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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1900
Page
1
General Yamaguchi reports that allied forces attacked Pekin from the east and gained entry by blowing eastern gates while Americans and British entered from the Tung Pien side. Chinese losses are reported at about four hundred killed. allied casualties not yet known. Ministers and staffs were found safe near the legations.
Aug 20 Washington says multiple sources confirm Pekin fell on Aug 15 with the legationers safe. Barry at Che Foo and Consul Goodnow in Shanghai report allied forces arrived. Remey notes fierce resistance and casualties. U.S. aims now focus on protecting Americans, securing interests, and preventing further disorder in China.
Admiral Bruce informs United States of Pekin relief. Telegraphs confirm Pekin captured Aug. 15 and raise questions on Levations fate. Dispatches from London cite Li Hung Chang urgent appeal to Marquis Tae for intervention, denied due to current impossibility. Austrian foreign office notes dispatch from Fukin aide Bennery and minister Ver Roesthern.
In Shanghai on August 20 an accord harmonizes the watch of the Yangtse fleet with all powers sharing the patrol duties. Previously the British admiral handled the duty. now US and other fleets join in surveilling Chinese warships to protect unprotected transports amid troop movements. The US cruiser New Orleans is nearing Shanghai to join the joint effort led by Legare.
Dispatch notes a council of war at Yang Tsun on August 7 deciding an immediate Pekin advance. Columns were ordered Japanese Russian British American, while the French contingent stayed at Yang Tsun due to inadequate commissariat. General Ma reportedly disappeared during the Yang Tsun fighting.
Berlin dispatches say Germany accepts news of Pekin’s fall and prepares for a vigorous campaign. Reports to the Japanese legation from Berlin note allied forces nearing Pekin and claim entry into the capital. German press welcomes the turnover but warns many tasks remain in the Chinese Programme.
Aug 20 report from New Tons states the Presbyterian board received a cable from W. Etterich in Che Foo confirming the killing of missionary Pao Ting Fo at Pao Ting Fu. The mission group there was believed to include three missionaries with ten foreign workers total in that area.
Shanghai report states the Pekin assault began August 15 in the morning. Japanese forces stormed the Gham Pang and Tong Chi gates the same evening and entered the capital. Other Japanese units breached Tong Quien Gate and reached the legation area finding the ministers safe.
Dispatch from Consul General Goodnow at Shanghai confirms entrance of allied armies into Pekin and safety of the legationers. The cruiser New Orleans arrived at Wu Sung, Shanghai, with 300 men including 40 marines. British forces have landed and French and German parties are expected. Americans may follow.
A Republican conference in Des Moines outlined the Iowa campaign with plans to start around September. Senator Anson, Speaker Henderson, Congressmen Dolliver and Lacey, and state leaders attended. Meetings in every congressional district will be addressed by prominent Republicans from Iowa and other states.
New York August 20 The Evening World reports from Washington that fourteen men are detained at the Bureau of Immigration barge office in New York suspected of a conspiracy to assassinate President McKinley. They allegedly sailed from various ports after an Naples circle chose eleven Italians and three Austrians for the attack to strike simultaneously with pistol and knife. The detained group travels singly or in pairs toward Washington with the plan to surround the president. Two suspected anarchists, Natalia Maresca and Michi Weida, arrived on Kaiser Wilhelm II and faced special inquiry after landing, while Antonio Weida sought to visit his brother at the detention quarters.
At Vincennes Paris Aug 20 the preliminary contest of the international fire apparatus exposition saw about 5000 firemen from various nations. The American team led by Chief George Hala of Kansas City and the Kansas City brigade impressed spectators with rapid harnessing and life saving, earning an ovation and first place. In Yellowstone National Park a new large fire has broken out between the lake and the Tsow Basin, prompting a telegraph to the interior department by Acting Superintendent Goode.
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