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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1900
Page
1
A New York dispatch reports Shanghai menaced by uprising amid Boxer fervor in northern China. Minsters reportedly safe. Prince Tuan sets date for a general uprising as clashes and mutinies spread through Tien Tsin and surrounding regions.
Victoria July 18 Japanese steamer Korka Mura reaches Che Foo with seventy three missionaries and families fleeing mobs. They endured two nights in Suisiadl teawits as Captain Wise of the American cruiser Mouocacy is named superintendent for railway aid and provisioning to the Orient. Mrs James and other women recount the bombardment and evacuation from the town hall compound to Ton Koan cars as shells roared. Marines landed after forts fell and ruins were found with headless and armless casualties.
A dispatch from St Petersburg reports Prince Tuan mobilizing about 960000 troops divided into four corps. The northern division is ordered to remove foreigners from Amur while Pekin forces prepare offensives toward Mukden and routes between Pekin and Shan Hai Kuan. In Canton Li Hung Chang departs amid petitions praising his rule and merchants warn of piracy. China concentrates troops near the coast as Japanese numbers rise.
Detained dispatches recount the fighting at Tien Tsin from June 25. Japanese forces aided by Russians, English, Germans and the Japanese repelled Chinese assaults. Relief by allies arrived as bombardment continued and a daring courier named Waite fled the siege with Cossacks.
Governor Roosevelt arrived in Milwaukee at 10 40 am on his homeward run to New York and spoke to about 2 000 supporters. He urged unity and warned of chaos if reforms were reversed, recalling wartime sacrifices and urging backing for decency and order. The train paused at Portage and Watertown as crowds cheered during his vice presidential tour.
Davenport Iowa and George R Peck of Chio arrived here at 1 today from St Paul. The party drove to the Auditorium where Colonel Roosevelt made an informer call on Senator Hanna. The governor said I am just hurrying home to New York there are no political conferences on my schedule. Roosevelt will leave at 5 this afternoon over the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern for New York.
Governor Roosevelt of New York spoke to a packed auditorium in St Paul. Thousands jammed the streets as the National Republican League convention resumed with his call to stand by the party and support McKinley. He praised decency, efficiency, and honesty in public life, contrasted the 1900 and 1896 campaigns, and warned against insincerity in the opposition. The event culminated with a long ovation and a late return journey. Weather notes follow with a Chicago forecast for fair conditions tonight and Thursday.
Washington telegrams report a cabinet statement affirming no further troop withdrawals from the Philippines. They cite General MacArthur and commanders on the need to retain forces. no extra session expected despite rumors. A cable from Manila notes Col. Liscum's burial on the 17th.
London reports a Lord Roberts dispatch dated July 17 describes a determined Boer assault on Pole-Careu position. British posts defended by Irish Trans Tusttiers and Canadian mounted infantry under Colonel Anderson suffered heavy fire with casualties and captures. Hurdlton's column advanced toward Lindisy after breaking enemy lines, as Broadwood’s brigades pursued near Bethlehem and Pickseine.
Governor General Woban in Washington to meet Secretary Root at the War Department. He cites limited knowledge of China conditions and says no troop decisions will be made until after discussions with Root. Cuba quiet and favorable, with no definite share of troops announced. The nation watches for the ongoing convention plans this fall.
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