Czar Recives Shocking Pekin Tales Of Atrocities
A St. Petersburg dispatch details the murder of M. de Giers and tortured legion officials during the Pekin siege. The czar and foreign officials react with distress as reports describe boiling, beating, and martyrdom amid the assault.
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Paris
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M. de Giers
Russia
Mme. de Giers
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China
Count Lamsdorf
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Council of State
Li Hung Chang to Remain in Canton Until Prince Tuan Defeated
London reports on July 14 say Li Hung Chang will stay in Canton to coordinate with proforeign viceroys and lead peace terms from a central position. He aims to control Kwang Tung, monitor viceroys, and support cooperation with Prince Ching and Yang Lu. Foreigners have evacuated Wen Chau as boxers threaten Christians. The Tien Tsin Express notes Chinese forces are driving allied troops back, with 12 new guns aiding in street fighting around the foreign settlement.
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London
Canton
Li Hung Chang
Prince Tuan
Prince Ching
Yang Lu
Li Hong Chang
Kwang Tung
Wen
Ping Po
Wen Chau
Tien Tsin
the Express
Chinese Working to Break the News of the Worst
The report notes efforts by Chinese sources to break news of a disaster or negative event, with cautious optimism as authorities and media contend with scarce details from Pekin and London on a developing situation.
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Pekin
China tensions rise as Li Hung Chang moves north
Consul General Goodnow reports China deteriorating, with Honan and Shansi provinces split and viceroys opposing Pekin. Foreign observers fear fate of foreigners in Pekin while Li Hung Chang is summoned to Pekin and Tien Tsin forts are reinforced.
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Washington
Goodnow
China
Honan Shansi
State Department
Li Hung Chang
Pekin
St. Petersburg
Pelin
Foreigners in Pekin Reported Murdered
A London report states that all foreigners in Pekin were killed on July 6. A Washington telegram notes the Chinese minister again asked Taotai of Shan Tung for any information on Minister Conger and the US government’s concern, following a prior cable to Secretary Hay.
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London
Pekin
Washington
Passes Limited to Government Service for Pacific Transport
General Moe Kibbin reports no further passes will be issued except for government service transporting troops across the Pacific. Company G, Twenty-fifth Infantry, moves to Denver to relieve Ninth Cavalry at Fort Logan, enabling the latter to reach the Philippines. Assistant Surgeon Eugene Allen is ordered to join Company H, Fifteenth Infantry, for service in the Orient.
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Moe Kibbin
Adjutant General
Pacific
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Denver
Ninth Cavalry
Fort Logan
Philippines
Eugene Allen
Secretary of War
Fifteenth Infantry
Orient
Schreiner opposes full independence for Boer republics
Cape Town July 14. W P Schreiner former Premier refused to back unimpaired independence for the Boer republics. He favored some independence but opposed amnesty for the rebels. Herr Groeler, foreign secretary of the Transvaal, has arrived at Delagoa bay.
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Cape Town
W. P. Schreiner
Cape Colony
Herr Groeler
Transvaal
Delagoa Bay
Grain rate cut shifts wheat shipments northward
Fort Worth July 14 central and sunset routes and the cotton belt set a 25 cent rate on wheat in carloads to Chicago with a 40000 pound minimum. The Santa Fe had announced a higher rate. Railroad men say the lower rate creates unusual conditions and reverses the usual flow of wheat northbound in transportation business.
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