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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1900
Page
6
A dated New York Times issue from Friday June 29 1900 presents the daily newspaper format and broad coverage typical of the era with notices, reports, and editorials likely spanning local events and national topics of the day.
Publication Office locations in New York Park Row London Trafalgar Buildings Washington Geneva Mainz Paris and German Austria France advertising offices named with agents and addresses.
Postage details list daily and Sunday rates, year and month options, foreign mail surcharge, and home delivery terms. Mentions readers outside New York can receive the Times via mail, with per month charges and annual totals.
The Times prints daily on the Paris Exposition grounds with a full printing plant in the American Annex. It is distributed freely at production, available at kiosks across Paris, and uniquely published on the Exposition grounds.
The piece argues that nominating Hill for Vice President beside Bryan could turn New York into the pivotal state in the Bryan campaign. It notes Hill as a major New York Democrat and potential national campaigner, and discusses risks with Populist support, Bryan's faction, and Kansas City deliberations.
Opinion piece debating Bryan’s potential nomination and the risks to anti-Bryan forces, arguing a unified Democratic front is needed at Kansas City. It warns of a Bryan presidency advancing the gold standard repeal and silver coinage, and urges a third party option to stop McKinley’s policies.
Reports on the safety of foreign ministers in China are contradictory and alarming. Li Hung Chang’s Canton dispatch placing ministers with Admiral Seymour conflicts with other accounts, and the ministerial fate under Peking’s government risks escalating to war or a state near war.
The piece argues that opposing Bryanism underestimates Bryan’s potential to shift Congress. It notes Bryan’s likely House majority and warns against assuming the 1900 currency settlement is permanent. It warns revolutions could topple current GOP advantages and that a broad popular rebuke might also change the Senate next March.
In the Third Avenue and Forty Second Street excavation related to the cable road, the tangled network of subterranean pipes reveals why sturdy paving remains a municipal engineering challenge. The essay notes the dense, interlaced mains and the constant disruption caused by needed access points.
Officials say New York s Chinese quarter is cleaner than some areas and poses fewer disease risks. Yet the piece argues colonies of any race undermine assimilation and should be discouraged, urging others to separate as a step toward discovering America.
A commentator notes a shift from rural independence to urban constraint as cities spread, arguing coercive measures resemble those once applied to individuals on larger scales. The essay compares farm life freedoms with metropolitan restrictions affecting behavior and self governance.
The writer argues Sound Money Democrats must weigh Bryan’s candidacy against the Chicago platform. He recalls 1896 and questions Bryan’s evolution, suggesting platforms are secondary to candidates and labeling Bryan a superficial demagogue. He warns against accepting the Chicago platform again.
An Observer editorial from New York dated June 25 1900 protests a three year delay in finishing the new City Prison. It questions costly steel cellwork and potential political influence, urging action to finish the project and ease overcrowding at the existing facility.
In a letter from Washington dated June 23 1900 J F Mindeleff notes that museums employ experts to explain collections and lecture visitors. He cites Tomsk in Western Siberia where a private founder once hosted the czar and emphasizes the growing need for skilled instructors to meet public demand.
A Utica Herald Dispatch note reports a widespread demand for the new five-dollar silver certificate and any five-dollar bills, reflecting broad public interest in the currency change.
A prospective heir asks if there is any hope. The physician responds there is none and says the uncle will recover. The brief exchange appears in the Philadelphia North American.
A lighthearted note from Cleveland Plain Dealer describes a couple who eloped in a car, then returned in a hayrack dragging the auto behind them, reflecting playful rural humor in local life.
An Indianapolis Journal quote contrasts the professor’s view of humor with Miss Flavilla’s, noting the difference between merely seeing a joke and the ability to take a joke in a brief humorous exchange.
An angry husband declares he can easily obtain another wife, while his wife counters that one man is as bad as another. The exchange underscores domestic tensions and practical attitudes toward divorce.
George Edward Day in Zion's Herald recalls mountains calling and sea inviting then night skies and woodland hush urge a choice between freedom pleasure and service. The poem ends with duty blending life’s calls into a single path.
Secretary of State Hunt presided as nine members met in San Juan for the first Executive Council session. Harmony prevailed but language barriers caused delays as every resolution required interpretation. budget action and a $100,000 Treasurer bond were ratified, with Gov. Allen’s message stressing citizen responsibility.
Dispatches report Colombia holds Nicaragua responsible for revolutionary activity on the Isthmus of Panama. The insurgencies threaten to unseat the Colombian government, prompting inquiries from Nicaragua and prompting the United States to limit action to safeguarding the Panama Railway and U.S. citizens. If needed, a naval landing may occur with nonpartisan stance by the commander of the Machias.
The United Service lists officer transfers and station changes across the Corps of Engineers. First Lieut. Charles W. Kutz moves to Portland Oregon under Major Solomon W. Roessler. Several lieutenants conclude Philippine duties and report to Fort Totten New York for Battalion of Engineers and Engineer School. Capt. John Gibbon Jr. will assist as temporary U S Volunteers quartermaster at Portland. A medical board is to meet at Puerto Rico headquarters for Medical Corps admissions. Orders from June 21 revoking Capt. George W. Goode’s orders are canceled. Major Allen Smith will manage the Chicago recruiting station in June during Capt. Wainwright’s absence. A Board of Survey will meet at St Asaph Virginia to examine a public horse under Capt. Parsons’s responsibility.
Cant. P. Lamberton is detached from the Examining Board at Washington Yard and assigned to the Lighthouse Board. Commander F. P. Gilmore’s order to return home is revoked and he retains command of the Isla De Cuba. Assistant Naval Constructor H. G. Gillmor is detached from Paris Exposition duties and ordered to Construction and Repair. Lieut. K. McAlpine is detached from the Montgomery and sent to New York Hospital.
Chicago reports plans to build two immense lake steamers for the Great Lakes Navigation Company at a cost of 1,000,000 dollars each. They should launch by May 1, 1901 to run weekly between Chicago and Buffalo during the Pan-American Exposition. Wilbur E. Houpt of Baltimore and John Gordon of Detroit lead the enterprise. Gordon previously managed the Lackawanna Transportation Company and acted as agent for James Jill of the Northland and Northwest steamers. Funding comes from capitalists of the larger lakes.
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