Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-06-28
AMERICANS KILLED
emp Reports a Disaster x..-
Tien-Tsln

NNN >iltIu, JuHp "a
In ambuscade near Tien-tsin On the
Nlst four of Walters command killed
ana seven wounded. Names will ba
furnished as soon as received. Forca
day. 'o-
Inc secretary of the, navy has or
dered Admiral Remey to 60 with the
b~rooklyn to Taku and to tender to
zen. Macarthur conveyance of anv
army troops which the Brooklyn can
carry.
Long Fakes Prompt Action
Admiral Kempff's dispatch. giving
the nrst definite news of the shedding
OF American blood on Chinese soil
came early yesterday morning and
was turned over TO Secretary Long as
soon as he arrived at the department.
with Admiral Crowninshield the secre
tary carried this dispatch to the White
house, where, on the presidents re-
turn from church, it was laid before
MIN. The determination thereupon
was reached to order Admiral Remey.
III command of the Asiatic squadron,
from Manila to Taku on board of the
arlnored cruiser Brooklyn. The Brook
Ign Is expected to sail at n as
Ia Orders Sent
contemplate getting the admiral on
the scene at the earliest moment. The
advantage of this, Il was officially
stated, is not so much in adding the
strength of the Brooklyn to the feet
already there, as the feet is considered
by Secretary Long to be quite ade-
quate, as 1t Is in allowing the authOri-
ties here 10 deal directly with the stu.
alton in China instead of through the
circuitous communications by wav of
Manila. Admiral kempff's reports
that four Americans were killed and
seven wounded
In the Ambuscnde
Of Walters force caused the gravest
concern among officials, but the chief
Tear was as to the outcome as to the
second attack which the admiral re-
ported would begin to-day.
While the Berlin reports as to the
safety of Baron Won Kettler and the
legations at Picking appear to dispose
of n Of the most alarming stories
of the crisis, Minister Conger at Pc
king is still cut off from communica-
ton here, and there is no direct and
official assurance of the safety of the
ministers and legations. nor is there a
word Of the relief force including the
Americans which sought to break
through to Picking.
increases in Peril.
London, June %. 49, The position Of
the international forces in Northern
China where 10000 men are striving
to keep a footing and to succor the le-
cations in Picking appears to increase
in peril with every fresh dispatch.
Picking has not been heard from direct
for fourteen days. The last dispatch
was one implOring aid. Admiral Sey-
mour's column of 1000 was la5t heard
from twelve days ago. At that time it
Was Surrounded
midway between Picking and flemish.
| Possibly now it has reached Picking.
| The 5000 internatiOnals at Tien-tsin
We're hard pressed and fighting for
their lives on Thursday, and a rallying
i0rce of less than n thousand had been
beaten back 10 Taku Friday. OBJ
| servers on the spot think that 100000
men would not be too many to grasp
| China firmly. The admiralty has re-
ceived the following from the British
rear admiral at Taku. dated June %:
One RumOr Got Through.
"Only one INT has got through
from Tien-tsin for five days. No in
formation could be obtained except
that the foreign settlement had been
almost entirely destroyed and that our
people were fighting hard. News is re-
ceived as this telegram is dispatched
that an attempt to relieve Tien-tsin en-
| June 30 was repulsed, with some loss.
The allied admiralS are working in
| perfect accord, with the Russian vice
admiral as senior officer"
Defeat of Allied Forces.
A press message from Shanghai,
| dated Yesterday at 4 p. m, embodies
some later information. 1t says:
Official japanese kilograms confirm
the reports Of a defeat of the allied
forces at Tien-tsin. The Russian adj
| miral, Hi'debrandt, yesterday sent a
mixed force OF 1000 from Taku to at
tempt the relief of Tien-tsin. Nearly
half Of the force consisted OF Japan
csc. The remainder was made up of
contlngents representing the other ma
TORS.
Guns Are Superior.
The guns of the Chinese around
Tien-tsin are superior TO anything the
defending European force has or Is
likely to have tor some time. 1t was
reported last evening that the allied
| forces had blown up the Taku forts
md that every available man had been
sent TO the relief of Tien-tsin. Two
thousand three hundred Chinese
bodies are alleged to have been Gre
mated at Taku and more than 1000
Chinese are said TO have been killed
at Tien-tsin. Chinese runners VINO
have arrived AT Taku report a foreign
force was engaged several days ago
with an overwhelming body OF Chi
nese forty miles west of Tien-tsin. IT
is assumed that this force was Admiral
S~aymour'S."