The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-07-28
THE CHINESE WERE ROUTED
BY AMERICANS AND BRITISH.
Our Boys acDtured - Fort and Eight
hodsrn GSns without ahe Loss of
haR-AnotheF Decree Issued.

New York, July pa dispatch from
CheiOO says:
A brilliant dash against q large force
Of Chinese at Tientsin was made tins
hlorning by detachment Of the Ameri-
can troops assisted by some English fi.
siieers- The object Was 10 capture q bat
teiy ii large eahbre cannon which had
been doing great damage.
The Anglo. American Troops charged q
large fort across an open space and when
exposed 10 a hot but poorly directed lire
hon the enemy. They dashed into the
Tort, and after engaging the Chinese in
sharp hand-to-hand fight, put them 10
iight and remained masters Of the fort.
Eght large modern guns we're captured,
together Aith carts aud ali the accessories.
The battery sss Immediately turned upon
the nering enemy, who, under the We'll
directed iie, suffered heavily.
The victory was won in an incredibly
short time against an oVerA helmingiy
superior foTue. aud, despite the charge I'm
DEF IRE and fight in the fort, neither the
Americans NOT the British lost a single
man.
Washington, July 24.-The state de.
plrtmenl nas the centeT OF interest in
Ihe Chinese situation Monday. Secretary
day was at his desk by o'clock and for
all hour Mas bHsily engaged with a matter
Of such Importance that he declined TO be
interrupted by anyone. About 10: Is the
Chinese minister arrived, and Mas with the
secretary Tor some time. On the de
pArture oI the minister The department
gave out The imperial edle1 Of the Chi
bten previously made known.
The state department. has received q del.
age VI dispatches form all quarters of the
globe relative to the Conger message. These
ah0u the attitude u foreign governments
Ithoul eAorpliun the official yiea taken
~ all loTriga officers Ia that the dls-
patch 10 not genuine, and does not afford
a bass tot acilun- This incnudulity Is also
SHARED by United States Consul GooinOw
al Shanghai, NhO has communicated ~ the
stale department his disbelief IN the Au.
tbrh,icily Of the message.
The text II these several messages Is
not made public, as they acre ineon.
elusive, and no, adding anything in the
Nay oi definite news 10 the situation at
pekin. the entire tenor being one Of doubt
ind SUSPICION The official doubts are
based ga VARIOUS theories. One u them Is
thai the deception was practioed by the
ssung Ii yamrn itself sui another IL
that II einsna,ed from a Chimes official
"a man holding = high position like that
81 shSng OF Prince 1uAn, the latter be-
ing at the bead Of The anti foreign Gle.
nssni and al las, accounts connected with
lhs isuns h yamen.
Notwithstanding this food OF doubt
from iorctgn official quarters. the state de-
paIiment has not Vaued lie position a. TO
The authenticity OF the message, Secre-
tAry Hay's pa.iuon being nov, as il always
has bocn. thai there IL little probability
that fraud may have been pcrpelraied.
ljut a. against this remote possibility, Mr..
Hay feels that there u absolutely no mo
tive fcT The perpeiTauon Of such e mon
sirous deception. The Washington gov.
ernmcnl - unshaken, therefore, IN its
position on the message, while the rest
vi the world has made 1t known TO this
government that this message is not &C
ocP,ed a. coming from Conger ON the 18th
instant
Concerning the proposition Of mediation
made to the United Sta,cs by China. the
state department, was not prepared today
to make any statement 1t vas surmised
that Mr.. lay Was engaged in considering
the governments answer, which probably
would he delivered TO Minister WI later,
but no statement a. 10 the course of pro.
ceIur could be obtained in any official
quaTtcT~.
both the state department and Chinese
officials took occasion To deny a report
that plans were on foot toward the de-
livery Of Minister Conger by the Chinese
authorities to Admiral Rcmey at nentSln.
Another EdIct Issued.