Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-08-24
The Troops In the Sacred City
Burn the Leading Boxers
Home.
AWAIT ORERs FROM POWERS
Chaffee Back to Tlen TsIn-Two
More Provinces Added to
The Rebellion.
CHRISTIAN PRISONERS FREED

Washington, Aug. 24--The following
cablegram was received this morning
at the navy department from Admiral
Remey: "Taku, Aug. 2z-The cable
is open now at Taku. All troops
from Hancock are landed. Marines
have gone to Tien Tsin. Private
Arthur A. Woods, of the marine
corps, was accidentally drowned al
Tong Ku the night OF Aug. 21st.
Washington. Aug. 24-U. S. Consul
Johnson. at Annoy, China. cables the
state department that mob burned
the Japanese temple at that place to-
day. Marines were landed to protect
Japanese officials and are restoring or
der.
Pekin, 16. via Shanghai, Aug. 2s.--
The allied troops surrounded the i'm
perial city, and stationed sentries at
the gates. They refrain from enter
ing pending instructions from their
governments. General Chaffee says
fighting is ended.
Japanese troops relieved the Pei
Tang cathedral where fifteen French
nuns and forty French and Italian
soldiers had been isolated and be-
sieged for two months They found
fiye killed Captain Reilly, battery f,
Fifth U. s. artillery, who was killed
before the imperial palace. was bur-
led on the legation grounds. General
Chaflee, the British and Japanese
generals and many civilians were
present at the interment
The American troops are encamped
in the grounds of the temple of
Heaven. The Chinese are supposed
to have fed northward.
New York, Aug. 24-A dispatch to |
the Herald" from Pekin, says
Wednesday. August 18th, the Ameri-
can troops attacked the gates leading
into the imperial city. In the after.
noon operations were halted and con-
ference of generals was held, which
resulted in the withdrawal of the
American troops. At this confer
ence all except the Russians agreed
not to violate the imperial city and
decided the object of the expedition
had been accomplished, pending fur
ther advices from the interested pow
ers. The Russian general stated that
his government had declared war on
China
London, Aug. 24-While the COM
manders of the allied forces are wait
ing instructions from their govern
ments what to do next, which in the
present condition of the telegraphic
service will probably take ten days,
work on repairing the railroad be-
yond Yang Tsun is progressing slowly
and transportation Of supplies by
boats in the Pei Ho river is improv-
ing. A dispatch from Chefoo says
there has been further fighting near
Tien Tsin. The Chinese. sought to
cut the line of communications but
were driven back with small loss
ON the part of the allied forces. Of
acial advices from Pekin received at
Toxic say the allies burned Prince
Tuan's residence.
According to dispatch from Hong
Kong turbulent mobs are devastating
portions of the provinces of Flu Kien
and Kiang Su. 1t is added the Man
DARN with 800 Chinese soldiers left
Annoy, August 23d, to restore order.
Japanese blue coats were landed at
Annoy. August 2Sd.
Marines from the French cruiser
Comet" cleared the streets of Swa-
tow, and freed the besieged priests.
A dispatch to the news agency from
Shanghai says eight survivors of the
fourteen English missionaries who
started together from Shan si reach
ed Hankow after suffering frightful
barbarities.
Berlin, Aug. 24-An official dispatch
from Tien Tsin dated Aug, 21st, says
the German naval detachment arrived
at Pekin. Aug. 18th. and the marine
battalion reached Ho ST WI. Aug. 10th.
Washington. Aug, 24-The war de-
partment received cablegram from
General Chaffee. dated Tien Tsin. Civ
ing a list OF casualties there. The
war department officials construe this
message as indicating that chaffee re-
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