Relief Soon Urged as British Legation Besieged
Cable from Che Foo reports two weeks of siege around the British legation in Peking with grave danger of massacre. Chinese soldiers shelling daily, relief by foreign forces expected but likely hotly contested. Message from Captain Charles M. Thomas aboard the Brooklyn notes entry of relieving forces as crucial.
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Peking
Wasmatox
Navy Department
Che Foo
Tien Tsin
Legation
Fear Russian Trickery Delays Allied Move on Peking
Pessimism in European press follows a July 4 British note from Peking. Reports of massacres fade yet ground doubt remains as Li Hung Chang stays in Shanghai awaiting further Chinese and foreign discussions. Russia’s rail claim raises fear of delaying allied advance toward Peking and undermining unified action.
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Peking
Loipon
Claude MacDonald
Conger
London
Taka
Pekin
Russia
Berlin
McKinley
Count Buelow
Chinese Soldiers Turn on Boxers at Tien Tsin
Dispatch from Tsix July 20 reports Chinese troops killing Boxers as they were deceived into fighting. Widespread dissension grows with possible peace moves by Jung Lu and Prince Ching if foreigners survive. Allies may advance before month end. Gaselee’s arrival delays firm decisions.
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Peking
Sir Alfred Gaselee
Appalling Scene in Native City of Tien Tsin
Describes Tien Tsin after allied shelling with widespread ruin in the native city and suburbs. Reports joint provisional governance by Colonel Bower, Colonel Baback, and Colonel Aoki to restore order. Notes returning Chinese and servants, corpses, scavenging and burial delays, and patches showing allied flags. Mentions inflated Chinese losses and Boxer gatherings near the arsenal.
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Tien Tsin
Tren Tsin
Suandal
Bower
Baback
Aoki
Seymour
Admiral Kempff's Report On Tala Forts Attack
The Navy Department releases Rear Admiral Kempff’s Mail Reports detailing his reasons for not joining the allied ships in the Tala forts assault. The document, warmly commented on by Secretary Long, outlines Kempff's account and the actions he took as the incident unfolded.
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Secretary of the Navy
Long
Wasntsotow
Navy Department
Kempfff
Tala Forts
Twhir
The Saving of Money Royal Baking Powder Ad
An advertisement from Royal Baking Powder at 100 William Street New York promotes thrift and savings with a focus on value and reliability. It emphasizes trusted quality and practical benefits for households and cooks seeking economical choices.
Battles and casualties in Sino-American naval actions reported
An edited account from officers describes allied losses against Saroee as eight killed and twelve wounded, with additional casualties from a powder room explosion. Reports note wounded WWII style care arrangements aboard the Solace at Taku, and dispatches discuss forts at Taku and a neutral stance if not attacked. Also listed are personnel changes and unit mobilizations in Baltimore and Georgia.
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Point of Concentration mobilizes troops in San Francisco
San Francisco becomes a center for mobilizing forces for duty in the Orient. Battery D joins Batteries A L and O at military HQ, bringing the battalion to full strength. Batteries A UC and D, Eighteenth Infantry, back from Manila stay at the Presidio. The Hancock sails July 28 with the Fourth Cavalry for China. Troop H arrives, and recruits come in at about 75 daily from across the United States.
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United States
Orient
Third Heavy Artillery
Fourth Cavalry
China
Ninth Cavalry
Eighteenth Infantry
Manila
Presidio
Montana
Gen Chaffee at Nagasaki to take command at Taku
Adjutant General Corbin reports General Chaffee arrived aboard the Grant at Nagasaki and will coal and proceed at once to Taku to assume command. He is reported well. A separate local item from Scorrepone Alabama notes a reward in a murder case near Smith's Cove days ago.
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Taku
Wasuinatoy
Corbin
Chaffee
Nagasaki
Cbaffeo
Texis
Scorrepone
Als
Paradise Boys
Deane
Arevaneet
Butler to Speak in Southport Threats Reported
Wilmington July 25 Marion Butler state and national chairman faced rumors of disruption if he passed through the city. Telegrams claimed his speaking would occur with Southport as a destination while observers noted routes via Seaboard Air Line and Cape Fear river. Also reported New York is the site of a U.S. Army incident with a private shot dead and an Italian male wounded in Palau.
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Wacuxatos
N. C
Populis T
Marion Butler
Atlantic Coast Line
Marion Batley
Wilemington
Butler
Seaboard Air Line
Cape Fear
Wilmin
New York
Piston
United States‘urprises
Palau
Lynching and Murder Reports From Georgia Incidents
A Crawford County mob hangs Jack Hilsman over alleged misconduct with Mamie Mitchell. In Watentsville a man faces murder charges. In Greenville Gazesville a white man named Charles Anders is reported dead after a violent incident.
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Roneata
Jack Hilsman
Mamie
Mitchell
Greenville
Gazesville
Charles Anders
Abot
Hil ‘Banger
J Tere
Made
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