Not Given Relief Fears Massa Threat Across Nations
A terse dispatch warns that lack of quick relief risks a broad danger to Americans and other legations amid rising fears of a general assault or mass execution.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1900
Page
1
Chinese Minister Conger Under Fire in Peking
The first official news from Minister Conger arrives as Chinese troops shell the British legation. Conger reports they are in the legation and under attack. relief is urged to prevent massacre. Secretary Hay vows to avoid war and international conflict. W. W. Rockhill will be sent as minister plenipotentiary to assist negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D.C
Evening Journal
Conger
Legation
United States
State Department
Peking
Hay
W. W. Rockhill
Shanghai
Shan- Tung
Dassatch
Bureau of American Republics
China
Rockhill
Cleveland
Tiawan
Blount
How Darnell Was Caught In Dana Flight
Dana Indiana marshal and James Darnell pursued a suspect from Dana to Maroa after the murder of Melvin Ingram. Thomas Darnell, a stranger, was arrested on a Maroa farm Monday night. The father boarded the same train to warn his son but the officer reached the farmer with the prisoner first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur, Lills
Dana
Ind
James Darnell
Maroa
Thomas Darnell
Melvin Ingram
Darnell
Maron
Dead Snake in the Beer Keg Tragedy Near Cerro Gordo
Four young men in Cerro Gordo county near the Minnesota line drank from an eastern beer keg on a hot July day. Three died, the fourth lies in terrible agony on the point of death. The keg was broken open revealing decomposed rattlesnake remains, suggesting a deathly cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Cerro Gordo County
Minnesota Line
Two Highwaymen Seekers After Marshfield Robbery
Looking for two highwaymen who held up Mrs. William Schroeder in Lynn at 9 AM. She was chloroformed and relieved of a suspected large sum, left in the woods, and a search party pursued with three hours head start and no clue yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshfield
Wis
Lynn
William Schroeder
Secretary Wilson Goes Home
Secretary of the Treasury James Wilson returns to Chicago on July 20 for a private farewell visit after completing a period of public service in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Chicago
James Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture Delays Cabinet Session in Chicago
Secretary of Agriculture travels from Iowa to Chicago after word that the cabinet would not meet in session. He attended Senator Gear’s funeral, then waited in Chicago for confirmation on cabinet duties, having left Iowa for Washington late Tuesday night. Wreck attempt on an Omaha train in Eau Claire Wisconsin involved mislaid spikes on rails. wheels derailed on a curve but damage was limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uchicago
Iowa
Washington
Senator Gear
Chicago
Eau Claire
Wis
Omaha
Duluth
Struck by Train in Joliet Injures Chicago Man
Joseph Taylor of 2618 Hillock Avenue Chicago was struck by a Santa Fe train in Joliet Illinois sustaining severe injuries to the face and back. He was taken to St Josephs hospital and is expected to recover. Bright Girl Has Been Found in Jackson Michigan July 20Wdna Prine, who ran away from Springport, has been found in Baton Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Ill
Joseph Taylor
Hillock Avenue
Chicago
Santa Fe
St. Joseph's Hospital
Jackson
Mich
Wdna Prine
Springport
Baton Rapids
Veterans Celebrate Peach Tree Creek Battle Near Atlanta
In Paris during the past year four thousand thieves were arrested. Among those detained were a princess, a duchess and a countess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peach Tree Creek
Atlanta
Paris
Li Hung Chang Arrives in Hong Kong Under Guard
Li Hung Chang and his suite landed in Hong Kong after a seven gun salute and a Welsh Fusiliers guard. He met Governor Blake and officials at government house and remained reticent about ministerial safety in Peking amid the ongoing crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Wi Hung Chang
Welsh Fusiliers
Government House
Henry A. Blake
Gaselee
Badrow
Li Hung Chang
Peking
Baron von Ketteler
Prince Tuan
Japan
Washington
Baron Nissi
Shanghai Outrage Over Hong Kong Honors to Li Hung Chang
Shanghai reports intense indignation at British honors for Li Hung Chang seen as the anti foreign plot originator. A merchant recounts Boxer massacres of European women and children, with bodies displayed and looted, and princes urging rewards for destruction of Europeans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nankin
Lin Kun
Lin
Yang-Tse
Prince Tuan
Daily Express
Li Hung Chang
Tiong Kong
Peking
Shanghai
Li Hung
Ah Sin
London
Hong Kong
China
Czar Knows Legationers Are Dead Says London Editor
The Standard editorial urges copying Washington’s idea to send Mr. Rockhill to China as prudent. Salisbury’s cabinet met early and may issue a parliamentary statement on the crisis. Reports differ on foreign legations fate with Telegraph and Times correspondents noting massacres and local viceroyal pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Washington
Rockhill
China
Lord Salisbury
Daily Telegraph
St. Petersburg
Peking
Shanghai
The
Times
Remarkable Case of Ossifying Body in Green Case
Walkerton Indiana July 20 Edward W Green of North Judson is becoming the subject of study as doctors report his body is ossifying. The process began two years ago, now his heart is hindered by a crust of stone and his body is rigid with no outward circulation. Medical experts say his case may provide a perfect specimen of ossified biology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walkerton
Ind
Edward W. Green
North Judson
Endeavorers Sing to Queen at Windsor in Royal Welcome
Thousands of Christian Endeavor members gathered in Windsor Castle grounds hoping to see Queen Victoria. The Queen appeared in the quad, driving past as the crowd sang God Save the Queen and the Endeavorers' anthem, with the Queen smiling and bowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Windsor
Oxford
Stratford
Royal Grounds
Victoria
Henry of
Iron Trade Review Signals Basis Set for Business Recovery
The Iron Trade Review reports a new pricing basis formed last week easing distrust of prices. Mills push to win orders with lower prices and large contracts take shape in bridges boilers tanks and fittings. Many furnaces likely to go out of blast as wage cuts and market shifts press closures. Bessemer iron stalls while foundry iron drops at least $1 a ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
The
Iron Trade Review
Stedt
Binet
Bessemer
Mien
Fallin
Lorain
Irregulars Rampage Through Highland Falls Village
A group of newcomers en route to China caused a riot in Highland Falls New York near West Point. Soldiers faced limited success as they vandalized a Chinese laundry injuring workers and tossing them into the street while a neighboring barn caught fire. A religious bell tolled as police and residents reacted. Similar unrest occurred in Union City New Jersey with youths breaking into a laundry and attacking a Chinese man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
China
Highland Alls
West Point
Highland Falls
Father O'Keefe
Union Till
N. J
Lumber associations hold line on prices amid demand
Delegates from the Mississippi Valley and Wisconsin Valley Lumbermen's associations meet in Minneapolis and agree to maintain current price scales indefinitely due to dimensions shortages and sustained demand in their territory. In Wabash Indiana a powder explosion injures Ira Bare's son Paul and a playmate while handling gunpowder. In Lexington Illinois a new Home State Bank charter is issued to A J Scrogin and partners with 30000 dollars capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Mississippi Valley
Wisconsin Valley Lumbermen’s Associations
Wabash
Ind
Paul
Ira Bare
Andrew
Bare
Springfield
Lexington
McLean County
Ills
Auditor of Public Accounts
Arthur J. Secrogin
John Peck
A. B. Scrogin
Charles P. Scrogin
O. T. Hanson
Child found alive after days in Wisconsin woods
In Grand Rapids on July 20 an 83 year old, identified as F Turzusha’s child, missing near Vesper since July 12, was found alive by a hunter who heard crying. In Dodgeville on July 20 18-year-old Arthur Logan was badly burned after touching a powder to a stone and igniting a watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Wis
F. Turzusha
Vesper
Dodgeville
Arthur
Thomas Logan
Ile
President and entourage return to Canton after visit
The president with Secretary Cortelyou and his nephew William Barbour left here at 7 15 last night and returned to Canton. The trip included a stop in Washington on July 20 with the noted departure timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cortelyou
William Barbour
Canton
Judge sentences Foley for wife maltreatment in West Superior
In West Superior on July 20 Judge Haily sentenced Martin Foley to sixty days for maltreating his wife. The wife wished to testify for him but was barred. Foley and his wife had previously accused two men who interfered during the assault, but those men were not convicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Superior
Wis
Haily
Martin Foley
Foley
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