Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-06-18

nicate with Kempg, and Then Reply.
MANILA, June 1S.-Ten a. m Manila
time the Ninth regiment has been or
dere to Manila. whence it will pro.
coed to China.
PARIS, June l8.-A cablegram re-
ceived from the French consul at Hong
kong did not mention the reported
murder of the German minister at
Pekin or the reported destruction of the
legations there. The French consul at
Tien Tsin telegraphed that the Euro
pean detachments sent to Pekin were
advancing very slowly. In the recent
rioting in Pekin, the consul reported
the Boxers burned the Protestant Epis-
copal establishments in the Chinese
town. All was quiet in the French
concession.
WASHINGTON, June i8--A third day
passed here without a single line of
news from any official source respecting
the critical situation in China. Inquir-
les of the cable companies showed that
not only were the communications by
wire with Pekin, Taku, TEN Tsin and
all Northern China suspended but the
notices conveyed little encouragement
for the hope that they would be soon re-
opened.
The navy department made an effort
to reach Rear Admiral Kempff ON his
flagship Newark at the Taku forts, at
the mouth of the Pei-Ho river 4 cable.
gram was addressed to the commander
OF the u. S. S. Yorktown, at Chez Foo,
repeating the message indited to Adj
mlral Kempff last Thursday, inquiring
as to his situation, the conditions at Pc
kin at last report aud into his need for
more men and ships, and directing the
commander to take the message at once
to Taku and return with the answer
The department is now pretty well as
sured That the original message never
reached Admiral Kempff. The depart
ment did not know whether the mes
sage to Che Foo could be delivered, but
made the effort. From Che Foo TO Taku
is only a single days run for the York
town, so that an answer from Admiral
Kempff should be received by tonight,
ii Che Foo was reached yesterday by
the Yorktown.
Failing this effort, resort will be
speedily had to other measures, If mean
time word is not received from someone
in authority in China.
Meanwhile, if the communications re-
main interrupted with Taku il is GER
tain { q movement will be ordered at
once to Manila to despatch more naval
force or troops on the transports, to re-
inforce Admiral Kempff and extend aid
to the international relief column which,
1t was beginning to be feared was itself
III sore need of help.
General Macarthur probably would
require few days to prepare military
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of reducing his present small garrison
in Manila. Even Admiral Remey may
be obliged to delay sending ships, ow-
ing to the absence Of the smaller craft
suitable for such service as is required
ON scouting duty among the islands of
the archipelago.
The state department received nu-
merous kilograms from relatives and
friends of Americans in northern China
and Pekln, praying for news touching
the welfare of their friends. Mr. Led
yard, of Detroit, father of the wife of
the German ambassador at Pekin. re-
ported to have been killed by the Box
ers, was one of the most anxious of
these lnqulrers, and eX-Secretary Alger
was another, each lntimating a willing
ness to meet any expense that might
be involved in an order from the de-
partment to some responsible officials
near the scene of the trouble to secure
information by any means in their
power.
LONDON, June 1S.--3 a. m.-There is
not cabinet in Europe apparently that
knows what has been transpiring in
Picking for five days or in Tien Tsin for
three days The German foreign office,
upon learning the report of the murder
of Baron Won Kettler, the German
minister at Pekin, sent a Geographic
inquiry to St. Petersburg, the Russian
government, because of its wires to
Manchuria being supposedly in better
position than the other governments to
get news. The German foreign office
was informed that nothing whatever
was known on the subject, as commu.
nication. with Pekin was interrupted.
The report spread world wide from
Shanghai that the legations had been
attacked ard that one minister, proba-
bly, the German, had been murdered,
was traced to the Tao Tai Shang who,
for few days, as the empress dowa-
gers agent, has been censoring tele-
grams from Shanghai.
According to another tale ran from
Shanghai dated June II, 1:25 p. m,
Shang had fled, fearing that the foreign
authorities Were about to arrest him be-
cause of his storpage of kilograms.
A third cablegram asserted that the
reports of the murder of German Min
lister emanated from London, Were
quite uncontirmed and diseredited at
Shanghai.
The German minister has been cap
tured," was the announcement to The
Morning Post, from Pekin, in a dis
patch dated June ID, 5 p. M, via Tien
Tsin, June l5 This was the latest press
message known to have left Pekin
Congressman Hoffecker Dead.
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