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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1900
Page
2
Chinese forts at Tako fired on foreign bands but soon surrendered after a brief engagement. Reports describe rapid actions and a swift end to the clash with foreign forces asserting control in the area.
The Hunter force moved without opposition on June 18. Admiral Ciley's squadron, quarantined at Montevideo, has been released. A Russian admiral led the fleet that bombarded the forts at Taku. Rathway and telegraph links between Cape Town and Pretoria are restored. Thieves cracked the Gamb lings brewery safe in Portland and escaped with 600 to 700 dollars.
President McKinley was renominated and Theodore Roosevelt selected as VP at the Republican convention in Philadelphia. Delegates cheered as Foraker and Depew led the nominations, with Roosevelts rising prominence reflected in street scenes and badges across the city.
Dispatch from Rear-Admiral Brace reports Taku garrison around 3,000 men and allied forces advancing to relieve Tien Tsin. Proclamation vows to use force only against Boxers opposing the march to Pekin. Shanghai letters recounts massacres, palace sacking, emperor's death rumor, dowager empress missing or dead.
In Manila two hundred Filipinos met to seek honorable peace terms with American authorities. General MacArthur accepted the plan and leaders expect Aguinaldo to approve. The seven clauses include amnesty, restitution of property, civil governance, and expulsion of the friars, signaling a potential end to hostilities.
A downtown Pitt building fire caused heavy smoke and damage to several offices. Residents fled as flames spread through multiple stories near Fifth Avenue and Market, endangering occupants before firefighters contained the blaze.
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