China Appeals to President Over Boxer Uprising
President McKinley received what appears to be a direct appeal from the Chinese imperial government seeking aid to escape the Boxer upheaval. Washington notes the text mirrors a similar appeal to France, with the U S policy differing from European approaches. The State Department aims to avoid punitive terms, while Chinese edicts promise protection for foreign merchants and missionaries amid ongoing hostilities.
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Washington
McKinley
China
France
State Department
United States
Taku
Pekin
M. Delcasse
Prince Tuan
Fowler
Che Foo
Shan Tung
Yuan Shih Kai
Tsi Nan
Beng
Manchuria
Anchoria
Sugiyama
Chi-Li
U.S. Reports No News From China as Marines Move Toward Nagasaki
Washington dispatch notes no further word from state navy or Chinese legation on China crisis. Wu remains optimistic about Pekin legations as Conger’s telegram stands as possible brighter news. Five hundred U.S. marines depart for China from Washington, led by Major Dickens, bound for San Francisco en route to the Pacific.
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Washington
Kempff
Newark
Nagasaki
China
Pekin
Conger
United States
Chaffee
San Francisco
Pacific
Dickens
Military Honors for Ninth U S Infantry Dead in Tien Tsin
Eighteen Ninth U S infantry members are buried near the barracks after a regiment parade with Chaplain Marvine officiating. Grandee coffins carried from Tien Tsin enclose the fallen. the list includes Potter Buckley Slater McPhertland Svencon Gonge Gordon Porter Olsen Dreher Synghberg Schwertfeger Taylor Jamison Partlow Rief fennacht Smith Rogers and Marines sergeant Kollock corporal Kelly and privates McConkey Partridge.
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Associated Press
Tien Tsin
Che Foo
Shanghai
Ninth U. S. Infantry
Marvine
Grandee
John A. Potter
George H. Buckley
Richard B. Slater
John McPhertland
Gotfried Svencon
Barney Gonge A
Robert B. Gordon
John H. Porter
Oscar Olsen
John J. Dreher
Alexander Synghberg
Caspar Schwertfeger
James B. Taylor
Clye B. Jamison
William L. Partlow
Frederick F. Rieffennacht
John P. Smith
Dewey Rogers
Marines
Chas
J. Kollock
Thomas Kelly
J. McConkey
Isaac W. Partridge
China Reopens Talks as London Says Pekin Near
London reports Sir Halliday McArtney says China has practically reopened with Pekin and dispatches from Sir Claude MacDonald may come soon. He asserts China seeks to end the trouble and urges fair treatment, denying Li Hung Chang’s perfidy and noting rebels caused wires cuts but Europeans remain safe in treaty ports.
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London
Chih Chen Loh Feng
Foreign Office
Lord Salisbury
Legation
Halliday McArtney
Halliday
Pekin
Far Li
England
Shanghai
Halen
China seeks peace terms as Shanghai reports fear and secrecy
Shanghai提 correspondent for the Daily Mail says Chinese officials, frightened by Tien Tsin’s fall, want negotiations to halt military operations. Rumors speak of abducted Prince Tuan, empress dowager's return, and Yang Yu appointed viceroy. Allies claim focus on rebels, not China, amid French and British actions.
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Tsin
Shanghai
Daily Mail
Tien Tsin
Pekin
Prince Tuan
Yang Yu
Board of War
Canton
Daily News
China
Hong Kong
Woo Sung
Wu Chang
Niu Chang
The Boxers Trouble in Pang-Chang and Surrounding Area
A. J. Bailey of Seattle reports communications from Rev. Horace Houlding of the Independent Missionary service about Boxer disturbances in China. Letters from Dr. Arthur M. Smith describe attacks on Pang-Chang village on December 28, looting of chapel and school, widespread casualties, and desecration of Catholic chapels while missions tally looted families.
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Seattle
Washington
A. J. Bailey
Horace Houlding
Independent Missionary Service
South Chi-Li
Shin Tung
Arthur M. Smith
Conger
Pekin
Pai Tai Ho
China
Dr. Smith
Pang- Chang
Presbyterian Mission
London
The Earl Li Hung Chang Receives Frigid Welcome in Shanghai
Li Hung Chang arrived by the steamer Anping from Hong Kong to Shanghai and faced a cold reception. Officials deployed 300 armed troops but withdrew after the French consul objected to passage through the French settlement. He landed with 12 French police and was escorted to Bubbling Well road. The Anping carried munitions of war and was forced to leave the harbor. Consuls decided not to call on Li officially.
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Shanghai
Li Hung Chang
Hong Kong
Earl Li
Bubbling Well Road
Elements of Eighth Infantry Depart New York For Fort Snelling
Companies H and I of the Eighth U S infantry left the transport McClellan in New York for Fort Snelling Minnesota aboard the New York Central railroad. About 240 men and officers will join the regiment at a later transport before heading to China. They served in Cuba for 13 months and were greeted by about 2500 spectators with coffee and refreshments. Delays occurred in unloading equipment and an unruly horse. The remaining eight companies faced a storm off Cape Hatteras but are expected to join tomorrow morning.
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New York
Eighth U. S. Infantry
McClellan
Fort Snelling
Minn
New York Central
China
Cuba
Young Men's Christian Association
Cape Hatteras
Alliance Impossible as Japan Sees Chinese Emperor Sympathy
Yokohama July 22. The Korean government continues to send troops to the frontier where a collision with intruding Chinese has occurred. Japanese papers express sympathy for the Chinese emperor yet insist an alliance with China is impossible and unnecessary.
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Yokohama
China
Japan
Berlin reports Chinese emperor telegram after chair murder
Berlin telegram claims the Chinese emperor condemned the killing of Baron Von Ketteler and promised to pursue and punish the rebels. He expresses hope that Sino German relations will not suffer from the incident.
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Paria
Berlin
The
Temps
China
William
Baron von Ketteler
Germany
Imperial decree from St Petersburg orders state actions
An imperial decree issued today in St Petersburg directs the state to undertake unspecified measures. The terse dispatch notes the monarch's authority and signals an official policy move, with details withheld in the early report.
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St. Petersburg
Mobilization Decree Affects Turkestan and Smiretchinsk Districts
A military order declares a siege and calls up all reservists in Turkestan and Smiretchinsk districts to active service, consolidating wartime manpower. The directive emphasizes mobilization across the two districts amid ongoing conflict.
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Turkestan
Smiretchinsk
More Marines for China Battalion Formed at Brooklyn Navy Yard
One hundred marines left the Brooklyn navy yard to form a battalion for possible service in China. They were led by Captain McKelvey and Lieuts Bekstrong and Taylor, with other details from various points joining the unit.
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New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
China
McKelvey
Bekstrong
Taylor
German Missionaries Safe From Kwong Tung Interior
Berlin telgraphs on July 21 that all German missionaries from the interior of the province of Kwong Tung have arrived in Swatau safely.
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Berlin
Swatau
Kwang Tung
Campania Sinks Embleton After Fog Collision
Dense Irish Channel fog leads the Cunard liner Campania to strike the Liverpool bark Embleton, splitting it in two. Eleven crewmen, including the captain, believed drowned. Campania lightly damaged, sails to the United States next Saturday. Passengers raise £700 for survivors and families.
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London
Irish
Cunard Line
Campania
Liverpool
New York
Embleton
New Zealand
Tuskar Light
Cunard
United States
Castellane Wins Duel Near Paris In Smoking Out
Count Bont de Castellane married to Miss Anna Gould of New York dueled Count Orlowski near Paris. Orlowski was wounded in the chest and doctors halted the clash. Duel rules required continuation until one could not proceed after a quarrel sparked by a newspaper article about Castellane’s house. Seconds failed to settle the issue. a meeting was deemed necessary.
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Paris
Count Bont de Castellane
Anna Gould
New York
Count Orlowski
Orlowski
Bont de Castellane
Castellane
Underground railway fire incident at Paria station
An early morning accident on the underground railway near the Hotel De Ville station caused a sparking blaze injuring the engineer. The train lost power, lamps went out, and passengers endured heat as the car halted in distress for hours.
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Paria
Hotel de Ville
Belfast Steamer Collision Claims Several Lives
In an evening collision on Lough between the Belfast passenger steamer Dromedary and another vessel, five passengers were killed and some were seriously injured. Reports say there were no passengers aboard the second vessel. Terrible scenes followed the crash and fears still linger for additional drownings.
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Belfast
Beast Lough
Dromedary
Alligatory
Horr Attack Repulsed Near Pretoria
London reports from the War Office that Lord Ratys states Hoers forces attacked a railway position 12 miles east of Here. The defense repulsed the assault after they surrounded the target with three guns. The date cited is July 6. Pretoria dated dispatches arrive.
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Horr
London
War Office
Lord Ratys
Pretoria
Here
Obscure Health Notices From Local Record Page
Fragmentary OCR item mentions Penning and Sere names with tortures and ointment cures. Reference to burning sensation and itching suggests medical or health remedies. Possible dealer or practitioner names W. Lenhart and Green appear as fragmented entities.
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Dean
W. Lenhart
Green
Two Hundred Insurgents Killed in Philippines Clash
Manila reports last week two hundred insurgents killed and 130 surrendered or captured. One hundred rifles taken. Twelve Americans killed and 11 wounded. Col. Wm. E. Birkhiller’s force of Twenty-eighth volunteers attacked two hundred insurgent rifles near Taal, 38 killed. Capt. Charles D. Roberts arrives on parole. Amnesty resolutions sent to Aguinaldo. reply expected within a month. Banquet planned to celebrate McKinley’s amnesty order.
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Manila
Wm. E. Birkhiller
Twenty-eighth Volunteer Infantry
Taal
Signal Corps
Charles D. Roberts
Thirty-fifth Volunteer Infantry
Senor Buencamino
Aguinaldo
MacArthur
McKinley
KILLED IN PANAY DETAILS REPORTED BY MACARTHUR CABLE
The War Department release from Manila dated July 20 lists casualties. John Cullinane of Company G, 26th Infantry, killed July 11 at Manadaan Panay. Wounds noted for Herman F. Burdt and Charles Wade at Tibaguin Luzon, July 3, both from Company H 3rd Infantry. Wade severely wounded in arm.
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Washington
MacArthur
War Department
Manila
Manadaan
Panay
26Th Infantry
John Cullinane
Tibaguin
Luzon
Herman F. Burdt
Charles Wade
A New Eldorado Stampede Tana Diggings Expected
From Victoria British Columbia July 22 the steamer Bristol arrives from St Michalis after nine and a half days. Reported discoveries in Tana Eureka Creek claims from 3 to 40 cents to the pan. A stampede to the diggings is expected. Details include a June cave in on Yukon bank burying a boat crew and a capsized boat recovery, plus a shooting claim jumping incident at Nome and reports of smallpox cases on ships and a vessel driven ashore off the Hibertan coast.
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Victoria
B. C
Bristol
St. Michalis
Tana
Eureka Creek
Yukon
C. D. Lane
Nome
Utopia
Metatyre
MAE Ce
Neteon
Hibertan
Fee
Redstone Depot Burned in North Conway Fire
A fire destroyed the Maine Central freight stations and a general store in North Conway New Hampshire on July causing extensive damage. The blaze consumed a granite firm building and other structures. Authorities suspect incendiary origin with investigations underway. Local advertisers note opportunities in the Courter.
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Redstone
North Conway
N. H
Maine Central
Maine and New Hampenire Granite Company
Coca
Gee
A. Wyman
Cadeing & Lees
Fm Ee
Papered houses and free admissions in London theatre history
A historical overview of the use of free tickets and newspaper orders in London theatre. It traces origins from ancient oboli to Garrick, Johnson, and Dickens era practices, noting tensions between managers, actors, and press. It cites early notices restricting ads to specific papers and cites major figures like Garrick, Murphy, Macready, Mathews, Webster, and Lamb.
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London Globe
Pericles
Killigrew
Garrick
Murphy
Drury Lane Playhouse
Usval
Dr. Johnson
Aebie
Preae
Daily Post
Drury Lane
Daily Courant
Albert Smith
Macready
Charles Mathews
Lyceum
Webster
Haymarket
Adelphi
Bunn
Lamb
Elta
Covent Bicycle Suitings Closeout at Five Cents a Yard
Closeout of yard-wide bicycle covers in brown, sold by the case offering 2 to 10 yards per piece. Priced at six cents per yard, stated as less than half price compared with regular 19 percent quotes for bicycle coats, suits, boys wear, and skirts from DA CO.
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IOC
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Ladies
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Philippines
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