Pushing On To Seymour In Relief Of Tien Tsin
Allied relief forces from Tien-Tsin entered the city on Saturday, with small losses. They advanced Sunday to reach Admiral Seymour ten miles away, amid reports of massacres and Chinese resistance. Brigadier General Adna R. Chaffee appointed to command American forces in China. McKinley rejects viceroyal pleas to halt troop dispatch. General MacArthur says 9th Infantry sails for Taku.
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Tien-Tsin
Admiral Seymour
Peking
Seymour
China
Che-Foo
Terrible
Adna R. Chaffee
Butchery at Tien-Tsin siege details from Che-Foo report
Telegraph brief from London June 27 describes grim accounts of the Tien-Tsin siege with figures on relief forces. Central News cites Major Waller in command of the relief column. Allies reportedly entered the town as Chinese guns were silenced. Commodore Wise will dispatch trains to the front. Concerns mount for Seymour’s fate and unsettled signals about Admiral’s position. Li Hung Chang voices U S trust and seeks access to territory. Canton unrest looms without the Viceroy. Official denial follows about recall of British minister.
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London
Tien-Tsin
Che-Foo
An “Express
Liu Kun Yih
Prince Tuan
Tsung-li-Yamen
Canton
Daily Telegraph
Hong Kong
Quangs
Li Hung Chang
Peking
McLean
United States
Don Juan de Austria
H. M. S. Redpole
Shameen
London Hopeful Amid China Crisis in Commons Talks
London dispatches report a shift to optimism as the House of Commons and political clubs discuss China. Allied forces, including American, Russian, and German units, reportedly broke through the Chinese cordon, reached Tien-Tsin, and pushed toward Pekin or Tien-Tsin for Seymour’s relief. Rumors circulate about Seymour’s fate, with officials favoring a view that forts remain intact but reinforced, and legations may have escaped attack.
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London
House of Commons
China
Tien-Tsin
Foreign Office
Taku
Seymour
Peking
Che-Foo
Americans in the Front At Tien-Tsin and China Unrest
Reports from Che-Foo state American and British forces broke Chinese lines at Tien-Tsin and advanced with other foreigners close behind. Russians suffered four killed and thirty wounded. foreign guards and Admiral Seymour’s squadron push toward safety as Japanese and French reinforcements land. Civil unrest spreads to southern China with threats against foreigners, Li Hung Chang urged to Peking, and missionaries warned.
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Tien-Tsin
Shanghai
Shan-Tung
Peking
Pe-Chi-Li
Europe
Daily Express
China
Hong Kong
Sitis
Pei-Ho
Chaffee Heads Expedition to China for Rescue Mission
Washington June 26 troops to Japan and Taku and Manila prepare to relieve Minister Conger and other Americans in China. General Adna R Chaffee to command the expeditionary force, sail on Grant from San Francisco July 1, reach Nagasaki mid July, then proceed to Taku and possibly Manila.
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Conger
United States Legation
China
Adna R. Chaffee
San Francisco
Grant
Nagasaki
Japan
Honolulu
General Chaffee
Taku
United States
Chaffee
6Th Cavalry
Manila
Corbin
War Department
Chicago
R. B. Harper
7Th Cavalry
Peking
McCallin
Seymour
9Th Infantry
Edgar Russell
Signal Corps
Army
Logan
Albert
Hill Not on the List for Vice Presidency at Kansas City
Albany June 26 Special David B Hill stays busy in his law office as a Little Rock dispatch says Democrats in that state may back him for Vice President. The piece details Hill’s push for a conservative platform, Croker and Bryan dynamics, and preparations for Hill’s Kansas City trip with Frank Campbell.
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David B. Hill
Little Rock
Ark
Edward Murphy, Jr
Richard Croker
Mr. Murphy
George B. McClellan
William Sulzer
Elliot Danforth
O. H. P. Belmont
Croker
Mr. Hill
Tammany Hall
New-York
Hill
Frank Campbell
Democratic State Committee
Kansas City
New York
Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Jefferson
John F. Carroll
Thomas F. Grady
Thomas Carmody
Penn Yan
Mr. Bryan
Jacob Ruppert, Jr
Democratic National Committee
Seymour van Santvoord
Troy
Rensselaer County
Augustus van Wyck
James Shevlin
Hugh McLaughlin
McLaughlin
York
Democratic General Committee
Kings County
Chicago
Southwestern Limited
St. Louis
William F. Sheehan
Sheehan
Campbell
Tammany Ice Trust
Tenement House
New York State
New York City
East
Greene Accepts County Committee Presidency Amid Campaign Tensions
Gen Francis V Greene appears poised to head the county committee as Senator Platt backed down from blocking his candidacy. Friends and Odell deny further comment while Brookfield calls for reorganization, saying voters should select their own chairman. The dispute could impact Roosevelt allied support and the approaching campaign. Over the Alleghenies Luxuriously via the Pennsylvania Limit.
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Francis V. Greene
Senator Platt
General Greene
Platt
Roosevelt
Greene
Odell
State Committee
Newburg
William Brookfield
The Ticket Ratified At Carnegie Hall Rally
The Republican mass meeting at Carnegie Music Hall drew a packed crowd as Senators Foraker and Depew spoke in support of McKinley and Roosevelt. Seth Low opened, praising the ticket and the war record, while Foraker warned Roosevelt would be named in 1904. The event highlighted party unity and defense of expansionist policy in Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines.
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Joseph PE. Foraker
Carnegie Music Hall
New York State
Philadelphia
McKimley
Roosevelt
Carnegie Hall
Praecenium Arch
Strong
Francis V. Greene
van Cott
John Sabine Smith
Timothy L. Woodruff
B. B. Odell
Prederieck S. Gibbs
George R. Bidwell
Edward Lauterbach
Silas C. Croft
John P. Windolph
Charles B. Treat
F. Norton Goddard
Gherardi Davin Nicholas Murray Butler
William H. Ten Eyck
Charles H. Murray
Seth Low
Foraker
Depew
Republican Party
William McKinley
Ken Roosevelt
McKinley
Spain
Cuba
United States
Crete
Antilles
Porto Rico
West Indies
Philippine Islands
East Indies
St. Paul
Islands
Linco
Wiliam McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
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