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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1900
Page
2
Reports indicate German cruisers Condor and Schwalb head for Delagoa Bay as Berlin defends the Bundesrath seizure. German officials condemn Britain’s power, while Sauer voices suspicion over neutral rights and British passengeriess.
Colonel Lockett with 2500 men including artillery attacked insurgents entrenched five miles northeast of San Mateo. The Filipinos suffered a large loss, about 1000 in number, as Americans pursued through the hills. Two Americans were wounded and a suicidal attempt to use artillery failed due to rugged terrain. The Independent journal, suppressed earlier, resumed publication in Bontoe province. A U.S. casualty was reported in the Subig garrison attack by General Santa Ana.
London dispatches report no word on the Mafeking sortie and growing fear that Baden-Powell's position is becoming desperate. Boer shelling near Ladysmith worsens as sickness and ennui affect garrison, while Dutch rebels threaten railways and communications along the front. Reports hint at a possible Buller move amid ongoing Boer activity.
London January 2 war office dispatch from Cape Town says Methuen's position is unchanged. Boers retreat to Colesberg fearing cavalry disruption of communications. A British recon north of Dordrecht engaged superior forces and was obliged to retire.
A Daily Mail dispatch from Kimberley dated December 22 reports the besieged town has three months of food. Fresh provisions and vegetables are available daily from Kenilworth, and water supply is plentiful and excellent.
Adelbert S. Hay the new United States consul at Pretoria left Waterloo station London for Southampton en route to Cape Town marking his first overseas posting aboard the ship to the Cape.
War department reports from November frontline action led to Wheaton's brigade crushing insurgents near San Jacinto. Major John A. Logan Jr. was killed. The two hour battle left 77 insurgents dead in trenches, with over 100 killed overall, plus 29 prisoners and 100 rifles captured.
Washington Dec 29 Major General Lawton Major John A Logan Jr and Major Armstrong to be sent home on the transport Thomas leaving December 30 for San Francisco. Cable from Colonel Miller Manila confirms arrangements by the quartermaster's department.
General Otis reports to the war department the arrival at Manila of the Duke of Fife and St. Paul with the Thirty-eighth volunteer infantry and the Ohio and Indiana carrying the Fortieth volunteer infantry.
Victoria. B. C. Dec. 29. News from the Orient reports that Russia and Japan are preparing for war in the spring. Japan is buying vast rice stocks and arranging transports for a demonstration in Korea. Russian fleet movements are described as three warships sent toward Mahampo, elevating tensions between the nations.
General Gil bert S. Carpenter, recently promoted brigadier general in the regular army, has retired on his own application after 80 years of active service. His last command was the Eighteenth Infantry in the Philippines.
The Dewey bear sent by Bemidji friends arrived in Washington starving and unruly, and guards at the National Zoological Park took charge, confining him at the zoo.
The Lawton home fund subscriptions received by General Corbin at the War Department total $31,404.45, with $17,325.45 raised to date and outside contributions included in the final amount.
San Francisco voters approved a 4,450,000 bond measure for public park development at a special election on December 29. About 80,000 ballots were cast with the proposition passing by a wide margin.
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