The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-06-30

tion relative TO landing the troops AT
Taku instead of Chefou.
Cable from kempn
Washington. tIline 2o=fhe follow
ihg eablegrRm vas received Thursday
morning BY The. nav department
from Admiral Kemp.
"Ghefoo. June Secretary OF Navy.
Washington. About t. nesl foreign troops
now ushnre Soldiers ordered should re-
port At faku instead of Ghetoa= suhsti-
tuted Nashville for Yorktown at chefno.
Yorktown used as dispatch boat. being
kEMPFF. -
Thr Ninth Has sailed.
Washington. June 2aZrhe war dr.
partmeut received the following IN.
dated eaolegram from Gen, Nae.Nr-
thur Thursday mornings
"Admtnnt General. Washington Trans
port left Manila az 30 morning June e
with col. Iiacum IN command. - officers.
l.25i men.
MACARTHUR"
VIII Mnintata Order.
Home, June 81 The Italian consul
at Shanghai telegraphs that the vice.
rnAs of the provinces OF the Yaugtse-
ktang valley hnve resolved TO main
tain order, provided the powers do not
Intervene SO long as order prevails
The eonSuls. 1t is added unanimously
accepted the proposal aud signed
declaration TO that effect.
German Soldiers Killed,
berlin. June 90 The German com.
mander ut Tnku reports that in the re-
lief Of 'rirntsin the Germans lost Lieut.
friedrich and ten men killed and had
% men Wounded The fight lasted
eight hours.
Grrmaa. at Tirntsin safe.
Hamburg. june ~, Commercial
firms here have received kilograms
from Shanghai sn, ing that all the Ger.
mans at fientsin are unin iured,
Are with Landing Force.
ner,in june -. The commander
Of the German squadron 40 fnlsu tele-
graphs under date Of June 20 a. FOL.
lows THE foreign ministers ARE
with the lundiug force"
According Ia reports Of Christians. It
Is added fighting continued at Ten
tsin June IS, the fortified arsrnals out
side the town being atiil In possession
of the Chinese.
nnsstn Preparing for Cnnnlei
Berlin. June 60 The VerWaerts
says; From an absolutely reliable
source we hear the Russian war min.
istrY has sent al The military and civil
authorities Ia Russia telerraphie 10
efet orders TO prepare everything for
mobilization The orders bear tho
date of June rs and 10"
Report Missions Burned.
New York. June 20 The following
cable was received at the Methodist
Episcopal mission board Thursday
morning from Chefoo. from Rev. Mr.
Hrown. one ~ he missionaries In che
Tientsfn district Ttiadated June U.s.
"Miasion destroyed by IRE About 100
Killed | thluk there iH serious risk
for foreigners WIN return IN q few days.
tp Tieutain Shall ! return h1tnei win
you permitY'
ly The mission IL meant the mission
at Tirntsin but Just how much Of the
mission Is destroyed the home board
does not know what 10 infer. The nils.
sion there IL In three compounds. az
they are called, One compound Is com.
posed of two missions aud church,
another Of a mission and a school. aud
third OF mission. hospital and
school, In all the property Of the
Methodist Episcopal board there IL
valued Mt something more than $50 .p0o.
Rev. nr. \, II. Leonard. secretary Of
the Missionary soeicty. said;
presumably those killed were natives
but II IL not clear even that they we're
native Christians. Many of them mAy
have been Boxers 1r Chinese soldiers The
risk for foreigners evidently Is IN Tientsin.
where Mf Brown expects 10 go himself IN
q few days.
Dr. Leonard thinks none 81 the Meth
odist missionaries were among the
Killed, or nr. brown would certainly
have mentioned the fact
Wsi-uea nestFsgsa.
New York June 20 Two cables
we're received by tho Presbyterian
board 81 foreign missions Thursday
morning The hFat, from shanghai,
read "wei.Ilen destroyed Foreign.
crH escaped
The Presbyterian board had $40. 900
worth Of property IN Wei-IIen and this
IL nOw all gone. pr Fairies was one
Of the missionaries there, and he ca
capped with the others.
The other cable came from Chefo0
and stated "LobenEteln ut shang.
bal. Fenns a. peking" Rev r. C.
iobehstein was stationed Of Marking
aud il would appear rs IL he had 10
make his escape 80 Shanghai The
cable nlRo stated: mo word has been
received from Peking or Pno Tiu.Fu.'
and "Wei.lien mission burned, mis-.
aionariea safe"
MD GFsat Damage.
Omaha. Neb.. June ~ Details Of
a.