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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1900
Page
3
Reports from Brussels and Berlin detail Russia massing 40 000 troops toward Kiachta and advances toward Urga while Tientsin shells and diplomacy unfold in China. U S Navy briefings describe Tak forts surrender and cautious allied action with no formal concert. Washington debates whether to arm or restrain, fearing alliance labels and aiming to protect American interests.
Washington reports by Major Simpson on Taku fortifications at the Pei Ho mouth. It notes the Taku forts’ heavy Krupp guns, three fortifications, and difficult approaches from the Gulf. Troops from Tien Tsin’s army corps, long drilled under foreign officers, man the line with Mauser rifles and Krupp artillery.
London reports Admiralty dispatch from Chee-loo dated June 1s says Japanese warship Toyahasi has arrived from Taku and confirms Commander in Chief and troops back at Tien-Tsin. Lord Salisbury briefed Lords that Seymour returned to Tien-Tsin and reasons remain unclear amid rising Boxer threat and anxious foreign Legations.
Washington reports that within a hundred marines sent to aid foreign residents in Peking and now back at Tien-Tsin are Major L. W. T. Wells and Lieuts R. T. Wrenne, G. Reid, A. F. E. Harding, H. Leynard, and W. L. Jolly.
Special to The New York Times reports Washington officials relieved by the news that the Taku forts fired on ships and were captured. Officials hoped for a Chinese offensive but observed the attack came from unexpected quarters, easing U.S. responsibility and clarifying the path forward.
The Ninth Infantry under Col. Liscum is ordered to board the Logan for transport to Taku to protect American interests in China. A typhoon washed out the road between Tarlac and Manila delaying the regiment by about a week, and the Hancock has returned to the bay awaiting calmer seas.
The War Department confirms the Ninth Infantry, from Manila, is ordered to Taku China to protect American lives and property. Gen MacArthur’s cable lists Col. Liscom and Port Albert transport with movement likely by July 1, typhoon delays possible. The unit will transfer at Taku to light river craft for Tianjin reach.
Washington reports high concern at the Navy Department for fifty six U S Marine guards sent to Peking under Chinese authorization. Twenty troops were reassigned to protect the Methodist Compound near the legation, an enclosure housing missionaries and many native Christians.
June dispatches report odd telegraph interference delaying Kempff's communications with the Navy Department and Admiral Remey in Manila. No friction exists between the two admirals and Commander in Chief Homey. Yorktown's voyage to Che Foo occurred without department orders and proved useful.
Press dispatches from Manila say a vessel sailed yesterday under sealed orders likely bound for China. The department reports no instructions to that effect, suggesting Admiral Remey may be acting on his own to bolster Admiral Kempff.
Paris dispatch notes a French consul general and compatriots held near Yunnan Sen, prompting calls for immediate relief forces from Tonkin. Le Figaro and La Gaulois debate Russia and Britain roles, while American cooperation and moral influence from Manila are highlighted as favorable.
The French Consul General in South China reports that residents of Yunnan-Sen are blocked inside Tonquin. Houses and missions burned, clothing stolen, and residents kept prisoner. France warns the Viceroy of Yunnan Sen of personal accountability for French lives as Guichen and Amiral Charner prepare for China.
A Shanghai dispatch reports Russia seeks 50 million taels as indemnity for damage to Chinese railroads in which Russians hold interests.
The French Telegraphic Cables Company announced telegraphic communication with Taku China was interrupted per French government advisories. Western Union echoed the note and added telegram routing via Chee Foo to Tien-Tsin and other ports, with daily stemmer service and nonregistered postal delivery.
Rev. William Christie, stationed in Tao Cheer North China, says Boxers seek to oust foreigners with tacit backing from mandarins and imperial troops. He notes Empress Dowager’s moral support and questions long conflict prospects amid Admiral Seymour’s retreat and ten Tung Fuh-Hsiang’s role.
Orders at the Naval Academy in Annapolis call for a detail of seventy marines. Volunteers from the 200 men stationed here were ready within minutes. Lieut. W. Garland Fay will accompany the detachment, which is expected to depart for San Francisco on Wednesday. Fay is the son of the late Prof. W. W. Fay and recently left civilian life to join the service.
At the third annual conference of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church at 156 Fifth Avenue, special prayers were offered for missionaries in China. Thirty three new missionaries toured Lower East Side under Rev. John Bancroft Devine after papers on foreign work.
In China the Catholic missions are led from France with one American priest, Father Hornsby of St. Louis, teaching in Makao. In Pitschin's north, under Lazarist monks, 38,640 Catholics serve 23 European and 24 native priests across 138 schools and two seminaries for a 12 million population.
Mrs. Clara Mather, daughter of the late S. B. French former New York police commissioner, seeks action regarding her husband who went to China months ago to oversee merging interests in the district where the couple resides.
Mrs Mathez learns of her father and brother Lieut Eugene S French death in the Philippines. Mr Mathez and his party reach a port and are reported safe. His wife plans to join him but delays travel indefinitely amid war news.
Excitement rose as bishops and delegates at Zion Church Brooklyn adopted the committee on the Present State of the Country. The gathering praised nonparticipation in strikes and socialist movements while urged clergy to curb crime. leaders including Dr T T B Reed and Rev D E Land clashed over patriotism.
New Orleans reports a Biloxi search for a confessed killer of Christina Winterstein, traced across the region. Authorities claim strong proof the man is at work nearby when the crime occurred, but high water halted the hunt. Two other suspects, Askew and Russ, were lynched with little proof.
Mrs Grace Chatterton sustained fatal burns when a lamp exploded in the bedroom while her husband J Howard Chatterton prepared a vapor bath. He moved her to a nearby house as flames spread. doctors say she cannot recover. Ambulance delay followed the blaze.
Rebecca Jackson twenty six of 327 West Twenty eighth Street was arrested at midnight by Detective Benning for loitering. She protested her innocence at West Thirtieth Street Station, led to a scene, and was later allowed to go home after an employer described her as industrious and respectable. She claimed she had visited her sister on West Sixty fourth Street and had ridden the Sixth Avenue Elevated to reach home.
MACON Ga June 18 Senator A O Bacon is recovering from a severe attack after eating toadstools misidentified as mushrooms He believed himself expert at distinguishing them and after returning from Washington gathered large quantities of the fungi Two physicians have attended him regularly and he is now all right
Mrs. Alice Forrester of 185 Greenpoint Avenue faced Lee Avenue Police Court on kidnapping charges from St. John’s Home where the boy Willie Powers resided with his father William G. Powers. A Charities Department letter claiming temporary custody was shown, magistrate Kramer ordered the boy returned to his father and set a hearing for tomorrow.
Southend citizens organized an ice import group from Muskegon and sued the trust under anti trust laws. The dissolved combine halted hostilities and signaled no price cuts yet though reductions are expected.
Advertisers hail the Menagere as the largest store in Paris and the world. Crowds at the Exposition praise its vast, unlimited assortment from drapery and furniture to millinery and perfumes.
The United Hatters of America protest to Fire Commissioner Scannell against firemen buying non union made hats. The committee notes a supplier of caps for summer wear is non union and suggests action. Scannell says he cannot force purchases as long as items match approved official samples.
Italians employed by W H Masterson refuse to dig after unearthing a human skull. Ten policemen loaded bones into tool chests as crowds gathered. An old resident recalls a pauper graveyard near the West farms Presbyterian Church before 1870.
The Lenox Lyceum opened with The Mikado led by May Fiske. Vaudeville opened and followed the performance. Other New York houses feature Edna Aug, Cupid's Middleman, Divertissement, La Fandango, and The Counsel for the Defense with Robyns.
In Toledo on June 18 Charles Barsh and Adam Geckle protest desecration at Fort Meigs Cemetery where about 200 stones were moved by trustees to aid lawn mowing. Relatives were alerted as remains appeared at farmhouses used as paving blocks and even a corncrib foundation built from a marble monument.
In Topeka on June 18, Kansas Normal School faces a clash between faculty and Regents over girls basketball bloomers. Miss Anna Stone bans the game unless the photographic plate is confiscated, but a photographer resists and the players defy orders to play.
A man in the Fourteenth Street shopping area chased a younger suspect after a theft accusation. Edward Smith, 21, was challenged by John Nadam, 45, but Smith fled through Union Square until a Broadway Squad officer detained him. The accuser pressed no further talk.
Thomas Reilly, formerly trusted at General Electric in Schenectady, is sought by police on charges of stealing important company papers. The suspect allegedly took a new and valuable wire winding process, amid other irregularities at the works, with investigations by GE's legal department leading to a warrant. he is believed to be head to New York.
The largest peach crop in years is assured in the Benton Harbor area with 1,000,000 green peaches being picked daily from M. A. Jennings farm south of town to prepare for ripening. Thomas Mars of Berrien Centre reports heavier chinning and fruit of good size this season.
In Yonkers New York at Ashburton Avenue a southbound Chicago limited express struck Andrew Slutter thirty eight of 45 Clinton Street ground to pieces. He died leaving a wife and four children in Poland. A onlookers quarrel after the crash involved a trainman and John S Slutter the victim's brother.
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