Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1900-07-05
eRAvEsT ApPREHENsIoNs.
Consuls Argue the Worst From Assassina-
ton OF German Minister.


hal, an Express cable, dated Shanghai,
July 1, says, confirm In the fullest
manner the report of the butchery of
Baron Won Kettler, the German min
lister, on June IS. The ambassador was
riding on Legation street when he was
attacked by Chinese troops and Boxers,
dragged from his horse and killed. His
body was hacked to pieces with swords.
The German legation and six other
buildings were burned, and number
of servants of the legations were killed
and their bodies thrown in the flames.
Official dispatches of this CHASTITY
business has created the utmost con-
sternation among the consuls-general
of the powers who express fears that
war l'outrauce will be declared against
the PelIin government. The consuls
entertain little hope that any foreigners
are left alive in the capital.
There are 100 foreigners connected
with the legations, fifty in the custom
house, English and American tourists
and others to the number of $50, and
nearly 500 legation guards,
The British foreign Office, the Daily
Mail learns, has learned from the British
consul at Che Foo that Baron Won Ket-
tier has been killed, but has no other
information.
Foreigners Executed at PoiSin.
A dispatch to the Express from Nam
kin, June 80, says: French priests
here have received reports from Pekin
that the public executions of foreigners
have been in progress since June 90.
The news comes by runners from
French priests at Pekin, who state that
they administered the last rites to the
condemned men,"
Nankin cables, dated Sunday, say
that Viceroy Liu Yum Yih received a
telegram from Gen. Yulu on Saturday
stating that the German minister had
been murdered at Pekin. Yulu, who
escaped from Tien Tsin to Pao Ting Flu,
also wired:
position desperate. Implore your
help. Foreign troops of eight national
tiles entering Pekin to the number of
3O,O0O or 40, 900. l cannot hold out four
days.
Liu Yum Yih has received this from
the viceroy of Yum Shikai:
Foreign troops victorious at Tien
Tsin. They will enter Pekin immedi-
Rtely."
Outbreaks of the Boxers appear to be
imminent at Canton. The feeling of
unrest steadily increases. Boxers from
Ping Tu were marching on Sunday on
Che Foo. The governor feared for the
town and sent to the warships for
forces.
A small riot occurred at Che Foo on
Saturday.
Fifty-two refugees who have arrived
from New Chwang aver that the Box
ers have destroyed the railway north Of
Port Arthur, and that all the American
and English residents are leaving.
Gen. Yum Shih Kan, commanding the
best foreign-drilled troops in China, has
notified the German governor of Kiao
Chou that he will not permit the Ger
mans proposed expedition to Weih
Sien to rescue Chalfont and the Misses
Bowden and Halves, the American mis-
sionaries in the hands of the Boxers.
The missionaries at Pao Ting Flu were
reported to he safe on June %.
A correspondent in Shanghai learns
from official sources that the Chinese
are laying torpedoes between Shanghai
and the Kiang Nan arsenal. Agents of
the Boxers are busy in Shanghai pro-
voking hatred of foreigners.
Nothing has been heard from the col
umu which relieved Admiral Seymour
five days ago and then proceeded toward
Pekin, but as it takes at least two days
to communicate between Tien Tsin and
Che Foo, there is nothing extraordinary
in this. Troops are going forward
from Taku to Tien Tsin daily, though
some reports from Taku allege that il
will be three weeks before large force
can be sent to Pekin.
Russian BarbaritIes Do Harm.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Tong Ku, without date, via Che Foo
Friday, says:
1T is improper any longer to conceal
the harm done to the allies by the bar.
barities and the pillage of the Russians
on the day of bombardment. They
wantonly shot natives and looted every
thing, including the European houses
in Taku. The natives for miles around
were looted of supplies and labor is
scarcer."
The morning papers generally accept
as conclusive the reports that Baron
Kettler has been killed, and express
grave uncertainty as to whether any OF
the members of the legation at Pekin
are safe.
The correspondent of the Times al
Shanghai, telegraphing on Sunday,
says:
Dispatches from Using Tao report q
serious attack upon German railway
engineers at Kaumi. The Europeans
escaped but many Chinese were killed
and much property was destroyed. The
Memorial church at Yeh Chan Flu has
been burned. The missionaries al
Using Cling have been ordered to leave