Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-07-06
BIG SHIP rs ASHORE.
Disaster Is Reported to the Famous
Battleship Oregon.
Extent of Damage, II Any, UnlSnown
Much Anxiety Still Felt Re-
Barding safety of Foreign
Ministers mt Peking.

London, June 30.-The Shanghai cor
respondent of the Times telegraphing
Friday says: The United States battle
ship Oregon went ashore in fog off
Hoo Kie island, 35 miles north of Che
foo. Messrs. Jardine, Mathieson and
company are sending her assistance.
Washington, June 3O.-Up to mid
night no official news had been re-
ceived in Washington bearing on the
report that the battleship Oregon had
gone ashore.
Taku, June 27.-Maj. Waller's COM
mand, with 44O Russians, was am
bushed three miles from Tientsin on
June 21. They were compelled to re-
treat, the Americans abandoning
three-inch rifle and Colts gun, los
ing four killed and seven wounded.
American casualties in relief of
Tientsin follow: Privates John Hunt
er and Nicholas, killed; Sergt. Tay-
lor, Corp. Pedrick and another wound
ed. Lieut.. Irwin and Cadet Pettingill
with 40 men were found in good condi-
tion at Tientsin.
The greatest anxiety exists con-
cerning the foreigners at Peking. Ad-
miral Kempff believes that large re-
endorsements are necessary to reach
Peking.
Are Not with Seymour.
Washington, June 30.-The navy de-
partment Friday morning received
the following cablegram from Adj
miral Kempff:
"Chefoo, June 29.-Secretary of the Navy:
Peking relief expedition now in Tientsin
with 200 sick and wounded. Ministers and
| Peking party not with them. No news
from them.
| (Signed) "KEMPFF."
The department also was advised
Friday morning that Admiral Remey
on the Brooklyn has arrived at Hong
Kong, en- route to Taku. The Brook
lyn will sail Saturday for Talu via
Nagasabi.
Acknowledges His Error.
Admiral Kempff by his dispatch has
acknowledged the error he had made
in reporting the presence of the for
eign ministers with Admiral Sey-
mour's column, eight miles out from
Tientsin. His cablegram Friday
morning admits that the-e is no
knowledge of their whereabouts, and
it is assumed the error in the first re-
port arose from the admiral's accept
ance of a rumor that was very gener-
ally current at the time the cable
gram was sent.
The fact that the admiral's message
is dated at Chefoo Friday warrants
the supposition that telegraphic COM
munication has been restored between
that point and Taku, where the for
eign fleet lies There is, however,
possibility that the admiral could get
dispatch across from Taku to Che
foo on the same date by pushing the
Yorktown. which has been used as @
dispatch boat.
Differ in Opinion.
Washington, June 30. - The presi-
dent quit Washington for his Canton
home Friday night full of confidence
that the situation in China has i'm
proved, though it is fair to say that
all the members of his official family
do not agree with him in that conclu-
sion. Indeed, the days news, limited
though it was to single cablegram
from Admiral Kempff, and the prep
aration of instructions to Gen. Chat
fee, set out nothing calculated to
strengthen the hopes of the friends
of the foreign ministers and the mis-
sionaries who have now been silent
for fully two weeks. Kempff's cable
gram was disappointment in his con-
fession that he knew nothing of the
whereabouts of the missing people,
and there are many expressions of
wonder that neither that officer, nor
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ers at Taku Lave been ingenious
enough to establish some system of
spying so as to learn within two
weeks what has taken place at Pc
king. Still, it is said at the navy de-
partment that Admiral Kempff appa-
rently has done as well as any of the
other commanders in getting the
news, and that it would be manifest
ly unfair to pronounce criticism upon
him until all the facts develop.
Instructions to Chaffee.
Secretary Root devoted the after
noon to the preparation of instructions
to Brig. Gen. Chatfee, who has been as
signed to the command of the troops
ordered to China, and after confer
ence the president approved them with
only few verbal changes, which did
not change their general character. AL
though Secretary Root would lot make
public the text of the Chaffee instruc-
tions, he said that generally speaking
Gen. Chaffee had been ordered to look
out for the interests of the United
States in China, to avoid entangling
alliances, to act concurrently with the
other foreign powers where it was to
the general interest to do so, and, in
n word, to continue the policy that has
marked the actions of the United States
government since the beginning of the
Boxers troubles in China. These in
structions will be telegraphed to Gen.
Chaffee at San Francisco.
Expects "a Long Campaign.
Berlin, June 30.-lt is evident that
the German government expects the