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FOREIGNERS AT PEKIN ALL SLAIN
PRINCE CIIINO DEAD IN THEIR DEFENSE
Boxers Make a Final Attack Upon the Legations and the Streets
Are Filled With Chinese and Foreign Dead.
ALLIES MEET WITH CRUSHING DEFEAT AT TIEN TSIN
BumIioi Reported Bt Slaugblcrluf Chlacu Without Retard to Aff or Set - Severs1
F.rclf otri Flee Tkro.fi Peltl.'i (Ulct Tkt Went Appear! loj Hire Hip-eatd-Forelja
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LONDON. July 13.-Th Shanghai
correspondent of the Dally Mall suy
that following tiy regarding the
position In Pkln emanate, from Chi
ne oifldal source.:
Th two remaining legation, the
liiltuh and Russian, were attacked In
fore on the evening of July Prlnc. j exculpatory atHt-im nt of yesterday U
Tuiir. being lit command. Tho attack' believed to be pregnant with meaning.
era writ divl led. Prince Tuan com-1 7
munOd tho center; th right win was WASHINGTON. July 12. The plana
M by Prince Tial Yin and the left j (if the war department for feeding the
by Prime Vln Lin. The reserve, were 1 nrmy In China are being gradu-
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fighting at Tl n Tslii. That, In iuelf,
la regards! as a hopeful algn of the
approaching collapse of the "Boxer"
movement, and tha termination of the
mate of Insurrection that exist, in Pe
kln and Khun Tung.
Victor do not apologize; hence the
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"Tlii attiivk commenced with artil
lery nVitlng which u severe and
liuted until 7 o'clork In the morning,
by which time both -gutluna were
il-.troyt-1 and all the foreigner were
while the atreet. around the le
gation wer? full of did buJie. of both
the forelitnera and the Chlneae.
"I Hn bearing f the a.ttack Prince
Chlng and Oen?ml Wang Wen 8h
went with troop, to the aHtance of
I the foreltftiera but they wero outnum-
bere! and defeated. Both Prince Chtng
ar.d General Wong Wen Sha were
killed.
'Several foreigner, are aald to have
(ciiped through the gate."
ally promulgated. AU the troops des
tined for XagikHukl with a probability
of a.-tvoe in China thall carry .Ixty
duya' rations which will be landed with
them. 1
Manila will be utjllted a. a bane for
ail scpplle. and the commissary de
fart men t hus enough material there to
meet all demand.. '
LONIKJN, July 13. A terrible veil
of silence enahroud. Pekln and then-
la nobody but what believe, that the;
worst ha. happened. It to tafeen for
granted that all the power, have ex
hausted every mean, to get direct new.
from their legation, and the fact that
their effort, have been In vain leave,
but one Interpretation.
Tho Chlr.ese representative In Uerlln
tb'til.'s the statement
('hang had sent to
WASHINGTON'. July U.-It Is the
understanding of Japanese official, here
that the Fifth army corps I. now be
ing put aboard transport, at one of
the great naval stations near Hiroshi
ma. It Is expected that the transport
will go forward In groups as fast as
' loaded, each group being accompanied
by a convoy "of warships to afford' pro
tection. The Japanese troops will go
straight to Taku., the trip taking
about time and a half day.
Y01COHAMA.July li-Though no de
clnlon ha. yet been announced It 1. cer
tain that Japan will aend nearly 50,000
troop, to China. The pres. agrie. that
the despatch of so large a force I a
duty In the Interest, of humanity, hut
that Ll Hung I a"" that a Inrga measure of re-
hlm a hopeful "nnwuiy tor me trouble rest, upon
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telegram. He say. that on the contrary
no direct telegram had been received
by him from 14 Hung Chang for .otne !
time.
Tho day', new. I. again restricted
to the usual crop of untrustworthy ru
mor, Hit most serious of which re
ported by the correspondent of the
hxprek. Is to the effect that Euro
pears are directing the Chinese mil
itary oj orations.
Statement, are In circulation in
Khanghul, accusing the Russian, of the
indiscriminate slaughter of friendly
Chinese non-combatants, without re
gurd tc ae or .ex. It I. stated that the
Tao Tal olllce of Shanghai protested
to the power., against these Itusclan
slaughters.
The news Is circulating throughout
Yang Tse valley that General Ma lias
Indicted a crushing defeat upon the
alius i t Tien Tsln, and that the for
els, 1 nrmy has been cut to piece, east
of Pekln.
Huula and Germany because ot their
arbitrary action In China,
Corfp miMii'e of Associated Press.)
TIKN TSIN. July f
for yesterday mornlni,. but It was post
poned because credible report, were in
circulation that 10.00 regular, from the
northwest had re-lnforced :he Chinese.
In the meantime the Chinese had re
moved two W7 gun. on tho fort, near
to the native city, aid had planted
fur In the op:m near the arsenal, two
ml!" away. The:.e shelled the city for
four hours, vending In mors thart 100
shells. They got the range of the pub
lic buildings and of th; club house
all about them. 'Foriunaiely most of
ths .hells were def.-.-tive and failed to
burst and the others had a small radlu
of effecUvtncia.
On th'j absence of a concerted plan
the P.usslans sent a few companies of
Cossack, with two field guns, and the
Japanesj a battery of six three pound
er and two companle of Infantry, up
poitlng the English 12-pounder. from
H. M. 8. Tenlble, to silence them. The
Torrlble' gun failed to get an effec
tive position and the Russian had on
gun dismounted and four men killed
early in the engagement The. Japan
ese were confident that thy silenced
th? gun In the open, but It appeared
to the on -looker that these gun fired
the last shot as the Japanese were
rtirln?. The llusslan lost heavily
and the Japanese had one killed and 12
wounded. The Chinese" threw a few
shell, ln'.o the city to .how that thcyj
were still alive. I
A Prlilsh officer described the situa
tion a chaos. He said:
"We have wasted many day In po
liteness and It 1 time we did some
thing." There is no disagreement among the
commanders, but, In the absence
of a definite hed. several of them are
disposed to follow their own method,
anl they simply abstain from opera
tion contrary to those method. The
foreign population is greatly aroused
concerning this apparent apathy. While
the 1 Ity 1. benar bombarded they are
likely to uff(-r heavily; and they can
not understand the apparent negligence
of the government to furnish relief,
and why reinforcements are not com
ing on faster. The American are par
ticularly dissatisfied because, though
they have one of the smallest repre
sentations, their interest are .econd
to none. One experienced officer .aid:
"It Is Impossible to realise at home
that there baa been more real war here
than in the Philippine."
The German have, occupied ' and
raised their Hag over the Imperial Uni
versity of Tien Tsln, The officer of
the university are Americana. The
viceroy deeoed the property to them.
Consul Kagtdale has protested against
the action of the German.
iseigian King, rrom Hong Kong, re.'
port that A. H liutler, president of
of the California Ic Oriental Steamship
Company, with his wife and daughter,
was In Pekln when the Iioxer move
nient became dangerous, and only left
the city the day before communlca
lion with the outside world was closed
They are now safe In Yokohama.
NBW YORK, July 12. A dlnpatch to
the Herald frm Rfrlin says:
A letter ha Just been published here
from Lieutenant Von Loeach, attache
of the Grman legation at Pekln. It 1
dated May 29, and show that the early
failure to Increase the guards of the
various legations wa due to the action
of the late Baron Von Ketteler. The
letter state that after the first at
tack by the Boxers on the Pekln-Han
kow railroad, a meeting of the minis
ters was held to decide whether addi
tional troops should be sent for to pro
tect the legations.
Baron Von Ketteler was very much
opposed to thl being done, while the
French minister wa very much in
favor of this course. The latter was,
however, overruled by his colleague.
M. Plchon wa so hurt by this refusal
to ask for guards that he wept. . An
other factor that led the minister, to
reach thi. unfortunate conclusion wa
tre desire of the diplomatic corps to
take their usual summer holiday, and
It was feared that If additional troops
were sent for they would not be able
to do so.
I-ater on, aa the Boxer movement In
creased, a second conference of minis
ter was called, at which it wa re
olved to bring detachments of at least
50 men to guard each legation. ,
CHICAGO, July 12.-A stiecial to the
j Tribune from Washington ay:
Secretary Hay today demanded of
the Chinese government that the state
department be put In communication
..1 . 'u - : ... .
ia vne iw, . wlrn vinister Conirer ot PoVIn itKr.
juiy , mvi cnaiignai, juiy 11. a
homogeneous army of half the strength
of the allied force could do better
MEXICAN TRAIN LOOTED.
First Train Hold-Up on Record In
Mexico.
MEXICO CITY. Mex., July 12.-A
daring train robbery took place Tues
day night near Chihuahua, on the Mex
lean Central. After the train side
tracked to let a passenger train pas
It. It wa found that the spikes on the
siding had been pulled out. The train
was derailed and the train crew at
tacked by a dozen bandit. Many
shot were fired. Meanwhile the passen
ger train arrived and the crew, taking
In th? situation, pulled back to Chihua
hua with the crew of the freight train.
K'ith a force' of police and rurales. the
passenger -train returned to the scene
of the hold-up. The robber had brok
en Into several frelfiht car and carried
away booty. The police-and soldier
started in pursuit, and one rebber wa
captured wkh some booty. Thu far
this is the first train hold-up on record
In Mexico.
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WASHINGTON. July 12.-"On to Pe
kln," Is the policy adopted by our
government. It I said that regardless
of the it-fUi's raised as to ihe authen
ticity of the last Chinese note or the
accurncy of Its statement of fact, or
the qi'estlon raised aa to the responsi
bility for the present situation, our
government la at least determined not
to relax Its efforts to rench Pekln, to
get In touch with Mr. Conger If he
la alive, to take the necessary step
for the protection' of American Inter
ests and. In fact, to do all those things
set out In Secretary Hay", not to the
power. Including the reckoning with
the person or person, responsible for
the outrageous event of the past lx
week.
Twenty-four hours' consideration of
the Chinese note leaves the official,
here convinced that it marks the be
ginning of a general effort on the part
of the Chinese official, to relieve the
Chinese from responsibility for th.
treatment of foreign minister, and the
FfSIONISTS FILL TICKET.
After a Long Tussel the Spoils
Divided.
work than I being done by them. The
cperall in are dangerously handicapp
ed and the safety of thi. city I. lm
Iwrllled by lack of organisation and the
want of on- commander to control all
the forces. The representatives of the
several nations inanajo their civil and
military affairs largely without co-op
eration. The ranking officer of each j
nationality has absolute jurisdiction
over the operation, of his government's
troops. Qnestlons of policy are dis
cussed dally at International confer
ences, which have not the power to en
fore? tha wishe. of the majority.
Admiral Seymour' method of com
manding Is to make requests which the
other commanders jrenra.lly follow;
but there have been Instances of the
tanking ottlcers holding aloof from op
erations of which they disapproved.
There I great need of more troops.
The present force of 10,000 men Is attempting-
to hold a line IS mile long
nround the city. There fa also great
noed of rebulldli-'g the railroad to Taku,
nnd getting artillery equal to the gun
with which the enemy are bombarding
the allies' positions. This work result
ed In substantial gain for the Chinese
as the allies lost SO or CO men and auc- j
ceeded In accomplishing nothing. j
Yesterday furnished a new illustra
tion of the weaknesc cf present meth
ods. A majority of the commanders
hod agreed that It wa Imperative to
attack the native city beyond the for
eign settlements, and to destroy the
artillery therein, which menaced the
settlements. The attack was fixed for
four day ago, but wa postponed be
cause the Uusslan commander consid
ered his nwn unfit for the duty after
their recent vork. It was again fixed
delay. I
Thi? demand was made unon Mr LINCOLN, Neb.. July 12.-The
Wu, the Chinese minister in Washinir- I brak ruslonists In the state couven
ton. who has. no doubt, laid the matter ! tions' beginning at 3 o'clock yesterday
before his government in a roundabout ' aftt?rnoon, completed their work at 6:30
way through Shtng. the director of the 'cloi k this evening, after an almost
Chinese telegraph system. rontinuous session. The ticket 1 as
Secretary Hay ha grown impatient ! follows: -at
the delay In hearing from authentic ' Govf nor. William A. Poynter, Pop
source the truth about the condition ullst; lieutenant-governor, E. A. Gll
ln Pekln, especially in regard to ' bcrt Silver, Republican; treasurer. S.
MinlRter Conger. I B. Howard.' Populist; attorney-general.
Apparently the Imperial government ' W m&w- D- 01(lnam. Democrat; auditor.
at Pekin, the secretary declared when ! 6. Griess, Populist; land commia
the Chinese minister appeared at the
department of ihe state' with a copy
of the Imperial decree, was in commun
ication with the outside world, and
there was no reason why Washington
8hould not be permitted to communi
cate to its representative at' the Chi
nese capitol.
Secretary Hay pointed out that while
oms credence should be put In ad
vices from Pekln. all of which came
from Chinese sources, the beat way to
prove their accuracy and authenticity
wu to permit Minister Conger to send
a message to hi government. It Is be
lieved the position taken by Secretary
Hay will produce immediate results.
SENATOR LODGE
NOTIFIES M'KINLEY
The President Reviews the Great
Issues in His Reply.
CROWD HEARS THE SPEECHES
sloner. H. R. Carey, Populist.
One-naif of the presidential electors
were given to the Populists and the
other half to the Democrats and Sil
ver, Republicans.
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NEW YORK. July 12.-A dispatch to
the Journal and Advertiser from Che
Foo, dated July 8, says:
A courier from Sir Robert Hart In 1
Pekln has Just arrived, bringing this
message dated June 25:
"Close to good bye. Near the end."
WILL MEtT AT TACOMA.
Washington Republican Committee
. Frepares for the Convention.
SEATTLE, July 12. At the meeting
of the Kepublican state central com
mittee today it was decided to hold the
nominating convention in Tacoma, Au
gust IS. No other city was an ap
plicant for the honor. The basis of
representation will be two delegates at
large from each county and one dele
gate for each 100 votes or major por
tion thereof cast In each county for
W. L. Jones for congressman In 189$.
NEW YORK, July 12.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Shanghai says:
A private letter from Pekln, dated
June 24, and received at Tien Tsln June
SO, says:
"We are In danger of death. Thirty
thousand troops ore attacking. Only
three days' food Is left.
'.'No news from troops. If no troops
come ail seems hopeless.
"Mallen's store has been burned and
the Hotel de Pekln bombarded. The
Italian, Dutch, American and part of
the Hritish legations have been
burred." .
This confirms Sir Robert Hart's dis
patch of the same date. Yuan Shlh Kl
has telesraphed Taotl Sheng that he
has received a verbal message from
Pekln. dated July 5, to the effect that
two legations were still uncaptured
and that more than half the Boxers had
dispersed. Refugees who arrived today
from Ti-n Tsio, w hi. h thy left on July
5. regard the position of foreigners at
Pekln as hopeless since June 26. J
SAN DIEGO. July 12.-The steamer
IMPRISONED IN THE "BRIG."
Captain to Be Court-Martlaled for
Brutal Treatment of a Sick Man.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 12. Charges
looking tc the trial by court-martial
have been preferred with Colonel Long
against Captain Charles T. Baker, of
the United States transport Sumner.
The cause of complaint is that Captain
Baker caused the death of Henry B.
Ryan by confining him in the "brig,"
or prison aboard ship, while he was
ill. In consequence of this a charge of
murder is preferred against Captain
Baker.
DEMOCRATS AT INDIANAPOLIS.
Side-Show Will Be Held There to At
tract Indiana Voters.
CHICAGO. July 12. Bryan and Ste
venson will be officially notified of their
nomination at Indianapolis on August
8, if the plan adopted by the Demo
cratic managers today holds good.
Msynr Thrna Tamrt, of Indianapo
lis say the Democratc will be able
to carry Indiana If the notification
ceremonies are held In the Hoosler
capital.
Lodje Speak Fren lb Same Porta
Wilts Senator Taursloa Gave a Similar
Address F.r Yuri Ajo-MiKiolcr
t Write Mil View i Detail.
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CANTON. O., July 12,-The secna
notification of William McKlnley that
he haa been elcctei as the nominee of
the Republican party for president wa.
made at the same place as the first,
and all the accessories were similar to
the occasion of four year ago. Th.-a
the chairman of the committee was
Senator John M. Thurston, of Nebras
ka, w ho had been permanent chairman
of the convention. Today Senator Hen
ry C. Lodge, of Massachusetts, stood
upon the same porch and In the prs
ence of a vast multitude officially n'tl
ried President McKlnley that he was
the unanimous choice of the Republi
can national convention for president.
The speech of Senator Lodge and the
response of Mr. McKlnley were intend
ed to be more than formal, and to a
certain extent formed the basis upon
which the campaign Is to be fought
this year. Their utterances were lis
tened to with the closest attention by
the many prominent Republicans pres
ent.
Mr. Lodge said In part:
"Mr. President: This committee, rep
resenting every state In Ihe Colon and
the organized territories of the United
States, wa duly appointed to announce
to you. formally, your nomination by
the Republican national convention,
which met In Philadelphia June 1J
last. -as tha candidate of the Republi
can party lur president M the United
States for the term beginning March
4. 190L
"To be selected by the Republican
party as their candidate for this great
othce is always one of the highest hon
ors which can be given to any man.
This noinlnation.however, comes to you.
sir, under circumstances which give It
higher significance and make It an
even deeper expression of honor and
trust than usual. You were nominated
Are unanimously at Philadelphia. You re
ceived the unf rced vote of every dele
gate; from every state and every ter
ritory. Such unanimity, always re
markable. Is here the more Impressive
because It accompanies a second nomi
nation to the great office which you
have held for four years. It Is not the
facile triumph of hope over experience,
but the sober approval of conduct and
character tested In many triuls ami
tried by heavy and extraordinary re
sponsibilities. "With the exception of the period
In which Washington organized the
Nation and built the state, and of those
other aw ful years w hen Lincoln lead his
people through the agony of civil war,
ard saved from destruction the work
of Washington, there never has been a
presidential term In our history so
crowded with great events, so filled
with new and momentous questions, as
that which Is now drawing to Its end.
"On ail of these questions you fulfilled
the hopes and Justified the confidence
of the people who four years ngo put
trust in your promises. ,
"But on many of theee ques'lons vou
had as guides not only your own prin
ciples, the well-considered reculls of
yurs of training and reflection, but
also the plain declarations ot the 'na
tional ; convention which nominated
you in 1S96.. Far different was it when
the Cuban question, which we had al
ready promised to settle, brought war
I and then peace with Spain. The peace
you had to make alone. Cuba, Porto
Rico, the Philippines; you had to as
sume alone the responsibility of tak
ing thern ail from Spain. Alone and
weighted with the terrible responsi
bility of the unchecked war powers
of the constitution, you were obliged
to govern these islands and to repress
rebellion and disorder In the Philip
pines. No party creed defined the
course you were to follow. Courage,
foresight, comprehension of American
interests, both now and in the unchar
tered future, faith in the American peo
ple and in their fitness for great tasks,
were then your only guides and coun
sellors. ,
"Thus you framed and put In opera
tion this great new policy which has
made us masters of the Antilles and a
great Eastern power, holding firm our
pissesslons on both sides of the Pacific.
Rest assured, sir, that the veor.-'u
measures which you have thus been
enabled to take, and that nil further
measures In the same direction which
you may take, for the protection of
American iiv tni r
celve the hearty support of the people
ot the United States who are now. aa
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