4 AUGUST 1900, page 1

It Appears To Be Certain That A Double Movement On

Pekin has actually commenced. A Japanese corps d' armge supposed to be fifteen thousand strong, but probably larger, is ad- vancing from Shan-hei-kwan on the coast by a route......

The Week Has Been Marked By A Great Crime. The

Anar- chists have murdered the King of Italy, a Monarch against whom there is no allegation, even among Republicans. Late in the evening of Sunday last King Humbert was......

The Latest Russian Accounts Report That The Chinese Con-...

themselves at war with Russia, and include masses of details as to fighting all along the Amur, at various places in Manchuria, and at Keigan in Mongolia, at Mukden, and at......

News Of The Week.

E UROPE has been greatly surprised this week, and also relieved. The Ambassadors, though besieged in Pekin, are all alive with the exception of the German, who was murdered......

The Preparations For The Flight Of The Chinese Court From

Pekin to Segan, of which we spoke at length last week, are said to be advancing. The Chinese have even repaired the railroad from Pekin to Paotingfa, which extends for the first......

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