The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-07-16
RUSSIAN
Minister'S BOiy Boiled and
Thrown to the Dogs.

catastrophe az Pekin- Tears courset
down his matesty's c1eecks az be rad
the cablegram from Admiral Alsxi0f. az
Port Arthur, confirming the horrible de-
taMs OF assasaInatioa q NJ De GleFs.
which merely In fo-m q r71mors had al
ready reached Russia The admiral d.
clares that the Russian envoy was drag
eed through the streets BY the boxers. IN
suited beaten and tortured ard even
thrown into a great kettle and boiled 70
death Then the remains we're thrown
20 he dogs. While u. Be Gers was be-
ing disposed Of the frantlc mob danced
around the caIdron-
Mime. de Giers. Admiral Alsxiof-s ad-
vices declare. suffered fate worse than
death and was beaten ard tortured with
sharp sticks until fe was extinct
The Legation officers are said 70 have
been tortured feusiEhIy until death end
Cd their sufferings. NJ de Giers and bis
legation officials resisted desperately and
his brave body guard killed many Of the
attacking mob. In the midst of his tor
tures tha envoy is said 70 have heroic
ally proclaimed his faith In Christianity.
encouraged by his wife. 50 soon 70 share
his martyrdom.
The announcement Of this intelligence
to the relatives OF the Russian martyrs
in China was accompanied by heartrend-
ing scenes. Count amsdorf received the
friends Of the mur'ere ones at the for
eign Office and unfs.ded to them the trag-
&c story. The scenes Of frenzied terror
snd grief that followed were unspeak-
able. The building Of tire foreign Office
was beseiged BY an excited throng and
the whole Of St. Petersburg IS fun Of
Iamentadon. a
Immediately upon the receipt OF Alex
ions dispatch. the car ordered the cabi-
net and council OF state TO 90 into ses-
sion at once
But LITTLE DOUBT.
LONDON, JUN 14-G;57 p. M)-The
/ Irish consul general at Shanghai in
sages from the governor OF Shan Tung.
cl-eady published. says he fears there
can be little dOub. in regard TO the fate
of the fore guers at Pekin.
CANTON LOOkS FOR TROUBLE.
HONG KONG, JULY ILL Hung
Chang. yesterday, -ceived an urgent tel
egraphic summons 20 Pekin. IL IS report
Cd that he viii pr 5ceed north tomorrow.
The Chinese agree that his absence Is
certain to lead 10 trouble at Canton.
GERMANS MADE AN ASSAULT.
WASHINGTON. IULY 1.-THE Japan
oie legation here has received a dispatch
s~om the minister OF foreign affairs, stat
ing that after the German ministers was
shot at Pekin, the German marines made
IN assault upon the Tsung Il Yamen
ami burned down the building.
ONDON, JULY l5-The only news
tom China last night was the following
=, sued at midnight
The foreign o..c' has received infor-
nation from the consul general az shang
hal that the whole foreign community
from Wen Chow as been safely landed
al Shanghai"
As no mention is made Of the alleged
;t4tement Of sheng. the director general
e: railways and telegraphs in China, TO
tht consuis at Shanghai, announcing the
r urder Of the foreigners in Pekin, it IS
Presumed that this story crediung sheng
ith thlse assertions and announcing
that he blamed Prince Tuan for the at
tack on the legations IS one Of the many
inventions emanat.ng from Shanghai.
According 10 a dispatch from Berlin,
tre mobilization Of Germany's expedi-
tionary force Is being carried out .n splen
ia fashion Some l1W0 volunteers and
sle officers have already been accepted. /.
il is announced that they contemplate
cta!tering thirty of the largest yesse.s
belonging 90 two of the mos important
companies. the Bremen and Hamburg
lines, as transports. The expedition Isl
teing organized On q basis of a year
compalgu
REPORT DENIED.
WASHINGTON, JULY 1.-THE ofic.aI
statement from ST. Petersburg tonight
that no news Cf the murder OF the Rus
sian minister al Pekln had been received
IN the Russian capital, was a source Of
qualification 10 officials here II came az
a distinct relief 20 Minister Wa. who said
he was glad that the report proved un-
founded, as he fully believed would be
the case. Secretary Long said the re-
port had turned out "a ne had expected
and that the story and its Official dis
cla.mer only tended 20 starengthen his
confidence that the legations are stil
safe. Up TO a late hour tonight Min g.
ter WI had received 10 reply 10 his mes
sage asking for direct communication from
Pckin.