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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1900
Page
1
News brief outlines naval action near Tien-Tsin and potential rescue of marines. Envoys and attachés reportedly depart Peking, with hostages feared. Reports of unrest spread across the empire as Gen. Chaffee sails for the Orient and Ambassador Choate presses Anglo American ties in London.
The Republican party in Maine nominated Dr John F Hill for governor. The Illinois Democratic Convention completed its ticket and adopted a platform. David B Hills strength appears to be growing as Southern and Western Democrats back him for the vice presidential nomination.
New York Westchester and Connecticut Traction Company moves to gridiron the northern shore with a fifty mile trolley belt from West Farms through the Bronx to New Rochelle and on to Bridgeport Connecticut. A 2 500 000 mortgage is filed to cover construction costs. The plan includes a five mile belt line in New Rochelle and parlor and vestibuled cars on the Connecticut line.
A tornado swept North Beach at 3 50 PM yesterday causing widespread damage to tents awnings and hotel property. The Bay View Hotel lost its upper siding and a yacht club vessels capsized or sank while a bartender suffered injuries. Intercollegiate Boat Races in Poughkeepsie offered a Day Line Round Trip ticket for $2.00.
Yale and Harvard prepare for the annual New London regatta with both crews reported in good form. Coaches Gallaudet and Allen say their boats are ready as weather and wind forecasts loom over the race schedule. Harvard recalls Higginson’s injury while Yale emphasizes a refined stroke and strong starts.
New London June 27 Yale and Harvard this year present crews well nigh in duplicate in stroke. The situation supports Bob Cook Yale’s rowing master who argued both schools would row practically the same.
The Department of Health outlines a $20 000 emergency appropriation to bolster sanitary measures citywide, not to fumigate Chinatown. Officials say funds cover disinfection, hospital equipment, and preparedness for any epidemic, while Chinatown remains under surveillance and deemed orderly.
Nine insurgent leaders led by Pio del Pilar Cepcion Garcia and Alvarez were released in Manila after taking allegiance to the Government and renouncing revolution in the Philippines. The oath, stronger than Otis’s, aims to bind leaders and influence followers to accept amnesty, which has yielded little beyond a day. Senior Buencamino had taken the oath earlier.
Three policemen protect Henry Huff, motorman of a Third Avenue car, as a crowd attacks him after a boy named Michael Andrie, four, is struck at One Hundred Seventh Street and Third Avenue. Michael, saved by the fender, is in critical condition. ambulance took him to Harlem Hospital.
Mrs Yetta Lazarus 28 of 96 Humboldt Street Williamsburg loses five year old son Harry in a trolley collision on Myrtle Avenue. Motorman Owen Fitzsimmons is jailed but later exonerated by witnesses. The mother, overwhelmed by grief, is placed in a St Catharine Hospital padded cell.
Two year old Betsy Oak of 172 Madison Street was run down and killed yesterday morning while playing outside her home. Frank McDowell of 51 Goerck Street, driver of the Madison Street car, was arrested and later arraigned in Essex Market Court before Magistrate Meade. He was held to await coroner action. McDowell said the accident was unavoidable.
Joseph S. Chamberlain and Walter Reynolds were killed when dynamite exploded while they handled condemned charges near the Dittmar Powder and Chemical plant at Maxim New Jersey. The men were distributing explosive boxes to fertilize a cornfield and an accidental detonation is suspected. Each victim left a widow and one son.
T. B. Blackstone of Chicago directs a will disposing of a $2,700,000 estate with $25,000 bequests to Passavant Hospital, Relief and Aid Association of Chicago, Art Institute, Chicago Urban Asylum, and St. Luke's Hospital.
Travel note suggests saving hours by using the New York Central to reach San Francisco or Los Angeles. Advises consulting ticket agents for arrangements.
At a teaching conference in San Juan de Porto Rico on June 27 Dr Saldana urged Catholicism be reintroduced in public schools. Portuguese Presbyterian Dr Campos Valladares opposed him, prompting Bishop Blenk to shout It is a lie and defend Catholic authority amid a tense clash.
Detective Benning of West Thirtieth Street Police learns his son Roland, 19, has married Lottie Ronner, 17, after seeking parental consent. The couple wed in Netherwood and seek permission to stay together. Benning and the Sergeant discuss the surprising family event by telegraph.
A lightning bolt struck Henry J. Vogel's country home in East Meadow Brook during a June thunderstorm, killing Anthony Seymour the coachman and one horse. The blaze started in the barn but Meadow Brook Hunt Club members extinguished it. Seymour, 55, leaves a widow and two children. Landsiedell narrowly escaped injury as the bolt traveled from chimney to kitchen signaling wire. This home had been struck previously within two weeks. Miss Vogel discovered the fire and alerted the club after cycling through mud.
In Irvington, George Mullins, nine, Adolph Mullins six, and Marcus Dwyer seven chased a wasp nest. Wasps swarmed out and stung the children and a passing grocer, causing a buggy wreck and a rescue attempt. The older Mullins fled with a dog, escaping largely unharmed, while the younger boy collapsed from stings and shock.
The Erie Railroad offers a ten dollar round trip to Chautauqua in July with return valid until August 4. Tickets advertised as convenient for a summer outing.
Reports say Admiral Seymour's column near Tien Tsin faces heavy harassment with only two days supply left. A Russian relief force moves to assist, envoys possibly fleeing Peking, and hostilities loom as Shanghai and Wei-Hsien report unrest and fears of attacks on foreign settlements.
News from Che-Foo and Taku relays that Admiral Seymour, besieged near Tien-Tsin, could hold out only two more days as relief troops of 2,000 men under Russian command moved from Tien-Tsin. Reports note heavy fighting, sickness, and limited provisions amid delayed rescue efforts.
Cablegram from Peking dated June 27 says forces under the relief expedition are entrenched eight miles from Tien-Tsin. The message is addressed to Secretary of the Navy in Washington and sent from Che-Foo. The report references Kempff.
French Consul General at Shanghai reports foreign ministers have departed Peking with four Chinese escorts. They are believed headed for Shanghai Kouan along the Great Wall route, per a Yangtse telegram dated yesterday.
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