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REPUBLIC.
A DOMESTIC C0MEDY5
The Wife Tell of llio Love Lett!
Her Husband Wrote to Another
Woman.
A'e.vf Sunday's Republic.
KINETY-TIURD YEAR
ST. LOUIS, MO.. FRIDAY, JULY 20. 1900.
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Russia, Germany and
France Work on Iden
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Czar's Troops Retake Blagoves-
chensk, Where Chinese
Slew Garrison.
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THEY WAR ON CHINA.
HALF-TONES
EXTRAORDINARY
Next Sunday's Republic.
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Tien-Tsin Laid in Ashes
and Looted by
the Allies.
POWERS DECEIVED.
Indications That Li llung
Chang Favors the
Boxers.
SPECIAL BY CABLE.
London. July 13-Copj right, ly-J, hy W.
1L HoarstJ Amid tho voluminous batch of
storit-s of one kind and another that have
reached Loudon durii-g tho past twenty
four hours there ars threi rolats that da
raard particular attention.
Tho first U that Kcssla l.ss definitely ds
cln'ed war upsn tho Chinese Oovernmcnt,
Grinany as w&ll as France havinj follow
ed suit by adopting racaE-jres which aro
eqidvalent to a proclamation of hostllltie..
The second Is thai Ttsri-TBln. tha third
largest city of the Clilaeso Empire, with
n population cf 1.000.0M Inhabitants, has
been reduced to ashes and looted by tho alii-s.
Thn third point 1j tho conviction which
lias been rochd that old LI Hung Chans,
tha Viceroy of Canton, has been playing the
rclo of a traitor to his foreign frij-ids and
urquilntinces. and that despite all of his
1 tea vice
4 relo of i
' 1 urquiint
V profee'ii
k Jie has.
i pa'ches,
V Imperial
ruh m
lorj of Rood will far the foreigner.
cs atated a wees afro In these dis-
been all alecs in league with tho
authorities at Pekin. especially
Frinco Tuaa and with the Dowager
Empress, ployknj thflr gams in hl3 deal
Joes with the allied Power u
"Wanted to Detain I.I.
B!r Kenry Arthur Blake, the Governor of
Hone-Kong, had intre3teJ tho Government
here for authority to dunln tho veteran
Chinese statesman end to keep him at
Hong-ICons as c hostage, pending further
developments la China.
l.ut L-oru Salisbury Hesitated about nc- i . .
ccrulng permission to take any such s;aso- material to China, or construe! as an ln
tlonol steps, and tha consecuc-ice has been dorssmsnt of tho announcement of the
that, after a two hours Interview with Hasalan Government coacrnicg tho ex-
Bir Honrj- Arthur Blake, LI was permitted ' ki5-"ic" of ' , . . . .
to proceed northward to Pekln to-day. be- . Tho Burning of Tientsin by ths al.i3 lias
lng treated to the distinction of a guard "? f"11 eatlsfastlcii here cs bun? cal
of honor of English soldiers when he re- culaUd to create a salutary Impression up
embarked at Hong-Kong. on tha Chinese people It Is t 3re.l.
Dunns his Interview with Sir Henry. LI I ever, that the uestructloa of this hue
Huns Ch.nB thoroughly cave the povcrnjir "if Protpetwis city whl ha v. the effect of
to underataxd that ho Is proceeding o Fekln "JliinS" to the Pekln Government many In
ln responso to a peremptory summons from ' n J C,?atat-a? W&My tho great
the Dowacer Cmre. ard from tho Em- ' "1S cutlds, which have hitherto dlsooun-
peror.
l!ut Inasm-ich as the latter Is known
to be without power
whUe Uio Dowarer
rnr-j V,.- 1( n!, r- ,. r, !n !.-,. ltH
Prlnce Tuaa. who. son she porsonally se- ' bul!i ,,u and denounce It as an act of
lected as the heir apparent anJ successor ' daUsni. even atlU moro reprehensible
to Emperor Kwan-r Su. it h eldent that "in ? )'if of the fapous Summer
Li !i merely acting In accordance with tho , Pilaoe fort' 5ar hy ths ftle9
views a-.d instructions of thce who are at ,Jho I'P1 J10-"0; however, and at Ber
the head of the rresent ontl-for-Isn rUlrp. Un. ore clamoring for tho destruct on by flro
nam. Prinra Tuan r-.d t,o Dowacer Em-
pr-sc
In tho best Informed cisfflei hero no belief
Is accoraeJ. however, to the stories, ac
cording to which the Prince Tuan. Ll
Hunj Chanir and the Dowiger Empress aro
oluntarily p aj lug the came of Kuvsia.
I'oriin-rly In I.cnsae "Wltli Hajiu.
They viae all three formerly In league
nlth It-ssU. But tliat was during tho
piod lmmed,ately following the war with
Jap.in. when Count Cassinl, then Russian
Enoy at Peiln. had not only Bucceedel
In stopi-nK tho Japanese advance upon
Pekin and forced tho Mikado tu surrei.der
ril tho frUts cr his victories in China,
but had aj assured the Dowager Empress
and Prlnco Tuan that, i)roidiag that
China nlled ujon Russia and granted x
ceptional f,ivors to the latter, they could
v.ith impunity defy all the foreign Powers.
Li Huns Chang. Indeed, was sent by tho
Dowager Hmpress and by jVlnco Tuan to
ulnscow at the time of tho coronation of
tho prcsoiit Czar In order to conclude a
bort of a ssecret convention with Russia, by
which the latter guaranteed tho integrity
cf ths Chlcesa Empire as f-r aa othbr Eu
ropean Towers wero concerntid.
During the wiiole time that LI was in
Russia he was under the care of Count Cas
tlnl, who had been summoned from China
for the purpose. Unfortunately, Russia,
Ltfng unwilling to Involve herself In war
with either Germany or England on iso
count of China, did not live up to htr en
fca.7emnts ui.d allowud Germany to sehse
IClao-Cliau, a district specially sacred to
til the Chlne.-e. onlng U the presence of
the tomb cf Confuclu In the idnlty. and
Etl&o all. v. d England to lako possession of
lowluon, upi'jiiie to IIong-Kug.
llcreover, ti.e Czar wtthurt Count Cas
sinl and his Charge d' Affaires, IWlorf. who
were Identified with theso fcnaragementa,
tnd tent instead M. DeOlera aa envoy to
Pcltln. who affoctcd to lguare the obliga
tions. China Hates Russia.
It I thii that has rendered Russia an
object of particular resntment In the eyes
of the Chinese Government, rtpresenteJ at
jiresant by the Dowager Empiesa, Prince
Tuan and Ll Hung Chang, and that U whj
this trium Irate is directing ita principal
energies against Rtisila In Manchuria end
In tho Czar's Amur Province.
No one hero whose opinion is worth hav
ing believes for one moment that RussIt.
is t,o-day In league with China, though, of
course, fears aro entertained in every Eu
ropean capital that Ruscla will take ad
vantage of China's Invasion of her Amur
Province to march upon Ftkln on her own
account and to tcek territorial compensa
tion Independently of othr loreign Pow
ers. True. Sir Charles Dilke, during he course
of an Interview to-day, expressed the hope
that tho foreign Powers would work har
moniously toge her, but he s'.cmni to en
tertain some misgivings on tho subject, as
he added that It would b. deplorable If
the' did tot work In unUon.
A. Government at 1'ekJu.
According to him. tho Chlnesa Invasion nf
V Russian territory is distinctly tho act of a
controlling imperial Government at Pekin,
responsible for everything that has taken
place and constituted proof of Its exist
ence, and ho further Intimated that U
Hun Chang was not only working In uni
son therewith, but was approving all Its
acta.
Sir Charles regards tho Invasion of tha
Amur Province cj a distinct act of war,
and this view Is confirmed by tho official
announcement made to-day at St. Peters
burg that since July IT, the day before
yesterday, a state of war has existed la
those portions cf tho Amur Province In
vaded by the Chinese imperial troops.
The action of the German Government In
declining to permit any uncensorcd commu
nication between the Chine Embassy in
Berlin, and any of tho authorities, in
China, and the steps adopted by Prance to
ward -tho prevent4 iji ih export of war
UNGLE SAM: "YOU PELLEKS QUIT SITAKTXG THIS BOAT
whole bunch op usr
"r'" a ij-iu.wta muvtme-u
i"J "-"" amnorsues jusny uociaru
. ".T. 11 Will UIKO at least 111 JOira lO TO-
I oi ieli "nu " imperial ouiiQinss,
t project which will Lave the effect of rcn-
d ring the riststunce of tho Chintao bull
( mare obstinate and desperate.
Slaughter Their Uirn Children.
Just how desperate the conflict is Is shown
b the news that, following the eTampl" of
the foreigners at Pekln, the Chinese, leforo
retreating from Tien-Tsln. rlxushtered with
thplr oun handi all their women and chil
dren to prevent their falling Into the hands
of the allies
Pome of the members of tho Government
with whom your correspondent sp l:e in the ,
jti-uso or commons ioddv to-nignt scemeu
to fail as yet to appreciate the magnitude of
the crisis In China and uppcurud disposed to
btlleve that In a few wsok the v. hole
trouble would be over.
But thtse views are far from being shared
la the city by America-is ar.d merchants
having Interests In China, and Sir Thoma-J
Plpton declared lo-day that he and
at! other tea Importers and dialers, antici
jatid a. long war In China and were adjust
ing the market accordingly. Ho odded that
prices Lad already rh.cn 2 cents a round and
wtre likely to go conldorably higher beforo
tho war Is over.
GERMANY'S EXPLANATION.
Why Chinese Minister's Telegrams
Wero Stopped.
Berlin, July 19, The Berliner Tost this
evening contains an article, evidently In
spired, giving tho views of tho German
Torelgn Office regarding tho withdrawal
from tho Chinese MIniiter In Berlin of tha
right to use tho telegraph. The article
admits that tho ttcp Is unprecedented, but
declares that It was rendered necessary by
the "abnormal relations between Germany
and China."
"The regular Chlneso troops." tho cru
de says, 'are In the field against the Gur
rnan troops. It also remains unknown
whether the Government from which the
Chinute Minister was accredited still ex
ists. Since the status in China Is cot ab
solutely clear, and einco the news givci
out by tho Chinese Minister has rot always
been confirmed by the facta. It is Impossi
ble to permit him to comniunlcato freely
with his Government under tho tiction that
there U no war."
The trtlcle goc on to insinuate th-it the
German Government had expected the Chi.
nese Minister to take the Initiative In offer
ing to show the Foreign Offlee all tha dis
patches as an evidence of his good faith,
and adds:
"The German Government has given fresh
evidence of its frank and nbove-board pol
icy, since It could easily have secured tho
correspondence through bribery, which it
disdained to do. It Is a matter of honor for
the Chinese Minister to respond to the loy.U
attitude of Germany toward him with pioof
of equal loyalty on hW part. Tho bttp taken
la on appeal to his moral sense."
ih. ossh-he Ze.tung and tho National
Zeitung discuss Count von Bjelow's Meu.
giving It their full approval. The Krouz
Zeitucg considers It very doubtful that the
Powers will harmoniously carry out the pro
gramme laid down by the Foreign Secre
tary. Tho possibility must ever be kppt in
mind," rays this organ, "that tho Powers
may disagree, and that each will with
draw to Its own sphere of Influence. At any
rate, it Is certain now that the war will
laet for a long tlmo, and the preiont troops
In the field are entirely InsutTlcIent. Doubt
less, if tho United States Government had
already created a military basis in China,
Washington would now make a cliim for
a separate sphere of Influence. If imperial
ism succeeds at the forthcoming pres.deu
tlal election, a strong eipanlon policy to
ward China Is to bo expected from the
United States."
la any event. In order to make their in
fluence felt in tho coming reorganization of
tha Chinese Government, each Power prob-
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Page.
1. War Between Ru-ssli and China,
Special Agent to China Named.
Threo Great Developments In China.
2. An Arpeal to Save 'Whites.
S. Jessie Morrison Has New Hope.
Jester's Trail Through Missouri and Il
linois. Culton'a Evidence on Conspiracy,
rorced Aslor to Apologize.
Twelfth District Convention.
Stolo Wwddlng Presents.
4. Race-Track Results
Baseball Scores.
6. Editorial.
Events In Society.
Mrs, Conger Writes About Chinese.
Deacon Whlto's Address.
7. Soldiers Parado t Springfield.
Will Aid Clgarmakers.
S-iIcide of an Unknown.
Nomo Swept by Disease.
Raise Price on Beer.
8. Rcpublio Want Adj.
5. New Corporations.
Transfors of Realty.
We-ather Report.
Marshal Bohle Would I.lk to Soo Brady.
Earnings of the IPg Four
The Railways.
11. Financial New s.
Riv er Telegrams.
12. Battled With Large Dog.
Phillips No Longer a Mystery.
Oxford Graduate Locked Up.
Tunne-I Wall In Danger.
1-riendly to Mr. MoCann.
Of Intcrtat to Emploiera.
Retail Grocers Me t.
Missouri University Ranks Iligh.
Corporation Laws of Missouri Ready.
ably will establish further points of support
in China."
The Lokal Anzeigcr says It learns that
tho troops marching upon Pekin will receive
orders not to destroy the Imperial Palace.
Considerable apprehension is exprcsf-d by
tho German pm that tho Chinese fleet Is
preparing to attack German transports upon
thtir arrival, but this anxiety Is cot shared
l.y the Foreign Ofilce. With reference to
the proposed prohibition of the shipment
of arms into China, the Foreign Offlco says
that tho matter had been left to tho Ad
mirals, who ore exercising duo watchfui-
It is now se.ttled that the China expedi
tionary corps will Kill in tea :neamera from
Bremenhaven between July 27 and August
3. A shipment of Spanish donkeys has ar
rived here lor mo expedition.
Professor Vir&chow at a mooting of the
Berlin Medical Society to-day warmly
culoilzcd the services of Sir Robert Hart.
Director of Chlnee Imiwrl-il Maritime
Customs, suppo:.e-d to have shared the fate
of the legations, pointing out that hi an
nual report had contained valuable Infor
mation regarding the sanitary conditions
In China.
Dcr-tor Kuelttocr, who has Just returned
to Tuebingcn from tho Transvaal, will go
to China us manager of the German Red
Cross contingent.
JAMES NICOL SUSPENDED.
Bticketfehopping Charge Against
Board of Trade Otlieer.
Chicago. July IS. James Nlcol. vico
president of the Chicago Board of Trad.,
was suspended for one vear at a meeting of
tile directors to-night- The charge was
bucksUahoppIng.
OK YOGT.L SPILL THC
SPECIAL AGENT TO
CHINA IS NAMED.
W. W. RockMU Will Become Min
ister if Conner Is Pound
to Be Dead.
GENERAL CHAFFEE PROMOTED.
Ilis Commission as Major General
Drawn and fc'ccrct Orders Por-
warded to Meet Him
at Nagasaki.
nina-nuc prnciAi
WnhIngton. July 19 The selection of W.
W. Rockhill to bo tho Government's special
ogfant In China was announced at to-day's
Cublnot meeting. The appointment of such
mi agent was euggested by tho President.
Mr. IlucM.il!, though a Democrat, was se
lected because of his eminent fitness for tho
task. He is not only an Orientalist, but a
diplomat- Under President Cleveland ho
was an Achtant Secrctiry of Stato. Liter
h became United Minister to Greece. When
John Russell Young was Minister to China
Jir. Ilockhin wa3 Secretary of legation In
Pekin. He bos traveled extensively in the
Orient and contrtbute-i to the literature of
Eastern travel. Ho is one of tho few Amer
icans who havo penetrated to the Interior of
Thibet.
He speaks official Chinese and has some
acquaintance with Its dialects. Mr. Rock
hill really goes as a reporter for the United
States Government, but In the event of Mr.
Conger's death would doubtless ho made
Minister on the spot If diplomatic relations
were continued.
Tho proposed International commission
has not become an assurod fact, although
that oao will bo organized Is regarded as
hlsTldy probable, in which enso Mr. Rockhill,
as rpeclal oi?ent. probably would assume the
duties of the American member It waa
Wu Ting Fang's rusg-stIoti. it will be re
called, to have a civilian commission go Into
Pekin with tho army.
Ordrrn tu Chaffee.
Orders regarding the Chinese campaign
wro forwarded to-d.iy to Nagasaki for
Oneral Chaffee, who is to command the
American troops marching on Pekin. Sec
retary Root would give no information re
garding tho tenor of the order-). He said
however, that they wer not only military
In character, but Instructed General Chaf-
feo with reference to the policy which this
Government Is to parsue with China and
the International forces, with which the
Americans are co-operating.
The commission of General Charreo as
Major General In command of the Clil.-.eso
expeditionary force was rnndo out at tho
War Department this morning and scat to
the White House for the I'resident's h'gna
ture. Cable notico of the uppointmmt waa
sent to Nagasaki, Japan, where It will
meet General Chaffee on hl arrival there.
President McKlnley, accompanied hy Sec
retary Corteljou. left for Canton this even
ing. Ho can return to Wushlngton within
fourteen hours, and will do so at the lirst
Intimation that his prcaincu is required
here.
ENDEAVORERS AT WINDSOR."
Queen Victoria Drove Among Them
on Keque&t.
I-nJon. July 13. Several thoussnds of tho
Christian Endeavorers visited Windsor to
day, en route for Oxford and Stratford
This afternoon a large assembly g.uh.-r-il
In the royal grounds, hoping to sc Ouecri
victoria and received word that Her Majes
ty would appear In tho quadrangle of the
castle.
Here the Queen shortly arrived, attired In
white, and accompiuie-d by Princess Henry
of liattenburg, ready for a drive. A thou
sand voices united in singing "God Savo
the Queen." which was followed by the
Christian EndLavorers-, anthem, as her
Majesty drove down the ranks ac
knowledging the plaudits by bowing and
6-nllinK.
CLASH OF ARSIS ALL
Tragic Story Giving Additional Atrocities Mark
ing the Final Hours of the White
Colony in Pekin.
SPECIAL BY CABLE.
1 .on. ion, l'ridjy. July 20. (Copv rielit,
1100, by the New York Herald C m
iit!i..) On Ki:;t; to ire". tliU morning
tlie D.iily Ti-lvgruidi rwi-ivi-U a brief ili-.-Ii-'ilvli
from lis M. lVii'iKlitirjr e-one-hliotident,
saying that the JnMau- had
muled the CIiIih'm) at Hlasovt cliensl;
and lutd occupied the town la larse
force.
RUSSIAN GARRISON SLAIN.
SI E IAL BY CAULK.
Vladivostok. July 19 (Copyright,
liiUO. by V. It. Ileal sU The report of
the bombardment of l!l:iKove.sclieu.sl; is
cuuiirinrd.
A Urve ChiiK-se force from TliitMlier,
Mlpplud with tlio best modern artillery,
dt.-moliblu-d the foil and slew llie gar
rison. In revenge, llie Iiuv-Inn have burned
IleJiiuipti and are jias.-lrc southward,
intent iiikmi striking a heavy blow in re
tnliatiuu for tho mnt-sacre of the troops
at Ul.igovcseliensk.
WAR OFFICIALLY DECLARED.
SPECIAL BY CABLE.
Ixudou, Friday, July 20. (Copyright,
ICha), by tha New York Herald Com
pany.) A special dispatch to tho Dully
Mail, dated St l'etersburjr, Thursday,
ay:
"A state of war has bon officially de
clared In tho Amur district, embracing
tho towns of Illagovescheiisk, KLuXu,
rovhk and Vladlvotock.
"Accordiiiir to tho announcement by
the general staff, the situation In Man
churia has Improved. Since General
Gritskl. Chief of Staff nt Port Arthur,
took over tho supremo command ho has
systematized tho pushing up of ro-en-forcctneuts
to the disturbed districts.
"There is general surpriso in military
circles at tho energy with which the
Chinese) are entering on the campaign
In Northern China, at the admirable
stato of preparation in which their ur
niaments are, and at tho effectlvo uso
they are making of their weapons.
"Further e-iteuslvo movements of Itus
slan troops in Central and Eastern Asia
are In progreus. There Is no doubt that
ltus!a Intends to bring nor Asiatic
forces generally up to the fulleit visi
ble strength. It is alto noticeable that
troops are beits moved in the icinlty of
ilerv, on tho Afghan frontier."
PORT ARTHUR ISOLATED.
Che-Foo. Wednesday. July IS. (Copy
right, law, by tho Now York Herald
Company.) Tho railway junction near
New-Chwang has been burned by the
Chinese, much rolling stock lnMng de
stroyed. Hallway communication with
the Hussion baso at Fort Arthur Is
broken. New-Chwaug is In Imminent
danger, tho Chlneso being close to tho
town.
RUSSIAN BARBARITY.
SPECIAL BY CABLE.
Ix.ndon, Friday, July 20. (Copyright,
10W, by tho New York Herald Com
pany.) A special dispatch to tho Daily
Mail, dated Yokohuma, Thursday, naj s:
"A Japaneae correspondent at tho
front aix-uxM tho Havdan soldiers of ap
palling barbarity toward the Chinese.
"Tlioy have, he eaya, killed peaceful
citizens, slaughtered women and chil
dren, pillaged shops and xnn&sacrcri tho
owners. Tho Pei-Ho, he eayst. Is full of
the corpses of women nnd children."
A disiKitch to tho snuie paper, duteU
Shanghai, Thursday, eays: N
"Horrible stories are circulating of tho
brutality of tho Husslaus around Tien
Tsln. They ore accused of the cullous de
struction of human, life in whatever
form it is found. Even coolies aro nhot,
apparontly out of the mero lust of bloed.
"Theso talcs arc filtering right Into
China, and turning even tho well dis
posed Chiueso against tho foreigners."
Tho revelation of tho ability of tho
Chinese forces in tho North- to stand
tholr ground agatn&t the InternationaJd
is producing tho inevitable results In tho
bouth.
A Shanghai dispatch reportn that Hus
sla has been In secret negotiation with
lriuto Tuau's Government, with tho
couulvanco of U Hung Chan,;.
In a dispatch from St. Petersburg. It
U btated that Russia's anxiety to min
imize the alurmlug nature of the news
from Manchuria is dictated by fears of
tho Injury tho continuation of such nous
might cause In the matter of arrange
ments alleged to have been made in tho
United States for money with which to
complete tho Manchurian Kailroad.
HO-NAN UPRISING.
SPECIAL BY CABLE.
Shangluii, July 1!). (Copyright, 1000,
by W. It. Hearst.) The missioni in
Kiutscheu, Province of Kiang-SI, havo
been destroved. Mauy nativ6 Christians
were murdered.
The missionaries have retired from
l'.ovank Lake and vicinity.
Grave fears are entertained for the
safety of numerous Italian nuns in the
Province of Ho-Nati. Ho-Nan Is tho
most antl-foreigu Province in all China.
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OVER NORTH CHINA.
SPECIAL IJY CABLE.
Ijonduu. Frid.-iv, July 20. (Copyriu-ht,
HKK), by the New York H.-rald Com
pany.) 'Hie Daily Telegraph has re
ceived a private dispatch from its St.
Petersburg convsiondent, which, lu con
tinuing the IVkiu massacre, shjs:
"I h-arn from a source which may bo
regaided as thoroughly tnistworthy, that
the Hussiau Government is actually in !
pos6e-s-Ioii of delinito news, to tho ef
fect that all the Ministers and foreigners
in Pekln have been massacre.
"I undprstahd, moreover, that an offi
cial dispatch, convening the sad Intelli
gence, lias been communicated to the
Czar himself.
"The lerriblo event, uccordlng to tho
information received by the Russian au
thorities, took place on Juue 23, Hu-osian
reckoning, which eorresponds to July 0
in tho ordinary calendar.
"It Is a somewhat noteworthy fact
that the news reached SL Petersburg the
same day."
DEFINITE NEWS OF MASSACRE.
SPECIAL BY CABLE.
St. Petersburg, July lIt.-(Copyright,
l'JOO. by V. H. ncurst.)-Uair a million
troops are being mobilized near Mos
cow, and all these aro being dispatched
daily In several thousand lots through.
Eastern Siberia for China.
Tho Government has received deflnito
news from a sourco regarded entirely
tnistworthy that an the Ministers and
foreigners lu Pcklu were massacred on
July 0.
DETAILS OF PEKIN MASSACRE.
London, July 13. Tho Shanghai cor
respondent of the Dally Express saysi
"lutenso Indignation Is felt hero at tho
honors which tho British in Hong-Kong
' have accorded to J,i Hung Chang, who
Is looked upon In Shanghai as the origi
nator of tho whole fiendish antl-forelga
plot.
"A Chlneso merchant who has Just
arrived from Pekln. gives horrible de
tails of the massacre. Ho cays he saw
European women hauled into tho Btroot
by shrieking ltoiera, who stripped them
and hacked them to pieces. Their dis
severed limbs were tossed to the crowd
and carried off with howls of triumph.
Some wero already dead, having been
6hot by foreign ci villa ns.
"He says ho saw Chinese soldiers car
rying tho bodies of whlto children aloft
on their spears, while their companions
shot at the bodies. Ho gives other de
tails, teo hornblo to bo particularized
here.
"It seems that tho Boxer leaders had
organized a plan. Including tho offering
of rewards and rich loot for tho annihila
tion of Europeans throughout China, and
that Prince Tuaa's Generals havo been
emphiLsizing the oppeirtunlty the sol
diers havo of seizing tho bodies of whito
women."
BARON MSN'S MESSAGE.
Washington, July 10. Tho Japanese
Legation here ha made public the latest
communication received by It from
Baron Nlshl, the Japanese Minister to
Pekln. This telegram was received to
day at tho legation from the Japanese
Minister of Foreign Affairs, and is im
portant because of the dates given. Tha
telegram was dated July HI by tho
Feudcr, tho Japanese Consul at Che-Foo,
and Is as follows:
"1 received at 10 a. m. on the 12th a
dispatch from Boron Nh-hi, dated Pekin,
Juno 20. Tho letter was brought by a
special messenger a Chinese who left
l'ekiu July 1, and managi-d'to mako tho
Journey with diulculty. The substance of
the letter Is as follows:
" Tho situation at Pekln Is extremely
critical. Tho foreign legations are sur
rounded on all sides by Chineso soldiers
and bombarded night and day. Tho
members of tho legations, tho guards
and residents uro resisting to the ut
most, but tho overwhelming numbers of
tho enemy mako opposition hopeless.
Our ammunition is being exhausted; our
lives uro In such danger that we may
be massacred at any moment. AYo
earnestly request tho Immediate dis
patch of re-euforceinonts for our rcscuo
from our precarious condition." "
The Japanese Consul nt Che-Foo adds
that ho communicated this letter to his
colleagues of the consular body there,
and also to tho Commanders-in-Chief of
the forces of the Powers.
1IIOVI IIO.NU-KONG TO SHANGHAI.
SPECIAL BY CABLE.
Hong-Kong, Wednesday, July IS. (Copy
right, lSw. by the New York Herald Com
pany.) Ll Hung Chang arrived at Hong
Kong this morning and paid an official call
on Governor Ulake at th Government
House, where he held a conference with
Governor Blake. Generals Gaselee, Gas
coigno and Borrow, Commodores Powell
and May and the Colonial Secretary.
The Viceroy raid that he had telegraphic
Information from Pekin that all the Min
isters were safe on July S except tho Ger
man Ambassador. He had been appointed
Mceroy of Chi-Li.
lie proceeded to Shanghai this evening
and hopes to go from Shanghai to Pekln.
Governor Blake endeavored to dissuade
I hhs from leaving Canton, but tha Vlctrox
CAPTAIN E. V. BOOKMILLER,
Of tho Ninth Infantry, wounded at
Tien-Tfcin.
fern . jlZM&,'$4$
J CAPT. AUSTTN ROCKWEUj DAT1S
of the United. States Marines Killed a
Xien-Tsin.
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ANOTHER VICEROY
CALLED TO PEKIN.
London. July 10 Tho Shanghai
correspondent cf the Dally Mail
savs:
"The Viceroy of Nankin has re-
eclved an edict summoning hlra. to
Pekln. As he Is pro-foreign in his
sentiments, hia departure is unde-
slrahle and Is an element of danger." .
I
eald he must obey the Imperial orders. H
did not apprehend troublw In Canton.
Gecrt-al Gaseleu and staff left to-day for
Tuku.
WILL SEVER ItETUltS TO CASTOX.
SPECIAL BY CABLE.
Lcndon. July IX (Copyright, Z0. by tha
Now York Herald Comracy.)-nA dispatch to
tho Dally Telegraph describing the seen
when Li Hung Chang left Canton for the
North, says:
"Placards were posted In the streets of
Canton this morning by merchants, pro
testing RRalnat the departure of Ll Hung
Chang and Invoking oil responsible men to
unlto la efforts to Induce him to stay.
Crowds cf merchants thronged to the Vice
roy and begged him to remain, presenting
on their knees a petition bearing the In
scription. We humbly and respectfully in
treat your Excellency to stay.'
"Ll Hurg Chan? appeared much moved.
but told the petitioners he dared not dis
obey tha mandate from Pekln. Ho urged
thorn to use their Influence with their neigh
bors and Inferiors to Induce them to rcspeot
thA laws.
"Tho populace then tried to block tha
street-) and to keep tha city gates shut, so
as to prevent Ll Hung Chang from leaving
the Yamen. but twlilrrs cleared the porsage .
and he finally embarked on board th
Chinese steamship Arplng. with a. suite of
tat persons, anJ galled direct toe Honj
Kong. "Beforo silling, tha Vlc-ror ocknowtsoNl
to the American Consul. Mr. McWada, that
he received an edict from Uio Empre last
night appointing him Viceroy of Chl-Ll and
commanding him to proceed thither Immed
iately. He will never return to Canton.
"He also positively reiterated his belief
that the foreign Ministers la Pekin wer
till safe, notwithstanding th numerous)
rumors cf their massacre
"Ll Hung Chang's enforced deparrurs;
bodes 111 forthe peace of Canton and th
scfety of forels-nors live?, particularly th
mlssioaarim of all rellgloasL NotvriUw
standing tin Viceroy's proclamation, aoms J
soldiers assaulted en American medical mis- t
Plenary, crying, 'Kill the foreign devllar Sis
of them have been beheaded.
"A large number of pirates an3 bad eh&i (
acters can now bo found at Kiraag-Klng
and Kwang-Tung and Walchoo. In Hwang.
SI, offering high prices for arms) an4 am
munition. "The Governor of Caotoa is regarded as
an exceptionally weak official and tho na
tives fear ho will never succeed la maintain
ing order."
AOT SUM3IO.ED BY TTJAX.
Hong-Kong. Wednesday, July is, LI
Hung Chang and his suite arrived here yes
terday evening and landed this morning.
Tho imperial edict recalling him to Pekln,
the Viceroy said, was duo to tha Emnmi
uud Emperor and cot to Prince Tuan.
KCl'OIlTiiD STILL ALIVB.
Paris, July IS. An oQlcial telegram, from
Shanghai, dated Wednesday, July 18, states
that, according to the Governor of Shan
Tung, the foreign Ministers and their fam
ilies at Pekin are safe and sound, but that
the danger is still very great. Tha Viceroy,
according to this dispatch. Informed the
Consular Corp- that he had telegraphed to
Pekln urging the prorectioa of tho foreign
legations.
FIFTH TO LEAVE CUBA.
Transport Rawlins at Santiago to
Embark Infantry.
Sanltago de Cuba. July 19. The United,
States tranprt Rawlins has arrived here
from Matanzas with a battalion of the
Tenth Infantry. Captain Murphy, command
ing, on board. This battalion haj coma to
relUvo the Fifth Infantry, garrisoning the
Monro. The Fifth will immediately embark
for. Now York,
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