27 Mar 1901
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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1901
Page
1
London report says a Chinese court decree through viceroy Liu Kun orders that the Manchurian convention not be signed, reversing a March 26 deadline fixed by Hus sia. The decree was telegraphed to involved governments as the issue sparks travel and security concerns amid bandit activity and missionary murder reports.
Pekin reports say Chinese signatories to the Manchurian pact are absent at deadline, as Rev. J Stonehouse of the London Missionary Society is killed by brigands east of Tien Tsin. United States commissioner Rockhill warns against solo travel. foreigners feel unsafe as districts near Bhi Nan face raids and indemnity delays loom. In Spain, 3000 miners strike at Almodovar del Campo, halting work and flooding mines.
London dispatch reports a widening Arab revolt across the Ottoman realm. Constantinople faces cash crises, delayed salaries, and mounting war material debts as Arab insurgents claim Mohammed Resha Effendi as sultan. Tensions rise in Macedonia with Turkish and Bulgarian forces mobilizing.
Capetown reports a worsening bubonic plague situation. Among those attacked yesterday were three soldiers from different corps. A navy native employed at Simonstown died. Eight other colored individuals and two Europeans are reported from Simonstown, with one native death.
Amsterdam reports Mr. Kruger will sail to the United States next month at the invitation of the American Pro-Boer committee. The group aims to raise 50 million dollars to form a volunteer flotilla to transport arms and ammunition to the Transvaal, signaling a bold fundraising and supply effort.
London dispatch notes Scotland Yard may guard J P Morgan when he arrives in April after threats from extremists angered by his American steel interests. Letters warn of possible violence aimed at wiping out England’s steel industry and disrupting British commerce.
The New York Herald reports that J. P. Morgan postponed his planned sailing to Europe after Scotland Yard warned of a life threat. Charles Steele denies any truth to the report while Captain Titus notes no police alarm or threatening letters have been received locally.
The Capetown correspondent for the Daily Express says 100 Boers captured 120 colonials in a rocky defile near Richmond last Thursday. He reports 13 colonial deaths before surrender, and that all were freed after being stripped of their accouterments.
Baltimore March 27 Alex Brown head of the banking house Alex Brown and Sons has resigned all directorships in financial institutions and will temporarily retire from active business on his physician advised tour through Europe. He financed many major deals totaling over 200 million dollars in the past three years.
New York March 27 The village formerly known as Sing Sing is renamed Ossining after Governor Odell signed the bill. The prison remains Sing Sing. village boundaries and incorporation details noted. plan for a railway station to bring prisoners to the prison via Ossining station discussed.
High water in Lonia Michigan rises toward rail bridges as three Maple River gaps breach nearby. Carson City dam failure floods Hubbardston causing about $2,000 in property damage. Mutherton dam also fails. water flows over highways near the upper bridge.
Springfield reports three shafts in St Clair county and one near Springfield strike as Mascoutah miners walk out over William Frederick as checkman. Citizens Coal shaft near Springfield protests inferior powder, Smithboro miners object to bi monthly flights per state agreement, and Oakhill near Dewey miners protest discharge of two men and admission of others as stockholders.
Denver reports a massive blizzard sweeping western Nebraska and eastern Colorado, killing thousands of cattle, sheep, and horses. Carcasses lie in gullies and ridges as animals struggle for shelter and perish, with departing passengers noting carcasses in every gully along plains.
Bristol March 27 Relative to Glasgow dispatch Shamrock II to use combined mainmast and topmast in one steel tube. Herreschoffs offered no comment. Locals expect August housing of topmasts to be unnecessary and anticipate saving hundreds of pounds, with possible need for additional spreaders on the spar as used on Shamrock I.
General MacArthur approved the military commission sentences for the Mando Ducats leaders who killed Quisimbing. Five ringleaders face hanging on April 5 in Calamba, one jailed for life, and four others for 20 years. Captain August McManus is praised for securing the conviction as Laguna Province relieves insurgent terrorism.
New York March 27 Gratification is felt by the navy department over the successful voyage of the mosquito fleet en route to the Philippines. The command includes Lee gunboat Annapolis the converted yacht Frolic and tugs Wompatuck Mascotqua. They are coaling at Colombo preparing to Singapore then Manila. The fleet faced anxiety but failure to reach Colombo is seen as a sign of eventual safe arrival at Manila.
A Washington dispatch quotes Japanese minister Kogoro Takahira saying Japan aims to preserve peace while negotiations on Manchuria and Russia continue. He notes exchanges between governments and that Japan is not yet ready to state a position, but acts to safeguard peace and interests of all parties. London reports describe bitter European weather, frost and snow, and ice conditions. Chicago reports an arbitration conference between Stone Foundrymen’s National Defense Association and Tron Moulders’ Union of North America to set wages and working terms with no major differences.
In Marseilles on March 27 twenty five hundred workers labored at the docks while streetcar and drag traffic moved normally. Strikers failed to force drivers to quit and patrols lined the streets, but order remained.
New York March 27 no official statement was issued regarding the reported lease of the Burlington by the Northern Pacific. At the Northern Pacific office it was said President Mellen was in town but would say nothing about the Burlington report.
The Daly county law case tests the legality of a recent county name change from Powell to Deer Lodge with a Supreme Court hearing underway. Mrs Sackett seeks a writ of mandate to compel clerk William Thomas to seal a judgment with the Deer Lodge seal, arguing the Daly seal would render it invalid. The matter, tied to property and public records, draws broader questions about county identity and notarized deeds across Daly and Deer Lodge counties.
Washington dispatch reports geologist J B Sparr of the United States Geological Survey has left for Turkey on a Turkish government commission to inspect the sultan's coal mines and assess their value. Denver sees another severe snowstorm with six inches of snow and ongoing misery.
Berlin reports the Anglo German cable project will begin operations next Tuesday. The new line connects Emsten in Hanover Prussia with Baden in Norfolk England, marking the seventeenth Anglo German cable laid.
The Huntington wholesale grocery burned causing $100,000 loss with $20,000 insured. Fireman Will Sturgeon was seriously injured and John Wright, a fireman, was killed while battling the blaze.
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