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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1900
Page
3
A serious engagement occurred between the international column and General Tung Fuh Siang's Mohammedan troops near Pekin. Russian forces landed four centimetre guns and 1,700 men prepare to march on Pekin while patrol trains guard the Tien Tsin to Taku line.
A Shanghai dispatch says an unconfirmed report from Tianjin claims a foreign legation was burned and a minister killed. Names withheld pending confirmation. Rumors speak of relief difficulties, possible massacre risk, and Japan sending cruisers with 300 more troops.
A Chung King dispatch reports a riot at Yun Na Fu with partial destruction of China inland mission buildings and total demolition of Roman Catholic and Bible Christian nations missions. All missionaries are safe. A Russian troopship passed Yangtse June 13 with troops reportedly bound for Odessa.
Shanghai dispatch reports 30,000 Chinese troops drawn up outside Pekin gates facing the relief force. Guns target the American British and Japanese legations while American, Russian and Japanese ministers seek 2,000 troops each. US gunboats Yorktown and Castine depart for Tong Ku. no foreign warships remain.
Grave danger threatens Americans in the Yangtse valley, the Shanghai branch of the American Asiatic Association reports in a cable. Secretary John Foord forwards the warning from Shanghai dated June 14, urging immediate gunboat protection.
Tien Tsix reports the railroad line has suffered extensive damage slowing relief efforts and it is feared international troops cannot reach Pekin before Sunday. The Japanese cruiser Sumah has arrived at Taku.
June 16 report from Tien Tsin states rail links to Admiral Seymour's force are severed three miles past Yangtsun. Two bridges destroyed and rumors say Boxers plan to burn Tien Tsin station. Japanese troops for China.
Four companies of the Hong Kong regiment with artillery units set out for Tien Tsin. The fusiliers plan to sail on the Terrible on June 18 represented by a mountain battery and a field battery of Asiatic artillery.
A dynamite blast at the Hale mine near Biwabik, Minnesota, instantly killed five workers P. Stark W. Hattai L. Chalvert P. Hanson and C. Marock as they rushed into the drift to reach safety after the fuse was lit. The accident left five dead from the dynamite blast in the Canmore region.
Canmore Alberta June 16 a gas explosion in a coal mine killed eight men and injured several others. Listed dead include Prosper Daye Amand Regarda Tony Bolins Jr Peter Caulfield and four unnamed foreigners. The blast is blamed on a miner lighting a safety lamp in a hazardous area. One unidentified victim is suspected to be the culprit.
London reports that General Louis Botha managed a two day defensive stand against Lord Roberts and retreated without losses or captures. British supply routes are strained as Buller awaits tunnel clearance and fresh stocks. Ficksburg engagements show Boer gains nearby while President Steyn is at Witkop to rally support.
Fire in a Jackson Street tenement at 3 a m killed nine members of the Marrion family. The deceased include Daniel Miller Daniel Marrion Mrs Mary Marrion Mamie Marrion aged 18 Albert Marrion aged 15 another son 11 Elsie 7 Antoine 8 months and Emily 2. Five others were rushed unconscious to Gouverneur Hospital.
A Sentinel dispatch from Minocqua Wisconsin reports W J Bryan with Colonel W C Wetmore and party arriving to spend several days at Wetmore s resort. He delivers brief speeches from his car as the train passes through the Wisconsin valley and is greeted by sizable crowds at each stop.
President Diaz serves as chief mourner at the funeral of Don Justi Benitez in Mexico City. A full brigade of troops escorts the remains of a famed lawyer and statesman who aided the army campaign that Diaz built and led to victory. Benitez followed the progress of the United States.
The City of Mackinac left Detroit on a special excursion and reached Sault Ste. Marie in 22 hours. The voyage averaged over 16 miles per hour, breaking the Detroit to Soo record.
Berlin papers publish a letter by the African traveller Eugene Wolff who opposes importing Indian coolies into Germany’s East African colonies. He argues they are British subjects and should not be brought in, insisting the colonies remain German and unna linguistic.
Advance delegations for the United Commercial Travelers of Minnesota North and South Dakota are arriving in Duluth. The city is in gala attire and local Knights of the Grip have arranged an elaborate series of entertainments to welcome them.
William J. Bryan is invited to be a guest of the Milwaukee carnival association from June 26 to 29. The invitation is signed by President Edward P. Hackett for the association and Mayor David B. Roe for the city.
A Santa Fe freight train collided with a street car at the Main street crossing in Houtcutson Kansas on June 16, killing three people. The victims named are Mrs J S Patten Mrs William Burtch and Mrs George Keown. Mrs Keown was dragged from the wreck by her husband and died in his arms.
Georgia's Democratic delegation chosen at the state convention in Atlanta was instructed to cast their votes for William Jennings Bryan at the Kansas City convention.
Lorenzo Marques reports Boer agents discussing opening negotiations for peace. M. Wolmarans, related to a Transvaal committee member, arrived and says he will not take part in fighting. British prisoners at Nooitgedacht endure cold with sparse rations and shelter being organized.
General Buller reports to the war office that on June 14 General Lyttleton received formal submission of the town and district of Wakkerstroom, and that the enemy is believed to have completely evacuated the area.
Sir Alfred Milner, governor of Cape Colony, has called in Sir John Gordon Sprigg who is attempting to form a new cabinet in Cape Town as of June 16.
General Buller reports from Loxpon that about 150 yards at each end of Laings Nek tunnel are blown in. Debris will take several days to move but the line otherwise remains uninjured.
A north bound passenger train and an incoming accommodation train on the Southern railway collided ten miles from Atlanta. Engineer Mayfield and Flagman Davis were killed and eight other trainmen injured. Cause of the crash is not yet known.
News reports that President Iglesias of Costa Rica sent to Congress a decree making legal the circulation of United States money and the gold coins of England France and Germany in the country.
Commissioner General Powderly orders the deportation of 31 Japanese nationals who landed at Port Townsend Washington in violation of immigration laws. The action follows an immigration bureau decision and directs their removal.
Beruix June 16. The new Hamburg American liner Deutschland, floated Wednesday off the bar near Stettin where she had lain since June 3, is again aground.
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