The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-07-19
SAYS ALL ARE SLAIN.
Official News of Massacre of For.
eigners in Picking.

port says that an official message re-
ceived in London states that all the for.
eigners in Peking were murdered
July 6.
Though there does not appear to be
at this hour any justification for the
statement that official confirmation has
been received here of the massacre of
the international colony at Picking, it
is hardly doubted that such confrma-
ton will be the outcome of the present
suspense.
To Send More Troops.
Lord Salisbury presided at lengthy
cabinet meeting Friday afternoon, at
which it is understood important de-
cisionsin regard to China were reached,
and that already instructions have been
sent to Simla to prepare another divi
sion, consisting of four British and four
Indian regiments, with their compile
ments of artillery, for service in China.
DiscOuraEinE Cable from GoodnOw.
Washington, July IA. - The depart
ment of state has received a dispatch
from Consul-General Goodnow at
Shanghai, saying that the governor of
| Shantung wires that the Boxers and
soldiers were bombarding the legations
| for a final attack on the 18th of July.
| He is extremely anxious for the safety
| of the ministers and friendly Chinese in
| Picking. The consul adds that fears of
the worst are generally entertained.
The short cablegram received from
| Consul-General Goodnow at Shanghai
terribly depressed the officials here
All along they have suspected that
| the various communications received
| from Chinese forces in Shanghai have
have been preparing the way for the
announcement of the determination
of the foreign ministers and their
wives, children, attaches, dependents
and guards. Therefore, the state de-
parment, which has all along been
hopeful of the ultimate rescue of the
ministers at Picking, has now joined
| European chancellories in the belief
that they have all been killed.
CONFIRMS GOodnOw's Dispatch.
London, July IA telegram re-
ceived at the office of the Chinese i'm
perial maritime customs in London
from the governor of Shantung is
identical with United States Consul
Goodnow's report of the bombardment
of the legations July 7. The officials
here regard the dispatch as leaving lit
tie room to hope the legations have
survived.
To Reach COnger IL Alive.
Washington, July 1.-THE Chinese
minister, Mr.. WI, has undertaken to
| get through cipher cable message
from Secretary Hay to United States
Minister Conger at Picking and to have
the answer brought back if Mr.. Conger
is alive. The message was prepared by
Secretary Hay and it's contents are un-
known to anyone save him. 1t was
sent to Shanghai Wednesday with ex-
Splicit instructions from Minister WI
to spare no efforts or expense to get
it into the hands of Mr.. Conger.
France Makes a Demand.
Paris, July 14.-The Chinese minis
ter has communicated to NJ. Delcasse,
the minister of foreign affairs, an i'm
perial edict, dated June 30. To this NJ.
| Delcasse has replied that since the Chi
nese government had the means to
communicate with it's representatives
abroad, it ought to guarantee commu-
nications between the foreign powers
and their representatives at Picking,
and he has therefore charged the Chi
nese minister to transmit telegram
to NJ. Pichon, the French minister to
| China.
| VIII Stay In Canton.
| London, July 1.-THE scanty cable
dispatches add nothing to the knowl-
edge in London of the Chinese situation.
1t is stated positively from Canton that
Ii Hung Chang will remain there until
the allied troops have defeated Prince
Tuan's forces, and will then go north
to lend his powerful aid in arranging
terms of peace, cooperating with Prince
Ching, Yung Lu and the other pro-for-
eign viceroys. For the present Ii Hung
| Chang considers that he can best con-
troll and direct the viceroys from Can
ton, and also keep in check the turbu-
| lent province of Kwang Tung.
All the foreigners and missionaries
have evacuated Wen Chau, and have ar
rived. at Ningpo. Large bodies of Box
/ ened to eXterminate the foreigners and
Christians. They also distributed ban
ners, badges and inflammatory anti
foreign appeals.
The Fighting mt Tientsin.
The Tientsin correspondent of the
Express, telegraphing under date of
July 8, asserts that the Chinese are
daily driving in the allies. They have
mounted, says the correspondent, IL
fresh guns in advantageous positions,
with which they are sweeping the
streets of the foreign settlement, the
incessant fire rendering position after
! position quite untenable.
The Daily Mails St. Petersburg cor
respondent says that in the last six
hours battle outside of Tientsin the
Cossacks captured six Krupp guns and
killed numbers of fleeing Boxers. The
Chinese lost 5000 killed, including Gen.
Kek.