China Trade Advocate Warns Boxers Won't Halt Growth
Consul General Hoyuo of China in San Francisco delivers a message to the chamber of commerce urging continued U S Chinese trade after the Boxers uprising. He says the disruption will be temporary, and stresses imperial resolve to suppress mobs and push Western knowledge, urging San Francisco to remain a pivotal entrepot for Orient trade and to resist anti Mongolian prejudice. The letter emphasizes China’s goal to exchange goods with the world and to maintain steady development despite unrest.
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Hoyuo
Imperial Government of China
Chamber of Commerce
China
United States
Asia
Uprising Feared At Red Lake Minnesota
Soldiers and civilians brace for possible confrontation as a large Indian force joins the blanket Indians at Red Lake. Warnings in Chippewa are posted for all to stay away from the camp while authorities seek state troops and report on Captain Mercer’s fate.
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Red Lake
Mercer
Lind
Captain Mercer
Trial Begins in Powers Goebel Shooting Case
GeorgetownKy July 13 The jury is seated in the Caleb Powers case former secretary of state charged with complicity in the Goebel assassination The prosecution argues Powers fueled violence and organized mountain feudists while Colonel Campbell presents the case Meade Woodson ex Frankfort city engineer testifies about measurements linking the shot to Powers office
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Campbell
Frankfort
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Meade Woodson
Boers in Khaki Causes Confusion in Boer War Skirmish
London dispatches report Boers wearing khaki and helmets fooled dragoons who mistook them for hussars until heavy fire exposed the disguise. News from Bethlehem and Lindley describes Boer positions near Rete’s Nek and a Yorkshire picket loss. British casualties exceed 200 with Lincolnshires suffering significant losses.
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Dordepoort
Roberta
Varda
Kroonstad
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Clements
Paget
Rete's
Nek
Steyn
Lindley
Yorkshire Light Infantry
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Roberts
Chinese Losses Across Tientsin Highlight War Toll
Reports from St Petersburg describe Chinese casualties in the Tientsin attack and outline a regional plan for an international connecting line. The United States may execute the project swiftly, with cost shared by interested powers, as Manchuria unrest grows and Russian forces withdraw from the region.
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Missionary posts stay secure in Foochow area
Rev. Dr. A. B. Leonard received a two word cable from Rev. W. H. Macey at Foochow stating Puhkien quiet. The directive had ordered calling missionaries home if danger rose. In Puhkien and Hing Hua provinces 46 Methodist missionaries were serving, with about six now in the United States.
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Puhkien
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Letter claimed from Pekin sparks fear of punishment
Shanghai sources report foreign consuls offer rewards for a June 30 letter said to be from Pekin stating legations were demolished and foreigners killed. A Chinese merchant refuses to reveal it, fearing punishment. Rioting at Ningpo is reported but unconfirmed.
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Chinese imperial edict communicated to French minister
Paris reports that the Chinese minister delivered an imperial edict dated June 28 to M. Delcasse. Delcasse replied that China must ensure communications between foreign powers and their Pekin representatives and asked the Chinese minister to relay a telegram to M. Pinchon, France’s minister to China.
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M. Pinchon
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Chang defeats rebels near Pekin and relieves key officers
Chang has defeated the rebels near Pekin and relieved Prince Ching and General Yung Lu who were defending the Europeans.
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Pekin
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Yung Lu
Surprise at Chinese Decree Not Yet Shown in Europe
Washington reports Mr. Wu state the Chinese imperial edict defining China's stance was sent to Chinese representatives abroad. Delays may come from deciphering code rather than language. Wu said no word received about telegrams via Shanghai. no further news from China.
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Pekin
Shanghai
No word from Admiral Remey on Pekin reports
Secretary Long said he had received no communication from Admiral Remey in Chinese waters. He views the lack of reports on conditions in Pekin or minister murders as hopeful, believing a fatality would have reached Tientsin or Taku if it had occurred.
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Western crop hopefuls and iron trade clamor fade
Bradstreet reporting midsummer trade tone improves with large wheat yield and rising corn prospects. Cotton weather grim, but high prices promise satisfactory returns. rail earnings stay strong. Iron and steel price cutting fails. production falls while wages settle and lumber prices ease. Wheat exports lag prior years. U S and Canada weekly failures rise. London rifle match opens with Canadian prize winners listed.
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Dominion of Canada
St Louis Strike Draws Citywide Solicitors Amid Trolley Dispute
Two thousand solicitors hired by trades unions canvass St Louis to gauge support for the street railway strike. Eight youths, aged 10 to 17, are held in an assault investigation involving 17 year old William Johns. An exploded dynamite-like device under a Broadway car injures no one. Amalgamated Association head W D Mahon returns and leads strike efforts as fifteen Baltimore workers depart, citing unfulfilled promises.
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Chicago Riders Dominate Second Night Of Grand Circuit
Milwaukee results from July 13 show Chicago athletes sweeping top honors in the National Cycling Association grand circuit at the exposition building. Events include one mile professional national championship won by Al Newhouse of Buffalo with John T. Fischer second and James B. Bowler third. one mile 2 15 class won by John T. Fischer with Newhouse second and Otto Maya third. amateur one-third mile winner N. C. Cooper of Chicago. Port Richmond’s Joseph Lake took two mile handicap.
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Belgian Ministers Report Chinese Source On Pekin Conflict
Brussels reports a telegram from M. Decarther Messen in Shanghai stating that troops loyal to General Nieh defeated rebels near Pekin and recognized the authority of Prince Ching and General Lu who tried to defend Europeans, according to a Chinese source.
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M. Defrabeau
Decarther Messen
Pekin
Shanghai
Nieh
Prince Ching
Dun Weekly Review notes rise in U S failures half year
New York July 12 The Weekly Review of Trade will report that failures total 100 570 154 in the first half of 190 against 49 664 461 last year and second quarter 4 893 079 against 21 695 635. Iron Age records pig output 23 418 tons weekly June 1 with a 14 000 ton drop surpassed by other furnaces halting production for repairs.
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R. G. Dun & Cos Weekly Review of Trade
Chinese legations fate grim after Shantung dispatch
London telegram from the governor of Shantung, matching United States Consul Goodnow’s July 7 bombardment report, leaves little hope that the legations survived.
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Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs
Shantung
United States
Goodnow
Spanish Premier says no warships to China
Madrid July 13 Senor Silvela the Spanish premier declares that no Spanish war vessel will go to China Spain has no interests to defend in the extreme Orient.
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Senor Silvela
China
Spain
Orient
Foreigners in Pekin Reported Murdered in July
A London message from a Shanghai desk claims all foreigners in Pekin were killed on July 6. The report, via a news agency, cites the Hong Kong and Shanghai lineage news service.
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Shanghai
Pekin
Belgian Foreign Office Receives Shanghai Cable on Ni
Brussels reports July 13 authorities in Shanghai dispatched a cable stating from China that General Ni is involved in the matter. No further details are provided in the readable text.
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Shanghai
Marching troops engage Boers as they push toward Heidelberg
General Mery's column advances eastward and camps. Mounted infantry clash with about 200 Boers while shelling a ridge held by burghers. The movement aims to clear territory from Standerton to Heidelberg. A single laager remains as the force retires the Hoere.
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Transvaal
Mery
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Moffatt Edges Neill In Six Round Gloves Bout
Jack Moffatt of Chicago won a decision over Al Neill of California in the second round at the Mechanics Pavilion San Francisco. Moffatt led each round except the seventh and eighth and emerged unscathed while Neill sustained facial and head cuts. Moffatt pressed for a knockout late but failed.
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Jack Moffatt
Chicago
al Neill
California
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Neill
New Sand House Nearing Completion at Northern Pacific
Dispatch from Missoula reports the Northern Pacific sand house nearly finished and soon to be used for drying locomotive sand. The corrugated iron building, among the state's largest, sits beside the track just north of the coal dock.
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Missoula
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Northern Pacific
Syracuse Mayor McGuire Meets Croker on Bryan Campaign
Mayor James A. McGuire of Syracuse in conference with Richard Croker and ex-Senator Edward Murphy. Croker accepts a seat on the state executive committee along with Brill McLaughlin and Murphy. Other members to be chosen next week from the state committee.
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James A. McGuire
Syracuse
Bryan
Richard Croker
Edward Murphy
Croker
David Brill
Hugh McLaughlin
Murphy
Prohibition State Convention Nominates Lincoln Ticket
Lincoln Nebraska July 12 The prohibition state convention today nominated a full state ticket headed by IL Jones of Lincoln for governor.
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Jones
Lincoln
Exiles of Anticosti face eviction by French magnate
English Methodist settlers on Anticosti Island are ordered off their homes after M. Menier bought the island for a game preserve. The Rev. Dr. Griffith has aided the displaced families as they travel to Quebec and then West, while Menier sues and battles over claims of incitement.
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Anticomti
M. Menier
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Anticosti
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Populist convention names ticket for governor and congressman
Fargo North Dakota on July 13 reports the middle of the road populist state convention voting to field a full slate headed by J. J. Major for governor and J. F. Williams for congressman.
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Trailed by Detectives in Four States in Jester Case
New London reports ex governor Charles P Johnston saying detectives tracked Alexander Jester through four states over 30 years. Witnesses describe January 1871 encounters and a claimed confession to choking Gilbert Gates during a dream, tying to the Gates family push for a full trial.
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Charles P. Johnston
Alexander Jester
Guilbert Gates
John W. Gates
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Francis Marion Dawson
Hulin Lane
Paris
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Jester
Hill
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Renick
Jseph J. Delaney
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Middlegrove
Delaney
Young Gates
Captain Coghlan reported critically ill in Colorado
A telegram from Bloomington Indiana July 12 says Captain Coghlan commander of the Raleigh in the Manila battle is critically ill with pneumonia. His wife is with him at Colorado Springs and recovery is doubtful.
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Raleigh
Manila
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