Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-07-19
The LAST HOPE IS GONE.
Growing Certainty That All of the
Foreigners in Picking Have
Been Massacred.
NEWS COMES FROM CHINESE SOURCES.
Troops Attempt Relief But Are Re
pulsed by the BoXcrx-Pow ers Have
Exhausted Their Means to Get Di-
rect News. But Believe the Worst
Has Happened.

Has happened.
London. July l3.-The Shanghai corre-
spondent of the Daily Mai says the
following story regarding the position
in Peling emanates from Chinese otti-
ciai sources:
The two remaining legations the Brit
iSh and Russian. We're attacked il force
the evening of July C. Prince Tuan being
in command. The attackers were divided.
Prince Tuan commanded the center, the
right wing was led by Prince TSai Yin and
the left Ivy Prince Yin Lin. The reserves
We're under Prince TSin Gu. Tho attack
commenced with artillery tghtins which
was severe and lasted until seven o'clock
/ in the morning. by which time both lcsa-
cations were destroyed and all the for
eiSners We're dead, while the st:catS around
| me LEGATIONS were full of tine dead bodies
OF both foreigners and Chinese Upon
hearing of the attack Prince Ching and
| len. Wang Wen Shao went with troops
to the assistance of the foreigners. but
they were outnumbercd and defeated.
Both Prince Ching and Gen. Wang Wen
Shao were killed Two foreigners said
TO have escaped through the gates. one
with a heavy sword wound in his head
Prince Tuan. in cele bration of his victory,
distributed 100000 taels and huge quantities
of rice to the Boxers"
Looks Very Gloomy.
London. July ia terrible veil of
silence enshrouGs Picking. ard there
is nobody but believes the worst has
happened. 1t is taken for granted that
all the powers have exhausted every
means to get direct news from their le
cations. and the fact that their eff
forts have been vain leaves but one in
depreciation.
The Chinese representative in Berlin
denies the statement that Ii Hung
1hang had sent to him Il hopeful. tele-
gram He says that. on the contrary.
no direct telegram has been received
by him from Ii Hung Chang for some
time past,
Confirm. Harris Message.
New York, July l3. 49, \ dispatch TO
the Herald from Shanghai says: a
private letter from Peking. dated June
"a and received at Tien:sin ,lgne 30
saws:
I'VE are IN danger of death Thirty
thousand troops are attacking. only
three DAYS food is left
NO news comes of troops Il no re-
lief comes, all seems hopeless
''Mall"n's store has been Iurnt and the
Hotel dc Picking bo,nbarcl",l the l,al-
ian. Dutch, American and part OF the
British legations lave been burnt
This confirms Sir Robert Harris de.
spairng message of he same date
Y" Send Army of 10000.
Yokohama, July -. Though no de
cision has Yet hcen announced it is
certain hat Japan will END nearly 30,
600 troops 10 CHINA. The press agrees
. hat the di> patch Of so large force is
a duty in the interests %; humanity
but asserts tia, a large measure of
esponsihlitN for he trnp!h.r, rests
upon Russia and Germany because OF
their arbitrary action in Chna
Russians Advancing.
Shanghai JUN ~ II i confirmed
from apparently trustworthy sources
that 10000 Russian troops are ad
vancing from the north.
Demand by Sccrctnr, Hay.
Washington. july II. Secretary
Hay has demanded Of the Chinese
government that the state depart
mcnt be put in communication with
Minister Con~cr ut Picking without
delay This demand. which is a rather
strong word to use in this connec-
ton, was made upon Mr. WI, the
Chinese minister in Washington. who
has no doubt laid he matter before
his governnent in Il roundabout way
through Shcn.. the director Of the
Chinese telegraph system.
Hope Abandoned.
Washin gton. july a. tn" state de-
partment has abandoned IL hope that
Minister Cou~er is alive and the Off
cials Of the department are firmly con
WINGED that IA general massacr Of for
eioners has taken place in Picking The
Chinese minister Mr.. WI has under
Ia ken TO get through a cipher cable
MESA ge from Secretary Hay to United
States Minister Cor ger at Picking and
TO have the answer brought back if Mr..
Conger is alive. The message was pre-
pared. by Secretary Hay and It's con
tents are uuilnow to anyone save him.
1t was sent to Shanghai "Wednesday
with explicit instructions from Minis
ter Wa to spare no efforts or expense
to get 1T INTO he hnICs Gt Mr.. 1Onger.
Russia Aroused
St. Peters burg. July IA. = Russia is
aroused almost to Il state Of frenzy by
the report from .tGmira .A.exyetf that
NJ. De Giers and The entire legation have
been murdered in Picking after being
subjected to the most horrible torture
Mime de Gicrs also suffered a fate
worse han death. and was beaten and
tortured with sharp sticks until Nte
was extinct.
"
Strike Again. T.
St Louis. July lD-The strike
against the ST. Louis Transit company,
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