Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-16
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
CHINA.

The emperor of China is said to
have been compelled to commit sui
eide.
Emperor William offered $3.50 re-
ward for every foreigner rescued from
Picking.
Three policemen constantly guard
the residence of Minister WI at Wash
ington.
Not only all the whites in Peking
are reported killed, but 5000 native
Christians.
The rainy season will prevent march
ing on Peking until autumn, Chefoo
cable asserts.
Japan is emharking $4,000 men. 1t
is estimated that the allies will need
100000 soldiers.
Gen. Chaffee will have an American
brigade of $500 men when he lands in
China next month.
st. Petersburg papers approve of the
American policy in China and say their
interests are identical.
The British legation in the Chinese
capital when last heard from was filled
with dead and dying.
President Mckinley is expected to
abandon his vacation after July u be-
cause of Chinese complications.
There are 100000 Chinese troops be-
tween Picking and Tientsin and only
10000 allied troops to oppose them.
England notified China that the
authorities at Peking will be held per-
sonaIly responsible for the lives of the
legationers.
While there is hope that the foreign
ers in Peking may yet be alive, stories
of a horrible massacre there are wide
spread in China.
The battle-ship Oregon arrived at
Che-Foo and will be sent to Kure,
Japan, to be dry-docked. She will be
laid up three months.
The United States ordered to the
Philippines more than 5000 troops,
who will be diverted to China, if de-
velopments warrant the step.
A counter-revolution was inaugu-
rated in Peking and the boxers whip
ped. The legations are reported to
have been safe as late as July 4.
China's emperor committed suicide
and the empress dowager was made in
sane by poison forced upon her by
Prince Tuan, Shanghai report says.
The German fleet left Kiel for China.
The kaiser in addressing the sailors
urged them to avenge the shedding of
German blood, but to spare women
and children.
The empress dowager issued edicts
declaring that the powers began the
fight by attacking Taku and that now
reconciliation with the Christians is
out of the question.
Tien Tsin is surrounded by Chinese
force estimated at $4,000 to 100000
men. Russians and Japanese attacked
the Chinese near Tien Tsin and killed
1000. The allies are supposed to be
halfway to Pekin.
Prince Ching, who has 10000 troops,
seized the artillery ammunition in
Pekin and is opposed to Tuan and the
boxers. He is preventing an attack
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TO be alive and working for peace.
Minister WI, Chinese Minister at
Washington, received a reassuring
message from the Sheng, Chinese di-
rector of telegraphs, dated July 8, stat
ing that the legations were safe and
that Chinese imperial troops were fight
ing the boxers"
Minister Conger's last report, dated
May 81, showed that the boxers were
organizing throughout empire and that
foreigners were murdered without
mercy Conger warned China that it
would be held to strict account for
every treaty infraction.
Refugees describe Picking as an in
ferno, the streets literally running
with blood. They confirm numerous
stories of executions and untold tort
ures of the isolated foreigners and
European soldiers captured by the
mob.