Murder Scandal Renamed After Unfounded Report
A wave of sensational claims about the murder of a minister was proven unfounded. Officials clarified there is no verified evidence linking any party to the crime and urged restraint in spreading rumors.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1900
Page
1
Foreign Community Lands Safe in Shanghai Amid Pekin Murder Rumor
London reports no confirmation of Sheng’s claim about Pekin murders. The Shanghai consuls say the Wendow foreign group reached Shanghai safely. Berlin dispatches note Germany’s expeditionary force mobilization with 10,000 volunteers and 670 officers ready for a year long campaign aboard Bremen and Hamburg line transports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Sheng
Shanghai
Wendow
Sa’e
Germany
London
China
Foreign Office
Wenchow
Legations
Berlin
Bremen
Hamburg
Boiled Alive in Peking Murder Report Shocks Czar
A Russian dispatch from St. Petersburg describes the torture and killings of M. de Giers and his legation in Peking. The horrific details include boiling a diplomat in a kettle and beating Mme de Giers. Moscow braces as the czar orders an emergency cabinet session amid widespread mourning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
St. Petersburg
Paris
Pekin
Alexieff
Port Arthur
M. de Giers
Russia
Mme. de Giers
Legation
Count Lamsdorf
Foreign Office
Council of State
China
Japan
Government rejects extra units for China service drive
Washington on July 14 reports many inquiries to the war department from men eager to serve in China. Secretary Curley of the National Rough Riders offered to raise a 1000 man company, but Adjutant General Corbin says no authority exists to form more units than already in service. Eligible volunteers may enlist individually through recruiting officers in major cities and select their regiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
China
Curley
National Rough Riders
Shenandoah
Colo
Corbin
Li Hung Chang Telegraphic Motion Toward Pekin
An urgent telegram from Hong Kong reports Li Hung Chang is to proceed north to Pekin tomorrow. Chinese leaders acknowledge his absence risks trouble at Canton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Li Hung Chang
Pekin
Canton
No report of M. de Giers murder reaches St Petersburg
Official statements from St Petersburg on July 14 deny any received report of the murder of M. de Giers the Russian minister at Pekin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
M. de Giers
Pekin
Japanese Transports Landed at Chefoo Cable
Rear Admiral Remey reports two Japanese transports arrived today at Chefoo on the Asiatic station. Secretary Long in Washington received the cablegram noting the event and date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Long
Remey
Asiatic
Chefoo
Chinese Defeats Reported at New River Positions
A cablegram notes commander and a marine regiment with stores field pieces and ammunition, reporting Chinese defeated at two new river positions. It mentions the river communication with Tientsin and questions why Admiral Remey’s notice omits Pekin massacre details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tientsin
Remey
Longles
Pekin
Rewey
Kempff Report on American actions in China up to June 5
Secretary Long received Kempff’s report detailing U S naval operations in China led by Captain McCalla at Taku and Tientsin from May 29 to June 5. It notes landing of 190 armed men, the transport by river to Tientsin, subsequent relief of 50 more men, and calls for a light draft vessel to protect American interests as foreign troops arrive. It praises officers and the conduct of Marines and sailors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
China
Secretary Long
Admiral Kempff
United States
Newark
Taku
B. H. McCalla
J. T. Myers
WW. Hall
D. W. Wurtsbaugh
U.S. N
Naval
J. K. Taussig
C. H. Sheldon
Tengku
Tientsin
J. K. Myers
U. 8S. N
McCalla
Jewitt
Pekin
McCallan
Legation
Metalla
Navy
Department
MeCalla
Gilpin
Uv. S&s N
Courtney
Admiral Kempf
Navy Department
Ragsdale
British and American Allies Fail to Take Chinese Howitzer
At noon today British and American forces failed to seize a Chinese fifteen pounder mounted at the enemy position. From 2 to 4 am an artillery duel followed with Chinese shelling the native city while British and Japanese guns of the viceroy's and women's city gates silenced two Chinese guns. The fire damaged Mackenzie’s wool ware houses and over 100000 te was lost. more than 500 shells struck the settlement, many buildings wrecked. Spies suspected within allied quarters after bombardments. A Chinese naval gun fired at the Allies. efforts to capture silenced gun met with heavy fire. Todays casualties included two blue jackets killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tientsin
Shanghai
Viceroy’s
Wamen’s
Mackenzie
Fire Blazes Through Prescott in Destructive Western Blaze
A major Prescott fire destroyed the Scopel block and the west plaza, including the Hotel Burke. Water ran out as flames spread, with over a dozen stores blown up to halt the blaze. Loss estimated at 500000 to 700000. telegraph office ruined. city of about 2000 residents. notes on Arizona capital history end section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott
Ariz
Scopel
Sam Hill
D. Levy & Co
Ed Block
Montezuma
Granite Street
Courier
Journal Miner
Territory of
Arizona
Terme
Gila
Granite Creek
Rio Verde
Fort Whipmie
Tucson
Phoenix
Eight-hour shifts at United Verde mine in Jerome
Jerome Arizona July 14 Eight hour shifts for all underground miners at the United Verde mine and a fifteen percent wage increase for workers in certain parts of the mine were announced today.
Fierce Fire Consumes Grub Gulch Region Near Fresno
A July 4 fire near Grub Gulch, sparked by a girl’s firecracker at the Holton place, burned square miles south of Fresno river. Homes lost fences burned and three families left homeless as the blaze spread toward North Fork. The Waterloo stamp mill and machinery burned, and a powder mill explosion at Quartz Mountain occurred amid the emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grub Gulch
Cal
Fresno River
Holton Place
North Fork
Waterloo
Quartz Mountain
Still Fighting Boers Reoccupy Ridge in Westfront Skirmish
Report from Plathop says British forces fought Boers all day as 1600 mounted infantry and Strathcona horse clashed along a ridge they had left yesterday. British Thorneycroft detachment held the position while howitzers engaged. Boers shelling and counterattacks pressed British lines with multiple guns and a kopje advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Plathop
Thorneycroft
Strathcona Horse
Schreiner opposes full independence for Boer republics
Cape Town July 14 W P Schreiner former premier told a deputation he cannot back unimpaired independence for the Boer republics but argues for some autonomy. He will not back amnesty for rebels. Transvaal foreign secretary Grobler has arrived at Delagoa Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Town
W. P. Schreiner
Cape Colony
Herr Grobler
Transvaal
Delagoa Bay
French National Holiday Observed With Military Review
Paris marked the national holiday with sunshine crowds at the Bois de Boulogne for a military review. A single protester shouted death to Loubet and was arrested. minor clashes occurred, then cheers resumed as President Loubet concluded the day with a letter praising army reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Bois de Cologne
Loubet
Longchamps
Elysee Palace
Bois
Vive Varmer
Andrew
Britain Faces Loss of Prestige Over Tientsin Standoff
The article notes British leaders fear a prestige collapse from the Tientsin stalemate as Chinese forces outmatch them in numbers and artillery, prompting calls that an assault could open a path to Pekin. Public opinion questions why united forces seem impotent and outclassed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Tientsin
Pekin
Death of Senator Gear in Washington
United States Senator John Henry Gear of Burlington Iowa died in his Portland Hotel apartments at 4 30 this morning heart failure after a period of ill health. He had driven with Secretary Wilson last evening, grew worse early morning, and died within hours. Funeral plans call for a Burlington memorial with state and house officials attending. Mrs Gear and two daughters survive him baled by mourning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
John Henry Gear
Burlington
Iowa
Portland
Senator Gear
Gear
Wilson
Agricultural Department
Colonel Root
Davis
Town
Pennsylvania
Ransdell
Frye
Maine
Senate
House
Henderson
J. W. Blythe
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Horace Rand
Chicago
Judge Thayer Grants Habeas Corpus For Reese
Judge Amos Thayer of the United States court of appeals freed John P. Reese, an Iowa Miners' union official, ruling his imprisonment in Kansas violated his liberty. He held the lower court erred in including Reese under the strike injunction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Amos Thayer
United States Court of Appeals
John P. Reese
Iowa Miners’ Union
Kansas
Thayer
Reese
Gold Democrats plan July 18 meeting to nominate third ticket
A committee of gold democrats in New York has issued a call for a July 18 meeting in New York City to devise a method for nominating a third ticket for president and vice president. The platform denounces the fallacies and unusual creeds of both old parties and is signed by gold democrats from New York Massachusetts New Hampshire and Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gold Democrats
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Colorado
Freight Train Wrecked Near Logan Wrecking Crew Heads to Scene
A freight train numbered 57 derailed eight cars at Recap, twelve miles west of Logan, with no injuries reported. A wrecking crew departed for Recap to clear the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
Livingston
Recap
Logan
Americans Dominate Opening Day At Paris World Meet
American athletes win the two decided events and hold leading places in trials at the world amateur championships in Paris Bois de Boulogne. Duffy exits injured after leading in the 100 meters final. Sheldon to contest discus, with Americans securing top spots in sprints and field events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
London
Paris Racing Club
Precatalan
Bois de Boulogne
America
Duffy
Sheldon
United States
Associated Press
Kraenzlein
University of Pennsylvania
Moloney
University of Chicago
Clain
University of Michigan
Choisel
Pritchard
Remington
Levis
Syracuse
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kempff
Schreiner
London's
West End
Associated Preas
Samuel Smith
Flintshire
John Burns
Battlers
Ridley
Lexow
Mazet
West Lend
Burns
Smith
England
Conger
Yekin
British Foreign Office
Archibald Ross Colquhoun
London Times
Broderick
Colquhoun
Edwin H. Conger
Baron Nisil
M. DE Giere
Claude McDonald
M. Pichon
France
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