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THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC.
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TO-DAY'S REPUBLIC!
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ST. LOUIS. MO., SUNDAY. JULY 8, 1900.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.!
NAGE ENDS WITH
DARKNESS VEILS PEKIN HORROR,
RUT FOREIGNERS MAY BE ALIVE.
LIES MAKING NO HEADWAY.
7 '
Hopeless Battle of the Heroic
Band of Foreigners
in Pekin.
EDICTS OE USURPER TUAN,
Tliey Result in Thousands of Con
verts Being Slain Battles
at Tien-Tsin.
BY REVEREJTD FREDERICK BROWN.
BVKCtMi BY CABLE.
Cho-Foo, July 7. (Copyright. 1 by tfco
New York Journal and Advertiser.) This
has bei a week of horror, yet tea mission
aries, Europeans and Americans are look
ing forward with dread to even worse out
rages. Wo can only pray and wait for what
may come.
This week's reign of terror began vltlj
the confirmation of tho dreadful r.ews that
Baron Von Ketteler, tho German Minister,
had been killed by native troops while on
his way to the Tsung LI Yaran. Ills In
terpreter saved his own life, but he was
wounded.
Assassination would havo been tho fata
of all other foreigners had thev not taken
refuge In tho British legation, which, with
that of Frorce, alone escaped tho ft-ry of
the barbarians. German treor-a in Pfkln
as a punitive measure uestroysd the build
ing of the T?rons LI Yemen.
From the stories of tho nurd?r of tho
German Minister. It is plain that tho deed
was ordered by Prince Tuan. The Prince
tried to iccpy all tho foreign SliniAtera from
their legations so that they might re mas
sacred la the streets by a mob gathered
under hla orders. Thus he would technically
hare evaded responsibility for tho crime.
Ho invited all the lUnlstera to confer
nlth him at the Foreign Offlce. Tho enly
one that went was the Ocrcnan Minister.
The others suspected a trap.
Opposite the Foreign OSlco the illalster
was fired upen and shot four times. Ills
marines fought bravely, but without effect,
for the body of tho Baron was sliced with
kntve and horribly mutllated.Tne marines
(The foreigners roasted in tho British le- .
gatlon and defended It against the troops
that concentrated around It. bont on l-izin?
It to tho ground and killing all ils de
fenders. '
Anierlrnn Cixsnnltlrn.
The reported casualties to the American
marines up to July 2 were ten Stilled and
thirty-six wounded.
The ships craws of all the nations who j
had been dolus duty ashore rejoined their
ships, leaving the roldlcrs and marines to
hold together.
The suggestion of tho Consuls that the
Powers hold as hostages tho graves of tho
ancestors cf tho royal family at Tlen-Tsln
end desecrate and destroy them If the for
eign Ministers at PtKIn ero harmed mado
a profound impression.
The Consuls notified tho Government that
they Intended to seize tho burial ground
and to meet ono act of savagery with an
other, by scattering the bor.es of departed
rulers.
Tho religion of tho Chinese Is ancestor
worthlp, oven the highly educated and arls
tocratlo revering the dust of their dead.
When a Chinaman dies, what remains of
Tilm Is treasured and tho place that holds
It worshiped.
Chinese "Would Go Mad.
Tho destruction of tlieeo tombs might
prove a boo prang that would return and
strike those throwing it.
Tho deed would perhap3 make manlac3
of the Chinese, instead of terrorizing them
Into quiescence, as Intended, and stir up a
more dangerous revolt than tho one now on
our hands.
The Chlncso Government I Inclined to
throw the blame for the status of the for
eign Ministers at Pekln upon themselves.
The Tsurur LI Yamen, now headed by
Prince Tuan. the leader of tho Boxers, or
dered them to leave, but they refused un
less ft rafo conduct were alto given to all
tho Europeans and whites In Pekin. Tbo
lafe conduct tho Government would not
grant, whereupon tho foreign Ministers
threw the responsibility for their lives upon
tho Government.
Tho Chlnceo in all engagements wreak
their ferocity upon the bodies of the slain,
which they mutilate In a horrible manner.
The threat to desecrate tho tombs at
Tlen-Tsln led tho Chinese to mako a desper
ate effort to capture that city and deprive
the foreigners of tho opportunities to un
hallow the dead.
Fifty thousand Chinese troops attacked
Tlen-Tsln. Tbo bombardment was fierce,
but the attempt to take the town unsuccess
ful, although it was resisted by only J.OOO
troc-pf, moat of them Russians. Only for
the Russians the town would have fallen
onoo more Into native hands. Tho Chinese
would then have wrecked frightful ven
geance upon the Europeans.
Ifopelpvs Plight of Koreljrners.
The hopelessness of any Immedlato at
tempt to relieve Pekln will be rlaln when it
Is known that the foreigners had all they
could do to hold Ttcn-Tsln. The situation
at Tlen-Tsln two days later became so
threatening that all the civilians were or
dered out of the city. The foreign troops
saw ahead of them a hard battle with the
maddened natives.
Thirty thousand more Chinese marched
upon Tlen-Tsln, driving In the Europeans
who occupied outlying points.
Admiral Seymour was at Yang-Tsun,
eighteen miles away, and wad forced to re
treat Into the city himself with his marines
and blue Jackets.
The city of Tlen-Tsin was hold by a force
much too small. It was unable to prevent
the Chinese from running their trenches to
a point COO yards from the lines of the for
eigners. Meanwhile, other Chinese troops were
making bavoo between Tlen-Tsln and Taku,
unchecked by the foreigners. They tore up
ten miles of tho railway and destroyed
riviT improvement works that cost JCOO.OM.
The water In the river fell so low that
only boats of three-fuot draft were able
to reach Tlen-Tsln. and they cut tho dikes
and flooded the country.
rijjlitlns: In I'ckln.
While tho whites were defending Tien
Tsln reports kept coming of the deppcrate
oame wun tno jeuow tiernn at ivkln.
In tho British Legation were many women
and children, somo dead, some wounded.
They wero short of food and water and
gradually starring. At times the Chinese
made terrific onslaught) and then the lega
tion machine guns were turned on tjiem
and tho bullets decimated tho attacking
force.
Tho legation ammunition ran lower at
each attack. Tho Chinese made prepara
tions to batter down tho walls of the build
ing. Prince Tuan. the chief of tho Boxers. It
was understood, gave orders for th.
slaughter of every foreigner. Including tho
ministers.
Messengers sent from the legation to lm
ploro help from the outside world were cap
tured and cut to pieces. Ono man, how
ever, got through. lie did fo by smearing
his face and clothei with blood and shout
ing out .maledictior.s upon the foreigners.
Ho saw on his way to the coast tho bodies
cf men of Admiral Seymour's command.
Ho saw tho maddened Boxers carrying the
heads of whites upon their spears.
Muukden Mlmion Hazed.
The mission hospital at Moukden, capital
of Manchuria, was burned down br the
ricten. who killed the pastor ai.-J many
converts. Russian troops were sent from
Port Arthur to avenge the dead.
The sway of the murderous Prince Tuan
was disputed by the Viceroys In tho south,
who Ignored his decree?, ono of which con
tained praise of fhe Boxers for slaughter
ing the "foreign devils."
Viceroy Liu of Xankln decided to sup
rro's rioting at Its inception. To show that
he would do so with an Iron hand ho or
dered the public execution, with great cere
mony, of all the criminals In tho Jall3 who
naa neen sentenced to death.
Six were beheaded every day. Their heads
were hung In cages In Nankin.
Viceroy LI Hung Chang hesitated to obey
tho order cf Tuan. Tho latter Instructed
him to bring Canton troops to assist In the
slaughter of the foreigners. 14 Hung stlil
temporized.
Advices from Pekln on July I were to the
effect that the foreigners In tho British Le
gation still held out. although the Chinese
maintained that thry had killed every ono
of them. Tho lo" nt the legation wero
certainly heavy. Heaps of bodies lay un
burlcd In the courtyard. The foreigners
unxiously looked for help that did not come.
At TJon-Tlii.
Tho situation at Tlen-Tsla grew worse.
On July S the international forces there
numbered 11.0u0 and at Taku $.000. They
barely held their own and were constantly
engaged.
Tho native quarter of the city was taken
by tho lorelgners after battles In which tho
Chlneso loss was placed nt between 7.000 and
S.CW. The Chinese fought without fear, be
lieving they would bo rewarded In another
wonu ir incy died while la conflict with tho
white forces of Satan.
Horrible barbarism marked tho conduct of
the Chinese In dealing with the wounded
and prlioners. They were sliced up alive.
Tho men taken by tho Chinese from tho
expedition that marched to the relief of
Pekln and was driven back wore tortured.
Tho Chinese who went to try and retake
Tlen-Tsln assaulted natlvo women and cut
children in two."
A party of thlrty-fivo missionaries nnd
women escaped from YI-Chow-Fu and took
refugo r.t Chln-Tas after an encounter with
mounted Chinese troops.
Von Bergen of the German Legation at
Pekln ltd an expedition from Chln-Tas and
brought them In.
The a'tuatlon at Che-Foo has grown so
alarming that the Consul has ordered the
refugee, to leave here.
ClrouiiiHinntlnl Xrnii,
Circumstantial stories have circulated to
the effeot that the legations In Ptkln were
taken by assault on July L The Chinese
profess to havo received Information that
when the ammunition of the foreigners was
exhausted the Chinese rushed Into the
British Legation with wild fury, slaughter
ing all the men.
The statement Is made on apparently good
authority that when Prince Tuan, tho
Boxer, nelxed control of things In Pekln he
visited the palace and told the Do-.vnger
Empresji nnd the Emperor that they must
die. He. offered them the choice of poison
or the sword. The Emperor took the poison
and died within an hour.
The crafty Dowager Empress. It Is said,
swallowed only a mall part of the poison
Chen tu her, and did not die. but fled.
These r ports have been confirmed, but only
from a Chinese source.
Yuan Baikal Governor of Shan-Tung, has
informed the French Consul at Shanghai
that Prince Tuan is writing a decree order
ing the slaughter of every foreigner remain
ing wltliin the Chlneso borders.
The latest report from Pekin that the for
eigners still hold out is not believed, but, if
true. It does not make their final extermina
tion any less certain. Onlng to the flooding
of the district between Tlen-Teln and Pekln
and the destruction of the railroad, the only
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OOM PAUL: T.IJT YESTEKDAY TITOSE "VAK COKIJESI'OXDENTj? PUT EYEKYTII1XG I
DID IX LARGE LETTEIW. SOW IT'S THE CIIIXKV
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INDIA HAS PLENTY OF FOOt).
Dealers Hold
Grain High, While
Starve.
New York, July 7. LouU Klopsch, who went to India to prepare tho way for
J tho arrival of the British steamship Quito, chartf red by the United Plates Gov
jl, eminent to carry ItiO.fr" bushels of grain to Bombay, lias returned on tho Ilim-
s. burg-American t-teamshlp Pennsylvania.
7 "Hunger nnd disease are doing dreadful execution among the poor." sail
jg, Doctor Kloptch. "Tho Quito arrived with her cargo in rpiecdld condition. Tin J
grain Is sold at 71 cents u bushel to those famine sufferers who have money. It j.
J" cost us M cents a bushel, and thus our original Investment of J100.000 brought u 4
T, JI&1.000, which It to be used for buying grain for those that have absolutely no
-Ji means."
T Doctor Klopsch said thero Is plenty of grain In India, but It li sold nt high
. prices. Ho said famine sufferers increase at the rate of I3,U) a day. As soon T
T ns tho rainy season wts In the plague will HnJ twry condition favorably for 119 j.
2 unchecked deelopment. Doctor Klopsch fears. x
4- "r
.W..-f-M..rM....Wj..K
roadway available for trcop?, relief cannot
reach Tikln.
tilrls Cnrrlril Anny.
A band of Chinese attacked the Methodist
mission nt Tt-un-IIua and killed the pastor.
Then they carried away the native girl con
verts. Many of the converts who were to
have been tortured to death made their es
cape. At Pel-Tal-Ho all tho property of Chris
tianized Chinamen and of natlvo converts
has been destroyed.
Chu-Wang, It Is reported, has been wiped
out, tho population making Its escape to
tho south.
Round tho city of Tlen-Tsin thousand nt
bodies lie unburlcd In tho t'.elds. The river
cave up Its quota, too.
Captain McCalla or the Nennrk Is still at
Tlen-Tdu and one of tho most popular of
ficers then-. He heads most of the expedi
tions made by the Joint forces.
James VatU an Englishman, galloped to
Taku with dispatches asking for more
troops. Ho went through the burning vil
lages and was often attacked. He, McCalla,
and Major Waller are the heroes of Tlcn
Tbln. One Good Cltluumnn,
The Gocrnor of Shan-Tung has pided
with the Europeans. He has rupprciUied
uprisings nnd no foreigner has been injured
In Shan-Tung.
Xo news can be heard of the Xfai Rus
sians who marched toward I'cKln to tho re
lief of their Minister. Nothing has been
heard of them since they btart.'d on Junn
11, and It Is feared that every one of them
has been tdaughtertd.
The present hope of the Pekln foreigners
Hc9 In the troops which Japan has landed
at Ptl-Tal-Ho. This spot Is 2u9 miles from
Pekln. How many troops Japan has landtd
is not known.
Japan is also going to the relief of Tien
Tuln. She has landed 200 soldiers at Taku
to reopen communication between that port
and Tlen-Tsln, and a consignment of $
more Is expected This re-enforcement may
render it unnecessary for the allies to aban
don Tlen-Tsln. a move that at one time It
seemed would bo forced upon them.
THINKS FOREIGNERS SAFE.
A Shanghai Editor Talks of Condi
tiona in Pekin.
S?attle, Wash.. July 7.j. d. Clark, ed
itor of the Shanghai Mercury and war cor
respondent of the London Xews. arrived
here to-day on the Ilio Jun Maru from
Shanghai. Ha has been a resident of China
for forty years. Speaking of the conditions
there, he said:
T see by the dispatches that hope has
been glen up for the safety of the foreign
ers In Pekln. I cannot think the conditions
warrant thl belief, and am of the opinion
that they are yet bate and will be for a
great length of time. The British Legation
building Is a large and strongly built place,
and, while thero may have been discom
fiture cm account of the laok of sufficient
Thousands
Doctor K!opch left India June i
food supplie, I am convinced it could with
stand attack. Probably 13 per-ons are with
in the legation.
"While the Boxers are In control of Pe
kln. and the hue and cry Is 'Kill tho for
eigners'. they are a5o enough to know the
death-kntll of the cause they espouse would
be sounded In a wholesale slaughter of for
eign diplomats.
"I havn the best hojien for the safety of
' Shanxhal and the cities In the adjacent
Prmlncc. Tho Viceroys are not really In
sympathy with the Boxer movement, and
are at least semlfrlendly toward foreigners.
"It will be necessary for the Powers to
Bather a lulllclent force not only to take
Pekin. but to capture the Emperor, Em
press Dowager and other Boxer heads. Just
n long an th are allowed freedom there
will bo trouble und atrocities."
MISSIONARIES SAVED.
List of Those Who Have Kearhed
Che-Foo.
SPECIAL BY CABLE.
Che-Foo, Friday. July 6. (Copyright. lfOO,
by tho New York Herald Comrany.)-Slnce
June 20 the following missionaries have
reached Che-Foo:
From Chtnnn-Ku Tho Reverend John
Murray, his wifo and child; Doctor Clnrlej
I.pwK and Mrs. Hamilton and her daugh
ter. From Pang-Chuang-Doclor Hnry D.
Porter and his Elter, Miss Mary 11. Por
ter. From Llng-Chlng-Mr. McCann and his
wife.
From Tang-Chow-Fu Tho Reverend W.
M. Hayes, his wife and Infant; the Rever
end H. W. Luce, his wife and two chil
dren; the Reverend J. 1. Irwin, his wife
nnd Hints chitdnn: Urn. Heal. Doctor
Hartwell. his wife and child; Mr. Stevens,
his wif. and child: Miss Thompson, MLss
Moon, Miss Dutton. Mr. Prultt,h's wife
and two children; Mr. Owen and his wife.
From Tlng-Fu The Iteverend r. H. Chal
fant. Mls Charlotte E. Hawes and Miss
Emma F. Broughton.
From Wooltslen-Doctor C. E. Johnson,
his wifo and children; the Reverend W. S.
Faris and hU wife und also u woman
doctor.
Tho refugees are leaving Che-Foo for
Japan and Wel-Hal-Wel.
The American mission station at Pnns
Chunng Is reported to havo been destroyed
on July 3. after Doctor Porter and his sis
ter had left.
TRANSPORT LENNOX SAILS.
She Is Carrying Horses of the
Sixth Cavalry.
Portland, Ore., July 7. The transport Len
nox has sailed for Manila via Nagasaki
with C00 horses and mules for the Sixth
Cavalry. It Is understood that If the situa
tion demands It. tho Lennox will land her
live stock in a Chinese port.
Ticket Heartily Approved.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Xafhillle. III.. July "-The work of the
National Democratic ConentIon meets
with hearty approval of the Democrats In
this vicinity.
rBH!
LEADING TOPICS
-IN-
TO-DAY'S REPUBLIC.
I'nr MlNiioiirl Gcnornlly fnlr Sunday
und Munilay: virtcrlj- rrlnds.
I'cir Illinol Fnlr Sundny and Man
flnjt wrstf-rly Tllndm.
I'ur ArkniiNan Generally fair Sun
tiny nuil Monilny) cooler Mimlnyi -tt-rinhlr
Trlndft.
PAnT I.
Page.
1. Allies Make No Headway In China.
2. Death Notices.
3. IJ Hung Chang's Views on Chinese
Crisis.
Census Work Slow, but Sure.
4. The Hallways.
Bate Dfc's.un In California.
Furniture Exposition in St. Louis.
C. English Society at Odds With AKtor.
Cool Wave In Sight.
C. Baseball Games.
7. Ilacc-Trnck Results,
lljnlac Shot and Killed.
S. To Perpetuate the Posse.
Transit Company It-instates Old Mill.
Arrests In Doman Assault Cas-.
Illinois Militia In Camp.
To Fulfill Childhood Vow.
9. Bryan and Stevenson to Meet.
Maladministration In the Philippines.
Lives iMst In Lako Erie.
10. Second Marriage Id to Htr Arrest,
lth er Telgrams.
News of the Churches.
City News In Brief.
iAitT ir.
1. History of Hor? Baring In St. Louis.
How The Republic's Extra" Was Wel
comed. 2. How Americans Beached the Transvaal.
Managing a Blch Man's Household.
Old-Time Fourth of July.
3. Jilted a Millionaire to Marry a Clerk.
Saw Napoleon Marching to Mocow.
Ilptrnrkabl. Feat of a Hunter.
Found Fortune by Chance.
He Originated the Dime Novel.
Indian I'rlncesse.i Touring the Globe.
i. MeGovern-Erne tio:t.
Sllckney's Quallllcatlcns Pleased St.
Loulsans.
Sympathizer With Barney Scbrelbcr.
C. St. Louis Team's Hard-Luck Story.
Passing of the Sword as a War Weapon.
C. Editorial.
Expert Views of Affairs In China.
Ancient French Tableau to Be Given.
7. Strike Settlement Aids World's Fair.
Death Notices.
8. Fraternal Order News.
What Candidates May Legally Spend.
PAKT III.
1. Once Millionaire. Now Huckster.
Young Lady Almost Blinded by Powder
Charge.
Senator Hill on 'Change.
Address by Silver Republicans.
2. Society News.
3. Notes From Summer Resorts.
Rejected Books Which Became Famous.
S. Boston Story With a Happy Ending.
Suing for a Miser's Wealth.
9. Financial and Commercial,
10. Real Estate Transactions. ;
Steel Magnates Not Agreed.
PART IV.
Magazine Sectlcs ,.
Up to July 3 They Had Killed
2,000 Chinese in Their
Own Defense.
TWO LEGATIONS STANDING,
News Is Contradictory, However,
and Other Dispatches Report
All Whites Dead.
London, July 7. The Foreisn Office
has Issued the text of a telpsram from
Acting Consul General Warren, at
Shanghai, confirming from thoroughly
trustworthy sources the news received
ly courier from Pekin, July 3, by way of
Shanghai, to the London office of tbo
Inspectorate of Chinese Maritime Cus
toms, saying that two legations were the
day the courier left, holding- out against
the troops and lioxers and that tho
troops had lost -,0(X men and the Boxers
many loaders.
-Mr. Wanvn adds that the messenger
says tliat the troop were much, dis
heartened by their losses and that the
Boxers claim their mystic powers have
been broken by the foreigners and that
they dare not approach the Irgations.
It J.s) further averted that the foreign
ers at Pekln ought to bo able to hold out
for a lf'Ug time, as they have sufficient
food and ammunition.
GOODNOW'S DISPATCH.
Washington, July 7. A caMograni was
received tt the State Department this
morning from Consul General Goodnow
at Shanghai, dated July 7, sayiug that
the legations were standing on the 'M
Infant, and that the recent attack of
the Boxers had been slight. They
seemed disposed to adopt starvation
methods.
" TUAN'S NEW CAMPAIGN.
Shanghai. July C, Friday. Princo
Tuau has ordered General Yuan Shi Kal
to march on Nankin with 18,000 German
drilled troons. It is doubtful If he will
obey, but in any case. Viceroy Lul is be
lieved to bo able to safely hold Nankin,
lie has lifteeu warships on the Yung-Tse-Kiang
and Great Britain Is ready to
assist this opponent of the rebel Govern
ment. The departure of the anti-foreign
Tuotl Shens. for Nankin is causing
anxiety.
STORY OF MASSACRE.
Txmdon. July 7. "The massacre of the
foreign Ministers, the women, the chil
dren and the European guards at Pekin,
after eighteen days of hopeless resist
ance. Im continued," says a news agency
dNpatch from Shanghai, dated July t.
and received In London to-day.
"When the ammunition and food wero
exhausted." coutiuues the dls'iatcb, "the
Chinese Mends closed In upon the lega
tions and butchered all these who re
mained alive. Afterwards they set tire
to the legation buildings. In which tho
remains of the victims were consumed in
one horrible holocaust."
Keport-. of the atrocities committed by
Prince Tuan upon the Chinese, are ap
palling. lie had four thousand leading
Chinese butchered. It Is said, for merely
dariug to petition him to control the
orgle of blood and restmiu his followers.
A dispatch from Taku says that tho
last message from Mr. Edwin S. Conger,
Culled States Minister at Pekin, brought
there by runners, reatu as follows:
"We are besieged. The provisions aro
becoming exhausted and th situation is
desperate. The relief force should ad
vance ami give us notice by signal."
Buuners also conlirm the report of the
burning of the native city of Pekin.
REASSURING REPORTS.
London, July 7. A cable dispatch
dated Thursday, July 5, 5 p. in., received
to-day at the Loudon office of the in
spectorate of Chinese maritime customs,
from Shanghai, says:
Courier left Pekln July ?,, when two
legations were holding out against
troop and Boxers. Troops had lost 2,
lioo men and Boxers many leaders."
Jardine, Matheson & Co. of Shanghai
URGING ADMIRALS TO MOVE.
News That Foreigners May Still Be Alive Causes
Pressure to Be Applied.
r.ETTJBIJC SPECIAL
Washington. July 7. Strong pressure Is
being applied to the foreign Admirals at
Taku to Induce them to begin promptly ths
march on Pekln. Speed Is deemed essential
ly necessary In view of tho advices re
ceived by Secretary Hay to-day from Con
sul General Goodnow at Shanghai, to the
effect that one legation wa.. still standing
on July . and that tne foreigners at least
somo of them were still alive.
It is thought possible that Mr. Goodnow
may refer to the British Legation when he
says "Legation still standing." It Is un
derstood here that he transmitted his Infor
mation to Admiral Kempff and that the lat
ter, under the Instructions sent him. Is
urging upon his colleagues the ced of pro
have telegraphed to their London honso
as follows:
"Shanghai, July 7. Tho British Lega
tion was standing Jnly 2. There are re
assuring reports regarding' the lives of
the Europeans."
NEW USURPER IN PEKIN.
Paris. Jnly 7. The Consul of Franca
at Che-Foo, under data of Jnly 4, trans
mits n rumor that Men Tung Fu Slan I
master of tho situation at Pekln and la
preparing an edict against foreigners.
Bebels, this Consul also says, occupy the
Yellow River.
BRITISH LEGATION BURNING.
SPECIAL BY CABLE.
Canton, Friday, July C (Copyright,
1000, by tho New York Herald Com
pany.) Sir Robert Hart has cabled to
the Governor of Ilf ig-Kong that the
British Legation in Pekln Is buralnjr.
The remnant of foreigners In Pekin
probably Is annihilated.
(This report Is discredited by the -French
Consul General at Canton In a .
dispatch sent to his Government tinder
date of Saturda;-, July 7, and by other ,
advices, which suite that tbo- Pekin '
legatlous and their occupants were aafo
on July 3.)
Viceroy LI Hung Chans' has Issued
another proclamation threateulnjr tho "
immediate execution of persons making
the slightest trouble or Btarting nSau7f
nealnst foreigners or native Christians.
Several firms of tailors who were caught
making uniforms for tho Boxers wera ,
promptly beheaded.
TEXT OF BOXER PLACARD.
SPECIAL BY CABLE.
Che-Foo, Friday. July C (Copyright,
1000, by the New York Herald Com
pany.) When the allies bombarded the
native city of Tlen-Tsln, Captain Otn of
the Japanese artillery and another .
Japanese officer were killed. The Amerl- .
can Consul here showed to-day a procla
mation posted six miles from Che-Foo
nnd distributed in the native city. It
says:
"The holy GoS of war arouses the ,
Buddhist world on account of the de
praved sects of Protestant and Catholic
Christians, who insultingly overpower
the Cnlng dynasty. Millions of spiritual
soldiers- will destroy these depraved for- I
clgners without the calamities caused by t
earthly armies. All who aro ready to
distribute copies of tho placard quickly,
secure their families from calamity. '
Nondlstrlbution brings calamity."
BROOKLYN PASSES CHEE-F00.
Washington, July 7. Tho Navy De
partment at 0:43 o'clock to-night re-
ceived tho following cablegram from I
Admiral Remey:
"Che-Foo. Brooklyn arrived; proceed
Immediately to Taku.
(Signed) "REMEY.n I
OEItUtXrS A9SCTT. !
Berlin, July ?. A semiofficial sot rnivsi
"In replylnjr to Japan's request for mm
of tho Powers" attltud toward Cblns, Ger
many declared that efco regarded the main
tenance of l-.nrraony among tha Powers
as of prime Importance and would, accord-
lngly. assent to any measures sot Objected
to In other quarter3."
, JTAIMN IIRADV AXD TVlLlJ.fC.
Ixuidon. July 7. The Japanese Minister,
Kato TAkaakl. received a cabU dispatch ,
from Toklo this morning giving- his Gov
ernment' reply to Great Britain's question
as to whether, with tha consent of th
other Toners, Japan was willing- to send
large re-enforcements to China. Japan re
plied that sha was prepared to carry out
tho suggestion and that ona division would .
be dispatched Immediately. .
i.i nuxo ciiaxcs riiEOAunoxs.
Canton. Friday. July C Quiet continues
here. IJ Hung- Chang has stationed troops
in tho streets. to prevent disturbances. A
steamer Intended to convey LI Hung Chang
northward sailed to-day ostensibly bound
for Kiu-Kuang. She took 0 packages of
LI Hung Chang's goods.
ceeding with nil dispatch to the relief of
the Pekln foreigners, who. If still alive, can
not, it is thought, hold out many days
longer.
If the allied troops wait for the Japanese
Army Corps, which. Is expected to reach
Taku about the last of next week, another
week, and perhaps ten days, must pass be
fore the advance on Pekln can begin.
From what can he gathered, the foreign
Admirals at Taku believe that defeat and
possibly the extension of the rebellion
throughout the Empire would follow the
dispatch to Pekln of the 17.OJ0 men now said
to be at Taku.
I'rlore Tuan'a Ambition.
Secretary Hay 19 hopeful that the ambl-
Contlnued on Pats TTO.
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