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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1900
Page
7
Allied troops push toward Tientsin led by a Russian commander while Admiral Seymour reports a desperate stand and a dawn relief is planned. The assault features heavy naval and field guns as Chinese artillery answers the advance with fierce shelling. Americans and British race to enter first as casualties mount.
Cable reports from Chefu describe a Peking relief force eight miles from Tientsin. American and foreign consuls report legation guards entering Peking with Russians, Japanese, French, British, and German units following in that order.
The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions received dispatches stating missionaries at Pang Chuang have been escorted safely to Vtsinan in Shangtung province on the Yellow River. The cable from Dr. H. D. Porter in Pang Chuang was sent to his brother in Chicago and forwarded to the board.
Nine insurgent leaders including Generals Pio del Pilar Guncencion Garcia and Alvarez were freed in Manila after swearing loyalty to the government and renouncing revolution in the Philippines. The reunion signals a stronger, more unified stance against renewed insurgency.
Delegates flood Kansas City for the national convention as William Sulzer, linked with Democrat ticket plans, moves toward Lincoln and talks with Croker and Murphy in a bid to join Bryan. Sterling Price heads Sulzer HQ in Texas while reporters and Tammany figures prepare for arrivals and a two special trains plan.
London dispatch reports General Sir Redvers Rundle engaging near Senekal in sharp artillery action with a large entrenched Boer force. Commandant De Wet leads 3000 men northeast toward the Grange River. Kruger remains at Machado dorp as prisoners reach St Helena after Mafeking capture.
Harvard and Yale held their annual commencements while Capon Springs hosted the third annual conference on southern education in West Virginia. News of Baratonga rebellion and the Egyptian khedive arriving in London adds international notes. The Chicago Bricklayers and Stone Masons union ends its strike by withdrawing from the building trades council and returning to work.
Governor Hodgson receives a telegram from Colonel Willcocks concerning Ashanti operations. The message notes Major Wilkinson reaching Bekwai in early June and references a reply from the Gold Coast governor Sir Frederic Hodgson at Kumassi, indicating ongoing coordination and plan details.
The Prohibition national convention at the Hirst regiment armory, Chicago, opened with 1034 delegates, three declared presidential hopefuls Woolley Johnson Swallow, and a platform denouncing liquor power and party corruption. Leaders William Windom cited in platform. Delegates debated platform points into the evening with speeches and songs.
Justice Chester overrules a restraining order and lets Referee Nussbaum proceed with the investigation into the American Ice Company. The case centers on alleged antitrust violations in New York, with hearings resuming and an appeal possible to the Third Appellate Division. The ruling clarifies prohibitory writ powers under Civil Procedure.
The United States battleship Kentucky arrived at Tompkinsville Staten Island after completing a final acceptance trial. Commanded by Captain C McChester the vessel left Newport for a two day trial and an inspection board disembarked to report to Washington. Crew believed the trial was very satisfactory and on par with the Kearsarge.
San Juan Puerto Rico June 28 a first executive council meeting will be held today with no routine business planned a formal organization will take place Governor Allen will host the members and they will be entertained at the military post after adjournment Also the steamers Porto Rico and Longfellow collided near the harbor entrance at 3 am no serious damage reported.
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