Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-06-20
LATEST FROM CHINA.

LATEST FROM CHINA.
fragments Gathered at N. Navy De-
partn-Bt ir"m Narina. S"arr-..
Washington. June 10. The navy de.
pnrtment has been informed by Admiral
KempH that the Taku forts Sunday fired
on the foreign ships. and after brief
engagement surrendered Theaccounts
of what took place are still unsatisfac.
tory. the best semioiIicial information
being tho dispatch resolved at Berlin
from Che Fu1. which Is as follows:
The German consul at Che Foo tele.
CRAPS that a japanese torpedo boat from
Taku has h'en reporter The Chinese
laid torpodoe, In the Taku river and
troops from Shan Hei Kwan.
Tf-spmrr assembled ON the flagship
CRusha. aud addressed an ultimatum
20 the comMandors Of the Taku forts.
summoniug tA,m TO withdraw their
troops before 6Sock June a.
Alta IN June f.Nhe guns Of the
forts opened Gre, To whicReS Russian.
British. French and Jarnnese-warships
replied The bombardment lasted sofen
hours Two British ships driven b..
tween the forts are reported to have
been sunk
THE telegraph line and railroad be-.
tween Ten TIn and Taku were de.
stroyed Communication by water is
also threatened
II is reported from London that Ad.
miral Seymour had 10 abandon his
march To Pekin and had returned 70
Tien T.in
Tho unofficial narratives. coming by
way Of Shanghi. are very widely and
bear internal evidence Of experimenting
the main facts with guess work
one dispatch says the Yorktown par.
ticipated in the bomhardment Another
asserts that American marines formed
/ part of the storming force Of 1000
The casualties 20 the mixed force at
Taku were as follows;
Killed British. /: German. 3. Russian.
1; French /
British, I; German. 7;Rus.
sian. 90, French, l.
Four hundred Gu inese are reported
killed.
Its asserted the forts began firing in
observance Of orders from Pekin. con.
veyed in personal edict Of the empress
dowager by the advice Of Kang vi,
president Of the ministry Of war
Several ships were struck by shell,
from the l2.inch guns Of the forts
Thirty.two warships took part in the
bombardment at Taku. They aggregat
ed 10000 tons and carried more than
300 guns.
The failure 81 Admiral Seymour,
column aud It's retreat 10 Tion Tsin in
oreases the peril Of the legations in Pc
kin, which is still isolated. although
Chinese rumors that the legations wer,
attacked hy the mohs who were MOVED
down by the machine guns. aud ais,
that the members of the legations wer,
mnsAcred.
The situation nc Min Chwang is re-
ported critical. The British consul a
Kin Kwang has ordered all foreigner
70 leave Ku Ling and Nan King Chang
The powers are taking prompt action
-Four thousand German troops have beef
ordered 70 China. 10000 French troop
are waiting To embark at Aigon. capita
Of French Cochin. China. and iron
5000 to soon more Russians have beet
ordered from Port Arthur 10 Taku
Great apprehension exists at the nav,
department rs TO the fate Of the Unitei
States marines Of 56 men which wer
landed at ren Tsin, and dispatched b
rail 20 PelSin before the RAILWAY was in
terruptod. They went forward TO Peh
under an authorization granted bv IN
Chinese government 20 the United State
minister At polUn IN common with othe
ministers 70 employ a naval guard a
che legation
just hcforo.tho wires were cut wor
came that Minister Congcr had dctache
20 Of these marines from his Iegato
aud placed them rs a guard at Oh
Methodist Compound. This is an OF
closure of omo 10 acres situated uearl
mile distant from the legation. wher
many missionaries ond their famiiiei
as well asa lurge number Of native Chri
tlans are believed a. have taken refug,
The instructions sent 10 Admir-
Kempd relative 20 his participation /
the seizureof the Taku forts were broad
consisting Of direction TO protect n
American interests aud act concurrent
with representatives Of the other power
This order conferred on the admiral an