23 Jun 1900
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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1900
Page
1
A sales listing details percales and dimities in pink navy light blue lavender and red shirt waists. It highlights self standing collars, bias fronts, embroidered insertions, and varied sizes from 32 to 44 inches with prices from 45c to 1.95, plus the Star Shirt Waists in Madras cloth with pink blue and lavender stripes.
Washington reports a naval bulletin promising success as 400 Russians and Major Walter lead forces toward Pekin. London dispatches detail Tien Tsin bombardment with vast casualties and Chinese forces inside the city. Chicago notes warn that several Chicagoans may have perished at Tien Tsin while U.S. ministers and mission leaders seek safety and foreign relief efforts. Washington confirms American troops in Pekin and discusses war status while Germany, Britain, and other powers weigh their actions.
Shanghai reports Prince Tuan has taken command and vows to march on Tien Tsin to drive out foreigners. He bombs settlements at dawn June 21, burning the United States consulate as Chinese forces, with Krupp artillery, surround the city and cut supply lines. Observers in New York say the legations hold, with several thousand troops inside the British concession and more in other concessions.
A prolonged bombardment of the Chinese city is reported from Che Foo. Credible dispatches describe heavy damage to Tien Tsin’s foreign quarters, including the American consulate, and a rising need for immediate aid as officers and residents suffer casualties. Diplomatic circles express deep anxiety over unclear signals from Pekin and the fate of legations. External forces are debated, with suggestions that 20,000 troops may be required and relief anticipated for the beleaguered area.
Paris reports fear of renewed insurrection against mandarins in Yunnan after a June 22 dispatch from Yunnan Fu. Chinese bombardments near Tien Tain and the burning of a church prompted executions of four Chinese and five Europeans. London says British ships may carry telegrams between Taku and Che Foo.
Naval circles report a German cruiser allegedly forced a Chinese ship ashore and captured another. Wounded and dead counts vary, with fifty-nine killed and seventy wounded claimed in the rumor.
A June 22 bulletin from Commander Wise of the USS Munacacy describes US forces arriving to confront Chinese assailants on June 20. Marines seized locomotives and cars, two field pieces, then evacuated 400 Russians, 140 marines, and a gun amid the bombardment of foreigners and the destruction of the American consulate. A French officer, arriving from Tianjin, noted ongoing fighting and uncertainty over the fate of foreign nationals.
Lieutenant Kempft via the British consul relays urgent calls for reinforcements as Russians resist at the railroad station during clashes near Tien Tsin. He notes lines to Ching Chang Chen and half way to Tien Tsin, trains halted, rolling stock to be preserved, and firemen needed to start locomotives.
Shanghai reports say foreigners and treaty-port merchants believe China’s government is wrecked and a new regime under foreign influence is needed. Empress restoration unlikely. emperor restored with liberal advisers could be supervised by a foreign council. Russia’s role, U.S. leadership, and Anglo American cooperation dominate discussions as troops are urged to secure ports and protect interests. Missionaries flee Yangtze valley as Chinese gunboats arrive, forts at Kiang Ying monitor foreign movements.
A Washington correspondent reports Commesier Daniot elehanty will sail from San Francisco on July 14 to join the Asiatic Station. The move is tied to an anticipated expiration of a Leave grant and may force his removal from the post as governor of sailors at Brun Marbor New Hrighton B.
A Dakota County Nebraska sheriff halted a 3% South Dakota farmers channel across Rininger neck to shorten the Missouri River. Deputies reached late as the swift current widened the cut into the neck, threatening South Dakota control and fertile peninsula farms.
A Herald dispatch from Gueysquil Ecuador reports Colombian irregulars sack settlements near the Colombian Ecuador frontier with alleged cruelties. A new invasion is expected with possible regular Colombian participation. The situation is described as grave and a Colombia Ecuador conflict as imminent.
Reports from Sofia dated June 22 say Varna district battles between Bulgarian troops and peasants left ninety dead and 372 wounded. A state of siege has been proclaimed in Varna, Shumala, Tirnova, Rasgrand, Rustobuk, and Ristoviz districts as the government seeks to curb newspaper circulation with strict editor qualifications.
June 23. The Commercial Cable company announces that Britain’s government, under article VIII of the international convention, has suspended transmission at St Helena of code or cipher messages to or from the island. Plain language messages will be censored and accepted only at the sender’s risk.
The Press reports gas firms plan to charge 105 per thousand cubic feet, forming a powerful citywide combine. Consolidated Co will cut capital by 20 to 30 million, with a surplus distribution of about 1 million proposed. It has absorbed most raw, electric light, heat and power firms across Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx.
Richard Croker of New York sails aboard the steamship Lietan ia in New York harbor where a half dozen Democratic leaders meet him. After a few days in the city, Croker plans to travel west to attend the Kansas City GermanAmerican convention.
Chicago June 23 A convention is set for June 27 in this city to organize the union return party of Inaele on the basis of direct legislation. 1 8. Thomas Sgon, chairman of the stakehall executive committee of the party, will attend.
In railroad circles it is reported the Oceanic Steamship Company may become Santa Fe’s exclusive ocean link. Joint agency offices could open in Honolulu and other ports, routing freight from Australia New Zealand and Hawaii directly east via Santa Fe. Officials have not confirmed, but the plan appears likely.
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