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Newspaper
Dubuque Sunday Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1900
Page
3
The article reviews wartime blunders and criticizes generals for Pretoria disaster while noting simmering London controversy over Gilbert and Miss Steer. It covers a coroner verdict on heat deaths from a 80 000 troops exercise, and reports on Gilbert’s feud with Miss Steer over stage direction and rehearsals.
Dr D B Carette of Washita introduces Electric Bitters as a cure for Mrs Brewer’s scrofula and chronic sores. The ad claims benefits for eczema, tetter, ulcers and general health as a blood purifier. Price 50 cents with druggist T W Ruete guaranteeing results. Also notes several rail excursion rates to national events and western destinations with limited sale dates and travel limits.
Grain-O is a nourishing drink sold by grocers as a coffee substitute. It claims to aid digestion and strengthen nerves without stimulants and costs about a quarter of coffee. Dr Kay's Renovator is advertised as a 4 item renovator sold by druggists.
A dispatch from Tien Tsin reports Boxers control the city while native officials are burned at the stake and a great panic grips the population. Incendiary fires devastate eastern quarters. foreign residences and trains for relief are attacked or halted. Ships move and allied forces prepare for possible action as observers warn of wider conflict.
On June 16 in Bathurst Gambia a native rebellion broke out killing two British commanders and six police members at San. The unrest followed tensions in the West African colony as authorities faced violent clashes and a swift security response.
In Bathurst Gambia Colony on June 16 a party of commissioners was attacked by Madiinese while settling a local administration dispute on the south bank of the Gambia river near Mandingoes. One killed was Mr. Cecil Sitwell a former Windward Islands official.
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