Evening star., 1900-08-18

with the troops. The commissary depart
ment has ascertained that sufficient guam
titles of fresh beef can be sent to supply
the trooDst all winter, which was one of
the doubtful questions when the matter
was first considered. The port of Shan
hai-kuan is the one selected by the Ger
mans for landing the troops now on the
way to China, and Is almost directly east
of Pekin.
Promotion for ChaRee.
The prominence which Gen. Chaffee has
attained in the China campaign has already
started some discussion as to a suitable re-
ward for him by promotion. There seems
to be no doubt that he will get the next
vacancy among the brigadier generals of
the regular army. and some of his friends
in the War Department talk Of still higher
honors for him. If this were done he would
be promoted over the heads of the present
list of brigadier generals. He is now col
onel of the Sth Cavalry and major general
of volunteers.
Affairs mt Shanghai.
As the result of an exchange between the
powers concerning affairs at Shanghai, an
agreement has been reached by which all
the admirals of the several powers repre-
sented at Shanghai will act concurrently
'i 'Ae
tee'' ii9'eu VI itiSiis 'iiis ou's
me- ny .iie Diilisn auiiiii ai
" ms NiiSe haNs'si iee'
CONSISTS oi iour cruis"rs ana se'erai toF-
peoo poa'S aiiu ues'roSers- AS ihahy 'rahs-
poi'' "te SHis troops Vi the various
p'"ei' ~ NAiiia' 1t mas peeh oeehieu nee
essdi. 10 see 'hat 'he Chinese "afshlps oio
no. a.'"'A inc uhpto'ec'eo transports Inc
nii'isn coliiiiatioer mas peeh executing the
"a'ch aiohe, out under the ne" arrange
"ieii' al VIII SNARE III thls responsibility
Inc United states cruiser New orleans Is
uue a' ohaiishai wl'hih the next DAY or
t"o' anu she Will snare with the other
i'Aeis" SHIPS 'here III 'iiis uu'y-
General Situation Strained.
The general situation at Shanghai, caus-
ed by the proposed landing of British
troops ana the protests OF Germany ana
france continues to be strained, although
ia'hiei more hoPeiui Oh satisfactory ADJUST
meht than heretofore The State Depart
iiieht uoes not treat the matter as at all
grave and regards 1t rather as misun-
80. a. n. o. toiulns INA. Di'..sn .sa
s,, -. -.
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o. - 10 s,nIa,na.; 49, s Us ~ -, So sa
tl,a
a., -. -. -,
rrn.ure for even ,f ,roons n,.ro I.ndad q
,,.a,,,s t,,araasa ,,,o soa,,.,.. va -. w. -
p-t,tsb ,roo,,s Iand c,a--,ap a,,d Era,nh
. Nd r,oss,b,,, prssi.r ,roons ,III a,so lad
,o.- r ' va - -aA.0
ABOUT l,loo French troops nave arrived at
Hong Kong, destined for Shanghai, and
German ships are now on their way to the
-~,,,,'e- IT - p-,t;.h -, ,..,,Ia
pehuiis iahuihs oi bri'ish troops "ouio
occur today, but 1t is SAID at the state De-
partment that information of the landing
has not yet been received The German,
french ana Russian charge q aHaires were
at the State department today discussing
the SITUATION but the caiis uld not orihs
ABOUT any material oe'eiopiheles'
Official Confirmation.
Official confirmation of the fall of the
Chinese capital came to the United States
last night in the shape of two
.cab1seraus oua from Admiral Remev and
- -, 60, 1-o,,., -. ,hoto
the o'iiei ii'iii NoiiS III q. o"eoo
Admiral Remeys dispatch Is as follows:
TAKIT. August II. am.
u-I,
bureau NaFisaeioii' "asiiiiis 'on.
Just received Telegram from lien Isih'
dated 18th, 10 pm: "Pekin was captured
ON August 15. Foreign legations are safe.
r...,ts fouo,, shor,I,,
De.sils io''o" s'io'
lSieheu' HHhhi L.
That from Consul Fowler, giving 1mpor-
tant details of the occurrences at the time
,,f ,ba ,,,,,,,ra of the ci,,, vas as fouows.
cIrr,rCo -, a. ,onn
CiiEF - ~ aug u9, ~ ievo
e,..,u.- - c,.,,r Ws,t,.,'.,-i ~, ''' pun
sta! ~ y,,,' w @i''tis .o,. ..
SeVehteehth- Japanese adnliral reports
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