Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-09-03
Has not Yet Given Out Her China
Programme Withdraw
To Tlen Tsln.
IHE~ OREGON's" ACCIDENT
The "ReliePs" Good Condition
Another Outbre ak In rhe
Philippines.
TRANsvAAL IN THE EMPIRE

New York, Sept. S-The Herald
publishes the following dispatches
from Pekin, Aug. goth, via Shanghai
Sept. I'd: Three more members of the
Tsung Ii Yamen have been executed
by the empress. They are Hen Tun
member of the imperial secretarate
LII Shan, friend of foreigners, and Ii
Yien Yuan. They were put to death
just before the arrival of the allied
forces. There is no government in
Pekin. The Japanese and Russians,
for some unknown reason, still re-
main outside the innermost palaces
of the forbidden city. The Germans
desire to burn everything and avenge
the death of Baron Won Ketteler. The
positions of the legationers during the
siege had been undermined and in a
few days more would have been
sprung.
Pekin, Aug. 26-Ching Shin, Ma
Tung and Chung Ii, members of the
Tsung Ii Yamen, are trying to nego-
tiate with the generals OF the allied
forces, through Sir Robert Hart d.
rector of imperial customs, in order
to prevent the destruction of the in
nermost palaces of the forbidden city.
With the same object in view, the
Russians have occupied the palace.
The resident Americans think the city
ought to be completely destroyed, Ma
Tung and Chung LII should be behead-
ed. since they formed part of cabal
which caused the murder of Baron
Won Ketteler and attempted to massa-
ere all foreigners and no leniepcy
should be shown or the next quickest
method to attain this end
Paris, Sept. s. France has not yet
replied to Russia's note regarding the
withdrawal of troops from Pekin.
France regards peace as the first
requisite of the situation but is not
entirely certain that the withdrawal
of troops from Pekin is the surest and
quickest method to attain this end
Washington, Sept. 3-The war de-
partment received the following tele-
gram from Major Perley, of the hos
pital corps, commanding the hospital
ship Relief" "Taku (no date) -
Banister reports 120 sick at the front
and 200 at Tien Tsin. Many slightly
Ill. All wounded have been brought
from the front. The Relief will take
all the severe cases. Launches and
boats have returned, plenty of sup
plies. All doing well. Perley."
Washington, Sept. S-The navy de-
partment received by mail an official
report from Capt. Wilde, of the bat
tleship Oregon, of the circumstances
attending the grounding of that ship
in Gulf Pc Chi LII, last June, and her
successful salvage. The report goes
to confirm the departments previous
1F expressed conviction that the
grounding was not in any respect at
kributed to the fault on the part of
Capt Wilde. OF any officer of the Ore
gon. The Oregon arrived yesterday
at Woo Sung, where she is to form one
of the international fleet to guard the
transport service during the existence
of the Chinese troubles.
Washington, Sept. 3-The- war de-
partment received a cablegram from
General Barry of which the following
portion is made public: "Taku (no
date) Gen. Cnaffee has everything
well in hand. His driving power is
materially assisted by the prompt re
lief of the Legations. Considering the
arduous service and the condition OF
fIle troops. Barry.
London, Sept S-The difReulty in
communicating with the British min
lister at Pekin. Sir Claude Mcdonald,
delays the promulgation of views OF
the British government in regard to
future steps to be taken in China. The
government being unwilling to com
NIT itself publicly to definite decis-
ion until Sir Claude Macdonald has
fully reported on the situation.
In the meantime a heated anti-evacu-
alton of the campaign continues in the
sEess. The trend of official opinion
apparently continues favorable to the
principle as suggested by the with
-drawaI from Pelin to Tien Tsin, but
not the evacuation of China. The
statement that General Gaxelle, com
mander of the Brltish troops in
China. has stopped British reinforce
ments arriving at Hong Kong from
proceeding further north, is taken as
an indication that the British govern
ment anticipates meeting Of the
,diplomatists to shortly bake the place
now occupied by the military. It is
reported at Hong Kong that tb'
French gunboat Comet recently fired
On some Chinese farmers on the banll
u the Han Kiang river, killing thre'
and woundlng three This inciden