Chinese War Crisis Deepens As Ministers Ordered Out
A tangled Chefoo dispatch shows Pekin's government pressing ministers to leave the imperial city under escort before relief forces reach. Reports from Taku and Ho Si Wu detail exhausted troops, brutal heat, and ongoing allied advances toward Pekin amid emplacements and river actions. The U S State Department notes Conger dispatches are confidential and uninformative, while Europe reports fluctuating distances to Pekin and requests from France and Germany on Shanghai troop landings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hosi-Wa
Mohs Wa
Daily Mall
Conger
Washington
State Department
Ballentined
Department of State
Peking
Lo-Si
Imperial
Eighth Infantry Battalion Ships Out From St Paul
The third bat tallion of the Eighth infantry with 520 officers and men left St Paul today bound for the Orient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Orient
Massacre Dates Reported for Missionaries
Boston Aug 15 The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions received a cablegram from Consul Fowler in Chefoo stating a messenger to Bacting Fa returned with news that Presbyterian missionaries were killed June 30 and Congregational and China Island missionaries on July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messenger
Boston
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign
Consnl Fowler
Chefoo
Presbyterian
Congregational and
China Island
Anti imperialism convention opens as Hanna names advisors
Indianapolis session draws 300 to 400 delegates with Edwin B Smith named temporary chair. Boutwell nominated permanent chairman as anti imperialists debate third party paths while independents push anti McKinley Bryan lines. Hanna’s advisory list announced including Platt Depew Strong Aldrich and others. Bryan to confer with Altgeld in Chicago before continuing campaign, with a telegram of Indianapolis remarks prepared for playback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Edwin Burritt Smith
Chicago
George S. Boutwell
Massachusetts
Smith
W Strous
McKinley
Bryan
Osborne
Commercial Club
Thomas M. Osborne
Auburn
N. Y
New York
Louis R. Elurich
Colorado Springs
Cales
Ehrich
Y Chapman
Chapman
Wddress
Hanna
Senator Hanna
Republican National Committee
The
National Committee
Platt and
Depew
Wiliam L. Strong
Samuel J. Wainwright
W. W. Gibbs
Pennsylvania
Myron ‘T. Merri Ud
Bishop B. W. Arnett
Ohio
Alex, S. B. Raymond
Cyrus Adams
Illnois
Edward Thoseiler
Nebraska
H von Meyer
William B. Plunket
Charles F. Brooker
Connecticut
Mon
Nelson W. Aldrich
Whode Island
Thomas Lowry
M. V. Grover
Nesets
H. H. Hanna
Indiana
Bon. J. A. Cray
Ernest Lyon
Maryland
Irong M. Scott
California
W. M. Barbour
John Kean
New Jersey
W. B. Clark
E. O. Stanard
Missouri
W. L. Stratton
Colorado
Jeleno L. Wilson
Washington
Charles F. Pfister
Wisconsin
William Livingston
Justice S. Stern
Michigan
W. Mulvane
Kansas
E. E. Hart
Iowa
William J. Bryan
John P. Altseld
Altgeld
Democrate
Talking Machine
Congress
Philippines
Hiryan
Lincoln
Prine
Campaign updates and health notes from Aug. 15
Reports from Wheeling Wheeling Park note Webster Davis of Missouri launching the Democratic campaign with a Boer sympathy emphasis. Populists open national headquarters in Chicago and Lincoln Iowa while East Las Vegas reports Ex Senator Ingalls gravely ill in Atchison Kansas. His age 67.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster Davis
Wheeling
W. Va
Missouri
Kansas City
Wheeling Park
Chicago
Populist National Committee
Democratic Committee
Lopalist
Eugene Smith
Lopalists
Wille
Lincoln
Neo
Las Vegas
N. M
Ingalls
Atehi- Son
Ife
East Las Vegs
Atchison
Atchison, Kan
Whington
Hail Storm Ravages North Dakota Grain Fields
A severe hail storm struck St Thomas North Dakota on August 15 destroying about 40 000 acres of grain and wrecking shocks. The two mile wide by 24 mile long storm caused losses estimated at over 200 000 bushels and will have a major impact on local crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Thomas
N. D
North Dakota
Seven die in fog bound Grand Rapids wreck
Seven men were killed and eight injured in a head on collision of two passenger trains on the Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad at Pierson, 29 miles north of Grand Rapids, in dense fog at 5 this morning. The crash was blamed on either engineer error or poor visibility, amid reports of other canal and river traffic updates and unrelated notices following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids, Mich
Grand Rapids & Indiana
Pierson
Here
Also Mentioned on This Page
Celestial Capital
Fowler
Pekin
Bureau of Navigation
Taku
Chaffee
Remy
Natow
Ho- Si-Wu
Ho-Si
Tien ‘I'sin
London
Bruce
British Admiralty
No Si Wu
Bengal Lancers
Erals
Sung
Ho Si Wu
Shanghai
I’chin
Foreign Office
Paris
Pichon
Perkin
France
Germany
Uniteds
United States
Germy
Yang-tse-Niang
Chi
Legation
Dispa
Gashler
Legations
Prince Tuan
Lhe
Yang-Tsun
Cheng Yin Huan
China
Victor
Yo Lu
Yang-Tsuu
Gaselee
Pettsang
Pei Ho
Rallway Bridge
Gov. Tanner
Glenwood Springs
Colo
John R. Tanner
New Railway Incorporated
Springfield
His
East
J. K. Dickerson
Board of Agriculture
Rush Street
Clark
Plaza
Longe
William KR. Gibbons
James Kempton
Mt. Olive
Litchfield
Peter Reming
Kempton
Galesburg
Rrowe
Ain
Cairo
Uws
Cache Creek
Nim Whalen
Fred Arnold
Caire
Grant Lafferty
John Ingalls
Pana
Uls
Owaneco
Eaglewood
Hyde Park
Illinois
Rock Island Road
Morgan Park
Cobden
Charley Joram
Illinois Central
Marion Butler
Leopald Moss
J. E. Jones
Democratic National Committee
Iown
Des Moines
Shaw
Gear
A. B. Cummins
J. P. Dolliver
Dakota
Storm
Grand Rapids Road
Rock Island Bridge
John H. Douglas
Winona
Verne Swain
W.J. Young, Jr
Clinton
Lincoln, Neb
Independent
Butler
Raleigh, N
People’s Party
Stevenson
Union Labor
Muncie
Ind
Labor Union
International Building Trades Council
Toronto
Canada
Sims
Lima
Carroll & Cooney
Thomas Williams
Bloomington
Ill
Fennimore
Wis
John Yunek
Kan
Australia
Kensington
the London
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!