Secretary Demands Channel to Peking and Cadet Appointment
Secretary Hzy urges direct State Department communication with Minister Conger in Peking without delay. The president appoints 40 West Point cadets. A mob lynches John Jennings in Cresswell Alabama for murder. Cape Nome gold seekers report lawlessness and death. J M Green of Trenton New Jersey elected president of the National Educational Association in Charleston. A tank explosion at Boston and Maine yards Somerville Massachusetts kills two and wounds over a hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hzy
State Department
Conger
Peking
West Point
John Jennings
Cresswell
Ala
L. Martin
Cape Nome
J. M. Green
Trenton
N. J
National Educational Association
Charleston
D. C
Boston & Maine
Somerville
Mass
Vernon
Tex
John
Edward Brewer
B. K. Norris
Peter Nissen
Chicago
Niagara River
D. J. Fink
Calico Rock
Ark
Henry Jefferson
Green’s Bayou
Elizabeth Shants
Philadelphia
Hamill & Booth
New York
United States
John Bennett
Plainfield
Santa Fe
California
Hawaii
New London
Alexander Jester
Gates
League of American Wheelmen
Milwaukee
McKinley
Canton
Free Baptist Church
Big Bend
Wis
Randall
Peru
Ind
J. F. Pickelheimer
Middlesboro
Germany
Walnut
Ill
Cuba
Washington Park
Harper & Bros’ Publishing
Harper & Bros
Chicago Flyer
Lackawanna Road
Oswego
Lounsberg
Nebraska
Home and Foreign Items in Industrial and Political Field
Brief notices cover developments in industry and politics at home and abroad. Highlights include personal movements, business updates, and diplomatic or national events shaping daily life.
Massacre reports from Peking and war in China
Reports detail the Beijing massacre of foreigners and Chinese casualties in Tientsin and Peking as powers mobilize for a broader conflict. Narratives cite Prince Tuan and Prince Ching roles, heroic defenses, and calls for retribution while allied forces pursue relief and siege outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Prince Ching
China
Kaiser
London
Prince Tuan
Shanghai
Emperor Kwang Hsu
Bethlehem
Roberts
Europe
Turkey
Charles F. McDonald
Hamilton
Ont
Post Office Department
Washington
Delcasse
Paris
South Africa
Orange Free State
Steyn
Tientsin
Nanking
Great Britain
Legations
Death of Senator Gear
Senator John Henry Gear of Burlington Iowa died in his Portland apartment at 4 28 AM from heart failure after an illness of a year. He drove with Secretary Wilson Friday night, retired Saturday, and funeral plans for Burlington are announced. The Senate committee and Burlington citizens prepare services at First Methodist Church with burial in Aspen Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Gear
Iowa
Portland
Wilson
Agricultural Department
Senator Gear
Pennsylvania Railroad
Burlington
Capitol Police Force
Agriculture Wilson
Grassmere
Col. Ransdel
Senate
Roof
Chicago
Allison
Cullom
Illinois
Spooner
Wisconsin
Davis
Minnesota
Jones
Arkansas
Baker
Kansas
Allen
Nebraska
John Henry Gear
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Aspen Grove
Iowa House of Representatives
Treasury
Harrison
Prescott Fire Wrecks Main Street in Daylong Blaze
Prescott Arizona reports a devastating fire that began at 10 45 Saturday night and raged until 3 00 Sunday morning. Firefighters blew up buildings on the south side of Goodwin Street to halt the flames, with total losses conservatively estimated between 1 000 000 and 1 500 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott
Ariz
Goodwin Street
Man Killed by Live Wire in Omaha
Charles L. Johnson, a laboring man, was killed by a live electric light wire at Fifteenth and Dodge streets. Joseph Poff first collided with the wire and was knocked senseless. Johnson went to investigate and the wire struck him dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Charles L. Johnson
Fifteenth
Dodge Streets
Joseph Poff
Johnson
Wallace May Preside At Anti Imperialist League Meeting
Gen. Lew Wallace may preside over the National Anti Imperialistic league gathering in Indianapolis from August 15 to 17. He is urged by correspondence to accept and it is believed he will.
Also Mentioned on This Page
John L. Pennington
Dakota
Alabama Home
Oxford
D. J. O'Connell
Ohio
Emmet Tompkins
James W. Watson
Webster Brown
Lincoln
Bryan
Stevenson
Towne
Weaver
Rudolph Hirzel
Missouri
Clayton
John L. Thomas
Racine
West Virginia
A. B. White
North Dakota
F. B. Fancher
Stutsman
Walter Reeves
Congress
John F. Lacey
Henry O. Smith
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
L. L
Mary Lee
Warren
Messrs
Indianapolis
Indiana
C. C. Bowers
Jesse Black, Jr
Michigan
A. B. Darragh
South Dakota
B. H. Levi
Sioux Falls
Remey
Chefoo
Kempf
Austria
Russia
Japan
Nitral’s Nek
Pretoria
Italy
Chamber of Deputies
Oscar
Sweden
Andree
Francis FE. Clark
Christian Endeavorers
New Britain
Department
L. O. Jones
Transvaal
de Wet
North
Lewis G. Tewksbury
John Chapman
Iver Lawson
Salt Lake City
Perry S. Heath
Republican National Committee
Illinois Central
Wickliffe
Laura Grant May
Bloomeld
Christian Endeavor
Charles A. Allen
Porto Rico
Hancock
San Francisco
Manila
Dun’s and
Bradstreet
Baptist Young People’s Union
Cincinnati
John A. Chapman
John Billingsley
Alexyeff
M. de Giers
Legation
Texas
Llano
Luzon
Buencanimo
Aguinaldo
Charles Y. Bussy
Hudson
Louis Eizen
Baltimore
A. V. Eskridge
Emporia
Kan
St. Louis
Rundle
Free State
District of Columbia
National League
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Boston
Sheng
Shan-Tung
Express
Tung
Mail
Tietsin
The
Daily Mail
Ching
Wang Wen Shao
Tung Fuh Siang
Daily Express
Hupve
Hunan
Daily Chronicle
William
Admiral Seymour
Tentsin
Iowa Statesman
J. H. Gear
Arizona City
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