The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-01-04

| South African War: johannesburg occupied BY
British troops and the flag OF England raissd
over the public buildings
JUNE.
q Obituary: Clarence Cook, noted art critic and
writer, in New York city; aged r.
g. China: Dowager empress ordered the foreign
once not to suppress the Boxers; Minister
Conger notified Washington OF the inactivity
| OF the Chinese government
| Convention: General Federation OF Women's
Clubs met in Chicago.
| 6 China Fighting at Taku between American
| marines and Boxers
Obituary: Rev. Dr. Richard S. Storrs famous
| congregational pastor, in Brooklyn; aged 81
| stephen Crane, novelist and correspondent, in
| the Black Forest, Germany; aged 80.
| d. British flag hosted over Pretoria
| Z. South African War: Beers DESTROYED an entire
British battalion at Roodwal
g. China: President Mckinley appealed to nv
missionaries in China for protection.
! Personal: Maj Gen. Nelson A. Miles, u s. A.
| commissioned lieutenant general
| Filipino War: Gen. Pho del Pillar, noted Fill
| plno leader, captured
| b. China: Tung Chou, near Picking burned by
| Boxers; 20 missionaries murdered
To- Fatal Riot: At St. Louis; killed and several
| injured in strike riot
L. South African War: Battle between Boths
| and Roberts near Pretoria
| China: international forces attacked TIen-+sin.
Saglyama. japanese chancellor of legation at
| Picking, killed by the Boxers
| r. Obituary: Belle Boyd, once a noted so1thayr
| spy at Kilbourne Wis; aged 81 Lucretia
Peabody Hale noted writer, in Boston; aged
| 30
10 South Africa: President Kruger transferred tn.
seat OF the Transvaal government to Allkmaar
China: Foreign troops forbidden to enter Pc
| king.
Is. Obituary: Prince de ,JoinviIIe SON 81 KIM,
! Louis Philippe of France who for a time
served in the Army OF the Potomac during
the civil war, in Paris; aged g.
| sporting: kinley Mack the Suburban
| Handicap
H. China: Chinese forts at Taku being ordered to
surrender to allies, opened fire on allied feet:
| Russian, British French, German and Japanesa
! ships replied; Admiral Kempf refused to Join
IN the order to surrender or the bombardment;
surrender Of the forts; wild riots in Picking
| lS China: Gen. Macarthur ordered to send troops
| and Admiral Kempf directed to act concur
rently with other nations for the protection OF
American interests; Baron Won Ketteler, Ger
man minister at Picking, killed by Chinese
| mob
PERSONAL Gen. Joseph Wheeler Of the volunteers
commissioned brigadier general in the regular
| army.
| q. Political: Mckinley and Roosevelt nominated
| at Philadelphia by reclamation
China: Maj. Walters marines ambushed on the
| road to Ten-tsin; American consulate at
Tien-tsin destroyed allied troops reached
| Iaku.
Filipino War: President Mckinley proclaimed
| immunity for the past and liberty of action In
| the future for the Fipinos.
Count Muravieff, noted Russian statesman, min
lister of foreign affairs at St. Petersburg:
| aged So.
| %. China: The allies. 1000 strong. captured
Tien-tsin.
Railroad Accident: 20 killed in washout on
| the Southern railway at McDonough, Ca.
| "a. Railroad Accident: killed and many injured
! on the Chicago and Northwestern at Depere
Wis.
Is. China: Minister WI, at Washington, asked for
! an armistice, which refused.
| 26. Personal: Gen. Adna R. Chaffee appointed to
| command the American troops in the allied
| army Of China
q. Filipino War: Pho del Pillar and other native
leaders held as prisoners of war, took the oath
| Of allegiance and were released
China: The international relief column under
Admiral Seymour returned to Ten-tsin after
making a desperate fight to reach Peking;
casualties, 50 killed and 300 wounded.
| %. Sporting: Yale defeated Harvard in the annual
| boat at New London, Conn.
The U. S. batteship Oregon went ashore on Pin
| nacle rock. off the coast Of China, north OF
| Chefu.
|
steamers Saale, Bremen and Main burned at
the Hoboken docks; deaths, 3O2, and property
| loss about $40 900
Obituary: Rear Admiral John Philip who COM
! manded the Texas at Santiago, in Brooklyn;
| aged so.
Sporting: Pennsylvania won the intercollegiate
rowing regatta at Poughkeepse.
China Battle at Tien-tsin; 1000 Chinese slain;
British Admiral Seymour wounded; foreign
| ministers in Picking ordered to leave, but re-
| fused Chin Chow attacked by Boxers and
mission destroyed; arsenal at Tien-tsin cap
tured by allies
| JULY.
l. China: Chinese renewed their attacks on the
! allies at Tien-tsn.
| 2. China: Heavy bombardment Of the native city
of Ten-tsin by the allies.
8. China: United States defined its policy in
China to be the restoration Of order.
| 4, China: Two attacks on Tien-tsin
| Accidents: SO killed and IS injured in trolley
crash at Tacoma. children killed by dyna-
mite torpedoes in Philadelphia.
! S. Political: William Jennings Bryan nominated
for president by the Democratic national con-
vention at Kansas City.
Obituary: Dr. Henry Bernard famous educator
at Hartford; aged SO.
| 9. China: japanese captured the Chinese arsenal
at Tien-tsin.
II. South African War: Beers captured 2 guns
and 200 Scots Greys and Lincolnshire men at
Nitral's mex
13. China: Allies repulsed at Tien-tsn; the Amer
lean commander, Col. E. H. Liscum, killed
| IA. China: Native walled city captured by allies
and burned
Is. Fires: Principal business portion of Prescott
A. T., burned loss over 81, 100000. 800 900
| blaze at Newcastle, Cal.
| IS. Convention: Reunion Of the blue and the
gray at Atlanta
| 90. China: Rout Of the Chinese by the Russians
the Amur. China APPEALED to Japan, France
and the United States to intercede with the
powers.
| Shpwreck: 40 drowned by the sinking Of the
steamer Florence Yukon river.
South African War: Sharp fighting at several
points in the Transvaal
| q. Shipwreck: The Cunard liner Campania cut
down the British bark Embleton in the Irish
channel the captain and 10 of the crew OF the
Embleton drowned.
%. Obituary Lucius E. Chittenden former reg
lister Of the treasury, at Burlington, vt; aged
TO.
90. South African War: The Boer general Prinsloo
surrendered Internationally, turning over
1000 men of his command.
King Humbert ct Italy assassinated at Mona by
Angelo Bresci de Prato.
80. Obituary: Alfred Ernest Albert, duke of Edin-
second son of Prince Albert and Queen Vic
toria, at Coburg; aged Sc.
81. Obituary: John Clark Ridpath, author and
historian. in New York city; aged SO.
AUGUST.