Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-07-26

| sui at Shanghai sends the fOllowin
dispatch under date of July 10: "Sheng,
administrator of telegraphs, announces
that the foreigners at Pekin were safe
and sound July 10. An imperial de-
cree, dated July Is, orders the viceroy
of Tientisn to appraise the damage
caused by the troubles and orders the
local militia to repress the rebellion
Hay Urges Relief.
Washington, July 21.-Secretary Hay
has transmitted Minister Conger's
cablegram to all our ambassadors
abroad and instructed them to urge the
respective governments to which they
are accredited to cooperate in the i'm
mediate relief of Pekin.
Japan Will Cooperate.
Washington, July 21.-As anticipat-
ed, the Japanese government has given
it's cheerful assent to the application
of the United States government for
permission to land armed troops and
military supplies at Nagasaki in transit
to Taku, China. The Japanese author
tiles not only have agreed to the pro-
posed landing at Nagasaki but they
also have assured the United States
government that they will facilitate
the movement of American troops and
supplies as much as possible. The
quartermaster's department of the
army has provided three large trans
ports of the Philippine service for use
on the line between Nagasaki and
Taku and it is expected in this way to
expedite the movement of troops in
China.
London Doubts Story.
London, Ju.1 21.-The Conger dis
patch that theA foreigners in Pekn
were alive Thursday fails to carry con
viction to either the British press or
public It's genuineness is not dis
puted, for. as it is pointed out here,
the Chinese must possess quite sheaf
of such messages which the minister
fruitlessly endeavOred to get trans
mitted from which they could easily
select a non-committal dispatch to
serve the required purpose. 1t is sup
posed that Conger omitted to destroy
| hc n, ha G N
the possession of the Chinese, in which
event a selection of concoction in the
shape of message would not be diff
fcuIt. 1t is argued that the dispatch,
if it were genuine, in reply to the in
quiry of the American government
would go more into details. A slight
ray of hope is admitted in the fact that
| both Mr.. and Mrs. Conger are known
to have been on very friendly terms
with the empress dowager, but the uni
yersal opinion here is that if the dis
patch is genuine the date is falsified.
The bare possibility that the news of
the massacre was premature, however,
has had it's effect and the government
! has issued a semi-official disclaimer of
| responsibility for the proposed
| memorial service IN st.
| Pauls cathedral while the
newspapers are calling for the post
! ponement of the service until all
doubts are set at rest. The Spectator
says, cit matters nothing whether the
empress dowager or Prince Tuan is the
reigning monarch. Both are devoted
to the extirpation of the foreigners,
| The plot has covered the whole empire.
Men who have dare to order Russian
city upon Russian grounds to be
stormed will dare anything. Within
month, the viceroys of the coast towns
will have thrown off the mask, and the
My safe place for Europeans will be on
shipboard Europe has terrible task,
in which hurry is out of place. Who
would have dreamed six months ago
that for 10000 regulars to take Tientsiu
would be a difficult and glorious task?"
The Daily Telegraph. in an editorial
congratulating the washington gov
eminent upon it's energy, says; UNLESS
the powers are capable Of responding
Immediately to Hays appeal, by order
ing their united forces to face the risk
of all for an immediate advance. the
days, not only of old chivalry, but Of
modern humanity are dead together
A Sickening Situation.
London, July 21.-The Daily Express
has received the following from Tien-
tsin, dated July IS: 'The casualties
Of the allies in the three days fighting
before the native city of Tientsin ex-
ceeded a thousand. 1t is now certain
that there were several Russians and
Frenchmen fighting on the Chinese
side. The Chinese killed their own
women wholesale to prevent their fall
ing into the hands Of the Russians.
Yesterday the whole native city was 10
flames, and the stencil Of the burning
thousands Of corpses was unspeakably
horrible. Among the incidents OF the
fighting July Is was the precipttate
flight Of 500 French troops from An
nam. They had been ordered to hold
an important front, but, on being
charged by the Chinese with bayonets,
the entire detachment bolted panic
stricken. The Russians killed all the
Chinese wounded, in revenge OF the