27 Jun 1900
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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1900
Page
1
An advertisement describes a wobblest E and W white shirt of corded linen with plaited bosom neck band cuffs and pearl front buttons. It notes available sizes and sleeve lengths with the E and W trade mark and a price of $3.50 each. Also showcases wash ties in summer styles from Oxford and Madras cloths priced at 12 1 2c 25c and 80c each.
General Chaffee, ordered to command U S troops in China, left Washington at 10 40 pm for San Francisco with aide Lieutenant Harper. He is due in San Francisco Sunday morning and sails for Nagasaki aboard the Grant with the 6th Cavalry the same day.
Berlin reports the German consul in Che Foo verifies Vice Admiral Seymour's message. It says Seymour was eight miles west of Tien Tsin, harassed and able to hold out two more days with 60 killed and over 200 wounded. He sought a relief column of 4000 men. The column departed Tien Tsin on June 25 under Russian command.
Mrs Oliver Clifford wife of a Presbyterian mission worker in Tien Tsin writes home on May 29 describing sleeping with pistols and two valises ready to fire. She notes foreign residents fear an uprising as placards appear in the city declaring gods decree no more rain until foreigners are expelled.
The British consul at Amoy telegraphs that Europeans in Pekin are reported safe. The message comes with June 27 timing and indicates continued orderly condition despite unsettled events in the city.
London dispatch from Che Foo reports the allied assault on Tien Tsin began at daybreak with 150 Americans among the second international troops. Chinese forces rebelled under heavy fire, the arsenal was attacked, guns silenced, and by noon the fight was essentially over as American and British troops vied for the lead in a close race into the city.
The Shanghai Mercury reports a Boxers member recounting the murder of Rev Mr Ellis of the London Missionary and a Chinese missionary at Kung Tsun. On the 13th day of the fourth moon, thirty seven Boxers crossed the Tai Tsun and attacked the Christian Chinese in a boat, wounding him with swords.
A London dispatch reports optimism in the House of Commons and political clubs as chatter on China rises. Some believe Empress Dowager Cixi avoided open conflict with the Boxers and allied with them, allowing foreign forces to advance while promising reform and seeking safe retreat for Qing ministers.
Early dispatches show Allied forces bolstered by French German Japanese and Russian troops for Tianjin and Pekin, with uncertainty over whether Seymour's fleet moved on Pekin or evacuated ministers. Parliament questions ministers while Britain scrambles for a policy amid a tense crisis.
A Victoria dispatch to the Trib une details the Pekin Tien Tsin escape of foreign engineers, many with wives, trapped by Boxers at Peking Ti. They evacuated through Boxers after firing and heavy combat, aided by Cossacks and American marines reaching Pekin amid fires and pillage.
Ex Senator Murphy Jr dismisses any candidacy for vice president and says he would not accept if nominated. He states Tammany has no candidate and declares full accord with Bryan on the platform, including opposition to imperialism and support for silver at 16 to 1. He notes a Chicago platform reaffirmation on silver and territorial expansion concerns.
The Rev. N. T. Dowling, vicar general of the archdiocese of Chicago and pastor of St. Bridget's Catholic church, died here today of heart disease. He was a prominent church figure in Chicago.
In Grand Rapids Michigan on June 27 delegates at the Republican state convention, led by former officials and area leaders, rejected any sympathy with combines. A Democratic Populist victory this fall would threaten currency stability, while the party vows to regulate trusts by statute and constitutional amendment to protect the people.
The Khedive of Egypt arrived in London at noon from Port Victoria and was greeted at Charing Cross by the Duke of York, the Turkish ambassador, and a guard of honor from the Coldstream guards. A band played the Khedive hymn as the Duke and the visitor exchanged embraces before the royal car ride to Buckingham Palace.
Captain John Powers of Barbourville Ky was released after habeas corpus proceedings and a pardon argued by Governor Taylor dated March 6 1800. Judge Cornett accepted the pardon as a bar to further prosecution or arrest. This marks a second arrest and release for the same murder charge.
James Murphy of New York, sole survivor of a party of ten who sailed from Nome on November 3, aboard the schooner Eacrett, perished companions including P. Lair, J. H. Johnson, Charnex Ellioty, A. Nichol, and J. Smith after four months of starvation before Murphy was rescued on June 7 by the Alaska.
A fragmentary report hints at a Dewey interview last night with remarks on readiness and public support. The text shows stray lines about months and American voters, suggesting a political outreach moment without clear context or full quotes.
The article reports on Yan and Tam signaling readiness for the presidency and discusses the political mood across the country. It notes a strong Western feeling for Yan and suggests he believes he could be elected if he runs. Dewey pays tribute to McKinley and cites global tensions, including unrest in China, as part of the context.
Chicago reports the building trades strike collapsing as bricklayers and stonemasons withdraw from the council and sign a new working agreement. Arbitration committees of bricklayers and Chicago Masons and Builders association plan a pact extending to April 192 and immediate work for 4,000 idle laborers. Other unions on the verge of quitting are likely to follow the bricklayers. The move follows a conference committee recommendation to sever ties with the central body over failure to settle the dispute.
Nearly one hundred delegates attended the ninth annual Montana Christian Endeavor Union convention in Helena at the First Christian church. Reports show a thriving union with twenty eight active senior societies and fourteen junior societies. President Wilson of Bozeman delivered the annual address and other officers presented reports.
Washington June 27 Chinese minister Oia Morning called on the secretary and relayed a dispatch from the Tsung Li Yamen at Peli dated the 19th. It said imperial guard entry was permitted then reinforced, which the Chinese government would not allow. The dispatch also claimed the consul general at Tien Tsin demanded surrender of the Taku forts and that foreign ministers would soon depart Beijing for Thea Tain with their guards.
Notes from Missoula county and surrounding towns report visits, a domestic disturbance arrest of May Parker, a man fractured leg from a fall at Lue lower works and hospital care, a marriage announcement for Charles Zebich and Mary Mertzig, and Erroll Bee from Minnesota visiting a brother while listed with a local ball team.
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