The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-04
CHINESE ARMY
is REINFORCED

London, July T. a. m.-The inability
of 1f6O00 men-the latest estimate of the
number landed-tO advance, is explained
by the statement that the Chinese army
between Tien Tsin and Pel1in has been
| heavily reinforced, and that it has abund-
ant artillery and numerous cavalry, CIV
ing II large advantages over the allies.
Accommodating parties run great harvard
of being surrounded, captured and prob
ably executed by torture. A long delay
seems certain before an effective advance
can be made.
Severe lighting. according to vague re-
ports, continues around Tien TSin.
Stories of Won Ketteler's Death.
Various accounts of the murder of
Baron Won Ketteler reach Shanghai. The
! correspondent of the Express says that
Prince Tuan. who is the dictator at the
capitol, tried by means of trap TO induce
the ministers to leave the legations so
that they might be maSSacred by fanatics,
thus evading government responsibility
for their death. The American, British,
French and Russian ministers suspected
a plot and refused 10 leave the legations.
Baron Won ketteler, however, accepted
the invitation and left the German lega-
| ton with small escort OF German
marines. Opposite the foreign Office he
was assailed by the Chinese sOldtery and
shot four times. The foreign office was
burned The marines endeavOred
to defend Baron Won Ketteler, whose body
was hideously mutilated-
Another account has il that all the min
listers were invited 10 a conference with
the Tsung-Li-Yamen, and that Baron Won
Ketteler started out first and was muir
dered. The other ministers then refused
to venture on the street. A British oIrlcer
and some soldiers We're wounded while
| trying to defend Baron Won Ketteler.
! German sailors, this account says, set nre
to the Tsung-Li-Yamen building
Boxers Continue to Spread
L,yo;seariae. Of Iripca rT,rap ara circr1Iat
ing through the southern provinces, and
as the southern ViceroyS assert through
public proclamation, that they will not
! obey Prince Tuans decree, a civil war is
ment appears TO be spreading rapidly
southwark
Not too much confidence is placed by the
consuls at Shanghai in the Ylceroys as
surances. Their essential condition is
| that the vicerQys shall be independent
rulers under the auspices OF the powers
None Of the cOnsuls has yet pledged his
country TO a definite course
Action of the Russian and japanese at
! Taku are strongly antagOnistic. 1t seems
| that the Russians arbitrarily claim one
| of the captured Chinese torpedo boats,
| which the captain Of the British TORPEDO
| boat destroyer Whiting left for the Japan
| csc. 1t is said that serious trouble would
/ have resulted except for the perfect dis
cipline of the japanese
Massacre Feared in the South.
The Conton correspondent of the Daily
| Telegraph, wiring under date OF July l,
SAYS the large Chinese steamship com
/ paaies are applying for leave TO transfer
/ their ships to the American flag Business
/ is almost at a stanGStill and another re-
verse to the allied troops would DreciDi-
1 tate a massacre of foreigners in the south,
which Ii Hung Chang would be utterly
unable to avoid He recently Outwitted
| the Sun YatSen party, buying thousands OF
| MauSer rifles at Macao. He is increasing
/ his troops the correspondent says, adding
/ another 1.000 guard to those at Canton
/ and recruiting two divisions TO 1900 each.
A dispatch 10 the Daily Telegraph from
/ its Shanghai correspondent. dated July 2
/ saws that the chief pastor at the Moukden
| mission has been killed, together with Z
number of native Christians.
, A special dispatch from HOngkOng says
Iii Hung Chang has requested United
( States gunbOat TO take him TO T1en Tsln-
/ The Times st. Petersburg correspondent
saws that on June 80, the grand stan OF
! the Russian army estimated the Chinese
army TO number /. 600 men He also
| said that about 100000 MauSerS have beer
/ imported within the last three years