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Newspaper
Wahpeton Times
Location
Wahpeton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1900
Page
4
Swansonas, June 20. Consulates report no contact from Pekin legations since June 11 and widespread anxiety about their safety. Numerous rumors exist with no authentic evidence. reports of a loyalist defense at Nanking, Tientsin burning, and the viceroy fleeing are unconfirmed.
A June 20 report from Loxpox recounts the Tak u war actions dated June 13 from Endymion commander Lt Kun Tan. Forts at Tak u opened fire June 17. allied forces silenced and occupied them after a short engagement. British ships Algerine Fame and Whiting engaged Chinese torpedo boats. two torpedo boats captured. Casualties reported as slight aboard Algerine. other losses unknown. Additional storming forces were sent. a Chinese cruiser is detained outside Tak u under admiralty order. No word on Seymour’s return. Shanghai dispatch notes forts destroyed and garrisons killed or wounded by sailors. Further, discussions on Pekin legations, Japan troop dispatch, and Allied plans cite uncertain outcomes as European nations weigh next steps.
A London dispatch reports early theories on Admiral Seymour's failed expedition blaming divided counsel among his diverse troops, with American forces allegedly cooperating with the British. A Pekin resident warns of massacres if legations fall. Sikh and Bengal regiments prepare to sail to Hong Kong to relieve garrison shortages. Russian troops, 3,000 strong, are en route from Port Arthur to Taku.
The Tribune reports President directs General MacArthur to deploy three regiments of regulars to Tien Tsin with medical, transport, and signal support for a 6,000-strong force. Admiral Remey to send the Oregon to Taku with extra marines from Monterey. The Inn sails from Manila with food and ammunition for 900 men for three months, eight days at sea. The Solace, with 800 men, follows from Manila to Taku.
Lord Roberts says over 2000 farms have been abandoned at Pretoria since its occupation. Released British prisoners include US officers and 3,089 men, with 248 in hospitals. Roberts notes June 4 British losses at 2 killed and 19 wounded. Buller reports a fast train reaching Darlington line. Mafeking’s first sick and wounded batch arrived at Beelfonte hospital on June 15.
Professor Otto Lugger from the state experimental station reports a grasshopper plague across the Zed River valley extending to Otter Tail county and the Turtle Mountains near the Dakota-Manitoba boundary. Hopperdozers show partial control, but complete eradication will require plowing to destroy hatch sites.
Monsoon famine dispatch from India reports heavy rain in Burma and Bengal but no relief reduction until broader rainfall, with relief total at 3,952,000. Also notes Senator Bacon’s illness from toadstool consumption after returning from Washington. A Knox College student and a society figure die in a railway accident in Illinois, and Indiana Senator Albert J. Boveridge’s wife dies in New York sanitarium. A man fatally shoots his father during a family altercation in Iowa.
A 12:30 a.m. blaze wiped out about half of Bloomingtons business area in Broomsaros Illinois. The courthouse square blocks were gutted and 40 to 50 businesses were destroyed. Loss estimated from 1.5 to 2 million dollars. Fire spread from Monroe street to nearby blocks and Windsor hotel, Wilcox dry goods, and Griesheim building were among the losses. Fire departments aided to contain the blaze by morning.
Fargo clinic advertises a 60 day program claiming to treat chronic stomach bowels kidneys and weak organs with a combine treatment of electricity. It promotes painless operations free X ray examination and cure promises for a range of private diseases and general debility.
A July 4 1900 Democratic Convention notice offers a Northern Pacific round trip at one fare. Tickets from July 2 to July 4 issued with a limit of one Concord passage, final date July 1. By depositing tickets by July 6 with the Kansas City joint agent and paying a small fee, final return limit extends to September 6. For details contact LP Gelleryan Northern Pacific agent for another term.
A collage of political notices and personal ads. Content includes a candidate for state superintendent, sheriff announcement, time changes for a Soo rail connection, work and housing pleas, and various classified requests across Richland county with references to local figures and venues. May include names like W. M. Frouse and E. Gellerman and Streeter listings.
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