15 Jun 1900
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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1900
Page
1
A garbled OCR fragment mentions places and events with unclear dates and names. It references a Presbyterian church, a station, and a likely public notice or schedule, but specifics are unreadable. The text appears as a collage of words, not a coherent report.
In Havana June 11 reports say Governor General Wood has drawn calls from lawyers bankers and even cabinet members urging slower moves toward Cuban independence. They warn that electing only professional politicians could ruin Cuba, while Wood hints a constitutional convention may be called in September after promising elections in June. Local voices express mixed trust in Wood’s timetable.
Shanghai telegraph reports Emperor Kwong Hsu through his tutor Weng Tung Ho and three viceroys asking Western powers to intervene. He asserts wide popular support to end the Dowager Empress Hei Ti's rule and proposes foreign troops move the emperor to a new capital and set a joint protectorate to govern China.
Report from the Drakensberg region notes General Buller’s forces advancing and Boer positions evacuating Majuba hill and Laing’s Nek after a difficult ascent via Hotha’s pass. Smoke and darkness hinder pursuit as fifty thousand British troops close in north of Kroonstad amid uncertain war office briefings.
New York June 11 Senator Platt denied rumors he would resign before the end of his term. He told a World writer he would complete his senator's term and retire from public life after 1908.
In Shanghai on June 11 and Pekin fighting intensified since Sunday afternoon. Russia and Britain move to evacuate missionaries and aid workers reported by telegraph. France and Denmark signal crisis and potential demonstrations under European flags involving England and Russia with Japan and the United States agreeing to the plan.
London reports indicate mild rain in Southern India but famine relief remains arduous. About 6000 people, roughly fifteen percent of India's population, rely on government aid as cholera and heat continue to devastate camps. If famine lasts to December, governments may spend about ten million dollars. Cholera deaths pollute streams, chilling relief work and prompting many to return home to die.
The United States Monetary League argues a Kansas City gathering on July 2 will show the public that the money and silver coinage issue remains vital. It stresses need for silver in circulation, warns against substitutes for money, and claims unity can empower reform and safeguard liberty.
Congress completed action on the Louisiana Purchase Exposition appropriation and timber sales from public lands. A settlement opened Fort Hall Idaho and Kiowa Comanche Oklahoma lands for settlement with prices per acre. Admiral MacArthur briefed on Filipino casualties and prisoners. Wheeler to return to regular army. Private John Allen to retire. Congressional adjournment followed naval bill final passage and Senate social session.
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