The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-17
DANGER PRESENT AT sHANHAl
OUTBREAK OF THE NATIVES
FEARED AT THAT POINT.
Position of Relieving Force Said "a
BE Desperate-Burning of the
Foreign Section mt Peking.

MANILA, June Is, 10 a. NJ
The Ninth Regiment has been
ordered to Manila, whence it will
proceed to China. The gunboat
Concord, with marines aboard, has
sailed under sealed orders, sup
posedly for China.
The British cruiser Buenaven-
tura has sailed for Hong Kong
with troops and stores for Hong
Kong and Tien-Tsin.
LONDON, June IS. a. m.-There lis not a
Cabinet in Europe apparently that knows
what has been transpiring in Picking for
five days or In Tien-Tsin for three days.
Nor is there any that knows with what
difficulties the small and inadequately
equipped international column is contend
Ing between those cities. The German For
eign Office, upon Tearing the report of the
murder of Baron Won Ketteer, the German
minister at Peking, sent telegraphic i'm
quiry to st. Petersburg to the Russian
government, because of it's wires to Man.
churia being supposedly in better posi-
ton than the other governments to obtain
direct news In reply the German Foreign
Office was Informed that nothing whatever
was known on the subject, as communca-
ton with Picking was interrupted.
The report, spread worldwide from
Shanghai, that the legations had been at
tackled and that one minister probably the
German, had been murdered, has been
traced to Toa Tai Sheng, who for few
days, as the Empress dowager's agent. has
been censoring kilograms from Shanghai.
The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily
Express says:
Sheng. as head of the telegraph admin
istration, pretended the line connecting
Shanghai with Picking had been down since
June 8, and that the wires to Tien-Tsin
were cut on June Is. Nevertheless, II lie
notorious that constant communications
have been passing from Shanghai to Pc
king over the northern and western routes.
although Sheng has refused both ministers
and consus the privilege of using the lines.
1t is known that last Friday sheng re-
ceived a message from either Picking or
Tien-Tsin. This dispatch said that General
Tung Fuh Siang's troops aided the Boxers
I'm an organized attack on the foreign Legal
tions, and that In the course or the attack
some legation buildings were reduced to
ruins, and one foreign minister sliced to
pieces.
Why I'm the cables It should have been
added that the murdered minister yeas
Baron Won Ketteler Is not explained.
According to another telegram from
Shanghai. dated June II at 725 u. m. Sheng
has fed. fearing that the foreign authori-
ties were about to arrest him because OF
his stoppage OF kilograms.
NOT KILLED. BUT CAPTURED
A third cablegram asserts that the re-
ports OF the murder of the German minis
ter emanated from London. are quite un-
confirmed. and are discredlted at Shang-
hal
THE German minister has been captured
is the announcement 10 the Morning Post
from Picking I'm a dispatch dated June IL.
8 y. m, Via Ticn-Tsin. June Is. This Is the
latest press message known to have left
Picking. IL continues as follows. "A crowd
of Boxers occupies Legation street. cut
ting of Communication between the build
ings. A few Boxers are parading I'm the
city. Their superstition IN regard to
foreign arms is pitiable
1.-THE Boxers hold the officials Of Tung-
Chau for redemption. Anarchy relgns az
that place. The Americans IN the interior
Of the neighboring provinces have been ad-
Of doing so Unless relief force r. sent