The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-02

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cctyed by the Consular body AT shanghai
an Express cable dated Sh inGhai, July l.
says. confirm in the fullest manner the re
port Of the hutchery Of Baron Won het'eLer'
the German Minister, on June Is the
Ambassador WAS ridins in Legation street
when he was attacked by chinese troops
and Boxers, dragged from his horse ana
killed. His body was hacked TO pieces
with swords. The Germ Legation and
six other buildings were burned, and
number of servants Of tine legations Were
killed and their bodies thrown into the
, flames
official confirmation # this CHASTITY h.Isi
ness has created The utmost CONSERVATION
among the Consul Generals Of the Powers.
who expressed fears that wtr a foutrance
Will be declared against the Pekin Govern
mcut. The Corsuls entertain little nope
that any foreigners axe left alive in the
capital There were To- foreigners con-
nected with tie lcgation- fifty in the Gus
tom house. English and American tourists
and o: ~ers to the number Of 30 aud nearly
." LEGATION guards
y dispatch to the Express from Nanhin.
Jun. 20 says.
"Ereach priests here have received reports
from, P,l,iu that the public executions Of
foreigners have been in progress since June
-.
The news comes by runners from French
priests at P,kc Who state that th"y adj
ministsred the last rites To the condemned
mem
Nankin cables dated Saturday say thar
Viccroy I-iu Yu Yih received telegram
from General Nuiu on Saturday stating
that the German Minister had been muir
dCrei al Pekin.
Yuiu. who escaped from Ticn-Tsiu to Pao-
Tins-Fu also wired.
Position desperate Innorc Your help.
Foreign troops of eight mathematics en-
tering PekiG 10 the number of %-Vo or no.
CO.. | cannot hold out four days"
Ii Yum Yih has received this from Vice
roy Of YunShikai:
Foreign troops victorious at Tien-Tsin.
They will enter Pekin immediately
Outbreaks Of the Boxers appear 70 he I'M
minent at Canton. The fc5linG of unrest
steadily Increases. Boxers from Ping-Tu
were marching ON Sunday on Che-Fou.
The Governor feared for the town and sent
to the warships for forces.
\ small Tiut occurred at Che-F0o OIL Sat
uriay.
Fifty-two refugees who have arrived
from N'w-ChwauC aver that the Boxers
have destroyed tn" railway north of Port
Arthur and thai all the American and Eng
lish residents axe leaving.
\ correspondent in Shanghai learns from
official sources that the chinese are laying
torpci"es between Shanghai and the XII
aHG-Nan arsenal.
Agents Of the Boxers are busy in Shang-
hal provoking hatred Of fur,i@nrrs.
Nothing has been heard from the column
which relieved Admiral Seymour five days
ago AMI then proceeded towards fckiu. hut
as it takes at feast TWO days 10 commun-
cate between Tien-Tsin and Chc-Fo". there
is nothing extraordinary in this. Troops are
daily. though some reports from Taku al
loge that it will be three weeks before a
large force can he sent to Pekin.
y dispatch TO the Daily Mail from Tong
Fu. without date. via Che-Foo. Friday,
SAYS:
1T is improper any longer To conceal the
harm done to the cause Of the allies by the
barba'ities and piilage Of the Russians on
the day after the bomhardmcnt. They wan
tonly shot natives and looted everything,
including the European houses in Taku. The
natives for miles around were looted Of
supplies. and labor is scarcer.
The papers generally accept as conclusive
the reports that Baron Won Ketteler has
been killed. and express grave uncertainties
as 10 whether any of the members of the
at Pekin are safe.
TIEN-TsIN ROUTE OPENED.
London. JU!y A dispatch from Admiral
under date Of June -, says:
The conduct of Commander Stewart of
the Algerine and Commander IIause of the
German gunhn4t 1ltis at the bomba rdme ut
of the Taku forts was magnificent ana
ELECTED the admiration of tn allied ships. |
The river route to Ticn-Tsin, tfty-one |
miles from Taku. is now open. The rail- |
way head is now nine miles from Tien-Tsin- |
The road inward is not quite safe. and COM |
to Ticn-Tsin is difficult.
"A fort thirteen mil : above Taku was |
found deserted 10y Lieutenant Commander |
Keyes ana was blown UP. leaving the pas |
SAGE up the river free. Lieutenant Com |
mander Keys reports that the arsenal at |
Tien-Tsin was captured June % by the |
naval brigade. The losses We're five killed, |
Lieutenant Colornb slightly wounded and a |
gunner and twenty-one men wounded. Th re |
are no further details.
"Warrcnder is in charge OF all our forces |
on the river and lines of communication
Vice Admiral Al Niefr Governor General |
Of Port Arthur ana Command, r-in-Chief of |
the Russians in the East, has arrived un |
his way TO Tien-Tsin, taking supreme COM
mand of the Russian froccs landed to date. |
Germany has furty-four officers and lao /
men; Great Britain. lsi officers and / ,0) |
men; Austria. u officers and III men: Amef- |
lea, 70 officers and 1913 men; France. Il Of !
men: Japan, ll9 officers and 3.,c3 men. and |
Russia. III officers and 5.9lI men. with ii |
total of IS field guns and So machine guns"
RUSSIAN ADNICEs.
ST. Petersburg. July According 10 in
teliiGenca received in official quarters here
the Chinese population in several localities /
has placed Itself under the protection Of /
Russia. The Boxer instruction is no long
spreading. but is declining and maintains
itself only In Che Province OF Pe-Chi-I.i
The view of the situation in Government
circles is that. with pacific action on he
part of the Powers and the good will of
the Chinese Government, the Boxer rebel
lion will he disposed of in a short time
GERMAN RESCCERS STABBED
SPECIAL BY CABLE.
Shanghai. Sunday. July L-(Copyright
9C2, BY the New York Herald Company.)- |
ieasSaI huon Shih Kan. who is bitterly