The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-02
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arrived at Pelzin or not the message
from Yung LII describing the critical
situation at Pelxin and urging the in
shows that at least one faction is
ready to welcome them and join in OPP
posing Prince Tuan's anti-foreign agita-
ton. The latter is said to have accom-
pliShed another revolution at the palace
by placing his own son (heir apparently
on the throne after Selling or driving
out the dowager empress and emperor.
He hopes to derive advantage from
these international complications
Though practically all the news tend to
establish the accuracy of the dispatches
announcing Won Ketteler's murder, some
people find ray of hope in the fact that
Sir Robert Hart, the inspector general
of customs telegraphing on the subject
of the situation of the legations after
the alleged date of the murder. did not
mention it.
PROGRESS OF INVADING ARMY.
New York, July "A dispatch to the
Tribune from London says:
Official dispatches, given out by the
admiralty, show that a foreign force of
1920 officers and men has landed at
Taku and that the river route has been
opened to Tien TSin, where Admiral
Seymour still remains as commander of
the foreign contingent. This force has
SO field and machine guns and is cap
turing arsenals, blowing up forts and
Smelling Chinese positions and -mobS. All
these acts of war are committed by the
eight powers whose official representa-
tives have refused to leave the capital
and have jointly warned the Tsung Ii
YameD that it will be held responsible
for their safety and that of all foreign
ers in China 1t is not yet known
whether the allied forces are moving
from Tfen Tsin toward Pelxin, but it is
plain that their march will be opposed
by Chinese regulars and SwarnS of
boxers and that their advance will in
crease the dangers of the legations and
enkindle revolt in middle and southern
China.
HOW Won KETTELER DIED.
Berlin, July 2.-PriyysCouncillor Ham
mann informed the correspondent of
the Associated Press today that the Off
cial dispatch announcing Baron Won
Ketteler's assassination was received
here early today. 1t was based upon a
direct written message conveyed from
Pekin and signed by Won Bergen, a
member of the German legation at
Pekin and Sir Robert Hart the inspec-
tor general of customs. 1t was address
ed to the commander of the European
forces at Tien TSin and was forwarded
June 29 by Consul Zimmerman to the
German consul at Che Foo. The message
contained number of interesting de-
tails. Baron Won Ketteler while riding
on horseback to the Tsung Ii Yamen
foreign office was attacked by large
numbers of Chinese VINO pulled him off
his horse and beat him to death.
An interpreter who was with him was
seriously injured, but escaped and SUBJ
Sequently reached the German legation
Herr Hammann supposes that there
was more blOodshed at the legation, the
destruction of which he declares he was
more alarming, because the message
adds that the conditions of the whites
in Pekln was desperate and aid was
impera lively needed. 1t was also an
nounced that the ammunition was al
most exhausted.
When Herr Hammann was asked
whether the course of Germany or that
of the other powers toward China will
be altered by the assas sination of Baron
Won Ketteler, he replied that he was I'M
able to answer the question because Count
Won Buelow, the minister of foreign af-
fairs, left here yesterday evening to
meet Emperor William at Wilhelms-
haven before the alarming news was
received here. He supposed Count Won
Buelow will forego his vacation and re-
main in Berlin.
Herr Hammann was also asked if the
Chinese minister here would be given
his passports but the privy councillor
Smelling ITEM TSIN.
Paris July 2.-The French consul at
Tien Tsin telegraphs under date of June
&c as follows
Several shells were fired into the
town yesterday evening" one falling on
the French consulate and seriously
damaging the building without injur-
ing the residents
1.-The secretary of the consulate, who
was acting as road surveyor for the
ed at the town hall"
PLAN FOR SETTLING THE TROU-
Bile
Berlin, July 2-The consular body at
Tien Tsin have unanimously proposed
to the governments as the sole means
of saving the foreigners at Pekin that
the united powers should inform the
Chinese authorities that the graves of
the ancestors of the imperial family
at Pekin will be destroyed if the for
eignerS at Pekin, especially the minis
1t is understood that Great Britain
is not disposed ito adhere to the pro-
posa1.
GERMAN ENGINEERS DRIVEN OFF
Tsin Tiechoo, July 2.-Fhe German
engineers on the Shang Tung railway
have been forced to abandon their work
and Wei He Hsin. The foreigners who
were plundered by regular soldiery
managed to reach place OF safety af-
ter running fight in which many
ANOTHER VERSION.
London, July "A special dispatch
from Shanghai containing another
version of Yung LUIS message is that it
was an appeal to the Tao Tai Shong to
send help. Yung Lu is further said to
have declared that he and the dowager
empress had been seeking to protect
Europeans and legations, but that
Prince Tuan usurped the imperial power
June 20, since which the soldiers had
refused to obey Yung Lu- The latter is
also Sd1u 70 nave Stdleu lIidl 1udn per-
sonally ordered the attack on the for
eigners at Pelxin-
A gentleman recently cured of dyspepsia
gave the following appropriate rendering
of Burns famous blessing: Some have
meat and can not eat, and some have
none that want it: but we have meat and
we can eat-Kodol Dyspepsia Cure be
thanked This preparation will digest
what you eat 1t instantly relieves and
radically cures indigestion and all stom-
ach disorders. At all drug stores.
The law holds both maker and circu-
lator of counterfeit equally guilty. The
dealer who sells you a dangerous counter
your life to make a little larger profit
You cannot trust him. DeWitts is the
only genuine and original Witch Hazel
Sake well known ,aiIa. 4