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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1900
Page
25
Continued coverage notes sporadic dispatches from the Boer War front. Telegrams from Elandsfontein describe streets filled with civilians and looting, while British soldiers briefly join in chasing chickens. Officials report captures, movements toward Pretoria, and possible peace efforts involving U. S. envoy Hollis.
Mafeking May 29 Colonel Plumer occupied Zeerust yesterday without opposition as the district regains normal conditions and supplies arrive daily. General Rundle attacked Boer positions at Hammonta Orange River Colony June 5 using 500 troops from Brabant's Queenstown Mounted Rifles two guns and Cape Mounted Infantry under Colonel Dalgetty. Boers were driven back and their laager located but no battle occurred.
London readers see Swinburne’s Astraea Victrix with stanzas praising faith and defiance amid conflict. The poem contrasts noble aims with grim truth, while the news dispatch from Cape Town signals ongoing war reporting and organization, signaling broader wartime coverage.
Grape-Nuts offers 230 boxes of gold and greenbacks to writers of truthful letters about health benefits from the cereal. Ten top letters win $10 gold pieces and ten more win $5 gold pieces. 400 receive $1 greenbacks. Entries explain health gains from using Grape-Nuts and must include real names and addresses of 20 well recipients. Submissions to Postum Cereal Co. Battle Creek Mich. Prizes mailed July 3.
Dispatch from Pretoria notes Milner's staff forming the machinery for annexation. A visit by Lord Roberts's officers to the Presidency on June 5 included Mrs. Kruger in a black silk dress and white cap. Burghers surrendered arms as British troops were set to replace guards. A shell near the Lions Inn hit the U S Consulate.
A New York item reports the Ice Trust selling ice at 30, 40, and 60 cents per hundred, provoking public anger and accusations of extortion. V P Schoonmaker and Superintendent Winch deny reductions while confirming varied pricing under competing claims. City officials face lawsuits as The Journal and The World prepare actions before Brooklyn and Albany justices.
The discussion targets political manipulation by Mayor, Dock Commissioners, and Tammany influence to stifle rivals. It criticizes price fixing from 60 to 30 cents a hundred, questions the existence and impact of trusts, and notes Professor Gunton's call for state oversight of municipally franchised corporations while allowing purely commercial ones. Harriman argues price control, not market potential, doomed the Lee Trust, and predicts new trusts will emerge.
Dr Walter Peet resigns as Columbia rowing coach amid long running criticism of his methods. Captain Mackay says three crews will compete in the intercollegiate regatta, with graduates possibly guiding the program until race day. Spectator and student bodies press for better training and stability.
Judge E P Coyne said the Ice Trust cases would not be argued tomorrow in the Albany Supreme Court. The argument is postponed to Wednesday as the parties pursue related writs and contempt and prohibition orders involving President Morse of the American Ice Company and other officials.
Professor George Gunton and Job Harriman spoke at the Social Economic Club at the West Side YMCA on trusts led by the Ice Trust. Gunton argued it would fail like copper and wheat trusts, calling it a conspiratorial attempt to raise prices and plunder the community like a highwayman, while Harriman presented his Socialist Democratic view.
The Columbia University regatta on the Hudson opens commencement week with wide eligibility for crews. Entries include singles, pairs, fours, and eights among varsity and freshman crews, racing one mile straightaway from 135th Street to 115th Street opposite the boat house.
Cornell announces the varsity rowing lineup for a race at Poughkeepsie against Pennsylvania, Columbia, Wisconsin and Georgetown with a stated starting order led by Robbins at stroke and Dalzell as captain, plus detailed crew lists for the Francis Rowing Club and the freshman squad amid mixed recent results and ongoing practice. The article notes strong performance in weeklong training and confidence Cornell will finish strong against Syracuse.
Worcester champion sculler James A. Ten Eyck of Worcester accepts Ned Hanlan's challenge to row Jake Gaudaur, the world champion, three miles for a suitable purse. Ten Eyck is father of amateur champion Edward H. Ten Eyck. The match will be in Worcester, Mass, this June.
The New Jersey Naval Reserve crew will compete in a cutter race tomorrow morning on the East River against crews from New York Connecticut and Pennsylvania Naval Militia. The teams train daily on the Hudson, and the race will be rowed opposite Whitestone where the New Hampshire is anchored.
Williamstown reports on James B. Dill addressing the Williams College literary societies. He argues that corporate consolidation is a natural result of business growth, distinguishes honest combinations from watered, speculative ones, and traces the rise of promoters financiers and pirates in creating trusts.
The piece argues that trusts invite reproach and that honest corporations seek publicity to prove integrity. It calls for national corporation law and control, contrasts promoter risk with ostracizing securities, and urges character and education to guide future corporate combinations rather than displacing men.
Governor Stephens conferred with the Citizens Committee and police on calling the militia to restore order amid a street railway strike. A Merchants Exchange petition seeks State Guard deployment. Chief Campbell favors three thousand troops. Additional riot actions included arrests, shootings, and a special train bringing experienced transit workers.
In Scranton Pennsylvania June a strike by Marvin mine workers over wage cuts has spread to Leggett's Creek Dick econ and Von Storch mines of Delaware and Hudson Company. About 2500 employees are idle as drivers and runners halt work seeking 10 cent wage increases. The protest threatens to widen to all company mines in Lackawanna Valley and possibly to Delaware Lackawanna and Western mines.
Emperor William has arranged for an expedition to Syria with the aim of learning as much as possible about the ruins of Heliopolis. The project will have the active support of the Sultan.
Cairo reports the year’s cotton crop may reach about 1400 American bales. The Nile’s sudd cutting is expected to enrich the soil with fertilizing materials, signaling a new era in Egyptian agriculture.
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