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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1900
Page
3
Reports from the day note Outlaws in Utah assassinating two officers near Thompson. General Rundle shells Boers at Sennekul as they make a last stand. MacArthur cites surrender of six officers and 102 men at Cuvapo and Tarlac. כולל.
Long list of war and crime items bursts from the era with reports of Boers abandoning Pretoria, fires at Hoboken mills, Filipino attack on a U.S. garrison, cholera spread in India famine districts, Boxers’ actions near Peking, naval and political developments, and a Fatal robbery in Ohio. The column covers global conflicts, domestic politics, and notable deaths and accidents.
A Shanghai telegram reports intensifying rebellion near Peking with rebels outnumbering imperial troops. Foreign legations bolster guards while the Belgian minister seeks audience. Reported Russian troop landings at Port Arthur and massed troops from Henan and Kiang strain the relief effort amid peril for missionaries and converts.
In San Francisco on June 2 Chinese Six Companies advocate cautious legal action and stronger sanitation for the Chinatown quarantine. They urge broader house and person isolation if needed, with cost secondary to stamping out bubonic plague. Chinese Consul Ho Yow pushes municipal support, while federal authorities withhold clean health bills for ships bound for the Orient and Hawaii.
London dispatch cites Lord Roberts planning a noon entry into Johannesburg with his main force after a quick advance from Germiston. He reports minimal opposition, no casualties, and possession of the railway junction linking Johannesburg with Natal Pretoria and Klerksdorp.
Washington dispatch reports Wu Ting-fang saying his senate call was informal and misinterpreted as lobbying. He sought to verify rumors about anti Chinese action tied to appropriation bills, meeting immigration committee members who recognized him and discussed the Chinese situation casually. The piece also notes 1500 phigh valley railroad workers strike for higher pay and Calumet mine fires threatening operations.
An explosion on the Kelly farm near Marietta today killed four men and fatally wounded four others while three sustained serious injuries. Fifty quarts of nitro glycerine were used in a 370 foot well and exploded after a faulty squib ignited glycerine. victims include William M. Watson H E Selton Frank Speers and Thomas Daniels with additional fatally wounded James P Speers Herman Speers Dawson Stallar William Carpenter. All victims are local county residents.
A special train started for T’eking this afternoon with seven American officers and 56 men, three British officers and 72 men, three Italian officers and 89 men, three French officers and 72 men, four Russian officers and 71 men, and 18 Japanese officers and 24 men. The foreign contingent also carried five quick firing guns. They are expected to face opposition at the first gate outside the capital wall.
A T Steerbickslee track farm house fire claims two children dragged to safety by their year old brother as the mother clings to a baby. The boy rescues his sister but cannot hold the mother, then escapes as flames close in.
London dispatches report British forces in Johannesburg with the flag over government buildings. Pretoria telegraphs hint Kruger ill at Lydenburg as Boers mass north of Pretoria. Lord Roberts says 20,000 Boers may concentrate near Lydenburg while British casualties stay light in recent actions.
In Apia Samoa May 13 natives dispute Berlin treaty rights as Mataafa faction challenges German authorities while American forces in Tutuila hoist Old Glory. Totuila reinforces customs with copra tax relief, land rules, district governance, and strict limits on imports.
Washington reports naval ordnance experts consider armor to counter soft nosed caps on armor piercing shells. U S experiments with the cap prompt effort to maintain American ship protection as other nations may imitate. Rear Admiral Watson to command Mare Island yard. Keypen urges filling 16 navy medical vacancies. assistant surgeons to rank as lieutenants. Secretary Long notes Captain McCalla’s pardon acceptance and restoration to former post.
St Clair Michigan reports Captain Artie Morrison Frank Campbell and William Medlar struck down by lightning while at work in a boat cabin as the mast split the vessel. Troops muster out 10 companies of the Kentucky state guard as Governor Beckham acts. In Cleveland Carl Raub shot and killed his niece Bertha Yocker then himself. In Minneapolis John Eber and another drowned when their boat capsized on Crystal Bay Lake Minnetonka.
Washington June 4 Senate session features caustic exchange over personalities and political twists on naval appropriation and armor plate questions. Debates include relief for India, Britain and South Africa, with battlefield rhetoric giving way to procedural votes and passage of private bills while Della Mar was committed to an insane asylum in New York.
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