Coast Defences Make Progress on Atlantic and Pacific Lines
General Wilson reports half of the planned coast defense guns for the United States installed or in place. He notes reductions in calibers and armor needs, while expanding final defense sites at Boston New York Port Royal and Puget Sound. Total river and harbor work eyed at about 20 million for the year with heavy emphasis on Pearl Harbor and Chicago drainage questions.
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J. M. Wilson
Metbers
Wilson
Tollowes
Suri
Chesapeake Bay
Piveto Reo
Hawaian Islands
Spain
United States
Iine
Hoston Harbor
Narraganesett Bay
New York Harbor
Fort Wadsworth
Port Royal
South Carolina
San Francisco
Rich Passage
Puget Sound
Beaton
Mississippi River Commission
Missouri River Commission
California Debris Commission
New York
Bads
Mississippi
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Atlantic
Chicago Drainage Canal
Pearl Harbor
Hawai
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Congress
Deep Waterway Commission
Missouri River
Stubb Ferry
Mont
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Ran Diego Harbor
Cal
San Pedro Harbor
San Luls Obispo Harbor
Coquille River
Ore
Siuslaw River
Cascades
Columbia River
Willamette River
Portland
Low Willamette
Grays Harbor
Wash
Olympia Harbor
Puget
Lakes Union
Snohomish Slough
Everett Harbor
Chinese Court Flight to Pekin Amid Court Chaos
Prince Sui recounts the emperor and entourage fleeing in carts from Lian Fu to Tai Yuen Fu, escorted by 3,000 troops who looted and murdered along the way. The journey lasted twenty six days, with advisers clashing over stay times and the empress dowager weeping as chaos engulfed the court. The party aims to return via Shan to Pekin amid reports of foreign pursuit.
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Pekin
Prince Sui
Lian Fu
Prince Us
Hevan Hua Fu
Hanan Hua Fu
Tai Yuen Fu
Tung Pu Stang
Sui
Shan 81
Treasure of Pekin bullion recovered during Boxer crisis
Brig. Gen. Heywood reports U S Marines defended Pekin legations and marched from Tien Tsin. The treasury loot from Pekin vaults was recovered from the yamen and valued at 376 800 in US currency. The bullion was moved to a Shanghai bank and exchanged for three New York drafts.
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Washington
Heywood
United States Marine Corps
Navy Department
United States
China
Pekin
Tien Tain
Meade
Tien Tsin
Yamen
Waler
Richards
H. Holler
Hong Kong
Missionary Murder Inquiry Opened In Pekin Crisis
Lord George Hamilton reports Sir Alfred Cruselee has set up an international commission to probe the murder of missionaries and railway officials. A dispatch says British troops under Field Marshal Count von Waldersee will return to Pekin and Tien Tsin, due about November 6, with Gen. Gaselee aiming to reach Pekin by October 31.
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London
Lord George Hamilton
India
Nar
Pao Ting Fu
Alfred Crselee
Gasclee
Count von Waldersee
Pekin
Tien Tsin
Gaselee
Two Deaths at Taku Reported by Gen Chaffee
Washington Oct 30 Gen Chaffee reports two deaths under date of Taku Rasmus Bohkiengen battery O 2x3 artillery cause unknown at Tien Tsin camp Oct 3 James ate Files late private company F 9th Infantry Gunshot wound abdomen at Pekin Oct 23
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Chaffee
War Department
Taku
AL Tien Tsin Camp
Rasmus Bohkiengen
Pekin
James Ate Files
9Th Inty
Beeston Ministers at Pekin Demand Wider Punishment
Washington dispatch reports Beelstons of the ministers in Pekin argue Chinese leaders and Yang Nie should face punishment. The message signals resistance to the emperor's edict to punish individuals, indicating broader intent to punish more Boxers and leaders.
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Washington
Pekin
Prince ¥S
Yang Nie
Princes Yi punished in imperial edict
An imperial edict dated Sept 25 orders Prince Yi to be stripped of his rank and office. Yang Nie, president of the board of censors, is handed to the clan court which is to consult and decide upon a severe penalty.
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Prince Yi
China
Yang Nie
Board of Censors
Secret Diplomatists Session on China Arrangements
Pekin hosts a Sunday morning meeting of diplomatists to discuss how to proceed with negotiations over China, with the outcome kept secret to prevent any information reaching the Chinese.
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Pekin
China
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