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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1900
Page
1
Washington receipts relay Kempff cable from Taku noting relief reach at Tien Tsin June 23 with minimal losses and Pekin relief force ten miles from Tien Tsin. another dispatch from Consul Fowler at Chefoo says combined forces entered Tien Tsin on June 23.
Six Chinese viceroys acting through Li Hung Chang press Washington for no foreign troops in China until Pekin. The U S response declines, amid reports Seymour and his force may have reached Pekin. News from Tien Tsin, Canton, and Pei Ho details ongoing bombardment, sniper activity, and mass casualties including Americans.
A cablegram from Manila dated June 26 reports to Washington that the Ninth Infantry sails on the 27th, thoroughly equipped and well supplied with everything, signed by MacArthur.
The Navy Department says the armored cruiser Brooklyn with Admiral Remey will carry 300 marines from Manila to Taku, stopping at Nagasaki en route. The gunboat Princeton is ordered to Swato Amoy and Foo Chow then to Shanghai to install an electric plant and remain ready for active service.
Paris reports the French consul at Shanghai telegraphed June 24 that the Yangtse valley and Szechuen were quiet and no news from Pekin. Eleven Chinese warships were stationed off Shanghai as of that telegram.
The Associated Press dispatch from Che Foo cites Rear Admiral Kempff announcing the relief of Tien Tsin on June 23. News reached London and Berlin as the relief column started its return on June 24 to rescue Vice Admiral Seymour and the foreign minister, reportedly positioned about twelve and a half miles from Tien Tsin.
Washington reports confirm that the combined forces near Tien Tsin entered the city on June 23. The relief column including Major Littleton Walker and 130 U S Marines had been repulsed on their first movement. casualties were four killed and seven wounded. The Pekin relief force is said to be ten miles from Tien Tsin and surrounded.
Brig. Gen. Jos. Wheeler takes command of the department of the lakes in Chicago, relieving Gen. James F. Wade who goes to St. Paul to direct the department of the Dakotas. Wheeler plans to remain in Chicago until September.
At Philadelphia's Convention Hall on June 21, William McKinley of Ohio and Theodore Roosevelt of New York were named the Republican nominees for president and vice president. Senator Foraker led the nominating speech amid enthusiastic crowds as Archbishop Riyaz delivered a stirring invocation and Lodge called the session to order.
The recent meeting named M A Hanna once more as chairman of the committee. The event highlighted enlivening scenes on the final day with Hanna’s reaffirmed leadership and the committee’s ongoing plans.
Flood waters from Shawnee run inundated South Wayne and Creighton avenues, flooding yards cellars and first floors. Police boat rescued residents including Mr and Mrs Pearson at 18 South Wayne and others while crowds watched debris drift and neighbors helped each other amid widespread damage and evacuations.
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