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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1900
Page
1
A report from Washington states rumors circulated that President McKinley planned to call an extra session of Congress to address the Chinese question. The Knights of Honor, meeting in Buffalo, rescinded a resolution labeling Christian Scientists as hazardous risks.
European observers view Li Hung Chang's summons to Pekin as a total shift in Manchu strategy amidst heightened tensions with Europe. Shanghai reports on the Taku fort bombardment describe extreme gore with phrases like rivers of blood and mutilated corpses within the forts.
Shanghai gossip claims Prince Puan, president of the tsung li yamen, burned the imperial palace at Pekin and killed the emperor while the empress dowager is alleged to have taken her own life.
The Columbus plant of the National Steel Co. employing about five hundred men shut down on the 20th. Local officers say they do not know the reasons for the suspension or how long it will last. They state workers acted on instructions from the New York office.
Daniel TP. Mel Killigan a noted western mining man died in Helena Montana on the 22nd He built the first quartz mill near Helena at Unionville in the sixties and erected several mills across the state A Colorado pioneer he squatted on property now central Denver in 1859
A midnight blaze on the 19th in Bloomington Illinois left half the business district in ashes. The courthouse and many leading blocks were swept away, with dry goods, jewelry and hardware stores wiped out. Total loss estimated at 2 million dollars.
Herman Schumacher of St. Louis was convicted of assault and battery after ejecting Miss Pauline Hesser during a mob chase by strike sympathizers. The jury fixed his punishment at a one dollar fine plus about one hundred dollars in costs.
The Navy Department issued a general order on the 21st under the last appropriation act increasing pay for naval officers on shore in Porto Rico Cuba the Philippines Hawaii and Alaska by ten percent and for enlisted marine corps ashore at those places by two percent. The raise is computed from May 26 last.
Berlin residents were startled on the 21st by Herr Mertel, Reichstag member and editor of Deutsch Tages Zeitung, saying the next war would be naval and aimed at England. He said the government quietly assured this, and the agrarian party backed the naval bill because of it.
On the 21st General MacArthur announced President McKinley has issued amnesty for Filipino insurgents. Buencamino Paterno and other leaders praised the move hoping to induce Aguinaldo to surrender and consider the peace platform with minor exceptions.
Snow, the crop expert, finished a two week tour through Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota and released a report on the 23d declaring a national calamity. He estimates Dakotas at 20,000,000 bushels and Minnesota at 35,000,000, totaling 75,000,000 bushels versus 200,000,000 last year and 225,000,000 in 1898.
The press and politicians in St. Petersburg seek unity with other powers to face China’s threat, while noting Russia must safeguard its own interests when deciding how to act against the vast Chinese empire. The government also views the situation similarly.
Orders issued at the U S Naval Academy in Annapolis on the 18th called for a detail of 70 marines to stand ready for far eastern service. Within minutes, enough volunteers were obtained from the 200 men stationed there to fill the detail.
Special correspondence argues Gen Otis misrepresented the Filipino war while Taft led a failing civil commission. Postal frauds in Cuba and broader corruption are tied to military control, with Republicans seeking to whitewash Congress. Patterson condemns McKinley era policies and urges Democratic unity for constitutional governance.
The Kansas City Independent condemns the Cuba postal ring as a reward system for political service, blaming Hanna and McKinley era figures like Heath Neely and Rathbone for tainting U S authority in Cuba. It asserts hundreds of thousands were stolen and that the administration betrayed national obligations.
A Western labor group condemns McKinley for his part in the Coeur d'Alene affair and questions whether western laborers will vote as they do in conventions. If they turnout against him, it may be a sad day for McKinley, notes the Butte Miner of Montana.
The Omaha World-Herald argues that farm prices have risen for inputs much more than outputs since 1896. It asserts manufacturers and retailers pass along higher raw material costs, aided by tariff protection, increasing costs for tractors, wagons, and tools while farm incomes lag. It calls for parallel price comparisons of all farm products vs buys to prove farmer disadvantage.
A string of editorial excerpts criticizes McKinley era imperialism, noting $150,000,000 and 6,000 U.S. lives lost. Editorials claim imperialism strengthens Democrats, while Republicans face tax and tariff issues. Some call for tariff removal to hit monopolies, others mock stock market volatility as prosperity.
New York cablegram dated June 15 from Che Foo reports Tien Tsin bombardment and Pekin danger. Rev Dr Leonard says 24 missionaries are missing and presumed murdered by Boxers, including women from the Woman's Foreign Missionary society and members of the Pike Hopkins and Brown families. Gunboat rescue saved Hopkins, Shrown, and King.
Che Foo June 23 report says bombardment of Tien Wein continues with large guns. Fauve concession burned and American consulate razed. Russians occupy the railroad station but are pressed. Reinforcements needed. casualties heavy. Rail line Tong Tu to Ching Long Chun open halfway to Taku.
A Shanghai dispatch reports Chinese regulars are bombarding Tientsin, not the Boxers, according to a telegram received here. The date is June 23 with details focusing on the Chinese forces involved in the attack.
A Shanghai special cites Japanese sources reporting 1,500 foreigners Massacred at Tien Tsin. The dispatch notes the claim from Shanghai via Japanese outlets and lists the grim figure as the alleged toll.
Brussels reports a telegram from China says Admiral Seymour and Russian forces entered Pekin simultaneously on Thursday. Legations said to be intact and all Belgian residents reported safe.
The American consul at Che Foo reports the Nashville from Taku has 33 Americans aboard, all from Pei-Tai-Llo, arriving in Shanghai on June 23.
Relatives of Captain Lettes of the gunboat Tts in Wesel Prussia say a dispatch from Che Foo dated Thursday June 21 reported the officer in good health after the Taku forts bombardment.
Li Jung, interviewed in Canton, reports he will travel to Pekin on June 27 by imperial order to suppress the Boxers and seek peace with the powers. He calls the Boxers a fanatic rabble, blames native Christian leaders, and says the empress may be misled. He cites the Taku forts firing on the allied fleet but does not deem it a war declaration. He favors decapitating Boxers' leaders and sending followers home.
London dispatches detail General Steyn drawing attention away from Botha and Kruger as Buller’s advance guard secures the Transvaal-Orange River split. Baden-Powell reaches Pretoria with a small escort, while Strathcona’s horse and H.M.S. Force units are recalled. Kruger’s condition for peace seeks asylum inside the country, with thousands of British wounded at Pretoria and labor shifts affecting railway workers and transport.
In Washington on June 22 M Cambon the French ambassador and Lord Pauncefote the British ambassador called at the state department. Their visits with Secretary Hay illustrate the feverish anxiety with which nations involved in the Chinese situation monitor every development.
United States attorney in New York plans action within days to remove Neely the alleged embezzler of Cuban postal funds to Havana for trial Judge Lurcombe aims to dispose of the case before July 2 Two indictments exist one under Spanish Cuban Article 401 and another under Cuban postal code 41057 Prosecutors have obtained papers and a certified copy of Article 401 Neely’s counsel may seek a Supreme Court appeal and the case moves through U S courts
A group of prominent citizens will depart for Washington tonight to invite President McKinley and his cabinet to Atlanta on July 20 for the Blue and Gray reunion. They will then visit Albany to seek Gov. Roosevelt's approval of a similar invitation.
A Chicago Chronicle excerpt notes William E. ONeill, a young attorney and Republican nominee for Congress in the Third District, addressing a meeting of colored citizens for William Hale Thompson's aldermanic bid in the Second Ward. A front-row heckler mocks Lincoln talk as ineffective for buying clothes for his family.
A stenographer misreads a note from T. Ersibleigh Snell asking a friend to dine al fresco. A young woman reads it aloud as You are requested to dine with Mr Albert Fresco at my home tomorrow evening. She notes the playful mispronunciation in a scene reflecting genteel respect and social manners.
In western North Carolina lies Asheville, described as a beautiful, famous resort with a healthful climate and scenic landscape. The writeup extols the area between Jue Ridge and the Alleghenies in the French Broad valley, touting its skyward views and inspiration for poets and painters, and notes convenient schedules and low fares to Asheville via Southern Railway.
A dramatic Detroit Journal excerpt describes a large woman discovering her husband in the last saloon but one. She scolds him with threats to square himself, while the man feigns calm with a weak laugh that underscores his pitiful position.
Annie Thompson of South Hot Springs Arkansas writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her long standing female weaknesses including leucorrhea womb inflammation and menstrual trouble. She cites ten bottles and seven Sanative Wash packs improving her health weight sleep appetite and daily life and urges others to follow directions for a cure.
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