove, and South Africa service terms.
Government announces inquiry into an alleged anarchist conspiracy linked to King Humbert's assassination. The secret bureau reports no funds for the investigation, and officials term the case an extraordinary emergency.
New York authorities outline anarchist activity as punishable mainly by misdemeanor fines or terms up to one year. Assistant D A Forbes J Hennessey says conspiracy laws cover plots and threats, while murder outside the state could lead to first degree indictment if tied to a state conspiracy. Chief Devery notes no recent anarchist complaints and warns swift arrest for inciters at public meetings.
The Tampico Record notes a confrontation yesterday at Dona Cecilia between sixty Bahama negroes and Tampico police aided by government troops. Four negroes and two soldiers died, twenty-one negroes wounded. several others expected to die.
The case of Gilbert W. Gates, tried for murder, went to a jury in Ralls County as 12 citizens deliberate four years after the alleged crime. The trial proceeded with coverage by Bl Louie and August L-A special correspondent.
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