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WASHINGTON. June oO.-The Navy De-
partment has received the following ca
blegram from Admiral Kempfr
"CHEFOO. June @-secretary Navy.
Washington: Ministers a. Peking were
given twenty-four hours 20 leave on the
10Th. They refused ard are still there.
The Peking relief forces got half way.
on the 18th. McCalla was IN command
-Four were killed and twenty-five wound
ed. McCalla and Ensign Taussig wound
ed but not seriously. Now over 1900
troops ashore. Commander Wise COM
mands at Tong Ku, In charge OF trans
portatIon rail and river The comb ned
nationaIities find II necessary to make
use of some civilians to operate railway.
'KEMPFF."
LONDON. June %. $50 D. m.-The War
once has received the following dispatch
from Colonel Dorward:
"CHEFOO. June so.-The arsenal north
east OF Tien-Ts,n was captured during
the morning OF June 9th by the combin-
ed force.
The British troops engaged were the
naval brigade and the Chinese regiment.
The naval brigade had four men killed
and fifteen wounded. including two OH
GERS. The Chinese regiment had no cas-
ualties. The latter checked an attack by
the Boxers on our left flank, with heavy
loss 20 the enemy"
WASfiGNGTON. June 2o--A cablegram
received at the State Department today
from Ambassador Choate at London
states that the foreign Ministers were
safe at Peking on the 25th instant. The
lChinese Minister here, MIR. WI, has pri.
vate advices 10 the same effect. which hi
has brought TO the attention of th'
state Department
| LONDON. June ~. 2.O2 .. m-Uncer
tainty remains the keynote to the = tua
tion In China. Well-informed quarterl
continue TO believe the legations are st.l
at Peking. but authentic Information q
lacking. The dispatches tend to create nj
impression that the Chinese authoritie
are playing n double game. Simultaneous
ly promulgating new edicts against tn
Boxers and sending secret orders TO IN
viceroys 20 d.sobey the commands" &
: suppress the outbreak.
Shanghai notes increasing signs OF
I general spread OF the rebellion In tn
; southern provinces. but the local feeiin
OF alarm In subsldlng. That city also re
ports that n serious rising confronts IN
japanese troops In the Island of FOrmC
Z sa. Japan In satisfied II has been oNyar
: med from China.
: a naval brigade Of about 900 bluejack
y cts and marines left Portsmouth for Ch
: Ina. As " In intended 20 use them as
landing force. the men have been specia
: ~ exercised IN field work. They took
wireless telegraphic apparatus with then
Russia continues 10 Dispatch troops
China. and the -serman cruiser Fueri
Bismarck left Klel this morning for n
!. Far East.
WASHINGTON. June 3n.-Aithough 4
- Secretary Hay came over 90 his Office
noon. being the senior Cabinet officer
town. In the Presidents absence. he Sc
lmmee ateiy for the Secretary OF w
- and the Secretary OF Navy. These on
ciais responded at once and Cabin
council was held IN Secretary Hays o
was the subject OF discussion. All OF q
!. ofiicial a spatches received this mornii
~ \, were carefully considered. The concl
- sion reached was that nothing had dew
oped warrantinR a change Of policy
this stage. SO n was intended that
q further Instructions should be dispatc
"a, ed To our naval commander In China n
- have more troops been ordered there.
WASHINGTON. June 3O-The foliowi
: cabIeEram has been received from Unit
States Consul Ragsdale at Tten- 2 =
dated the 9th instant. being the III
%. communication received from that o
d. Ger In nearly two weeks:
20. Siege of Tien-Tsin raised. Troc
10 sent for the relief Of the legations
\, turned. In vain. Fighting seven sep
rs ate battalions. American loss six XIII
~. ~ thirty-eight wounded. on the 18th NJ
- isters given twsuty-four hours TO les
40. Peklng. Refused. stiil there.
ne "kAGsDALE.
ao- TAKU. June 27.-Admiral Kempn OPP
er. cd the policy of attacking the Chin
,es army unless they began hostilities. ~
.ly. now admitted that the Powers attack
ca the forts turned the Chinese Into AHA
, n with the Boxers. Americans think
lc. might have been avoided. Adni
40 Kempff has held aloof from hostih'
beyond movements necessary to res
Americans.
The forces ashore now number i6.
of which 200 are British. 1870 Germa
wv. f.0oo Russians. 2 coo japanese ard the
gql mainder American, French, Italian
t6c. Austrian.
er- Yesterday the English torpedo b
Eemo yfalfed the fort at the new G