Siege of Pekin and Tientsin Draw Allied Forces In 1900
The Boxer uprising escalated from Pe Chi Li to Pekin with the foreign legations under siege from June. International forces, including 2,044 troops led by Admiral Seymour, moved toward Pekin while battles raged at Tien-tsin. Heavy fighting, sieges, and diplomatic maneuvers unfolded as the allies pressed toward the Chinese capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Pe- Chi-Li
Shan-Tung
Tsung-i-Yamen
Taku
Vientsin
Pe-Chi-Li
Tientsin
Legation
Seymour
Tien-tsin
Lang-Iang
United States
Russia
Japan
Shanghai
Sheng
Hay
Washington
Conger
State Department
Europe
Foreign Office
London
Admiral Seymour
Baron von Ketteler
Minth Regs
Sir Claude Macdonald
Claude Macdonald
Navy Department
Thomas
Brooklyn
Chefoo
Yekin
Col. Shaba
Maj. Waller
Dorward
Tukushung
British War Office
Manila
Liscum
Pei-tsang
Yang-tsun
En-Tsin
Mob Turmoil in Gotham Over Policeman’s Death
A white mob of 1500 gathered near Policeman Robert J. Thorpe’s home at West Thirty-seventh Street and Ninth Avenue to seek vengeance on Black residents after Thorpe died from injuries. Police reserves and many officers quelled clashes as Black tenants fled and bricks and missiles flew amid street violence tied to an earlier fatal confrontation involving a Black man named Arthur Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert J. Thorpe
Thirty-Seventh Street
Ninth Avenue
Thorpe
Robert Harris
Washington
West Thirty-seventh Street
Eighth Avenue
Forty-first Street
Arthur Harris
American Writes to Filipinos Correspondence Publicized
War Department makes public letters and papers of Agui naldo captured by Gen Funston. Included is a 1899 letter from Dr Montague R Severson of Hamilton New York urging Filipinos to seize a US official for piracy. Officials doubt treason charges will be pursued. Leverson, a 70 year old naturalized citizen, lives in Port Hamilton. He and Anthony mstokek once sued each other for libel, each winning six cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luzon
Aguinaldo
Funston
War Department
United States
Montague R. Severson
Arf Hamilton
N. Y
Anti- Imperialist League
Leverson
Washington
Montague R. Leverson
Port Hamilton
Albany
Anthony Msto¢Ék
United States Leads All at Paris Exposition 1900
The superior jury closed on Monday naming a five member committee to finish awards with Prof. J. Howard Gove as the only American on the panel. M. Delauney-Belleville credited U S success to a thoroughly organized July program and prompt efforts to stay ahead, noting no other nation could surpass it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Howard Gove
M. Delauney- Belleville
United States
Gore
Railroads and trains drivewide industry updates
Twenty new passenger engines arrived for the Santa Fe. Rock Island reports June gross earnings of 1 901 5381.08. Colorado sues Pullman over incorporation fees. Grand Trunk awards double tracking Hamilton to Clifton. Great Northern rejects transcontinental passenger pact. Eastern roads seek 10 percent coal rate hikes for next season. Santa Fe orders 200 ballast cars and steam shovels. Western rail presidents lose faith in rate harmonization. Officers discuss anti robbery plans. Huntington urges armed guards on all mail trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe Company
Rock Island
Colorado Common Points
Chicago
Colorado
Pullman Company
Grand Trunk Company
Hamilton
Clifton
Can
Great Northern Road
Transcontinental Passenger Association
Eastern Roads
Santa Fe
Western Railroad
Western Roads
Collis Y. Huntington
Southern Vacific Company
Huntington
John J. Ingalls Dies After Long Illness in Las Vegas
Ex US Senator John J. Ingalls died in East Las Vegas New Mexico after a year plus throat ailment traced to March 1899. He sought climate relief ten months ago traveling through New Mexico and Arizona. His wife joined him two months ago and remains at his side. he leaves a widow and six children. He contracted grip in 1898 while lecturing in South Dakota and later returned to Atchison Kansas before moving to Washington.
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Las Vegas
United States
John J. Ingalls
New Mexico
Ingalls
Arizona
Death of Ex Senator Ingalls Noted in Kansas History
The article traces the life of Ex Senator Ingalls born in Middleton Massachusetts in 1883. It covers his Williams College graduation in 1855, LL D in 1884, bar admission in 1857, move to Kansas in 1858, roles at Wyandotte constitutional convention 1859, territorial secretary 1860, state senate 1861 and 1862, and service as major lieutenant colonel and judge advocate in 1863. It notes his U S Senate seat from March 4 1873, two re-elections, term ending 1891, and later focus on literary work and lectures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ingalls Ington
Ingalls
Middleton
Essex County
Mass
Williams College
Kansas
Territorial Council
State Senate
State Senate of
Atchison County
Kansas Volunteers
United States Senate
C. Pomeroy
Senate
Mysterious Chinese Names and Their Meanings
A historical note parses Chinese place names from dispatches, explaining symbols for directions, rivers, mountains, cities, seas, gates, and official terms. It also covers terms for administrative roles, bridges, depots, provinces, secret societies, and the phrase Ta Mei Ka meaning the United States.
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Shang
Shanghai
Yang
South Pass
Mongolia
Ling
Hsiang
Hsien
Tai
Tao
Fo-Tai
Cho
Chow
Hense Tungchow
Pekin
Shen
Shen-si
Yamen
Hui
Kwo
China
United States
Great America
Water famine threatens Sparks area in Brooklyn N C
A jumbled news fragment notes Sparks from the Wires in Brooklyn N C warns of a looming water shortage. Other items include ex governor Wolcott accepting an Italian ambassadorship, navy spending of 92 million dollars, Marie Danton touring America, yellow fever along Mexican ports and Panama, a British cruiser burning 22 000 tons of coal, Paris water cuts from 11 pm to 6 am, Pretoria proposed to be renamed Victoria, assassination near Nashville, Queen statue desecration in England, cost estimates for the South African war, a large convention-bill policy in Kansas City, heavy Spanish peso exchange in Porto Rico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
N. C
Wolcott
Italy
Marie Danton
Mimic
London
America
Mexican
Panama
England
Australia
Paris
Pretoria
Victoria
Alexander Donelson
Nashville
Tenn
Elswick Park
Newcastle
William Venon Harcourt
Kansas City
Porto Rico
Gospel Trumpet Message Sparks Mixed Thoughts
Fragmented lines praise consistency fear of God and inner faith while urging the Bible to rule the heart. The gospel trumpet is described as able to smash sin walls or soothe sorrow, amid scattered phrases about Christians and guidance.
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Otto
Secret of Bird Flight Remains Elusive Yet Pursued
The article reviews attempts to explain bird flight and floating, noting widespread speculation with little progress. It mentions researchers Lillenthall, Hiram Maxim, Oliver Chanute, and Prof Langley as pursuing theories like gliding machines and aeroplanes, with the hidden mechanism still unsolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceriaj
Lillenthall
Hiram Maxim
Oliver Chanute
Prof
Langley
Smithsonian Institution
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Iless Stuily
A Watchful Wife and the Dowager Empress
The Dowager Empress of Russia twice saved her husband’s life. In the dressing-room she found a curious jewel case that proved to be an infernal machine and had it examined by the palace prefect. In a second incident she alerted the czar, locked the study, and allowed soldiers to search as an intruder fled through a window.
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Russia
Winter Palace
London
Spectacled Maltese Cat Helps Oculist Test Eyes
An Englishwoman’s Maltese cat was fitted with spectacles to aid failing sight. A photo of the cat was used by the oculist to test its vision, marked as a trial image.
Hel Lady of the H a Place Salary Question
The fragmentary note mentions a character Meg and a question about salary. It references a personble in a unclear setting with possible dialogue about payment. Details are sparse and names or places are not clearly identified.
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France
Indo- China
India
Tokio
Mel Kinley
Philippines
Tite Tien-Tsin WA
Edward I. Seymour
Gotham
Ram
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