Pushing On To Pekin Allied Force Marches Toward Capital
The international relief expedition of about 20 000 troops with 170 guns advances toward Pekin under Admiral Alexeiff. General Chaffee commands American units while coordination with Russian forces and the Grant transports continues. Washington cites diplomatic risk but upholds protection of ministers amid China crisis.
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Pekin
China
Alex Jeff
Russia
Admiral Alexieff
Gen. Chaffee
Tien-T'sin
Tien-Tsin
Washington
China News on Rescue Efforts and China Tensions
Washington reports state the United States will not bargain on minister Conger's rescue. China must honor treaties while allies remain in Tientsin. Attacks on Pekin and legations are blamed on Prince Tuan and imperial troops. Missionaries massacred in Shan Si reported. Japanese losses in Tientsin fighting noted. Russian action at Hung Hun relieves frontier posts. terrain favors troops, floods possible. A Pei-Ho river advance could involve torpedo boats.
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China
State Department
Tien-Tsin
Pekin
Washington
Conger
Chaffee
Tuan
Shanghai
Shan Si
Hung Hun
Novokijevskoje
Postja
Pei-Ho
Lady Randolph Marries Lieut George Cornwallis West
Lady Randolph Churchill aged 53 wed Lieut George Cornwallis West at St Pauls Knightsbridge in London. The wedding, attended by the Duke of Marlborough and Winston Churchill, had two front family pews empty. The ceremony saw Mrs Morton Frewen and the Duke of Marlborough sign the register amid royal favor and wartime ties.
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George Cornwallis West
Randolph Churchill
Jerome
Prince of Wales
St. Paul's Church
Knightsbridge
London
Cornwallis West
Duke of Marlborough
Soldiers Leave Cuba for China Amid Winter Campaign Prep
The Second battalion of the Fifth United States Infantry under Maj. Borden sailed from Santiago aboard the transport McPherson heading to New York. Companies from Guantanamo and Baracoa joined en route. Officers anticipate a hard winter campaign and the men express enthusiasm for service in China. Cuban Constitutional Convention elections are expected around November 13.
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Cuba
China
Fifth
United States Infantry
Maj
Borden
Santiago
New York
McPherson
Guantanamo
Baracoa
Siege tale from Pekin reports foreign legations under fire
Dispatch from Pekin dated July 21 states Baron von Ketteler was murdered on June 20 and foreign legations including Austrian Italian Belgian and Dutch are besieged in the British compound. US Marines hold a key wall position as fires wreck legations and relief is hoped soon.
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Holland
Robert Coltman, Jr
Chicago Record
Pekin
Baron von Ketteler
Tsung-li-Yamen
Yung Lu
Claude Macdonald
Myers
Law for Automatic Car Couplers and Air Brakes Takes Effect
A national statute requiring all interstate railway cars to have automatic couplers and air brakes becomes effective August 1. Rail companies failing to fit cars face $100 fines per offense. The measure aims to reduce worker deaths and serious injuries during coupling and prevent crashes affecting the traveling public.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Massacre Report In Shanghai Mission Grounds
Reports say Boxers attacked missionaries and native Christians at Paoting Fu in July. A foreign physician and 2000 converts were killed. General Li Ho Keh advances on Pekin ordering extermination of Christians. One French priest and up to 3000 natives reported slain.
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Shanghai
Paoting Fu
Li Ho Keh
Pekin
Defense of Shanghai Sees Fleet Officers Take Charge
Seventeen foreign war ships remain in Shanghai harbor while United States consul Goodnow asks the municipal council to place the city defenses under the senior naval officer of the allied fleet.
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Shanghai
United States
Goodnow
Viking Bog Corpse Exhumed in Schleswig Near Kiel
A well preserved Viking corpse with red hair was dug from a peat bog at Damen dorf Schleswig and placed in Kiel Museum. Experts estimate burial about 1600 years ago. Dr. Bellinghazi of Brazil reports successful use of a new yellow fever serum at Vera Cruz. W L Metcalf treasurer of Skaguay Alaska killed himself. Ti health.
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Damendorf
Schleswig
Kiel
Bellinghazi
Brazil
Vera Cruz
W. L. Metcalf
Skaguay
Alaska
Conger Reports Armistice in Pekin But Short of Ammunition
Conger confirms legations short of ammo and says shelling may force collapse. Japanese attache Shiba notes relief unlikely before a week as Chinese assault threatens the British legation and other shelters. defenders endure six hour bombardment with many killed or wounded while hundreds of non combatants are safeguarded nearby.
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Conger
Tien-Dsin
Pekin
Col
Shiba
Washington
Legation
International
Claude Macdonald
State Department
Oldest Christian chapel in Che Foo linked to Dr. Corbett
The article notes Che Foo Street Chapel built by Dr. Hunter Corbett after his mission to China, and describes the Pekin legation defense. It reports foreign ministers safe up to May 22 and cites British French pressure on the Chinese government for accountability. Germany signals implacable retaliation.
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Chee Foo Street
Che- Foo
Hunter Corbett
China
Pekin
Legation
Tien-T'sin
Washington
Legations
Legation Street
Europe
Conger
Claude Macdonald
France
Great Britain
Prince Tuan
Pales
London
United States
Germany
Kaiser
China Bars Cipher Messages From Pekin and Tien-Tsin
The governor of Shantung telegraphs United States Consul Fowler at Chefoo that the sun Yamen directs him to notify the consuls that due to unsettled military operations at Pekin and Tien-Tsin any mail will be delivered to the ministers without cipher references.
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China
Shantung
United States
Fowler
Chefoo
Sun Yamen
Pekin
Tien-Tsin
Troops Reach Tokyo as Manila Force Arrives in Japan
The Fourteenth United States Army unit from Manila has landed at Yukyo marking a pivotal move in postwar occupation. The arrival signals reinforced U S presence in Tokyo and the broader Allied plan for stabilization.
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Tokyo
United States
Manila
Yukyo
Italy's New King Vittorio Emmanuele Reputed Scholar Soldier
The article profiles Vittorio Emanuele, heir to the Italian throne, born November 11, 1869, described as liberal and scholarly with a soldierly nature. A general in the army and patron of art and literature, he wed Princess Helena of Montenegro on October 24, 1896 in Rome.
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Victor Emmanuel
Vittorio Emmanuele Fernandino Maria Gennaro
Italy
Humbert
Order of the Golden Fleece
Garter
Margherita
Vittorio
Helena
Rome
Bressi Unmoved by Humbert Murder in New York Echoes
Reports say Bressi, the assassin of King Humbert, shows no remorse and planned the crime as a strike against anarchist foes. In New York some laud the act as delivering justice while authorities uncover connections to Paris meetings and arrests in Elba and Ivrea.
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Humbert
Bressi
New York
Bress
Paterson
N. J
Salvatore Quintavalli
Italy
United States
Paris
Rio Marina
Elba
Anton Lanner
Ivrea
Rail and railroads expand reach and earnings rise
Ida ex 5 IDA reports 300 steel cars ordered at The Iowa Central and new grade crossing bells on Santa Fe lines. Pocahontas gains rail access via Rock Island branch. White Pass and Yukon route offers Alaska gold fields routes. Santa Fe Rio Grande alliance hinted. Nebraska rains boost corn prospects. labor crunch prompts rail help. Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul reports passenger earnings up 14 percent to 7.70 million with 8.68 million passengers carried.
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Iowa Central
Santa Fe
Chicago
Pocahontas
Iowa
Rock Island
White Pess
Yukon
Alaska
Rio Grande
Burlington Road
Nebraska
Northwest
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Condition of crops easing drought on Atlantic Coast
Government CMP report notes drouth relief along the Atlantic coast with moisture improving in Florida and eastern districts. Corn shows rapid growth across central valleys. some early corn in North Carolina and Virginia affected by drought but later crop promising. Winter wheat harvest nearly complete. spring wheat progress favorable. oats reports show some damage but near finish in northern areas.
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Drouth
Atlantic Coast
CMP
Florida
Hountal
Pacific
Washington
Pringtorn
Carolinas
Virginia
Pacific Coast
Red Ruou
North
Stata
South Dakota
Southeas
West Virginia
Indiana
Ljnois
Powers Denies Goebel Case Allegations On Stand
Caleb Powers testified in the Goebel case at Georgetown Wyoming stating he learned of Goebel’s shooting while en route to Louisville and calling the event a shame. He disputed Goldens claim of derision and said only Sheriff Burton spoke incendiarily in one conference. He recounted fleeing Frankfort due to fear of an unfair trial and a large state prosecution fund. Weaver, accused perjury in the defense bid, was said to have not been in Frankfort at the time of the assassination.
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Goebel
Caleb Powers
Gocel
Georgetown
Louisville
Golden
Burton
Breckinridge
Powers
Davis
Franklin County
Frankfort
George F. Weaver
Colorado
Weaver
Kaiser Urges German Troops to Show No Quarter in China
Emperor Wilhelm II praises the Bremerhaven dispatch of German forces to China and orders troops to avenge an ambassadorial insult. He calls for ruthless combat, vows divine blessing, and urges discipline, Christianity, and German efficiency as they sail to “civilize” the far-off country.
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Bremerhaven
China
Lokal Anzeiger
Artillerymen Sail for Taku from San Francisco
The transport Hancock departed San Francisco at 10 oclock Sunday bound for Taku via Nagasaki carrying four batteries of the Third artillery totaling 47 men under Captain Charla Humphreys.
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Taku
Hancock
San Francisco
Tali China
Nagasaki
Third Artillery
Charla Humphreys
Russians Burn Moho in Chinese Gold-Mmine District
Gen Niedermachez dispatch from Stretensk reports Col Schwerin occupied and burned Moho the base of the Chinese gold mine industry. The town’s 500-strong garrison and about 10 000 residents have fled.
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Moho
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