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Newspaper
Indiana Madison Courier
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1900
Page
1
A terse note claims the Goebels and Campbells pursue vengeance rather than justice in Iodi Tans, with a bold stance from Gov Mount described as exacting.
Salvador Manaava reports from Nicaragua that President Zelaya concentrates troops, cannons, and military supplies in Chinandega and Leon along the Pacific coast. Officials fear a potential war with Salvador and expect action by mid June or early July.
Gen Simon B Buckner, en route to Europe, comments on the Gold Democrats prospects this fall. He says they are stronger numerically than in 1896 and that convention outcomes will matter. He predicts a solid South for Democrats except Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, where Goebel backlash and McKinley expansion politics influence votes. He doubts Goebel’s reception in Kentucky will sway enough to derail a Republican win there.
The London Daily Express dispatch from Machadodorp reports Boer General De Wet captured 3000 suits of clothing. British troops suffer cold and hospitals are full amid sickness. Horses decline with many dying on the Bloemfontein to Pretoria route. A traitorous native telegraph chief from Luzon is sentenced in Manila to five years and a $2000 fine.
On June 14 in Crowded Onicaco an Indiana Avenue electric car crowded with passengers ran at full speed for three blocks past a railroad crossing after motorman H. A. Morgan died of heart disease. The conductor halted the car after realizing danger and the gatekeeper had temporarily raised the crossing gates to aid clearance.
The north bound Southern Railway vestibule train derailed four miles east of Agueville North Carolina. The fireman was fatally injured while the baggage master and engineer were seriously injured. The Tennessee Editorial Association members aboard suffered only a severe shake up.
Japan plans to deploy a mixed regiment to China with the aim of suppressing the revolt. The government press says Japan must win the confidence of the Powers and avoid acts likely to awaken suspicion before acting.
Reports say railroad communication between this place and Admiral Seymour's force is severed three miles beyond Yang Tsun and two bridges are destroyed. Rumors claim Boxers plan to burn the Tien Tsin station tonight.
Cable dispatches report critical positions of Pekin legations with 30000 Chinese troops surrounding the gates and foreign ministers seeking 2000 troops of each nation. US gunboats Yorktown Castine departed for Tongku as rail improvements delay relief efforts.
London dispatch reports persistent rumors that Russian troops may invade Northern China though no clear consent from Japan or England exists for a single power movement. Japan might allow a large contingent but not part of Russia’s strategy, while Lord Salisbury’s approach remains opaque to diplomatic circles.
Rev. Dr. Arthur J. Brown notes nine letters from Shantung and Pekin missions. Rev. Partch reports Governor Yuan Shikai’s forceful grip on discontent and a battle that left twenty one dead. Rev. Fenn says the Big Knives grow stronger as Empress Dowager aids them and drought blamed on Christians, while threats to foreigners persist.
John Ford, secretary of the American Asiatic Association, reports a Shanghai telegram warning grave danger to Americans in the Yang Tse Valley and urging immediate gun protection. The alert notes a threat from Swanagal on June 14.
Lavreville Kentucky reports that the Kentucky Democratic State Convention met to choose at large delegates for the Democratic National Convention. Governors and lieutenant governors candidates will be chosen in Lexington next month. Rumor claims Senator Blackburn may seek a resolution urging Governor Beckham to convene an extra session to repeal the Global election law.
Washington, June 16. The State Department says no request has been received from Minister Conger for any number of troops. It also notes no word from Minister Donger for thirty hours. Telegraphic communication between Pekin and the outside world appears to be completely interrupted after three days of a single northern line into Russian Manchuria.
An authorized interview with M. Rothstein, the St. Petersburg financier, states he came to the United States to inspect national development across production fields rather than to arrange a Russian government loan or a Russian bank in New York. The Iron Age notes a turning point in iron trade has not arrived, with buyers contracting only to meet current needs and prices not yet reflecting production costs.
Two hundred fifty of the 1,100 census enumerators in the city have completed their tasks and will forward their books to Washington. Work in Manhattan and the Bronx is expected to finish by tomorrow evening with some follow ups for absent tenants. Farmers paying high prices for cattle indicate a new standard.
The steamship Teutonic arrived at quarantine early this morning with J. Pierpont Morgan as a passenger aboard. In Loypom the Bank of Engisnod cut its discount rate to 2 percent today.
Indianapolis May 14 Attorney General W L Taylor Indiana says he found a flaw in the indictment naming W L Taylor of Kentucky as an accessory but omitting a principal in the Goebel assassination case. He asks for correction and further action by the Kentucky authorities.
Markets from Ontcago to Chicago report mixed cattle hog and sheep receipts with price ranges. New York sees eggs irregular while the Anti Imperialist League plans a June 25 meeting. Secretary Long updates the battleship circular amid Fleet plans. Washington quarantines the Chicago and Gladstone dies in London.
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