Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-08-02
Doubt Not Di.sipnted.

and photographic message from Min.
lister Conger has done nothing to dissi-
pate the doubt as to the. situation at
warded by the naval officers at TEN
tsin, Taku and .Chefoo, has indeed
served only to deepen the darkest and
saddest mystery of the century The
official conclusion remains unchanged,
of course, but it is admitted that
careful scrutiny Of the autograph
message, in comparison with the
famous cipher message from Minister
Conger, admits of the belief that the
two messages were indicted by Mr..
Conger at about the came time.
Tribute to American Valor.
Tientsin, July Is, via Chefoo, July "a.
Gen. Dorward, the British com
mander, has, sent to The American
commanders letter in which he says:
II desire to express the high apprecia-
ton Of the British troops of the honor
done them in serving alongside of their
comrades of the American army, and of
the high honor accorded me in having
them under my command. blame my
self for the mistake made In taking
luelT UOSlClON Oy the. NlNtu regiment, not
remembering that troops fresh to the
scene of action and hurried forward in
the excitement of attack were likely to
lose their way. Still the position they
took and gallantly stuck to all day un-
doubtedly prevented large body Of the
enemy from turning the right of the
attacking force and infiicting serious loss
on the French and Japanese"
Ready to lombard Towns.
London, July 26.-The Daily Express
has the following from St. Petersburg:
+ Admiral Skrydeloff, commanding the
Russian squadron in Chinese waters,
has received precise instructions to
lombard the Chinese coast towns i'm.
mediately on receipt of confirmation
of the report of the massacre at Pc
king.
Chinese killing Boxers.
Tientsin, July 20 (via Shanghai, July
26).-Chinese coming in from the coun-
try report that the Chinese soldiers are
killing the Boxers wherever the latter
are seen. giving as reason that the
Boxers deceived them into embarking
on a hopeless struggle.
Sign of Dixsension.
An intelligent Chinaman said he re-
garded this as sign of widespreading
dissension. 1t was only a matter of a
short time, he declared, before the
same state would exist in Peking, when,
in all probability, Jung-Lu, command
er-in-chief of the Chinese forces, and
Prince Ching would be able to regain
sufficient influence to make peace, es-
pecially if the foreigners in the eapital
were safe. This appears to represent
the general native opinion here as far
as it is possible to ascertain it.
Belief Is Shaken.
Washington, July 2S.-Unless some
authentic assurance as to the condition
of the Americans in Picking reach the
state department within a day or two
the administration is likely to abandon
whatever faith it has manifested thus
far in the truthfulness of Chinese ir-s
formation.
Admiral Remey telegraphs that
heavy reenforcements have been
thrown into Picking, making it impossi-
BILE for the allies to capture the city ex-
cept with an overwhelming force. He
said the allies have 5000 men at Tien-
tsin, but it will be impossible to move
before the middle of August.
A Rumor from Shanghai
London, July 3o.-The Daily Nails
Shanghai correspondent telegraphs
that Russian banker. who left Picking
July z and arrived atShanghai Wednes-
day. July rs, says that when he left
Peking all the legations had been de-
stroyed and all the foreigners MUIR
dered. The ministers. seeing death
was inevitable. shot their families.
Sir Robert Hart, the banker adds,
committed suicide in despair.
Dispatch from Consul Fowler.
Washington, July &c. The secretary
Of state has received a dispatch from
Mr.. Fowler, the American consul at
Chefoo, ated at midnight on the goth:
This morning, by request of the allied
admirals, wired the governor (supposed
( to be the governor of Shantung) their wish
to get news from ministers themselves
The governor now replies:
4 q Have received to-day edict from ems
perori saying that the ministers are well.
They are sending provisions to the lega-E
lions. Am confident ministers out of dis
tress and reuqest you (FoWler) transmit
this preliminary announcement to admir-
ais. LII 81 st Il
(Signed) e YUAN. Governor. 's -
IA Believe They Are Dead.
Washington, July 3O.That the
ministers at Peking have been massa-
cred and that China must soon be at
war with the world is now the up-s
permost belief in official circles here.
a London dispatch says that the
Chinese army is advancing on Pc
king, the soldiers being instructed to-
kiln all Christians on the way. and
that over 1000 have been slain.