The Conway log cabin., 1900-07-17
WHOLE WORLD SHOCKED.
Reported Massacre of All Foreigners in Pekin By the Murder
 ous Boxers.
EDIc1 TO RID EMPIRE OF ALL CHRISTIANS.
Emperor Reported Dead From Effects of Poison He Was Forced to Take Fly Prince Taan, Leader of Boxers--Many Natives sIain--Powers Unable to Ala Their Subjects.

Washington, July S.--Snmmlng up the situation in China from cable- grams sent out from various points, there is little doubt of the fate of all foreigners in Pekin.
 Runners reaching Shanghi July 9th announced that the streets of Pekin were strewn with the remains of foreigners and native Christians.
 An edict has been issued ordering merciless extermination of all for eigners in the empire.
 The Chinese dead about Tien Tsin, where fighting has been going on for days, number thousands. The river from Tien Tsin to Taku IS full of floating bodies. Dogs are feed- ing on many of these bodies along the banks, and the scenes are most sickening.
 A large force of Boxers left Pekir July 4th to attack Tien Tsin, held l by the allied forces. Li Hung Chang is said to be trying to raise force of 100000 men to resist Prince Tusin, leader of the Boxers, who has dethroned the empress dowager and declared himself em- peror. Prince Tusin compelled Emperor Kwang Hu to suicide by taking poison.
 The empress dowager was also forced to take poison and is insane from the effects of the drug. It IS impossible to tell when sufficient force can be landed to take Pekin,
 A cablegram from London says: "Europe confesses itself helpless in the face of the Chinese situation, and accepts as inevitable the most infamous tragedy of modern times. Hundreds of men, women and chll- dren who are at the mercy of the blood thirsty mob in Pekin are to be left to their fate because the l Christian nations do not know how to rescue them" The United States government has been handicapped from the beginning of the trouble on account of incomplete informa- ton from her representatives in | China. Messages are garbled, and those sent in cipher are frequently unintelligible when received. Wash inoton officials have abandoned all hope for the safety of Minister Conger and the members of his l household. Many other Americans in Pekin have doubtless been mur- dered.a
 | Secretary of State Hay has noti- | fled the powers of the world, through our ambassadors and ministers, that l this government will enter into any mutual arrangement which has for its object the restoration of law and order in China. The step was taken, it is understood, because of re- quest from Germany that the Unit ed States define it's position in rela- ton to the Chinese troubles. This action will probably necessitate the sending of 15,000 troops to China. Orders have been issued for the im- mediate movement to this country of the Second, Fifth and Eighth regi- ments of infantry, now in Cuba and Porto Rico, and these will be for warded by way of China to Manila, subject to any orders, when China is reached, that conditions at the time warrant.
 A dispatch from Shanghai says that, acording to the best military estimates, 5OO,000 men will be nec- essary to subjugate northern China, and that even then it will take two or three years. The forces of the Chinese empire have gathered such motion that even Japan's full strength, launched now, will be un- equal to the task of restoring order.
 Japan is reported to be landing an army at Peetaughs, to the north- ward of Taku. The Japanese gen. erals are believed to be about to move toward Pekin, following the plan previously formulated.
 An edict of Prince Tuan's has reached Shanghai, ordering the southern yiceroys to assemble the Chinese fleet and to attack the war ships at Shanghai.
 European and American residents in Shanghai are quite in a panic over what is viewed as the made quate military preparations of ths powers.
 The Chinese minister at Wash. ington says his government has its hands tied.