The Ely miner., 1900-08-03

: been DeS1eBeO TWO weeks Ill Brl-lSn
legation. Grave danger of general mas
sacre by Chinese soldiers. who are she'll
ing the legation daily. Relief soon, If at
all. City without government, except by
Chinese army. Determined to massacre
all foreigners at Peking. Entry of relief
forces into city will probably be hotly
contested"
The message comes from Capt.
Charles M. Thomas, commander of the
Brooklyn.
Doubt Not Dissipated.
Washington, July 2G.-The receipt
at Tiec,tsin of an undoubtedly genuine
and autographic message from Min
lister Conger has done nothing to dissi-
pate the doubt as to the situation at
Peking. The message, which was for
warded by the naval officers at Tien-
tsin, Taku and Chefoo, has indeed
served only to deepen the darkest and
saddest mystery of the century. The
official conclusion remains unchanged,
of course, but it is admitted that a
careful scrutiny of the autograph
message, in comparison with the
famous cipher message from Minister
Conger, admits of the belief that the
two messages were indicted by Mr..
Conger at about the came time. The
situation at the British legation is
represented to be the same in each
case, and as Mr.. Conger declares that
relief must come quickly if at all,
there is ground for the supposition
that conditions could not long have re-
mained unchanged in such crisis.
", L,
is correct involves the further conclu-
sion that Mr.. Conger's cipher message,
if genuine, was redated as of the 18th
of July, tu o weeks later than the date
of actual writing, and of course, if re-
dated at all, that was done by Chinese
officials
Tribute to American Va1or.
Tientsin, July 16, via Chefoo, July "a.
Gen. Dorward. the British COM
mander, has sent to the American
commanders letter in which he says:
IT desire to express the high apprecia-
ton of the British troops of the honor
done them in serving alongside of their
comrades of the American army, and of
the high honor accorded me in having
them under my command. blame my
self for the mistake made in taking
their position by the Ninth regiment not
remembering that troops fresh to the
scene of action and hurried forward in
the excitement of attack were likely to
lose their way. Still the position they
took and gallantly stuck to all day un-
doubtedly prevented a large body of the
enemy from turning the right of the
attacking force and inflicting serious loss
on the French and japanese"
Ready to lombard Towns.
London, July 26.-The Daily Express
has the following from st. Petersburg:
Admiral Skrydeloff, commanding the
Russian squadron in Chinese waters.
has received precise instructions to
lombard the Chinese coast towns inn
mediately on receipt of confirmation
of the report of the massacre at Pc
king.
Chinese Killing Boxers.
Tientsin, July 20 (via Shanghai, July
26).-Chinesec coming in from the coun-
try report that the Chinese soldiers are
killing the Boxers wherever the latter
are seen. giving as reason that the
Boxers deceived them into embarking
on hopeless struggle.
Sign of Dissension.
An intelligent Chinaman said he re-
garded this as sign of wldespreading
dissension. 1t was only matter of
short time. he declared, before the
same state would exist in Peking, when,
in all probability, Jung-Lu, command
er-in-chief of the Chinese forces, and
Prince Ching would be able to regain
sufficient. influence to make peace, es-
pecially if the foreigners in the eapital
were safe. This appears to represent
the general native opinion here as far
as it is possible to ascertain it.
Japanese victory.
Shanghai, July 27-It is reported
here that $4,000 japanese troops land
ed at Shan-Hai-Kwan July % and
gained victory. the Chinese retreat
ing after feeble resistance.
Prince Tuan Reported Killed.
London, July 2s.-The Shanghai
correspondent of the Daily Express,
wiring Friday, says: ''It is reported
here that a large section of the Box
ers has revolted against Prince Tuan.
alleging that he is making tools of
them for his own ends. A desperate
conflict took place outside of Pc
king Sunday. Prince Tuan person
ally led his followers. two of his gen
erals having deserted him. The bat
tie lasted several hours. and Prince
Tuan was defeated and killed"
Again Reported Safe.
Brussels. July 2S.-The Belgian vice
consul at Tientsin, in dispatch dated
Chefoo, July &c, says: ut is persist
emily reported here (Tientsin) that
the legations are safe and sound. and
under the protection of the Chinese
government"
Costly War.
London, July 25.-The supplement-