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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1901
Page
3
In Tiensin an affray between international troops left one Frenchman dead and several wounded. British fusiliers, acting as police, faced bayonet and brick attacks from French soldiers. Later, Germans aided the French. four fusiliers, two Germans, and a Japanese were wounded before authorities restored order.
Cablegram from Pekin reports Hsu Ying-kuei named to the new Cabinet and seen as friendly to foreigners. Wang Wen Shao joins as a progressive. Yang Lu and Lu Chuan Ijin are considered conservatives. Likely six or seven ministers. no prince yet. Prince Li retired in Pekin. Robbers are the only armed locals aside from foreign troops.
The departure of Field Marshal Count von Waldersee from Pekin was marked by a large military display by allied troops, artillery, and bands. The diplomatic corps escorted him to the station as Von Rauch stays to escort Prince Chun to Berlin for an apology over Baron von Ketteler's murder. Pekin transfers of German and Japanese sections to Chinese control proceed, while French troops are slated to depart China soon per M Delcasse.
Dr Regedo Jurado head of the Filipino junta visited the United States Embassy with Felix Versoza to obtain a passport for the youth on instructions from Secretary Hay. Embassy officials told AP that Jurado said he would not take any oath of allegiance and did not come as a Filipino representative. Versoza, educated and eager to return to Manila, wished to travel home.
Yokohama June 3 Viscount Katsura has formed a new Cabinet naming Ara suke as temporary Foreign Affairs Minister ex Paris Kyonoro-Keigo as Minister of Justice Kikuchi as Education Minister Hirata-Toshe as Agriculture Minister Utsumi-Tada-Katsu as Home Affairs Minister Yoshi-Kawa as Communications Minister Kodama reappointed as War Minister Yamemoto reappointed as Marine Minister.
GORK Ireland June 3 The principal basometer in the city containing 500000 feet of gas exploded today Four persons were badly injured The city is without gas tonight
The United States transport McPherson, ashore on rocks February 4, has been floated and towed to Matanzas harbor and will proceed to New York.
Reports from Berlin note damage in Prussia from bail lightning and cloudbursts while Queen Wilhelmina’s Berlin visit is deemed politically insignificant. In London, New York Chamber of Commerce members decline a Glasgow banquet invitation. The Sultan of Jan ms plans to donate a hospital wing in Berlin awaiting Emperor William’s approval. Baron Schenck Von Stauffenberg, long a German Liberal leader, is dead. Oceanic sails from Liverpool to New York with Arthur Pearson among its passengers. Newfoundland contractor Reid arrives in St Johns for talks with the Coal Ministry over railway disputes. Wheat and corn import figures for last week show Atlantic and other ports quantities. Jeremiah Curtin promotes Sienkiewiser’s latest work in St Petersburg. Bernhardt-Coquet London event opens with German players and Demetin among those featured.
Lib Vincent reports gray wolves on Powder River ranges form bands of six to thirty led by a chosen leader. The wolves attack cattle and horses with strategic moves, hamstringing prey and feasting. horses form protectively, sometimes routing packs. Wolves reach 125 pounds, breed eight to ten pups, with a Powder River note of a thirty five pup litter.
In discussions on river channel deepening, Philadelphia officials including Common Council members Gratz Coward Young and Perry push for a deeper Delaware and Schuylkill harbor to boost trade. They urge timely state Legislature action and substantial appropriations, arguing a deeper port keeps Philadelphia competitive among top global ports. The debate highlights municipal support, potential economic gains, and calls for coordinated action across local industries.
Philadelphia leaders urge a deeper river channel to cut transport costs, grow exports, and keep the port competitive. Council members and officials argue for rapid action and funding, noting coal, oil, textiles, and freight yards depend on improved harbor access.
Mrs. Annette McCrea, a pioneering female landscape gardener, has been hired by the Rock Island Railroad to beautify station grounds at Tracy Beverly Hills and Egleston and later at Marquette Michigan. She previously worked for the Northwestern Railroad and Lincoln Park and is a widow who supported her daughter after Frederick McCrea’s death.
The Calcutta Indian Mirror advises moral action during milk handling and daily fasting to cleanse tainted land and water. It emphasizes deeds of charity and ancestral sacrifice, invoking Charaka as authority and urging observances in every house village and area to avert fevers and purify waters.
A Chicago Tribune fragment shows a poet pressed by publishers to compose a sonnet while his wife enters with a cryptic remark about a boy’s call and unfinished lines. The scene hints at tensions between art and commission.
The Basement China Store expanded displays with main floor and upstairs tables for a crowded sale of china glass and bric a brac. Prices cut 25 to 50 percent on new imports from Limoges Hapsburg Carlsbad and Crown Derby lines with dozens of items including water bottles decanters punch bowls and dinner sets across English German and French makers.
The piece critiques Interstate Commerce Commission railway fatality and injury figures for year ending June 30 1899. It notes 7 123 killed and 44 620 wounded, with many deaths and injuries among trespassers and riders, and argues official reports mask harsher realities and long term railway dangers.
A Salzburg based family head claims an extraordinary birth record. Johanna Steiner and his wife, married nineteen years ago, have produced 37 children with triplets three times and twins twelve times, plus four single births. Thirty four children survive, all healthy. The thirty seventh child arrived near the father’s 72nd birthday as the mother remained robust.
In the Baltimore American a dramatic exchange unfolds as a devoted suitor pledges to venture to the end of the world for his beloved. The young woman coyly tests the limits of his devotion with a sly, unresolved misgiving about spoiling a possible good match.
Advertises serge and flannel suits at Gimbels with prices from 7.50 to 20 and a $5 sale on 7.50 serge suits. Promises satisfaction with returns or replacement, notes variety in sizes and colors, including navy blue serge and black options.
Advertises Nemo Corsets described as self-reducing and comfortable for fleshy figures. Claims improve dressiness and even distribution of support, with straight-front models and new garter-holding method. Various Nemo corsets priced from $2.50 to $3.50 and on display on the third floor.
Dr C H Crosby of Northampton once a famed telegraph operator recalls a hidden incident as the French cablers sent an 8000 mile message while he slept at Duxbury. He awoke to a mysterious transmission that proved the wartime night watch needed more than sleep to keep the line alive.
A nineteenth century tale recounts Empress they inspired by a deity to seize the western land of gold and silver. The Emperor Chuai dismisses the vision, dies while listening to a lute, and the Empress leads a fleet to conquer Korea, uniting three kingdoms under Japan by 201 A. D. The legend remains familiar in Japan as a historic epic.
Vienna correspondence from London news desk reports Kapolya Hungary suffering gypsy gang activity. Gendarmes capture a gang and release them after shaving the principal member’s hair as punishment. The group vows revenge and threatens further harassment.
A Kansas City Journal excerpt cites a Topeka paper noting President McKinley’s potential ease in city driving after a long ride. The narrative describes a tramp who claimed he had eaten nothing for several days, prompting bemused reaction from a householder.
A brief excerpt extols Iceland as a glorious country without policemen or prisons and a government free of fear. It lauds equal rights, moral rigor, and pure national types while noting hot springs and early Christian baptism around 1000 A D. The text ends with a humorous exchange and stray lines from the magazine page.
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