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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1900
Page
1
Broad array of women shirt waists in pink navy light blue lavender and red in percales lawns and dimity. Sizes 32 to 44 inches with standing collars bias fronts and embroidery offered. Prices from 45 cents to 3 dollars with popular Star waists and French cambric styles highlighted.
A Beijing Tokyo dispatch saga covers Tien Tsin bombardment and mass killings. Reports cite 1,600 foreigners massacred and foreign concessions burned. Russians hold a rail station while reinforcements are urged. Briefer notes from Shanghai and London discuss cadaverous danger, relief forces, and diplomatic moves.
In the House of Commons Mr. Broderick said no news from Pekin while reports from Tien Tsin and Taku described attacks repulsed on June 17. Allied forces including Austrians, British, Germans and Italians destroyed a Chinese military college, with heavy losses on both sides and reinforcements expected.
General Nelson A Miles visiting Cleveland for a test of the McClain ordnance predicted serious trouble in China. He said the United States will send troops to protect Americans and interests, with more troops to be dispatched promptly if needed to uphold the government’s dignity and rights.
Berlin reports from Shanghai say Chinese regulars bombarded the city while boxers were not involved. The patch notes damage but does not specify casualties or positions. The incident centers on Chinese troops or guards rather than boxing figures and reflects tense international reporting.
Special to the Inter Mountain reports a large Republican meeting in Fraternity hall to form a club. The gathering highlights a rise in local party support from 1896 with 67 McKinley votes in the precinct. Club opens with 106 members and names include John Jeon as president and W. L. Cronk as treasurer.
The report notes increased support at the next meeting and predicts Broadwater County will align with the balance of Republican counties in the state as returns come in next November.
In Los Angeles dated June 22, Santa Fe and Southern Pacific officials discuss a plan with Thomas Hughes of Fresno to move destitute Pamia and Papegos Indians from the Gila Reservation in Arizona to Fresno. Hughes will transport at his own expense if railroads offer a low rate and good wages. The reservation superintendent approves pending Washington approval.
Paris dispatch reports President Loubet visiting the United States national pavilion in Paris with M Miller and M Plead. Porter greeted him. Peck arrived after. The visit lasted five minutes amid criticism of the pavilion as inferior to other nations' displays and lacking in notable items or facilities.
In St Louis on June 22 strike activity shows only daytime car operation with owl service at night. Army posse comitatus guards power houses as sheriff orders cut from 2500 to 500 men. Strike leaders urge careful boycotts and hearings before action. Inquest into three slain strikers near the posse barracks resumes at noon and adjourns to Saturday.
A severe blaze in Pittsburg on June 22 destroyed the Eichbaum building at Fifth avenue and damaged several adjacent structures in a six hour fire. Duff's College and Hales Electric Co. occupied the site as flames spread to the First National Bank and nearby businesses. Authorities reported likely losses in the hundreds of thousands with many occupants unaccounted for but no serious injuries. The origin remained unknown as firemen contained the blaze by 2:30 PM.
The national council at Philadelphia sustained the grand judge's ruling on a 15 cent per capita tax, suspended lodges in Pennsylvania New York Virginia and the District of Columbia that refused compliance, and set a 16 cent special assessment for the Ene Orphan Home at Tiffin Ohio with $75 000 debt. Officers named include Charles Reeves Ames L Gray J Adam Bohr George A Gowan C O Bohr Ci A Thomas and A G Hambridge. The next SVE meeting will be in Buffalo in 1901.
Authentic reports from Kingston say Baranquilla and Cartagena fear a rebel invasion as 2,000 revolutionists under General Duran gather aboard armed torpedo boats and steamers near Bocas de Cenega. Baranguilla has only 2,000 troops, while Uribe reports Ocana with 6,000 soldiers. No cable or steamship lines connect Baranquilla, delaying confirmation of any decisive battle.
Milwaukee June 22 The International Mining Congress adopts the committee plan to form a permanent organization naming itself the International Mining Congress Its object is to foster fraternal relations and promote mining interests across nations and regions
The text records the annual meeting where a resolution urged Congress to establish a national department of mining. Beixe City Idaho is noted as the next convention site. Officers elected include President L Bradford Prince of Santa Fe New Mexico, Vice President A H Swineford of Alaska, Treasurer Mrs J G Atwood of Empire Colorado, with an executive committee listing W Adams Georgia, Mrs Haskell Helena Montana, and Phil Orton Darlingto ny Island.
Lord Roberts dispatch from Pretoria details Ian Hamilton's column reaching the Springs and linking with Buller at Paardekoop to separate Transvaal and Orange River forces. Baden-Powell reports pacific Boers at Rustenburg, with Breyn captured. Rustenburg official Edward Cecil reports 3,000 rifles collected and Kroonstad official 41 rifles handed over. The Netherlands Railway SA says 1,400 of its employees expelled from the Transvaal with families, and a proclamation warns officials who refuse military service will be sent to Europe via East London Cape Colony.
Governor Roosevelt expresses deep appreciation for congratulations and pride in being associated with President McKinley on the Theodore Roosevelt ticket. The message is dated June 22 in New York and Washington.
San Francisco reports fear for safety of overdue ships. The British bark Hillaton left Honolulu for Puget Sound on April 1 and has not been heard since. The Dominion began a voyage over a year ago and failure to reach its destination is feared. Calbuco left Iquique for Puget Sound 209 days ago with nitrates and is also missing. Americana shows 11 days out from the same port toward San Francisco with 36 percent reinsurance paid.
June 22 Washington reports Cabinet members view the China situation as highly grave. Preparations are made to send extra troops if needed, with a telegram to General MacArthur in Manila to gauge how many can be spared. Transports and troops may be held in readiness, though no immediate dispatch is planned. The Postmaster General's Philadelphia convention tale dominated the session.
London parliament approves colonial marriages bill and other globetrotting wires note floods in Warsaw Indiana heavy rain in Peru Indiana and river drowning near Portland Oregon. Reports from Milwaukee Edinburgh and California mention unions meetings storms and a pastor attack in Wanube.
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