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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1900
Page
4
The item surveys Earth level surfaces and ocean depth, notes ancient Egypt using artificial limbs, recalls 700 BC priests as physicians, and highlights 400000 miles of rail built since the first railway. It also mocks the excesses of modern interviewers who reveal yesterday's news.
The article notes thumb to the nose as a derisive sign in some places and a sign of respect among Indian hill tribes. It describes Pekin’s ancient bell tower and drum tower closed to entrants. It references ecumenical talks on missions highlighting education trade and civilization beyond military means.
Porto Rico residents greet their first American governor in plain clothes and without pomp. They had known poor government with fuss and feathers but expect improved rule from a modest, steady administrator.
Ten thousand Japanese are said to have landed on the Pacific coast in the first three weeks of April with annual arrivals reaching about a hundred thousand, ten times the normal rate. Some are contract laborers likely to be deported while others may later wish they had been sent back as fear of war drives migration patterns.
The piece notes India’s vast population of about 300 million and limited manufacturing to buy imports. It highlights dense rural areas with up to 1,000 people per square mile and many agricultural workers and roaming laborers facing precarious livelihoods even in good times.
A report describes a living elephant trap near Ayathia in Siam with a double row of massive trees narrowing the path to prevent turning. Tame elephants lure wild elephants into the trap while captors slip shackles over their feet. the danger is high as enraged beasts may trample captors. Additional notes cover mixed-race marriages in Indian Territory with a new marriage fee law, local Indian protests at Ardmore, and rainfall records in Kameruns and Cherrapunji with comparisons to Oregon and California, concluding with a quip about web-footed people due to heavy rain.
The Des Moines Chautauqua directors have booked Dr J H Kellogg of Battle Creek Michigan to lecture on health foods during a weekly quiet hour. The notes describe a series of tragedies and accidents across Iowa including suicides, fires, a gas explosion, railroad wrecks and a fatal fall at a West Davenport elevator.
The Boers destroy 2 miles of Lord Roberts' railway between America siding and Roodeval. General Yorrestier-Walker reports heavy Derbyshire losses at Roodeval with 6 enlisted men survived and many officers and men killed or wounded. A flag of truce telegram cites over 500 British troops captured or detained as reinforcements are cut off.
London reports a Boer bulletin from Machadodorp stating on June 7 four Boer divisions attacked at Roodeval killing 200 and taking 700 prisoners, along with vast stores of food and ammunition. De Wet allegedly captured 3,000 clothing items and burned them to prevent reuse. The message notes British losses and possible Methuen contact as De Wet’s forces move.
Sixteen British marines reconnoitering ahead of an international Pekin column were attacked by about two thousand Boxers. The marines repelled them, 40 Boxers killed, and the Europeans cleared two villages. The expedition totals 2,044 personnel: Britain 915, Germany 250, Russia 300, France 128, United States 104, Japan 53, Italy 40, Austria 25.
An undated navy department dispatch from Admiral Kempis reports forces from various nations opening communications with Hekin. Americans join the effort as the Monocacy arrives at Valen.
War dispatch from Bloemfontein reports troops from the north at Youngspruit defeating Boer forces and moving to intercept the enemy near Kroonstad while an American consulate in Pretoria was struck by a shell days earlier.
Hunter reports two hundred fifty Boers surrender in the district with others pledging to give up. Manila dispatch notes Filipino leader Gen. Vio del Vilar captured near Manila.
Osama Nebraska June 10 envoy C H Wessels of the Orange Free State received a large, non-partisan reception. Governor Poynter, Mayor Moores, Captain H E Palmer, and IT J Mahoney led meetings. Wessels spoke as Bryan urged American sympathy for liberty seeking nations, with calls for renewed support for the Boers.
Dispatches claim De Wet with 13000 burghers advances on Johannesburg while Bloemfontein is retaken with Steyn in residence. British forces suffer heavy losses near Elandsfontein with 750 killed and wounded and 150 prisoners in sight of Vredefort. Clarifies conflicting reports and notes Steyn’s position near Vrede from Basutoland dispatches.
In Wasmeron June 9 Speaker Henderson declared the house adjourned sine die after a session marked by earnest patriotic effort and unremitting toil. He praised colleagues for meeting great national questions and wished a pleasant vacation before the next session.
The Philadelphia platform to be adopted at the convention endorses local self government for the Philippines under American sovereignty, with autonomy to follow. It supports Porto Rico policy, opposes trusts, and distinguishes between nonmonopoly firms and monopolies, with key planks refined by Allison Foraker Wanna Lodge and Fairbanks and sent to President McKinley for approval.
A Daily Mail dispatch from Accra dated June 8 reports a rumor that Sir Frederick Hodgson governor of Gold Coast Colony led a sortie from Kituanassi where he was besieged by the Ashantis but retreated and surrendered. Accra dated May 17 notes Ashantis in arms and a spreading insurrection making interior expeditions in the rainy season unlikely.
Des Moines reports Hon. Charles Aldrich returning from Lehigh with ancient mound discoveries including bones pottery and flint implements. Other items cover building and loan stock limits governor Samuel Shaw and the Endowment League in Sigourney, Iowa, state building costs and corn prospects, a judiciary clerk probe, and forged mantelpieces of petrified Arizona wood.
Lonpos reports Gen. Buller has gone on the offensive and gained no position west of Laing’s neck by evening, signaling he will press the Hoer positions. Lond Roberts has given no updates for three days, leading to speculation that he is resting or concentrating his army for a potential advance after Commandant General Both.
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