Peril Increases for International Forces in Northern China
London reports the position of the 10 000 allied troops guarding Pekin grows more perilous as fresh dispatches fail to reach Pekin and Admiral Seymour remains missing for 12 days. Taku and Tien Tsin defenses are under heavy pressure with heavy casualties alleged.
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London
Pekin
Admiral Seymour
Tien Tsin
Shanghai
Taku
Great Southern
North
Marines Under Major Waller Fight Chinese Forces Near Tien Tsin
A dispatch from Admiral Kempff dated June 23 reports Marines under Major Waller with 400 Russians engaging the Chinese army near Tien Tsin. The Chinese force of about 2,000 is prepared for another attempt. The notice emphasizes the combatants are regular Chinese troops, not Boxers.
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United States
Standard Oil Company
Tien Tsin
Pekin
Washington
Navy Department
Kempff
Department
Hackett
Che Foo
Waller
Americans Killed in Action Near Tien Tan
Admiral Kempf reports an am buccade near Tien Tai on June 21 in which four of Waller's command were killed and others wounded. A force of 2000 is to relieve Tien Tan, and Admiral Remy is ordered to accompany the Brooklyn to Taku to transport troops to General MacArthur.
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Washincton
Navy Department
Kempf
Che Foo
Tien Tai
Waller
Tien Tain
Secretary of the Navy
Remy
Brooklyn
Taku
MacArthur
Reinforcements Urgently Needed by Rosaians at Tien Tain
Shanghai dispatches report Tien Tsin bombarded for three days with British and French settlements destroyed. Chinese forces inside the city exceed 14 000 as emissaries burn foreign buildings. Russians hold the depot, relief columns feared to have fared badly, and foreigners flee toward Shanghai and Japan.
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Loxpow
Shanghai
Tien Tan
Tien Tsin
Seymour
Yangtse Kiang
Japan
Tuan in command leads Chinese forces in assault near Tien Tap
Prince Tuan, now general in chief after removing Young La, vows to march on Tien Tei and expel foreign presence. At dawn June 21, Chinese troops attacked the Tien Tap settlements as part of the attack on Tien Tam Bu Haxenai.
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Prince Tuan
Young la
Tuan
Tien Tap
China's War Likely as Tuan Takes Command and Tien Tsin Bombarded
London notes that Prince Tuan now leads Chinese troops and Tien Tsin is bombarded signaling a possible full scale war by the Qing against European powers. Shanghai merchants pull capital and retire inland as tensions rise. Consuls urge Chinese fleet removal from Shanghai.
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China
Prince Tuan
Tien Tsin
Shanghai
Woo Sung
Pekin Relief Force Unconfirmed As Dispatch Reports
Rear Admiral Kempff reports in answer to the Navy Department that Pekin hosts 30 Austrians 75 French 50 Germans 79 British 40 Italians 28 Japanese 75 Russians and 58 American troops. No news on Pekin relief expedition or whereabouts. several thousand Japanese troops expected, with no reports from Tianjin or Pekin since the last telegram.
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Navy Department
Pekin
Kempff
Che Foo
Cablegram
Tien Tain
Lieutenant Wright Among the List of Dead
A June 22 dispatch from Che Foo reports Lieutenant Wright of the U S Navy and about 150 white residents including marines and sailors killed or wounded after Chinese bombardment of Tien Tsin. The American consulate building was destroyed and troops are said to need immediate aid.
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Journal and Advertiser
Frederick Brown
Tein Tsin
Methodist Episcopal Church
Che Foo
Tien Tain
Tiensin
Wright
Twenty Thousand Chinese Drove Back the Allies at Tien Tain
A Chinese force of about twenty thousand attacked the Tien Tain relief column using machine guns and field pieces. Foreign forces retreated, while the Boxer movement gains momentum as foreign troops fail to stem its progress.
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Tien Tain
Lexpos
Daily Mail
Theo Alles
Griscom Demands Immediate Indemnity Response from Ottoman Porte
In Constantinople on June 26 Lloyd C Griscom United States charge d affaires delivered a fresh note to the Ottoman government urging an immediate reply to the U S indemnity demand for losses of Americans during the Armenian massacre The note is strong but not an ultimatum and signals Washington's resolve to press for a settlement with urgent payment expectations.
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United States
Washington
Jane
Five Dead as Train Collides with Washout on Southern Railway
A Macon branch passenger train derailed by a washout north of McDonough Georgia during a cloudburst. The wreck, largely burning, killed 35 people and left only Pullman occupants alive. Rescue crews recovered bodies at daylight as floods hampered aid. Only three women were aboard. two survived.
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Atlanta
Wisconsin Wreck Kills Seven and Wounds Thirty Four
A northbound Chicago and Northwestern excursion train collided with a freight train at Depere Wisconsin, killing seven, missing one and injuring 34. Survivors were rushed to Depere High School and later St. Vincent's Hospital. none of the train crew were harmed.
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Depers
Here
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Fond du Lac
George L. Lloyd
Eden
Charles Mieraohna
Max Korscher
Oshkash
George Jord
Byron
Adam Wever
Ed Rawson
Neengh
Depere
Depere High School
St. Vincent's Hospital
Four Miners Dead in Champion Mine Explosion
Four men died in a Champion mine blast near the bottom of the shaft on the 25th level. The victims were John Floyd shift boss Noah Lark Herman Tuma and Otto Park all miners. One man escaped by climbing the air hose to fresh air. Gases and smoke suffocated the victims. the cause is not known though it may have been sparks from a miner's pipe.
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The
Sentinel
Champion
Mich
John Floyd
Noah Lark
Skip Tender
Herman Tuma
Otto Parkall
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