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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1900
Page
2
Intelligence by electric wire from every quarter of the civilized world covers foreign affairs and home happenings. The item presents a compact digest of seven days' events with emphasis on notable global and domestic developments.
The United States Court of Claims ruled in the Sampson prize case, holding Admiral Sampson the Commander in Chief and Commodore Schley in command of a division under him during the Santiago action. It found the Spanish squadron inferior and granted a bounty totaling 166,700 dollars, with Sampson to receive 8,335 and Schley about 3,000.
Judge William K. Townsend of the Southern District of New York holds the Paris treaty valid and states the people of Porto Rico are inhabitants of a foreign country for U.S. constitution and tariff purposes in the Goetze & Co. v United States decision.
A Shanghai dispatch says an unconfirmed report from Tien Tsi claims a foreign legation was burned and a minister was killed. Names are pending confirmation. It is rumored relief parties face shortages of provisions and water.
Admiral Kempff reports an international army of 2,500 troops progress toward Pekin with permission from the Viceroy of Tien-Tsin. Russians move troops and artillery from Port Arthur while Minister Conger remains silent, causing anxiety.
A miner named Thomas Lewis was arrested on arson charges after a forest fire in the Catalina area destroyed about 50,000,000 feet of timber. A fellow miner testified Lewis reacted to pine needles hurting his feet and set the needles ablaze, triggering the blaze described as the region's worst forest fire.
Admiral Dewey, returned to Washington, expressed thanks for the receptions from numerous places but declined to issue a statement. He will stay at Beauvoir with Mrs. Dewey until June 25 before departing for Newport.
A northbound passenger train and an incoming accommodation train on the Southern railway collided ten miles from Atlanta Georgia. The killed include engineer Reuben P Mayfield and flagman William Davis. Eight trainmen were severely injured and no passengers were hurt.
Government detectives arrested Max Lasar and two companions in Niagara Falls New York with 75000 dollars worth of diamonds. They face smuggling charges in one of the biggest cases on record.
A Santa Fe freight train collided with a street car at Clutchinson Kansas injuring several passengers. Mrs. Patten Mrs. Geo Koon and Mrs. Burtch were killed in the crash.
A dynamite explosion at the Hale mine three miles from Biwabik Minnesota instantly killed five men. The accident occurred late today and is being investigated by mine officials. Authorities have not released the names of the victims.
Senator Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana will deliver the speech at the Philadelphia convention renominating William McKinley for the presidency.
Mrs. Gladstone, widow of William E. Gladstone, the notable English statesman, has died.
A blaze at Paul Weidmann's cooperage on North Eleventh Street and Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg Brooklyn results in three dead, eight severely burned or maimed hospitalized, and three missing. Property loss estimates range from 75 000 to 250 000 dollars.
Reports from Boer sources state General Dewitt leads 13,000 burghers marching toward Johannesburg, signaling a major push in the campaign.
A London dispatch reports a crisis in China with 4000 Russians starving near Pekin and Marines from numerous nations in Chinese waters. The Emperor allegedly seeks joint European intervention to depose the Empress Dowager, install foreign-led troops, and seize Control of rivers and communications, signaling possible collapse of the Chinese empire.
Reports detail continuing unrest in China with multiple uprisings, massacres of native Christians near Tung-Chau, looting of mission properties, and a strengthened Western garrison, including US Marines and ships bound for Tien-Tsin and Pekin, amid international fears of a broader foreign intervention.
A Treasury memorandum shows 388 million dollars withdrawn to cover Spanish and Philippine war expenses and related activities. Navy outlays by year total 27.1 million in 1896, 84.6 in 1897, 58.8 in 1898, 63.9 in 1899, and 51.0 million for eleven months of the current year. Revenue shortfalls reached 89.1 million in 1899, while the current year reports a 63.4 million surplus through May. War revenue is projected to total about 222 million over two fiscal years, with a monthly treasury surplus around 5 million.
A Boston census taker uncovers family tragedy as a little girl explains her parents deaths and a drunk father. Chicago enumerators face crowded tenements and secret whispers while Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Brooklyn crews reveal hunger, humor, and tensions in the 1910s census effort.
A historical overview traces the Boxer movement to a 250 year old radical secret society, Yee He Chuan, formed to overthrow the Manchu dynasty and curb reformers. It links the 19th century Empress dowager to aiding or tolerating violence against foreigners and missionaries, explaining imperial and foreign powers' cooperation against the rebellion.
A collage of short items covers topics from a quiet Dom the News to ice plants thriving in warmth. It notes The Hague peace conference progress, Italy ordering four armored cruisers, and U S nose-count costs, while hinting Britain’s aggressive China policy and ongoing South Africa actions.
The article notes a shift in the South African war after Lord Roberts reached Pretoria. Boer detachments disrupt communications, threatening Pretoria and Bloemfontein, while redoubled Boer tactics aim to prolong the war. British advances at Drakensberg and Laing's Nek relieve Britain, but overall the conflict enters an unsettled, prolonged stage.
Government statistician reports a continued reduction in winter wheat acreage to 27,008,000 acres as of June 1, down 5,240,000 from fall sowing. Preliminary spring wheat acreage shows a 2.9 percent drop. Oats acreage up 3.9 percent with varied regional condition changes. noted fraud warnings re estates in England. deaths of Maurice Finley in Chicago and Elmer Link from falls.
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