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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1900
Page
2
Manila dispatches report the Ninth Infantry ordered to Manila for deployment to China with transports ready while officials in Washington withhold confirmation. A gunboat Concord may join Admiral Kempff’s fleet at Taku if it sails, as embassies await news amid Pekin rumors.
London reports Britain's plan to detach a division three batteries and siege train from Natal forces for immediate dispatch to China. Roberts initially hesitated but yielded after Boer resistance considerations. Transports are ready at Durban, with most troops at Pietermaritzburg, as Britain heightens Far East preparations amid China unrest.
Frankfort May 18 state officials and prosecution officials would not confirm reports that requisitions on the governors of Ohio West Virginia and Pennsylvania have been drawn for the arrest of W S Taylor as he passes through those states to the national convention It is believed the arrest attempt will come after he reaches Philadelphia Many letters from western readers urge Governor Pennsylvanias Governor to follow the Mount administration and Taylor supporters claim Pittsburg Republicans would not honor any such regulation if Taylor is arrested
London June 18 dispatch from Prah Su reports another clash on the Kumassi relief expedition line. About 5 000 enemy troops confront the relief forces as leaders of the rebellion include Ashant eh queen of the Ofotus.
Fire razed the west river bottom Union grain elevator near the union depot causing over 100000 in damage. The 70000 building and 30000 wheat inside were lost. Principal owner J. K. Davidson says losses are insured. Adjacent A C Brockett Cement Co warehouses and several freight cars also suffered damage totaling about 15000.
In St Louis the transit strike moves into a capital versus labor clash as leaders plan a boycott aimed at stopping patronage of the St Louis Transit Company. Gompers urges lawful action while urging workers to make car service costly by not using it, affecting supporters of the company and related businesses.
Beginning in July London will operate the world’s longest electrical underground, six miles from Shepherdsbush to Mansion House. Fare will be 4 cents, and the trip 16 minutes, half the time of present transit. Tracked 80 feet below ground, passengers are lifted in 100-person cars. Built in five years with rolling stock and engines from America, the line opens June 27 with the Prince of Wales.
In St Louis on June 18, chairmen of the executive and finance committees agreed to vigorously resume recanvassing firms and corporations for local fund subscriptions as street car strikes and chaos ease. Citizens continue to increase holdings and send congratulatory letters to committee chairs.
The Royal Mail steamer Don reports a Friday battle ten miles outside Panama with insurgents victorious and about 200 government troops killed. Rebels supposedly control Panama with strong positions at San Joaquin near Santa Marta as government forces head to Santa Marta from Baranquilla.
In a head on collision at West Falls Buffalo rail line No 5 southbound engineer William Eaton of Buffalo was killed and northbound No 8 engineer Frank Matron of Bradford fatally injured. No passengers were killed.
Constantinople June 18 The United States legation has not yet received a reply to the May 21 note on indemnity. Lloyd C Griscom US charge d affaires is making verbal representations to the Porte and pressing for a solution.
A native rising in the Gambia colony results in the deaths of two British commissioners and six police members at Sankandi on the south bank of the Gambia River. Mandingoes are reported as the attackers in this June incident.
London records sixty personal crisis reports in thirteen days due to influenza war rejoicings Derby losses and weather changes. Doctors cite these as the primary causes.
From Hong Kong on June 18 the report says all unprotected foreign buildings in Pekin are destroyed. Hundreds of natives are killed as Boxers cut the railway behind the foreign marines. The column led by Admiral Seymour loses supplies and retreats toward the relief of Pekin.
Shanghai dispatch from the Daily Express describes a rising crisis in China with 106,000 imperial troops guarding Pekin, foreign legations effectively prisoners, and General Tung vowing no new foreign troops enter the capital unless attacked. The relief column lags toward Tien Tsin and Pekin, while tensions mount over Taku forts and a potential bombardment.
London dispatch notes quiet southern China with a minor disturbance against Catholics in Tai-Lek near Fat-Shan. It mentions worry over potential further depletion of the Hong Kong garrison by military authorities.
Yellow fever has broken out at Quemados where U S troops are stationed. Fourteen cases so far with three deaths. Six under treatment with recovery expected. Two married Cuban women attacked but recovered. Major Frank Edmunds and Mrs Edmunds struck. Captain Cues detained for probable malaria. Havana City reported clear with few cases. General Lee enforcing precautions in barracks. Dr Harvard says fever at Quemados under check after years without outbreak.
Joseph Martin resigned as Premier of British Columbia. Lieutenant Governor sent for James Dunsmuir, who accepted the post after a one hour conference and was sworn in this afternoon. Dunsmuir to form a cabinet on non partisan lines.
Barboursville Kentucky June 16 An unsuccessful effort to arrest John T Powers indicted as an accessory to the Goebel murder failed as a posse reached his brother in law’s Poplar Creek home finding Powers had fled His attorney F D Sampson said Powers is not evading arrest and will trust his case to a fair impartial court.
Washington officials weigh releasing sailors from battleships such as the Oregon to join Admiral Kempff on a land advance toward Pekin. The Monocacy could carry 500 more men to reinforce Tientsin if needed. Secretary Root refuses to discuss military details.
In St Louis on June 16 striking street railway workers voted almost unanimously to let their executive committee settle on reinstatement terms without union reference. Samuel Gompers arrived and attended a mass meeting at West End Coliseum. A revised settlement plan is now with the committee, differing mainly in the reinstatement clause.
Major Wheeler reports General Lacuna with 500 insurgents at a ridge south of Papaya Neuva Ecija. General Funston leads 60 Americans in a vigorous assault, insurgents flee. Captain Hoekler charges and scatters remaining fighters. Pursuit continues until nightfall. twenty two insurgents killed, one American dead and one wounded.
Major General Elwell S Otis greeted by large crowd in Rochester New York his old home. General Joseph Wheeler joins the celebration as 1200 troops from the Fifteenth Infantry Fifth and Seventh artillery march in the afternoon parade with the marine band from Washington and many national guard and civic groups.
In San Francisco Judge Morrow voids the city health board’s quarantine of a Chinatown section as discriminatory. He ruled the measure pinched only Mongolian residents and quarantined a district rather than individual houses, increasing contagion risk.
Guatelli Pasha, longtime director of military music for the Sublime Porte, died in Constantinople at 87. A Parma native, his predecessor in office was Giuseppe Donizetti, brother of the famed composer.
General Daniel Butterfield, invalided for over a year, is recovering and expects to attend the Grand Army encampment in September.
Letters from Susan Wymar and Margaretha Dauber praise Pe-ru-na for relief from female complaints. Wymar, a Richmond schoolteacher in Chicago and Ir., calls it a blessing and a good friend in need. Dauber, Racine City resident, says Pe-ru-na aids her change of life. Address Dr Hartman Columbus Oh for a free women’s book.
Rain fell continuously in the Darjeeling district for three days, ending at 4 this morning. Several minor landslides occurred and numerous water pipes were broken.
Berlin police advertise for the whereabouts of R. E. Haskell, an American German shoe dealer who opened stores in the city a year ago and then disappeared, leaving his business bankrupt with liabilities around 80,000 marks.
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