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TIEN TSIN CAPTURED.
CniXESE MOLTED AND THE CTTY
IN" POSSESSION OF THE ALLIES.
The Casualties Sustains! y tlx Allied
l'orccs Exeeediag y Ileavy-Amer
leans Lose 215 Mrs - All the 1'orls
Aronnd f Ik- City in tlic Hands oi
Allies Three Honrs or the Hardest
Fighting Yot E x per fteuced .
London, Ju'y 17. 1':4. p. m. The
Daily Mail to-day .ives the Associated
fress the following dispatch from its
Shanghai correspondent, undw date ol
July 17th:
"Tho allied troops resumed tho at
tack upon the Chinese walled city of
Tien Tsin on the morning of July lith,
and succeeded in breaching the v.'alis
and capturinpr all the forts. The Chi
nese were completely routed, and the
allies took possession of the native city
and its defence
The total losses of the allies In the
engagements of Thursday. Friday and
Saturday were about ScO killed or
wounded. The casualties were greatest
among the Russians and Japanese.
The guns of the allies did immense
damage to the native city, causing
many large conflagrations, and Anally
silenced the majority of the enemy's
guns simultaneously. Then 1500 Rus
sians, assisted by small parties of Ger
mans and French, assaulted and cap
tured eight guns that were in position
on the railway embankment and the
fort, the magazine of which the French
subsequeptly blew up. A body of
American, British, Japanese and Aus
trian troops then made a sortie and
attacked the west arsenal, which the
Chinese had re-ocepied.
After three houtrs of t lie hardest
fighting yet experienced, the Chinese
fled.
When the arsenal had b en evacuated
by the Chinese, the Americans. French,
Japanese arid W lsh Fusiliers advanced
toward the native dly and joined with
the other attacking forces. The Japa
nese infantry and a mounted battery
advanced to ihc foot of th
ported by the Americans
Despite valiant attacks, th
only able tu hold the posi
outside the walls prepar;
walls,
id F;
sup
nch. 3 were
gained
to re-
nru ins the assault in the
Tho casualties sustained
were exceedingly heavy
those to the Americans,
moi
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thc allies
especi Uly
Ft ench au d
Japanese.
Several explosions in the native ctty
were caused by the bombardment.
The Chinese appear to have exhaust
ed their supply of smokelt ss powdt r,
s they are new using black powder.
Washington, July 17 Admiral Kemey
this morning eablefj the Navy Depart
ment that the city and ports of Tien
Tsmi are in the hands of the allies. HU
list of killed and wounded is somewhat
fuller" than yesterday's report, but tii;
not entirely compl liis dispatch fel
lows: Che Foe, July IT. To-day I hop?
to get the wounded from Tien Tsin
either in the hospitals at Taku v
aboard the Solace. Communication is
very uncertain. The following casual
ties are apparently confirmed: Ma
rines. Captain Davis, killed; Captaiu
Lemly, Lieutenants Butler and Leon
ard, wounded; Army, Colonel Fist am.
killed; Majors Reagan and Fee. Cap
tain Noyes, Brewster andBookmilter,
Lieutenants Naylor, Law ton, Ham
mond and Waldron, wounded. Total
killed and wounded reported. 77.",; Rus
sians and Japanese lost heavily: our
total loss reported i"; about forty were
marines, but number believed co be
exaggerated. Hava officer on shore
especially to get authentic number and
name,
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"REMEY."
This bulletin was received at the
Navy Department early this meriting
and was copit d for distribution about '.'
o'clock. Before it was given out it was
decided to make some change, the na
ture of which was not disclosed, and
the above copy finally was given to the
public.
GERMANY'S POLICY iNT CHINA.
Berlin, July 17. An official of the Ger-
man Foreign Office to-day point 1 ou
that Germany's news from the fight fbm
Tien Tsin on July 13th was more favora
ble than the report of the American Ad
miral. Admiral Bfcnd matin has reported
that attack upon (he Chinese was suc
cessful, but not wholly so, ne fort re
ma ining uncaptured.
Referring to the proposition for an in
ternational conference, made in the Ger
man Press, the official said: ' Such a plan
has not yet been broached by the Powers.
A conference is not necessary at this
stape of the developments-, inasmuch as
an interchange of views between Cabi
nets is the quickets way to reach an
agreement upon measures for common ao
tion in China."
"When asked whether the massacres a
Peking had caused a Change in the at;
tude of any power, the official replk
"It has not. and nc fresh interchange i t
views has been called forth in conse
quence." The official added: "The massacre hat
not altered Germany's policy in China
but has confirmed it."
The situation of the foreigners in
Shanghai awakens concern here. The
Cologne Gazette piints a powerful arti
cle, arguing that the towers should
treat the Chinese just as l.irbarous as
African tribes ate treated by the Eu
ropeans, who bum 'whole villages as a
punishment for crimes. It says:
"Should the punishment be any lc-s(s
for a people proud' of their antique
civilization, like the Chinese, who must
be conscious of thc?r aurocities, than,
for the savages and the cannibal? Cer
tainly not, since the higher the civiliza
tion the more aggravating the circum
stances. Consequent iy, Pekin should be
razed to the ground."
The volunteer troops,, for the China
expeditionary corps hawe begun mov
ing from the gariisjbns in Berlui. Dres
den, Cassel, Strasbourg and Dantzig to
ward the ports of emUarkation.
New Tork, July 17. The Board of
Klanagement of the Missionary Society
of the M. E. Church at its monthly
meeting tnis afternoon passed a reso
lution giving full authority to secre
taries, acting with the China commis
sion, to recall all missionaries of the
society now in China if they should at
any time deemf it wise to do so TV
resolution authtorized'Ahe expenditure ol
any sums necessary, to effect the purpose.
THE CHRIST! AX EXIEA OK LRU.
The Hall Crowded lo Suffocation
Many People Overcome l.v Heat.
London, July 17. Although r.ow and
:hen young ladlc3 were carried out of tho
jiuffticd meetings, fainting and overcome
3y bfut, the enthusiasm marking the
world's convention of the Young People's
Society of Christian Endeavor at tho
Alexandria Palace grounds was to-day as
Hrong as ever.
Secretary John Vvfellam Raer, speaking
5t the growth of the movement, raid that
.he Chilstian Endeavor hadge was worn
by more than one brawny Briton from
Her Mai sty's ship Powerful In the fa-
tivwr ahrjr of Ea'dysmith. Mr. B-uer
strongly demanded that arbitration be-l
tween Great Britain and
AmeFica be t
Tnar! compulsory "Gold may come and
seals may go," he said, "and boundary
lines be held In dispute, but palsied be
he hand and mule the tongue that
mould again suggest strife and blood
shed between America and Great Brit
ain." The Rev. Francis E. Clark, president of
:he society, delivered the presidential ai
Jress. He spoke of Christian Endeavor in
the Far East. His tour of the world, Mr.
Dark said, had convinced him that v"the
Christian Endeavor tree would bear fruit
in any soil."
The Rf'. Francis E. Clark and Mr. John
Willis Bacr, were re-elected, respectively,
world president and secretary of
the
En-
Toting
People's Society of Christian
S a vor.
The leading event of the day was the
temperance, demonstration, at which the
principal speakers were Canon Williarr
Barker, of St. Paul's Cathedral, and the
Rev. Paul Strayer, of Baltimore, whe
ileprecared the Indifference of govern
ments to the need of temperance legisla
tion. CHINA DECLARES WAR
kgainst the Czar"S Cioveriniient
Scizc a Russian Transport Laden
With Munitions.
Tendon, July 18. The Daily Mail
publishes a sensational dispatch from
St. Petersburg, dated Monday, which
isserts that there is no doubt that ChJ
D i has declared was against Russia.
' The Russian press," says the corre
ipi ndent, "is restricted to the publi
cation of official details, and the publi
cation of many dispatches from the
front. fans been prohibited. I hear, how
ver, from a reliable source that the
?hinese troops and tho Boxers seized a
Russian transport vessel laden with
nunitions near Aigun (on the Amur
iver, about eighteen miles from the
Russian frontier), killing almost the
mtire irissian escort.
"They next suddenly atfa-cked and
ombardi?d the town of Blagovechenk
capital of the Amur Government, on
:he Amur river). The garrison held out
iravely, but was finally overwhelmed.
. arly all perished and the town was
.turned."
London. July 18. 4 a. m. The news
.i the Manchuria disturbances is not
"ai ded as justifying the s ri'ous view
attributed by the Iaily Mail's advices.
;Vmur is boundary territory between
Eastern Siberia, and Manchuria. The
district has been the scene of local
listurba,nces for a, long time, owing
'c the provocative conduct of the
Cossacks toward the twenty-five
thousand Chinese employed in the con-
truetion of the Russia n-Manchurian
ail way.
Several serious collisions have oc
urred between the Cossacks and the
Chinese troops. One happened several
veeks ago, when two Russian officers
ind sixteen men were killed. The ex
.enslon of the Boxer movement to
Uanchuria, has resulted in a great des
.i action of the railway, compelling the
Russians to withdraw their officials.
The Chinese tried to stop the Russian
tcamer Michael, carrying ammtmi
:ion, and the steamer Selenga. wivh the
Russian frontier commission- on board
from passing up the Amur at Aigun. j
They fired on tho steamer, wounding
in officer and a few men, but the
t earners reached Blagove.-'chefcsk. The
.ocal Chinese commander at Aigun
seems to have sent the Russians a
jort of ultimatum to quit Manchuria.
The Chinese, according to the Daily
Mail's St. Petersburg correspondent,
have thrown up fortifications and
placed forty guns at a point twelve
mites from Aigun, to dispute the pro
gress of the Russians. The official Rus
?ian advices leave tho inference that.
Blagoveschensk is still in Russian
hands, the Russian losses during the
bombardment being only three killed
and five wounded.
The Amur military district was mob
ilized a fortnight ago on a war foot
ing, and it ts believed that the Russian
Eorces there are fifty . thousand men,
and a hundred and twelve guns. The
jovernor-Genc ral has now ordered the
Lroops on the frontier to form a cordon.
The Russian papers demand severe
.etribution for Chinese audacity in
Manchuria, but they hold to the view
fhat Russia, must persevere in her reso
lution to avoid Avar. The Chinese Min
ster in St. Petersburg has disavow, d
the events in Manchuria, on behalf
of
to
lis Government ana nas prnmisen
jialie serious representations
"egardlng the consequences
to Pek
that w
follow if the hostiiiti
there do n
t
;ease.
There is little further news from Chi
na this morning. The attack upon the
native city of Tien Tsin was followed
up so swiftly that the Chinese never
had time to re-organize, and. on e
their lines were broken, their retreat
rapidlv became a rout.
Li Hung Chang has already left Can
ton. This causes the utmost anxiety
for the- safetyof. the Europeans theie
is there are only two gunboats, one
British and one American, at Canton,
pending the arrival of a French gun
boaU 3ift 4
Chicago, July 14. Colonel Albert D. j
Shaw, commander-in-chief of the G. A. j
R., who is in Chicago on business con- j
nected with the annual encampment to j
be held here August 27th to September 1st, j
said to-day that from reports he had re- !
ceived, he believed that fully a million j
visitors will come to Chicago during the ;
encampment. This year's encampment, he
said, promises to be the largest ever held
by the G. A. R. Colonel Shaw left to
night for Atlanta to attend the reunion of
the Blue and the Gray, which is to be
iield July 20th. ,
Pimples cn th face are not;
onlygannoyino;, but thev indi
cate bad blood. Hood's Sarsa-:
nor h cnrp thf-m hv niirvinp"
piti m r j o
the blood.
NO EXTRA SESSION.
RITrATIOX EM CHI A DOES XOT
WARRANTCOJSTEIXGCOXGRKSS.
Decidedly Slore Hopeful Feeling
Apparent in All Administration
Circles -The Victory of the Allies
atTicnlTsin and the Capture ol
Hie Fort, and the Reported Safety
of the Foreign Ministers Jnly Otb -Special
fleeting of the Cabinet.
"Washington, July IT. A decidedly
Tanre hopeful reeling with regcrd to the
Chinese situation was apparent in all
adminietration circles this evening. The
tide of sentiment, which has been
markedly r?ssimistic, turned with the
announcement of the victory of the al
lies at Tien Tsin, and the capture of
the forts and native city and gathered
further strength from Minister Wu's
cablegram declaring that the foreign
Ministers at Pekin were safe July 9th.
Aside from- these dispatches the ar
rival of the President and the special
Cabinet meeting called to consider the
situation, were the features of the
day.
The Cabinet met at 2:30 o'clock this
afternoon, less than an hour after the
President reached the Yv'hite House.
Ovor a hundred newspaper men
thronged the corridors while the Cabi
net was sitting behind closed doors.
The scene resembled the hottest days
of the Spanish war. There were present
Secretary Hay, Secretary Root, Secre
tary Long," Secretary Gage and Postmaster-General
Smith.
At the conclusion of the session,
which lasted two and one-half hours,
Secretary Root gave out the following
formal statement of the action of the
Cabinet :
"The President has determined that
the facts now known to us do not re
quire or justify calling an extra ses
sion of Congress. Should future devel
opments indicate that he is unable to
do what is required with the means
now at his command and the action of
Congress is necessary to furnish either
men or money or authority he will not
hesitate to call it together."
While only this meagre formal state
ment was given out it was ascertained
that the whole Chinese situation was
thoroughly discussed by the Cabinet.
The decision that an extra session was
not demanded by existing conditions
was the outcome of the showing which
both Secretary Root and Secretary
Long were able to make as to the force
that can be thrown into China without
the authorization of additional troops
by Congress and also the decidedly
more hopeful feeling entertained by the
President and the members of his Cabi
net as to the safety of Minister Con
ger and the other foreigners in Pekin,
due to the cable of Minister Wu, re
porting the safety of the Ministers July
9th, two days after their reported mas
sacre. While this cable is not regarded
as conclusive, it is accepted in good
faith for the present. But the adminis
tration, it can be definitely stated, has
set in motion some machinery by which
it is confidently predicted absolutely
authentic news as to the fate of our
Ministers and the other foreigners at
Pekin will be ascertained. Through
what channel the administration ex
pects to receive this all important news
is not known, but that a definite state
ment of the situation in Pekin is daily,
if not hourly, expected can be stated
with the utmost positiveness. The ad
vices received from Pekin probably will
be the determining factor in blazing
the future course of this government.
If Minister Conger has been murdered
an extra session of Congress seems
inevitable. ,
Admiral Remey's message of the suc
cess following the earlier hard fighting
at Tien T'sih, helped to relieve the anx
iety oTthe President and his advisers,
but Minister Wu's message was re
sponsible for the really hopeful feel
ing that prevailed. Secretary Root
furnished to the Cabinet a summary
of the troops available not only in
this country, but in Cuba, and gave it
as his opinion that between 10,000 and
12,000 troops in all could be spared for
service in China. These reinforcements
are to be rushed through at the earli
est possible moment. Most, if not all
of them, it is believed, can be landed
by the end of August or early in Sep
tember. One Cabinet officer said that
beyond those soldiers already destined
for China from the Philippines, no
further troops from the islands would
be withdrawn, unless the situation be
came more ominous. In figuring upon
the number of additional marines
available, Secretary Long summoned
to the Cabinet meeting General Hey
wood, who commands the Marine
Corps, and who is familiar with every
detail of that branch of the service.
He explained that under existing law,
the full strength of the marine corps
Is 6000. But the enlistments at the pres
ent time aggregate only about 5000.
This makes an additional 1000 marines,
who can be brought into the service
without Congressional action. No-new
order for recruiting these men is nec
essary, as the recruiting stations are
now in operation, but in the presence
of the Cabinet, Secretary Long direct
ed General Heywood to use his uftmost
endeavors to complete the recruiting
of the additional 1000 marines. It was
decided also, that the battalion of ma
rines, 500 in number, who were to have
left for the Far East at the end of
the month, should go forward on next
Sunday, in command of Major Ran
dolph Dickens.
- In the list of casualties forwarded
In Admiral Remey's cable to-day are
six officers not mentioned in yester
day's advices, namely, Major Jesse M.
Lee, Captain Andree W. Brewstsr,
First Lieutenants Louis B. Lawton,
; William K. Naylor and Harold Ham
j mond and Second Lieutenant William
&. Waldron.
Major Lee is a native of Indiana. He
i sntered the volunteer service in Xo
! i-e ruber, 1861.
Captain Brewster is a native of New
I Jersey, but was appointed to the army
from Pennsylvania. He was pronto: - d
to Captain in the regular establishment
March 2, 1S99.
j Lieutenant Lawton is a native of
I Iowa, but was appointed to the Mili
tary Academy from New York.
Lieutenant Hammond is a native of
Illinois, from which State he was ap
pointed to the Military Academy,
i Lieutenant Naylor is a native of Illi
nois and was appointed to the regular
I army from civil life.
Lieutenant Waldron is a native of
West Virginia. He served as quarter
c w
maseer-sei seui ui me kjc.oiiu ---
I Virginia, volunteers during the Spanish
War ana nf 'ir-i-.i . tm ntin--n-
ant in the regular establishment April
10. 1S99.
A cablegram to Admiral Rerr.ey call
ing for Piimc additional information
upon which to act a? formulated at
the Cabinet meeting and dispatched at
once.
Another meeting of the Cabinet may
fee held to-morrow. It is the present
purpose of the President to return to
Canton on Thursday evening, unless
his presence here is deemed neoessary
at that time.
THE FATE OF THE MINISTERS.
An Authentic lispatfh from shanghai
DorUrei That Thejr Were AIhen
Jnly Oth.
Washington. July 17. The Chinese
Minister has received a dispatch from
the Minister at London, authenticated
by Shcng, the imperial inspector ol
posts and telegraphs at Shanghai, and
by two viceroys, declaring that the
foreigners in Pekin were safe on July
9th, and were receiving the protection
of the government. This is two days
after the reported massacre. Minister
Wu laid the message before Secretary
Hay. The text of the dispatch is as fol
lows: "The utmost efforts have been made
to protect foreign Ministers who were
well on the 13th (Chinese calendar cor
responding to our July 9). If Tien Tsin
city should be destroyed it would be
difficult to restore the same in 100
years. Request the powers to preserve
it as the consequences would effect
Chinese and foreign commerce. Earl Li
Hung Chang is transferred to north
China as viceroy to Chi Li. Please
transmit this dispatch to the Ministers
at other capitals."
This dispatch, which is dated July
16th, was signed by Viceroys Diu Kun
Yi and Chang Chih Tung, of Nanking
and Wuchang, respectively and also
by Sheng, director of posts and tele
graphs at Shanghai. It was addressed
to the Chinese Minister in London and
by him transmitted to Minister Wru
under to-day's date.
In accordance with the request con
tained in the cablegram Minister Wu
asked Secretary Hay to agree, with the
other powers, to preserve Tien Tsin
from destruction. The Secretary's ans
wer was not made public, but Minister
Wu fears that the destruction has al
ready occurred. He regards the tele
gram as perfectly authentic.
Minister Wu received the dispatch
about 11 o'clock this morning, and was
greatly pleased at this satisfactory turn
of events.
The MinisteT expressed the most com
plete confidence in the accuracy of the
message. When a by-stander expressed
some doubt on this subject Mr. Wu
Inquired with some warmth: "Why is
It you believe the exaggerated reports
coming from unknown sources and yet
5'cu choose to doubt this report, tigru.d
by our highest officials and containing
inherent evidence of accuracy?"
The Minister went on to show that
this dispatch contained three distinct
statements, one of flpiich. the appoint
ment ot LjI riung unang as viceroy in
Chi Li. had been confirmed by th
Btate Department. Moreover, he said,
all three statements bore evidence of
having originated at Pekin, including
that as to LI Hung Chang, whose ap
pointment must necessarily originate
With the government at Pekin. The ap
pointment of Karl LI as viceroy of Chi
Li is considered by Minister AVu as one
of the most important developments in
the entire situation. Chi Li is the great
province in which Pekin is located and
Is the very heart of the Boxer move
ment, so that the great viceroy now as
sumes supreme power at the point of
greatest danger.
Li Hung Chang will replace as vice
roy of the great province of Chi Li a
man who has been notoriously anti
foreign in his sentiments and actions.
London, July 17. S:13 p. m. The
Foreign Office informs the Associab d
Press that a telegram identical with
the one handed to Secretary Hay at
Washington by Minister Wu Tins
Fang has beendelivered to it by the
Chinese Minister here, which was sent
by Sheng", the administrator of tele
graphs at Shanghai. The Foreign Office
points out, however, that the date
(July 9), mentioned in the telegram,
probably applies to the Chinese calen
dar and is equivalent .to July 5th, ac
cording to the Gregorian reckoning.
PROVIDTXC FOR AMERICA'S CHI
N E S E EXPEDITIO N .
Washington, July 17. The Adjutant
General's office to-night made public a
.detailed statement showing tbe provi
sion made by the War Department in
the equipment cf the expeditionary
force sent by the United States to
China. The strength of this f- rce in all
the arms of the service aggregate 10,-
605. It is possible that
be further augmented t
two or three thousand n
casted at the Cabinet i
his force may
the
extent of
n.as . s f ire
ectiiig to-day,
but the general preparation
ated by the quartermaster's
enumer
nd corn-
missary departments
hold good for
whatever army may be dispatched. Th?
Commissary-General has made all ar
rangements for feeding the Chinese
force from the base already established
at Manila. The Sixth Cavalry, now
afloat, and all other troops following
them from this country will carry sixty
days' field rations.
READY TO BESICGi: THE TOWN,
London, July 17. According to a
Shanghai dispatch published here to
day one hundred tin usand O inese
troops, armed with Mauser rifles and
modern artillery, ,are encamped at three
pennts within forty miles of Shanghai,
ready to besiege the town in the event
of an attack by the Europeans upon
the Woo-Sung forts. According to a
telegram from Che Foo, received here
to-day, 170 of the ailied troops were
killed in the assault upon the native
;-ity of Tien Tsin.
Springfield, ifLa ju-y tr. tiovemor
j Tar.nor this evening received the ten
I d.-r to the Government for service in
! China of Battery A. of the Illinois
j CJuard of Danville. The Governor trans
mitted the communication to Waah-
ington.
Indianapolis, Ind., July 17. Governor
Mount to-day telegraph-d President
i McKinley offering the services in China
of three regiments and three batteries
of Indiana for protec tion of Ari.eriv.-ans
; In China.
Atlanta, Ga., July H. The Atlanta
i artillery at a meeting te-night dec ide-d
to tender the organization to President
i McKinley for se:ice in China.
i Athens. Ga.. Juiy II. Colonel R. U.
Thompson, of the Third Georgia Regi-
ment. has offered the services of hs
j . . .
j resume w "a" -
ANOTHER MASSACRE.
OSE nrDRED AM) FORTY PE4PLK
KILLED AT TAI TTES FC
Id Hong Chang Talks of Ills Mhwlaa
to Pekin -II pea ta Save the LAvaa
of the Minister aad Arraage Teraaa
or Peace With Ike Allied Powers -The
Suppression of the Boxers aad
Reparation for Homage Done and
the Lives Lost.
London. July 18 Acordlng to dis
patch from Shanghai to the Daily Mall.
dated yesterday, a massacre occurred
on July 9th at Tal Yuen Fu, capital
of the province of Shan SI. forty for
eigners and a hundreJ converts being
killed.
The Daily Telegraph has the follow
ing from Canton, dated July 16th:
"In an interview with the foreign
consuls to-day Li Hung Chang said
that his mission to Pekin was two-fold
to save the lives of the foreign Min
isters and to arrange the best possible
terms of peace with the allied powers.
The American and French consuls,
while congratulating him upon these
commendable purposes, reminded him
of his pledges to protect foreigners and
to preserve peace In Southern and Cen
tral China.
"Earl Li replied that he must obey
the summons to Pekin. but that he had
taken all necessary precautions. He
added that he had received important
cables from Lord Salisbury and M. Del
casse, demanding protection for the for
eigners in Pekin and threatening to
take life for life of the high officials
responsible if the Ministers were mur
dered. He told the consuls that ho
was the only man in China who dared
transmit such messages to the Empress,
but that he had sent them varbatim
and that he did not doubt they had
exerted a powerful inlluence in saving
the Ministers' lives.
"He went on to say that, as the
Doyen of the viceroys, he hail also
induced all the other viceroys, except
two. to join in a lengthy memorial to
the throne, asking security for the for
eigners, suppression of the Boxers and
full reparation for the damage done
and the lives lost.
-"To the American, who inquired
about the actual safety of the foreign
Min sters at Pekin. Li answered that be
had received no news from Pekin within
the past week, but that, if they were
alive, he was almost certain matters
could be satisfactorily arranged with
the allied powi is.
" 'If they ar. d ad' here he shrugged
his shoulders significantly and added.
With lowered voice it is hard to tell
what may happen. I am going to Pe
kin practically unarmed, except for my
bodyguard of two hundred men. and
that ought to I evidence to the whole
world that 1 do not favor anv riehtiror
and of my pacific intentions. I am old
and in very poor health, and it is a
great personal sacrifice to undertake
such a journey in tbis horrid weather.'
"After a moment's thought he said:
'If your Ministers are killed, do you
think my life may be taken in retalia
tion en route?'
"This question received a general
Strong negative reply. He then asked
the consuls to wire to their respective
Admirals to respect his own flag and to
allow him a safe conduct to Pekin. He
was evidently extraordinarily anxious
about the Ministers, for, returning to
the subject, he said: 'My heart is sore
about them. I know them all person
ally; and 1 am on the b st of good
terms with them.'
"He added that he realized his gov
ernment had done wrong and that It
was to show his grave displeasure that
he sent the cablegrams from Lord Sal
isbury and M. 1?. Icasse to the Empress
word for word as he received them.
He concluded ly asking the co-operation
of the aliie'I powers in furthering
the success of his mission, and said
emphatically that he depended upon
them."
The Moscow correspondent f the
Daily Mai! says: Leading turns here
bav learned that their tea and silk
warehouses at Kalgan (in th- province
of Chi Li, ra
been plunder
ar .he great wall) have
1 and burned by Cliln-se
r i ot
mill;
rs and
on ta 1
tr
goods worth
destroy d.
seventy
New York, July 17. The following
rablegram was received to-day by the
,'ndia Famine Relief Work Committee:
"Parorda, India, July 17. Special and
Dfficial telegrams received from the
'amine districts indicate a more cheer
ful outlook. Scant rains have fallen in
Madras and Gujaret, in which latter
province the famine has been most
severe and the mortality greatest. Else
where the rainfall has been fair, mak
mg the general prospects brighter.
There has been a gratifying rain fall in
Ftajaputana, and central India, which
s always a center of suffering during
famine, also reports a moderate rain
fall. A CHINESE LAUNDRY
DEMOLISHED.
Carlinville, 111., July 17. Enraged at
.he reports from China a mob to-day
attacked a Chinese laundry at Virden.
111., ten miles from here. The entire
front of the building was demoUshed.
Six shots were fired at the two Chinese
laundrymen, but without effect. The
Chinamen have appealed to the au
thorities for protection. 4 . . u
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