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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1900
Page
4
The third day of extreme heat in New York City and nearby areas caused more than 70 deaths, with over half of the victims babies or young children. Around 40 child bodies lay at Bellevue morgue as hospitals battle a surge of heat related injuries and fatalities.
Excessive heat caused six deaths in Philadelphia and two in Camden New Jersey. Up to late hours forty prostration cases were treated in hospitals with several patients in serious condition. further fatalities are feared.
Boston reports show 30 to 40 people prostrated by extreme heat with three deaths confirmed. City health officials warn of continuing heat risk and urge hydration and cooling measures.
The funeral of Senator John H. Gear was held in the First Methodist Episcopal church with many national and state figures in attendance. Rev. Dr. Salter and Rev. Hulbert led services, and Hon. Thomas Hedges delivered the eulogy. Distinguished attendees included Governor Shaw Senators Allen and Allison Congressman Cummings of New York ex-Governor Drake of Iowa and other prominent figures.
Governor Roosevelt with Colonel Nutting and George R. Peck arrives in Curiaco at 1 pm. No one meets him at the depot. He and his party drive to the Auditorium for an informal call on Senator Hanna. He says he is hurrying home to New York and has no political conferences planned.
Cleveland reports a concerted effort to freeze out small plate and bar iron and steel makers who started during the market boom. Prices have fallen from 45 to 25 dollars per ton over seven weeks, forcing several mills to quit. The plan targets restoring prices on Sept 1 to 58 dollars per ton for beams and channel iron.
Mrs Perry Belmont is critically ill with appendicitis and an operation will be performed today after a sudden decline in her condition. Medical aid was summoned as her health worsened rapidly.
At the blue and gray veterans' barbecue in Atlanta General John B. Gordon objected to General Albert D. Shaw's conciliatory speech. He said he could not teach his children that the cause he fought for was wrong and that only the judgment day would decide who was right. Shaw urged teaching unity and shared ancestry.
Akron Ohio July 21 Hon Sydney Edgerton aged 82 died here after a long illness He was the first justice of the supreme court of Idaho and the first governor of Montana.
Brussels dispatch notes Li Hung Chang's passage through Hong Kong en route north. A long interview with the Hong Kong governor occurred before his departure, and the Shanghai legation expects details with reservations.
Washington officials question the Brussels dispatch claiming Pekin legations are in Prince Ching's palace. They hope the report is true but treat it with caution amid recent counter revolutions and Ching's noted foreign influence. Minister Wu visits the prince's Pekin palace and weighs the possibility he is safe there.
Washington ordered volunteers from the Newport marine guard at the naval training station to join a battalion bound for China. Eligibility required six months in the corps and two years remaining. The quota was readily filled, with 25 Marines to be selected from Massachusetts and Indiana.
Berwyn report of German Admiral von Benedmann’s July 14 account describes the citadel capture at Tien Tsin yielding 62 guns to the allies. He notes railway links and station control as of July 18 with British and Russian actions influencing handover.
New Orleans July 20 reports the Washington artillery, a venerable state unit with a three war record, tendering its services to President McKinley should volunteers be required.
Port Townsend dispatch reports officers of the transport Rosecrans arrived from Nome and say the smallpox scare there has been exaggerated with total cases not expected to exceed 18.
Hong Kong dispatch reports 300 Annamese soldiers landed by French gunboats to guard Shamien, a Canton suburb, amid rising tensions in the region.
In Atlanta on July 21 five thousand Grand Army of the Republic and United Confederate Veterans members cheered Generals Albert E. Shaw and John B. Gordon as the blue and gray reunion opened at Grand Opera House. President McKinley regretfully could not attend but sent greetings and best wishes.
Captain Cecil Rechmann United States military attaché to the Boer army denies leading Boer forces in South Africa battles. In a May 15 Pretoria letter to Adolph Lange he says he was an observer in several fights and at Samas Post, calling reports that he led the Boers a silly canard.
The division of customs and insular affairs at the War Department states that Havana port exports in the first six months of 1900 fell by 519,109 dollars compared with the same period in 1899.
Governor Roosevelt arrived in New York from the West and declined to discuss plans yet. He said he was very pleased with his trip to St. Paul and would decide on future steps later.
President leaves Washington after two days of consultations with his cabinet on the Chinese situation. He boards the 7:43 express of the Pennsylvania Railroad for Canton.
Kingston reports July statistics show a decrease in ties for April and May compared with the same period last year. The figures indicate a downward trend in the measured metrics across the referenced months.
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