The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-24

as Kelly, Privates ]. E. McConkey, I.
w. Partridge.
Seriously Wounded-First Ldeuten-
ant Henry Leonard. Corporal j. A
mcdonald, Privates P. J.. Keller, G. D..
Miller, c. J. Matthews, John Stakes,
j. VanHorne.
acknowledgement Charles G.. Long,
Captain William B. Lemley, First Lieu
tenant Smedley d. Butler, First Ser
geant James Murphy. Sergeant F. T.
Winters, Corporal James w. Hunt.
Privates w. S. Chapman, James CO.
ney, Robert Desmond, F. G. Egelser,
Larvin Larson, NJ. E. McIver, J.. C.
Megonegal, A. B. Penny. H. a.
Rickers.
"REMEY."
In the list of seriously wounded Pri-
vate P. J. Keller should be J. ]. KEEL
her, John Stakes should be John
Stokes. In the list of Robert
mond; Lavrin is James G. Lavrin and
Larson is Laurin L. LARSON, and M.
E. McIyer should be George E. Nc
liver.
Washington, July 19.-The japanese
legation here has made public the lat
est communication received by it from
Baron NiSsi the japanese minister at
Pekin. This telegram was received to-
lay at the legation from the japanese
minister OF foreign affairs and is i'm
portant because OF the dates given.
The telegram was dated July 18th by
the sender, the japanese consul at Che
Foo, and Is as follows:
Il received at 10 o'clock a. m, on
the 18th a dispatch from Baron Nissi
dated Pekin, June 18th. The letter
was brought by a special messenger
a Chinese, who left Pekin Junly LIST,
and managed to make the journey with
great difficulty. The substance of the
letter is as follows:
THE situation at Pekin is extreme
ly critical. The foreign legations are
surrounded on all sides by Chinese
soldiers and bombarded night and day.
The members of the legations, the
guards and residents, are resting to
the utmost but the overwhelming
numbers of the enemy make opposi-
ton hopeless; our ammunition is being
exhausted, our lives are in such danger
that we may be massacred at any mo-
ment. We earnestly request the i'm
mediate dispatch of re-enforcements
for our rescue from our precarious
condition.
The Japanese consul at Che Foo adds
that he communicated this letter to
his colleagues of the consular body
there and also to h commander in
chief of the forces of the powers.
Another cablegram received here
through the foreign office from Japan's
consul at Che Foo reports that Tlen
Tsin castle was captured by the forces
of the allies on the 14th and the. safety
of the foreign settlements is assured.
Japanese troops took possession of
Susse-Ying, the Chinese naval station.
on the 14th.
THE NINTH UNDER HEAVY FIRE.
Copyright by Associated Press.)
Shanghai, July 19.-The following adj
ditional details of the allied forces at
tack on the native city of Tien Tsin
reaches here today from the Associated
Press correspondent with the allies:
Tien Tsin, Friday, July 13.-Midnight
Via Che Foo, July 16.-After a day of
hard fighting, and having lain for
hours in shallow, hastily-dug trenches
full of water, and suffering from hun
ger and thirst, two battaliOnS of the
Ninth U. S.. infantry that participated
in the attack on Tien Tsin retired un-
der cover of darkness, British sailors
assisting them to withdraw by firing
volleys to cover their retirement. n
Americans brought out all their wound
ed under a terrific fire. An official list
of the officers wounded is as follows:
Ninth Infantry-Major Reagan, Cap
tains Bookmiller n Noyes, Lieuten-
ants LawtOn and Lang.
ANOTHER REPORT OF SAFETY OF
LEGATIONS.
Paris, July 19.-An official telegram
from Shanghai, dated Wedne/1ay, July
18th, states that, according to the gov
ernor of Shan Tung, the foreign minis
ters and their families at Pekin are
safe and sound, but that the danger
is still very great. The viceroy, accord
ing to this dispatch, informed the con-
Sular corps that he had telegraphed
to Pekin urging the protection of the
foreign legations.
RUSSIA'S DECLARATION OF WAR.
London, July 1.-THE action of Count
von Buelow, the German minister of
foreign affairs, in informing the Chi
neSe legation at Berlin that all tele-
graphic messages must be in plain
language and submitted for approval
by the cenSor, and the suggestion OF
NJ. del Case, the French minister OF
foreign affairs, that the expectation
of arms to China he prohibited, which
are generally regarded here as long
steps in the direction of treating China
as a state engaged in war, have been
supplemented this morning by the Off
cial announcement from st. Petersburg
that certain portions of the Amur ter
ritory, including parts of the Khaba-
rovsk district and the coas territory,
as well as the towns of Blagoestch-
ensk, Khabarovsk and Nikolskussur1