Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-07-07
CHINESE ATROCITIES
Every European at Pekin, Including
Women and Children, Brutally
Murdered by Fanatics.
STORY OF The BLOODY CRIME
The Legations We're Starved into Submis
sion and Their Members We're Then
Massaored and Their Bodies Burned
Movements in China.


Movements in China.
Shanghai, July IA dispatch re.
ceived to-day confirms the news of the
massacre Of the foreign ministers
women, children and their European
guards after eighteen days of helpless
resistance.
when ammunition and food were
exhausted" continues the dispatch
''the Chinese f1ends closed in upon the
legations and butchered all who re-
mained alive. Afterward they set fire
to the legation buildings, in which the
The dispatch does not state the source
from which the confirmation OF the
news was received, but 1t is thought
that this is indicated by another Shang-
hal dispatch, which states that Taoti,
or the officer in charge Of the several
departments in Shanghai and vicinity,
now admits that no legations exist at
Pekin. They are said to have been ex-
terminated. 1t is admitted that no for
eigners left alive.
TERRIBLE ATROCITIES.
The reports Of atrocities committed
by Prince Tuan upon the Chinese are
appalling. He had 1000 leading Chinese
butchered, 1t is said, for merely daring
to petition him to control the orgie of
blood and to restrain his followers. The
fat, x1,tth tha
ment that ex-Viceroy Chi Ii Wang, of
Wen Chao, has been killed by the Box
ers. A dispatch from Taku says that
the last message from Edwin H. Con-
ger United States minister at Pekin,
brought there by runners, reads as fol-
lows: I'VE are besieged. Provisions are
becoming exhausted; the situation Is
desperate. The relief force should ad-
vance and give us notice by signal"
The runners also confirm the report
of the burning of the native city of Pc
kin. .
STARVING OUT THE FOREIGNERS
Washington, July IA cablegram
received at the state department this
morning from Consul General Good
now, Shanghai, dated July z, says that
inst. and the recent attacks OF the
Boxers have been slight. They seemed
disposed to adopt starvation methods.
A REASSURING REPORT.
London, July 7.-Jardine. Mathes &
Co.. at Shanghai, telegraphed their
nrskf
was standing on July 2. There are reas-
suring reports regarding the lives of the
Europeans
REBELS TO MARCH ON NANKIN.
Shanghai. July 6.-Prince Tuan re-
ported that Gen. Yuan Shi Kai will
march on Nankin with $4,000 German
drilled troops. 1t is doubtful If he will
obey, but in any case Viceroy Lui is be-
1ieved to be able to safely hold Nankin.
He has fifteen war-ships on the Yang
Use Kiang, and Great Britain is ready
to assist this opponent of the rebel gov
ernment. The departure of the anti
foreign Taoti Sheng for Nankin is caus-
ing anxiety.
QUIET AT CANTON.
Canton, July 6.-Quiet continues here.
Ii Hung Chang stationed troops on the
streets to prevent disturbances. The
steamer Intended to convey Ii Hung
Chang northward sailed to-day, osten-
sibly bound for Kfu Kuang. She took
$50 packages Of Ii Hung Chang's goods.
LEGATIONS ON JULY 3.
r
Thursday, $3.50 p. M, received to-day at
the London office from the inspectorate
of the Chinese maritime customs, from
Shanghai, says: "A courier left Pekin
on July 8. when the two legations were
holding out against the troops and Box
ers. The troops lost 1000 men and the
Boxers many leaders" s&.t
JAPAN TO DO THE FIGHTING.
London, July 1.-THE Japanese minis.
ter, Kato Takkati, received dispatch
from Toxic this evening, giving his gov.
ernment's reply to Great Britain's ques.
tion. whether, with the consent Of thu
other powers, Japan Is willing to sent
large re-enforcements to China. Japar
replied that she was prepared to carr,
out the suggestion, and one division will
be dispatched Immediately. Wv.
RE-ENFORCEMENTS. FOR CHINA
Washington, July 7.-Orders were Is
sued by the war department this after
noon to dispatch 6.254 regular troops t,
the Philippines; with view Of thei
utilization in China in case 1t Is fount
necessary to divert them to that coun
try. The force is made up Of two bat
talions each OF the 18th, Cd, 6th and Stl
infantry, two squadrons each Of the 1s
and eth cavalry, one squadron Of tn
sd cavalry and a company of engineers
Bank Reports Asked For.
Washington, July z-Dawes, comp
.troller Of the currency, issued call TO
reports on the condition of nationa
banks at the close Of business on Frida
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