El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-18
RUSSIAS INTENDED MOVEMENT IN MANCHURIA
Is Interesting the Powers. Especially AS 1t
May Be That China and Rus
sia Are Now Actually
At War.

reports do not indics'e that tt e arm,
officers, Major Lee, Captain Brewster
and Lieuts. Nsylor, Hammond, ant
| Waldron, are wounded. Captain G. G
Long, marine corps, was wounded, ant
Second Lieut.. L. r. Lang, of he army
was wounded.
MENACING KOREA
WAsHIGTON, Juny 1S.-The United
State minister a. Seoul, Korea, tele
graphs to the state department tha,
Chinese Boxers and soldiers are
massed in force o few days journey
from the Korean frontier. Ping
kiang is much alarmed. Many natives
are leaving the city. The foreigners
are safe. The government of Korea
is anxious to preserve order.
NO CABINET MEETING.
WASHINGTON, July 1s.-Oficials
stated at the white house THE morning
that there would be nocabinet meeting
today. Unless the presidents plans
miscarry the president will return to
Gan ton tomorrow night.
STRENGTHENING FORTS
SHANGHAI, July 18.-The Chinese
have strengthened the Woo Sung
forts and stored huge supply of am
munition in them.
RUSSIA'S PREPARATIONS
LONDON. July 1S.-A dispatch from
Vienna to the news agency here says
Russia is pre- eparing for great military
operations through Msnchuria to
Pekin.
FLEETS TO ATTACK FORTS
LONDON. July ls.-A delayed dis
fleets have gone to Sfanhai Kwaug forts
whichhave been mounted with modern
guns within the last two years. A
recent reconnaissance of the forts
developed the fact that they were
meageriy manned.
THE CASUALTY LIST.
WASHINGTON, July Is The follow
ing undated dispatch from Lieut. Col
Coolidge Of the Ninth infantry from
Taku via Chee Foo, giving list OF
casualties at Tien Tsin. July 13, was
received at the war department this
morning:
Casualties Ia attack on Tien Tsip,
July l3, killed. Col E II Liscum and
II enlisted men: wounded,C r Noyes,
not serious: Major James Regan,
serious but not dangerous; Captain E
O Rockmiller, serious but not danger
Gus; Lieut. L B Lawton. not serious;
Lieut. F r Long, slight; 72 enlisted
men; missing enlisted men, two.
ARE RUSSIA AND CHINA AT WAR?
LONDON, July 1S.-The most i'm port
ant feature of today's Chinese dis
patches is the indication of further
spread of the Boxer movements.
w he ther the attack by Chinese on
the capital of tho Russian province of
Amur, near Msnchuria, amounts to .
declaration OF war. is doubted here,
though several St. Petersburg dis
p atches declare it does.
Disorder is said to be spreading near
Hankow in Central China. Shanghai
expects to be attacked soon,
and in view Of this expectation more
war ships are being sent there. The
uprising is also spread ing,
TO Shanghai province, where a mas
sscre of foreign and native Christians
occurred July 9.
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Special dispatch to the HERALD.
AUsTIN. July lS.-Scurry says twen-
,y-two hundred Texans are at once avail
able as volunteers. Two companies
nave already offered their services.
TRANSPORTS WANTED.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, July IS
The government has made offers for
,harsering the following steamers for
lse rs trans ports in the China service
Leslandia, Ohio, Senator. City of Peru,
City OF SIdney, City of Pr kin. Col ma,
China, City of Puebls, and Australia.