03 Nov 1900
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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1900
Page
1
The passage notes drafts from England will continue and five thousand sand horses will be sent out. The paper claims the Boers are well armed and abundantly supplied with ammunition, predicting the campaign may last six more months. Best informed quarters dispute The Daily Express pessimism.
London reports on cabinet reshuffles with Mr Brodrick named War Office head. military and social elites hail the move while reformers warn of insufficient change. Commentary cites generals and London elites, arguing for broader democratic reform of the army amid ongoing imperial policy debates.
Returns from borough elections show cross voting but Conservatives dominate local government in the metropolis. Progressives win six boroughs while Conservatives secure twenty two. Non partisanship suffers as business circles await the American vote on industrial issues. The Express flags concerns over South Africa and Boer activity. Lord Roberts’s return may be delayed and few Britons heed front dispatches.
London reports progress for Lord Roberts as he plans to return to England with most staff. Cape Town prepares to send refugees to Johannesburg and Bloemfontein houses seven thousand garrison. Boers raid trains daily, with October attacks at Keddersburg and Koffyfontein. British losses for October total 167 killed in action and 367 died of disease, amid ongoing heavy casualties. The Daily Express questions Boer revival strength and Roberts’s delayed return. Public notice line about Pennsylvania Railroad stations concludes.
Paris reports progress in peace talks as French forces purge villages around Tien-Tsin and Peking destroying Boxer villages and punishing inhabitants. Missionaries rescued and officials condemned to death. German French troops to garrison Pao-Ting-Fu. preparations to destroy the city temple proceed.
The Times Shanghai correspondent reports an Imperial edict appoints Liu Kun Yi Viceroy of Nanking and Chang Chi Tung Viceroy of Hankow as additional Peace Commissioners for China.
Berlin dispatch reports Shen Ti, favorite wife of Emperor Kwangsu, found drowned in a palace well after the court fled Beijing. The empress dowager is alleged to have ordered the death. The second favorite Shing Fi and about a hundred women from the imperial harem are held by the allies.
Hamburg November 2. The Russian government commissions the Hamburg-American Steamship Line to transport troops between Odessa and the Far East. The line has bought the Brazil and River Plate fleet from A. C. De Freitas & Co. of Hamburg and is negotiating with Hamburg and South American Steamship for joint operations.
Washington reports identify three aims in China after Boxer turmoil: remove the Empress Dowager from power, fund indemnities by higher customs revenue or gold payment, and replace the Tsung-li Yamen with a Foreign Minister. Also details a vast 1901 US naval buildup totaling 32 vessels, including 5 formidable fighting ships and 22 gunboats for police duties in the Pacific and Philippines.
London dispatch reports Baron Chesham appointed Master of the Buckhounds. Ad highlights comfortable travel with New York Central trains to the North and West, praising scenery, track, and service.
The Courier du Soir reports M Waldeck Rousseau's Toulouse speech angered Vatican. It says the Pope ordered Paris Papal Nuncio to soften the conciliatory stance toward the French government. Special trains advertise Princeton game coverage.
Ex-President Grover Cleveland, arrived from Princeton, met Commodore E C Benedict at 80 Broadway and then sailed with him on the yacht Oneida to Greenwich. Reports say they may duck shoot in Maryland and return late next week, with Cleveland possibly voting for McKinley on election day.
A mad dog roams New Rochelle biting seven people including Joseph Buzzard of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Owner Alfonzo Leperi shot at the dog but failed to kill it. The dog, later described as a mongrel cur, was ordered shot by Judge Van Selm but remained at large.
Alonzo Fosket, 23, of 1266 Second Ave, was left unconscious with a fractured skull after a brawl involving a dozen or more men at Mrs. Cameron's poolroom, 304 East Eighty-first Street. He was taken to Presbyterian Hospital in dangerous condition. no arrests made. Detectives Finn and Carroll investigated but could not identify other combatants.
Indianapolis reports disappointment at Democratic headquarters as Fort Wayne notes John H. Bass owner of the world’s largest carwheel foundry and all McKinley Bryan portraits fit to frame or decorate, with tomorrow’s Sunday World special supplement illustrated by leading cartoonists, canvass showing the likely election result. Five cents. Order from your newsdealer tonight. Jayne’s Expectorant advertisement.
Indianapolis reports say a Democratic statement quoted Beveridge predicting a landslide for Bryan was false. Beveridge asserts he never made such a claim, noting his Journal remark suggested a 40,000 Republican plurality in Indiana and that events since then support the estimate. He condemns The Sentinel for the attributed misstatement.
Robert Elkins a 31 year old shipping clerk knelt to mark goods when John Sweet a 62 year old salesman shot him in the neck at 244 Wooster Street Elkins was hospitalized in dangerous condition Sweet fled toward Broadway pursued by drivers Kelly a Hoboken man narrowly avoided being shot Sweet surrendered at Mercer Street station after street pursuit Doctors said Elkins wound dangerous coroner to take ante mortem statement Sweet claimed self defense with conflicting accounts from Elkins supporters
United States District Judge Estee ruled that Hawaii laws in force at Marshall’s trial allowed conviction by nine jurors, affirming six months for criminal libel about Chief Justice Judd. The decision weighs whether the Constitution follows the flag to Hawaii, noting differing circuit views and potential Supreme Court interest. Marconi sent a London expert to investigate failures of his system in Hawaii.
The British steamer Freshfield reports a fire in its second hold on October 2. On October 20, while one day from Portland, Maine, it met the American schooner W. K. Smith, which was leaky and dismasted. the Freshfield rescued the crew and brought them to port. Also noted is a forecast from the Brooklyn Eagle predicting election results from a postal canvass across Kings County and pivotal states.
President McKinley sends appreciation to parade organizers and ex mayor Strong, who died en route, while preparations in New York intensify. The event promises banners, fireworks, and a large crowd amid demonstrations by financial districts and TamMany tensions.
Reports from Chicago Vancouver New Whatcom Duluth York and Dover detail a range of events. Abel P Upham a famed tea expert commits suicide by carbolic acid in Chicago. A rich free gold find in a Kellown ore near Vancouver promises high yields. Salmon canneries in New Whatcom close for the season packing 225000 cans. A Chicago shooting ends with two revolvers used from a window wounding two men. The Howa Shaw steamer loads flax worth 408000, vaulting cargo value. vessel valued at 350000 risking substantial loss. Derrick accident near Bridgeport kills William Reem and injures five. All Deerfoot Farm Sausages advertise Mass production quality. Shore Line train to Boston announces daily service starting November 4.
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