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V OL LX • X°- 19.601.
WORST FEARS IN CHINA CONFIRMED
All the Foreigners in Peking Have Been Ruthlessly Murdered
by the Chinese.
LEGATIONS SACKED-PRIXCE CHING BEATEN OFF.
Women and Children- Shot Down by Their Friends to Prevent Them from Falling
Into the Hands of the Boxers.
The foreigners in Peking made an heroic attempt to break through the
Boxers' lines. Failing in this, and being again attacked by overwhelming num
bers, they shot their women and children and were all killed after a desperate
resistance.
Sir Robert Hart, in Peking, sent a message received by Lady Hart on July
5 advising her to prepare to hear the worst.
Chinese troops on July 1 1 made a determined attack upon the railway sta
tion at Tien-Tsin, but were beaten back. The allied forces lost 150 men.
The Japanese by a flank movement in an attack made by the allies on July
9 drove the enemy back and captured four guns. Many Boxers were killed by
the cavalry which followed the assault.
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[ET CAlil.!: TO THE TRIBVNF. ]
D, July 16, •'. a. m. — Confirmation of the
"jrnors in reference to Peking has now
bef-n rf-ceived from Shanghai. Sheng obtained
:ence of the whole Consular body on
:>•. and informed them that on or about
June ,';(» the foreigners 'n the British Legation
»"ere annihilated. This information had reached
from the Governor of Shan-Tung.
"The Exprf-ss" publishes a long account of
th«r massacre, which Is truly horrible in its de
n from the Governor of Shan-
Tung's own statement that the foreign Inmates
including the women and chil
dren, were co maddened by hunger that they
I upon making a sortie on the night of
'- attack was unexpected by General
Tung and two hundred of his men were slain
r attempt to cut their way through. The
and children were placed in the centre
DIED AS HEROES DIE.
FOREIGNERS IN PEKING KILLED THEIR
OWN WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
OBy The Associated Pr*«s.)
taldon. July IC— The Shanghai correspondent
c '"The Daily Mail ' says:
1 c«^n 2.{..-f- r t positively that the Chinese au
thorities had the dr<adful news from Peking a
*«€k ago, ar,d that Sheng knew all the for
el &ner* in Peking were dead when he asked the
African Consul to cable Washington a pro
**al to deliver the foreigners in safety at Tien
'eia on conditioa that the allies would suspend
ttel »" operations lo the north of Peking."
T be correspondent adds details of affairs at
«king aft-r Jure 2."i. According to his story,
*"* members of tie legations made daily eorties,
B9m eUmes by nifht, and so successfully as to
f * ffl P«! the Chinese to retreat from the imme-
P"* vicinity. Tlese reverses had a dishearten
™* effect on the Chinese, and there soon began
10 be open signs of disaffection, Allowed by de-
Bertion to Prince Ching's army, which was en
«*»vonng to co-op»rate with the besieged. Cltl
**tfi y Prince Tutn decided to make a night
*ttack in three powerful columns.
At «J o'clock In the evening on July 6." cays
**• corr «pondent, "fire was opened with artil
AMERICAN LEGATION ATTACHES, MISSIONARIES AND OTHERS.
of a hollow square and after fighting madly for
Borne time, the devoted little band realized that
their valor was in vain and they were then re
luctantly compelled to turn their revolvers on
the women and children to save them from a
worse fate at the hands of the Boxers.
General Tung battered the legation buildings
to ruins with his guns, and the Boxers, thirst
ing for blooi. attacked the native Christian
quarters, massacreing all who would not join
them, outraging the women, braining the chil
dren and burning the mission buildings.
Now all China is aflame and clamoring for the
death of the "foreign devils" everywhere.
Sheng asserts that Prince Tuan is the real au
thor of the massacres.
There H still some confusion as to the exact
date on which the massacre was perpetrated.
'The Mail's" account puts the date on July 0.
One thing is certain, however, and that is that
the white men died at the post of duty and
lery upon the British Legation, where the for
eigners were concentrated. For two hours the
walls were battered with shot and nhell, and
huge breaches were made In them. Then a gen
eral advance was ordered, and the Chinese in
fantry, volleying constantly, moved toward the
gaps. Th» fire of the defenders, however, was
go accurate and steady that hordes of Chinese
soldiers and Boxers broke and fled in the wild
est confusion, leaving large numbers of dead
and wounded around the legations. They could
not be rallied until they were out of rifle ranf^
of the foreisnerf-.
CHINESE COME TO FOREIGNERS' AID.
■'Th<>n Prince Tuan, making a desperate appeal,
induced them to stand and return to the attack.
Artillery fire was then resumed, and at the mid
ale witch a second attack was attempted. But
before the attackers could accomplish their ob
ject they were met by Prince Ching and General
Wang Wen Rhao, with their troops, who were
going to the aid of the foreigners. A desperate
battle ensued between the various forces of Chi
nese and Manchus.
PRINCE CHING FALL?
Unfortunately, many of Prince Chlng's troops
deserted to Prince Tuan. Prince Ching fell, and
Continued on ar.-ond vutte.
Three generations recommend the Cough Cure
/IyNK'S EXPECTOKANT.-Advt.
NEW- YORK, MONDAY. JULY 16. 1900.-TWELVE PAGES.- by Th . c ffiV -J™ u*
honor, and it is a matter of congratulation in
the awful circumstance s that the white women
and children dlod at the hands of their loved
cnes.
Prince Ching, it seems, did endeavor to help
the legations by forwarding food supplies, and
this action so enraged General Tung that he
determined to attack him. A desperate battle
ensued, with the result that Prince Chinas
forces were routed, and it is believed that Ching
himself was killed.
The Shanghai correspondent of "The .aai'<"
states that Sheng, when be must have known
that the foreigners were all killed, actually pro
posed that the American Consul should send a
cable dispatch to the American Government
proposing that the Chinese Government should
deliver all foreigners safely at Tien-Tsin, in
exchange for the Powers agreeing to suspend
operations to the north of Peking.
I. N. F.
CHINESE BEATEN OFF.
ATTACK ON TIEN-TSIN FAILS— MORE
AMERICANS ARRIVE.
London, July 15. — The following dispatch from
Admiral Seymour was published this evening:
Tlrn-Tnin, July :». — The rnrmj'ii position
mmilli v» «-»t of ili«* mci tleiii<-iii wim nt(a.U<il
nt 4 thin nioriiiiiK. The Jo pu nese, I>> n dunk
movement, drote the enemy ont Mini capt
ured four KUtiH. Cavalry pursaed and com
pleted the rout of the enemy, kllliiiK large
iiiiiiilmtn of noldiern iiml lloxern.
The allied force* Mliellcd and occupied the
■fasten nrsenul, cuittiirlnu; t"o cdik. The
arseuul wn» burned, iim the allies were un
able to hold it. The enemy* loaa wns .:.",<>
killed. The !<>■■ of the allied forces nan
■ mall.
A second dispatch from the Vice-Admiral told
of the defeat of the Chinese in an attack on the
railroad station. It said:
Tien-Tain. July IS. — The Chlneae at a a. m.
yesterday made a determined attack upon
the railway station In Kreat force. Finally
they were driven off. at <i a. in., hat the
Milieu I<>«| !."<» killed and woundeil. The
< hlnese loas ia uiiknmvn, but is believed to
have been heavy.
The forta were bombarded at noon in
liritiah and r'reuch ujnna, A fort and a pa-
Kodii used as a siKiial tower were demol
ished.
The allied forces huve heen Increaaed hy
the arrival of l.Aim Americana.
CUISINE rNSrKPASSED.
?ining car acrvlce on Pennsylvania. Kallroad.
Icklea epicureans.— Advt.
GREENE GOES OVER BOOKS
SEEMING SHORTAGE OF $21,000 IN
COUNTY COMMITTEE ACCOUNTS.
EXAMINATION UNDERTAKEN BY NEW PRESI
DENT—DISPUTE OVER APPOINTMENT
OF CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.
It was learned yesterday that since General
Francis V. Greene was elected president of the
Republican County Committee, under his super
vision, a cursory examination of the books had
been made, and that this examination had re
vealed an apparent deficit of about $21,000 in
the accounts. This caused widespread surprise
when it became known. Those members of the
County Committee who are aware of the seem
ing result of the examination, have been pledged
to secrecy, and none of them would talk about
the matter for publication yesterday Aside
from this apparent shortage or error in the ac
counts of the committee, it became known yes
terday that certain salaries of employes and
certain other obligations of the County Commit
have not been paid for the last twi weeks.
Tl.e books of the County Committee, so It was
said last night, are not in a desirable shape,
and it will take some time to straighten them
out. It was pointed out that the system of
bookkeeping in vogue in the County Committee
has not been what experts would recommend.
According to certain members of the commit
tee, the books have not been audited for three
or four years, and no one, aside from L. E.
Quigg, the ex-president of the County Commit
tee, and John Sabine Smith, has any co
herent idea of how the money was handled.
The failure to pay certain salaries and obli
gations of the County Committee for the last
two weeks is said to be due to the fact that
John Sabine Smith, who has been nominally
treasurer of the County Committee, has de
clined to advance any more money.
Despite the silence of th^ menroers of the Ex
ecutive Committee scon last evening, there was
a great deal of gossip alv>ut the financial affairs
Of the County Committee. Quigg is in the Adi
rondacks, and will not be back until Thursday,
so it was said last night.
MEETING TO-DAY.
The Executive Committee of the Republican
County Committee, of which William H. Ten
Eyck is chairman, will hold a meeting at head
quarters. No. 1 Madlson-ave., at 4 o'clock this
afternoon. It is expected there will be an inter
esting: session, as several matters aside from th<;
financial affairs of the committee will come up
for discussion. This meeting is an adjourned
meeting. It was learned yesterday that the ad-
Journnu nt was taken in order to decide a ques
tion in dispute between General Francis V.
Greene, president of the County Committee, and
Mr. Ten Eyck, chairman of the Executive Com
mittee. According to the Ftories yesterday, Mr.
Ten Eyck asserts that Quigg told him he was
to have the appointment of the eleven members
of the proposed campaign committee. General
Greene, it is understood, insists that he has the
right to appoint the committee.
There is therefore a difference of opinion be
tween General Greene and Mr. Ten Eyck over
this point, and so far as could be learned last
night, although Senator Platt, State Chairman
Odell, Collector Hldwell and others have been
trying hard all week to adjust the trouble, no
settlement has been effected as yet. It was said
last night that probably no decision would be
reached to-day.
The feeling over this matter Is reported to be
intense. It is said that General Greene de
sires to name five or six more than the pro
posed eleven members of the Campaign Com
mittee, and to bring in strong, capable ami
responsible men. This is objected to by ma
chine men, who feat they will lose their power.
They desire to have this Campaign Committee
made up of Quigg men entirely, so that when
ever an issue arises the Campaign Committee
would Bide with Quigg. Friends of General
Greene last night said this was nothing less than
a scheme on the part of machine men to make
General Greene a figurehead, and that he would
not tolerate It.
ANOTHER POINT TO BE DISCUSSED.
Deep down under the surface there is another
wheel. It became known yesterday that Quigg
not only wants this Campaign Committee to l>.
made up as he may decide, but he wants t<>
have a Finance Committee named. This com
mittee he wishes modelled upon the lines of th*
one In the Tammany organization. He wanta
to have deputed to it all power of receiving anc"
disbursing money, and Incidentally to he chair
man of it himself. General Greene, so It is said,
opposes this plan General Greene, so a friend
of his eaid last night, wishes to hay tht
finances of the County Committee handled In &
somewhat different manner from the way they
have be*fl handled for some time. In other
words, it ' s declared that he wants to have a
bank account kept in the name of the County
Committee, and checks drawn in regular order,
ali checks to be signed by the president of the
County Committee and the treasurer. Quigg is
said to oppose this plan. All these questions
will com* up to-day*
LOSS OF A UILLIOX IX PRESCOTT.
BUSINESS PORTION OF THE ARIZONA CITY
DESTROYED BY FIRE.
Prescott, Ariz., July 15.— Tottering wall 3 and
piles of charred and burning debris are all
that remain of the large portion of Prescotfa
'usinesa district. Fire, which wrought over
$1,000,000 damage, started at 10:4."> o'clock last
evening and burned unchecked until 3 o'clock
this morning, when the fire fighters went a con
siderable distance in advance of the flames and
blew up the buildings on the south side of
Goodwin-st., preventing them from crossing that
street.
The burned district embraces five blocks, in
which were the principal mercantile houses, both
banks, both telegraph offices, three newspaper
plants, four hotels, every saloon and every
restaurant, except one, In the town, besides
scores of private residences. To add to the pre
vailing gloom, a high wind prevailed to-day,
sending smoke, dust and burning embers in
every direction. Only the greatest vigilance
prevented another outbreak of the flanv-s.
Owing to the chaotic condition existing to
day, it is Impossible to obtain an accurate ac
count of the loss of individual insurance. In
surance agents estimate the total Insurance does
not exceed JfooO.OGO.
The heaviest losers are: Bashford, Burmiester
Company. $2961,000; •'Sam" Hall. $75,000; Hotel
Burke. $80,000; D. Levy & Co.. "Jake"
Marks, $25^000; R. H. l>urrr.iester ,v
pany, $20,000; C. A. Drake, $20,000; Edward
Block, $25,000; J. W. Wilson, $20,000; Kelly &
Stephens, $10,000: "Journal Miner." $12,11 I \
Bank of Arizona, $10,000; Preseoti NationaJ
Bank, $10,000; Prescott House, $9,000; W. H.
Smith, $10,000; "The Courier." $8,000;
Eagle Hotel, $8,000; Scope] Block, $15,000; F. <;.
Becht. $10,000; Winds r Hotel, $10,000; Moun
tain City Drug Store, $6,000; Brinkn
$8,000; Cabinet Saloon. *lo.<nm : Palace S
$10,000; Prescott Electric Light Company.
$5,000.
In addition to the above there were fourteen
saloons, with losses ranging from $1,000 to
$3,000. Five restaurants, five barber shops, two
meat markets and sixty residences were de
stroyed. In many cases the above losses do
not includ? the buildings.
At daylight teams were hauling- lumber to the
public plaza, which was soon covered with tents
and temporary frame buildings. The occupants
will be ready for business to-morrow. Boih
banks have "had temporary quarters secured,
and will be. open to-morrow.
W. A Clark, of the l'r.i;ed Verde Copper
Company, who was visiting the works at Je
rome, telegraphed a draft for $500.
All the sufferers from the tire have been pro
vided with food, shelter and clothing, and it is
not thought that any outside assistance will ba
required.
'' ihe business houses only ihree dr;
stores, three grocery stores an.i two drug Stores
i*inain. The express and post offices were both
out of the rite limits.
The official btatlstlcs Of the census of the Ter
ritory, in the office of the Supervisor of Census,
in the Prescou National Bank, were removed
to a ylace of safety.
The Western Union Telegraph Company has
opened a temporary ofhee in a grocery store.
The Pos'.nl company has opened an office at the
railroad station. The electric light poles and
wires were destroyed in the burned .listrict. and
the town will he in darkness until they can ba
replaced. Over lialf the telephone instruments
were destroyed, and the service was paralysed.
POLE PIERCES MAN'S Hit EAST.
WHEELMAN KILLED IN FIFTH- AYE. BY
COLLISION WITH A CARRIAGE.
Thomas Cavanagh. a contractor, of No. J541
Webster-aye., Long Island City, was driving up
Fifth-aye., at Forty-si\th-st.. at noon yesterday,
with his wife, in a top buggy behind a pair of
horses, when the pole of th- vehicle was run
Into by an unskilled bicyclist who was going
down the avenue. The latter swerved heavily and
ran straight between the horses, striking the
end of the carriage pole s<iuaie!>, and with such
force that the »-ml of the pole pierced the breast
over the heart. Mr. Cavanagh restrained the
horses from running.
Patrolman Eugene <;. Casey, of the bicycle
squad, was soon at the scene of the accident.
He telephoned to the Flower Hospital for an
ambulance, and Dr. Phillips, who was in charge,
pronounced the man dead, and said thai death
bad been instantaneous. The body was
to the East Fifty-first-st. police station, where
it was identified as that of A. Vascontino, tw-n
ty-tive years old, an Italian waiter, who ttved
at No. 107 West Twenty-sixth-.st. Relative*
took charg- or the body. Mr. Cavanagh was
locked up in the station.
KILLED BY GAS IS ABAXDOXED illXt:.
Wllkesbarre. Perm., July 1* vSpeclal).— Shortly
after 7 o'clock this evening, while a number of boys
were playing ball at Buttonwood, a suburb of this
city, the ball rolled Into an abandoned mine.
Daniel Gollnskl. aged fifteen, went after It He
failed to come back, and his father went down
into the mine to see what the trouble was. He.
too. failed to return. A third man. named Stan
iev Knopskl, tnen descended into the mine. The
spectators were ho; ririe<l when he faiied to return.
A fourth man hastily descended with a rope. He
succeeded tn bringing all three bodlea to the sur
face. Golinski and his son wero dead. Knopski
was unconscious and m;iv die. The mlno WaJ
filled with gas, and the fourth man would have
perished but for the fact that he was experienced
In old workings and prepared to resist the gas.
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RAPID TRANSIT TO SUBURBAN HOMES.
Full detail* of Suburban Homes ln Westchester
County In New-York Central folder Just Issued.
Apply to ticket ag-enta or send 1-cent stamp to
George H. Daniels. Gr^nd Central Station.— Advt.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
RATH DONE EXTRAVAGANT.
SOME OF THE DISCOVERIES MADE BT
MR. BRISTOW.
LARGE ITEM 9 DISALLOWED AM' SUS
PENDED—OFFICIAL SPLENDOR OF
THE FORMER DIRECTOR
GENERAL OF POSTS.
[by nunun t>> the tribt-ne.j
Washington, July l.\— The Pogtofflce Depart
ment has not thus far made public Mr. Bristow's
rf-p-.rt of his Cuban inve-tisrations. but it L-= sup
:■■ w l that a ropy o> an abstrai r oi that inter
esting document has been furnished to Senator
Platt, of Connecticut, chairman of the Commit
tee on Relations with Cuba, which has under
taken an investigation of th^ postal an 1 ,
alleged frauds :n th-* administratioa oi Cuban
affairs. According to trustworthy but unofficial
information receive! • Cuba, the evi
deaeef of fraud and extravagance procured by
Mr. Brie-tow in the course of his investigation of
the postal affairs of the island were conclusive
and overwhelming to such a degree as to render
it inexpedient for Mr Rathbone, the ex-B. ■
General of Posts, to ' —at '.east for the
pit stut.
In the information I lined is a state
ment, which there reason I
lleve is substantiall: v I dm dis
allowed and su>- . rs of Rath
bone, which foot up the I - ■'. 52fl
which | payments
i -d that all
.■us had I
by the aud ■ Cuba un
der the : " inland re
.ngton
i-d by Assistant
Secretary MeitUejohu ■'-' -xr Department.
The statement m a some par
s. but it sheds a . . | .^-ht on the
looser. iuti which per
il of the Cuban ad
ministration. It is also the first itemized ac
count, or partial account, of Cuban expenditures
which has thus the light, and it will
whet the public appe: ben of the same
sort. The statement 3s as follows:
The inces thus far made in the ac
counts of E. C. Hath: Director-General
O f posts, a] W. 59237. 01 this amount
>•.!,« kni consists of d >üb!e payments of
salaries, etc.
The amount suspended in his account aggre
gates .^T'J.'.'.'lT V.I ( >f this amount one item of
$12,000, disbursed by warrant t>> C. F. W.
Neely, to correct error m deposit, will nece*
be disallowed, as it is not shown that
there was any error in deposit, and it would
not have bees ■ proper way of correcting- such
an error if one had existed. Many other disal
lowanc - iting several thousand dollars.
\\i;i ensue, but It is fl .uch uf the sus
pended amount may be properly accounted for.
RATHBONCS COSTLT RESIDENCE.
The articles purchase, i by E. G. Rathbone. late
Director-General of !'■ St» : : ...- ia the official
ace at Cerro, so fat lined, are
as follow »:
Kill of Lord & Taylor, for '"miscellaneous sup
plies," which on Investigation proved to have been
Ragdads. Cretonnes, tablecloths, napkins, rugs. etc..
BUI of Woodward & Lothrop. Washington. D. C—
"Miscellaneous supplies." whicn on investigation
proved to ha\e been glass and china ware. P-33 33.
Kill of John Wunamaker, New-York— Household
goods o! various kinds, the first item being a
trunk and the last an overcoat. Jl.."!f>o »#.
Bill of .1. K. Mason & Co.. New-York— Furniture
for official residence, and freight thereon. $61 57.
Bill of J W. Mason ft Co.. .New-York— mtfjl*
for official residence. Including freight and inaur
ance, &U7 39.
Bill Of J W. Mason & Co.. New-York— Furnltur*
for official residence, Includ freight and insur
ance, J^> 02.
Hill of J. W Mason & Co.. New- York— Furniture
for official residence, including freight and insur
ance. $3-> 25.
Hill of J. W. Mason & Co.. New-York— Fumitur*
for official residence, including freight and Insur
ance, $24 13.
Hill of J. W. Mason & Co.. New- York— Furniture
for onVial residence, including freight and insur
ance. $SS3 SI.
r-iu of New- York Furniture Exchange— Furniture.
$237 73.
Bill of J. Borbolia— Chandeliers for official n»sl
dence. $U3.
Bitl of Gomez O'Brien & Co.— Glass plates for
Chandeliers. *2; placing same. $2.
Hill for repairing furniture belonging to the
Marqulz de l.a Gratitude and rented to Director-
General of Po»l $17i>70
Total W. 552 47.
The COM of repairs tn the residence of the
Director-General of Posts, so far as can be aa
certained, was as follows:
For placing gas fixtures over the billiard table
SBa *
For plum! material, labor, etc., $136 91.
For ga» fixtures. $3 si>.
USIkSSSSEHRS&r ptaced ln balhtub at
For bathtubs at officlnl residence. $t!3 3O
For paperhanglng. official residence. J-jo"
For labor, paint, material, etc., $122 39.
For gas lamp for bathroom at official residence
fi 50.
Gas bill at official residence, for which C F \V
Neely was reimbursed. $73 22. -*•-»*.
Repairs at official residence, for which C F \V
Neely was reimbursed. $63 60. '
To! $655 97.
In addition to th»> ab.ue there are unpaid
bills for labor, plumbing and improvements at
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