The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-06-30

Liz ScClCld1y VI LAS
dered Admiral Remey to go with the
Brooklyn to Taku and to tender 10
Gen. Macarthur conveyance of any
army troops which the Brooklyn can
carry. .
Long Takes Prompt Action.
Admiral Kempff!s dispatch, giving
the first definite news of the shedding
Of American blood on Chinese SOIL
came early yesterday morning and
was turned over to Secretary Long as
soon as he arrived at the department.
With Admiral Crowninshield the secre.
tary carried this dispatch to the White
House, where, On the presidents re-
turn from church, it was laid before
him. The determination thereupon
was reached to order Admiral Remey,
in command of the Asiatic squadron,
from Manila to Taku on board OF the
armored cruiser Brooklyn. The Brook
Ign is expected to sail at once, as
The Orders Sent
contemplate getting the admiral on
the scene at the earliest moment. The
advantage of this, it was officially
stated, is not so much in adding the
strength of the Brooklyn to the fleet
already there, as the fleet is considered
by Secretary Long to be quite ade-
quate, as it is in. allowing the authori-
ties here to deal directly with the stu
alton in Ch!ua instead of through the
circuitous communications by way of
Manila. Admiral Kempf's reports
that four Americans we're killed and
seven wounded
In the Ambuscade
of Walters force caused b grayest
concern among: officials, but the chief
fear was RS to the outcome as to the
second attack which the admiral re-
ported would begin to-day.
While the Berlin reports as to the
safety Of Baron Won Kettler and the
legations at Picking appear to dispose
of one Of the most alarming stories
Of the crisis, Minister Conger at Pc
king is still cut off from communica-
ton here, and there is no direct and
official assurance Of the safety of the
ministers and legations, o is there a
word of the relief force including the
Americans which sought to break
through to Pcking.
increases In Peril.
London, June &c. - The position Of
the international forces in Northern
China where. 10000 men are striving
to keep a footing and to succor the le-
cations in Picking appears to increase
In peril with every fresh dispatch.
Picking has not been heard from direct
for fourteen days. The last dispatch
was one imploring aid. Admiral Sey-
mour's column of 1000 was last heard
fNnnn %rvy01vvn GVn NC Onn Ar fh0f finn II
Was Surrounded
midway between Picking and Tien-tsin.
Possibly now 1t has reached Picking.
The 1900 internationals at Tien-tsin
were hard pressed and fighting for
their lives on Thursday, and a rallying
force of less than a thousand had been
beaten back to Taku Friday. OBJ
servers on the spot think that 100000
men would not be too many to grasp
China firmly. The admiralty has re-
ceived the following from the British
rear admiral at Taku. dated June %:
One Rumor Got Through.
"Only one limo has got through
from Tien-tsin for five Gays. No in
formation could be obtaiaed except
that the foreign settlement had been
almost entirely destroyed and that our
people were fighting hard. News is re-
ceived as this telegram Is dispatched
that an attempt to relieve Ticn-tsin on
June % was repulsed, With some loss.
The allied admirals are working in
perfect accord, with the Russian vice
admiral as senior officer,
a Defeat of Allied Forces.
A press message from Shanghai,
dated yesterday at 4 D. M. embOdies
some later information. 1t says:
"Oficial japanese kilograms confirm
the reports OF a defeat of the allied
forces at Tien-tkin. Yha Russian .ad-
miral, HildebraEdt, yesterday rent a
mixed force 81 1000 FROM 1'aku to at
tempt the relief OF T;;enr.s:n. Nearly
half of, the force coasi.ted Of Japan
csc. The remainder was made ND Of
contingents representing the other ma
lions.
Ours Are Superior.
AThe guns Of the Chinese around
.Tien-tsin are superior To anything the
defending European force HAS or. is
likely to have for some time. 1t was
reported last evening that the allied
forces had blown up the Taku forts
and that every available man had been
sent to the relief Of Tien-tsin. Two
thousand three hundred Chinese
bodies. are alleged to have been ere.
mated at Taku and more than 1000
Chinese are. said to have been killed
at Tien-tsin. Chinese runners who
have arrived at Taku report a foreign
force was engaged several days AGO
with in Overwhelming body Of Chi.
nese forty miles west Of. Tien-tsin.. II
ls assumed that this force was Admiral
Seymour's." :.
NJ Children Drowned.
Winona, Mimi, June 28. Herbert
Wigdale, aged twelve, and Floryan
Loginski, aged six, were drowned here
yesterday evening. Both bows were
bathing. L0sinski stepped into q deem