China Falls Back From Pekin as International Force Advances
Across several dispatches from London and Shanghai dated June 13 14 reports say Chinese forces entrench outside Pekin to oppose the international column. Chinese troops near Taku and at Tien Tsin move with Russian and Japanese ships and 2000 US troops are requested. Riots sprawl through Pekin harming legation staffs and British quarters are burned.
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London
Pekin
International
Tien Tsin
Taku
Shanghai
United States
Conger
Reform Party
The
Daily Mail
Great Britain
Japan
Wey Petersburg
Vladivostock
Foreign Office
Admiral Kempt
Washington
Critical stand at Pekin as 30,000 Chinese troops surround gates
Shanghai reports mark a tense stand with 30,000 Chinese troops outside Beijing and guns trained on the legations. Foreign ministers request 2000 troops of each nation from Tien Tsin. US gunboats Yorktown and Castine sail toward Tong Ku, while missions report mission buildings damaged but staff safe.
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Shanghai
Pekin
Cour Riers
Tien Tsin
United States
Yorktown
Castine
Tong Ku
Chung King
Yun Na Fu
China Inland Mission
Bible Christian
Yang Tse
Hankow
Odessa
Half Way to Pekin
International expedition troops reach Lang Fang midway to Pekin on June 14. They find the station destroyed and tracks ripped up as boxers retreat before long range fire and shelling. A courier from Pekin notes General Tung Fuh Siang opposes foreign entry. about 2000 Boxers nearby. Washington dispatches report poor conditions in China.
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Tien Tsin
Lang Fang
Pekin
Tung Fuh Siang
Negroes Shot in Fields and Court on Bond Validity
In Texas two men, both described as negroes, were shot during a plowing incident with a shotgun. Justice Pool issued a warrant for a white man in the killing, while Williams, an elderly Confederate veteran, belonged to Camp J. B. Robinson at Bryan. In Galveston, the court of civil appeals ruled the $300,000 sewer bonds valid after Gay & Co. refused them. In Camden, Ark., Tom Brommett, a white commissary worker, killed a negro sawmill hand after an altercation, with Brommett’s home listed as Camden.
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Williams
J. B. Robinson
Bryan
Justice Pool
Galveston
Court of Civil Appeals
Gay & Co
Camden
Ark
Tom Brommett
Cotton Belt
Here
Brommett
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Bryan,t
John Wittman
Bryan, Texas
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F. S. Wilcox
Texas
Donger
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Sir Claude MacDonald
Admiral Seymour
Yang Tsung
Hong Kong
Mountain
Leld
St. Louis
St. Louis Transit Company
Lloyd
Edward Thomas
George Rine
Fort Worth
Tex
Board of Trade
Horace Disston
Philadelphia
Horace O. Disston
Henry Disston
Saw Iron and Steel Works
Senece Point
Mr. Disston
Salem, Ills
Earl Smith
Shelbina
Baker
Len Moss
Moss
Millican
Wil
Interekin
China
Nant
Telephone
Bryan Grocery
A. Searcy
J. L. Hearne
Wootan Wells
Wells
R. H. Wade
the American Laundry
Exchange Hotel
American Laundry
J. F. Parks
G. W. Emory
Grice & Zimnerman
Myers’ Hardware Store
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