The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-07-16
GERMAN MINISTER KILLED. A RACE WITH THE Indus
NEWS OF THE PEKING OUTRAGE
IS CONFIRMED.
Chinese Government Abets the Boxers
in its Anti-Foreign Madness-All But
Four Legations Destroyed.

SHANGHAI, July 2.-The German
Minister in Picking has been murdered.
CHEFOO, July IA message from
Sir r. Hart by messenger who left Pc
king last Monday June 25) and arrived
i'm Tien-tsin on June 20, says that all
the legations except the British German
and Italian have been wrecked The
staffs of the legations and the mission
aries who escaped to the British lega-
ton are now being fired on by the Chi
nese. The guns trained on the lega-
ton have not yet been fired. Affairs are
very critical.
CHEFOO, July 2.-There are great
numbers of Chinese troops in Picking.
The chief of the Boxers is said to be
the Tsung-li Yamen The three legations
which escaped were the British, Ger
man and French, not the Italian. The
Germans and. French are in their own
legations. The rest of the community
are in the British legation.
CHEFOO, July 1.-The German Min
lister has been murdered on his way to
the Tsung-li Yamen. The greater part
of the foreign legations are burned,
and the Ministers and their STATS are
surrounded by Chinese troops and Box
ers, who seek to butcher all foreigners.
The above news was sent from Picking
on June 26.
CHEFOO, July 3.-The British Legal
ton in Picking is still beleaguered by
the Chinese, but artillery has not yet
been used against it.
Chefoo is peaceful.
SHANGHAI, July 2.-It is reported by
a man who left Picking on June q and
came to Chainan-fu, that $50, 900 Boxers
and Chinese are attacking two of the
legations in Picking, but that they had
not been captured up to June 27. All
the officials serving near the persons of
the Empress Dowager and the Emperor
are Boxers. The palace is kept closed,
one gate only being opened for six
hours in the twentyfour.
The Manchu princes, leagued with
the Boxers, have erected an altar in the
Palace, where they worship.
SHANGHAI, July "a Chefoo tele-
gram today says that the German SOL
diers at Picking have rescued the Ger
man minister's dead body and burned
the Tsung-li Yamen.
SHANGHAI, July 3.-An official mes
sage emanating from British source
says Baron Won Kettler, German
Minister at Picking, fell with four bull
let's in his body. He had been design
eddy enticed out of his legation by the
Yamen, which had falsely informed
him that his presence was wanted on
important business; other ministers re-
ceived similar invitations, but they did
not go.
SHANGHAI, July 1.-The foreign
warships in port here and the principal
business houses half-masted their flags
today in token of respect for Baron
Kettler, the late Minister of Germany
in Picking.
LONDON, July 3.-The German Ad-
miral reports the receipt of dispatches
from the Europeans in Picking to the
effect that great distress prevails there.
The German Minister was murdered by
Chinese regulars.
LONDON, July g. $40 p. m.-Tne
Kaiser, addressing the reinforcements
departing from Wilhelmshaven, de-
scribed the murder of the German Min
lister as a crime of unspeakable in
science and horrifying barbarity. The
German flag had been insulted, and the
Empire treated with contempt. This
demands exemplary punishment and
vengeance.