Boxers Attack Chinese Troops in Major Clash
Officials report a large Boxer assault with heavy casualties as Chinese forces suffer extensive kills. British Marines halted the Boxer advance from Tein-Tsin toward Pekin, blocked by local authorities.
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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1900
Page
1
England Alarmed Over Eastern Crisis and Boxer Uprising
Reports from Tien Tsin say 4,000 Boxers surrounded 1,500 Chinese troops with fighting continuing. Missionaries in Grave Port face peril amid unclear news from Pao Ting Fu while Boxers threaten Tien Tsin and areas toward Pekin and Taku. English and American observers fear Russian designs and seek Anglo American alignment as Britain debates China policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pao Ting Fu
Tien Tsin
Pekin
Taku
D’entrecasteaux
Arrival of Jean Bart and Russian Cruiser Russia at Taku
Jean Bart and the Russian cruiser Russia have arrived at Taku. The vessels anchor amid ongoing tensions and foreign naval presence in the harbor following recent regional developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Bart
Russia
Taku
Kerens To Get His Loving Cup Today
National convention reporting focuses on key leaders and committee chairs. Charles Grosvenor of Ohio emerges as a possible platform committee chairman amid broader talks on rules and permanent chair. Lodge is named for permanent chair by McKinley. The Missouri national committeeman steers state instructions to delegates as Philadelphia plans unfold with Foraker renomination now affirmed by the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Grosvenor
Ohio
Washington
Grosvenor
Committee On
Hull
Iowa
House Committee On Military Affairs
Littlefield
Maine
Robert Hitt
Iinois
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
McKinley
Cal
Republican National Committee
Anglo American alliance discussed via Britain’s Russia talks
The British Prime Minister pursues a Russia agreement while also signaling joint action with the United States as a second option. The move would be seen here as evidence of an Anglo American alliance, morally if not formally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choate
Lord Salisbury
Russia
United States
Conger to Ask Empress to Suppress Boxers
The Times Bureau reports that President McKinley and his Cabinet discussed the Orient crisis for over an hour. Secretary Hay instructed Minister Conger to present to the Dowager Empress a statement seeking stern measures to suppress the Boxer uprising and to act independently of foreign governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McKinley
Orient
Hay
White House
Conger
United States
China
Empire
Donger
Msna
Stat Ap
State Department
Tammany to send reduced delegation to convention
Tammany leaders in New York announce a cut in the National Convention delegation to Kansas City from 600 to about 280 or 300 men, roughly eight per district, due to heavy travel costs. The move aims to trim expenses for the Kansas City trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kansas City
Pirates Attack Chinese Steam Launch off Cape Suliman
A steam launch owned by Hong Kong Chinese merchants towing four kerosene laden junks was attacked by pirates near Cape Suliman eight miles from Hong Kong. The pirates looted the junks and captured the launch and its crew before fleeing westward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Canton
Cape Suliman
Ice prices stay steady in Philadelphia despite New York cut
Treasurer Hunt of the American Ice Company announces no price change for Philadelphia this season. The New York Ice Trust lowers rates from sixty to forty cents per hundred pounds, while Philadelphia remains at sixty three cents for 112 pounds, sixteen pound installments, making Philadelphia at least ten cents higher per hundred than New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunt
American Ice Company
Knickerbocker Ice Company
Ice Trust of
New York
Philadelphia
Philadelphians Named Special Commissioners to Paris Exposition
Rev Dr Joseph Krauskopf and Ralph Biam of Philadelphia were named special honorary commissioners to inspect agricultural exhibits at the Paris Exposition and to study agricultural schools and the overall status of agriculture in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph Krauskopf
Ralph Biam
Philadelphia
Europe
Movements of Steamers Arrivals and Departures
Ships arriving include Locanta from New York and Furst Bismarck Hamburg from New York. Departures list Auguste Victoria to Cherbourg for New York and Furnessia to Glasgow for New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Locanta Liverpool
New York
Furst Bismarck
Hamburg
Auguste Victoria
Cherbourg
Furnessia
Glasgow
Weekend Weather Forecast for Mid-Atlantic States
For Saturday in Eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware and Maryland expect showers early followed by fair skies. Cooler temperatures than today and less warmth on Saturday. Sunday should be fair with fresh southeast winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Ebowene
Wholesale Arrest of Bicycle Riders on Foot Path
Sixteen cyclists were arrested in the Eighth district for breaching the sidewalk ordinance. The seizures occurred on Seventh and Spring Garden streets as riders used the east footway to cross, causing injuries. Each offender was fined five dollars plus costs by Magistrate Wilhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh
Spring Garden Streets
Seventh Street
Spring Garden Street
Fulmer
Wilhere
Despondent 63-Year-Old Shoots Self Then Walks Home
A 63 year old clerk named William Anderson shot himself in the head on Thirty-eighth Street and then walked to Morningside Park and back 144 blocks. He owed his landlady for board and said he was unemployed. Police report his remarkable nerve despite the fatal act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thirty-eighth Street
William Anderson
Morningside Park
Martin Claims Grace Dodd as His Wife Amid Court Martial
Lieutenant Edward H. Martin of the Fifth Artillery admitted to reporters that Grace May Dodd, also known as Grace Ryan and tied to a raid on a pool room, is his wife. He said they married on April 28 at Rev. Dr. Snyder’s residence in Manhattan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward H. Martin
Fifth Artillery
Fort Hancock
Martin
Grace May Dodd
Grace Ryan
Snyder
Manhattan
Child Falls From Second Story Window
Nettie Wagamer, a child, fell from a second story window at 712 South Third street near her parents’ home. She sustained a fractured skull and was taken to the hospital for treatment where doctors performed trephination. Her condition was described as serious but with potential for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Third Street
Trephini
Nettie
Storm Fear Sends Maggie Hassen to Unconsciousness
A severe thunderstorm frightened Maggie Hassen at Reed's mill at Twelfth and Jackson streets, causing a hysterical collapse. A physician treated her for two hours before she was revived and sent home to 733 South Fifteenth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thun
Maggie Hassen
Reed's Mill
Twelfth
Jackson Streets
South Fifteenth Street
Calhoun as Likely Republican Vice Presidential Candidate
Special telegram from Danville Illinois notes W J Calhoun Inter State Railroad Commissioner and McKinley aide could be the western choice for vice president. He is a prominent railway and corporate lawyer tied to Palm Cal Noumn Lennon and American Steel and Iron Company among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Calhoun
Danville
Ill
Cong . J
Cannon
Inter-State Railroad
McKinley
Cuba
Calhoun
Griggs
New Jersey
Palm, Cal‘Noumn ‘& Lennon
West
American Steel and Iron Company
Week
Tiingin
John W
Xleo
Illinois
Mayor replies to the committee in Philadelphia 1900
May 1900 correspondence between Mayor Ashbridge and a twenty member committee is released. The council argues for an impartial public inquiry into charges against Director English while denying claims tying Wanamaker to suppression of press freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashbridge
Academy of Music
English
Waterall
Samuel H. Ashbridge
Philadelphia
Board of Trade
The
Trades League
Commercial Exchange
Manufacturers’ Club
Atte
Academs
Oran
William Waterall
Wanamaker
Mr. English
Beanmaker
Pierre
Beleke
Babe Marion
Mottet's Virgin Olive Oil Ad
Bay that you will never want any other olive oil for richness sweetness and delicate flavor It is economical and superior according to an advertisement noting it is sold by leading grocers and druggists.
Perry & Co Offers Spring and Summer Suits
Perry & Co at 1520 Chestnut Street proclaims cheap prices on men s garments with eight five to thirty dollars for Spring and Summer suits. They boast low material costs and skilled labor, claiming better clothes and rapid service to the public. Open this evening until ten.
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India
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Far East
Egypt
Kerens
Young Republican Club
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National
Committee On Rules
Congressman Cannon
Serreno Payne
Thae
Missouri
Foraker
Chauncey M. Depew
Theodore Roosevelt
Praisig
Beveridge
Times Bureau
Tammany
Braves
Paris
Tixts
Miss
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Nettie Wagamer
Joss
Shakespeare
M’kinley
W. 9. Calhoun
Coutiheed Om
Mr. Ashbridge
Joun
N. E. Janney
Rousse
Duane
Asa B. Wixa
Charles E. Pancoast
Henry Justice
C. E. Cadwalader
Wiilliam
Hannis
W. W. Keen
Amos H. Wakelin
George D. Bromley
Mundell
Perry
Chestnut Street
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