The Boxer Uprising and Chinese Imperial Repression Chronicle
Diary excerpts describe the Boxer movement in Peking, foreign legations under siege, and violent attacks on missionaries. It details Empress Dowager Cixi, Prince Tuan, tsung-li-yamen officials, and mixed responses of foreign powers while civilians suffer, with rescue by American marines portrayed as crucial yet delayed.
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China
Prince Tuan
Peking
Shantung
Chihli
Tsung-Li-Yamen
Prince Ching
Liao Shou Heng
Mone
Juan
Yamen
Chi Shui An Na 'Ung
Tung Fu Hsiang
Beron von Ketteler
F. Huberty James
David Oliphant
H. Warren
Here
Tien Tsin
M. Pichon
Claude MacDonald
Legation
Picton
Conger
Claude
United States
Fengtai
Taku
Fengtail
Huangstan
Yungching
Robinson
Norman
Lee Han
Tongku
Hsufung
Kang Yi
Chung Li
Chung Chi
Chao Shu Chiao
Tungchow
Taotai
Methodist
Paotingfu
Tsungli-Yamen
Ragsdale
Lofa
Legation Street
Américan Board of Mission
South Cathedral
East Cathedral
American Presbyterian Mission
Society For Propagation of the Gospel Mission
International Institute
W. N. Pethick
M. Duysberg
The End Man's Indignation at the Tavern
A Pettyville tavern landlord mocks show folk as queer and unpredictable. He recounts a minstrel manager dying from a burst blood vessel after laughter and an end man resigning in high dudgeon, illustrating the erratic behavior of actors. Bertie comments feebly about timing.
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Pettyville
B’jing
Johns Queue is Doomed vement in China headwear change
Portland Telegram reports three Chinatown residents say Chinese officials may abolish the queue law and restore short hair. They note historical shifts to and from long braids, with practical concerns over dressing time. Rumors suggest a move toward shaven heads under a new emperor, though details remain uncertain.
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China
Portland
Chinatown
Howells Praises Middlemarch as Great English Novel
W D Howells in Harper's Bazar hails Middlemarch as nearly the greatest English fiction, praising its truth to motive, its vast canvas and spiritual power comparable to War and Peace. He revises opinions on Ladislaw, calling him weighty and honorable, a center of truth that aligns Dorothea's love and duty. An Event Chicago Record notes a suburb exchange about loneliness.
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W. OD. Howells
Harper’s Bazar
Ladislaw
Dorothea
The Great Nile Dam at Assuan Unparalleled Engineering Feat
London reports on the Nile dam at Assuan by John Aird & Son, an immense project advancing toward completion. The wall will be 90 feet high, a mile and a quarter long, with 180 sluices and powerful yet delicate doors. It could form a 144 mile long lake, impounding 1 billion tons of water, transforming central Egypt’s desert into pasture land at a cost of about £5,000,000. Egypt will defer payment, effectively a present worth around £80,000,000, while 12,000 workers, mostly natives, are paid about 5s a week.
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Tienstin
Tsung-Li-Yamen
Foreign Office
John T. Meyers
Marine Corps
Herbert G. Squires
Seventh
United States Cavalry
Legation
Squires
Pooh
M. Pichon
Tsung-Lyamen
Newark
Oregon
Walker
South Cathedral
Tien Tsin
E. B. Drew
Dr. Morrison
London Times
D. A. Chauncey
Chicago Chronicle
Richard Montgomery
United States Senate
Michael McInerny
McInerny
D*tgomery
Montgomery
Senate
Thomas Carrol
Carroll
Pratt
Mason
Hollingsby
Andrews
Swenson
MccInerny
Mac
London
John Aird & Son
Egypt
Middle
Upper
High Nile
Nile
Egypts
Mediterranean
Grante
Assuan
Fleet Street
England
Assiut
Mr Vreeland Maxims On Success From Metropo litan Rail chief
H H Vreeland president of the Metropolitan Railway of New York offered maxims on success. He warned there are no elevators to success and that appearance matters but not by itself. He urged balance between education confidence manners and prudent spending.
Misprint transforms critic into trickster and robber
Indignant Philadelphia Press reporter confronts a politician after a misprint. The editor admits the line was meant to read trickster and robber, claiming he will bring the compositor to explain. The exchange exposes tension over newspaper errors and blame.
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Philadelphia Press
Mail Order Journal Tips for Prompt Mail Dispatch
Advice to speed sending mail by separating circular and sealed letters, noting first class matters are prioritized, and that mail trains depart city at various times. For large mail, deliver to post office several times daily and divide mail by states to ease handling and speed forwarding.
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Post Office
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Dubba
Araminta Dubbs
Browning Club
Bucher Club
Ibsen Club
Ibsen
Mars
Dubbs
Mrs. Dubbs
Baltimore American
Ruby Burchard
Richard
Papa
Senator Pratt
Bertie
Times
Cena Saat
Tov
John
Chicago
Great Nile Dam
Philae
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