Chaffee Named to Command Forces in China
From San Francisco July 1 General Adna R Chaffee appointed to command military forces operating in China. He will sail with the Sixth Cavalry on the Grant via Yokohama for further orders. General MacArthur and Captain Russell assigned to support, with signals work to be coordinated between army and navy.
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Adna R. Chaffee
China
Chaffee
War Department
San Francisco
Wagasaki
Chaffes
Adna R. Chaffer
3incArthur
Ninth Infantry
Grant
Arto
Che
MacArthur
Russell
Army
Navy
First attack yields unclear casualties amid broader fighting
Reports note two military movements with mixed results. The admiral's dispatch says the force advanced with light losses, while awaited details on relief efforts near Tien Tein remain unofficial, as anarchy and destruction in foreign quarters were alleged last week.
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Tt re‘Maing
Tien Tein
Allied Relief Forces Reach Key Cities In Far East
The dispatch from Admiral Kempff reports relief forces reaching Tien Tain on June 23 and Tier Tsin on June 28 with small force strength. Pekin relief column left Tien Tain on June 10 and was 10 miles from Tien Ysin. other units moved to aid. U S Consul Fowler at Che Foo confirms combined forces entered Ten Tsin.
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Pekin
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Tien Tsin
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United States
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Che Foo
Ten Tsin
Six Chinese Viceroys Demand Foreign Troops Exit
In Wasametox on June 27 the six great viceroys through their minister urged foreign forces be kept out of China until Li Hong Chang reaches Pekin. The U S government reply mirrored its informal rejection to Minister Wu Monday.
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United States
More Marines For Brooklyn Armored Cruiser Mission
In Washington on June 27 the War Department announced that the armored cruiser Brooklyn with Admiral Remey aboard will transport 300 Marines from Manila to Taku with a stop at Nagasaki. The gunboat Princeton is ordered to Swatow, Stomy and Foochow to install an electric plant and remain ready for immediate active service.
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Forces Reach Tien Tsin and Pekin Relief Claimed
Washington dispatches confirm that combined forces near Tien Tsin entered the city on June 2. Admiral Hempf and Consul Fowler report minor casualties among the relief party including Major Waller and 10 U S Marines with four killed on first movement.
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Pekin
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United States
Channel Cut Divides Nebraskas Lands In Battle of Rivers
An armed band from South Dakota seized land by cutting a channel through Riningers neck, creating a 20 square mile strip of Nebraska on an island in South Dakota. Authorities arrive too late to arrest, while the action aims to control spring floods by straightening the Missouri bend. Bloodless so far, the invasion centers on McCook, SD, with 12 000 acres of prime farmland affected and further arrests expected.
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Cyclone wrecks farms near Alexandria Neb
A genuine twister north of Alexandria Nebraska yesterday afternoon wrecked Henry Albricht and P. Muna farms. The Albricht home barn and buildings were wrecked and two cattle killed by flying timbers. The Munas escaped by fleeing to the cellar as outbuildings collapsed.
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Foreigners urge massive force for Pekin advance
Uproar across Shanghai and treaty ports as foreigners call for 100000 troops, or at least 50000, to march on Pekin amid tensions between Russians and Anglo Americans. Reports note Chinese officers promise large but poorly disciplined forces and Boxer activity increases, with boxers drilling in New Chwang and troops selling rifles to them.
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Pekin
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Tien Tsin
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British officers fear Russian Anglo American discord menaces Pekin
From Che Foo to Washington reports the Terrible’s officers say a Russian Anglo American split could allow a break in the Pekin concert and foreign possession. They condemn Russians as uncivilized and note Taku killings stirred native hostility. Officials call sailor talk and warn of divided multinational forces under British leadership.
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China
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Pekin
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Horrific reports from Tien Tsin and Shanghai bombardments
A refugee from Shanghai cites dire conditions in Tien Tsin with massacres of civilians including Americans. Banks in Hong Kong and Germany are destroyed, and relief forces retreat after heavy losses. German gunboat Hus and a Russian destroyer patrol the Pei Ho river firing on villages and snipers are reported along the banks.
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Shanghai
Tien Tsin
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Pei-Ho
Dense fog delays Chinese wire communications reported
A New York dispatch notes June 27 that fog remains over China halting telegram lines from Pe Kin to Tien Tsin. Wires are down and reports from Chinese sources doubt credence of fits.
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the Tribune
China
Pekin
Army sizes debated for China rescue amid uncertainties
Reports from interior towns discuss a need for an army of 40 000 to 160 000 to save China from anarchy. Chinese troops are described as better armed and trained for modern warfare than Japanese forces in previous campaigns. In Chicago a labor clash at Ogden Gas plant ends with Gus Ponokorin wounded and James Collins arrested after shots are fired by strikers.
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Market reports from Durura and Chicago grain notes
Grain and livestock prices across markets in Durura Minneapolis Sioux City and Chicago. Wheat and flax futures shown alongside cattle hog and sheep trading with receipts tallied and price ranges noted for each region and period.
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