Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-04

Ihe lOrclbuclhi never ihclib' WIZ
holding out under a terrible fire. up
held by the hourly expectation of relief
They knew they would not DE aban'
doned, and that the armies Of their
governments We're advancing. Some
times they thought they could hear ar
tilery In action beyond the wall. Ihey
We're unable To- return the IRE OF inc
Chinese, except az moments when an
assault seemed imminent Then the
machine guns and repeating rifles TOTO
the storming parties 70 pieces.
NO FOREIGNERS TO LIVE.
The messenger expressed the belief
that 10 would be- impossible for the ioi-
eigners 10 resist much longer, as the
Chinese were preparing 20 batter down
the walls of the courtyard ana the de-
tenders ammunition was running low,
Orders were given by Prince Tuan, the
messenger said. that since some had
been killed not another foreigner
should be left alive The Chinese sol
diers We're eXhOrted To sacrifice their
lives without hesitation, II by so d0lng
they could exterminatae the wang
Kuie Use
Extreme precautions had been taken
20 prevent the foreigners from c0mmu
nicatiug with any one outside the city,
and a number of runners who had been
sent out were killed by the Chinese.
This messenger succeeded IN getting
through By smearing his face ana
clothes with blood and Joining In the
outcres against the foreign devils
MUTILATED BODIES.
lie passed the remains Of foreigners
Of Admiral Seymour's force who had
been killed between Lang Fang anC
10 Flu. Their bodies had been cut to
pieces and the heads carried at ends OF
bamboos.
A large army Of Manchu Chi
nese imperial troops, with twenty
guns Is reported 10 be advancing IN
the direction OF Tlen Tsin
Reliance Is placed I'm Shanghai on
most Of the statements mace by the
messenger, as he Is known To be faith
ful to the foreigners
The consular body at Shanghai is OF
the opinion that the food and ammu-
milton OF the besieged legation forces
AZ Pekin having become exhausted,
they must be dead or imprisoned and
that II would be futile TO make despe'
rate efforts for their relief with an in
adequate force. II Is regarded al
Shanghai as appalling that nothing Is
being done for the relief Of the be-
sieged foreigners and that they should
be abandoned 10 a horrible fate.
BIG ARMY NEEDED.
The inability Of 900 men--the latest
estimate Of the number landed-to ad-
vance is explained by the statement
that the Chinese army between
Tien Tsln and Pekin has been heavily
reinforced, and that 1t has abundant
artillery and numerous cavalry, giving
IL large advantages over the allies. Re
connoltering parties run a great hazard
Of being surrounded, captured and
probably executed by torture. A long
delay seems certain before an effective
advance can be made. Severe fighting
according TO vague reports, continues
around Tien Tsin.
Various accounts Of the murder OF
Baron Won Ketteer reach Shanghai
The correspondent OF the Express says
that Prince Tuan, who Is dictator at
the capital. tried by means OF a trap
TO induce the ministers 10 leave the le-
cations so that they might be massa-
cred by fanatics, thus eNadlnB govern
mental responsibility for their death.
The American. British, French and
Russian ministers suspected a plot and
refused TO leave the legations
MURDER OF Won KETTELER.
Baron Won Ketteler, however, ac-
cepted the invitation and left the Ger
man legation with a small escort Of
German marines. Opposite the foreign
office he was assailed by the Chinese
soldery and shot four times. The for
eign office was burned by the marines
IN their endeavor TO defend Baron Won
Ketteler, whose body was hideously
mutIlated.
Another account has II that all the
ministers were invited TO a conference
with the Tsung-li-Yamen, and that
Baron Won Ketteler started out first
and was murdered. The other minis
tiers then refused 20 venture on the
street. \ British officer and some SOL
diers were wounded while trying TO de-
fend Baron Won Ketteler. German