The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-07

! that hundreds of Mauser rifles had beer
brought In in collins supposed to con-
| tain the bodies of Chinese who had died
| abroad
special dispatch from Shanghai, dat
| ed Friday, says the position of the allies
| at Tien Tsin is becoming increasingly
| critical, owing to lack of sufficient sup
plies, but only as q last resort will the
| town be evacuated in favor of concentra-
| tion of forces at Taku.
OUTLOOK IS DARK.
| BREMEN, July 6.-The firm of Mel
chors & 90, Of Shanghai, telegraphs, un-
der date of July 6:
| We have reason to believe that all the
| foreigners in PtlIing have periSheG.
! ''The rebellion Is spreading in North
I China.
THE foreigners at Tien Ts.n must quit
that city. as fresh Chinese attacks are eX-
peCteO.
THE disturbances are increasing In
| Shan Tung.
prehension in the Yang Use territory. OF
| at Shanghai, as viceroys of Shang Tung
and Nanbin 90 not recognize the assum-
ers o. power at Peking"
GENEROUS OFFER.
BERLIN, July 6-The emperor has tel
| egraphed to the commander of the Ger
man squadron in Chinese waters, to the
governor general of Shan Tung. to the
| Viceroys and others, Offering 1000 taels
| to any one accomplishing the deliverance
of any foreigner of any nationality what
ever, now shut up in Peking, who is
handed over to any German magistrate,
and offering to pay the expenses of the
publication Of this offer in Peking.
TO REPLACE LEGATION.
LONDON, July 6.-In connection with
{e
that several foreign office officials and
other government representatives Will
start for China via Vancouver Immediate
ly, circumstances permitting It is pre-
sumcd in some quarters that they are
intended to constitute new diplomatic
bureau which will temporarily take the
place OF the Peking legation.
.}e .n HAVE NOT ESCAPED.
NEW YORK, July Cdr. Halsey, of
the Presbyterian board here received
cable from Che Foo saying that DR.. Gort-
landt Van Rensslar Hodges and his wife
Dr. G. MardIey Taylor and the Rev. S. E.
SimcoXe and his wife are at Pao Ting Fu
and have not made their escape. The
Rev. ]. Lowrie has escaped from Pao
Ting Flu and is now at Tien Tsin, and
the Rev. j. M. Miller and Mrs Miller
|. have escaped and gone to Corea.
n aH AMERICA IN CHINA.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 6.-The No
voc Vremya, in leading article today,
discusses the position taken by the Unit
ed States toward China. Abiding to
Secretary Hays statement it says:
I'VE are convinced that in all the
states sincerely desirious OF the return
of peace in the far East the views Of
the American government will meet with
full approval. In the fundamental idea
the statement agrees with the COM
munique of our government. 1t IS sat
fsfying to be able to point to this una
nimity of Russia with her old friend,
the United States"
The Bierwski Niedomsti also dwells on
the identity Of the leading principles
guiding the two governments.
NINE WERE KILLED.
LONDON, July 7.-The Times 1Ien Tsin
correspondent, telegraphing on July 3,
says:
"Sir Robert Harrs messenger reported
that the British legation, on June "a, had
nine soldiers killed and many wounded.
The women and children were safe, but
the food was bad and the ammunition
low"
RAY OF HOPE.
LONDON, July T.. Mr.. Henry Lucy,
manager of the parliamentary corps Of
the Daily News, says that Lady Bigham,
wife of Justice Eigham, received a cable
on Friday announcing the safety of her
son, who was last heard Of as shut up
in Peking and says that If one can es-
cape there is some hope for the others.
Mr. Bigham, who has teen heard from,
Is attached to the British embassy at
Constantinople and was visiting China.
JAPANESE AT TAKO.
LONDON, July THE Tien Tsin cor
respondent of the Times in dispatch
dated July 3, says:
twenty-five hundred japanese troops,
with fourteen guns, have arrived at
Taku, and 500 are expected tonight"
PROBABLE VICTIMS.
CHICAGO, July 6.-Of1cers of the
American missionary board in this city
state that probably seventeen or more
of their representatives from the North
China mission are victims of the Picking
massacre, if the reports from Shanghai
be correct. Following are the names of
those from the Chicago district, whom,
it is feared, were murdered by the Box
erS:
Ament, Rev. William s., head of the
Peking compound, who went to the meet
ing early In May.
Ambrose, Miss Mary E.. of the Tung
Cho mission.
Evans, Miss Jane, Tunk ChO.
Havana, Miss j., Peking
Matter, Mrs. Mary L., Peking.
Minor, Miss Luella, Tung Cho.
Murdock, Miss Virginia, Peking.
Russell Miss Nellie, Picking.
Scheffield Miss Elizabeth, Peking.
Smith, Rev. Arthur Pang Chuang.
Smith Mrs. Emily.
Tewksbury Rev. E. G., Tung Cho.
TewksburY, Miss Grace.
Kalgan, Rev. Mark William.
Wykoff, Miss Gertrude.
Wykoff, Miss Grace, Pang Chuang
The annual convention of the North
China missionaries of the American board
and the board of the interior, the wom-
ems branch of the same organization,
was held at Tung Cho, beginning May %
Tung Cho is thirty miles north of Peking.
While the convention was in progress
an attack was made on the town by the
Boxers, and after some days of fighting
the building owned by the American
board where the convention was in ses-
sion, was burned AS no report mentions
any one having been killed at this point,
the officeds here argue that the members
Of the gathering must have escaped or
fed to Peking for safety.
AS nothing has been heard from them
since that time the mission officers fear
they are numbered among the dead at
Peking.
KAISER RESPONDS.
CANTON. O.. July s.-The following