Russia mobilizes three hundred thousand in Manchuria border
London reports Russia declares Amur border towns and districts at war since July 17. Berlin warns China messages must be plain and censored. Shanghai sees foreign women and children leaving ports. rioting at Po Yang lake. missionaries killed and churches burned. China and foreign powers edge toward wider conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Count von Buelow
Berlin
M. Delcasse
China
St. Petersburg
Amur
Khabarovsk
Blagovestichensk
Khabarobovsk
Nikolskussuri
Russia
Shanghai
Po Yang Lake
Kiu Kiang
Han Kow
Prince Tuan
Wei Hai Wei
Hong Kong
Li Hung Chang
Manchuria
United States
Missionary Torture in North China Described
A Victoria report to the Chronicle describes brutal torture of Rev. H. V. Norman by Li, a Littletown leader, including iron collaring, tethering, being stabbed with sticks, molten lead, and eventual death, with Rev. Robertson killed and converts slaughtered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Chronicle
Victoria
B. C
North China
H. V. Norman
Robertson
Tien Tsin
Norman
Littletown
Mr. Robinson
Robinson
British Move Shifts Hong Kong Force Toward Shanghai
London reports Indian troops move from Tien Tsin to Shanghai and Woo Sung as British strategy shifts to defend Shanghai and middle China centers. Li Hung Chang mobilizes 50,000 Black Flags. British reinforcements and warships ordered to Yangtze gateways.
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London
Hong Kong
Tien Tsin
Shanghai
Woo Sung
Alfred Gaselee
Taku
China
Li Hung Chang
Canton
Yang Tse
Pekin
Manchuria
Americans Endure Heavy Losses During Tien Sin Assault
Shanghai dispatch reports two battalions of the Ninth United States infantry after a day of hard fighting withdrew under cover of darkness. British sailors aided their retreat by firing on the enemy while Americans carried back all wounded amid continued fire. Total American casualties reach 140.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Tiensin
Ninth
United States Infantry
Americas
Charbon Ravages Texas Cattle Coast Counties
In Texas coast country Charbon disease devastates cattle, hitting Mata gorda and Brazoria counties hard. Hundreds of horses and mules have perished impacting farmers working crops as fear keeps owners from restocking. In New York Judge LaCombe marks a Cuba postal fraud case for Neely, with extradition testimony to be heard July 23.
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Houston
Matagorda
Brazoria
New York
LaCombe
United States Circuit Court
Charles F. W. Neely
Postal Department of
Cuba
Neely
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