Long looked for partition of the Celestial Empire foreseen
British officials state no communications passed among powers on actions in China beyond diplomat release from Peking. Lord Salisbury avoids prophecy, doubts Boxer outbreak implies European suzerainty. Naval reports awaited to gauge scope, then any settlement can be discussed. diplomats’ release remains primary objective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celestial Empire
China
Peking
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Lord Salisbury
Still No State of War In China Stirring Diplomatic Dispatches
Special to The New York Times reports the U S policy of not recognizing a war state in China continues amid telegrams from Li Hung Chang and Yangtse provinces vouching for order. Chinese fleet moves with foreign admirals cited, while Tuan leads attacks on Tien-Tsin. Officials press to avoid formal war while planning long term restraint and cooperation among powers. Shanghai dispatches discuss a fractured government, possible restoration of the Emperor, and an Anglo American approach urging troops and a new orderly arrangement led by foreign powers. Washington officials reject any formal alliance, stressing parallel actions to protect nationals and property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
United States
China
Li Jung Chang
Yang-tse-Kiang
Shanghai
Tuan
Tien-Tsin
Tsungli-Yemen
Li Hung Chang
Kempff
Taku
State Department
Russia
America
Peking
Philippines
Opinion in Berlin on the Chinese troubles and German policy
Berlin dispatch notes that Chinese uprisings have eclipsed the South African conflict in public view. The German foreign office limits comment, fearing a prolonged war with China. Kaiser Wilhelm and Foreign Minister von Biilow vow to protect German interests, while paper editorials warn of divided China and rising tensions among powers. The Kreuz-Zeitung questions outcomes and urges structural shifts in China’s governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copwright
Associated Press
Berlin
Pretoria
Foreign Office
China
Shan- Tung
von Anger
Kian-Chow
Baron von Ketteler
Peking
Ketteler
Count von Bislow
Kiel
Kreuz-Zeitung
Rome Senate hears Visconti Venosta on unrest
In Rome on June 23 the Senate heard Marquis Visconti Venosta reply to Signor Vitelleschi regarding the breaking out of trouble. The statement addressed the origin and nature of the unrest and potential implications for the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Senate
Visconti-Venosta
Signor Vitelleschi
Italian and Foreign Powers Coordinate to Restore Order in China
The Italian Foreign Affairs Department ordered the Italian Minister in China to aid colleagues in reestablishing order and to act as situation required. Commanders of two Chinese waters warships were given similar instructions, with marines aiding international forces. A third vessel with an Admiral was en route, others in preparation. The Marquis said powers were in full accord and troops would be deployed to meet urgent danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Italian Foreign Affairs Department
Delcassé cites open door policy amid Peking unrest
Paris reports confusion over Chinese events with Empress Dowager accused of instigating turmoil. M. Delcassé, Foreign Minister, argues powers must first quell rebellion to protect foreigners and property, then consider restoring imperial rule under safeguards. US stance on open door cited as strengthening rights to influence China’s commercial future.
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Associated Press
Paris
Peking
M. Delcassé
United States
China
Yi He Chuan
Boxer Society
Kuang Hsu
Rush to China Dispatch Details Troop Movements
War Department dispatch from Manila outlines plans to rush Ninth Infantry and transport gear to China, with transports Logan Port Albert Warren Sherman and others to move about 2,000 troops by early July. Advisory notes high likelihood of reinforcing at Taku Tien-Tsin and Peking, while Remey seeks more officers and ships for Pacific operations.
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Ninth Infantry
Taku
Logan
Port Albert
Corbin
MacArthur
China
Philippines
Meiklejohn
Miles
Adjt
Ludington
Col. Bird
Tien-Tsin
Péking
Manila
Warren
Luzon
Sherman
San Francisco
Pennsylvania
War Department
Grant
Sixth Cavalry
East
Portland
Oregon
Remey
Cavite
Navy Department
Admiral Remey
Newport
Asiatic
Nagasaki
Japan
Department
Waller
United States
Kempff
Naga
United States cruiser New Orleans sails for China
Manila reports the U S cruiser New Orleans has sailed and is believed bound for China. It is said the United States Sea will also proceed to China shortly, signaling a move to establish direct dispatch and contact with the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
United States
New Orleans
China
Siberian Telegraph Line Interruption Reported
The Commercial Cable Company announced that the Siberian line is interrupted, advised by the Great Northern Telegraph Company. Messages to China and Manila cannot go via Northern, and messages forfeit acceptance at sender's risk.
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Siberian
Commercial Cable Company
Great Northern Telegraph Company
China
Manila
Psee
Warships to Carry Telegrams
London June 28 The British Government has granted permission for all British warships between Taku and Che-Foo to carry telegrams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Taku
Che-Foo
Reginald Tower Sails for New York
Liverpool dispatch notes Reginald Thomas Tower Secretary of the British Embassy at Washington among passengers aboard the Cunard liner Etruria bound for New York. He is reported to succeed Sir Claude M. MacDonald as British Minister at Peking, recalled due to ill health.
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Reginald Tower
New York
Liverpool
Cunard
Reginald Thomas Tower
Washington
Sir Claude M. MacDonald
Peking
Four Missionaries Killed in China by Boxers
Delaware Ohio June 23 The Rev Dr Leonard secretary of the Foreign Missionary Society says semi official news from Tien Tsin reports four Methodist missionaries killed by Boxers The victims are Rev Dr Pyke and his wife and Rev Norman Hayner and Mrs Hayner all formerly of Delaware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Ohio
Leonard
Foreign Missionary Society of
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Tien-Tsin
Pyke
Norman Hayner
Hayner
Missionaries in China Flee to Coast as Tien-Tsin News Grows
In Nyack New York and Chicago commentators report that Rev A B Simpson and associates fear for many Christian and Missionary Alliance workers in Peking and Tien-Tsin. Names include J Woodberry H Rutherford Leithauser A Gowans D W Down Amy Brown and Larsen. Some Chicago mission staff led by Dr Henry Porter Arthur Smith with families reportedly moved toward Pang-Chuang for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nyack
N. Y
A. B. Simpson
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Peking
Tien-Tsin
Chicago
Nellie Russell
Mr. Smith
China
Pang-Chuang
Missionaries in China Reported in Peril and Safe-Guarded
The Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions received a cable from Rev. W. O. Eberich at Che-Foo China stating Shan-Tung and Peking missionaries are in peril and ordered to the coast. Accounts indicate fifty nine missionaries in Shan-Tung and about twenty five in Peking. some furloughed in America, others remaining in China. U.S. State Department assures protection and prompt information to the press. Joshua Kimper of the Protestant Episcopal Missionary Society expresses optimism about care measures and notes missionaries are spread along the Yang-tse River. if danger were present, cabled updates would have been sent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
W. O. Eberich
Che-Foo
China
Fifth Avenue
Peking
Shan- Tung
Shan-Tung
Arthur J. Brown
Board of Foreign Missions
The
Presbyterian Church In
United States of America
David J. Hill
Washington
Joshua Kimper
Protestant Episcopal Missionary Society
Yang-tse River
Missionaries in China Aid Debated by Alliance Board
The Christian and Missionary Alliance Executive Board met yesterday afternoon to discuss the China trouble. Money was ordered to be cabled to missionaries as soon as contact is possible. Three mail transfers had already forwarded money. They considered the grave danger but remained hopeful for Wuhu and Wuchang missions, interpreting silence as no news being good news while instructing immediate cable if issues arise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian and Missionary Alliance
China
Sven
Wuhu
Wuchang
Cable Code Advised for Telegrams to Colonial Lands
The British administration informs that the Western Union Telegraphic Code and International Cable Directory, Universal Edition, 1900, deposited at Aden by the Japanese Government and chosen by Canada and the United States, may now be used for telegrams to and from Zanzibar Seychelles Mauritius Madagascar British and German East Africa Mozambique and Lorenzo Marques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union Telegraphic Code
Aden
United States
Zanzibar
Seychelles
Mauritius
Madagascar
Attempted Robbery Aboard Subway Car Seizes Pocketbook
Edward Bailey a 22 year old sailor from Cape Town attempted to snatch Mrs. Mary Burke’s pocketbook on an Eighth Avenue car near One Hundred and Twentieth Street. Burke resisted and the conductor pursued Bailey with a police officer assisting. Bailey was captured and jailed on a charge of attempted robbery after the pocketbook was found to contain only a charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Bailey
Cape Town
South Africa
Mary Burke
West Forty-eighth Street
Bailey
West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street
China Split Seems Inevitable Says Gammon
Charles F. Gammon, representative in Tien Tsin, reports that Boxer violence and government weakness threaten China. He warns of rebellion, foreign influence, and possible division as the empire nears collapse, with the south seeking reform and the north largely indifferent.
Promotion of Patrolmen in Brooklyn Civil Service Case
In Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice William D. Dickey ruled against Municipal Civil Service Commissioners. Alphonse Rheaume, a patrolman moved to Detective Sergeant at Central Office with pay held, per charter provisions. The court said roundsman is a distinct grade with $1500 salary vs $1400 for patrolman, constituting promotion and limiting Chief of Police to no promotions outside Civil Service rules.
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William D. Dickey
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Municipal Civil Service Commissioners
Alphonse Rheaume
Police Board
Frederick M. Kavanagh
Chief of Police
Board of Police
Civil Service
Cincinnati Officers Visit New York Police Headquarters
Police Lieutenants Carroll and Corwin with six Cincinnati patrolmen spending summer vacations in New York called at Police Headquarters yesterday afternoon. Chief Devery received them, and Sergt Flood gave them a building tour. Police Commissioner George E. Henshaw, who came with the party, called on Commissioner York in the morning and sailed for Paris in the afternoon.
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Carroll
Corwin
Cincinnati
New York
Devery
Sergt. Flood
George E. Henshaw
York
Paris
Naval Militiamen at Work Prepares for Tour
The First Battalion of the Naval Militia begins preliminary drills ahead of its tour, training in Whitestone and Long Island Sound. Instead of sailing the Prairie, sailors will perform boat drills, chart work, compass practice, and hails in steam launches and cutters near Fort Wadsworth and the East River. The fleet includes the steamship Aileen seven launches ten cutters and four whaleboats.
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Naval Militia
Whitestone
L. L
United States
New Hampshire
Prairie
Long Island Sound
East River
Fort Wadsworth
Aileen
Reunion planned for New York Spanish War volunteers
Buffalo on June 23 reports a July 19 reunion in the city of the Two Hundred and Second New York Volunteer Veterans Association. The Executive Committee invites the Third Division Naval Reserves, the Third New York Volunteers, and the Seventh Battery to arrange a State reunion and form a State organization for New York Spanish War Volunteers. Veterans urged to unite with one of five National organizations.
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Buffalo
N. Y
New York Volunteer Veterans’ Association
Naval Reserves
New York Volunteers
Funeral Service for Stephen Crane
Funeral services for Stephen Crane will be held at the Seventh Avenue Methodist Church near Fourteenth Street Thursday morning. The Rev. S P Cadman and the Rev Dr J M Buckley will conduct the service with Dr Buckley delivering the address. Crane's body, accompanied by his widow and niece, will arrive on the Bremen of the North German Lloyd Line due Tuesday and the interment will be at Elizabeth New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Crane
Seventh Avenue Methodist Church
Fourteenth Street
S. P. Cadman
J. M. Buckley
Buckley
Bremen
Elizabeth
N. J
Rev Horace Porter Ill At Home In Brooklyn
The Rev Horace Porter assistant pastor of Plymouth Church Brooklyn is seriously ill at his home 89 Pineapple Street. He fell ill with gastric fever Monday and inflammatory rheumatism has developed. At his home last night officials said the illness is serious but there is no cause for alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Porter
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
Pineapple Street
Chautauqua Excursion Round Trip Ad
Erie Railroad offers a ten dollar round trip to Chautauqua on July 6 with tickets valid for return until August 4. Travel plans include convenient schedules and evening departures, ideal for patrons seeking a cultural outing this season.
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Erie Railroad
Chinese Punishment Practices and Forbidden Conversions Discussed
An observer notes Chinese criminal justice amid debate on foreign influence. The piece covers Buddhism and Confucianism, ancient rites, and vivid descriptions of punishment from the rack to death in a thousand pieces, ending with a tribute to familial reverence shaped by Li Hung Chang and a dying mother’s command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheng-Tan-Tae
Li-Hung- Chang
Diamond Stud Flip From Trader Tightened Cash Needs
A Diamond trader who needed to raise funds last Saturday sold a $50.00 Diamond Stud for spot cash to EF. It is now offered for $18 cash.
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