Diary Extracts Show Boxer Uprising Terror In Pekin
From a Pekin official diary published in North China Daily News the June 1900 uprising is detailed. Fires widespread in Pekin attack churches, legations, and shops. foreign legations under siege. German and Belgian ministers shot. Kansu troops and Jung Lu forces loot and burn. chaos spreads from June 4 to 27 with railways damaged and many deaths.
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San Francisco
Pekin
North China Daily News
Tientsin
Legations
Tungehieming Street
Legation
Kwang Hsu
University of Pekin
Eveat
Kansu
Prince's
Austrian Legation
Imperial Chinese Bank
Dollar Mint
China Bank
Jung Lu
Imperial Canal
Chiao Ming Street
Charges by Guam Governor Portusack vs Leary
Governor Portusack of Guam arrives in Honolulu en route to Washington to file charges of mismanagement against Leary the former official who ruled island temporarily. He accuses Leary of arbitrary decrees including banning church bells and funeral tolling, notes Leary’s prior control during transition. Portusack, born in Guam in 1865, naturalized in Chicago in 1885, formerly worked as an elevator boy in San Francisco.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Frank A. Portusack
Guam
Washington
Leary
Portusack
Chaleston
Isas
Chicago
Missionaries and families flee China raid arrive in San Francisco
More than four score missionaries and relatives escape the Boxer turmoil and reach the United States aboard the China. Rev. and Mrs Holmes and three children, Rev. and Mrs BE Bousfield and child, Dr and Mrs Goforth and seven more, recount harrowing clashes with Boxers. Dr Goforth bears a head wound from a melee.
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San Francisco
China
Orient
Chuwang
M. Pike
Changtefu
Galloway
Mies G. Taft
Goforth
United States
Fusion talks progress amid Idaho three-party discussions
Huston in ideale Holke Idaho August third reports leaders of three other parties work through the day on a proposed fusion. No final result announced yet but the impression is that an arrangement will be effected. Democrats asked to step aside for the populists may agree, though a hitch remains with the populists insisting on one electoral vote.
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Holke
Idaho
Senator Fairbanks to Speak in Montana on Sept 2
Special Dispatch reports Senator Fairbanks of Indianapolis will lecture in Missoula Montana on Saturday Sept 2. He arrives Saturday morning and will have one speech in the state before moving on to North Dakota.
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Standard
Helena
J Pr. Woolman
Republican State Central Committee
National Committee
Fairbanks
Indianapolis
Montana
Missoula
West
North Dakota
Tacoma Floated Attempt After Tide Rise
The rocks burn the Tacoma may be floated at the next tide. Tugs have gone to her assist ance. This is the fourth time in four years the Tacoma has been ashore.
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Tacoma
Train Robber Located Near Deer Trail B C
St Louis report states Angus Charles H Barnes alias John N Nelson, the Kentucky train robber who escaped Kentucky detectives, is traced to Deer Trail British Columbia. Mrs C H Barnes provided refuge details to Chief Desmond, raising expectation of a swift capture dead or alive. Channing B Barnes, his brother, already captured in St Louis, was convicted of Wickliff Kentucky robbery and sentenced to 20 years.
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St. Louis
Angus
Charles H. Barnes
John N. Nelson
Kentucky
Deer Trail
B. C
Desmond
C. H. Barnes
Channing B. Barnes
Barnes
St Louis
Wickliff, Ky
Bundock Heirs Seek 1.7 Million Estate in England
Emmett Bundock of Honolulu and his father John Bundock of Sacramento arrived aboard the China en route to England to claim an inheritance valued at 1.7 million dollars. The Diester family estate near London, once three farms, is now said to belong to J. S. Bundock, per London solicitors. Bundock's family history spans Iowa and California before moving toward the English claim.
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San Francisco
Emmett Bundock
Honolulu
John Bundock
Sacramento
Cal
China
England
London
Diester
Bundock
America
Iowa
Sacramento County
California
Bryan Hails Populist Endorsement of Stevenson
Lincoln Nebraska Aug 2 Mr Bryan expresses gratification over the populist national committee in Chicago endorsing Stevenson's nomination for vice president He says Stevenson is committed to the Kansas City platform and deserves broad support He adds that nominating anyone else would weaken the ticket and that the populist organization gains by placing principles above partisanship.
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Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
National Committee
Chicago
Stevenson
Kansas City
Portland Portage Railroad Work Halt Sparks NP Link Claim
Reports circulated that the pause in building The Dalles portage railroad is linked to a plan by the Northern Pacific to extend down the Columbia River to Portland. The portage line was to finish now but funds ran out. workers were discharged until capital returned, with NP seen as likely to provide funds.
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Portland
Ore
Eveing
Dalles Portage
Northern Pacific
Columbia River
Croker set to lead Democratic convention fight in New York
Partial returns from New York primaries show Richard Croker likely to control the Democratic convention at Saratoga on September 11. The clash pits Croker against followers of Governor hopefuls Bird S. Coler and ex Senator Hill who dismiss the result as provisional.
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New York
Richard Croker
Saratoga
Croker
Friends of Comptrller
Bird S. Coler
Hill
Coler
Bankruptcy decision clarifies claims before surrender period
Winona Minnesota August 2 Judge Cochren issued a decision in the W. S. Trowbridge insolvency case. The ruling states under the bankruptcy act a creditor may have a claim allowed if he surrenders to the trustee any money or property received from the bankrupt within four months prior to bankruptcy, regardless of the creditor’s knowledge of the debtor’s insolvency.
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Winona. Minn
Cochren
Trowbridge
Actsoe
British Minister Greville to Mexico in succession plan
London reports George Greville long stationed in Bangkok since 1896 is named Birth minister to Mexico replacing Sir Henry Deering who was just appointed British minister at Rio de Janeiro.
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London
George Greville
Bangkok
Mexico
Henry Deering
Rio Janeiro
Railway mail line Missoula to Wallace opens
Special Dispatch reports the Northern Pacific route from Missoula to Wallace Idaho and to Demet will carry railway mail. The Missoula and Wallace line inaugurates new service. A patent was issued to Charles A Wiley of Miles City for a photographic camera.
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Standard
Washington
Northern Pacific
Missoula
Wallace
Idaho
Demet
Missoula & Wallace
Charles A. Wiley
Miles City
Pioneer Peter A Steward Dies in Tacoma at Old Age
Tacoma Wash August 25 Peter A Steward died today of old age He crossed the plains in 1843 and settled in Oregon He was a member of the executive committee of the provisional government and later served as probate judge of Clackamas county
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Tacoma
Wash
Peter A. Steward
Mr. Steward
Plains
Oregon
Provisional Government
Clackaman County
Hanna Plans Westward Campaign Trip
New York August 28 Senator Hanna announced he will leave Tuesday or Wednesday for the West to remain through the campaign. He may return briefly depending on circumstances and developments.
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New York
Hanna
West
Tacoma Ashore Near Alki Point After Beach Collision
The Northern Pacific Steamship company’s Cape Nome steamship Tacoma ran ashore at about 9 this morning on a dangerous beach half a mile south of Alki Point. The vessel carried more than 1,000 tons of coal and faces risk of structural damage if it settles on rocks.
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Seattle
Northern Pacific Steamship Company
Cape Nome
Tacoma
Alki Point
Roberts at the Hens Leads London Rumor on Command
A London morning edition claims Lord Roberts has already succeeded Lord Wolseley as commander in chief of the British army. The report cites the Daily Mall as the authority behind the assertion.
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London
Daily Mall This
Lord Roberts
Lord Wolseley
British Advance Slow in Africa Bos Capture Bergen Dal
London reports dated August 27 says Buller’s troops captured Bergen dal two miles northwest of Dalmanthe after a strong Boer defense. Casualties feared low at 50 to 60 with one officer killed and two wounded. a pompom was captured. Baden-Powell’s Nylstroom occupation noted with troops returning to Pretoria.
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Bullers
Bergendal
Dalmanthe
Buller
Inniskillens
Scots
Swartzkopje
Levenberg Road
Pole-Carews
Baden-Powell
Nylstroom
Paget
Pretoria
Battle at Machadodorp: Boers defeated, guns left behind
Laurenco Marquez reports heavy fighting at Machadodorp with Boer forces said defeated by British. Guns and ammunition reportedly abandoned by the Boers in the engagement.
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Laurenco Marquez
Aus
Machadodorp
Boxers hunted near imperial park as Russians guard palaces
An American battalion searched five miles south of the city for Boxers but found only one Chinese scout killed. The Imperial summer palace is held by Japanese, the winter palace is guarded, and a southward push began with detachments staying to protect converts.
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Imperial Park
Imperial Summer Palace
Winter Palace
Captain Jack Myers III and China Relief Efforts Update
From Pekin to Tientsin troops prepare to endure winter with 15 000 American forces under General Chaffee. Fifteen wounded Marines arrive from Pekin, including legation siege casualties, while typhoid confines Captain Myers. Refugees expected, and the American British signal lines complete from Penn to Taku.
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Associated Press
Tientsin
Taku
Pekin
Chaffee
China
Legations
Myers
United States Marine Corps
American Signal Corps
Penn
Diplomatic Conference on Chinese Situation at the White House
Acting Secretary Adee and Secretary Root met with the president at the White House into the early hours to discuss the Chinese situation. Both officials declined to comment as they left, with Root signaling the importance of the talks though keeping details private.
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Washington
White House
Adee
State Department
Executive Mansion
Hoot
Root
Hawaii Prohibition Debate Highlights Open Territory Issue
Aug 28 report notes that federal wording on liquor laws leaves Hawaii effectively open until the territorial legislature can establish regulations. The issue arises from a suit against Hollister Drug Co and a separate court challenge over indictment and jury trial rights in Edwin Gill case. Prison reforms and Labor Day plans also appear as island governance contemplates new rules and a broader wireless system rollout.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Congress
Hawaii
BB Mclellan
Hollister Drug Company
Edwin Gill
Republican
Gill
Oahu
Islands
Dole
Crosse
Government Communications on Chinese Question Discussed
The passage notes that the matter is not tied to any adverse news from General Chafee and refers to ongoing government communications with powers regarding their handling of the Chinese question.
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Chaffee
Germany's China policy meets sharp press criticism
Berlin liberal papers denounce the forced army reorganization tied to the Chinese expedition as illegal and warn against bypassing the constitution. They call for Reichstag consent, question Hohelohe, and debate China’s future co domination and indemnities. The Freissinge Zeitung notes Emperor William’s reward and the Liberal Correspondent estimates expedition costs at 100 million marks.
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Berlin
National Zeitung
Prussia
Berliner Tageblatt
Freissinge Zeitung
Reichstag
Prince von Hohelohe
Kruse Zeitung
China
Turkey
Greece
Egypt
Germany
William
Dispatches Reach Washington on Delay in Pekin Dispatches
Adjutant General Corbin reports General Chaffee has received no dispatches since August 1, the date allied forces entered Pekin. Dozens of Corbin messages have been sent, but delivery delays and undated Chaffee dispatches suggest they were butchered en route through China.
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Washington
Corbin
Chaffee
Pekin
China
Conger
Li Hong Chang credentials questioned in China settlement talks
Washington, Aug 28. Li Hong Chang's status as plenipotentiary for China is now being debated in telegraphic negotiations among the powers. The issue remains open with some states arguing Li no longer represents anything tangible. The fleeing emperor and empress dowager are seen to carry out pledges, but no final decision has been reached.
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Washington
Li Hong “Hang
China
Baroness von Ketteler Offered Allied Aid Transport
The War Department reports Baroness von Ketteler, widow of the murdered German minister to China, is an American from Detroit. The Adjutant General says U S will provide transportation and escort to Tientsin and Nagasaki. Baroness von Ketteler is daughter of President Ledyard of the Michigan Central Railway.
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Washington
War Department
China
Adjutant Ceneral
Baroness von Ketteler
Tientsin
Nagasaki
Chaffer
Ledyard
Michigan Central Railway
Detroit
Mieh
Japanese land small force at Amoy to protect consulate
Tokyo confirms a small landing at Amoy to safeguard the Japanese consulate and foreign residents due to unrest and prior attacks on a Japanese temple. The port’s proximity to Formosa has prompted the action.
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Washington
Amoy
Tokio
Formosa
Japanes
Dispatch from General Chaffee on siege battery in China
The War Department released a dispatch from General Chaffee stating that Takue China is not requiring a siege battery. The note replies to a prior inquiry about the battery moved from Manila to Nagasaki for potential deployment to China.
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Washington
War Department
Chaffee
Takue
China
Adjutant General
Manila
Nagasaki
Rioting in Amoy prompts consular report and naval movement
A cablegram from United States Consul Johnson at Amoy China reports rioting in progress with many rich Chinese and Europeans fleeing. The Castine sails from Shanghai for Amoy under orders and should reach the port by Thursday.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Johnson
Amey
China
Navy Department
Shanghai
Amoy
Department
Chinese imperial figures reach Taiyuanfu vicinity
A Shanghai dispatch reports that the emperor, dowager empress, and Prince Tuan have arrived near Taiyuanfu, capital of Shensi, about 240 miles southwest of Pekin. The news comes as foreign consuls are informed by Chinese officials.
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London
Shanghai
Tuan
Taiyuanfu
Taiyuan
Shensi
Chill
Pekin
Russian and Japanese Forces Advance From Pekin
A Chefoo dispatch reports Russian and Japanese troops advancing northward from Pekin and states the Keiserin Maria Theresa cruiser commander relays the movement. The message is undated.
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Vienna
Keiserin
Maria Theresa
Chefoo
Pekin
United States Cavalry Diverted to Manila En Route to China
Washington reports the first United States cavalry unit that reached Kobe today on its way to China has been diverted to Manila. The move shifts U S forces while aboard a voyage in the Pacific, reflecting evolving postwar deployment plans.
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Washington
United States
Kobe
Japan
China
Manila
Casualty List From Tientsin Engagement
The War Department received from Lieutenant Colonel Wint, commander of the Sixth Cavalry, the casualty list from the August fourth engagement near Tientsin, China. The report details the casualties sustained in the action.
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Washington
War Department
Wint
Sixth Cavalry
Tientsin
China
State Surplus in General Fund and Tax Revenue Rise noted
Helena reports a Montana state administration ends with a cash surplus of at least 50 000 in the general fund and no outstanding warrants. Tax income is projected to exceed 389 000 with property valuations up by 11 000 000, and licenses inheritance taxes will push revenue above 400 000. County boards show net increases in total property valuation, led by railroads valued at 15 000 100, totaling 153 413 062 in assessable property, with Lewis and Clarke and two others showing declines.
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Standard
Helena
Montana
County Boards of Equalization
State Board of Equalization
Fergus
Broadwater
County Board of
Fergus County
David Marks
Marks
Lewis and Clarke
Deer Lodge
Granite
Wounded in Action Report From Sixth Cavalry Aug 4
Aug 4 wounded list reports six cavalrymen hurt across multiple injuries. Trumpeter Fred Corrigan severe heel injury, Samuel E. Hartsfield severe hand and chest injuries, John H. Van Sickles slight knee and back, Edward E. Lyon slight arm, N. I. McAllister severe thigh, all evacuated aboard the hospital ship Relief with Corrigan.
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Sixth Cavalry
Fred Corrigan
Americans Leave Pekin Tientsin Route to San Francisco
Four companies of the first United States infantry from Fort Leavenworth passed Salt Lake City en route for San Francisco. Fifty Americans, including the Misses Condit Smith Woodward and Paine, have arrived here from Pekin after leaving five days earlier via Taku.
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Salt Lake
First
United States Infantry
Fort Leavenworth
San Francisco
Tientsin
Taku
Condit-Smith
Woodward and Paine
Pekin
Japanese Commanders Hold Amoy Amid Formosa Links
General Coto, arriving from Formosa, assumes command of Japanese forces occupying Amoy as reports describe large troop movements and continued control of the port area. The dispatch notes the strategic tie between Formosa and Amoy in the ongoing conflict, with no immediate signs of withdrawal.
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Hongkong
Coto
Formosa
Amoy
Canton Quiet as Troops Land and Ships Depart
Troops have been landed and Nord enfeldt guns mounted, commanding the city. Many Chinese are leaving. The British cruiser Tsis sailed from here to day under sealed orders. It is thought probable she is going to Amoy. Canton is quiet.
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Tsis
Amoy
Canton
French dispatch confirms Frey notes on Pekin relief
A dispatch from Paris dated August 10 confirms General Frey of the French forces at Pekin and repeats earlier details. It mentions efforts to reestablish railway and telegraph communications to Tientsin amid ongoing anxieties.
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Paris
Pekin
M. Pichon
Frey
Tlentein
P. N. Blanchard Repaired at Stanley Falkland Islands
The American ship P. N. Blanchard completed repairs at Stanley Falkland Islands and resumed its voyage to San Francisco, sailing on August 27.
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London
P. N. Blanchard
Stanley
Falkland Islands
San Francisco
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