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IN fire. Monday night Mrs herman n.
Titcomb, an occupant OF the up stairs
tenement. went back into the burning
buiIding to recover 5000 that had been
left in her room and was overcome by
+ba smoke. She was rescued py hrernen
but was very seriously burned Inc
money which she went AFTER was
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October.

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TAN GIN Z

~ " ny " ~ "
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-26
Ii HUNG CHANG IS BLUFFlNG
OFFERS TO GIVE THE MINISTER'S
SAFE CONDUCT TO ITEM TsIN.
But He Only Promises to Put the
ConsuIs In Communication
with Them.

London, July 25.-A Shanghai dispatch
to the Express says; "As the result OF a
constant correspondence with the governor
of Shan Tung, Ii Hung Chang today an
nounced that the imperial government was
prepared at any moment To give a SAFE
convoy to the members OF the foreign le-
cations from Pekin to Tien Tsn, provided
guarantee was given that no advance
should be made upon the capital and that
all matters in dispute between China and
the powers would be made the subject
of friendly negotiations.
I'm the same communication TO the con-
suls. Earl Ii stated that the imperial gov
eminent had submitted to the powers a
statement Of its position declaring thd'
it had suffered greatly by recent events,
but desired not only 20 suppress Tetalla-
ton but also to remove the causes OF the
hostility OF foreign powers. Therefore ne
hoped that the offer 10 escort the foreign
ers TO Tien Tsin would be regarded as an
earnest desire OF the Chinese government
for the renewal Of friendly relations.
THE consuls replied that no basis OF
friendly negotiations was possible until
proof was at hand that the ministers were
stiil living. Consul Warren declined ia
discuss the matter at ALL but In his reply
TO the French consul Ii Hung Chang I'M
dertook TO obtain satisfactory message
from the French minister On. Pinchon)
within Ave days.
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WANTS FRANCE TO MEDIATE.
Chinese Emperor Asks Preside,

ch,n. U,,ncror Asr. pre.,a.p@
Ionh., for his Good o0ios..
paris INV o5-The emoeror ~ china
mas sent to Presluent LouDel the Hollow
ing letter, transmitted by telegraph by
the governor OF Shan Tung. July 10:
..Cht ha. 90, o,,orat - haar
'n" A"' 'o'
linked IN friendship with your honorable
country. All affairs concerning our rela-
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TROUBLE IN o. n. T. RANKS.
President Powell and Secretary Per
ham Are at Outs.

Atlanta Ga, July spondence
between President Powell OF the Order OF
Railway Trainmen and Secretary Perham.
with headquarters in Atlanta, indicate a
serious disst nsion in the order. Secre-
tary Perham has requested the subordl-
nate divisions over the country to vote
for a special session or extra convention
Of the order. Twenty-one divisions have
already voted in favor OF the conven-
ton. and the remaining four divisions are
expected to take action in few days
The trouble grows out OF the Southern
Railway strike. which was directed from
Atlanta by MIR. Powell, and copies Of the
correspondence between the two officials
have been sent to all members OF the
order. Secretary Perham charges that the
strike was mismanaged. and that the or
der suffered greatly in prestige because
of the failure.
Mr.. Perham states in his circular letter
that the relations between himself and
President Powell are very much strained
and this Mr., Powell corroborates.
President Powell. in his reply TO Sec
Rotary Perham. under date of July 10,
saws: The circular is extraordinary in
character. is In violation Of law and the
things complained of are badly distorted
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-26

800 CHINESE WERE KILLED
They Had to Be Driven Off at the
Point Of the BayOnet.
THE FIGHTING LASTED FOUR HOURS.
Japanese Company Which Led The Charge
Lost All OF Its Officers.
FOREIGNERS HAD PLANNED A SURPRISE
hut the Enemy Had Obtained intel
Iigcnce OF This and Was Full
~ Prepared.
HE FIGHTING LASTED FOUR HOURS.
FOREIGNERS HAD PLANNED A SURPRISE

Copyrighted, 1900, by Associated Press.)
Ten Tsin, Wednesday, July 10. via
Shanghai July 24.--The allies today sus.
tanned 100 casualties in repelling an early
morning attack on the railway station
across the river from the foreign set
Element. A regiment of Japanese, a bat
TALON OF French from Tonquin and the
Hong Kong sikhs participated in the
fighting, driving the Chinese before them
at the point of their bayonets, killing, it
is estimated, 800 of them.
The allies had planned general move
ment against the Chinese position and
contingent OF the Ninth United States in
fantry landed at midnight. prepared to
advance, The movement was postponed,
however, after part of the troops had
ktarted on account Of difficulties en-
counAered in crossing the canals. The
Chinese apparently had been informed
N inc pldU tnu BdLutTeu n large IOrce OPP
positc the station. These opposed with
rifles and field guns and the foreigners,
| advancing, were met by severe infantry
IRE, creeping close 10 the station behind
The cover OF the tombs. The lighting be-
San at 3 o'clock and lasted four hours, be-
coming a hand to hand conflict. The ia
/ panese company leading the charge, lost
ALI of lite officers. Five Japanese officers
and fifteen privates and six French were
Killed and three sikhs killed and six
wounded.
Two British l-nch guns mounted at the
lower end of the settlement bombarded
the Chinese positions with lyddite firing
at the pagodas on the wall of the native
city. Two more guns are being mounted.
There Is great need of more heavy guns
to displace the Chinese artillery. Plenty
OF light batteries are arriving.
British officer who was in Ladysmith
throughout it's slege by the Beers, says
the severity and accuracy OF the Chinese
Smelling the past week exceeded that OF
the Boer bombardment of Ladysmith.
The heat is intense.
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GoopNow,s pIsPATcH.

Washington. July 25.-The state depart
ment has received a cable dispatch from
Consul General Goodnow. but It is said
that It contains nothing to clear up the
situation at Pekin. Mr.. Goodnow says
that Ii Hung Chang will remain in Shang-
hal for the present and will conduct his
negotiations from that city. There Is an
animation that Earl Ii is detained at the
request Of the foreign officers, although
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following mandate: An important inn
peral decree was issued on the 23rd day
OF the sixth moon. It says: We have cost
d en- Tsin and great precautions ara
taken in Pekin. No peace can be obtained
without gsing through war. In the time
of Chungan an agreement was made that
no murder can be inflicted upon ministers
from abroad II is a month since the MN e
ister Of Germany was essassinated by the
Boxers. and strict orders have been given
for the arrest Of the murderers. We are
trying our utmost to preserve the lives cf
the other ministers and they are stll in
Pekln We fear that the vlceroys aud
governors may misunderstood the decree,
relying on the safety OF these m'lis;ers
rs a ground FOR making peace AMI taltlng
no heed whatever 10 prepare for ittack ana
defense The neglect 10 fortify the dis
tricts under their jurisdiction viii Bring
endless calamity, Vlceroys and govotrcrs
are to paw all attention to and urge CO
preparations for coast attack and de'2nia
and they are 10 take the consequences IN
case any territory being lost entirely
through their delay and mismanagement.
Europeans here understand thoroughly
The last nart Of The edict, which means
that the viceroys and governors are com
handed nv the empress dowager to prepare
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Sustained a Loss of One Hundred
in Beating 1t Off.
is PREPARING FORWAR.
China is Said to Be Playing for Time t
Complete Preparations.

for Chinese war against the allied pow
ers. Niceroy TAX Su is bitterly antl-for-
eign and he is increasing his army ana
ornaments, military and marine, He has
lodged an objection through the project
OF Kwang Chou to four small gunbcats,
two French, one American and one British,
that are hero TO safeguard the lives OF
the foreigners, AMI he asks that they DO
moved beyong the Bogue forts.
His plans viii be unmasked shortly
after the allied powers ascertain definitely
the facts concerning the massacre at Pc
kin Chinese gunboats intest the channel
at the back OF the Shameen, and eighteen
Chinese gunboats lie awaiting orders be
low the imperial government wharf The
Cantonese are daily becoming more hostile
and the situation Is critical.
Business is almost az standstil and
leprosy and plague claim fresh victims
daily.
Native Chinese assert that tho noto-
rious Black Flag chief. Loa. who inflicted
reverses on the French in the Tonquin
war, now refuses to obey LII Hung Chang :
command to so north and night the Boxers,
His soldiers are here and compose the
crews of the gunboats in the Shamoen."
According to the Shanghai correspond
ent of the Times, Ii Hung Chang Is re
siding at the residence of Liu, who was
the envoy Of the empress d0wager in the
secret mission to Japan. He has received
secret Instructions to remain at Shanghai
and to endeavor to open negotiations with
view to preventing the European adj
vance
with this accumulation OF evidence OF
an impending struggle, comes also the
news of disagreements between the pow
ers and the foreign commanders, which
threaten to hamper united action and u
encourage Chinese resistance. a confer
ence of the adndrals a Taku called to
settle the question regarding the man
agement of the restored railway, decided
IN favor OF Russian control, only I he Brit
ish and American admlrals dissenting.
The Tien Tsin correspondent Of the
Daily Mail insists upon the necessity Of
single leader and Of headquarters
with an Intelligence officer. He says
much valuable time ~ wasted by Inc
present system Little scouting IS done
and very few guides employed, The al
lies have no intelligence regarding the
position or numbers OF the enemy. The
supplies of food and medicine as well as
the number Of surgeons are insufficient.
The critical situation In Manchuria has
forced the Russians 20 withdraw mum
her of troops from Tien Tsn, while 5000
troops have been sent from Port Arthur,
It is reported that an entire army corps
is being modified at odessa for transport
to Taku by the volunteer fleet
1t IS reported from Niu Chwang that the
Russians are concentrating forces al 81
point fifteen miles east of that fort and
are awaiting relnforcemonts before ad-
vancing on Mukden, Manchula. The Box
ers have wrecked the bridges OF the Chan
Hal Kwan and Kin Chau section OF the
railway.
Admiral Seymour and General Sir Al
fred Gazlee are consulting at Wei Hal
Wei.
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preparations are completed. 1t is reported
that 1000 Chinese troops and more guns
are being sent to reinfores the garrison
of the Kiang Yin forts, commanding the
entrance 10 the Yang Use Kiang. ninety
miles east OF Nankin.
Chang Chih Lung, viceroy OF Wa Chang,
on the Yang Use Kiang, telographs that
h Is spprehensive that he will not be
able to restrain his troops for more than
another ten days. He says that he has
thrown the breech blocks Of the guns
commanding Nankow into the river,
@sese signs OF unrest in the southern
provinces are c1incldent with Ii Hung
Changes presence in Shanghai. They are
supposed to be he beginning OF general
declaration against foreigners.
In this connection the Canton corce-
spondeut of the Daily Telegraph, wiring
Tuesday. sends the following:
"Viccroy TAX Su today published the
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Texans In New York.

New York, July 25.-The following
Texans are registered at New York ho-
tells:
Austn.-Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Crawford
Marlborough; Mrs. l.. Beasley st. Denis
and c. Cox, Grand.
Comanche.-J. Prester, Manhattan.
Dallas.-B. F. Ford and d. C. Limbaugh
Aston
Seguin-Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Wolf, I'm
perial.
Sherman.-James A. McVittie, Imperial
Temple.--L. f. Cowan and J. C. Muir.
ply, Fifth Avenue.
Texas.-Mr and Mrs. w. C. Davis. Del
avian.
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1Mposs1RLE mo- nELIEvN 1r.

London, July 25,-The British premier
and minister Of foreign AFFAIRS, Lord Sails.
bury, today notified the United States am
bassador. Mr. Joseph II Choate that II
was impossible to accept the evidence so
far submitted by the Chinese or that
transmitted by the United States regard
ing the safety of the foreign minister's at
Pekin and that until their safety was fully
established the British government would
be unable to discuss any question OF
mediation or kindred measures.
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three days TO cover the transmission over
the great distance between Pekin and
Canton appears to demand an explanation
General Chaffee reported TO the depart
ment for duty today from Nagasaki and
there received some orders which had been
sent by cable since his departure from san
Francisco An idea OF the general char
soter can be gathered from the general 3
report that he was about to push forward
at once with his big transport for Taku
He will not even stop a. Chez Foo, and il
is even doubtful whether he will detain
the Grant at Nagasaki long enough TO take
on coal. He Is also energetically taking
steps in advance TO meet the evil all the
foreign naval commanders have complained
OF but none have remedies-the lack of
landing facilities at Taku. To this end he
has instructed Colonel Coolidge of the
Ninth infantry at Tien Tsin to secure at
once all Of the tugs and lighters necessary
to a speedy landing OF the reintorcements
and stores that are being carried out by
the United States transport Grant.
In spite OF the alarm with which the
Chinese officials, including Ii Hung Chang.
profess 10 view the advance OF the allied
forces on Pekin SO far as II affects the
safety OF the foreign ministers 1t may be
stated none OF the powers have evlnced
any tendency to abate their preparations
or accept an escort of imperial troops for
the ministers from Pekln to Tien Tsin. II
was said a. the state department today
that II the American minister needs an
escort out OF Pel,in II should be composed
OF American soldiers.
Washington, July 25.--The following ca
bIegrem has been received at the navy
department:
Navigation Bureau, Washington.
Chez Foo. July 24--written message
signed by conger dated July 4, received
Tien Tsin 2lst. says:
Been beeIeged two weeks British le-
cation. Grave danger general massacre by
Chinese soldiers, who are Smelling lega-
ton daily. Relief soon, il at all. City
without government except by Chinese
army. Determined massacre all foreigners
Pekin. Entry relief force into city prob
ably be holly contested"
The message comes from Captain
Charles NJ. Thomas. commander of the
Brooklyn.
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ENGLAND's BRUTALITY.
German Papers Assert She Is Maxim q
War on wives of beers.

Berlin. July 25.-The German press
complains of what one paper calls the
growing EQUALIZATION of the South AZ
rican war" Prof Won Rohland, in the
Deutsche Juristen Zetung. deplores the
wounds which Englands procedure
against the Beers has made in the worlds
sense of humanity in war as expressed at
The Hague conference"
"A number of papers assert that Eng
land is new warning even against the
wives of the Beers.
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PLAYING A DEEP GAME.
Pekin Government Trying to Evade
the Responsibility.

London. July 26, 4 a. MIR. Congers
letter. the substance of which has been
transmitted to the under secretary OF the
navy through Captain. Thomas of the
United States cruiser Brooklyn, has ia
creased the belief in London that there
is no hope for the foreign legations in
Pekin aud that the elaborate fabric OF
the dispatches which the Chinese are
building to persuade the civilized world
that the ministers are still alive is only
intended to enable them to gain time to
complete preparations for warfare
The Shanghai correspondent Of the DGily
Mail asserts that a Chjnaman who vas
employed at the British legation as wit
er and interpreter has escaped from Pekin
to Neu Chwang and that he declares at
the time he left Pekin most Of he mem
bers of the legations were dead and the
condition of the others was hopeless. He
says that Sir Robert Hart, director Of
Chinese imperial maritime customs, died
on July 2 The correspondent goes on 10
say: mo other dates are given in the
message from Nieu Chwang. The leading
Chinese newspaper here published yester-
day dispatch declaring that Il was all
over with the members OF the legations.
The president OF minor board az Pekin
wrote to relative in Shanghai under date
of July g. saying; The foreign legations
are still uncaptured, but owing to the
daily fighting 1t Is reported that only about
800 persons are left alive in the legations,
and II there is any delay in the arrival
of the relief force fear that none will be
left to receive it, }"
This letter is regarded in Shanghai as
authentic.
Strange enough, it says nothing of any
assistance to the legations by Prince
Ching or General Lung Lu.
While these brief side lights as TO the
fate of the Europeans leave little ground
for hope, Shanghai sends a batch OF re-
ports indicative of preparations for hos
tilities on the part of the Chinese. 1t IS
alleged that the Yang Use viceroys have
sent deputies TO Shanghai to inquire as to
the prospects of raising a foreign loan,
ostensibly to pursue military operations
! against the Boxers whose movements arc
! extending rapidly southwark with con
! stantly growing strength and had reached
point where the provinces OF Shan
! Tung, Ho Nsn and Shan 81 meet leavin 3
behind it trail of burned missions and
murdered Christians. Simultaneously
I there is a movement northwsrd OF South
ern Chinese troops to join the main army
gathered to oppose the foreign advance on
Pelcn. The strength OF this principal
force is now estimated at 800 900 men. 1t
| is believed that another two or three
| weeks must elapse before the Oh nese
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To Bombard Coast Towns.

London, July 25.-The Daily
Express has the following from st.
Petersburg: Admiral Skrideloff,
commanding the Russian squadron
in Chinese waters, has received pre-
else instructions to lombard the
Chinese coast towns immediately
on receipt of confirmation of the
reports of the masSacres at Pekin.
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his was not so stated by Acting Secretary

this was not so stated by Acting Secretary
Hill.
No information has been received from
the Chinese legation or Chinese govern
ment in response to President McKinley's
reply to the emperor. No answer has
yet been received from the second dis
patch sent to Minister Conger through
Minister WI, but IT is said that when a
reply Is received It will probably set al
rest all doubts as 70 It's authenticity.
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Wounded TnI,cn 10 ToIxu.

Copyrighted 1900, by the Associated PressJ
Tien Tsin. July 10, via Shanghai, July 20.
--Most OF the American sick and wounded
have been taken in boats TO TalSu. where
they will embark on the American hospital
ship solace for the United States.
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WELL ON JULY %.

Washington, July 25,-The state de-
partment has received cablegram from
Consul McWsde at Canton saying that
Viceroy TAX gives assurances that all tbs
foreign ENJOYS at Peln were alive and
we'll on July 49,