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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1900
Page
7
London dispatch notes crisis in China with Tien Tsin turmoil and Boxers active near Wien Tsin Taku. Russian naval conduct draws comment while Pekin remains perilous. Corean dispute with Japan, refugee treatment, and Russian backing heighten risk of broader conflict in the Far East.
The Navy Department reports Rear Admiral Remey says gunboat Nashville left Cavite with Marines for Taku. Nashville may replace Helena. commanded by Commander Rogers with eight guns. Cruiser Monocacy at Shanghai ordered to join Admiral Kempf. Battleships Massachusetts and Indiana arrived at Hampton Roads and coaling for possible sail to Newport to join Admiral Farquhar’s squadron ready for China.
A freight elevator at the Dichols and Shepard implement house collapsed from three stories at noon. Five men were carried down with it along with a threshing machine. John Strum Baugh and Emmet Baily are probably fatally injured and three others seriously hurt.
Advices from Alaska report the Cape Nome fleet remains stuck in ice off Cape Nome. The vessels have been detained since May 20 and show no immediate movement.
A boiler blast at Reid's saw mill near Fife Lake Michigan on June 9 killed three workers and injured ten. Only two employees escaped unharmed as the mill was demolished and fears grew for additional deaths among the injured.
Gen Otis arrived home to Rochester and, by his request, there was no demonstration. He emphatically denied being a candidate for the nomination for vice president.
A meeting of the public utilities committee with Sacramento Oakland and Stockton mayors reviews inspecting the Lake Tahoe water system. If San Francisco accepts the supply it could then distribute water to those three cities.
Washington reports President McKinley is sure of re‑election and has no preferred running mate. He trusts the Philadelphia convention to select a vice president and will receive convention news at the White House. Only three western states are considered doubtful: Colorado Utah and Montana.
Washington dispatches report the President ordered General Wheeler to be ready for active service after rumors of his retirement. The move follows news that MacArthur has been in contact about troop numbers for potential China service, with navy activity and suppressed dispatches fueling speculation of a pending emergency plan.
Burglars broke into the Saranac Michigan post office at dawn, forced open the safe and stole about sixteen hundred dollars in stamps and cash. An alarm sounded before the robbers escaped.
Manila reports say General Pio Del Pilar, called Aguinaldo’s butcher, and leader of the flower of the Philippine Army, was captured by native police at San Pedro, Macau, and brought to Manila. He allegedly offered to sell rebellion funds and surrender his forces in past dealings with Lt. Otis.
Glouster Ohio June 9 The bodies of two men killed in a mine explosion have not been found after a second blast late last evening. William Grub crawled a quarter mile on the mine bottom with face to the ground and escaped. He said he crawled over two dead bodies. Others may be in the mine who have not yet been reported.
Disorder continues in Konitz West Prussia over anti Semite agitation. A mob set fire to sheds adjoining the synagogue but flames were extinguished before reaching the edifice. Interpellation will be raised in the diet regarding the outbreak.
Admiral Dewey and his party left Columbus this morning aboard a special train en route to Detroit where they will be guests of the city. The arrival and events in Detroit were to be announced by local officials.
A tense meeting in St Louis leads Governor Stephens to authorize militia use if strike violence occurs tonight. Army units may back Washington Market LaClede Olive and Park Ave streetcar lines as cars run tomorrow under state protection amid clashes. A mob of women and boys attacked pedestrians prompting the conference.
New York June 9 Justice Gaynor opened court to examine Mayor Van Wyck and other Ice Trust members. The mayor admitted owning substantial Ice Trust stock but said he did not know the company enjoyed city privileges. He also said he had heard of an ice monopoly but did not know prices would rise.
Grundy Center reported ex-county recorder Jno P. Suttman found dead in a hog pen while cleaning it. Hogs had rooted him into mud and were eating his body when found. Cause of death unknown. an inquest is in progress.
A mob of women and boys in St Louis strips Lena Kaenter a lunch peddler and daubs her with green paint as others jeer and throw mud. Shop girls are similarly attacked. fear and shame keep police from filing complaints amid a South Side line strike and terror. In Louisville a union block hinders non union recruitment for St Louis lines as labor tensions flare.
Consul General Ho Yow says a person acting for the board of health offered ten thousand dollars to remove the Chinatown quarantine. Chinese companies contributed seven thousand dollars toward the bribe before the man withdrew the offer.
Officers of the National Travelling Freight Agents Association gather in Cleveland for the annual convention. The group lacks regular membership and permanent headquarters, existing to unite traveling freight agents who pay annual initiation fees to support the national gathering. The solicitors contributed to a shared program of interests for the meeting.
Post master general Smith stated he had no information from Cuba and nothing confirmed about auditors finding Rathbone ordered bills paid twice.
In Columbus Ohio on June 9 the graves of Confederate soldiers who died as POWs were decorated. Governor Nash, a former Union soldier, served as the principal speaker at the cemetery ceremony.
The Women’s Club of Vineland New Jersey meets to consider establishing the Vineland Public Library Association. They are determined to promote a public library due to its beneficial influence.
A five man team golf match is underway between the Country Club and the University of Pennsylvania on the Country Club course in Philadelphia. Local players compete in a one day interclub event with teams representing both institutions.
A woman addresses a hackman as Mister, a form of courtesy the man never uses. The contrast hints at social norms and patterns among people who work with dogs.
A large party from the Commercial Clubs of Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis visited Mt Washington today escorted and hosted by the Boston Commercial Club. They will depart this evening.
Denver, June 8. A Colorado Athletic Association event features Kid Parker against Peter Jackson of San Francisco in a 138 pound bout with Parker weighed seven pounds over that limit. The match is scheduled for this evening.
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