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After Several Hard Battles With
Up the Attempt
ALLIED FORCES MEET WITH
The Railway Llnei Bclif Deitrayea, Forehjs
Tila Adalril Kesipfl Fills ( Keep tb America! Ooversmeat lalormcd,
aid lb Aulhorltlet Art Dlitaitcd-MiKialey Expresses Confi
de ic la the Slluilloa. Bui Cabinet Officer ,
Dlssgrct Witt) till View.
LONDON. Ju ie- The adventures
of tli hard-fig htlng allies under Ad
miral Seymour, lh-ir retelling Anting,
twelve miles from Pekin. their decls-
I ton to retreat, the capture of rice and
Immense stores of nodern arm and
I.
ammunition. afTorlint material for
strenuous defense until relieved nil
till. It told In A dlnpatch from Admiral
Seymour, recelvej by the admiralty
at midnight. whl.-h runs its followa:
"Tl-n Tsln. June 27. via Che Foo,
June 20. 10:05 p. in. Have returned
to Tl-n Tain with foreea, having been
unable to n a - h Pekln by rail. On June
Uih two attacka on the advance guard
were made by Ihe lloxera who were re-
pulsed with ronsld-rable Iom to them
and none o'l our 'aide. On June 14 the
loxers attacked the train at Lang
Tan In largs numbers und with great
lb-termination. We 'tpuUed them with
lo of about 100 killed. Our loss waa
evn Italian.. On the same after
noon the Boxers attacked the Brit
l.h guar! left to pro'.ect Lofa atatlon.
Reinforcements were tent back and. the
enemy driven off with one hundred
killed. Two of our teamen were
wounded. '..
"We puihi-d forward to Anting and
engaged the enemy on June 11 and on
.time 14, InMctlng a loia of ITS killed,
There wer no canualtlea on our aldo.
The extenalve leatructlon of the
railway In our from having made fur
ther advance by rail Impossible. I de
cided, on June 1 to return to Vang
T.un where It waa proposed to organ
lie an advnnce by ;he .'Iver to Tekln.
After my departure from Lang Tang
two trains, whloh were left to follow,
were attacked or June 18 by the Box-
irs and Imperial troops from Pekln,
who lost from o to 500 killed. Our
inKiialtl's were six Killed and forty
eleht woun VM. These trains Joined me
at Yang Tsun the same evening.
"On June 19 .the 'voundel, with the
nercisarlea, started by boat, the forces
marching along the side of the river.
Opposition was experienced during the
whola course of the river from near
ly every village, the Boxers, when de
feated In one village, retiring to the
next and skilfully - retarding our ad
vance by occupying well-selected posi
tions from which they had to be forced
often at the lnt of the bayonet and,
in the face of a calling Are, difficult
to locate.
"On Jure 23 we made a night march,
arriving nt daybreak opposite the Im
perial armory above Tien Tsln, where,
aft r friendly advances, a treacherous
tire was opened, while our men were
exposed on the opposite side of the
river. The enemy were kept In check
by a rltle fire In front while their po
sition was turned by a party of ma
rines and seamen under Major John
son, who rushed and occupied one of
the salient points, seizing many guns.
"The Germans, lower down, silenced
two guns and then crossed the river
and captured them. Tne armory was
kept occupied by the combined force.
Determined attempts to retake the ar
mory were made on the following day
hut unsuccessfully.
"We found Immense stores of guns,
arms and ammunition of the latest pat
tern, Severn! of the guns were mounted
In our defensa and were used to shell
the Chinese forts lower down. Having
found ammunition and rice, we could
have held out for several days; but
being hampered with large numbers of
wounded, I sent to Tien Tsln for a
relieving force, which arrived on the
morning of Jun? 25. The armory was
evacuated anl the forces arrived at
Screens and Screen frames,
Fire and Drauoht Screens....
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the Boxers, the Admiral Gives
to Reach Pckin.
MANY SERIOUS OBSTRUCTIONS
Trtp An UmptWci it R.lreat to Ties
Tien Tsln on June 2. We burned the
armory.
'The caual'.l:B to date are: British
killed 27. wounded 75; American-killed
4, wound d 25; French kliu-d 1,
wounded 10; Germans killed 12, wound
ed 62; Italians killed 5, wounded 3;
Japanese klllt-d 2, wounded 3; Aus-trluns-
killed 1, wounded, 1; HuB.'lans
-killed 10. wounded 27.
WASHINGTON. June 29. President
McKlnley figt:ing Washington for
hla Canton home tonight, full of con
fidence that the situation In China has
Improved, though it la fair to say that
all the memb-rs of his oftlcial family
do nut agree with him In that con
clusion. Indeed, the day's news, limited though
It was to a single cablegram from
Admiral Kempft and the preparation
of Instructions to Ckneral Chaffee, set
out nothing calculated to strengthen
the hopes of the friends of the foreign
ministers and mls.-U jmirlos who have
now been silent for fully two weeks.
Kempff'i '.-ablegram was a disap
pointment n his contusion that he
knew nothing of the whereabouts of
the missing people, and there are many
expressions of wonder that neither that
officer nor any of the foreign naval
commanders at Taku have been Ingen
ious enough to estibllsh some sys
tem of spying so as to learn within
two weeks what has taken place at
Pekln. Still. It Is said at the navy de
partment that It would be manifestly
unfair to pronounce criticism upon
him until all the facts develop.
The state dparimnt has been made
acquainted with the terms of an agree
ment between the consuls and viceroys
looking to the protection of foreign
Interests In the Southern provinces In
China. The first step to this end was
Indicated In Secretary Hay's cable
gram of l.wt Wednesday to the Amer
ican consul In China, authorizing
them to take direct action instead of
waiting on oosslble communications
with .Minister Conger. Thus author
ized. Consul-General Goodnow, at
Shanghai, and probably several others
In the south, began negotiations with
the viceroys and the Tao Tals of their
respective districts. The outcome was
the nine articls of agreeemnt. The
text Is withheld here from publication,
but It Is understood that the general
purpose Is to make neutral the Chinese
treaty ports at Nankin and Hankow.
Neutralization would lnvolv-3 the with
drawal of foreign men-of-war from the
treaty ports and also of any foreign
troops or sailors, leaving to the Chi
nese authorities and residents of Shang
hai and other ports the preservation
of order. The ugrement is believed to
have come to the state department
through Mr. Wu, the Chinese minister,
and Is probably one of a number of
Identical notes addressed to the Euro
pean powers and to the United States.
The cabinet fnllsd to ratify the agree
ment at today's meeting.' In fact, the
document In Its Inception and various
stages of development, will be regard
ed as properly open to Buch doubt as
to warrant the belief that the foreign
consuls, as a body, certainly never en
tered Into the agreement.
NEW YORK, June 29. Rev. t)r. Ar
thur J. Brow.i, one of the secretaries
of the Presbyterian board, today sent
the. following cable to Rev. W. O.
Elterleh, secretary of the association
at Che Foo:
"Spare no expense to save Presby
terian missionaries."
Dr. Brown alsa cabled Rev. George
F. Fitch, at Shanghai, as follows:
"Order Kuling missionaries to port.
Cable particulars, Where ! Morris?"
Kuling Is a town 450 miles up the
Tang Tie river and 15 miles from
the river. Thu st-amers on the Tang
Tse are run oy 'foreigners, but there
are t'hlne forts all along the river
and. If the trouble should extend down
to that regbn, the missionaries at
Kuling would be cuf off from the civil
ized world entirely. The Karris re
ftrred to Is the Rev. Dr. Morris.
LONDON. June 29. There Is abko
Intely no authentic word as to the
whereabouts of the members of lega
tions, although abundant reports from
Chinese aourcr.s say that they were
safe a few days ago.
LONDON, June 30. Lord Wolsoly,
In an Interview published this morn
ing, says:
"China posaisses every requisite for
overrunning the world. She has s pop
ulatlon of four hundred rnilMon. she
his enormously developed wetlth and
still more enormoui natural wealth
awaiting development. Her men. If
properly drilk-d and led, are admira
ble soldiers. They are plucky and able
lo live on next to nothing. Monover,
they are absolutely fearless of deain.
Begin with a foundation of millions
upon ml'llons of such soldiers as ti;?se
men are capable of bt-lng made, and
tell me, If you tan, here the end v 111
be."
WASHINGTON. June 29.-The navy
department this morning received the
following cablegram from Admiral
Kemptr:
"Che Foo, June 29. Secretary of the
Navy Pekln relief expedition now In
Tien Tsin with 200 sick and wounded.
The ministers and Pekln party are
not with them. No news from them."
The department wa also advised
this morning that Admiral Rem.'y. on
the Brooklyn, has arrived at Hong
Kong, en route to Taku. The Brooklyn
will sail tomorrow for Taku via Na
gasaki.
Admiral Kempff today acknowledged
the err5r he had made In reporting the
presence of the foreign ministers with
Admiral Seymour's column, eight miles
out from Tien Tsln. His cablegram
this morning admits that there Is no
knowledge of their whereabout, and it
Is assumed the error in the first report
arose from the admiral's acceptance
of a rumor that was very generally cur
rent at the time the cablegram was
sent
The fact that the admiral's message
Is dated at Che Foo today warrants the
supposition that telegraphic communi
cation has been restored between that
point and Taku, where the foreign
fleet lies. There Is, however, a possi
bility that the admiral could get a
dispatch across from Taku to Che Foo
the same day by pushing the Torktown,
which has been used as a dispatca
boat. Admiral KempfTg r.ewa has added to
the depression In official quarters.
Admiral Remey Is pushing the Brook
lyn with all dispatch toward Taku. and
he cabb-s that he will sail from Hong
Kong northward tomorrow. His main
care will bo to arrive at Taku v.lth.
full coal bunkers, thus making sure
that the Brooklyn will be ready for any
service required when she reaches that
port. Hence his announced purpose to
stop at Nagasaki. The stop there also
will enable the navy department to
change his orders by direct cable com
munication In ' case the conditions
change during the Brooklyn's five days'
run to Nagasaki so as to make It nec
essary to do so. This port is scarcely
out of the route between Hong Kong
and Taku. sor there will be practical
ly no loss of time Involved In enter
ing Nagasaki.
No news from any of the American
state dtpurtment's officials In China
was received today. Secretary Hay,
who was severely taxed by the ex
hausting labors thrown upon nlm dur
ing the present heated spell, was In
disposed today, and remained at his
homr. while Assistant Secretary Hill
looked after the routine business of the
state department.
BERLIN, June 29. The German con
sul at Che Foo telegraphs under date
of June i!Sth that nothing is knowu
concerning- the foreign ministers. He
adds that the railroad between Taku
and Tien Tsln was still threatened, and
that the bombardment of Tien Tsln
on the w est continues, though the Chi
nese shells explode badly. It was al
so said that three residents had been
killed or wounded.
LONDON. June 29.-The fact that a
large internatloanl forte Is on Its way
to Pekln is taken in London to mean
that the commanders at Tuku and Tien
Tsln consl ler "seme one at the capi
tal stands In need of relief," support
ing the hope that the legations have
been kept In safety'there. But It Is Im
possible to deduce a satisfactory con
clusion from the absolutely antagonistic
telegrams, the most contradictory of
which appear to emanate from the
same source, the viceroy of Nankin.
The viceroy's strange report that the
ministers were arranging peace terms
remains unexplained. The general ten
or of the news is regarded as show
ing that the foment may be coutir.g
and that the Chinese govenment Is pos
sibly preparing to disavow the pro
moters of the out-break.
Hong Kong reports that the viceroy
of Kwang SI province has called out
the mllltlit for service In caite of uner
g ncy. Thu householders are b- Ing
tompfillH to pay f.,r the cost of th
mobilization.
According to a dinatch from Voko
huma (llvlbd opinions wvre exjtreM
at yehterdfiy'g mating of the Japa
nese tauini. i tie ministers of war
and marine ami thtlr supporter org
ed that Japan should uiidtrlak- U
upprIfm of the rebels In China,
while another section contended that
Japan ought to confine her efforts to
the protection of foreigners.
Advices from fit. Petersburg report
absolute normal activity In navy circles
The reserves, It appears, are about to
be called out, and ten torpedo-boa
are being prepared for Immediate dls
patch to reinforce the Russian Pacific
squadron.
PAP.13, June 29.-The minister of
foreign affairs, M. Delcasse, Inform
the cabinet council today that the vice
roy of Yunnan had telegraphed that
M. Francois, the French consul, and
hi. party, who left Yunnan Sen. June
24, hid reached Tong Hal, halfway to
Tonquln, June 27, safely. The vice
roy. It was further announced, hal
cajstd the ringleaders of the mob
which attacked the. Francois party June
7. to be beheaded.
The French government, M. Delcas.se
further said, was In receipt of a cable
dispatch saying the viceroys of Nan
kin and Hankow guaranteed the safe
ty of foreigners In the central and
southern provinces, where ord'j. It is
asserted, has thus far been undisturbed,
Later It was announced that the Chi
nese legation here had communicated to
the French government the text of a
document cabled by the viceroys of
Nankin and Hankow, June 27. which
Is an agreement between the viceroys
and consuls at Shanghai, whereby, sub
Ject to certain conditions, the viceroys
undertake to protect the mlssionari s
and foreign merchants In South and
East China, The document, which
was sent for ratification by M. Delcasse,
consists of nine articles.
BERLIN, June 29. Since -the receipt
of Admiral Bendemanns dispatch an
nounclng the arrival of the legationers
it Tien Tsin with Admiral Seymour,
the foreign office nere has received no
further information either way. While
admitting the possibility that Ad
ffiiiel Bendemann w as misinformed, the
foreign office assumes the correctness
of his dispatch until the contrary is
proved. It admits, however, that It is
very singular that the other powers
have not receive news similar to that
cabled by Admiral Bendemann.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 3. The
transport Grant, which will sail Sun
day for Nagasaki, and thence, it Is
believed, to Che Foo or Taku, will car
ry 800 men of the Sixth cavalry, which,
in addition to a hospital corps, made
up at the Presidio, 300 recruits and 200
marines, will constitute the force going
to China. The Ninth Infantry and a
signal corps from Manila and the ma
rines already In China, will complete
General Chaffee's forces, making 6,000
to 8,000 in all
Three surgeons will accompany the
hi spital corps. Acting Assistant Sur
goen John T. Hallsell nill have chars
of the medical department of the trans
port. NEW YORK. June 29. A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says:
The missing links In the chain of re
lief In China are recovered one by one.
The only remaining missing link is the
body of foreign ministers and refugees
in Pekln, and there seems little reason
to doubt .that they are 3afe, whether
in the capital or on the way to the
coast. The British admiralty Is be
hind them, but has contrivtd to report
that Tien Tsin was shelled for five days
with little loss, and that Admiral Sey
mour seized an arsenal during his re
treat and was hard pressed when rein
forcements were sent to him. To these
meager explanations was added in
parliament an additional detail that the
viceroy at Nanking had telegraphed to
the British consul-general ut Shanghai
that the foreign legations In PeUIn
continue to receive every protection
from the Imperial government.
Details are still lacking, but It Is evi
dent that Admiral Seymour's relief col
umn was cut oft from supplies and un
able lo either reach Pekin or to return
to Tien Tsin, when the Russians, Amer
icans and other allied forces reinforced
it Monday. It had not accomplished
any useful purpose nid had been un
der fire for a fortnight and on short
rations.
The situation has cleared mffl
ciently to admit a perspective view of
the British and American policy.
What the British policy in China is,
nobody outside the foreign ofllce here
professes to know. Lord Salisbury
has not disclosed any objective points
beyond the protection of the British
legation and commercial lnt rests.
He has not started out well, for the re
lief force commanded by Seymour ha3
returned to Tien Tsin after being
thwarted and baffled In the attempt to
reach Pekin, and the Russian cclunin
with other foreign contingents ha3 res
cued It.
England has taken a tuberdlnate part
In the bombardment of the Taku forts,
and the European forces have rescued
the relief expedition, which was badly
(Continued on Fourth Page.)
OREGON AGROUliD
NEAR CHE
rnry
Battleship Reported to Have
Cone Ashore in a To.
ASSISTANCE FROM SHANGHAI
T Dispatches Corroborative of Earlier Re-porU-Ne
Official Newi of the Act!
deal Received al VVuhinjtoa
tp ( Midnight.
SHANGHAI, June 20. It is r.-p .rfl
here that the United States battleship
Oregon Is ash re 50 mli;-s north of Che
Foo.
LONDON, June 30. -The Shanxhat
correspondent of the Times telegraph
ing Friday, says:
"The battleship Oregon went ashore
In a fog off Hoo Kie Uland. 35 miles
north of Che Foo. Messrs. Jardine
Mathleson and Company are rending
her assistance.
WASHINGTON. June 29. -Up to mid
night tonight no official news had be en
received in Washington bearing upon
the report that the battleship Oregon
had gone ashore near Che Foo.
NEW3 FP.OM ROBERTS.
British War Office Receives an
Tm-
portant Dispatch From the
General.
LONDON. June 30.-The war
otiiee
Lord
has received the following from
Roberts:
"'Pretoria, June 29. Paget reports
from Lindley that he was engaged June
28th with a body of the enemy who
were strongly reinforced during the
day. A convoy of stores for the Llivl
ley garrison was also attacked on June
2ith. but after a heavy rear guard ac
tion of the convoy It reached Lindley
n safety. Our casualties were ten
killed and four officers and about 50
men wounded. The fight reported yes-
rday was under Lieutenant-Colonel
Grenfell. not Dreiper. Brabant came
up during the engagement. The total
casualties of the two columns were
three killed and twenty-three woun led.
On the previous day near FUk-
burg, the Boyes' brigade was in ac
tion with a body of the enemy. Our
casualties were two officers killed, four
men wounded and one man missing.
Methuen found yesterday that the Boer
laager near Vachkop and Spitzkop ha 1
beer, hastily removed In the direction
of Lindley. He followed the enemy
welve miles and captured 8,000 sheep
and 500 head of cattle, which the ene
my bad seized In that neighborhood.
Our casualties were four men wound
ed.
"Hunter continued his inarch yester
day toward the Vaal river unoppos
ed. Many farmers along the route have
urrendered.
"Springs, the terminus of the railway
from Johannesburg, iue east, was at
tacked yesterday morning. The Cana
dian regiment which garrisoned the
place, beat off the enemy. No cas
ualties wers reported. Lieutenant
North, reported missing after the at
tack on the construction train, ia u
prisoner cf the Bo?rs."
STANDS ON HIS RECORD.
Roosevelt Says He Will Rest Upon Ills
Record for Support.
NEW YORK, June 29. Governor
Roosevelt came Into the city txlay from
Oyster Bay and spent the forenoon in
arranging private business matters. He
left tonight for Oklahama, where he
Is to attend the Rough Riders' reunion
to celebrate the battle of San Juan.
Colonel Roosevelt, referring to the
coming campaign, said:
'I shall make my fight in the cam
paign entirely on my record as gover
nor. There will be no 'Rough Rider"
xcitement, no khaki uniforms or any
thing of that sort."
PRODUCE EXCHANGE BUSY.
Refuses Petition to Clone on the
Day
Before the Fourth.
NEW YORK, June 29. Owing to the
ctlvity in the grain trade, the man
gers of the produce exchange have
refused to grant a petition af-UIng that
the exchange might be closed nex.t
I'uesday, the day before the Fourth of
uly.
HARVARD'S STROKE BETTER.
Oarsman V.'ho Collapsed !n ilia 1:j...o
Mow Improving.
NEW LONDON. Conn.. Juiw
L. Harding , Harvard's trtn.-k
(.'.
who
collapsed during the 'vur-ity raw.
not seriously ill. lie uss able- to hi i
last night.