The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-01

vent them reaching the capital. scott az
the idea Of punitive force. and orag OF
their ability 10 ultimately recover all
leased territory and compel a revision of
the treaties 10 their advantage
ATTACK CEASED JULYI7
washington, July S--The following.
from Admiral Remey. was recesyed By
the navy department this morning:
.fChe Foo. July 3I--Buraau OF Navigz-
ton, Washington: Taku, July 2S.-Japan-
csc military attaclle. Pekin. letter July
q. reports legations hesiegsde since July
b. Continually attacked from June %
until July II. Attack then ceased and
Chinese soldiers apparently diminishing.
Sixty Europeans killed Telegram from
Governor Of Shan Tung addressed 10 con-
sular body, Che Foo. says: Imperial
edict states that various ministers. ex-
cept German. are well aid provisions
have been supplied. RAMEY, Taku-
MORE BAD NEWS OF LEGATIONS
Paris. July 31.-Accordins 70 dispatches
received az the foreign Office today. the
Austrian Spanish. Italian and Holland
legations at Pekin have oeen destroyed.
and the French legation has been par
tally wrecked. The attacks on the le-
cations ceased some DAYS ago. The en-
peror and empress are living in Pedn.
DEFENSE MEASURES AT CANTON
Hong Kong. Monday. July 30--T'he act
ing viceroy OF Canton, IL is reported. is
becoming more active and adopting
more vigorous policy. 1t Is announced
that he has ordered the execution Of
forty pirates. He will visit the foreign
warships and consuls todmorrow. He
says Ii Hung Chang is not returning to
Canton, where quiet prevails. The Brit
ish naval and military officials have
taken careful observations of the Canton
and the Bogue defenses. The Bogue forts
are crowded with troops. and the para
pets are lined upon the approach Of
steamers.
COUNCIL OF REFORM CHINESE
Chicago July 31.-A special TO the Rec
ord from Vancouver, 3. C., says: There
sailed today from Vancouver on the
steamer Empress OF India fifty promin-
ent Chinese refor1ners from New York
and Boston. twenty from Seattle and
thirty from Vancouver, all bound for Ma
Gao and all wearing conspicuously dis
played a button photo Of their emperor
Kuang Hsu. TIE Chinese emperor Re
form Association OF the World has re-
ceived a cable message from Its Loader
Kwang Yu VIE, instructing the asSocia-
ton to send leading members 10 Macao
at once where a council Of war VIII DC
held to consider ways 81 raising an army
among members Of the association to
support the allied powers.
RUSSTA'S BIG MAECFURIA JOB
St Petersburg, July 50.-The Russian
general staff has received dispatches
from various commanders indicating q
serious state Of affairs throughout Man
chuIia. The revolt in the neighborhood
Of Afukden and the district northwar6
has assumed such proportions that the
Russian column has been compelled &c
retreat from Mukden southwark. Fight
ing continuously, the column with T.
fcuIty reached the station at Ajassnl-
zian, where. on July S, it was surround
ed bv Cai~ese troops ReinforCements
were and the withdrawal Of the col
umn vas effected to Daschizao, with 4
! casualties killed, wounded and missing
1 The railway from Mukden 10 Telln ard
Daschizao mas been completely destroyed
and the fate Of the workmen and rail-
vay Officials north Of Mukden is no
! known The whoe Nukden district i:
menaced by large bNiies Of Chinese
| troops with artillery. Chinese troop:
and Boxers, in defiance OF treaties, have
appeared a. the towns Of TukshoU, Sin
! iudshl and Gaiefsn, melting Inhabitants
/ to revolt On July II. h garrison "a
/ s.njudshi was shelled from he town
/ three men being killed. A Russian de-
, tachment returning from an Inspection
J o. affairs In Gaoudun Peninsula was at
tackled and surrounded by Chinese troop:
/ on July o. The Russians eventually re
! pulsed the Chinese with a loss Of eizht
! Cossacks killed and ten wouadei SINH
/ lar reports have been received from other
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