News From China Sparks Hope and Fear Across Capitals
Washington reports Consul Fowler and other sources describe imperial edicts and ministerial safety in Peking while London and Berlin relay conflicting claims of legation survival. Dispatches recount massacres avoided by repatriation talks, with McKinley administration awaiting authoritative confirmation amid growing disbelief.
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Peking Ni
London
Chih Chen Lo Luh
Sheng
Railways and Telegraphs
Baron von Whetteler
Peking
China
Queen Victoria
Salisbury
Daily Mail
Shanghai
Claude MacDonald
Chaina
Y Chine
Daily Express
Sir Claude Macdonald
Yi Hung Chang
jen-Tsin
Pou- Chefoo
Prince Ching
Berlin
Brewerhaven
Germany
United States
Rrmany
Russia
McKinley
Frantic mob attacks Black man as police intervene in chaotic riot
June 28 scene near Thomy Lafon Sixth and Rampart streets erupts after a Black man is shot by a mob. Armed groups fire into the body, burn, loot, and clash with police as crowds chase a patrol wagon carrying the corpse to headquarters. Five victims reported, including Hannah Mabry, with ongoing violence and arrests.
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Charles
Ialatte
Gallatin Street
Hannah Mabry
Chool House
Thomy Lafon
Rampart
Rathbone Arrested on Four Charges in Cuba
Estes G. Rathbone, former director general of the posts in Cuba, was arrested in Havana on four charges. He allegedly drew two $500 orders to pay a private coachman from postal funds and claimed per diem without entitlement. He is held in bonds of $25,000. The report also notes broader wartime movements and figures in the region.
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Havana
Estes G. Rathbone
Cuba
Gardner
Rathbone
Dewet Surrenders Terms Rejected by Roberts
In London dispatches from July report that Dewet offered surrender on condition followers may return home unmolested, but Roberts demanded unconditional surrender. Other messages note Dewet’s surrender at Kroonstad and continued pursuit of Dewet by French and Hutton as forces maneuver near Reitzburg and Olifants River.
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New York
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
American Bible Society
Pao Tingfu
Fremont
Ohio
Cel.Webb
C. Hayes
China
San Francisco
McKinley
London
Capetown
Dewet
Roberts
Broadwood
Christian Dewet
Reitzburg
Vaal
Christian
Kroonstad
War Office
Lord Roberts
French
Hutton
Oliphant
Olifants
Middlebury
Ain Road
Fourierburg
Withdrawal of U.S. Troops From Cuba Cited By Gen Wood
Gen Leonard Wood sailed to Havana to oversee troop withdrawal from Cuba leaving about 5000 soldiers for garrison duty as surgeons report no signs of yellow fever among the 1st Infantry. Lady Randolph Churchill wed Lieut Cornwallis West at St Pauls Knightsbridge in London. An injunction action in Chicago seeks to restrain the Chicago Board of Trade from cutting off its market quotes service or entering into a restrictive telegraph contract.
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New York
Leonard Wood
Mexico
Havana
United States
Cuba
Randolph Churchill
London
Lieut
Cornwallis West
St. Paul's Church
Knightsbridge
Chicago
Central Stock and Grain Exchange of Chicago
Bishop
Board of Trade
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