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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1900
Page
1
A London dispatch states legations remain secure after skirmishes between Japanese and entrenched Chinese forces. The report cites thirty casualties and notes a message from Li Hung Chang as well as a Dongar message obtained by Consul Fowler.
Shanghai dispatches report that allied forces advanced to a point 35 miles beyond Yen Tsin as of August 4, with confirmation pending from London. The note places the breakthrough in the ongoing Shanghai theater operations.
Authorities report a Monday to Tuesday break in at the L. B. Willcutt residence at Harvard street and Longwood avenue Brookline. Thieves ransacked rooms scattered articles and stole silverware and dresses with valuables estimated in the thousands. The family was away in Wyoming and the home was secured by De Long until discovery.
London August 3 The Shah of Persia cancels his planned visit to England following the death of the Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha. The announcement notes the change is due to royal bereavement.
Francis Skinner, a Boston yachtsman and socialite, defends his marriage to shopgirl Sara Carr against Back Bay critics. He questions public curiosity, asserts personal happiness, and notes a yacht cruise with his wife aboard the Constellation as he prepares to depart Boston.
L. A. Isaacson & Co. must vacate and liquidate vast merchandise including clothing and footwear. Big discounts apply to bicycle clothing and winter wear as the firm clears out stock at 8. A. Ibaacbon & Co., 154-168 Washington Street, invites shoppers to take advantage before losses and closures take effect.
A Weston Super Mare resident received a telegram from a Pekin nephew dated August 1 stating Safe in the British legation. dispatches from Shanghai and Tien Tsin describe reconnaissance actions and cautious advances by allied forces with warnings of renewed Chinese resistance.
The Navy Department said scouts on the river encountered Chinese forces entrenched about seven miles from Tien Tein. Reports describe Japanese observers noting positions along the river as tensions rise in the region.
The telegrams report that Americans left Chunking yesterday as Li warned the French consul that no messages would be delivered due to foreigners advancing on Pekin. Two pro foreign Tsung Li Yamen members were beheaded for urging preservation as Li Ping Hang, now commanding troops in Pekin, ordered the Taiping massacre.
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