The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-08-09
ALLIES ShAUGHTERED.
Tive I've Hundred Reported Killed In
Battle with Chinese.


TWELVE uu,d,ou ncnorted K,,,ed In
Ratt,a with Obineso.
WASHINGTON August G.-lnterest
I'm the Chinese situation was manifest
ed this morning by the receipt OF two
dispatches from the naval officers at
Cnee FOO repeating unOlnc,as, put ap-
Parently reliable, reports OF actlVe ana
extensive hostiiities between the ailled
.orces ana the Chinese on the road oe'
tween lien 'Istn ana fokln. me ais
patones Indicate unmlstakaoiy that the
reliei column has started In earnest,
ana that IL 10 meeting with great op-
Positioh' Although helIher oi inc ma.
val ulspatches mentl0n the presence ol
American troops In the reported en-
Ragement II ls generally assumed WIN
1ue war uepartmeht that at ieast part
ol General Cha,loe's small army WAS
on nand and TOOK an sctlVe part I'D the
ai8ir.
Inc dispatches are as 1oilo"s
Gle roo, CtilNA, hugus' U.
Navigation Department., ."nSuins'oh'
brltlsh OnhCer reports, uhoii'cl"'' GU
gagemeht ~ lel'sahR o"turu"y ,lru, ilio,'
ing, three 10 one. h'tlcs iost hiileu
anu wounded, ,2oo, chteHy ltuesi"hs
anu Japanese. Chlhesc reVronI'ns.
Inc second tssaEe 10 as iollo"s
CHE roo, husus'o'
bureau Navigation, w WashtbB 'oh
Omclal report beloved rellaole'
hoout lo,ooo allies hca','y engage
Cnlnese at l'lotsaDB, uay'lent ol 'hc
otn. trMEt.
Iletsapg ls the hrst rhilro"u sC"Iioh,
Blk mlies northwest ol lien 1aln, Gu
route 10 fekln.
Ihe authority VINO s!Bneu inc urst
ulspatch ID In CharBe oI troops Nv Che
FOO. The war department says that
there is no reason 10 DOUBT that an en-
gaHemcnt has taken place. "hlie no
olnclal Information has ocen received,
~ ls salu tnat an CngaRemeht was LOU
unexpected.
According To the Information IN the
possession Ol the war ucpartmeht, Toe
Town OI fletSang Is AZ inc neau U! Iiuc
water on the tel hJ, between II ana
IL miles ov roa4 iroh lien lsln. - Is
aVll'aRe OF muu houses oi coh'luerhole
slZe, out NOT walled. nc rlFcr aI Chis
polht IL not naFisao'C oy al lh!hR
iareer IMAM EooG 81" II sIca'h i"1ich
ana IL Is thought tha' 'he troops haG
reacLe1 there IN small ooats ana haVai
iauncnes' Inc country az "iouG Ine
river oet"een eRln ana lien Ism Is
~" alluVial pla!h' a''los' ''il P's'"oie
Tor "heeied vehlcies IN INC WEI SEASON
ana uuuer qolIe nlEh s'a'G " Iul'lVa-
ZION. IL presents no haIu'", uclehslVe
,eaIures' "no tnc ""i uep"t ..hen.
sho"s NO straIeE'c te"eoi why the
Chlnese shonIu nave 'nauo t" stano
there rather IMAM az any ol Tue otuer
az zen 'lllnScs easy ol .ne "al'ru Vo"n
o1 ung Cno"' "here IS storeu au I'm
mehse athount oI pro'ts'ohe ou "h'ch
the clty ol Ith!h "ou'u nave w NC"
penu III case Vi siege.
FROM Tue '"c' tu"t tne engagement
asteu seven anu nal' nouls' ~ is pe-
ne tFeu I'D the ueP"r''hchC lhaI eiIner
the Nul'iesc ihust n"'o oocn no"'ily
ehtrenCneu, or .n". .uorc was Gu lnl-
henst t'o'ue u' W III II. w 'oS,uoooru'S oSn con
YES! 'le az 3t, apUc -. '","oo ''uups. ~ 10
Hsureu y 'i!'i'"i9 cApIl's 'hn' toss
ot .'-|' H.:leu anu T1uuueu on '"e part
" .ne a''i'. p'ouao'S nie"us ,oee VI
Iro!n 'n'ee w s'A ''nIGs as many oJ Ine
Nnthese' is Posslp!e Iuas olo" vi
'his msEn'tuue may oreaH the resist.
lance o' :ne Cnlhese 70 the advance Oh
the foreign c'1umn, but on the other
hand, IT Is oss Die that there may be
a large lumo e OF places on the road
that havt On lntrenched with view
OF failing ba * and contestlng the for
eiEn advaI ce so rs 10 delay as long as
possible the arrival Of the foreigners
at Pekin. Unless the opposition sud.
denly breaks down tho experts look
for desperate engagement " hen the