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ENGLISH TROOPS TAKE AGGRESSIVE
ACTION
Admiral Seymour Believed lo
Tien
BRITISH FORCES KNOWN TO
Amcrlua Fercti Will Sail From Miolli Tsowrow, tbe Ollkcn lo Take Cbirje l Ibe
Force li Chlai Mliilontrlei From Pekla Are Arrlvlag at Chec Pee, But
Forclga Mlaliter Art Supposed to Be Held at HoiUjee.
LONDON. June 27. The fresh I hae
of ih ebullition In China I probabil
ity of Immediate outbreak In great
. lUtliwn province. The populace there
I daily arumlng a more hostile at
titude toward the foreigner and the
Intt.-r i'iclv symptom of a Ktueralj
riHlntr. especially at Nun Kiis.
arti.rlitiu to n dlMt''h o lln; Delly
xprea (luted yesterday. Kang Wu,
on of tlic iiioBt truculent cn-inle of
the foreigner, him arrived by way of
the lira lid Canal, arm-J with full pow
er fiom thtf I'mprcM to dial with the
southern province.
The frltndiy attitude of Viceroy Lln
Kun Ylh t ward foreigner ha brought
him Into disgrace with I'rlnce Tuun,
president of Tsung LI Yumun.
Unrest at Canton la described by a
(llsimich from tliut city to the Dally
Telegraph, dated Muiiduy, via llong
Kong, yesterday:
"It la feared that w are on the eve
of a fi'lie of bkiodxhrd and that an
arthy In th? two quund wait only par-
alltlid during the Ta Ping rebellion.
.Sign of a murdi-roua uprlnlng are o
manlffat thai the wealthy Chlneae are
hurrying Iroin Canton and vicinity,
taking thi-lr wtvea, fumlllra and val-
uab.'i. Li Hung Chung haa again
been, pertniptorlly oidcrrd to Fckln.
Ill enemlt declare that they wilt
murder him before he can reach there.
Ilia pretence alone reatralna revolu
tionary element 'here. Hi departure
will let looae "black flag' and "red
girdle." Knowing this. Ll'a trusted
oPtclul are aendlng their famlltt to
!ng Kong.
'The viceroy himself tructa Ameri
can In till el-Ms. He u that they,
ulone, want no territory, and he plucea
himself luigely, almott unreservedly, in
their hands."
At an Important conference today he
reiterated this atatemcnt;
'All the missionaries have been no
tified of their Immtdiute peril through
conlllvntlul runners. They ure leaving
Canton hurriedly und only a few are
now here.
'Commander McLean, of the United
.State steamship Don Junn de Aut
trla, Is the first hi-re to froiect for
eign Interests.
"Two Je.ult Fathtrs and 100 tmllve
Clulstluiis have been murdered in the
southern part of the province of Cld
LI.
WASHINGTON, June 26.-The navy
drpurtment received the following ca
hlegium from Admiral Kemptf:
"Taku. June I'S.-The relief forca
reached Tl.-n Tsln the 23rd Inst., loss
very small. The Pekln relief force,
which l.ft Tl.-n Tsln June 10, la re
ported ten mile from Tien Tsln, sur
rounded. A fone left Tien Tsln on the
24 th to render asslsiance."
WASHINGTON. June 26.-The six
great viceroys of China, acting through
the Chinese minister heiv, toduy re
newed their efforts to have foreign
troops kept out of China until LI Hung
Chang reaches Pekln, The request
wna a formal document signed by the
six viceroys, Including LI Hung Chang.
The fnswer of the United States gov
ernment was the same aa that to the
Informal request of Minister Wu yes
terday, and amounted to a declina
tion. CHEE FOO. June 2S.-The officers of
the British first-class cruiser Terrible
assert that discord exists between the
Russians and Anglo-Americans, and
say they believe the Russians are plan
ning to break the concert and take
possession of Pekln independently.
They assert that Vlce-Admlral Sey
mour's command lacked unison, the for
eigners sulking because they .Were un
Screens and Screen frames,
fire and Draught Screens.... .
A XTM CONSIGNMENT JUST RECEIVED
FOLDING BEDS
MAiNTEL. BEDS
CHINA CLOSETS and
LIBRARY CASES
CHARLES HEILBORN & SON
ON CHINESE QUESTION
Be in an Unfavorable Situation at
Tsin.
BE IN A BAD PREDICAMENT
! der Britlih leadership. They bitterly
dertime the Russian general' conduct
aa uncivilised and barbarous, and
charge that the slaughter of the peace
ful t'hlnanxn at Taku has aroused
the otherwise passive native against
the foreigner.
The secretary of tate has received a
dispatch from United Hate Consul
John Fow.-r at Chee Foo, saying:
"Combined forces entered Tier. Tsln
June 23."
The war department ha. received the
following cablegram:
"Manila, June 2S. Adjutunt-general,
Washington; Ninth infantry sails out
the 17th. thoroughly equipped and well
supplied with everything.
"MacAItTH UU." -The
navy department announce that
the armored cruiser Hrooklyn, with
Admiral Remey aboard, will take
marine from Manila to Taku, stopping
at Xugasakt en route. The gunboat
Princeton ha been ordered to Swato,
Amoy and Gee Chow, thence to Shang
hai, to Install an electric plant, keep
ing evtr ready for Immtdlate active
service.
The president has assigned General
Adna It. Chaffee to the command of
military force operating In China.
General Chaffee was at the war de
partment today receiving Instructions
and will leave for Pan Francisco in
time to call on the 1st of July with
the Sixth cavalry, Thla detachment
sails on the Grant, which haa been
ordered to touch at Nagasaki for fur
ther orders. It Is probable that the
ship will then sail direct for Chee Foo
with General Chaffee and the Sixth
cavalry.
General MacArthur waa cabled today
an order directing the commanding of
ficer of the Ninth Infantry and such
other for.'es as may be operated In Chi
na at the time of the Grant's arrival,
to report to General Chaffee on his
arrival. Unless present plana chang',
headquarters will be established at
Chee Foo. General MacArthur was
also directed to send Captain Russell,
of the Sfcnal Corps, with a detach
ment to Chee Foo. Captain Russell,
during the Spanish war, worked In
conjunction with naval officers, and he
has been selected to have charge of the
signal operations because of his fa
miliarity with that vyork In both the
army and navy.
LONDON, June 26.-The exclusive
dispatch to the Associated Press from
Chee Foo giving Admiral Kempft'e
authoritative nnnounciment of the re
lief of Tien Tsin June 23 remained for
hours the sole new of this occurrence
of world-wide Importance. About one
o'clock the Hong Kong and Shanghai
bank's London branch received infor
mation of the news, and at about the
same time Mr. Dawson, a delegate from
Singapore to the congress of the As
sociated Chambers of Commerce of the
United Kingdom, now in session here,
Informed his fellow delegates, amid
loud cheering, that he had Just received
a dispatch from his son announcing
the relief of Tien Tsln.
The news reached Berlin later from
the German consul at Chee Foo, who
announced that the relief column
reached Tien Tsln during June 23 and
started again on June "f. to the relief
of Vlce-Admlral Seymour, who, with
the foreign ministers, was said to be
occupying a position 12Vi miles from
Teln Tsin, where he was surrounded
and hard pressed by a great force of
Boxers and Chinese regulars. Possibly
the Japanese report that Seymour Is
a prisoner and that the ministers had
left Pekln, guarded by Chinese sol
diers. Is merely a distorted version of
the Berlin story. But. In any eveht,
definite m-w may be expected speedily,
and It Im confidently believed h'-re that
Seymour and his companions will be
safely delivered from their plight.
According to the report of a China
man refugee, who has arrived at
Hhunghal, the condition of Tien Tsln Is
horrible. Everywhere In the streets
ere the bodlt-. of mitKKacred men and
women, American as well as other na
tlor.alitlirti. The Hong Kong and Ger
man banks, he add, were both de
Mroyed early during the bombard
ment.
Shanghai also report that the Amer
ican-Russian relief force was so badly
ambuscaded that the forces were oblig
ed to abandon several field guns and
much ammunition. About IV) Rus
slans and 11 Americans were killed and
wounded.
The Grman gunboat litis and
iiu.si&n torpedo ioat destroyer are
patrolling the Pel Ho river and raking
with guns the. native villages on the
banks, which were filled with conceal
ed "nlpers."
Although It Is officially said at Can
ton that LI Hung Chang will not go
to Pekln, he continues his preparations
for departure. A telegram from the
governor of Llao Chow, (Jated June 23,
which reached Berlin, announces that
according to reports from Chinese
sources. Vlce-Admlral Seymour's force
has reached Pekln. This Is probably
merely a reiteration of the previous re
ports on the same subject.
CHEE FOO, Tuesday. June 2S-The
foreigners everywhere are urging the
concentration of an army of lOO.OoO
men, or at least about 50,000, for an
advance on Pekln. Many persons, fa
miliar with the Chinese character,
think the foreign ministers and Vlce
Admlral Seymour are held as hostages
for. good terms of settlement.
They also believe the whole Chinese
army la Joining In the movement, un
der the leaderhslp of Tung Fu Hslang,
who crushed the Mohammedan rebel
lion. Recently he was nominally de
graded for the purpose of organizing
an anti-foreign uprising quietly. It Is
estimated that 0,O0O soldiers, well
armed but poorly disciplined, are about
Pekin and Tien Tsln. The Chinese of
ficers boast that they have 400,000 sol
diers.
Admiral Seymour s rorce carried a
week's rations, and the men had an
average of 130 rounds of ammunition.
The Russians' conduct at Taku, ac
cording to other officials, Inflamed the
natives. The Russians are reported to
have been shooting the Chinese indis
criminately and driving away the Chi
ness who would have procured trans
portatlon and provisions, and of loot
Ing the town.
A great naval demonstration at all
the treaty ports Is also said to be de
sirable in order to Influence the wav
ering Chinese merchants who are fav
orable to foreigners. The masses are
becoming excited at the reports of :helr
countrymen's successes against the
powers. Merchantmen arriving here
report that ihe Boxers are drilling In
the streets of New Chwang. and that
when the officials inspected the soldiers
with the view of suppressing the Box
ers they found soldiers had sold their
rifles and equipment to the Boxers.
The military school at Moukden is re
ported to have been destroyed.
The British consul at Foo Chow Is
asking for warships.
The arrival of the British first-class
cruiser Terrible and two Japanese crui
sers at Chee Foo today relievel the
strained situation. Two Chinese forts,
equipped with Krupp guns, command
the foreign city. The only protection
was the United States gunboat Yorfc-
town, with 130 soldiers. As reported
last night the sailors slept on their
arms and the foreigners prepared to
take refuge on the ships.
Commander Taussig of the York-
town, requested the commander of the
forts to discontinue his maneuvers with
cannon, and notified him that If Chinese
troops were sent to the city ostensi
bly to repress the Boxers, Americans
would be landed.
There are about 150 Americans and
British missionaries at Chee Foo. They
are short of money and clothes, hav
ing left their stations hastily. United
States Consul John Fowler's ship is
expected to bring 50 missionaries and
French priests from the mouth of the
Yellow river, whither they are flecking
from the Interior.
The commander of the Chinese crui
ser Hal Chi, at Teng Chow, offered
Mr. Fowler to go to the relief of mis
sions at Yang Chle Klang If assured
of protection.
It is reported that the Russians are
moving 30.000 men towards Chlew
Chwang.
LONDON, June 27. The war office
has received the following dispatch
from Lord Roberts:
June 26. -Sir Charles Warren has re
ported that the rebellion In Caps Col
ony norih of the Oranga river is now
over. The last formidable liody, un
der Commandant De Villlers, surren
dered June 20, consisting of about 220
men, 2S0 horses, IS wagons, 260 rifles
and 100,000 rounds of ammunition.
General Baden-Powell reports that
pacification Is going on satisfactorily
In the Ku.stenbui'i district.
WASHINGTON, June 26.-The pur
post of the government to place an
adequate military force In China was
made perfectly clar today when orders
were lisuod to Brigadier-General A. R
Chaffee to laks commanl of the forces
lp China and to proceed at ome to as
sum?- his new dutle. More significant
probably than the aslKnmcnt It if,
w.ik the wording of th? formal order to
G'-neral Chaffee, Ixvii-i late In the day
by Acting H-cp.iary of War Melkle
John, directing him to take command of
the troop ordere to Chli.a, and to pro
ceed to Pekln by way of San Fran-
Cisco and Taku, accompanied by his
aides.
It has been exacted that the mili
tary forces would be concentrated at
Chee Foo or some other convenient mil
itary base, but the direction to proceed
to Pekln indicated a firm determina
tion on the part of the government
authorities to have a strong military
force at th seat of the Chlnes-J gov
ernment. The announcement of General Chaf
fee's assignment and orders to pro
ceed to Pekln came after the state
department had decllntd to accede to
his second proposition from six great
viceroys of China that foreign troops
be kept out of China until Li Hung
Chang reaches Pekln.
Secretary Long received nothing dur
ing the day oeyond early dispatches
from Admiral Ktmpff. stating that the
combined forces had entered Tien Tsln,
surrounded.
This clearsd up the situation only to
present another condition which may
prove even more grave.
NEW YORK. June 26. -A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says:
The dense fog has not lifted from
China. The wires axe down in every
direction from both Pekln and Tien
Tfcln, and Chinese messages received
at the seaboard from the Interior
towns are not entitled to credence. An
old-time official who resided in China
for a long period told me yesterday
that he had followed the details closely
and that, apart from the dispatches
from the admiral at Taku, there had
bepn no authentic 'nformatlon for a
fortnight from any source.
"The most significant and ominous
fact In the situation," he added, "was
Prince Tuan's presence as comman
der of the Chinese forces near Tien
Tsin, since this was a proof that the
most powerful leader of the court was
at the head of an anti-foreign move
ment, and that well-armed government
troops were massed on the side of the
Boxers. This meant that China was at
war with Europe, America and Japan."
This well-Informed official could not
find In yesterday's dispatches any evi
dence that the relief column under Ad
miral Seymour had reached Pekin or
the legations were safe.
The Chinese assurances were of no
value, and the news from China was a
tissue of rumors. This Informant de
clined to believe that the legations were
safe, since he remembered how easy It
would have been for the Boxers and
the soldiers to command every lega
tion, except the Austrian one, from the
wall which towered above them, a
short distance away.
Two facts stand out In this tangled
maze of uncertainties. One Is the ne
cessity for an army of from 50,tK)0 to
100,000 men. If China is to be rescued
from anarchy, and the second is the fact
that the Chinese troops are well armed
and In better condition for a warfare
under modern conditions than they
were in the campaign with Japan.
NEW YORK, June 26.-A dispatch to
the Journal and Advertiser from Che
Foo. June 23, says:
The arrivals today Included 148 per
sons In all. Including servants and at
taches of the mission.
The list of missionaries Is as follows:
From Pekin Reld, Davis. Hobart.
Walkers, Veritz. Gamewell, Lowry,
Ament. Ewlng, Wevell, Gilman, Gloss,
Martins.
These are of the American board of
Presbyterian ladies' mission.
From Tien Tsin Pye, Hayner. Pat
terson, Lowry, Roberts, Wilson. Bend.
Stevenson, Glover, Croucher, Shockley,
Gailey.
One hundred and forty-eight arrived
in good condition. ,
For Pao Ting Fu there is very little
hope.
TO FIGHT THE CHINESE.
EL RENO. Oklahoma. June 26.-A.
M. Ballwln, of El Reno, has recruited
a company of volunteers and has of
fered their services to the govern
ment in case hostilities require the
sending of more troops to China.
HILL BUYS A YACHT.
President of the Gr?at Northern Will
Cruise on the Great Lakes.
NEW Y'ORK, June 26.-The rumored
purchase of Mrs. James W. Martinez
Cardeza's steam yacht Eleanor by
President J. J. Hill, of the Great North
ern Railroad, has been confirmed by the
departure of the yacht from South
Brooklyn for the Great Lakes, where
she will be us?d by her owner, The
Eleanor's name has been changed to
Waucota. The yacht Is one of the
largest sea going pleasure craft and
one of the very few that have voyaged
around the world. She was built In
US5 for W. A. Slater.
The Wuucota is built of uleel through
out. She measures 232 feet over all.
20S feet on the water line, 32 feet beam,
17 feet five inches depth of hold and
15 feet draught. She Is bark rigged.
REBELLION IN CAPE
COLONY IS OVER
Commandant Villiers Surrenders
the Last Formidable Body.
ENVOYS LEAVE AMERICA
la Tbelr Fir.-wcll Address to tbe America
People Tbey Exprcif Appreciation lor
Our Sympatiy-Whtt tbe Boers
Think of tbe Silasiloa.
NEW YORK, June 26.-The Boer en
voys, who have been in the country for
the past two months, today Issued an
address to the people of the United,
States. After expressing regr;t at
their inability to accept many of the,
Invitations extended to' them, they ex
pressed their thanks to the American
public for the deep sympathy they have
shown for the cause of the two strug
gling republics.
Continuing, the address says:
''We now feel convinced that the
boastful allegation of the Colonial sec
retary and the British statesmen that
the people of this country sympathized
with the British empire in its attempt
to crash the liberty and Independence
of our two small republics Is absolute
ly devoid of truth."
The address then goes on at great
length Into the history of the relations
between Great Britain and the Boers,
which is characterized as one of "vio
lated faith and broken pledges, cloaked
under the display of magnanimous and
Irreproachable principles."
Coming down to the discovery of
gold in Johannesburg in 1SS6, the ad
dress says:
"AH the forces of land greed and
gold hunger, stimulated by the desire
to avenge what Is known as the batt'e
of MaJuba Hill, were let loose."
Then follows a history of the politi
cal agitation, which culminated In the
Johannesburg raid.
."Mr. Chamberlain. Sir Alfred Milner .
and Mr. Cecil Rhodes," continues the
address, "are the terrible diabolical
trinity which had brooded over ths
shape and destiny of South Africa dur
ing the calamitous period. These gen
tlemen combined forces so as to achieve
by subtlery and craft and misrepre
sentation what Dr. Jameson and the
raiders failed to obtain by open vio
lence." The address declares that the (apl
tallsts control the press of South Af
rica, and that the editors of these sub
sidized Journals were appointed special
correspondents of the principal London
dallies. The broad charge Is made that
Mr. Chamberlain's revival of the suz
erainty claim in 1S97, his public ut
terances. Sir Alfred Mllner's speeches
and inflammatory dispatches and the
efforts of the South African League
under the presidency of Cecil Rhodes
were all directed towards the ultimate
destruction of the two Dutch repub
lics. The address then takes up the var
ious internal questions which contrib
uted towards the war and dlscus'?a
them In great detail, making wholtj
eale denials of the English representa
tion. The address declares that at the
Bloemfonteln conference both President
Steyn and President Kruger endeavor
ed to avert the catastrophe by on
ceding even more than the original de
mands on the franchise question, but
their efforts were fruitless.
It Is asserted that the war was forced
upon the Boers and the claim Is ad
vanced that they took up arms only
In self-defense. The address contends
that the policy of Great Britain was
designedly shaped so as to compel the
Boers to send on the 9th of October
what Is commonly known as their ul
timatum to Great Britain.
Taking up the campaign to late, the
address says:
"The Boers may be In the end de
feated by overwhelming numbers, and
may ultimately be forced to surren
der, owing to difficulty of securing am
munition and provisions, but the con
duet of the present war, as well as the
history of the past 100 years. Justifies
us in saying that they will never be
conquered."
The address concluded by saying that
the envoys do not ask the direct or fa
vorable intervention of the United
States, but a continuance of the pub
lic sentlm;nt and support. The ad
dress Is signed by Abraham Finch -r,
C. H. Weasels und M, D. Wolmarans.
AWFUL DEATH NEAR ROSEBURG.
Young Man Dragged to His Death by
a Horse.
ROSEBURG, Or., June 26. Al!
Cochran, a young man of Myrtle ere.
met a horrible death there last eve
log. Cochran was leading a horse
water when It took fright, and the r
being fastened to his hand, he
dragged about half a mile and terrlt
mangled. The rope was Just U,
enough to reach the horse's heels a
every Jump the horse made its iw
struck Cochran's head.
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