Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-07-14
When He Heard the Manner In
Which Minister neGIers and
Wife Met Their Death.
BLAME ON TuNG FUH SLANG
The .Antl-Forelgn General Order
ed the Legations Demolished
When. He Saw the British
Defense. .
TROUBLE FEARED AT CANTON

IkUUbLE fEAkEU Al '6ANlUN
Chicago, July 14.-A dispatch to the
Record from St. Petersburg, July
18th, via Paris, July IA, says: "The
czar received with great emotion the
dreadful details of the catastrophe at
Pel1in. Tears coursed down his ma
jesty's cheeks as he read the cable
gram from Admiral Alexieff, at Port
Arthur, confirming the horrible de-
tails of the assassination of M. de
Giers, which merely in the form of
rumors had already reached Russia.
The admiral declares that the Russian
envoy was dragged through the streets
by the boxers, insulted, beaten, tor
tured, even thrown into great kettle
and sbofled to death. Then the re.
mains were thrown to the dogs. While
de Giers was being disposed of, the
frantic mob danced around the cald-
ron. Madame de Giers, Admiral Alex
ieff's advices declare. suffered a fate
worse than death, was beaten and tor
tured with sharp sticks until life was
extinct. legation 6fieiais. are said
to- have been tortured fiendishly until
death ended their II sufferings. De
Giers. and the Legation officials resist
ed desperately and the ~ brave body
guard killed many of the attacking
mob. In the midst of his tortures the
envoy is said to have heroically pro
claimed his faith in Christianity, en-
couraged by his wife. who so soon
shared his martyrdom. Count Lams-
dorf received the friends of the muir
dered ones In the foreign office and un-
folded to them the tragic story. The
scenes 6f frenz7fed terror and grief
that followed We're unspealable. The:
building of the foreign Office was be-
seiged by an excited,throng. Sts-Peters-
burg is full of slamentation. 10 Immedi-
.ately after sAlexieffis dispatch was re-
rceiyed the czar ordered the cabinet
, and council of .statesto rgo into session
at once.7 to5e OTIS ) II ,as8a
New York, July s14-A1 Shanghai
dispatch published here today says:
+ Prince aSheng, adTector of telegraphs,
communicated a message to consuls
here announcing the murder of for
eigners at Pekin, laying the blame on
the anti-foreign general, Tung Fuh
o. Slang. The message says Tung, en-
ragged by the defense made BY Sthe
British: legation ordered the heavy
guns to fire; 'demolishing the legations,
setting the ruins aflame The result
was the annihilatlon Of the foreigners.
London, July IA. The British con.
sul-generai at Shanghai, in transmit
ting to the foreign Office messages
from the governor of Shan Tung al
ready published, says he fears therc
can be little doubt as to the fate Of
foreigners at Pekin.
st. Petersburg, July 14.--A dispatch
from Khabarousk, dated July 18th,
says the international council OF war
held at Tien Tsin, decided for the
present, to confine the efforts of the
allied forces to- fortifyipg. Tiens .Tsia
and to establishing communication
with forts and arsenals. Tien Tsin
it is believed, isS being resarmed with
guns of the highest class.
Washington, July 14.-The japan
ese legation received dispatch from
the minister of foreign affairs stating
that after the German minister was
shot in Pelxin. the German marines
made an assault upon Tsung sEi IA
men, and burned the building. The
dispatch goes into the affair in detail
Washington, July ss54s-~Seeretary
Hay received an undated dispatch
from Consul General Goodnow, at
Shanghai, stating that. the governor Of
Honon Fshanfi issued a proclamation
favorable in its terms to the boxers
Honan Fsaianh iss1he nf6Fince aginG
Immediately northwest Of Shanghai
and between that city and PelSin.s 81
Washington, July 1.-THE 14..5lTThhs Chinese 'hi .
minister has sent cable dispatch tc
the Taotai of Shan Tung, telling him
that the American government is ex
ceedingly anxious as to the fate Of
Minister conger, and requesting hin
to cable any information be may have
on that point rms issia additienst tt
the cablegram he forwarded Wednes
day at the request of Secretary Hay.
& lieutenant Gehefar MINES mad :
long conference withsthe chlncss min
lister wu, presumably concerning sh'
military situation in China
Hong Kong, July 14.-H Huns
chang yesterday eeccived. an urgen'
telegraphic summons to ReAln- Il i
reported that, he win proceed noFtl
tomorrow. The Chinese agrons thR
his absence viii earsainly lsak y
frooble in Cn1ten
ST. Petersburg, July = + i ON
e.aIlv stated here that no official soA
armation mas been received Of th'