El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-19
Show No Change, But the
Lack of Detailed lnforma-
ton Is Disquieting.
PEKlN Is BESEICBD
The Dowager Empress, Ex-
cited, Cuts Off a Few
Heads and Prepares to
Get From Under.

SHANGHAI, June I9.-It is raported
tha. Chinese soldiers have burned Tie
Tsin. Iu-Ltt, viceroy of Chilli, has
fed.
TWENTY THOUS AND JAPANESE
| YOKOHAMA, J1he 10. Il L.. reported
here ,hat the powers havs asAea j j.oap
to Sc nd 20, O0O troops to Chine, and that
the japanese government has consented
TO do so.
| SLAUG aTERED BY MACHINE GUNS.
| SHANGHAI. Juue 10. .-Accordiog TO
| tue latest report here the Pekin leg
ations were attacked by Chinese
Manchus. Two onslaushts we're made
by the mob, bu. they were moved
down by machine guns, the slaug b ter
| being particularly severe at the ga,es
o. the British and Russian legations.
Many high Off ,ials are reported to
have been killed.
NINTH u INFANTRY GOING
MANILA, June ia dispatch saysthe
Ninth regiment United States Infantry
under Colonel Liscun, which is order
ed to China, Is delayed by tyDhoon.
Parts Of the railroad along which the
regiment IS scattered north OF MaaiIs
have been wa6Sed away acd twiI! orc
badly be weeL before the ner cau sIl
be got to Manila.
The troops will en- bark for China on
the transport Logan. 1t IS estimated
now that they will scarcely arrive in
Chinese territory before the first week
10 July.
The Ninth regiment mus,ers | 400
RETNFORCEMENTS GOING.
LONDON, June 10. In the house of
com mons this afternoon, Mr.. B-ode-
rick, parliamentary foreign secretary.
announced in replying to an i, terpella-
Non on the Chinese question, TT at this
government intends to garrison Hong
Kong With native Indian troops.
Reloforcements OF British, Russian,
Japanese, and French troops, sad Mr..
Broderick, are expected TO arrive al
Taku on Thursday
The under secretary also announced
that communication with Tisn T.in
a1d Taku hsd been restored.
ANXIETY FOR MISSIONARIES
NEW YORK, June 19.-The continued
lack of news from Pekin, row that the
wires are restored, causes screstaoxietv
at tne headquarters OF ths Presbyse-
rians and Methodists, both of which
denominations have missionaries in the
Chinese capital.
ReV. lsasc Headlaud says the Me:ho-
dists- alone have 16 missionaries 10
Pekln. He said there are ab5ut 200
foreigners there, sixty of whom are
Americans.
Pastors and members of all churches
n this city are invited to unite In
service OF special prayer for the imper-
lad missionaries in China, tomorrow
loon In the Presbyterian building.
simultaneously meetings will BE- held
q London, Boston and other cities.
EMPRESS EXCITED
LONDON, June 10 A Shanghai dis
'atch dated today says it is reported
hat the dowager empress is greatly
oncerned over the capture of the
'aku forts by the allied fleets, ard that
wholesale degradation OF high Of
cials.s including General Tupg Flu
lang, governor of Pskin, who promis-
to rid the conDtTy Of foreigners, has
asen place.
SHANGHAI, June 10. (D=lsyed)-Itfs
eported here today that toe Pekin
'rce is beginning an attack on the
ty from Two sides, employ Ing many
uns.
The Russian cavalry, it is said, is DO
lg splendid service
kang- vi, president of the Chinese
ar ministry, is reported to have fed
Yehore TO prepare for the flight of
le dowager empress. Viceroys Ling