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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1900
Page
1
The French Consulate reports that 30 foreigners including six women and a child were attacked by over 700 Boxers while fleeing Pao Ting Fu toward Tien Tsin. Four were killed and four wounded. ten survivors are ten miles away, and an expedition is heading to aid them as ammunition runs low.
In Bridgeton New Jersey twelve masked men tarred and feathered Smith Alford after dragging him from his home He returned to his house at 2 am to prepare for his wife’s funeral Neighbors waited on porches and watched Alford suffer amid claims of long cruel treatment of his wife The crowd dispersed after the attack and police sought suspects with warrants planned for Monday.
Pekin on Friday in the dragon festival crowds, 349 foreign guards arrived. The presence of guards calmed locals toward foreigners and many Christian refugees continued to flood the city, while Boxer leaders remained free. No arrests occurred despite easy capture, and the government only occupied disturbance sites.
In Shanghai on June 2 the Empress Dowager ordered Governor Shan-Si to arrest Lin, manager of the Pekin syndicate, Kia head of the Shan-Si commercial bureau, and Fan a leading banker. The arrests are justified as targeting dangerous characters, but are believed to punish ties with British enterprises.
Mme Louise Morellis, an animal trainer with the Bostick Show, faced a jaguar in a Newark cage today. After a brutal struggle the trainer shot the animal, ending the attack as the jaguar collapsed back in its cage.
President McKinley transmits to the Senate a Secretary of State report on Paris Exposition Commission appointees residence details and expenditures for January through March 1900 totaling 211583. Secretary Hay cites Commissioner Pack noting appointment fitness as primary, with geographic residence and party affiliation secondary.
A small, formal wedding was held at the residence of King Bloomeburg on June 2, with close family in attendance and a simple ceremony noted in local notices.
District Attorney Rothermel introduces new court rules assigning bail case supervision to assistants Finletter and Scott in Court 646 and prison work to Clem ent and Rhoads in Court 676. Bail lists must be filed two weeks before trial with notice to the bondsman and returns to the DA’s office after postmark.
Special Telegram to THE Tips from New York reports actress Nethersole and another sued by Mayer over a $16 041 dispute. Mayer attached Wallack's scenery and Nethersole’s bank account as the suit proceeds. Nexon and Zimmerman claim breach of contract for failing to appear in Philadelphia.
The Temple Guards from Philadelphia performed El Caney a two act Cuban war play with a final tableau in Pottstown Opera House. About seventy guards attended the audience viewed scenes of battle and return of a fallen soldier in the wartime drama.
Washington reports the Navy Department has paused all work at Dry Tortugas for the summer after confirming title and beginning a naval station. The islands are turned over to the Marine Hospital Service to be used as a quarantine station due to the Service lacking an alternate short notice site.
Francis Hinton Maule 21, Princeton alumnus, killed himself at 105 South Twenty‑first Street after fearing hydrophobia from a dog bite. Maid heard the shot. doctor and coroner notified. His mother and sister were abroad. father fainted upon learning. The Maule family is prominent in Chestnut Hill.
Manila reports Captain Emerson H. Liscum of the Twenty fourth Infantry says 31 of 33 Krag Jorgensen rifles stolen December 9 have been recovered in Luzon. Rebels with rifles surrendered at Cuyapo and a fire in Nueva Ecija left many homeless. government aid urged.
The committee of twenty appointed by Chairman William Waterall will sign and forward a letter to Mayor Ashbridge regarding the English Wanamaker episode. Missing members who were out of town yesterday will add their names before submission.
In Stroudsburg on June 2 conductor Edward M. Eckert of East Stroudsburg died in a rear end collision on the Wilkes Barre and Eastern Railroad. Eckert rode in the caboose with two brakemen when coal train No. 4 led by Engineer Stone struck from behind at the half moon cut. The wreck crushed Eckert as the locomotive ripped into the caboose after lights could not be seen on the rear of No. 8.
Jacllia W McKnight claiming common law wife of Har mar Denny McKnight applies for letters of administration. She says they lived together three years and that his death followed a marriage ceremony at her home, despite family objections and an earlier marriage to John Holmes Wilkins.
Eugene Felden husband of the Tafton Hotel owner was arrested in Pike county on a fire set at the Tafton Hotel, April 20, as investigators continued tracing the blaze and origin of the damage.
Arrivals include Auguste Victoria from New York Etruria from Liverpool St Paul from Southampton and Pretoria from Hamburg. Departures list Ems to Genoa for New York Campenia to Liverpool for New York Southwerk to Antwerp for New York and La Guacogoe to Havre for New York.
The forecast covers Eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware and Maryland. Sunday will be fair and cool with light winds. Monday turns fair and warmer with fresh northwesterly winds. Temperatures show a high around 70 and a low near the 50s in most areas.
The Court of Common Pleas refused a motion for a new trial in the alienation of affections suit. Anna Reading Gazzam must pay Elizabeth G. Reading of Williamsport $25,000. Grounds cited were insufficient evidence for the verdict and excessive damages.
A writ of mandamus was issued in Common Pleas Court against Martha L. Robinson, principal of Keystone School, to compel showing why Virginia Field should not be admitted. Charles J. Field, her father, challenges vaccination requirements and argues the compulsory act is unconstitutional.
A mob of miners in Grindstone attacked traveling photographer L. Althouse destroying his tent and gear as they sought to lynch him. Althouse fled, later arrested in Webster and jailed. A 9 year old girl alleged an assault, which heightened tensions and fueled the unrest.
Wilmington officials report plans for a street fair and carnival opening June 18. Governor Tunnell has consented to open the event and may stay all week. A floral parade is set for Wednesday with schools and parades by military and fraternal groups on Friday. The First Regiment National Guard of Delaware may participate as Wilmington drills form battalions.
In Wilmington on June 2 three tramps were injured in the West Yard in a melee sparked by a white man taking a bottle of rum from a black man. Victims William Ward, William Sperm, and Roberta sustained wounds from cuts and a gunshot. ten shots were fired. Sperm carried a revolver.
In a grueling New York to Philadelphia test under heavy rain and rough New Jersey roads, thirty cars started the 110 mile race and fewer than half finished. G F Chamberlain and G H Macy endured a soggy, muddy course with a wheel detaching at the finish and still claimed victory amid cheers at the Bellevue.
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