The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-07-24
ENGLAND SAYS IT Is NOT
Minister WI Says he Has Some More
News
AND SECRETARY HAY BELIEVES HIM
The Latest Report From Tien Tsin is That All
is Quiet, and That the Ministers Were
Safe Today. Chafee's Staff
Appointed.
(By the Associated Press.)

(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, July 21.-Two dispatches
from Chinese officials and one from Ad-
miral Remey at Taku represented the
news developments Of the day so far as
the Chinese situation was concerned. The
Chinese dispatches were corroboratiye, or
were intended to be, of the important
news of yesterday, relative to the State
of the l~egationers. Admiral Remey's
dispatch, aside from a list of casualties
already treated in briefer form, was most
important. 1t conveyed the disagreeable
news thai the international column would
not begin it's advance upon Pekin before
the middle Of August. This notice was
of Mr.. Conger's advice of the desperate
position the legationers were in on the
18th. The delay is incomprehensible to
the officials here. 1t is known that an
army, already formidable in numbers and
Of veteran soldiers is at Tien Tsin and
Taku, and with a courageous leader, it
was expected that this would push on at
once; cutting loose from it's base if need
be, and forcing it's way to Pekin, leaving
khe relnfOrcementS now steaming to-
ward Taku from every quarter of the
globe to re-establish the base and to re-
open communication.
TEN TSIN QUIET.
Washington, July 21.-The Navy De
partment has received the following cable
gram from Admiral Remey, dated Taku,
July Goth:
"Tien Tsin quiet. Latest report, Rus
sian sources, July 18th, Legations Pekin
still holding out. Reliability of this in
formation uncertain. Major Regain, Cap
tains Moves and Bookmiller, First Lieu
tenants Lawton and Schoeffel wounded.
Ninth infantry officers, and Second Lieu
tenant Jolly, marine corps sick, now
aboard SOlace. Expect about 80 wounded
men. Will then send all to Yokohama
hospital"
MINISTER WI E MORE NEWS
Washington, July 21.-The Chinese Min
lister, WI Ting Fang, communicated to
the Secretary of State this morning two
important kilograms. The first is from
Sheng, the director of Posts and Tele-
graphs in Shanghai, and says:
Fortunate that Minister Conger's tele-
graphic reply has come. Imperial decree
Of the 22nd, this moon, corresponding to
July 1Sth) stated that all ministers were
safe. Insurgents are fighting and killing
each other. Ii Hung Chang is proceeding
northward to suppress riot will find it
difficult to go"
The second telegram is from Ii Kui vi.
Viceroy Of Nankin, dated the 21st of
July, ond received by Minister WI at
10 O'Clock the same day. 1t is as fol-
lows:
According to edict Of 22nd of this
moon, Gully 1Sth) with the exception Of
the German Minister who was killed by
anarchists with regard to which rigorous
measures are being taken to investigate
and punish the guilty parties, all the othe
minister's, for whom strenuous efforts are
being made for their protection, are for
tunately unharmed.'
Ii Kui VI, the viceroy of Nankin, is
one of the great officers of China and
stands next in rank among the diplomatic
to Ii Hung Chang.
MINISTER'S SAFE FRIDAY.
Brussels, July 21.-The Minister of For
eign Affairs, M. Fabreaux, has received
the following telegram from Shanghai
dated today:
"A telegram from the Governor of Shan
Inng announces that the Ministers were
safe july goth. They were under the
guardianship of the Chinese authorities.
LII Hung Chang has arrived at Shang-
hal"
GEN. WILSON TO CHINA.
Washington, July 21.-Favorable action
has been taken upon the application of
Brigadier General James H.. Wilson
United States volunteers, for active SER
vice in China. An order was issued TODAY
relieving him from duty in OF
the Department of Matanzas and Santa
Clara, Cuba, and directing him to proceed
without delay to Taku, China, and report
to Major General A.. r. Chaffee. United
States volunteers, commanding the mill
tary forces in China for assignment TO
the of one of the brigades of his
division.
GEN. CHAFFEE'S STAFF.
Washington, July 21.-The War Depart
ment has announced the names of the fol-
lowing officers who have been ordered To
report to Major General Chaffee for dutv
on his staff:
Lieutenant Colonel Heistand, Assistant
Adjutant General; Colonel Humphries
Assistant Quartermaster General; Major
Gallagher. Commissary; Lieutenant Colon
Ell Dickman, Iwenty-sixth infantry.
United States volunteers; Major Muir.
Thirty-sixth Infantry, United States VOL
unteers; Major Stephenson, surgeon; Cap
tain Crozier Ordnance Department,
JAPANESE TROOPS.
st. Petersburg, July 21.-The Chinese
positions on the Amur have been cleared
from Blagoyestchensk as far as Khab-
erofsk.
Fig It thousand Japanese troops arrived
at Ten Tsin from Taku Monday, JULY
18th. Twenty-one hundred Japanese
are commanding the position at
Che Foo, and Eighteen hundred at Shan
Hal Kuan.
Navigation Of the Pei Ho River from