Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-18

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WASHINGTON. D. c. June 1.-THE third day passed here without
a single line of new. from any source respecting the critical situation In
China All day the telegraph offices at the White House and in the State.
War and Navy Departments were manned. but no word came Inquiries
of the cable companies showed that not only were the communications by
wHe win Pekn' laku, Ien IAn and all Northern China suspended. but
the notices conveyed little encouragement for the hope that they would
following message from the Western Union headquarters at New York:
THE only new from the East to-day is a notice of the interruption of
the Great Northern lines between Blagowestchensk and Tschita, which
cuts of all communication with China and Japan via that route"
The line referred to is a land wire running ut of Pekin to Tschta
to the north and connecting with the Russian Siberian system. Thence
land wires run through Korea and by a short cable across to Nagasak.
Japan.
The Navy Department during the day made an effort to reach A-
miral Kempf on his flagship Newark at Taku forts, at the mouth of the
Pei-Ho river. A cabegram was addressed to the commander of the Uni
ted States ship Yorktown at chefoo, the nearest treaty port to Taku. on
the northern side of the shangtung peninsula, repeating the message in
dted to Admiral kempn last Thursday inQurins as to his situation. the
condition at Pekin att last report and into his need for more men and ships.
and directing the commander to take the message at once to Taku and re-
turn with M answer The department is now pretty weh assured that
the original message never reached Admiral KempR. The department
the effort. From chefoo 10 Takn is only a single days run for the York
town, 50 that a answer from Admiral Kempr should be received by Mon
day night II chefoo cal oe reached to-day.
Failing this effort resort will be speedily had to other measures. If
meantime word is not received from some il authority in China. Just
what course will De followed is not yet determined.
EVERYTHING AT SEA.
LONDON, June is, 3 {. m-There is not a cabinet in Europe. appar-
emily, that knows what has been transpring in Picking for five days, or
II iin ism ir three days or Is here any hat known witt what diff
fculhes the small. and inadeuuatly equipped international column is con-
tending between those cities The German foreign Office, upon learning
the report O the murder of Baron Won Keteler. the German minister at
Pekin, sent a Geographic inquiry to St. Petersburg, the Russian govern
sition than the other governments to obtain news. The German foreign
Office vas informed that nothing whatever was known IN the subject IS
communication with Pekin vas interrupted.
The report spread worldwide from Shanghai, that the legations had
been attacked and that minister, probably the German. had been mur-
dered, has been traced to Te Tai sheng, who for a few days az the En-
press Dowagers agent, has been eensoring kilograms from Shanghai
The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Express says:
"sheng, a head of telegraph administration pretended that the line con-
Meeting Shanghai with Pekn had been down since June 9th, and that the
wires to TRn Tsin werec cut on June 18th. Nevertheless it IS notorious that
constant communications have been passing from Shanghai to Pekin over
the northern and western routes, although sheng has refused both minis
tiers and consuls the privilege Of using the lines. It is known that last Fri
day sheng received a message from either Pekin n Ten TMn. This dis
patch said that Gen. Tung Fh changs troops aided the boxers in an or
ganized attack N the foreign legation and that in the course Of the at
tack some Of the legation buildings we're reduced Q ruins and foreign
ministers sliced to pieces"
Why in the cables it should have been added that the murdered minister
was Baron Won Ketter is not explained.
According &c another telegram from Shanghai. dated June 18th. at
7:25 p M, sheng has fed, fearing that the foreign authorities were about
to arrest him because If his stoppage Of telegrams
A third cable message that the reports Of the murder of the German
minister emanate from London. ar quite nconhrmed and are diseredited
1t Shanghai
The German minister has been captured" is the announcement to the
Morning Post from Pekin, in a dispatch dated June 13 5 p M, via Ten
TMn, June is, This is the latest press message known to have left Pekin.
1t continues as follows:
"A crowd Of boxers occupies Legation street. cutting Of communica-
ton between the buildings. A few boxers are parading in the city Their
superstition in regard to foreign arms is pdabe
The boxers hold the officials of Tung chau for redemption. An
archy regns at that place. The Americans in the interior OF the two
neighboring provinces have been advised to leave. but several have no
means of doing so Unless a relief force is sent there is danger o a TAI
sacre of native Christians. a large Chinese army is ready TO oppose the re-
whether to adopt the policy Of rigdy supDrasing the boxers Of that Of
defying the world. The decision rests with the DovageT Empress"
bewndenng bunch Of reports and coniectares. most Of them picturesque
miscellaneous armed crowds have been in progress northward for
ome weeks, and the hordes around Pekin are being constantly sweled BY
ward foreigners. declare that there must now be more than 10000 men
The probability Is that there are not more than seventy thousand Chinese
Information from PeRin; brought hlher By refugees says that the
city is in a state o panic Incendary. fires are Of nightly occurrence
women and children from Tnn Tin ar pouring into Shanghai.
settlement 1endi. is full ua O., bad eharas TER .hose attitude Is becoming every day
slams with T. machine guns and l2aed guns. are marching from Ten
men that in the event Of n attack upon the legations. o Of injury to any
common would declare a on China To this ls uEnatum tn the Tsans Il
Doragsr ]. . doasl. he attack J IL ri legations By the boxers and The
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