The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-07-03

| news from the British consul az Chefoo
| that Baron Won KetteIer has been killed,
| but no other information.
AdisDatch to the Express from Nanklng,
June 50. says; French priests here have
received reports from Pekin that the pub
lie execution Of foreigners has been in
progress since June % The news comes
By runners from French priests at Pekin.
who state that they administered the last
rites 20 the condemned men,"
Marking cables. dated Sunday. say that
Viceroy Llu Yum Yih received a telegram
from Gen Yulu on Saturday. stating that
the German Minister had been murdered
az Pekn.
iiu Yum Yih has received this from the
viceToy Of Tuanshiksi; Foreign troops
victorious at Tientsin. They will enter
Pekin immediately"
Disturbances Mt HRry Points.
Outbreaks of Boxers are imminent al
Canton. Boxers from Ping Tu were march,
Ing on sunday on Chefoo. The governor
feared for the town. and sent to the war
ships for forces.
a small riot occurred at Chefoo on Sat-
uTiay.
Fliiy-two refugees who have arrived
from New Chwang aver that the Powers
nave destroyed The railway north OF Port
Arthur, and that al the American and
English residents are leaving6 Gen. Yu-
an shihkai, commanding the best foreign
cFllied troops IN China. has notified the
German governor OF Kiao-Chau that he
VIII not permit the Germans proposed ex-
pedItlop 20 Weihsien 70 rescue Chalfont
and the Misses BOwdep and Hawcs, the
American missionaries in the hands OF the
hoNers. The missionaries al Pao-Ting-Fu
were reported to be safe on June %.
a correspondent In Shanghai learns
from official sources that the Chinese are
laying torpedoes between Shanghai and
the Kiang-Nan arsenal
Agents Of the Boxers are busy in Shanz-
hal provoking hatred OF foreigners.
Nothing has been heard from the col
unn which relieved Admiral Seymour five
days ago and then proceeded toward Pc
kin: but as 1t takes at least two days 10
communicate between Tientsin anJ Che
foo, there is nothing extraordinary In
this. Troops are going forward from Ia
ku 10 Tientsin daily. though some reports
from Taku allCge that it will be three
weeks before large force can be sent to
Pekin.
Alleged Russian Outrages.
dispatch to the Daily Mail from Tong
ku, without date, via Chefoo Friday.
says: at is improper any longer to con-
ceal the harm done 10 the cause Of the
allies by the barbarities and the pilage
OF the Russians on the day after the bonn
bardmeBt. They wantouly shot na-
tives and looted everything, including the
European houses in Taku. The natives
for miles around were looted Of supplies,
and labor is scarcer"
The morning papers generally accept as
conclusive the reports that Baron Won
ketteler has been killed, and express
grave uncertainty as TO whether any Of
the members Of the legations at Pekin
are safe.
Rome. July 1.-The commander Of the
cruiser Elbe telegraphs from Taku, June
30, as follows:
"Advices from the German legation in
Pekn state that all the legation buildings
have been burned except those Of
England, France, and Germany. All the !
Of the diplomatic corps have |
taken refuge In the British legation"
ST. Petersburg. July 1.-According TO in |
telligenGe received in official quarters I
here, the Chinese population in several .
localities has placed Itself under the pro-
lection of Russia. The Boxer insurTectiOn
IS no longer spreading but is declining.
ana maintains itself only in the province
1f Pe-Chi-L.
The view Of the situation in government .
circles is that. with pacific action on the
part of the powers and the good viii of
he Chinese government, the Boxer re
Delion will be disposed of in a short time.